Where's all my reviews? I'm not going to update unless I get some feedback!
:-/ I was really hoping for some reviewing going on in here...but I'm
afraid I received one review! Thanks to VampyreTwylight73 for reviewing!
^_^
Now, keep 'em coming! Here's to a new Chappie!
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Kally stood by the punch bowl, still fuming from the bathroom incident. Lauren hadn't spoken to her, and she was completely baffled. Why was Lauren mad at her? What had she done? Her eyes skimmed over the dancing crowd and rested on Gordie and Lauren, softly dancing to the song. She cringed. Her best friend was mad at her! It made her want to vomit.
But the sickening feeling left abruptly as her absolute favorite song came on, "Yesterday" by The Beatles. She melted and tears came to her eyes. She loved the song and had to rest her hands on the table to steady herself.
"Hi."
She looked up and smiled at Chris. He had gone out for a smoke, a habit he had acquired as a twelve year old.
"I love this song," Kally said softly. "It's so sad, I cry every time I hear it."
Chris nodded. "It is really sad, but pretty. I like it."
Kally looked away. "Do you know why Lauren won't talk to me?"
Chris eye's moved uncomfortably and he diverted his gaze. "I talked to her. She's upset, angry and hurt."
"What did I do?!"
"Nothing...she just feels like you didn't stand up for her, you let it happen...she just needs time along."
"Bullshit!" Kally said outraged. Hot tears of anger sprang into her eyes and her face stung. "What does she want from me? What could I have done?! God, it's like I got my own problems, and now I have to resolve hers?"
Chris gently touched her arm. "You didn't go after her, Kally. That's why she's upset."
"I fucking tried! Mila and Jamie kind of stopped me by running my head into the wall and making my nose fucking bleed."
Chris shook his head. "Let her cool off. Do you want to dance?"
Kally screwed her face up in anger and crossed her arms like a little girl. "No!"
"Come on, you need to forget about her right now, she'll forgive you herself! Jesus Christ!"
Kally looked at Chris hurt. "Fine."
Reaching out his hand, Kally took it and followed him out to the dance floor. He put his hands on her waist and she wrapped her arms around his neck, feeling complete for the first time in a long time...
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Overall, the dance absolutely sucked. Lauren didn't speak to Kally the rest of the night and Gordie walked her home separately. Kally's bad mood hadn't died out and after getting fed up with it, Chris offered to walk her home early, and Kally obliged.
That night Kally lay on her bed, reading a book for school she was assigned, "A Wrinkle in Time." She sort of enjoyed it, but the constant talk of a fantasy world got on her nerves. She heard a faint knock on her door, and hollered a "Come in."
Gordie walked into her room and sat on her bed. "Hey."
Kally looked up and sort of grinned. "Hi."
"Um, I just wanted to tell you that Lauren and I have started going out," Gordie said uncomfortably.
Kally looked up benignly. "Oh. That's . . erm . . nice."
"Goddammit Kally! Get over yourself already. Lauren's mad at you, so what? She'll get over it! It's not always about you."
"Fuck you Gordie!" Kally yelled, angry. "Get the hell out. I'm not mad about Lauren, I don't care! Just leave me the hell alone, I'm tired and I feel like shit, and I hate living here with you and your damn mother who never shuts up about how wonderful Denny was and your disgusting pig of a father who never stops comparing you to him! I'm *sick* of it! And you are too, I know it! So grow some balls, Gordon LaChance and leave me the hell alone and maybe fix your own damn problems!"
Gordie wasn't angered by Kally's outraged. She was right and he knew it. But he couldn't find it in him to retaliate. He was so used to being compared to the late Denny, it no longer phased him.
And that scared Gordie beyond belief.
Now, keep 'em coming! Here's to a new Chappie!
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Kally stood by the punch bowl, still fuming from the bathroom incident. Lauren hadn't spoken to her, and she was completely baffled. Why was Lauren mad at her? What had she done? Her eyes skimmed over the dancing crowd and rested on Gordie and Lauren, softly dancing to the song. She cringed. Her best friend was mad at her! It made her want to vomit.
But the sickening feeling left abruptly as her absolute favorite song came on, "Yesterday" by The Beatles. She melted and tears came to her eyes. She loved the song and had to rest her hands on the table to steady herself.
"Hi."
She looked up and smiled at Chris. He had gone out for a smoke, a habit he had acquired as a twelve year old.
"I love this song," Kally said softly. "It's so sad, I cry every time I hear it."
Chris nodded. "It is really sad, but pretty. I like it."
Kally looked away. "Do you know why Lauren won't talk to me?"
Chris eye's moved uncomfortably and he diverted his gaze. "I talked to her. She's upset, angry and hurt."
"What did I do?!"
"Nothing...she just feels like you didn't stand up for her, you let it happen...she just needs time along."
"Bullshit!" Kally said outraged. Hot tears of anger sprang into her eyes and her face stung. "What does she want from me? What could I have done?! God, it's like I got my own problems, and now I have to resolve hers?"
Chris gently touched her arm. "You didn't go after her, Kally. That's why she's upset."
"I fucking tried! Mila and Jamie kind of stopped me by running my head into the wall and making my nose fucking bleed."
Chris shook his head. "Let her cool off. Do you want to dance?"
Kally screwed her face up in anger and crossed her arms like a little girl. "No!"
"Come on, you need to forget about her right now, she'll forgive you herself! Jesus Christ!"
Kally looked at Chris hurt. "Fine."
Reaching out his hand, Kally took it and followed him out to the dance floor. He put his hands on her waist and she wrapped her arms around his neck, feeling complete for the first time in a long time...
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Overall, the dance absolutely sucked. Lauren didn't speak to Kally the rest of the night and Gordie walked her home separately. Kally's bad mood hadn't died out and after getting fed up with it, Chris offered to walk her home early, and Kally obliged.
That night Kally lay on her bed, reading a book for school she was assigned, "A Wrinkle in Time." She sort of enjoyed it, but the constant talk of a fantasy world got on her nerves. She heard a faint knock on her door, and hollered a "Come in."
Gordie walked into her room and sat on her bed. "Hey."
Kally looked up and sort of grinned. "Hi."
"Um, I just wanted to tell you that Lauren and I have started going out," Gordie said uncomfortably.
Kally looked up benignly. "Oh. That's . . erm . . nice."
"Goddammit Kally! Get over yourself already. Lauren's mad at you, so what? She'll get over it! It's not always about you."
"Fuck you Gordie!" Kally yelled, angry. "Get the hell out. I'm not mad about Lauren, I don't care! Just leave me the hell alone, I'm tired and I feel like shit, and I hate living here with you and your damn mother who never shuts up about how wonderful Denny was and your disgusting pig of a father who never stops comparing you to him! I'm *sick* of it! And you are too, I know it! So grow some balls, Gordon LaChance and leave me the hell alone and maybe fix your own damn problems!"
Gordie wasn't angered by Kally's outraged. She was right and he knew it. But he couldn't find it in him to retaliate. He was so used to being compared to the late Denny, it no longer phased him.
And that scared Gordie beyond belief.