Authors note (AN): ok this is a fair warning about what you'll encounter
while reading my fanfic. 1 there is violence in it, 2 there is bad language
in it, 3 yes there are a lot of mature audiences only. If you have no clue
to what I'm talking about, well you'll see when you read my story. Oh and
before I forget! Biker Mice From Mars isn't mine it belongs to the
person(s) that created them which doesn't include me!!! Which means
Throttle, Modo, Vinnie, and Charley and any bad guys from BMFM aren't mine
for those of you with slow mind, or are just incredible tired (I hear ya on
that!!).
All other characters are mine and I would like it if you ask me first
before using them in any of your stories!! I will gratefully let you use
them, just so long as I get some credit, cool? Cool!!
Ok now this chapter will be a tearjerker!!! I use strong language (even though I put *'s in for some of it cuz I'm a wuss :P ) and I use some caps cuz I wanted to emphasize on the AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH's.ok with you?? OK!! On with the story!!!!!!!
Chapter two:
Prom nightmares
The scene in the kitchen slowly changes as Charley begins a flash back to tell her story.
"It was a few days before my senior prom, I was so excited. I was going with Donnel, Lisa, and her boyfriend. It was going to be a wonderful night. I had gone shopping that day with Lisa for our dresses. I had always wanted to go to my senior prom; I basically started planning my dream day my freshmen year and I would fantasize about it all the time. I had gotten a green dress, and spent a lot of money for it, Lisa had encouraged me to spoil myself for that one night, and so I did. I went all out."
~Flash back~
"So Lisa, are you sure he's going to like it? I mean, he's been acting really strange lately, he yells a lot more than before." A younger Charley says to her friend.
"Look he told you once that you look beautiful in anything, right?" Charlene slowly nods a yes, "Then he's going to love it! You're just nervous that's all, just don't give it a second though and you'll be ok!" Lisa smiled and gave Charley a hug. They had been friends since the 7th grade, always hanging around with each other, Lisa had even convinced Charlene to try out for the cheerleading squad to which she reluctantly did so, mostly from being coxed by Lisa that she need to just a bit more girlish, she even more reluctantly made the squad.
"Ya, I guess you're right, but still, I'm starting to wonder if my mom was right about him"
"You have a point their, but I'll be with you when you show him the dress, so you have nothing to worry about!"
"I know, but. remember what happened to Renée, when she showed him her shoes and he didn't like them, he freaked a little on her? He said it was an accident though, how it had happened, how she had gotten that bruise"
"Yes, I do..." Lisa sighed, Renée had been a friend of hers, and she had dated Donnel last year. Renée had said that Donnel was just misunderstood, that he would beat her only by accident, he would apologize later with flowers or jewelry, but still, it was there. the violence.
With that Lisa gave a shiver remembering all too well the scars on her old friends body as her remains were pulled out of the river. That had happened almost 8 months ago, but it seemed almost like yesterday. "Do you remember how she died, Charlene?"
"Yes I remember, she and Donnel drove off a bridge, he luckily survived but. she died, it wasn't fair, she should have lived too, she was so nice."
"The more I think about it though Charlene, the more I think it wasn't an accident how her car had just swerved out of the lane and went off the bridge, and that he was the only survivor. I know I'm always telling you this but I really don't like you going out with him.
"Well I mean, that was almost eight months ago, and he's also changed a bit, I mean he does yell here and their and he's gone hay wire a few times but he's never hit me and he always apologizes, he says he doesn't want me to end up alone. So I think I should give him a second chance. I mean, like I said he's been trying."
Charlene didn't really sound too sure of herself like she usually did. "I don't see why you don't like him, I mean he said he was sorry and it was an accident and all so just lay off him ok!"
"Ok! Gosh I'm only saying it cuz I'm worried about you! I don't want anything to happen to you Tommy girl!"
Charlene stopped and looked at her friend, she had used her nickname from when they were in middle school, since Charlene was such a tomboy Lisa had nicknamed her Tommy girl. "I. I know, I know tessy-girl"
Lisa smiled at her nickname, she was always teasing her hair so much that Charlene had nicknamed her that.
"It's just that, he's the first guy I've ever really liked. a lot, and I just want him to be well, Mr. Right I guess."
"Ya I know the feeling too," Lisa said walking over towards her "But I want you to be ok, remember Billy and me? I though he was the one, he just turned out to be an immature jerk though, Heck there's someone out there for everyone in this big universe, even you Tommy girl!" she said playfully punching her on the arm.
"Gee thanks," she said punching her back with a smile. "Thanks Lisa, I don't know what I'd do with out you."
"You'd be a geek tomboy only into her cars, tools and nothing else." They both started laughing as they began pulling out the dresses from their bags and trying them on.
*
After some giggling and uncontrollable laugher they slipped into their dresses to give them a look over. Lisa had on a blue dress to match her eyes, a gold necklace to match her blonde hair and silky smooth white gloves that seemed to slip thru your fingers like a fine liquid, and although at first sight she looked like a stereo-typical blonde; popular, captain of the cheerleading squad, 'big boobs' as some of the guys put her, she wasn't, she was also pretty dang smart and almost came across with B's or higher in almost all her subjects, except for tech ed she'd gotten a C which was mostly thanks to Charley.
"Oh wow Lisa you look great!!" Charlene's green dress matched her eyes beautifully.
"So do you Tommy girl!" Both girls began giggling even more. Lisa's blue dress hugged her hips tightly; it had spaghetti strings that crisscrossed at the top and sparkles in it that made her shine in radiance. The slits that opened up at her thighs ran down both her legs.
Charlene's green dress was exceptionally beautiful; Lisa had helped her pick it out. It had one slit that ran from her thigh down, it had two spaghetti strings that crossed at the bottom and kept an opening at her chest making it a bit more reveling. The dress was smooth and was tight in all the right spots making it fit her figure perfectly.
"The guys will flip when they see us prom night." they had stepped in front of the mirror and were now admiring themselves. "Ya, they will" Charlene said, then to herself added 'in a good way I hope.'
**
The days till prom night became shorter and shorter; soon Prom was only 3 days away. Charlene and Lisa are walking in the halls of Chicago High towards their lockers.
"So has Donnel asked you what color your dress is yet Charlene?"
"No he hasn't, I've tried to tell him but he kept saying he's too busy to talk to me."
"Girl! Prom is 3 days away! He's got to know what color your dress is so that you guys can match!" Lisa was practically obsessed with the fact that your dress had to match your man's tux.
"Ya, I know, I know. But I can't get a minute with him at all. 'Sighs' He's always too busy."
"Ya well, OH here he comes now! Go over and catch him before he heads on home!" Charlene turned and ran over towards Donnel. He was in a group of his friends and was laughing about something.
"Hey Donnel!" He turned around and gave her a smile as he said goodbye to his snickering friends and walked towards her.
"Hey sweetie! What's up? Haven't seen you in a while."
"Maybe it's because you're always so busy huh?" she said kissing his cheek.
"Ya well, anyway so what's up?" he asked, tensing up at her kiss.
"Well I though I should tell you what my dress looks like so that we can at least match at prom?"
"Oh ya huh? Well shoot"
"It's green, to match my," but she was cut short.
"Green?! Sweetie I though I told you that I wanted you to wear a black dress? Didn't I?"
"Yes but well I thought you'd like the gre." he grabbed her arm and squeezed hard.
"Sweetie I told you I wanted you in a black dress, not a green one, now I'll have to go and change my suit, either that or you go out and change that dress for a black one? Huh?"
"But I can't return it! I got it on special price! And besides I told you I was going to buy the green dress when I found it and you never said a word!"
"Well now I am," he held her tighter and shook her a little "Now go and see if you can change it an..."
"What are you doing to her!"? Lisa got behind him and pulled him back.
"None of your business, that's what."
"It's my business when you're hurting her! Now leave her alone! She got the green dress because I said she looked better in it than in the black one! So lay off her!" Lisa said her eyes narrowing dangerously as she eyed Donnel.
He looked at her and slowly breathed in a few breaths "Ya, yes you're right, sorry I, I've had a bad day," he turned towards Charlene who was rubbing her arm "Charlene sweetie, I'm sorry, if you think the green ones better then go with it, I'll just change my vest ok?" he started to walk towards her but she instinctively backed away from him a little. "Look sweetie I'm sorry let me hug you at least to say I'm sorry."
She sighed and walked towards him and he hugged her, she didn't feel right though, the whole situation felt wrong.
He broke his grasp and backed away winked at her smiled and then walked away. She continued rubbing her arm a small bruise forming.
"Come on Charlene, let's go put something on that before it really starts to bruise." Charlene followed her friend still rubbing her arm looking back towards where he had left.
'It'll all be alright' she though to herself 'he just had a bad day, that's all, a bad day."
** (AN: Girls/Guys if anyone ever does anything like that you tell them it's over!! Don't stick around them any more!! They aren't worth it!!)
Finally Prom had come, and the Seniors had gotten the day off from school to get ready for the big night, everyone was excited, everyone except Charlene. She had been thinking about the incident that had happened three days before, and couldn't stop thinking about it. As she stood in front of her full-length mirror and looked at herself she tried to push away those thoughts. She looked great, her hair was in a French twist, just like Lisa, they had decided to have matching hair-do's for prom. Lisa was coming over to be at Charlene's house so that they could be picked up together.
She took one final look at herself before the doorbell rang. She ran down the stairs forgetting about her earlier thoughts and nearly crashed into her mother, "Oops sorry mom!" she ran over and opened the door, and there was Lisa, all she did was scream and hug Charlene, then they both screamed.
"I can't believe it! Senior Prom! AAAHHH!" they both said in unison.
Charlene's mother just laughed at the two of them, she could remember the first time they met they were such opposites but now they were the best of friends.
"Ok it's 5 o'clock right now, in just one more hour Jason and Donnel will be coming over and we'll all head over to that really outstanding restaurant near the bridge!" Lisa said with sparkles in her eyes.
"Oh is that the one that's on the other side of the bridge that's across from our school?! That restaurant is like so fine!! AAAHHH, I can't wait!!" Charlene said jumping up and down.
"Ha ha ha, you two calm down or you'll be worn before you even get to the dance!" Mrs. Davidson said laughing to the two seniors.
"We know we know it's just that it's our Prom! AAAHHHH" they both screamed again and hugged each other, just then Mrs. Davidson pulled out her camera and snapped a picture of the two of them jumping up and down hugging each other all smiles. "Mom we weren't ready yet!"
"To me you were, you both look so happy, Oh my two baby's are growing up so fast!" she said placing her hand on her heart a tear coming from her watery eyes. The two jumpy teens smiled and hugged her. Lisa had been like a daughter to Mrs. Davidson, always over the house, always with Charlene, she was family. "Ok now," Mrs. Davidson said drying her eyes, "Why don't you two go and finish getting dressed and ready up stairs in your room, huh?"
"Sure! See you in a bit!" With that they were both racing up stairs waiting for their dates to come and pick them up and a night of wonders to start.
**
"Ok it's almost six and neither one of them is here, what's going on?" Charlene stated, pacing around her room with a worried look.
"You know Jason, he's probably still out looking for a corsage for me or something, and Donnel, well he's probably lost or something."
"You're right about Jason but, Donnel, I don't know, he's been acting strange lately, he's so busy lately. It's weird."
"Ahuh, it is weird. Well, maybe, I don't know, but maybe he wants to surprise you or something?"
"Maybe" Charlene stared off into space as she began to wonder when the doorbell rang yet again that evening.
They both look at each other then ran down the stairs almost falling at the last step, Mrs. Davidson couldn't help but laugh out loud now at the site of the both of them. Luckily neither one had messed anything up, but Mrs. Davidson ended up being the one answering the door, it was Jason.
"Ah, sorry I'm a little late, I ah, had to pick up something." He said getting out a box with a beautiful white rose tipped with blue around the edges.
"Oh I love it! Ok you're excused mister." Lisa said while he put it on her.
They then sat down and began to talk a little while they waited for Donnel. Mrs. Davidson took pictures of them in the mean time, one of Lisa and Jason, then one of them each individually, one of the three of them, and tons of just Charlene and Lisa. All was going well until they noticed that half an hour had passed since Jason's arrival and still no Donnel.
"I wonder where he is?" Charlene said to everyone, they began to wonder. "It's 6:40 now and he's still not here." Charlene waited another five minutes before walking over towards the phone and calling his house, no one answered.
"I hope he's ok"
"I'm sure he is, I bet he's just forgotten something or other."
"Well if he doesn't show up then he might meet us at the prom." Jason suggested.
"Why not the restaurant?" Lisa asked.
"He's been so busy that I haven't been able to catch him and tell him which one it was"
"Well he could have at least called!" Charlene now felt like crying, just then the phone rang and she picked it up.
"Hello? Donnel! Where are you? I was worried that you, what? . WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T. But. no. I . I understand. I'll see you later then, bye, ya bye" she ended the call rather coldly.
"What's wrong? What happened?!" Everyone was looking at her with wide eyes, and looks of concern.
"He's not coming" she stated blankly.
"What do you mean by he's not coming?"
"He's working late, he's not going to prom" Charlene said quietly.
"WHAT?!!!" everyone yelled out at the same time. Mrs. Davidson walked up to her daughter, "Oh honey, I'm so sorry."
"It's ok, I mean, he has to work and I know he's busy, and 'sob' he's 'sob' just busy and, 'sob' and," she couldn't get the sentence out before she began to cry.
Lisa came up to her and took her to her room; "we'll be right back people" she called back. She took Charlene to her bedroom where they both sat down on her bed. Dozens of objects and nick knacks lay on her bed, including the new yearbook, which had just come out.
(Author's note: in order for the story to work in my world I need the yearbook to be out earlier than normal so if you're like that's too early for a yearbook to be out it is but bear with me ok people. I'm not perfect ok? Ok! On with the story)
"It's ok Charlene, I know it has to hurt" Lisa said hugging her and comforting her. "That asshole has no idea what he's doing to you."
"It's not fair," Charlene sobbed out, "I wanted to go to Prom with him so badly, I though he was the one, it's not fair"
"I know, I know. Tommy-girl look at me, you need to get rid of him, ever since you two got together you haven't been happy at all, you deserve better girl. I know you do."
All Charlene could do was slowly nod her head and agree. "Come on now, let's go to the restaurant, I'm sure Jason would love to be your date too! You know how he always fantasizes about taking two girls out, well here's his chance!"
Charlene laughed, "Ya you're right, ok, let's go" Charlene got up slowly walked over to her mirror and wiped her tears with a tissue.
As she turned to go Lisa called to her. "Hold on Charlene, I gotta sign your year book!"
"But. didn't you already sign it?"
"Ya but I have to sign it again girl! Go on down stairs and I'll meet ya down there!"
"Ok" as Charlene turned to go out, she looked back, "Lisa, thanks. You're my Best friend, and my sister, I love you a lot girl, and I really don't know what'd I'd do with out you. you're my strength."
She walked over towards Lisa and hugged her tight. They sat there hugging for a bit before they both separated, both a little teary.
"I'll meet ya down there tessy-girl."
"Same here Tommy-girl"
**
They arrived at, " La plage" a little French seafood restaurant that was close to a beautiful bridge, with a great river under it. That night the water was unusually cold and it was also dangerous because of undercurrents that ran along the man made construction. They settled in and began to give some small talk, both Lisa and Jason knew that Charlene wasn't having much fun, especially since she was just stood up on Prom night, but they had to do something to make her feel better about it.
"Ah, Hey Charlene" Jason said to her, "Would you like to dance with me?"
"Um, if it's ok with Lisa?"
"Hey it's ok, how about we all dance together?!"
They made their way to the dance floor and began to dance around to the lively music. Jason seemed to be having the time of his life dancing with the two beautiful women he had in front of him, and Charlene seemed to forget about Donnel. They continued dancing forgetting all about the earlier incident until Charlene suddenly stopped and froze.
Lisa and Jason had no idea what was wrong with her until they followed her gaze; their sitting at a table with another woman was Donnel, having the time of his life. All Charlene did was stare at him, but soon her hands began to ball and she stormed over to him. Lisa and Jason weren't far behind her as the little group went over to confront Donnel.
"Oh Donnel, hehehe you are just such a gentlemen, oh I wish all the guys were like you" the big breasted blonde said batting her eyelashes at Donnel as if she had something in her eyes.
(Author's note: now she's the kind of blonde that gives all blondes the bad name!)
He was just about to reply to her remark when he suddenly felt something ice cold go down his head, and spine.
Charlene had picked up a nearby Champagne holder filled with ice-cold water that had melted and had dumped it on him. "What the hell was that fo."? Donnel started yelling but stopped when he saw Charlene's angry face.
"CHARLENE!"
"Charlene?! I though you said you broke up with her 3 weeks ago Sweetie!" The blonde woman said.
"You. You Asshole! You stood me up on Prom night to go and cheat on me!!" Charlene's eyes were full of tears and rage. "I can't believe I wanted to give you a chance!!!" by now the entire restaurant had gotten very quiet and all eyes were on them.
"Charlene, sweetie, let me expla."
"Don't you dare Sweetie me you, you, ASS!! I PUT UP WITH YOU AND THIS IS HOW YOU THANK ME???!!!"
She then slapped him, grabbed his champagne glass and threw it in his face, and was about to walk off when the blonde stood up and made her mistake.
"Hey! Don't do that to my sweetie pie!" all Charlene did was turn around, fire in her eyes and looked at her, then she spotted something and gave an evil smile.
"Oh you don't want me to do anything to your sweetie pie?" she said picking up a piece of pie, "Well then here I'll make sure you get your sweetie pie, in your face bitch" and with that she threw the pie at her face and down her cleavage and stormed off out of the restaurant, Donnel and the rest trailing her close behind.
"HEY.HEY! CHARLENE WAIT! JUST WAIT A F**KEN MINUTE!!" She just continued to walk across the bridge, towards their high school, where the Prom was being held.
"HEY I TOLD YOU TO WAIT!" with that she turned around "How dare you say that to me." and she continued to walk even faster, she was almost half way across the bridge, when she felt a hand come on her shoulder and turn her around sharply and a sharp pain come across her cheek.
"You damn bitch! You don't deserve anything I've given you!! You're just a F**king Bi." he didn't finish the rest of the sentence though because he was suddenly pulled around sharply and slapped across the face by Lisa.
"DON'T YOU TOUCH HER!" He then threw Charlene down and went and gave Lisa a hard push which sent her flying and over the edge of the bridge.
It happened all in slow motion as Charlene raced over to grab her hand and as Jason caught up to them and began to fight Donnel, keeping him from hurting the girls any further. Charlene reached out over the edge and barely grabbed Lisa's hand.
"I GOT YOU LISA!! I GOT YOU!!!"
"DON'T LET GO!!" Charlene began to pull her up. Jason was beating Donnel, but as Donnel tried to turn to run he tripped and fell over the edge. He grabbed on to Lisa's leg as he went down. The extra weight almost pulled Charlene over the edge as she held on to her Best friend for dear life. Jason ran behind her just in time and was able to grab a hold of Charlene before she went over the edge.
"LISA! HOLD ON! PLEASE HOLD ON!" Charlene began to cry and she tried to pull them up. The people from the restaurant began to run towards them but they were too far away to reach them in time. The white gloves Lisa was wearing were starting to slip from Charlene's grasp as she and Jason began to try and pull them up.
"CHARLENE!!! I CAN'T HOLD ON!"
"DON'T LET GO! OH GOD PLEASE DON'T LET GO LISA!!"
Lisa's hand slowly began to fall out of her glove as Charlene franticly tried to get a better hold of her and pull her up with all the extra weight.
Then the inevitable happened. Lisa's hand fell out of her glove and she began to fall. Donnel had let go of her just as she began to fall. To Charlene it happened all so slowly as she tried to reach out for her and pull her back up, but she was gone.
"LISA!!!! NNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!! LISA!!!"
Charlene tried to jump in after her but Jason held on to her, the people from the restaurant had just arrived and tried to help control what was left of the situation.
"NOOO, NO , NO ,NO LISA!!! LISA!!! I HAVE TO HELP HER LET ME GO!!!" Charlene repeated over and over again as she struggled trying to get away from Jason's grasp.
"Is she or the boy surfacing?!" a person asked.
"Yes the boy is!! He's over by that boat!!"
"Where's the girl!??"
All the voices were just a blur to Charlene as she continued to scream and try to get away from Jason to jump in and save Lisa.
**
3 hours had passed and there was still no sign of Lisa. The police and firefighters began to think that she was swept under by one of the strong under currents and had most presumably drowned. Donnel was under the custody of the police because luckily there were some witnesses from the restaurant that had seen him hit Charlene and push Lisa.
Charlene was very quiet as she sat in an ambulance and rocked herself back and forth, not truly believing that her best friend, and sister was truly gone. Jason was taken to a hospital for minor bruises and scratches he had gotten from his fight he too was in a similar state of shock, and Charlene was there by herself, rocking back and forth, crying.
A firefighter had asked her earlier, her name and where she lived, she could barely remember as she was still in shock from it all. Just then she felt two comforting arms come around her and she looked up, it was her mother.
"Oh Charlene" was all her mother could get out as she hugged her and they both cried together, over their great loss.
All Charlene could think about was how it was her fault, how if she had stopped and ended her relationship with Donnel how none of this would have happened. How if she would have listened she'd still be alive, they'd be at Prom now, how if she had held on tighter she'd still be here.how if she would have listen she'd be here right now with her.
**
Two weeks afterwards, Lisa was pronounced dead, her body was never found. The only belonging they found of hers was the other white glove. Lisa's father decided that it was appropriate for Charlene to have it. She had the other one that was left in her hand when Lisa fell, and so now she had them both.
At Lisa's funeral Charlene cried uncontrollably and apologized over and over again to Lisa's father, Mr. Simmens.
But no matter how hard they tried to tell her it wasn't her fault Charlene didn't believe it and blamed herself entirely.
~Flash back ends~
Charley held on to the cup of tea as she stared into it silently giving a little sigh. The guys just looked down at their cups, Vinnie had his hands in fists.
"It was my fault. I should have stopped it when I had the chance. but I didn't, all because I though he needed a second chance, all because I was too stubborn." She pushed back the rest of her tears.
"Ah am so sorry Charley- ma'am. I had no idea what you had gone through." Modo said as he sadly looked over towards her.
"Ya Charley-girl," Throttle said putting his hand on her shoulder, "but you have to think, it really wasn't your fault. You tried to save her, but, it was just something that, you couldn't do."
"No, it was my fault. If I had listened to her and gotten rid of him earlier, it wouldn't have happened. And she'd still be here with me, instead of somewhere under the river!" She got up and tried to run up to her room but again she felt those strong arms around her.
"It's ok Charlene, just cry and let it out, I'm here for you."
"It's not fair!" She cried as she sobbed into Vinnie's chest, "It's just not fair! Why'd it have to happen? It's a nightmare!"
"I know it is, and we'll help you wake up from it Charlene," He said holding her tight, stroking her hair and then giving her a kiss on her head, "We'll help you wake up Charlene, we will, I will, I promise."
Authors note: Well, What do you think? Good, bad, stinks, what? Chap 3:The nightmare's just beginning, coming 1-3-02 (hopefully ^_-)
Check ya later CAtz!!
Ok now this chapter will be a tearjerker!!! I use strong language (even though I put *'s in for some of it cuz I'm a wuss :P ) and I use some caps cuz I wanted to emphasize on the AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH's.ok with you?? OK!! On with the story!!!!!!!
Chapter two:
Prom nightmares
The scene in the kitchen slowly changes as Charley begins a flash back to tell her story.
"It was a few days before my senior prom, I was so excited. I was going with Donnel, Lisa, and her boyfriend. It was going to be a wonderful night. I had gone shopping that day with Lisa for our dresses. I had always wanted to go to my senior prom; I basically started planning my dream day my freshmen year and I would fantasize about it all the time. I had gotten a green dress, and spent a lot of money for it, Lisa had encouraged me to spoil myself for that one night, and so I did. I went all out."
~Flash back~
"So Lisa, are you sure he's going to like it? I mean, he's been acting really strange lately, he yells a lot more than before." A younger Charley says to her friend.
"Look he told you once that you look beautiful in anything, right?" Charlene slowly nods a yes, "Then he's going to love it! You're just nervous that's all, just don't give it a second though and you'll be ok!" Lisa smiled and gave Charley a hug. They had been friends since the 7th grade, always hanging around with each other, Lisa had even convinced Charlene to try out for the cheerleading squad to which she reluctantly did so, mostly from being coxed by Lisa that she need to just a bit more girlish, she even more reluctantly made the squad.
"Ya, I guess you're right, but still, I'm starting to wonder if my mom was right about him"
"You have a point their, but I'll be with you when you show him the dress, so you have nothing to worry about!"
"I know, but. remember what happened to Renée, when she showed him her shoes and he didn't like them, he freaked a little on her? He said it was an accident though, how it had happened, how she had gotten that bruise"
"Yes, I do..." Lisa sighed, Renée had been a friend of hers, and she had dated Donnel last year. Renée had said that Donnel was just misunderstood, that he would beat her only by accident, he would apologize later with flowers or jewelry, but still, it was there. the violence.
With that Lisa gave a shiver remembering all too well the scars on her old friends body as her remains were pulled out of the river. That had happened almost 8 months ago, but it seemed almost like yesterday. "Do you remember how she died, Charlene?"
"Yes I remember, she and Donnel drove off a bridge, he luckily survived but. she died, it wasn't fair, she should have lived too, she was so nice."
"The more I think about it though Charlene, the more I think it wasn't an accident how her car had just swerved out of the lane and went off the bridge, and that he was the only survivor. I know I'm always telling you this but I really don't like you going out with him.
"Well I mean, that was almost eight months ago, and he's also changed a bit, I mean he does yell here and their and he's gone hay wire a few times but he's never hit me and he always apologizes, he says he doesn't want me to end up alone. So I think I should give him a second chance. I mean, like I said he's been trying."
Charlene didn't really sound too sure of herself like she usually did. "I don't see why you don't like him, I mean he said he was sorry and it was an accident and all so just lay off him ok!"
"Ok! Gosh I'm only saying it cuz I'm worried about you! I don't want anything to happen to you Tommy girl!"
Charlene stopped and looked at her friend, she had used her nickname from when they were in middle school, since Charlene was such a tomboy Lisa had nicknamed her Tommy girl. "I. I know, I know tessy-girl"
Lisa smiled at her nickname, she was always teasing her hair so much that Charlene had nicknamed her that.
"It's just that, he's the first guy I've ever really liked. a lot, and I just want him to be well, Mr. Right I guess."
"Ya I know the feeling too," Lisa said walking over towards her "But I want you to be ok, remember Billy and me? I though he was the one, he just turned out to be an immature jerk though, Heck there's someone out there for everyone in this big universe, even you Tommy girl!" she said playfully punching her on the arm.
"Gee thanks," she said punching her back with a smile. "Thanks Lisa, I don't know what I'd do with out you."
"You'd be a geek tomboy only into her cars, tools and nothing else." They both started laughing as they began pulling out the dresses from their bags and trying them on.
*
After some giggling and uncontrollable laugher they slipped into their dresses to give them a look over. Lisa had on a blue dress to match her eyes, a gold necklace to match her blonde hair and silky smooth white gloves that seemed to slip thru your fingers like a fine liquid, and although at first sight she looked like a stereo-typical blonde; popular, captain of the cheerleading squad, 'big boobs' as some of the guys put her, she wasn't, she was also pretty dang smart and almost came across with B's or higher in almost all her subjects, except for tech ed she'd gotten a C which was mostly thanks to Charley.
"Oh wow Lisa you look great!!" Charlene's green dress matched her eyes beautifully.
"So do you Tommy girl!" Both girls began giggling even more. Lisa's blue dress hugged her hips tightly; it had spaghetti strings that crisscrossed at the top and sparkles in it that made her shine in radiance. The slits that opened up at her thighs ran down both her legs.
Charlene's green dress was exceptionally beautiful; Lisa had helped her pick it out. It had one slit that ran from her thigh down, it had two spaghetti strings that crossed at the bottom and kept an opening at her chest making it a bit more reveling. The dress was smooth and was tight in all the right spots making it fit her figure perfectly.
"The guys will flip when they see us prom night." they had stepped in front of the mirror and were now admiring themselves. "Ya, they will" Charlene said, then to herself added 'in a good way I hope.'
**
The days till prom night became shorter and shorter; soon Prom was only 3 days away. Charlene and Lisa are walking in the halls of Chicago High towards their lockers.
"So has Donnel asked you what color your dress is yet Charlene?"
"No he hasn't, I've tried to tell him but he kept saying he's too busy to talk to me."
"Girl! Prom is 3 days away! He's got to know what color your dress is so that you guys can match!" Lisa was practically obsessed with the fact that your dress had to match your man's tux.
"Ya, I know, I know. But I can't get a minute with him at all. 'Sighs' He's always too busy."
"Ya well, OH here he comes now! Go over and catch him before he heads on home!" Charlene turned and ran over towards Donnel. He was in a group of his friends and was laughing about something.
"Hey Donnel!" He turned around and gave her a smile as he said goodbye to his snickering friends and walked towards her.
"Hey sweetie! What's up? Haven't seen you in a while."
"Maybe it's because you're always so busy huh?" she said kissing his cheek.
"Ya well, anyway so what's up?" he asked, tensing up at her kiss.
"Well I though I should tell you what my dress looks like so that we can at least match at prom?"
"Oh ya huh? Well shoot"
"It's green, to match my," but she was cut short.
"Green?! Sweetie I though I told you that I wanted you to wear a black dress? Didn't I?"
"Yes but well I thought you'd like the gre." he grabbed her arm and squeezed hard.
"Sweetie I told you I wanted you in a black dress, not a green one, now I'll have to go and change my suit, either that or you go out and change that dress for a black one? Huh?"
"But I can't return it! I got it on special price! And besides I told you I was going to buy the green dress when I found it and you never said a word!"
"Well now I am," he held her tighter and shook her a little "Now go and see if you can change it an..."
"What are you doing to her!"? Lisa got behind him and pulled him back.
"None of your business, that's what."
"It's my business when you're hurting her! Now leave her alone! She got the green dress because I said she looked better in it than in the black one! So lay off her!" Lisa said her eyes narrowing dangerously as she eyed Donnel.
He looked at her and slowly breathed in a few breaths "Ya, yes you're right, sorry I, I've had a bad day," he turned towards Charlene who was rubbing her arm "Charlene sweetie, I'm sorry, if you think the green ones better then go with it, I'll just change my vest ok?" he started to walk towards her but she instinctively backed away from him a little. "Look sweetie I'm sorry let me hug you at least to say I'm sorry."
She sighed and walked towards him and he hugged her, she didn't feel right though, the whole situation felt wrong.
He broke his grasp and backed away winked at her smiled and then walked away. She continued rubbing her arm a small bruise forming.
"Come on Charlene, let's go put something on that before it really starts to bruise." Charlene followed her friend still rubbing her arm looking back towards where he had left.
'It'll all be alright' she though to herself 'he just had a bad day, that's all, a bad day."
** (AN: Girls/Guys if anyone ever does anything like that you tell them it's over!! Don't stick around them any more!! They aren't worth it!!)
Finally Prom had come, and the Seniors had gotten the day off from school to get ready for the big night, everyone was excited, everyone except Charlene. She had been thinking about the incident that had happened three days before, and couldn't stop thinking about it. As she stood in front of her full-length mirror and looked at herself she tried to push away those thoughts. She looked great, her hair was in a French twist, just like Lisa, they had decided to have matching hair-do's for prom. Lisa was coming over to be at Charlene's house so that they could be picked up together.
She took one final look at herself before the doorbell rang. She ran down the stairs forgetting about her earlier thoughts and nearly crashed into her mother, "Oops sorry mom!" she ran over and opened the door, and there was Lisa, all she did was scream and hug Charlene, then they both screamed.
"I can't believe it! Senior Prom! AAAHHH!" they both said in unison.
Charlene's mother just laughed at the two of them, she could remember the first time they met they were such opposites but now they were the best of friends.
"Ok it's 5 o'clock right now, in just one more hour Jason and Donnel will be coming over and we'll all head over to that really outstanding restaurant near the bridge!" Lisa said with sparkles in her eyes.
"Oh is that the one that's on the other side of the bridge that's across from our school?! That restaurant is like so fine!! AAAHHH, I can't wait!!" Charlene said jumping up and down.
"Ha ha ha, you two calm down or you'll be worn before you even get to the dance!" Mrs. Davidson said laughing to the two seniors.
"We know we know it's just that it's our Prom! AAAHHHH" they both screamed again and hugged each other, just then Mrs. Davidson pulled out her camera and snapped a picture of the two of them jumping up and down hugging each other all smiles. "Mom we weren't ready yet!"
"To me you were, you both look so happy, Oh my two baby's are growing up so fast!" she said placing her hand on her heart a tear coming from her watery eyes. The two jumpy teens smiled and hugged her. Lisa had been like a daughter to Mrs. Davidson, always over the house, always with Charlene, she was family. "Ok now," Mrs. Davidson said drying her eyes, "Why don't you two go and finish getting dressed and ready up stairs in your room, huh?"
"Sure! See you in a bit!" With that they were both racing up stairs waiting for their dates to come and pick them up and a night of wonders to start.
**
"Ok it's almost six and neither one of them is here, what's going on?" Charlene stated, pacing around her room with a worried look.
"You know Jason, he's probably still out looking for a corsage for me or something, and Donnel, well he's probably lost or something."
"You're right about Jason but, Donnel, I don't know, he's been acting strange lately, he's so busy lately. It's weird."
"Ahuh, it is weird. Well, maybe, I don't know, but maybe he wants to surprise you or something?"
"Maybe" Charlene stared off into space as she began to wonder when the doorbell rang yet again that evening.
They both look at each other then ran down the stairs almost falling at the last step, Mrs. Davidson couldn't help but laugh out loud now at the site of the both of them. Luckily neither one had messed anything up, but Mrs. Davidson ended up being the one answering the door, it was Jason.
"Ah, sorry I'm a little late, I ah, had to pick up something." He said getting out a box with a beautiful white rose tipped with blue around the edges.
"Oh I love it! Ok you're excused mister." Lisa said while he put it on her.
They then sat down and began to talk a little while they waited for Donnel. Mrs. Davidson took pictures of them in the mean time, one of Lisa and Jason, then one of them each individually, one of the three of them, and tons of just Charlene and Lisa. All was going well until they noticed that half an hour had passed since Jason's arrival and still no Donnel.
"I wonder where he is?" Charlene said to everyone, they began to wonder. "It's 6:40 now and he's still not here." Charlene waited another five minutes before walking over towards the phone and calling his house, no one answered.
"I hope he's ok"
"I'm sure he is, I bet he's just forgotten something or other."
"Well if he doesn't show up then he might meet us at the prom." Jason suggested.
"Why not the restaurant?" Lisa asked.
"He's been so busy that I haven't been able to catch him and tell him which one it was"
"Well he could have at least called!" Charlene now felt like crying, just then the phone rang and she picked it up.
"Hello? Donnel! Where are you? I was worried that you, what? . WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T. But. no. I . I understand. I'll see you later then, bye, ya bye" she ended the call rather coldly.
"What's wrong? What happened?!" Everyone was looking at her with wide eyes, and looks of concern.
"He's not coming" she stated blankly.
"What do you mean by he's not coming?"
"He's working late, he's not going to prom" Charlene said quietly.
"WHAT?!!!" everyone yelled out at the same time. Mrs. Davidson walked up to her daughter, "Oh honey, I'm so sorry."
"It's ok, I mean, he has to work and I know he's busy, and 'sob' he's 'sob' just busy and, 'sob' and," she couldn't get the sentence out before she began to cry.
Lisa came up to her and took her to her room; "we'll be right back people" she called back. She took Charlene to her bedroom where they both sat down on her bed. Dozens of objects and nick knacks lay on her bed, including the new yearbook, which had just come out.
(Author's note: in order for the story to work in my world I need the yearbook to be out earlier than normal so if you're like that's too early for a yearbook to be out it is but bear with me ok people. I'm not perfect ok? Ok! On with the story)
"It's ok Charlene, I know it has to hurt" Lisa said hugging her and comforting her. "That asshole has no idea what he's doing to you."
"It's not fair," Charlene sobbed out, "I wanted to go to Prom with him so badly, I though he was the one, it's not fair"
"I know, I know. Tommy-girl look at me, you need to get rid of him, ever since you two got together you haven't been happy at all, you deserve better girl. I know you do."
All Charlene could do was slowly nod her head and agree. "Come on now, let's go to the restaurant, I'm sure Jason would love to be your date too! You know how he always fantasizes about taking two girls out, well here's his chance!"
Charlene laughed, "Ya you're right, ok, let's go" Charlene got up slowly walked over to her mirror and wiped her tears with a tissue.
As she turned to go Lisa called to her. "Hold on Charlene, I gotta sign your year book!"
"But. didn't you already sign it?"
"Ya but I have to sign it again girl! Go on down stairs and I'll meet ya down there!"
"Ok" as Charlene turned to go out, she looked back, "Lisa, thanks. You're my Best friend, and my sister, I love you a lot girl, and I really don't know what'd I'd do with out you. you're my strength."
She walked over towards Lisa and hugged her tight. They sat there hugging for a bit before they both separated, both a little teary.
"I'll meet ya down there tessy-girl."
"Same here Tommy-girl"
**
They arrived at, " La plage" a little French seafood restaurant that was close to a beautiful bridge, with a great river under it. That night the water was unusually cold and it was also dangerous because of undercurrents that ran along the man made construction. They settled in and began to give some small talk, both Lisa and Jason knew that Charlene wasn't having much fun, especially since she was just stood up on Prom night, but they had to do something to make her feel better about it.
"Ah, Hey Charlene" Jason said to her, "Would you like to dance with me?"
"Um, if it's ok with Lisa?"
"Hey it's ok, how about we all dance together?!"
They made their way to the dance floor and began to dance around to the lively music. Jason seemed to be having the time of his life dancing with the two beautiful women he had in front of him, and Charlene seemed to forget about Donnel. They continued dancing forgetting all about the earlier incident until Charlene suddenly stopped and froze.
Lisa and Jason had no idea what was wrong with her until they followed her gaze; their sitting at a table with another woman was Donnel, having the time of his life. All Charlene did was stare at him, but soon her hands began to ball and she stormed over to him. Lisa and Jason weren't far behind her as the little group went over to confront Donnel.
"Oh Donnel, hehehe you are just such a gentlemen, oh I wish all the guys were like you" the big breasted blonde said batting her eyelashes at Donnel as if she had something in her eyes.
(Author's note: now she's the kind of blonde that gives all blondes the bad name!)
He was just about to reply to her remark when he suddenly felt something ice cold go down his head, and spine.
Charlene had picked up a nearby Champagne holder filled with ice-cold water that had melted and had dumped it on him. "What the hell was that fo."? Donnel started yelling but stopped when he saw Charlene's angry face.
"CHARLENE!"
"Charlene?! I though you said you broke up with her 3 weeks ago Sweetie!" The blonde woman said.
"You. You Asshole! You stood me up on Prom night to go and cheat on me!!" Charlene's eyes were full of tears and rage. "I can't believe I wanted to give you a chance!!!" by now the entire restaurant had gotten very quiet and all eyes were on them.
"Charlene, sweetie, let me expla."
"Don't you dare Sweetie me you, you, ASS!! I PUT UP WITH YOU AND THIS IS HOW YOU THANK ME???!!!"
She then slapped him, grabbed his champagne glass and threw it in his face, and was about to walk off when the blonde stood up and made her mistake.
"Hey! Don't do that to my sweetie pie!" all Charlene did was turn around, fire in her eyes and looked at her, then she spotted something and gave an evil smile.
"Oh you don't want me to do anything to your sweetie pie?" she said picking up a piece of pie, "Well then here I'll make sure you get your sweetie pie, in your face bitch" and with that she threw the pie at her face and down her cleavage and stormed off out of the restaurant, Donnel and the rest trailing her close behind.
"HEY.HEY! CHARLENE WAIT! JUST WAIT A F**KEN MINUTE!!" She just continued to walk across the bridge, towards their high school, where the Prom was being held.
"HEY I TOLD YOU TO WAIT!" with that she turned around "How dare you say that to me." and she continued to walk even faster, she was almost half way across the bridge, when she felt a hand come on her shoulder and turn her around sharply and a sharp pain come across her cheek.
"You damn bitch! You don't deserve anything I've given you!! You're just a F**king Bi." he didn't finish the rest of the sentence though because he was suddenly pulled around sharply and slapped across the face by Lisa.
"DON'T YOU TOUCH HER!" He then threw Charlene down and went and gave Lisa a hard push which sent her flying and over the edge of the bridge.
It happened all in slow motion as Charlene raced over to grab her hand and as Jason caught up to them and began to fight Donnel, keeping him from hurting the girls any further. Charlene reached out over the edge and barely grabbed Lisa's hand.
"I GOT YOU LISA!! I GOT YOU!!!"
"DON'T LET GO!!" Charlene began to pull her up. Jason was beating Donnel, but as Donnel tried to turn to run he tripped and fell over the edge. He grabbed on to Lisa's leg as he went down. The extra weight almost pulled Charlene over the edge as she held on to her Best friend for dear life. Jason ran behind her just in time and was able to grab a hold of Charlene before she went over the edge.
"LISA! HOLD ON! PLEASE HOLD ON!" Charlene began to cry and she tried to pull them up. The people from the restaurant began to run towards them but they were too far away to reach them in time. The white gloves Lisa was wearing were starting to slip from Charlene's grasp as she and Jason began to try and pull them up.
"CHARLENE!!! I CAN'T HOLD ON!"
"DON'T LET GO! OH GOD PLEASE DON'T LET GO LISA!!"
Lisa's hand slowly began to fall out of her glove as Charlene franticly tried to get a better hold of her and pull her up with all the extra weight.
Then the inevitable happened. Lisa's hand fell out of her glove and she began to fall. Donnel had let go of her just as she began to fall. To Charlene it happened all so slowly as she tried to reach out for her and pull her back up, but she was gone.
"LISA!!!! NNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!! LISA!!!"
Charlene tried to jump in after her but Jason held on to her, the people from the restaurant had just arrived and tried to help control what was left of the situation.
"NOOO, NO , NO ,NO LISA!!! LISA!!! I HAVE TO HELP HER LET ME GO!!!" Charlene repeated over and over again as she struggled trying to get away from Jason's grasp.
"Is she or the boy surfacing?!" a person asked.
"Yes the boy is!! He's over by that boat!!"
"Where's the girl!??"
All the voices were just a blur to Charlene as she continued to scream and try to get away from Jason to jump in and save Lisa.
**
3 hours had passed and there was still no sign of Lisa. The police and firefighters began to think that she was swept under by one of the strong under currents and had most presumably drowned. Donnel was under the custody of the police because luckily there were some witnesses from the restaurant that had seen him hit Charlene and push Lisa.
Charlene was very quiet as she sat in an ambulance and rocked herself back and forth, not truly believing that her best friend, and sister was truly gone. Jason was taken to a hospital for minor bruises and scratches he had gotten from his fight he too was in a similar state of shock, and Charlene was there by herself, rocking back and forth, crying.
A firefighter had asked her earlier, her name and where she lived, she could barely remember as she was still in shock from it all. Just then she felt two comforting arms come around her and she looked up, it was her mother.
"Oh Charlene" was all her mother could get out as she hugged her and they both cried together, over their great loss.
All Charlene could think about was how it was her fault, how if she had stopped and ended her relationship with Donnel how none of this would have happened. How if she would have listened she'd still be alive, they'd be at Prom now, how if she had held on tighter she'd still be here.how if she would have listen she'd be here right now with her.
**
Two weeks afterwards, Lisa was pronounced dead, her body was never found. The only belonging they found of hers was the other white glove. Lisa's father decided that it was appropriate for Charlene to have it. She had the other one that was left in her hand when Lisa fell, and so now she had them both.
At Lisa's funeral Charlene cried uncontrollably and apologized over and over again to Lisa's father, Mr. Simmens.
But no matter how hard they tried to tell her it wasn't her fault Charlene didn't believe it and blamed herself entirely.
~Flash back ends~
Charley held on to the cup of tea as she stared into it silently giving a little sigh. The guys just looked down at their cups, Vinnie had his hands in fists.
"It was my fault. I should have stopped it when I had the chance. but I didn't, all because I though he needed a second chance, all because I was too stubborn." She pushed back the rest of her tears.
"Ah am so sorry Charley- ma'am. I had no idea what you had gone through." Modo said as he sadly looked over towards her.
"Ya Charley-girl," Throttle said putting his hand on her shoulder, "but you have to think, it really wasn't your fault. You tried to save her, but, it was just something that, you couldn't do."
"No, it was my fault. If I had listened to her and gotten rid of him earlier, it wouldn't have happened. And she'd still be here with me, instead of somewhere under the river!" She got up and tried to run up to her room but again she felt those strong arms around her.
"It's ok Charlene, just cry and let it out, I'm here for you."
"It's not fair!" She cried as she sobbed into Vinnie's chest, "It's just not fair! Why'd it have to happen? It's a nightmare!"
"I know it is, and we'll help you wake up from it Charlene," He said holding her tight, stroking her hair and then giving her a kiss on her head, "We'll help you wake up Charlene, we will, I will, I promise."
Authors note: Well, What do you think? Good, bad, stinks, what? Chap 3:The nightmare's just beginning, coming 1-3-02 (hopefully ^_-)
Check ya later CAtz!!
