Chapter Three: No Guy, No Cry, No Blood

Brianna was lying in her bed asleep until she heard a loud trumpet being played. She put her pillow over her head and wanted about two more minutes to sleep. "Bri! Come on get up!" shouted Shaily in Brianna's ear. Brianna pulled her pillow from her head and looked at Shaily.

"Shail… Five more minutes…" Brianna slurred. Shaily rolled her eyes and pulled Brianna's blankets off of her. "What the hell are you doing?! I wanna to sleep…" Brianna garbled before falling asleep again. Shaily was getting frustrated and then shook Brianna.

"Damn it! GET UP!" Shaily shouted. Brianna slapped Shaily and then looked around her hazily. "We're supposed to get up now Bri. God!" growled Shaily. Brianna rubbed her eyes and looked at her wristwatch. It was four in the morning!

"WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT I HAVE TO FRIGGIN GET UP AT FOUR IN THE DAMN MORNING?!" screamed Brianna looking furiously at her gang member. Shaily gritted her teeth and looked Brianna in the eye.

"Weren't you listening to Mr. Sir?! We're supposed to get up now! Jesus!" Shaily said marching out of the tent. Brianna looked over to where Kayla was sleeping and she was no longer there. Brianna growled rude things under her breath and climbed out of bed and walked outside where it was still dark out. She rubbed her eyes and saw her whole gang lost in chatter. She slumped over toward them and smiled tiredly.

"Hey there Bri! What took you?" asked Michelle.

"Shut up," grumbled Brianna.

"Oh ok then.. Don't bite my damn head off!" growled Michelle. Brianna shot her a look and Michelle shut her mouth. Michelle rolled her eyes and went back to talking to Shaily. Kayla tapped Brianna on the shoulder. Brianna turned around and looked at her.

"What?" Brianna asked rather annoyed.

"Hey, uh, were you kissing that Squid guy last night?" asked Kayla sheepishly.

"NO! Why?" lied Brianna. She was good at that.

"Liar. I saw you," whispered Kayla.

"I wasn't! I swear!"

"Sure whatever."

"Yea shut your mouth!" growled Brianna with a dirty look forming on her face. When Kayla turned away Brianna remembered the events from the night. She couldn't believe she enjoyed that kiss. She couldn't love anyone! She could never love anyone. Never. It was against her code. Deciding to push those thoughts from her, Brianna looked down at her watch. It was a quarter till five.

"Bri! Come on!" shouted Michelle. Brianna nodded and followed them over to the shack that was labeled 'Library'. Mr. Sir opened the door and inside was a bunch of shovels. Everyone took one and Michelle got one for Brianna.

"What the hell is this for?" said Brianna.

"Do you ever listen?" asked Kayla.

"No," Brianna replied laughing. Her gang rolled their eyes. "What?"

"Well we've gotta dig holes that are five feet deep and five feet in diameter."

"Oh my God! That's is so fu-!" Someone cut off Brianna behind her grabbing her neck.

"Hey lookie who it is! How the mighty have fallen!" shouted a familiar voice.

"Dammit! Terry! Why aren't you with those friggin' Scorpions?" shouted Brianna.

"Ah, well there's a great story behind that," Terry began. Brianna cocked an eyebrow and stared him straight in the eyes. "Ok ok! Geez I get your point. Well I got caught selling some marijuana to the N.O.O.s and well the police arrested me again. I think you get the point."

"You're pathetic." Answered Kayla.

"Ya'll jus' mad 'cause me and Sheena killed your little buddy Mel!"

"SHUT THE HELL UP YOU ASSHOLE!" shouted Brianna without realizing it. Everyone looked at them. "If you even mention that to me I swear I'll kill you with my bare hands! You have no right to say that to my face!" Brianna said cracking her knuckles. Her gang was forming behind her. "And I'm sure Michelle and the rest would simply love to kill you limb from limb!" Suddenly someone came up behind Brianna and took her shoulders.

"Calm down," whispered Squid in her ear. Brianna immediately got a grip on her anger. "We don't need people beating the shit outta another. Ok?"

"I get ya," she whispered back. She turned back to Terry. "If you ever look at me again I swear I'll make you regret the day you ever heard of The Strips."

"Sure whatever," Terry snorted. Michelle gritted her teeth and couldn't take the anger that had built inside of her.

"Didn't you hear her?!" shouted Michelle. "She said shut up!"

"Ah, don't you start you little bit-!" Terry growled back before Michelle tackled him to the ground punching him in the face.

"MICHELLE!! STOP IT!" screamed Kayla.

"YEA COME ON WE'VE GOT ENOUGH TROUBLE!" cried out Shaily looking shaken.

"MICHELLE WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER STRIP DEAD!!!" shouted Brianna getting a hold on Michelle and ripping her from Terry. She was cursing at him repeatedly and trying to fight her way out of Brianna's grip, which was no use.

"Lemme at the Scorpion! Lemme at him! I can take him!" she roared. Brianna wouldn't let go and threw Michelle to the ground. "Dammit!" Everyone was staring at Michelle, Terry and Brianna. They all looked in awe, except for Brianna's gang. "Bri! Why don't you let me kick his butt! I can kill him!"

"Shell, we don't need to kill anyone. We're not stooping to their level. You hear me? When I tell you to do something dammit you better listen!" Brianna said looking angrily at Michelle. "I'm not loosing another member jus' 'cause you wanna get revenge on the Scorpions. We can't change the fact Mel's dead. There's nothing we can do to bring her back! She's gone! GONE! SHE'S NOT COMING BACK!"

"ALRIGHT! I GET YOU! GOD! You try and do one thing for your damn gang and this is what you get… I hate you Bri!" screamed Michelle.

"I hate you too. Now aren't we all content!" Brianna bellowed grabbing Michelle by the hair and dragging her over to the rest of the gang. Brianna then let her go by throwing her down and walking off behind the D-Tent. "Stupid members think they can do whatever they want whenever they want. If it wasn't for me they'd be in a homeless shelter," Brianna starting muttering out to no one.

"Hey what's wrong?" asked Squid coming up beside her.

"Why d'you show up everywhere damn place I go?!"

"Well there's not much else to go," he answered simply. She laughed. "What?"

"Never mind, it's nothing. Hmm," she whispered.

"Oh hey I'm sorry about last night…" Squid muttered.

"Sorry about what last night?"

"Kissing you without notice. I think you got a little shaken by that. It just sort of happened… You know spontaneously happens. Especially with a girl as cute as you…" he mumbled not able to look her in the face. Brianna smiled slightly.

"It's ok… As long as you didn't mean it," she whispered pulling her hair up into a ponytail. Squid blinked.

"What!?" he said almost gasping. She finally got her hair up into a ponytail and looked at him and smiled.

"Like you actually meant that kiss… I can't fall in love. I'll never fall in love. I WON'T fall in love."

"But everyone falls in love once in their lives!" protested Squid. Brianna shook her head.

"Everyone but me! I've seen what that damn thing can do! It totally destroyed my entire family," sighed Brianna. Squid looked at her shocked. "It tore my family apart… I don't want that."

"Can't you make one exception…?"

"Nope!"

"Why not?"

"No guy equals no cry which equals no blood," she whimpered. Squid cocked an eyebrow. "I'm totally serious. My father hurt my mother. He hurt her so bad. I wanted to rip him apart after he left."

"At least you have a mother who knows you're there," Squid said sheepishly.

"What're you saying?" asked Brianna looking at him confused. Squid glanced at the sandy ground and shuffled his feet around. He felt pathetic because of his family. His horrible life. "Well?" Brianna asked a little more impatiently.

"My father ran out on my family too," he whispered back to her.

"Hey well there's one thing we've got in common!" she said winking at him. Squid laughed and glanced up at her.

"But your mother at least knows you're around. My mother's an alcoholic. All she does is drink ever since my dad left."

"Really?" asked Brianna looking shocked. She looked over to Squid who was looking very embarrassed by his family's history. She smiled gently and walked over toward him. He noticed her coming closer. He looked shocked.

"What're you do-?" he asked but was stopped by Brianna placing a finger to his lips.

"Just looking," she replied grinning. Squid blushed. "Life's a very hard thing to figure out. When you think you want one thing… You end up finding the one thing you don't. Then it doesn't seem so bad… Life is crazy. I'll never understand it. When I said I didn't want love, I meant it. Then I met you…"

"What?" asked Squid looking dumbstruck. She giggled and she began to walk away. He followed. They both were walking together to the truck to go dig their holes. "What d'you mean?"

"I met you. You changed my feelings. I never thought I'd meet someone who could understand me. You've ruined my entire aspect of love. Ha! Who would've thought I'd actually say something like this! Man it's pathetic. I better stop before I start reciting song lyrics."

"I changed you?"

"Not completely, but you understand. Well I gotta get going. Gotta catch up with that damn gang of mine. See you later!" she giggled. Squid blinked and smiled. She ran off catching up with her buddies. They all started talking away.

"Hmm," Squid said.

"Aww… Does Squid have a girlfriend?" asked Zig Zag coming up from behind Squid.

"Oh very funny," Squid said sarcastically. "I do not!"

"Uh huh… Sure Squidy boy!" laughed X-Ray. Squid rolled his eyes and was going quite embarrassed. All the boys of the D-Tent were teasing him now, except for Zero who never said a thing.

"SQUID'S GOT HIMSELF A GIRLFRIEND!" yelled Magnet almost rolling in laughter.

"Yea well at least I can get one," growled Squid back.

"HEY!!!!!" yelped Magnet. "That isn't true! That one girl… uh… Susan? She's been checking me out!"

"Checking what out?" laughed Armpit.

"Oh shut up!" Magnet yelled back. "What about you other guys?"

"I think that Michelle chick like Twitch," whispered X-Ray. The boys started to howl with laughter.

"I the Kayla girl likes you Caveman," snickered Armpit.

"Well who would like you Armpit!" sniggered Squid. Armpit rolled his eyes and did say anything.

"What about that Brianna girl! Damn! She's pretty cute," howled Magnet.

"Yea I guess," whispered Squid.

"Ah, this boy's just embarrassed because he's in love with her!" laughed Zig Zag.

"Well who're you to talk! You've got the Shaily girl all over you!" shouted Squid.

"Yea but who the hell said I liked her back?!"

"I DID!"

"Oh shut up!"

"You!"

"Why don't you both grow up and shut up because us girls can hear you all the way up here!" shouted Brianna standing behind Squid. They all looked at her and laughed except Squid. Then suddenly the rest of her gang appeared behind her. "Don't mess with us."

"Whatever," answered X-Ray. Brianna's eyes narrowed and everyone shut their mouths. All the girls now had their hands on their hips and staring at the boys thinking they were idiots. The girls waited for another one of the boys dumb answers but none came. They sighed and went back to walking ahead of the boys.

"Man, those girls are so cute!" whispered Magnet. The boys stared at him and then rolled their eyes. Squid shook his head and thought of what Brianna had said about him. "I changed her aspect on love? Wow, talk about a change in heart…" he said to himself smiling. They finally reached the area where they were going to dig and Squid started his hole for the day. The boys were laughing at the girls who were trying desperately to dig theirs.

"Who the hell decided that digging holes would be a great punishment?" whined Kayla digging her hole.

"Oh suck it up," growled Michelle.

"Everyone shut your mouths. It's too damn hot to listen to you guys!" shouted Brianna silencing her gang. Brianna glanced over to Squid who was looking at her. "What're you looking at?"

"You trying to dig your hole. It's really funny," Squid said laughing. Brianna grinned and smiled brightly at him.

"Well at least mine's a little further than yours. If you weren't staring at girls so much maybe you'd be halfway finished!" she laughed back at him. He grinned and shook his head and went back to digging his hole.

"Oooo! Bri's got herself a boyfriend!" squealed Kayla and Shaily.

"Oh please! Don't start that again! Come on! It's too damn hot and I do not have a boyfriend! I don't want one. Love is worthless," growled Brianna making her gang dig their holes again. She started digging her and smiled to herself.

"I think she does have a boyfriend. You know her she doesn't admit a thing when it's about guys," whispered Kayla to Michelle. They both started to giggle. Brianna glared at them and they blinked. Brianna looked down at her hole and smiled.

"Yea well maybe I do have a boyfriend," she said to herself. "That kiss me and Squid had was the best… erm, well… only kiss I've ever had." Brianna couldn't believe what she was thinking. Love didn't need to be in her. NEVER! Love wasn't real! "I can't love," she told herself. "Never will I love! I don't need it and I never will! You made a pact to yourself girl! Love is for sissies, wusses, and those pathetic little preppy girls who care about their cloths all the time. It's not for me. Never."

But when she looked over to Squid she felt herself smiled contently. Was she in love? Nah! She couldn't be. It wasn't her nature. But she couldn't help but wonder. "Am I in love with this guy?" she asked herself.