"Kory, did you want the top bunk, the bottom bunk or the single bed?" Connie asked looking at the bunk bed and extra bed that had been put in their room by the custodial staff that morning.
"Um, I'll take the separate bed I guess." Kory replied taking some pictures out of a box and lining them up on her bureau. "I'm a tosser so I can't really share a bed."
"That's fine. Jules you've got the top."
"Damn Kory, what the do you have in here, rocks?" Portman grunted as he set down a box, that took both he and Fulton to carry up the stairs.
Fulton stood up and rubbed the small of his back.
"No kidding dude. I've lifted couches lighter then this Kor."
Kory looked at the tote the boys had just put down as Banks walked in with a duffel bag hanging from his shoulder.
"I think my trophies are in there."
"Trophies, for what?" Julie queried.
Kory smiled and opened the tote.
"Some are from band competitions and the others are from dancing contests."
"Cool what kind of dancing?" Connie questioned.
"Swing, I'm a huge fan of the thirties and forties, so I took swing dancing lessons."
"Wow, swing dancing that's not very common for kids our age."
"Why, do none of you guys know how?"
Julie looked up from putting her sheets on her bed.
"I think Banks can, but he's a prep."
"Hey Kory." Kenny wrapped on the door and stuck his head inside, Portman tapping her on the shoulder on his way out of the room and directing her to look at Ken. "Charlie needs you out on the quad, he doesn't want to carry up your porcelain doll, in case he drops it."
"Be right down." She told him and followed all three Bash Brothers out.
As she walked down the stairs in front of the dorms, she noticed Charlie standing on the grass with his arms folded and squinting in the sun. As she stood at the bottom of the steps watching him, she saw a dark haired girl walk up swiftly behind him. The girl covered his eyes with her hands and kissed his cheek lightly. Kory was too far away to hear them, even if she wasn't deaf, but luckily she could read their lips from where she was.
"Guess who?" The girl squeaked.
Charlie sighed and reached up for the girl's wrist and pulled her around to the front of him.
"Linda, what are you doing?"
"I didn't get to see you yesterday with first day chaos and today was almost as bad. Besides I missed you this summer, you never even called."
"Linda, remember that night at the end of Junior year, when I told you I was sick of your tree hugging hippy crap and you said I was an ignorant jock that wouldn't know caring if it bit me in the ass?"
"Yeah…"
"Then I told you I didn't want to see you anymore?"
"Oh but Charlie, we say things like that all the time."
Charlie shook his head.
"No we don't because this time I was serious."
"Come on Charlie you don't mean that." Lind wined.
Kory could tell from the expression on her new friend's face that Charlie was not happy and that Linda was annoying him. So she sauntered across the lawn, walked right up to Charlie, and promptly slapped him across the face.
"You said you were just coming out to get some fresh air!" She screeched in false anger.
"Huh?" The hockey captain looked confused.
"You told me you just wanted to take a walk, and here I find you with this girl."
"Oh, oh, uh, Kory honey it's not what it looks like." The boy caught on. "This is my ex girlfriend Linda."
"Is that suppose to make me feel better? Wait, Linda, the one you called a tree hugging hippy?" Kory recited what she'd seen him say to his ex prior.
"Yeah, there's nothing to worry about, we're over, me and her."
Kory nodded and touched Charlie's face, pulling his head down and giving him a sensual kiss, causing Linda to storm off in a jealous huff.
"Thanks." Charlie grinned, stepping back.
"You're welcome, plus it was worth it, you're quite the kisser, but don't let that go to your head, I'm not interested." Kory responded.
"After we finish moving your stuff in what do you say I take you to the Senior Café for a soda?"
"Deal."
After all her things were put in their places and the girls room was in less of a disarray the group went over to the café. Charlie paid for Kory, who in turn bought rounds of drinks for everyone else as a thank you for their help in her move. It was while they were sitting around acting like fools, that the jukebox in the corner began to play a single by Brian Setzer.
"Oh my god, you've got to show us a swing dance Kory." Connie squealed.
"I didn't know you could swing dance." Goldberg, looked over his milk shake at her.
"Yup, I'm pretty good, if I may say so." The girl affirmed.
"Is there anything you can't do?" Charlie smirked, amazed.
"Yeah, hear." She retorted hopping out of her seat. "Banks you can swing right?"
Adam nodded and his eyes filled with fear at the look in hers.
"No way."
"Yes way. Now you're going to dance with me one way or another. I'd prefer not to have to beat you up first."
Banksie got up reluctantly, but after seeing that neither Ethan nor Portman scared her and that she caused them both physical pain, he decided not to argue much. He flipped and tossed, swung and spun, Kory over the entire dance floor. He had to admit it was fun and Kory was an excellent partner.
As the rest of the Ducks watched on with excitement, their leader was beginning to get jealous. A trait that was common to Charlie, one that most of his friends had grown accustomed to, his anger being something that was unavoidable. When the tow returned panting from their exercise, to the cushy chairs that lined the café, Charlie called Banks to follow him, over to a corner of the room. When they were out of ear shot of everyone, he started in on Adam.
"You looked like you were having a good time."
"I was, she's a great dancer." Banks replied. "Oh no, I know where you're going with this Charlie. Look I'm not moving in on your girl."
"That's sure how it looked."
"Well it shouldn't have because that's what it looked like."
Kory, who had been watching from the opposite side of the room, had deciphered everything that was being said and stormed over to the boys, fist clenched.
"I'm not you're girl Charlie." She spat shoving him against the wall. "Yeah I like you and all, but I don't even really know you. And if you want to get to know me, I suggest you cut out this chauvinistic shit, because I won't deal with it." And with that she took off, leaving the Ducks to figure out what was going on.
"Um, I'll take the separate bed I guess." Kory replied taking some pictures out of a box and lining them up on her bureau. "I'm a tosser so I can't really share a bed."
"That's fine. Jules you've got the top."
"Damn Kory, what the do you have in here, rocks?" Portman grunted as he set down a box, that took both he and Fulton to carry up the stairs.
Fulton stood up and rubbed the small of his back.
"No kidding dude. I've lifted couches lighter then this Kor."
Kory looked at the tote the boys had just put down as Banks walked in with a duffel bag hanging from his shoulder.
"I think my trophies are in there."
"Trophies, for what?" Julie queried.
Kory smiled and opened the tote.
"Some are from band competitions and the others are from dancing contests."
"Cool what kind of dancing?" Connie questioned.
"Swing, I'm a huge fan of the thirties and forties, so I took swing dancing lessons."
"Wow, swing dancing that's not very common for kids our age."
"Why, do none of you guys know how?"
Julie looked up from putting her sheets on her bed.
"I think Banks can, but he's a prep."
"Hey Kory." Kenny wrapped on the door and stuck his head inside, Portman tapping her on the shoulder on his way out of the room and directing her to look at Ken. "Charlie needs you out on the quad, he doesn't want to carry up your porcelain doll, in case he drops it."
"Be right down." She told him and followed all three Bash Brothers out.
As she walked down the stairs in front of the dorms, she noticed Charlie standing on the grass with his arms folded and squinting in the sun. As she stood at the bottom of the steps watching him, she saw a dark haired girl walk up swiftly behind him. The girl covered his eyes with her hands and kissed his cheek lightly. Kory was too far away to hear them, even if she wasn't deaf, but luckily she could read their lips from where she was.
"Guess who?" The girl squeaked.
Charlie sighed and reached up for the girl's wrist and pulled her around to the front of him.
"Linda, what are you doing?"
"I didn't get to see you yesterday with first day chaos and today was almost as bad. Besides I missed you this summer, you never even called."
"Linda, remember that night at the end of Junior year, when I told you I was sick of your tree hugging hippy crap and you said I was an ignorant jock that wouldn't know caring if it bit me in the ass?"
"Yeah…"
"Then I told you I didn't want to see you anymore?"
"Oh but Charlie, we say things like that all the time."
Charlie shook his head.
"No we don't because this time I was serious."
"Come on Charlie you don't mean that." Lind wined.
Kory could tell from the expression on her new friend's face that Charlie was not happy and that Linda was annoying him. So she sauntered across the lawn, walked right up to Charlie, and promptly slapped him across the face.
"You said you were just coming out to get some fresh air!" She screeched in false anger.
"Huh?" The hockey captain looked confused.
"You told me you just wanted to take a walk, and here I find you with this girl."
"Oh, oh, uh, Kory honey it's not what it looks like." The boy caught on. "This is my ex girlfriend Linda."
"Is that suppose to make me feel better? Wait, Linda, the one you called a tree hugging hippy?" Kory recited what she'd seen him say to his ex prior.
"Yeah, there's nothing to worry about, we're over, me and her."
Kory nodded and touched Charlie's face, pulling his head down and giving him a sensual kiss, causing Linda to storm off in a jealous huff.
"Thanks." Charlie grinned, stepping back.
"You're welcome, plus it was worth it, you're quite the kisser, but don't let that go to your head, I'm not interested." Kory responded.
"After we finish moving your stuff in what do you say I take you to the Senior Café for a soda?"
"Deal."
After all her things were put in their places and the girls room was in less of a disarray the group went over to the café. Charlie paid for Kory, who in turn bought rounds of drinks for everyone else as a thank you for their help in her move. It was while they were sitting around acting like fools, that the jukebox in the corner began to play a single by Brian Setzer.
"Oh my god, you've got to show us a swing dance Kory." Connie squealed.
"I didn't know you could swing dance." Goldberg, looked over his milk shake at her.
"Yup, I'm pretty good, if I may say so." The girl affirmed.
"Is there anything you can't do?" Charlie smirked, amazed.
"Yeah, hear." She retorted hopping out of her seat. "Banks you can swing right?"
Adam nodded and his eyes filled with fear at the look in hers.
"No way."
"Yes way. Now you're going to dance with me one way or another. I'd prefer not to have to beat you up first."
Banksie got up reluctantly, but after seeing that neither Ethan nor Portman scared her and that she caused them both physical pain, he decided not to argue much. He flipped and tossed, swung and spun, Kory over the entire dance floor. He had to admit it was fun and Kory was an excellent partner.
As the rest of the Ducks watched on with excitement, their leader was beginning to get jealous. A trait that was common to Charlie, one that most of his friends had grown accustomed to, his anger being something that was unavoidable. When the tow returned panting from their exercise, to the cushy chairs that lined the café, Charlie called Banks to follow him, over to a corner of the room. When they were out of ear shot of everyone, he started in on Adam.
"You looked like you were having a good time."
"I was, she's a great dancer." Banks replied. "Oh no, I know where you're going with this Charlie. Look I'm not moving in on your girl."
"That's sure how it looked."
"Well it shouldn't have because that's what it looked like."
Kory, who had been watching from the opposite side of the room, had deciphered everything that was being said and stormed over to the boys, fist clenched.
"I'm not you're girl Charlie." She spat shoving him against the wall. "Yeah I like you and all, but I don't even really know you. And if you want to get to know me, I suggest you cut out this chauvinistic shit, because I won't deal with it." And with that she took off, leaving the Ducks to figure out what was going on.