Chapter X - Nate Coates ????

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Paris

The music from the party could be heard a block away as we turned the corner. "Is Trunks and Goten coming?" I asked while looking at Bra through the rear view mirror.

"Yeah I guess so" Said Bra as she carefully applied a shade of dark red on her pouted lips.

She looked gorgeous as always in the black silk halter neck dress that Marron and I had brought her as a present for finally dumping Nick Bass, School jerk. We all disapproved of her relationship with Nick. Trunks especially, he often went to great lengths explaining the dirty deeds and habits that Nick Bass had & did, although it often fell on deaf ears.

"Hey Maz, Nates back". I said winking.

Turning her head she smiled. "I know, he called". She replied tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, which she so often did when she was nervous or confused.

Parking my little baby across the road from Kristy's I jumped out. Sure we hated each other's guts, but everybody that was anybody was going to be at this party.

"So how do I look?" Asked Marron smiling.

"Great, as always". I said turning my head just in time to see Trunks & Goten hop out of their car.

"Hey" Said Goten as he walked up to us smiling, and giving each one of us a hug and kiss on the cheek.. While Trunks stood back and folded his arms. What a total snob.

"Hey" I whispered as he kissed me, wishing that his lips were a little more to the right, so I could feel those luxurious soft lips on mine, reluctantly I let him go as he pulled back and smiled.

"I thought you weren't coming". Said Bra angrily as she folded her arms obviously angered.

"I wasn't going too, but Goten insisted we come". Said Trunks, as his eyes happened to rest on Marron.

But Marron was barely listening to the argument going on between the siblings to even notice that Trunks was checking her out. She was probably hoping that Nate or Scott were going to be at the party. I looked at him and smiled, I knew what he was thinking, and when he finally turned his head to look at something else other than my best friends cleavage he saw that I was watching. Blushing he looked down.

"Ah hi Marron". Mumbled Trunks as he rubbed the back of his head like he always did when he was at a loss for words.

"Hi". Marron replied rolling her eyes before folding her arms and turning her head (in a snobby annoyed sort of way) to look at the house, outside people were dancing, some were even jumping off the garage roof and singing songs.

"I'll see you guys later" She said before turning and strode confidently across the road, her head held high.

Trunks watched her go. She looked hot in her new black silk halter-top with her wavy pale blond hair hanging between her bare shoulder blades, and her skin tight leather pants hugging her hips. She looked like she had done it many a times. Leather pants tend to have that effect.

"Sorry about that Trunks" I said as I watched him lower his head. Poor guy, you can see but you cannot touch. He hadn't yet patched things up with Marron and with Bra & Goten holding auditions to find him the perfect girl didn't exactly help things between them at all.

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Marron.

"Got you a drink". Nick Bass said elbowing the clusters of teenage drunks out of the way and handing me a tumbler of whisky.

"Glad you came". He added, ducking down to kiss my cheek and missing it intentionally, so that his lips landed on my mouth. I think I'm gonna be sick.

"You better have not done anything to it". I said wearily looking down at the glass of whisky in my hand.

"What did you put in it?" I asked unsure of whether to drink it after all it was from the sleaziest guy in the school.

"Come on Marron, you can trust me, hey and even if I did try something wouldn't your toy boys Trunks, Goten and Nate Coates come to your rescue". Said Nick smugly as he took a drink from the bottle of beer he was holding.

Nate was here? I thought hopefully as I scanned the room. I missed him so much.

"Thank you". I said accepting the drink. Taking a long sip.

"You look great". He smiled obviously pleased and drunk.

Nodding my head I smiled. Nick was handsome in the dark, in a mysterious alluring sort of way. If I hadn't known him, then I would have gladly gone out with him no questions asked and then probably figured out the hard way that he was a total slime ball, but we still put up with him, because he was one of us: He got invited to the best parties and exclusive after- parties, just like we did, and he was born to live the popular life, just like we were. Even when he got rejected. Nick still came back for more. He was ruthlessly unflappable.

He wrapped his long arm around Marron's long slender waist. "I'd like you to meet someone, my friend Scott Donovan" He said as he introduced me to Scott. Butterflies forming in my stomach.

"Scott this is Marron". He mumbled taking another drink.

"Stunning". Scott boomed. Kissing me on both cheeks and hugging me a little too tightly I sighed was he drunk?. "She's a good hugger too". Scott added, patting my hip.

Giggling I looked at him and didn't flinch. "So how are you enjoying the party"? He asked as he took a drink of beer from the bottle.

"I just got here". I said tucking a strand of hair behind my ear. It was 11 o'clock and he was already drunk.

"You're the hottest girl at this party". He whispered in a low confidential tone. Blushing I smiled. "Thanks".

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Ignored as usual, Nick slunk away from Marron and Scott and crossed the room to Kristy and Blair who was once again standing next to Nate.

"A Hundred bucks says that he'll nail her before two". Nick told them.

"Marrons not like that". Nate said.

"You and her had a thing, didn't you Nate?" Nick said smiling.

"Where'd you hear that?" Nate asked, frowning.

Nick shook his head and smiled. "I don't know, man, around. What's the problem?. She's hot".

"I heard she got with Goten, Trunks found out and that is why he isn't talking to her". Blair added.

"Trunks and Marron went out?" Asked Nate.

"Yeah, I guess so, that's why they like, hang with each other, like all the time". Kristy said smirking.

"I bet it wasn't her first time either". Nick said. "Just look at her".

And so they did. All four of them looked at Marron, who was still chatting happily with Scott.

Nick saw the girl he'd wanted to sleep with since he could remember wanting to sleep with girls. Blair saw the girl gifted with more than her fair share of good looks and thinness. And Kristy saw Marron, her arch nemesis, the girl all the guys wanted, the girl she would never measure up to and tried so hard to replace as queen B of the school.

Kristy looked at Marron she had forgotten how pretty marron's hair was. How perfect her skin was. How long and thin her legs were. What Scott's and Nate's eyes looked like when they looked at her - like they never wanted to blink. Scott never looked at her that way even when they went out. Even after she offered herself to him. She was ready to give it up so that he could look at her and forget all about Marron.

'Should I go and say hi to her' wondered Nate, tuning out Nick and Kristy's ridiculous comments and speculations.

"Careful Kristy" Nick warned nodding at Marron and Scott who were still talking in low voices over by the Bar, their eyes never straying from each other's faces.

"Looks like Marron's already found her next victim" Laughed Nick as he slapped Kristy's Bottom.

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