Chapter Two: First Night Disaster
During the whole period all Carolyn wanted to talk about was Parker. Ashley had a sneaky suspicion that Carolyn knew more than she was letting on. But it was true, Parker was relatively hot, but it was her first day- she didn't need to get interested in someone that she didn't even know.
However, Ashley couldn't deny that when she looked over at him talking to his friends or occasionally catching him glancing at her that she couldn't help but realize how good he looked or how sweet he seemed. But Ashley always cut these thoughts short.
Anyway, she thought he could just be some pervert that just wants to get in my pants.right? Or-he could just be on the rebound from his old girlfriend. Or-
"Anyway," said Carolyn, snapping Ashley out of her thoughts, "I think that look is sooo over! I mean, my grandma's polyester was made of better material."
Her cronies laughed.
"No need," she finished, "all you need to do is follow my lead and those make-shift mother-ship losers won't give you any trouble. Even that dork Eric Doug-Doug, whatever his last name is."
To Ashley's great thanks the final bell rang and she bolted out of the room, Carolyn and her cronies did not pursue. She rushed through the halls out to the circle where parents picked up their kids.
All in about a minute she threw her books in the backseat of her mom's Trailblazer and begged her mom to let her stay after for cheerleading. Of course, her mom was overjoyed that Ashley was already making friends and allowed her to stay out as long as it took. And strangely enough, for the first time Ashley had hoped her mom would have said "Hell no"
*******
Ashley walked into the large gym. The hardwood floor echoed the sounds of a group of boys playing a sweaty game of basketball on the far side of the gym. She also caught the blaring of a rap tune over the radio, the cheerleaders were performing a very good dance along with the beat.
"ASHLEY!!!" Carolyn exclaimed from across the gym, she was in the midst of a few boys, three of which she recognized from chorus.
Ashley smiled and headed over there to them, then to her surprise she realized Parker was there also, Carolyn had the stage set.
"Ashley," Carolyn said, "Your remember my boyfriend Chris?"
"Yeah," she said, she also recognized this boy named Michael Standish and another named Gerald Richards, and of course Parker.
"I think the only one you don't know is Christian Myles." Carolyn looked over to an almost illegally hot guy who turned out to be a senior who was dating the co-captain of the cheerleading squad, Alexandria Mitchell.
After about fifteen minutes of chatting with the 'gang' the cheerleading coach, who just so happened to be her Algebra II teacher: Miss Carrie Crowe, called the cheerleaders to the blue practice mat. There was no doubt when Ashley saw the cheerleader's practice routine that it would take quite a bit of work to boot them up to speed. Indeed, Ashley saw almost no hope to get them up to 'competition' standards in only two months.
Ashley sat on the second row of the stands in front of the cheerleaders after she gave the coach a low down on what she thought. She actually believed that the cheerleading squad had the potential and the coach was a great one but-of course-the mortality rate of Sunnydale High School ended up in two of their key cheerleaders dying during Christmas break.
She sighed, knowing that in a few hours she would be getting acquainted with the graveyards in this town. She let her eyes stray from the cheerleader's most popular cheer over to the guys. As it turned out, they had engaged in a game of basketball while waiting on their honeys to get done with cheerleading.
"Go, Go, Go-Go Sunnydale! Go, Go, Go-Go Sunnydale!" the cheerleaders shouted as they concluded their cheer.
Miss Crowe walked up to her and sat beside her, "So, what do you think?"
"I'm no cheerleading expert, but I think that they are good-just set back."
"That's fair, I guess." Miss Crowe stated, "OKAY GIRLS-GO HOME!" she yelled.
And so the girls, clad in t-shirts and short shorts divided, some walking out in groups and others approaching their boyfriends and leaving. Meanwhile, as the gym was evacuating, Ashley got up her stuff-which consisted of her bookbag and pocketbook-and walked up to Carolyn and Chris.
"Bye baby, see ya at the Bronze?" Carolyn said, tampering with Chris's hand.
"Yeah, I'll see ya there." Chris smiled, gave her a kiss and headed out.
"You ready?" Carolyn asked Ashley as she picked up her duffel bag.
"Yeah," Ashley replied and the two girls headed to the double doors of the gym.
As they stepped out into the night Carolyn twisted her head and saw Parker walking toward the Student Parking Lot.
Carolyn turned to Ashley, a thought popping in her head, "You know," she said, "My car is sick, and the passenger seats are infected with West Nile so I can't give you a ride home."
"Huh?" Ashley asked.
"PARKER!" Carolyn exclaimed, "COME HERE PLEASE!"
Ashley finally caught on, "Carolyn!"
When Parker got up to them Carolyn smiled and said: "Parker, Ashley needs a ride home and my car is screwing up. Would you mind giving her a ride?"
Ashley answered before he could even move his lips, "I don't want to inconvenience anyone, I can walk."
"No!" Parker insisted, "I can give you a ride, no problem."
"Really, I don't need a ride." Ashley wasn't trying to be ungrateful, but she knew that if she got a ride home with him it would only give her time to think about the possibility of him and her.
"Its fine, you live on Turner Drive right? I'm only about a mile out of my way. My car is right down there."
Ashley smiled, through gritted teeth. "Thanks, its very nice of you."
"Great!' Carolyn said, "You kids have fun."
Ashley eyed her.
*******
Ashley was surprised how much fun Parker was to be around. He did, after all, have that sweet look about him, but he was also hilarious. Every now and then he would throw in an all too clever compliment on how Ashley looked or how she acted that would make her think: that's so sweet!
She knew that he would occasionally take an extended route to her house, but she didn't let him know that she knew. As a matter of fact, she wanted him to, she was enjoying getting to know him. But, after about fifteen minutes he pulled up into the drive of her house.
"It was nice talking to ya." He said.
"'Thanks for the ride." She smiled.
As she grabbed her things and got out of the Grand Prix he felt a knot twist in his stomach, he had only known her for about 7 hours, should he?
He rolled down the his window and got her attention just as she was crossing the lawn of her house.
She turned and smiled, "Yeah?"
"Do you want to come to the Bronze with me tonight, I'll be back to pick you up at nine?"
Ashley knew she would have to say no, "No, I can't."
"Oh, okay." His expression was enough to make her sad, he didn't have to speak.
"How's Wednesday?"
He looked up, "Great!"
"Good," she smiled and turned to walk into her house, but then looked back at him, "555-0176, call me."
He nodded.
She walked into her house, told her mom she was home and rushed upstairs to get ready for bed.
As soon as she stepped out of the shower her phone rang, it was Sherri. They talked for a good two hours, then Sherri's boyfriend showed up and she had to go. Ashley then occupied herself with homework, up until she looked out her window and saw a boy she recognized in the room in front of hers in the neighboring house. After a second she figured out it was Eric.
She opened her window and tossed a small piece of candy at his window. After the second throw he came to his window, opened it and saw that it was Ashley knocking-or tossing-at his window.
"What's up!" she said, "I didn't know I moved in next to you!"
"Me neither, and nothing's up-in no way at all."
"Huh?" she looked confused.
"Oh, nothing." He turned slightly pink, "Well-um"
"I gotta go, I got to get some sleep, I'll see ya later!"
"Yeah." He replied
She then closed her window and prepared for bed. She turned off the light and laid down, she ended up spending a half an hour contemplating on the events of her first day.
*******
Carolyn and Chris had met at the Bronze but decided that without a live band it was pretty lame, and that they had better things to do-perhaps at Make Out Point. Indeed, that is where they went and spent almost an hour in peace by themselves.
"Chris?" Carolyn said, pulling away from his lips.
"Yeah." He said, wondering what was up.
"Don't you think its about time to be heading home, my parents are still pissed from when you brought me in past 11 last time." She smiled, seeing the expression on his face.
"Sure, I guess." He reached to start the car, but when he twisted the key in the ignition all his car did was sputter and give out, even the radio and interior lights gave out.
"Shit." Chris said, popping the hood and stepping out.
He walked in front of the car and lifted the hood. What he saw shocked him, his engine and batter had been mauled. The cords connecting the battery to the engine were ripped off, and it was a recent job, almost in the very minute he went to start the car.
All Carolyn heard was a thud and what sounded like Chris trying to call out her name. She didn't really think anything about it, until she stepped out of the car and saw her boyfriend at the mercy of two men; one draped in a brown robe with the hood of it hiding his face, the other that roared like a wild animal-and had fangs.
She screamed and ran, she could hear someone yell "GET HER!" behind her. All she could think about as she ran was the blood pouring from Chris's head, he had been hit and possibly fatally. So she continued to run, she really didn't know where she had gone, rushing through the woods and occasionally splashing in a mud puddle. Indeed when something roared from behind her and snatched her off of her feet all she could do was cry.
The vampire carried a knocked out Carolyn back to the area where the car sat. Indeed, the area was now full of about five vampires and six men in robes. It was fairly calm now that the two teenagers were captured. The vampire walked up to one of the men, obviously the leader, seeing as how he had on black robes and his hood was pulled back to reveal bleach blonde hair.
"I have her Mr. Johnson." said the vampire
"Very good, Lukas." He smiled, "Leave the car, let the cops wonder. You could vandalize it a bit, give their minds something to chew on."
"Yes sir."
During the whole period all Carolyn wanted to talk about was Parker. Ashley had a sneaky suspicion that Carolyn knew more than she was letting on. But it was true, Parker was relatively hot, but it was her first day- she didn't need to get interested in someone that she didn't even know.
However, Ashley couldn't deny that when she looked over at him talking to his friends or occasionally catching him glancing at her that she couldn't help but realize how good he looked or how sweet he seemed. But Ashley always cut these thoughts short.
Anyway, she thought he could just be some pervert that just wants to get in my pants.right? Or-he could just be on the rebound from his old girlfriend. Or-
"Anyway," said Carolyn, snapping Ashley out of her thoughts, "I think that look is sooo over! I mean, my grandma's polyester was made of better material."
Her cronies laughed.
"No need," she finished, "all you need to do is follow my lead and those make-shift mother-ship losers won't give you any trouble. Even that dork Eric Doug-Doug, whatever his last name is."
To Ashley's great thanks the final bell rang and she bolted out of the room, Carolyn and her cronies did not pursue. She rushed through the halls out to the circle where parents picked up their kids.
All in about a minute she threw her books in the backseat of her mom's Trailblazer and begged her mom to let her stay after for cheerleading. Of course, her mom was overjoyed that Ashley was already making friends and allowed her to stay out as long as it took. And strangely enough, for the first time Ashley had hoped her mom would have said "Hell no"
*******
Ashley walked into the large gym. The hardwood floor echoed the sounds of a group of boys playing a sweaty game of basketball on the far side of the gym. She also caught the blaring of a rap tune over the radio, the cheerleaders were performing a very good dance along with the beat.
"ASHLEY!!!" Carolyn exclaimed from across the gym, she was in the midst of a few boys, three of which she recognized from chorus.
Ashley smiled and headed over there to them, then to her surprise she realized Parker was there also, Carolyn had the stage set.
"Ashley," Carolyn said, "Your remember my boyfriend Chris?"
"Yeah," she said, she also recognized this boy named Michael Standish and another named Gerald Richards, and of course Parker.
"I think the only one you don't know is Christian Myles." Carolyn looked over to an almost illegally hot guy who turned out to be a senior who was dating the co-captain of the cheerleading squad, Alexandria Mitchell.
After about fifteen minutes of chatting with the 'gang' the cheerleading coach, who just so happened to be her Algebra II teacher: Miss Carrie Crowe, called the cheerleaders to the blue practice mat. There was no doubt when Ashley saw the cheerleader's practice routine that it would take quite a bit of work to boot them up to speed. Indeed, Ashley saw almost no hope to get them up to 'competition' standards in only two months.
Ashley sat on the second row of the stands in front of the cheerleaders after she gave the coach a low down on what she thought. She actually believed that the cheerleading squad had the potential and the coach was a great one but-of course-the mortality rate of Sunnydale High School ended up in two of their key cheerleaders dying during Christmas break.
She sighed, knowing that in a few hours she would be getting acquainted with the graveyards in this town. She let her eyes stray from the cheerleader's most popular cheer over to the guys. As it turned out, they had engaged in a game of basketball while waiting on their honeys to get done with cheerleading.
"Go, Go, Go-Go Sunnydale! Go, Go, Go-Go Sunnydale!" the cheerleaders shouted as they concluded their cheer.
Miss Crowe walked up to her and sat beside her, "So, what do you think?"
"I'm no cheerleading expert, but I think that they are good-just set back."
"That's fair, I guess." Miss Crowe stated, "OKAY GIRLS-GO HOME!" she yelled.
And so the girls, clad in t-shirts and short shorts divided, some walking out in groups and others approaching their boyfriends and leaving. Meanwhile, as the gym was evacuating, Ashley got up her stuff-which consisted of her bookbag and pocketbook-and walked up to Carolyn and Chris.
"Bye baby, see ya at the Bronze?" Carolyn said, tampering with Chris's hand.
"Yeah, I'll see ya there." Chris smiled, gave her a kiss and headed out.
"You ready?" Carolyn asked Ashley as she picked up her duffel bag.
"Yeah," Ashley replied and the two girls headed to the double doors of the gym.
As they stepped out into the night Carolyn twisted her head and saw Parker walking toward the Student Parking Lot.
Carolyn turned to Ashley, a thought popping in her head, "You know," she said, "My car is sick, and the passenger seats are infected with West Nile so I can't give you a ride home."
"Huh?" Ashley asked.
"PARKER!" Carolyn exclaimed, "COME HERE PLEASE!"
Ashley finally caught on, "Carolyn!"
When Parker got up to them Carolyn smiled and said: "Parker, Ashley needs a ride home and my car is screwing up. Would you mind giving her a ride?"
Ashley answered before he could even move his lips, "I don't want to inconvenience anyone, I can walk."
"No!" Parker insisted, "I can give you a ride, no problem."
"Really, I don't need a ride." Ashley wasn't trying to be ungrateful, but she knew that if she got a ride home with him it would only give her time to think about the possibility of him and her.
"Its fine, you live on Turner Drive right? I'm only about a mile out of my way. My car is right down there."
Ashley smiled, through gritted teeth. "Thanks, its very nice of you."
"Great!' Carolyn said, "You kids have fun."
Ashley eyed her.
*******
Ashley was surprised how much fun Parker was to be around. He did, after all, have that sweet look about him, but he was also hilarious. Every now and then he would throw in an all too clever compliment on how Ashley looked or how she acted that would make her think: that's so sweet!
She knew that he would occasionally take an extended route to her house, but she didn't let him know that she knew. As a matter of fact, she wanted him to, she was enjoying getting to know him. But, after about fifteen minutes he pulled up into the drive of her house.
"It was nice talking to ya." He said.
"'Thanks for the ride." She smiled.
As she grabbed her things and got out of the Grand Prix he felt a knot twist in his stomach, he had only known her for about 7 hours, should he?
He rolled down the his window and got her attention just as she was crossing the lawn of her house.
She turned and smiled, "Yeah?"
"Do you want to come to the Bronze with me tonight, I'll be back to pick you up at nine?"
Ashley knew she would have to say no, "No, I can't."
"Oh, okay." His expression was enough to make her sad, he didn't have to speak.
"How's Wednesday?"
He looked up, "Great!"
"Good," she smiled and turned to walk into her house, but then looked back at him, "555-0176, call me."
He nodded.
She walked into her house, told her mom she was home and rushed upstairs to get ready for bed.
As soon as she stepped out of the shower her phone rang, it was Sherri. They talked for a good two hours, then Sherri's boyfriend showed up and she had to go. Ashley then occupied herself with homework, up until she looked out her window and saw a boy she recognized in the room in front of hers in the neighboring house. After a second she figured out it was Eric.
She opened her window and tossed a small piece of candy at his window. After the second throw he came to his window, opened it and saw that it was Ashley knocking-or tossing-at his window.
"What's up!" she said, "I didn't know I moved in next to you!"
"Me neither, and nothing's up-in no way at all."
"Huh?" she looked confused.
"Oh, nothing." He turned slightly pink, "Well-um"
"I gotta go, I got to get some sleep, I'll see ya later!"
"Yeah." He replied
She then closed her window and prepared for bed. She turned off the light and laid down, she ended up spending a half an hour contemplating on the events of her first day.
*******
Carolyn and Chris had met at the Bronze but decided that without a live band it was pretty lame, and that they had better things to do-perhaps at Make Out Point. Indeed, that is where they went and spent almost an hour in peace by themselves.
"Chris?" Carolyn said, pulling away from his lips.
"Yeah." He said, wondering what was up.
"Don't you think its about time to be heading home, my parents are still pissed from when you brought me in past 11 last time." She smiled, seeing the expression on his face.
"Sure, I guess." He reached to start the car, but when he twisted the key in the ignition all his car did was sputter and give out, even the radio and interior lights gave out.
"Shit." Chris said, popping the hood and stepping out.
He walked in front of the car and lifted the hood. What he saw shocked him, his engine and batter had been mauled. The cords connecting the battery to the engine were ripped off, and it was a recent job, almost in the very minute he went to start the car.
All Carolyn heard was a thud and what sounded like Chris trying to call out her name. She didn't really think anything about it, until she stepped out of the car and saw her boyfriend at the mercy of two men; one draped in a brown robe with the hood of it hiding his face, the other that roared like a wild animal-and had fangs.
She screamed and ran, she could hear someone yell "GET HER!" behind her. All she could think about as she ran was the blood pouring from Chris's head, he had been hit and possibly fatally. So she continued to run, she really didn't know where she had gone, rushing through the woods and occasionally splashing in a mud puddle. Indeed when something roared from behind her and snatched her off of her feet all she could do was cry.
The vampire carried a knocked out Carolyn back to the area where the car sat. Indeed, the area was now full of about five vampires and six men in robes. It was fairly calm now that the two teenagers were captured. The vampire walked up to one of the men, obviously the leader, seeing as how he had on black robes and his hood was pulled back to reveal bleach blonde hair.
"I have her Mr. Johnson." said the vampire
"Very good, Lukas." He smiled, "Leave the car, let the cops wonder. You could vandalize it a bit, give their minds something to chew on."
"Yes sir."