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Chapter Two
I managed to secure a ride from Andy since Sleepy was at work and Dopey was grounded for what must have been the hundredth time since I had come. Jesse perched on the seat looking very uncomfortable and rightly so. Who would have even dreamt of automobile transport back in the 1850s? They'd probably be still riding carts and horses. Jesse was silent during the ride and was tugging on the seat belt obviously wondering what it was. He wasn't actually wearing since there was no chance of him getting hurt but it must have been sticking into him or something. I wanted to laugh but I couldn't because Andy would ask me what I was laughing about which I couldn't exactly explain.
The house was pumping when we got there and the party in full swing. There were kids dancing on the lawn of whoever this party was thrown by, some girl who just wanted another reason to party, with apparently no regard for the plant life as there seemed to be more plastic cups in there than peoples hands. Jesse's nervous look changed into a disgusted look.
"Well, this is a bit different to the parties I am used to," Jesse said peering out the window at a couple making out, as he got out of the car after a struggle with the handle (I had opened it for him when he got in.) He stood there looking around as I waved to Andy.
"Have a good time, Suze!" Andy said cheerfully waving as he drove off.
I weaved my way into the house to see if I could spot any of my friends with Jesse close behind me. The music was at an ear screeching level when I entered and I saw now why there were people outside. The room was packed with gyrating dancers and it was near impossible to get through. I turned on my heel to go back out the way I had come when a bubbly redhead stepped into my path.
"Hi! Are you Suze? Because I've heard so much about you and you're like totally cool and I'm so glad you could make it to my party!"
"Um hi," I said wondering who this was,"What's you name again?"
"Oh me? My name's Carrie! This is my party and like I said I'm so glad you could make it because all my friends said you wouldn't come because you're normally busy and everything but I was like all 'Nuh-uh she'll make it' and they were..."
It was at this point I interrupted her because I didn't think I was the only one who was shocked still by how fast and perky she talked. Jesse was standing there with a look of disbelief and scratching his head as she talked and talked. She even sounded like the cliché that they put in the movies for all the dumb vacant blondes. Except she had red hair but you get my drift.
"It's nice to meet you Carrie but I've gotta go talk to someone, okay?" Then I waved and made my way as fast as I could out of the door.
Jesse by now was choked with laughter. "That girl," Jesse broke off as he started laughing harder, "That girl talks faster than you."
"Oh, haha. Very funny Jesse." I said indignantly. I mean, some people just can't help the speed they talk at. It's a part of them sort of like how they walk and breathe.
"I'm sorry Querida. I didn't mean to upset you or anything. But you must admit that you talk fast. Especially when you're all worked up."
I was about to say that I didn't talk faster when I was angry, even though I knew I did, when I spotted a boy sitting down all by himself on a pool chair, not dancing, not doing anything but stare at the people who were dancing and taking a drink from his cup. For some strange reason I shivered.
There is nothing strange about that guy, nothing at all, was what I repeated to myself as I walked past. I could feel his eyes boring into my back but that might have been my imagination as the feeling was gone the next second. I put the boy out of my mind and got to down to business. The business of having a good time.
I pulled Jesse over to some bushes. "What are you going to do all night? Stand around and watch? You could dance if you wanted to," I asked Jesse who had only been here a few minutes and who already looked bored.
"I think I will stay here and watch. You go and have a good time."
"Okay, thanks Jesse. I'll come over in half an hour," I whispered before I ran off to do some serious partying.
~*~*~*~*~
Half an hour passed and I walked back over to where Jesse was standing. I felt guilty since I had been caught up in a whirlwind of dancing while Jesse had been standing here. Doing nothing much at all. "How can you cope with all the excitement?" I teased as I walked up to him.
"Well actually Susannah I am having more fun here than I would be having-" Jesse broke off as a shrill scream came from the direction of the pool. I peered over the crowd of people who were standing there to see Carrie there in full bitch mode.
"I did NOT invite you to this party. How did you get invited? Do you think it's funny to gate crash people's parties when they've put so much effort into organizing everything?"
I had to roll my eyes. Carrie didn't look like she could organize her outfit in the morning let alone a party. Most likely her mom had done it for her, right down to the fancy invitations. And what was up with totally humiliating someone like that?
"You are going to have to leave. I'm sorry but you are not permitted at this-"
Carrie broke off with a silent scream and I turned my head to see the boy standing there with a gun that must have come from under his coat since he had most definitely not been holding that when I saw him. The shivers came back full force but I knew what I had to do.
I strode over to Carrie and started yelling at her. "What do you think you're doing? Do you know how lame you sounded when you told that boy that he couldn't stay? And what's up with the public humiliation?"
I turned around and said to the boy, "Please give me the gun. No one will get hurt and we won't mention this happened, okay?"
The boy looked at me with a look of total hate and sorrow. It made my heart ache. This guy had been in some serious pain and I had been worried about a party? "Yeah right bitch. You're just like all the other stuck up wannabes at school. To hell with you. To hell with being the nice guy. I've had it with you freakin' snobs."
And then he pulled the trigger. A sharp pain spread through my body but my brain failed to cooperate. He shot me, he shot me, was running through my head. I heard another shot and I flinched feeling something warm running down my chest. I looked over and saw the boy lying there dead and a rush of sympathy shot through me.
I heard hysterical screams and I totally felt like saying to the people to stop it before I had permanent ringing in my ears. Strong arms gripped me and I heard a familiar voice say, "Don't die Susannah. Please stay with me." Then everything went black.
Yeah I know that's a really popular ending. The whole 'it went black' thing but bear with me okay? :) A/N: By the way how DO you accept anonymous reviews?
Chapter Two
I managed to secure a ride from Andy since Sleepy was at work and Dopey was grounded for what must have been the hundredth time since I had come. Jesse perched on the seat looking very uncomfortable and rightly so. Who would have even dreamt of automobile transport back in the 1850s? They'd probably be still riding carts and horses. Jesse was silent during the ride and was tugging on the seat belt obviously wondering what it was. He wasn't actually wearing since there was no chance of him getting hurt but it must have been sticking into him or something. I wanted to laugh but I couldn't because Andy would ask me what I was laughing about which I couldn't exactly explain.
The house was pumping when we got there and the party in full swing. There were kids dancing on the lawn of whoever this party was thrown by, some girl who just wanted another reason to party, with apparently no regard for the plant life as there seemed to be more plastic cups in there than peoples hands. Jesse's nervous look changed into a disgusted look.
"Well, this is a bit different to the parties I am used to," Jesse said peering out the window at a couple making out, as he got out of the car after a struggle with the handle (I had opened it for him when he got in.) He stood there looking around as I waved to Andy.
"Have a good time, Suze!" Andy said cheerfully waving as he drove off.
I weaved my way into the house to see if I could spot any of my friends with Jesse close behind me. The music was at an ear screeching level when I entered and I saw now why there were people outside. The room was packed with gyrating dancers and it was near impossible to get through. I turned on my heel to go back out the way I had come when a bubbly redhead stepped into my path.
"Hi! Are you Suze? Because I've heard so much about you and you're like totally cool and I'm so glad you could make it to my party!"
"Um hi," I said wondering who this was,"What's you name again?"
"Oh me? My name's Carrie! This is my party and like I said I'm so glad you could make it because all my friends said you wouldn't come because you're normally busy and everything but I was like all 'Nuh-uh she'll make it' and they were..."
It was at this point I interrupted her because I didn't think I was the only one who was shocked still by how fast and perky she talked. Jesse was standing there with a look of disbelief and scratching his head as she talked and talked. She even sounded like the cliché that they put in the movies for all the dumb vacant blondes. Except she had red hair but you get my drift.
"It's nice to meet you Carrie but I've gotta go talk to someone, okay?" Then I waved and made my way as fast as I could out of the door.
Jesse by now was choked with laughter. "That girl," Jesse broke off as he started laughing harder, "That girl talks faster than you."
"Oh, haha. Very funny Jesse." I said indignantly. I mean, some people just can't help the speed they talk at. It's a part of them sort of like how they walk and breathe.
"I'm sorry Querida. I didn't mean to upset you or anything. But you must admit that you talk fast. Especially when you're all worked up."
I was about to say that I didn't talk faster when I was angry, even though I knew I did, when I spotted a boy sitting down all by himself on a pool chair, not dancing, not doing anything but stare at the people who were dancing and taking a drink from his cup. For some strange reason I shivered.
There is nothing strange about that guy, nothing at all, was what I repeated to myself as I walked past. I could feel his eyes boring into my back but that might have been my imagination as the feeling was gone the next second. I put the boy out of my mind and got to down to business. The business of having a good time.
I pulled Jesse over to some bushes. "What are you going to do all night? Stand around and watch? You could dance if you wanted to," I asked Jesse who had only been here a few minutes and who already looked bored.
"I think I will stay here and watch. You go and have a good time."
"Okay, thanks Jesse. I'll come over in half an hour," I whispered before I ran off to do some serious partying.
~*~*~*~*~
Half an hour passed and I walked back over to where Jesse was standing. I felt guilty since I had been caught up in a whirlwind of dancing while Jesse had been standing here. Doing nothing much at all. "How can you cope with all the excitement?" I teased as I walked up to him.
"Well actually Susannah I am having more fun here than I would be having-" Jesse broke off as a shrill scream came from the direction of the pool. I peered over the crowd of people who were standing there to see Carrie there in full bitch mode.
"I did NOT invite you to this party. How did you get invited? Do you think it's funny to gate crash people's parties when they've put so much effort into organizing everything?"
I had to roll my eyes. Carrie didn't look like she could organize her outfit in the morning let alone a party. Most likely her mom had done it for her, right down to the fancy invitations. And what was up with totally humiliating someone like that?
"You are going to have to leave. I'm sorry but you are not permitted at this-"
Carrie broke off with a silent scream and I turned my head to see the boy standing there with a gun that must have come from under his coat since he had most definitely not been holding that when I saw him. The shivers came back full force but I knew what I had to do.
I strode over to Carrie and started yelling at her. "What do you think you're doing? Do you know how lame you sounded when you told that boy that he couldn't stay? And what's up with the public humiliation?"
I turned around and said to the boy, "Please give me the gun. No one will get hurt and we won't mention this happened, okay?"
The boy looked at me with a look of total hate and sorrow. It made my heart ache. This guy had been in some serious pain and I had been worried about a party? "Yeah right bitch. You're just like all the other stuck up wannabes at school. To hell with you. To hell with being the nice guy. I've had it with you freakin' snobs."
And then he pulled the trigger. A sharp pain spread through my body but my brain failed to cooperate. He shot me, he shot me, was running through my head. I heard another shot and I flinched feeling something warm running down my chest. I looked over and saw the boy lying there dead and a rush of sympathy shot through me.
I heard hysterical screams and I totally felt like saying to the people to stop it before I had permanent ringing in my ears. Strong arms gripped me and I heard a familiar voice say, "Don't die Susannah. Please stay with me." Then everything went black.
Yeah I know that's a really popular ending. The whole 'it went black' thing but bear with me okay? :) A/N: By the way how DO you accept anonymous reviews?