Club Fight
Jake POV
I had spent two days straight in the sun with Iliana and I was tanning, but my face and back were really red. I had spent Wednesday with her and I only left her to get ready so I could go to the party with her. I was so excited! I picked out my clothes that seemed very Belfalas-ish. I wore a dark blue Belfalasan [Hawaiian] shirt, black shorts, and my new black tennis shoes. I even put some muse in my hair and messed with it so it didn't look like it's flat self. And then I was ready to go.
"EMMY!" I yelled.
"Yea?" Emma said coming out of the bathroom, looking dolled up to go walking around town. "Drive me to the Rokko, this teen club, please?"
"If dad knows your going there," she answers.
"He knows. I asked him if I could go," I answer.
"Hey, you're looking sharp...going to hang with that beach chick, eh?"
"Iliana," I sigh.
"Come on, let's go," she says.
We drive up in Mom's red corvette ad the music is blasting out of the club. "Thank you, Emma!" I say. "Pick me up at twelve?"
"Agh...yea, okay," she says. "See yah then."
I smile to myself as I walk in. I pay and then walk around, looking for Iliana. There are lots of fine girls around, but not like Iliana, so I keep on searching.
"Jake!" I whip around on my heel to see Iliana. "There you are!" she hugs me more a moment and then pulls back. "Aw, you look a little red, are you okay?"
"Yea, sunburned," I frown. She isn't even burned at all, just nice and tan.
"These are my friends, Pellen and Rinone," she says, looking over at the two girls behind her.
"Hi!" says Pellen. She grabs my hand and shakes it. "It's so nice to meet you. We've heard lots of nice things about you."
I look over at Iliana but she looks down, blushing a little. What could THAT mean? "It's nice to meet you to," I say to Pellen. "So, Iliana? Wanna dance?"
She looks up and smiles. "Sure."
It's a really slow song, so I can finally just put my arms around her. "I've had a lot of fun with you over these past says," I manage to say.
"Me too, Jake. I know this sounds corny, but I'm dreading the day you have to leave."
"It's not corny. I feel the exact same way," I say. We both hold each other closer. "A matter of fact, I think I want to be with you forever..." I whisper in her ear. Before I can mention "now THAT was corny," she pulls back so that we're looking at each other face to face, then gets closer to me and we kiss, right in the middle of the dance floor, in front of everyone. How could this girl like me? It seemed that neither of us wanted to tear away, so we made it long. I could never forget it...
Emma's POV
On my way into the hotel, I see Earfalas. I burst out laughing right when he looks at me, because he looks really tan, except his face is a lot whiter from where I'd squirted him. He probably didn't get it all off before he got into the sun.
Then I notice he's holding hands with a girl.
"Emthiel?!"
I jump back in surprise. "Leanna?"
"What the hell are you doing here? Isn't there anywhere where I can get away from you?"
"I was about to say the same thing," I say, crossing my arms over my chest. "I'm here on a vacation."
"I live in my beach house in the summer and Earfalas just came to visit me. Too bad you don't have any guy to hang with anymore, now that Legolas is gone and now that Darien is too upset with you to ask you back."
"How do you know about Darien?" I snap suspiciously.
"Everyone knows. Meliah has been telling everyone Darien, soon to be a music artist, dumped you! You get what you deserve."
I grind my teeth. "Well, we're still really good friends. At least I have famous friends and relatives in big bands and Greenwings knows me by face! What famous person knows YOU? Robby the Roach Killer?"
She growls at me. "Just because you know famous people, doesn't mean anything. Do you want to know what Rome really thinks of you? I overheard him say, 'Emma Goldring is the biggest ho.'"
"Oh, that's why he's one of my best friends and tries to hang out with me s much as possible? We're really good friends and your little lies aren't gonna tear us apart!"
"Like whatever! Earfalas and I like have a party to go to! Unlike YOU!" she storms off, pulling Earfalas behind her.
What a fucking prep!
Nobody's POV
While Jake cuddled with Iliana in a corner of the club, he didn't notice the pairs of eyes closely watching him. Two best friends stood by each other muttering in disgust.
"She dumped me to hang with this girl-face guy?" one muttered.
"Dude, it's not that big of a deal. Just tell him to back off and he will."
"He stole her from me! I bet he's not even a good surfer like we are. What does she see in that dork?" said the first boy, running his fingers through his short, blond hair. "I'm going to beat the shit out of him."
"Don't, man, you'll get kicked out!"
"Yea? And it's worth it."
Jake's POV
"Okay, so I have your address and I'll write you as soon as I get back," I say. Though I'm as nervous as if I were going to the dentist, I try to keep my cool. I put my arm around her shoulders and she smiles and looks up at me.
"You'll be at the beach tomorrow, right?"
"Yea, and then maybe we can go looking through the shops?"
"That's be cool," she says softly.
"Iliana...why do you like me?"
"Why?" she says if it was so obvious. "Your smart, funny, sweet, cute...you make me laugh sometimes. I like that. Who wouldn't like you?"
"Huh, a lot of kids," I say. "Everyone in school would pick on me because I was always pretty sad and alone. My step dad was insane and abusive, my mom didn't care, and so the kids would laugh that I was so different. I'm in a better family now...a REALLY awesome family, but either way, I think the same people are going to hate me."
"Well, they are crazy if they hate you...I like you a lot..."
"And I like you. You're the prettiest girl I think I've ever met."
Before I could kiss her again, some dude bent over me and grabbed me by the shirt. He pulled me up and he looked about a head taller than me. He had blond spiky hair and a blue bandana wrapped around his head.
"What do you want?" I say, trying to sound brave.
"I WANT you to stay away from my girl!" he growls.
"I'm not your girl anymore, Giles! I told you, it's over!" Iliana yells.
Giles just stares at me angrily and grabs my shirt. "You're sunburned."
"Think I don't fucking know that, punk?" I snap.
"Ooh, tough guy? Bet you can't handle this!" He takes his free hand and jabs me in the stomach. My stomach is really hard so it doesn't bother me! "My turn!" I say quickly and hit him right in the eye.
He pulls back and grabs his eye, but only for a moment. All the kids group around us, while Iliana screams "STOP IT, GILES! Leave him alone!"
Giles grabs me again and lands his fist right on my neck. I start choking and grabbing my throat, but Giles, knees me right in the stomach when I didn't expect it. I start falling to the ground, my stomach burning, and Giles jumps on me. I can hear the workers trying to get to us to stop the fight.
Then I see Iliana, her eyes wide with fear as I fall to the ground with a thud. "Jake!!!" she screams, trying to get in after me, but Giles blocks her.
I look back at Iliana. I've got to show her that I'm not weak, just cause I'm little and skinny. I feel all this energy surge through my body. I tumbled forward so that I send Giles down. I clench my fist and start punching him in the face, the chest, and the stomach. That's when the workers got to me and yanked me up.
"Get out of here! We don't need troublemakers around here!"
"But he didn't start it! Giles did!" Iliana yelled.
"No, she didn't see the beginning!" Giles said in defense. "He hit me first!"
The manager grabs me by the shirt and leads me out. I turn back to see Iliana following me. "Iliana! Just stay here and enjoy the party!"
"No, I don't want to! I only wanted to be with you here! I'm not going to hang around so that Giles can follow me around!"
The manager throws me out the door so I fall on the sidewalk. "And don't come back here!" he yells. I shrug and get up off my scraped knees.
Iliana comes out and we sit on the sidewalk. She cuddles up next to me and we just talk, listening the music pouring out of the club.
"See, this isn't so bad after all!" she says.
"Not bad at all," I say and kiss her, since a few minutes ago I had been rudely interrupted. She pulls away and then we just hold each other. "You were really brave. If only you could be here longer so every time Giles came near, you could just scare him away."
"I wish I could too," I say.
Jake POV
I had spent two days straight in the sun with Iliana and I was tanning, but my face and back were really red. I had spent Wednesday with her and I only left her to get ready so I could go to the party with her. I was so excited! I picked out my clothes that seemed very Belfalas-ish. I wore a dark blue Belfalasan [Hawaiian] shirt, black shorts, and my new black tennis shoes. I even put some muse in my hair and messed with it so it didn't look like it's flat self. And then I was ready to go.
"EMMY!" I yelled.
"Yea?" Emma said coming out of the bathroom, looking dolled up to go walking around town. "Drive me to the Rokko, this teen club, please?"
"If dad knows your going there," she answers.
"He knows. I asked him if I could go," I answer.
"Hey, you're looking sharp...going to hang with that beach chick, eh?"
"Iliana," I sigh.
"Come on, let's go," she says.
We drive up in Mom's red corvette ad the music is blasting out of the club. "Thank you, Emma!" I say. "Pick me up at twelve?"
"Agh...yea, okay," she says. "See yah then."
I smile to myself as I walk in. I pay and then walk around, looking for Iliana. There are lots of fine girls around, but not like Iliana, so I keep on searching.
"Jake!" I whip around on my heel to see Iliana. "There you are!" she hugs me more a moment and then pulls back. "Aw, you look a little red, are you okay?"
"Yea, sunburned," I frown. She isn't even burned at all, just nice and tan.
"These are my friends, Pellen and Rinone," she says, looking over at the two girls behind her.
"Hi!" says Pellen. She grabs my hand and shakes it. "It's so nice to meet you. We've heard lots of nice things about you."
I look over at Iliana but she looks down, blushing a little. What could THAT mean? "It's nice to meet you to," I say to Pellen. "So, Iliana? Wanna dance?"
She looks up and smiles. "Sure."
It's a really slow song, so I can finally just put my arms around her. "I've had a lot of fun with you over these past says," I manage to say.
"Me too, Jake. I know this sounds corny, but I'm dreading the day you have to leave."
"It's not corny. I feel the exact same way," I say. We both hold each other closer. "A matter of fact, I think I want to be with you forever..." I whisper in her ear. Before I can mention "now THAT was corny," she pulls back so that we're looking at each other face to face, then gets closer to me and we kiss, right in the middle of the dance floor, in front of everyone. How could this girl like me? It seemed that neither of us wanted to tear away, so we made it long. I could never forget it...
Emma's POV
On my way into the hotel, I see Earfalas. I burst out laughing right when he looks at me, because he looks really tan, except his face is a lot whiter from where I'd squirted him. He probably didn't get it all off before he got into the sun.
Then I notice he's holding hands with a girl.
"Emthiel?!"
I jump back in surprise. "Leanna?"
"What the hell are you doing here? Isn't there anywhere where I can get away from you?"
"I was about to say the same thing," I say, crossing my arms over my chest. "I'm here on a vacation."
"I live in my beach house in the summer and Earfalas just came to visit me. Too bad you don't have any guy to hang with anymore, now that Legolas is gone and now that Darien is too upset with you to ask you back."
"How do you know about Darien?" I snap suspiciously.
"Everyone knows. Meliah has been telling everyone Darien, soon to be a music artist, dumped you! You get what you deserve."
I grind my teeth. "Well, we're still really good friends. At least I have famous friends and relatives in big bands and Greenwings knows me by face! What famous person knows YOU? Robby the Roach Killer?"
She growls at me. "Just because you know famous people, doesn't mean anything. Do you want to know what Rome really thinks of you? I overheard him say, 'Emma Goldring is the biggest ho.'"
"Oh, that's why he's one of my best friends and tries to hang out with me s much as possible? We're really good friends and your little lies aren't gonna tear us apart!"
"Like whatever! Earfalas and I like have a party to go to! Unlike YOU!" she storms off, pulling Earfalas behind her.
What a fucking prep!
Nobody's POV
While Jake cuddled with Iliana in a corner of the club, he didn't notice the pairs of eyes closely watching him. Two best friends stood by each other muttering in disgust.
"She dumped me to hang with this girl-face guy?" one muttered.
"Dude, it's not that big of a deal. Just tell him to back off and he will."
"He stole her from me! I bet he's not even a good surfer like we are. What does she see in that dork?" said the first boy, running his fingers through his short, blond hair. "I'm going to beat the shit out of him."
"Don't, man, you'll get kicked out!"
"Yea? And it's worth it."
Jake's POV
"Okay, so I have your address and I'll write you as soon as I get back," I say. Though I'm as nervous as if I were going to the dentist, I try to keep my cool. I put my arm around her shoulders and she smiles and looks up at me.
"You'll be at the beach tomorrow, right?"
"Yea, and then maybe we can go looking through the shops?"
"That's be cool," she says softly.
"Iliana...why do you like me?"
"Why?" she says if it was so obvious. "Your smart, funny, sweet, cute...you make me laugh sometimes. I like that. Who wouldn't like you?"
"Huh, a lot of kids," I say. "Everyone in school would pick on me because I was always pretty sad and alone. My step dad was insane and abusive, my mom didn't care, and so the kids would laugh that I was so different. I'm in a better family now...a REALLY awesome family, but either way, I think the same people are going to hate me."
"Well, they are crazy if they hate you...I like you a lot..."
"And I like you. You're the prettiest girl I think I've ever met."
Before I could kiss her again, some dude bent over me and grabbed me by the shirt. He pulled me up and he looked about a head taller than me. He had blond spiky hair and a blue bandana wrapped around his head.
"What do you want?" I say, trying to sound brave.
"I WANT you to stay away from my girl!" he growls.
"I'm not your girl anymore, Giles! I told you, it's over!" Iliana yells.
Giles just stares at me angrily and grabs my shirt. "You're sunburned."
"Think I don't fucking know that, punk?" I snap.
"Ooh, tough guy? Bet you can't handle this!" He takes his free hand and jabs me in the stomach. My stomach is really hard so it doesn't bother me! "My turn!" I say quickly and hit him right in the eye.
He pulls back and grabs his eye, but only for a moment. All the kids group around us, while Iliana screams "STOP IT, GILES! Leave him alone!"
Giles grabs me again and lands his fist right on my neck. I start choking and grabbing my throat, but Giles, knees me right in the stomach when I didn't expect it. I start falling to the ground, my stomach burning, and Giles jumps on me. I can hear the workers trying to get to us to stop the fight.
Then I see Iliana, her eyes wide with fear as I fall to the ground with a thud. "Jake!!!" she screams, trying to get in after me, but Giles blocks her.
I look back at Iliana. I've got to show her that I'm not weak, just cause I'm little and skinny. I feel all this energy surge through my body. I tumbled forward so that I send Giles down. I clench my fist and start punching him in the face, the chest, and the stomach. That's when the workers got to me and yanked me up.
"Get out of here! We don't need troublemakers around here!"
"But he didn't start it! Giles did!" Iliana yelled.
"No, she didn't see the beginning!" Giles said in defense. "He hit me first!"
The manager grabs me by the shirt and leads me out. I turn back to see Iliana following me. "Iliana! Just stay here and enjoy the party!"
"No, I don't want to! I only wanted to be with you here! I'm not going to hang around so that Giles can follow me around!"
The manager throws me out the door so I fall on the sidewalk. "And don't come back here!" he yells. I shrug and get up off my scraped knees.
Iliana comes out and we sit on the sidewalk. She cuddles up next to me and we just talk, listening the music pouring out of the club.
"See, this isn't so bad after all!" she says.
"Not bad at all," I say and kiss her, since a few minutes ago I had been rudely interrupted. She pulls away and then we just hold each other. "You were really brave. If only you could be here longer so every time Giles came near, you could just scare him away."
"I wish I could too," I say.
