A/N: Okay, just one little thing. I don't wanna sound like a bitch or
anything and I appreciate you all loving my stories, really I do, but I
just wanna say, please don't bug me about getting a new chapter up. I've
had a couple people IM me, I love you guys seriously I do, kinda making me
feel like I'm bein bugged about getting a new chapter out. I know ya'll
want a new one as soon as possible and if you wanna IM me and tell me,
dude, we need our fix! Please get a new one out soon, then fine. I can
deal with that. But please don't IM me and ask me, the first sentence,
update? That kinda bugs me. Check to see if I've updated. Cause I can't
always tell you if the chapter I've posted has showed up yet or not. So if
that's what ya want, I'd advise you to check yourselves. And don't ask who
certain people are or what's gonna happen next or who's gonna end up with
who. You'll find out. What's the point to you reading the story if I tell
you what's gonna happen?! That's like if I told you the end of some movie.
So, please don't ask. You'll find out what's gonna happen eventually.
Besides, half the time I haven't a clue what's gonna happen unless I'm
already working on the new chapter or have been all of a sudden hit with
something! So, I guess that's my soap box for the day. Enjoy the chapter!
Oh, Lindsay, I think you may get a kick outta the first paragraph here.
lmao OH!! Guess what ya'll?! I may be goin to my 3rd WWE show!!
AAAHHHHH!!! Can ya believe it? This time no Shane. It's the Smackdown
brand, but still totally kick asshis. That means I'll get to probably see
the totally adorable Shannon Moore. Hehehe "There's a hole in
my..........." lmao So hopefully my sister and her bf will like the card,
if they ever put one up, and take me. I know that I won't be getting 3rd
row seats this time and I'm not fighting tooth and nail for them either. I
mean, it'd be cool and all, but they're 40 bucks. 40 bucks that no one
has. lol Plus it's not like I'll be seein Shane this time. That was the
main reason I was so gun hoe about it the last time. Hopefully I'll be
able to see Matt. At least I'll be able to say that I got to see one of
the Hardy Boyz. True he's not Jeff, but he's a Hardy none the less and I
love him still. lol Anyways, enough of this, ON WITH THE CHAPTER!
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It was still dark out Monday morning when she awoke. She heard little stones being thrown at her bedroom window and a giant smile that the Copeland's were known for formed on her face. She quickly got dressed in lounge pants she stole from Cinder and pulled on a baggy sweatshirt she borrowed from Shannon one cold nite. Pulling her auburn hair into a messy ponytail, she grabbed her school stuff, and climbed out the window to meet Shannon. He kissed her tenderly, tasting her flavored lip gloss on her lips, and they ran hand in hand to his pick-up, heading for Willow Cliff for some intimate time alone before school. She was hoping for a Titanic moment and making Shannon's virgin pick-up into the titanic mobile. So as not to scare the family, Cinder was made clear the nite before, when they had become "sober" once again, to let her Aunt know that she was meeting Shannon at school early for an European History project. When they had discussed the plan, Cinder laughed her way through it. She was feeling considerably better and knew that once she saw Shane, everything would be back to the way things were supposed to be. Her mom had let her and Adam off of their grounding, figuring that meeting their father was punishment enough. Cinder and Adam whole heartedly agreed.
'There's nothing you can say. Nothing you can do. Nothing in between. You know the truth. Nothing left to face. Nothing left to lose. Nothing takes your place.' Cinder groaned hearing the radio of her alarm going off. Accidentally rolling onto her arm she screamed out in pain and then shook it off angrily.
"Just something that I'll always have to remind me of them," she muttered to herself throwing the blankets off her body.
'When they say you're not strong. Well you're not that weak. It's not your fault. When you climb up to that hill. Up to your place. I hope you're well. There's nothing left to prove. Nothing I won't do. Nothing like the pain. I feel for you. Nothing left to hide. Nothing left to fear. I am always here.'
"It's like the song was meant for me this morning. I so totally don't think I can deal with the crap that is school today," she complained as she began moving around her room, pulling her bath robe out of the closet in the process of early morning confusion.
'What you want. What you lost. What you had. What is gone is over. What you've got. What you love. What you need is real. If it's not enough. It's not enough. It's not enough I'm sorry. If it's not enough. It's not enough.'
"This is so totally NOT what I need this morning," she continued as she crawled over her bed and went to slam the alarm to shut off its annoying sound. She stopped suddenly, not knowing what caused it, but did none the less.
"That was Our Lady Peace with "Not Enough". It's an early morning wake up call and dedication to a very lucky little sister, Cinder Copeland. Hey Cinder, your brother says cheer up and that he loves ya. And now for today's weather report," the dj said. Cinder giggled childishly and ran out, as best she could, into the hall where Adam was waiting for her by the bathroom. She smiled at him and he carefully wrapped her up in his arms.
"That was really sweet of you. The song fit me lately," she whispered.
"You just gotta get back out there. Once you're all healed up do something unthinkable. Although with the help of Jeff there, there isn't much left that you could do like that!" Adam laughed. "Just to prove to them that you're not weak. You're the strongest girl I know!"
"Yeah, well, now this strong girl has to figure out exactly how to shower," she laughed pushing her way into the bathroom.
"I heard the dedication. That was very sweet of you. I don't know what's up with her lately, but something has her down. She's starting to worry me," Leeann sighed as she walked passed Adam.
"Ah, who knows. She's probably just in another one of her moods. I'm sure she'll get over it," Adam smiled patting his mother's back reassuringly.
Cinder carefully pulled on an old sweatshirt she had stolen from Adam a few years ago. She began to get pissed off at herself when she realized that she couldn't move her arm well enough to pull her back. Frustrated she threw her brush at the wall, causing it to break, and then wishing she hadn't done that. She pulled a schruncii around her wrist and shouldered her bag. She skipped down the stairs with a smile on her face, hoping that she was ready to face the day.
"Adam! I'm ready to go!" she called for him. When no one answered she walked outside and found his car gone. She let out a wild scream and sat down on the doorstep. "What the fuck am I supposed to do now?! Mom still has my keys, I'm really in no condition to drive anyways, and Adam fuckin left me here!!" She hung her head and began to cry, ignoring the sound of a car pulling into her driveway.
"Did someone call for a superhero? One named the Hurricane?!" She lifted her head and immediately smiled. "Dry those tears dear citizen. You have no need to cry, especially with a face as beautiful as yours." He knelt down and put his hand on the side of her face, rubbing it down softly across her chin. He smiled at her and placed his full lips on hers. He took her hand and pulled her up to her feet.
"What are you doing here?" she asked as he opened the door for her.
"Well, your brother called me this morning and told me to come pick you up cause you were in no condition to drive and he wanted to go have breakfast with Alanah. So here I am to the rescue," he answered.
"Thank you Shane." She kissed his cheek softly and sighed as she looked out the window.
"What happened Cin?" he asked curiously.
"I got second place," she muttered.
"Second place?! That's great!" he exclaimed before glancing at her and noticing the sour look on her face. "Isn't it?"
"I so should have had first. But I wiped out and nailed myself into rocks. It so sucked. I have stitches and can barely move my arm cause they might pop. I have a slash on my calf that kills whenever I walk. And I broke the tail on my board," she sighed.
"I'm sorry baby. What happened? Just a bad wave?"
"I wish. No, I met a couple people that I shouldn't have."
"Who?"
"My father and half-sister," she smiled sarcastically.
"That's not a good thing?" he questioned.
"Not at all. The whole thing was bad. He was an asshole. Now I understand why my mom insisted that I forget the whole idea about meeting him. Anyways, I concentrated more on them than on what I was doing and SPLAT! I crashed. And the stupid bitch walked away with my first place trophy, the money, and all the awesome gear."
"Stupid bitch?"
"Apparently my half-sister is a surfer too. I guess it runs in that side of the family. So NOT impressed. All I got out of the deal was a bid to the championships in Australia next fall and second place added to my name."
"I'm sorry. Well, now you just have that to work for," he said gripping her hand tightly.
"I'm not too sure about that," she said.
"You're not gonna go?"
"I don't know, I feel like I don't deserve it."
"Cinder, you deserve this more than anyone I know! You have to go!" he said as he pulled into the student parking lot.
"I don't have to do anything. I have a whole year to think about it. So thinking is what I'm going to do," she stated as she slid out of the car.
"That's dangerous for you and everyone around you," Trish smirked as she walked up to them with Jeff by her side.
"Hello to you too Trish," she chuckled.
"Jeff told me what happened. You okay?" Trish asked her friend as the two of them walked ahead of their boyfriends.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. Just a bruised ego to get over really," Cinder smiled.
"Did Jeff behave? Like he didn't go chasing any of the girls down there did he?" Trish asked sounding almost worried.
"No, not at all. He was great. You know I would have kicked his ass to get it back on line if needed be. But he was good the whole time," Cinder laughed as Trish let out a breath of relief.
"So where's your cousin?" she asked.
"Her and Shannon are out having some "time" together," Cinder said.
"Gotcha!" Trish laughed walking into the school. "Do you need some help with your hair?"
"Yeah, could you please?" Trish nodded at her, pulling her into the girls' bathroom. Jeff and Shane shook their heads and headed for their lockers to wait for their other halves. Not long after, Shannon and Lizzie walked, scratch that, skipped down the hall with bright smiles on their faces. Everyone knew exactly what they had done. They were just too obvious, but they didn't give a damn. Shannon walked up to Jeff and high fived him, only causing Lizzie to slap his arm and give him a dirty look. Shannon just shrugged it off.
"So where's my cousin and Trish?" Lizzie asked crossing her arms.
"Bathroom. Cinder needed some help with her hair," Shane smiled.
"Oh shit, I totally forgot," Lizzie cringed. "I should have done it for her instead of fogging it up with Shannon."
"Oh gees! I get slapped for high fiveing my friend, in which you have no clue why I did it, and you get to tell them what we actually did?! That's kinda a double standard there Lizzie!" Shannon smirked.
"You're a guy. There's only one reason for you to do that," Trish stuck up for Lizzie as she and Cinder had heard the conversation. Lizzie just nodded her head in response while Cinder cuddled up against Shane with a smile.
"C, you should have told me to stay this morning and help you get ready," Lizzie said.
"Nah, you definitely should have gone. But if you guys don't lose those smiles, my brother is sure to know what happened," Cinder laughed.
"Fuck Adam," Lizzie said.
"No thanks," Cinder joked.
"Well, I see you're back into joke mode," Jeff laughed.
"Yeah, I'm feeling a little better. Especially after hearing the song this morning that Adam dedicated to me," she answered. "Speaking of Adam. Tomorrow is his birthday. What do you say Lizzie? Pull out a prank?"
"I think I have the perfect one, but we need some supplies," Lizzie grinned devilishly.
"Hey, what are we doin about Adam's birthday?" Jay ran up to the group.
"We were just talking bout that Jay. I have a plan. A pretty evil one," Lizzie answered.
"Oh yeah? Well, let me in. I wanna help," Jay smirked.
"Well, he LOVES his hair right?" Lizzie started.
"If it has to do with his hair, he'll kill us. And that's no joke," Cinder said.
"Just let me finish," Lizzie said. "We get some fake blonde hair, ya know the stuff that they sell in the teeny bopper stores, and put it all around his head while he's sleeping. Then we put a pair of scissors on his nite stand with strands of hair stuck to it. When he wakes up, he'll notice that he's got hair all over him and think that his hair has been chopped off."
"I love you," Jay laughed. "That's the best idea ever!"
"Wait, I've got something to add," Cinder said. "Jeff, you dye your hair. Do you know of something that would be easy to apply, but be temporary? Like would wash out right away?"
"Yeah, of course," Jeff smiled.
"Great. This is gonna be one awesome prank!" Jay said.
Cinder and Lizzie looked at each other and yelled out, "DANGEROUS COUSIN DUO STRIKE AGAIN!"
"You two are too bizarre," Shane laughed.
"He's gonna die!" Trish smiled.
"But it's gonna be so worth it!" Lizzie said.
"I've got a video camera that I can set up in his room to capture the act of him waking up," Jay offered.
"He's gonna make your lives a living hell!" Jeff exclaimed.
"Like I said before, it's gonna be well worth it!" Lizzie said as the first bell rang and they all ran off to their classes.
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"Does this look like his hair?" Lizzie asked holding out some wavy blonde faux hair to Cinder. Cinder looked over and shook her head.
"No, go a little darker," Cinder nodded at herself.
"Where'd Jay and Jeff run off to?" Lizzie asked as they looked over the wall.
"To get the hair dye and tape for the camcorder," Cinder answered. "AH-HA! Got it!" Cinder pulled down the correct color hair and smiled before they both ran off to pay for it. "Ya know what stupid thing I did this morning?"
"Woke up?" Lizzie laughed.
"Yeah, but besides that. I got so frustrated with my hair that I threw the brush at the wall and it broke into pieces. Man was I pissed," she laughed as Jeff and Jay ran into the store.
"We got it," Jeff smiled holding up a bag that held every color of the rainbow. "We got blue, red, purple, black, green, and even pink."
"He'll die when he notices the pink in his hair," Jay smiled.
"Oh shit! He's gonna be home in an hour. Jay, go on ahead and set up the camcorder," Cinder ordered.
"I'll go with you. See you guys later," Lizzie said excitedly jumping on Jay's shoulders, getting a piggy back ride out of the mall.
"Jeff, I need something crazy and wild to do when I get all healed. Something that no one would expect me to do," Cinder said as they slowly made their way out of the mall.
"Well, I'm goin with Shannon and Shane this weekend to get my belly button pierced. Well, Shane and I are getting our belly buttons pierced. Shannon's getting his eyebrow done. You could come with us," Jeff suggested. "Why?"
"Cause Adam suggested that I do something that no one would expect cause they then would see that I'm not weak. That I'm strong. But don't you need some sort of parental permission?"
"Not if you go to the right place," he answered.
"But is it gonna be safe?" she worried.
"Oh yeah. They're very safe. They just don't care if you have permission or not," Jeff laughed as they climbed into his truck.
"I think I'll join you guys and get mine done. My Mom's gonna flip!" Cinder laughed.
"She may not. She could surprise you," he said.
"That's doubtful. But I'm gonna do it anyways."
"Good. Then next time we can get tattoos together!" Jeff laughed.
"You best be jokin!"
"Actually I'm not. We wanna do it by the end of the school year."
"Now that I know we need permission for."
"Fake ids babe," Jeff said seriously. Cinder just shook her head as they drove home.
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It was still dark out Monday morning when she awoke. She heard little stones being thrown at her bedroom window and a giant smile that the Copeland's were known for formed on her face. She quickly got dressed in lounge pants she stole from Cinder and pulled on a baggy sweatshirt she borrowed from Shannon one cold nite. Pulling her auburn hair into a messy ponytail, she grabbed her school stuff, and climbed out the window to meet Shannon. He kissed her tenderly, tasting her flavored lip gloss on her lips, and they ran hand in hand to his pick-up, heading for Willow Cliff for some intimate time alone before school. She was hoping for a Titanic moment and making Shannon's virgin pick-up into the titanic mobile. So as not to scare the family, Cinder was made clear the nite before, when they had become "sober" once again, to let her Aunt know that she was meeting Shannon at school early for an European History project. When they had discussed the plan, Cinder laughed her way through it. She was feeling considerably better and knew that once she saw Shane, everything would be back to the way things were supposed to be. Her mom had let her and Adam off of their grounding, figuring that meeting their father was punishment enough. Cinder and Adam whole heartedly agreed.
'There's nothing you can say. Nothing you can do. Nothing in between. You know the truth. Nothing left to face. Nothing left to lose. Nothing takes your place.' Cinder groaned hearing the radio of her alarm going off. Accidentally rolling onto her arm she screamed out in pain and then shook it off angrily.
"Just something that I'll always have to remind me of them," she muttered to herself throwing the blankets off her body.
'When they say you're not strong. Well you're not that weak. It's not your fault. When you climb up to that hill. Up to your place. I hope you're well. There's nothing left to prove. Nothing I won't do. Nothing like the pain. I feel for you. Nothing left to hide. Nothing left to fear. I am always here.'
"It's like the song was meant for me this morning. I so totally don't think I can deal with the crap that is school today," she complained as she began moving around her room, pulling her bath robe out of the closet in the process of early morning confusion.
'What you want. What you lost. What you had. What is gone is over. What you've got. What you love. What you need is real. If it's not enough. It's not enough. It's not enough I'm sorry. If it's not enough. It's not enough.'
"This is so totally NOT what I need this morning," she continued as she crawled over her bed and went to slam the alarm to shut off its annoying sound. She stopped suddenly, not knowing what caused it, but did none the less.
"That was Our Lady Peace with "Not Enough". It's an early morning wake up call and dedication to a very lucky little sister, Cinder Copeland. Hey Cinder, your brother says cheer up and that he loves ya. And now for today's weather report," the dj said. Cinder giggled childishly and ran out, as best she could, into the hall where Adam was waiting for her by the bathroom. She smiled at him and he carefully wrapped her up in his arms.
"That was really sweet of you. The song fit me lately," she whispered.
"You just gotta get back out there. Once you're all healed up do something unthinkable. Although with the help of Jeff there, there isn't much left that you could do like that!" Adam laughed. "Just to prove to them that you're not weak. You're the strongest girl I know!"
"Yeah, well, now this strong girl has to figure out exactly how to shower," she laughed pushing her way into the bathroom.
"I heard the dedication. That was very sweet of you. I don't know what's up with her lately, but something has her down. She's starting to worry me," Leeann sighed as she walked passed Adam.
"Ah, who knows. She's probably just in another one of her moods. I'm sure she'll get over it," Adam smiled patting his mother's back reassuringly.
Cinder carefully pulled on an old sweatshirt she had stolen from Adam a few years ago. She began to get pissed off at herself when she realized that she couldn't move her arm well enough to pull her back. Frustrated she threw her brush at the wall, causing it to break, and then wishing she hadn't done that. She pulled a schruncii around her wrist and shouldered her bag. She skipped down the stairs with a smile on her face, hoping that she was ready to face the day.
"Adam! I'm ready to go!" she called for him. When no one answered she walked outside and found his car gone. She let out a wild scream and sat down on the doorstep. "What the fuck am I supposed to do now?! Mom still has my keys, I'm really in no condition to drive anyways, and Adam fuckin left me here!!" She hung her head and began to cry, ignoring the sound of a car pulling into her driveway.
"Did someone call for a superhero? One named the Hurricane?!" She lifted her head and immediately smiled. "Dry those tears dear citizen. You have no need to cry, especially with a face as beautiful as yours." He knelt down and put his hand on the side of her face, rubbing it down softly across her chin. He smiled at her and placed his full lips on hers. He took her hand and pulled her up to her feet.
"What are you doing here?" she asked as he opened the door for her.
"Well, your brother called me this morning and told me to come pick you up cause you were in no condition to drive and he wanted to go have breakfast with Alanah. So here I am to the rescue," he answered.
"Thank you Shane." She kissed his cheek softly and sighed as she looked out the window.
"What happened Cin?" he asked curiously.
"I got second place," she muttered.
"Second place?! That's great!" he exclaimed before glancing at her and noticing the sour look on her face. "Isn't it?"
"I so should have had first. But I wiped out and nailed myself into rocks. It so sucked. I have stitches and can barely move my arm cause they might pop. I have a slash on my calf that kills whenever I walk. And I broke the tail on my board," she sighed.
"I'm sorry baby. What happened? Just a bad wave?"
"I wish. No, I met a couple people that I shouldn't have."
"Who?"
"My father and half-sister," she smiled sarcastically.
"That's not a good thing?" he questioned.
"Not at all. The whole thing was bad. He was an asshole. Now I understand why my mom insisted that I forget the whole idea about meeting him. Anyways, I concentrated more on them than on what I was doing and SPLAT! I crashed. And the stupid bitch walked away with my first place trophy, the money, and all the awesome gear."
"Stupid bitch?"
"Apparently my half-sister is a surfer too. I guess it runs in that side of the family. So NOT impressed. All I got out of the deal was a bid to the championships in Australia next fall and second place added to my name."
"I'm sorry. Well, now you just have that to work for," he said gripping her hand tightly.
"I'm not too sure about that," she said.
"You're not gonna go?"
"I don't know, I feel like I don't deserve it."
"Cinder, you deserve this more than anyone I know! You have to go!" he said as he pulled into the student parking lot.
"I don't have to do anything. I have a whole year to think about it. So thinking is what I'm going to do," she stated as she slid out of the car.
"That's dangerous for you and everyone around you," Trish smirked as she walked up to them with Jeff by her side.
"Hello to you too Trish," she chuckled.
"Jeff told me what happened. You okay?" Trish asked her friend as the two of them walked ahead of their boyfriends.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. Just a bruised ego to get over really," Cinder smiled.
"Did Jeff behave? Like he didn't go chasing any of the girls down there did he?" Trish asked sounding almost worried.
"No, not at all. He was great. You know I would have kicked his ass to get it back on line if needed be. But he was good the whole time," Cinder laughed as Trish let out a breath of relief.
"So where's your cousin?" she asked.
"Her and Shannon are out having some "time" together," Cinder said.
"Gotcha!" Trish laughed walking into the school. "Do you need some help with your hair?"
"Yeah, could you please?" Trish nodded at her, pulling her into the girls' bathroom. Jeff and Shane shook their heads and headed for their lockers to wait for their other halves. Not long after, Shannon and Lizzie walked, scratch that, skipped down the hall with bright smiles on their faces. Everyone knew exactly what they had done. They were just too obvious, but they didn't give a damn. Shannon walked up to Jeff and high fived him, only causing Lizzie to slap his arm and give him a dirty look. Shannon just shrugged it off.
"So where's my cousin and Trish?" Lizzie asked crossing her arms.
"Bathroom. Cinder needed some help with her hair," Shane smiled.
"Oh shit, I totally forgot," Lizzie cringed. "I should have done it for her instead of fogging it up with Shannon."
"Oh gees! I get slapped for high fiveing my friend, in which you have no clue why I did it, and you get to tell them what we actually did?! That's kinda a double standard there Lizzie!" Shannon smirked.
"You're a guy. There's only one reason for you to do that," Trish stuck up for Lizzie as she and Cinder had heard the conversation. Lizzie just nodded her head in response while Cinder cuddled up against Shane with a smile.
"C, you should have told me to stay this morning and help you get ready," Lizzie said.
"Nah, you definitely should have gone. But if you guys don't lose those smiles, my brother is sure to know what happened," Cinder laughed.
"Fuck Adam," Lizzie said.
"No thanks," Cinder joked.
"Well, I see you're back into joke mode," Jeff laughed.
"Yeah, I'm feeling a little better. Especially after hearing the song this morning that Adam dedicated to me," she answered. "Speaking of Adam. Tomorrow is his birthday. What do you say Lizzie? Pull out a prank?"
"I think I have the perfect one, but we need some supplies," Lizzie grinned devilishly.
"Hey, what are we doin about Adam's birthday?" Jay ran up to the group.
"We were just talking bout that Jay. I have a plan. A pretty evil one," Lizzie answered.
"Oh yeah? Well, let me in. I wanna help," Jay smirked.
"Well, he LOVES his hair right?" Lizzie started.
"If it has to do with his hair, he'll kill us. And that's no joke," Cinder said.
"Just let me finish," Lizzie said. "We get some fake blonde hair, ya know the stuff that they sell in the teeny bopper stores, and put it all around his head while he's sleeping. Then we put a pair of scissors on his nite stand with strands of hair stuck to it. When he wakes up, he'll notice that he's got hair all over him and think that his hair has been chopped off."
"I love you," Jay laughed. "That's the best idea ever!"
"Wait, I've got something to add," Cinder said. "Jeff, you dye your hair. Do you know of something that would be easy to apply, but be temporary? Like would wash out right away?"
"Yeah, of course," Jeff smiled.
"Great. This is gonna be one awesome prank!" Jay said.
Cinder and Lizzie looked at each other and yelled out, "DANGEROUS COUSIN DUO STRIKE AGAIN!"
"You two are too bizarre," Shane laughed.
"He's gonna die!" Trish smiled.
"But it's gonna be so worth it!" Lizzie said.
"I've got a video camera that I can set up in his room to capture the act of him waking up," Jay offered.
"He's gonna make your lives a living hell!" Jeff exclaimed.
"Like I said before, it's gonna be well worth it!" Lizzie said as the first bell rang and they all ran off to their classes.
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"Does this look like his hair?" Lizzie asked holding out some wavy blonde faux hair to Cinder. Cinder looked over and shook her head.
"No, go a little darker," Cinder nodded at herself.
"Where'd Jay and Jeff run off to?" Lizzie asked as they looked over the wall.
"To get the hair dye and tape for the camcorder," Cinder answered. "AH-HA! Got it!" Cinder pulled down the correct color hair and smiled before they both ran off to pay for it. "Ya know what stupid thing I did this morning?"
"Woke up?" Lizzie laughed.
"Yeah, but besides that. I got so frustrated with my hair that I threw the brush at the wall and it broke into pieces. Man was I pissed," she laughed as Jeff and Jay ran into the store.
"We got it," Jeff smiled holding up a bag that held every color of the rainbow. "We got blue, red, purple, black, green, and even pink."
"He'll die when he notices the pink in his hair," Jay smiled.
"Oh shit! He's gonna be home in an hour. Jay, go on ahead and set up the camcorder," Cinder ordered.
"I'll go with you. See you guys later," Lizzie said excitedly jumping on Jay's shoulders, getting a piggy back ride out of the mall.
"Jeff, I need something crazy and wild to do when I get all healed. Something that no one would expect me to do," Cinder said as they slowly made their way out of the mall.
"Well, I'm goin with Shannon and Shane this weekend to get my belly button pierced. Well, Shane and I are getting our belly buttons pierced. Shannon's getting his eyebrow done. You could come with us," Jeff suggested. "Why?"
"Cause Adam suggested that I do something that no one would expect cause they then would see that I'm not weak. That I'm strong. But don't you need some sort of parental permission?"
"Not if you go to the right place," he answered.
"But is it gonna be safe?" she worried.
"Oh yeah. They're very safe. They just don't care if you have permission or not," Jeff laughed as they climbed into his truck.
"I think I'll join you guys and get mine done. My Mom's gonna flip!" Cinder laughed.
"She may not. She could surprise you," he said.
"That's doubtful. But I'm gonna do it anyways."
"Good. Then next time we can get tattoos together!" Jeff laughed.
"You best be jokin!"
"Actually I'm not. We wanna do it by the end of the school year."
"Now that I know we need permission for."
"Fake ids babe," Jeff said seriously. Cinder just shook her head as they drove home.