The Heart of a Snake
Disclaimer: All of the characters in this story belong to Louis Sachar besides Rattlesnake Bite, Jared, Emily, Paintbrush, and Leprechaun. Credit also goes to my friends Angi, Quinn, and Katy's 1sentence that got me out of my rut.
Thanks to Fire Spirit and x0xTrinityx0x for reviewing!
Fire Spirit- thanks! I had to add that in because I've done stuff like that so often to my guy friends, I just had to!
X0xTrinityx0x- What other story did you read? I've only got three and my other two suck man. Thanks for r and ring! If you can get anyone else to I'd be forever in your debt!
This is the first chapter that my friend Quinn helped write so credit goes to her!
"First day under my fingernails."
"Rise and shine sleepyhead."
"Fuck off," Bite moaned, pulling her pillow over her head.
"Now that's not a very nice way to talk." Magnet grabbed her pillows and blankets and threw them on the floor. She groaned and turned the other way. "Hey Zig. You wanna help me?" Zigzag came over and gently stroked her bare stomach, causing her to jolt up in bed.
"Don't do that," she demanded through closed teeth. She looked at Zigzag whose hair was sticking up at odd angles and started cracking up.
"Come on, let's go," he sighed, pushing her out of bed. She got up and quickly pulled on an orange jumpsuit and pretended to model it.
"You likey?" she grinned, standing on tiptoe to kiss his cheek. He picked her up and threw her over his shoulder.
"Me likey. Now we gotta go eat something," he answered, carrying her out the door. She knew fighting him was useless so she didn't try. After a ten-minute meal of stale cereal and warm milk, it was time to head out to the lake. Bite took a shovel and all of the guys looked at her like she was crazy.
"What?" she asked.
"That's X-Ray's shovel. He'll freak out if he can't use it," Squid explained, watching as X-Ray approached the group.
"I heard my name. What's up?" X-Ray saw Bite with his shovel and just shrugged. The guys who saw this dropped their jaws.
"Nothin' X," Magnet replied, having been yelled at yesterday for taking his shovel.
"Ok then, let's go."
Bite and Zigzag dug next to each other the whole day, talking until they couldn't see each other anymore.
"Hey Bite, come on, the water truck's here," he called down to her from the top of her hole.
She held her hands up for him to grab and he helped to pull her out. "Let's go, I'm starving." She had open blisters all over her hands and her hair was falling out of its ponytail.
"You look kind of sexy like this," he joked. She had the top of her jumpsuit pulled down and was working in her sport's bra. Her shoulders were burned, making her tattoo barely visible. She slapped his cheek, jokingly.
"Looks like we got ourselves a couple boys," called Armpit from his hole. All of the guys made rude remarks until Bite reached up and kissed Zigzag. Then they began cheering.
"Hey muchacha, you wanna come dig for me when you're done?" Magnet called, pretending to be rude. Bite just shook her head. She was further than almost everyone, including Zero.
"Keep dreaming Mag," she smirked as she got in line for the water truck. All of the guys were lined up in front of her: X-Ray, Armpit, squid, Zigzag, Magnet, and Zero. She wasn't sure where to go until X-Ray pulled her in line, right behind him. X-Ray got his canteen filled and went through the line to get a melted cheese and butter sandwich, carrot sticks, and graham crackers.
"How are you enjoying your first day back, Ms. Hawkins?" Dr. Pendanski asked as he filled her canteen. She raised an eyebrow and continued through the line.
"It's Rattlesnake Bite. It ain't Ms. Hawkins," she replied, grabbing a sandwich. Armpit patted her shoulder.
"You heard her Mom. Rattlesnake Bite," Armpit commented, getting his canteen filled. Dr. Pendanski sighed.
"How many times do I have to tell you Theodore? I prefer to use-" he began before all of the boys joined in:
"The names that society will recognize you by." Bite couldn't help but laugh. Dr. Pendanski had been saying the same thing ever since she was there the first time. She stood around and waited for Zigzag to get his food. She climbed on the water truck and covered his eyes as he turned around.
"Guess who?" she whispered softly in his ear. He grabbed her knees so that she was on his back before whispering back.
"Little Orphan Annie." She hit his head playfully, and he seemed unaffected by it. [Here comes Quinn's part!] She laughed out loud.
"What are you laughing about little chica?" Magnet inquired. Bite hopped down off of Zig's back.
"Your face. What else?" She spun on her heel and walked away.
"Ohhhhhhhhh!" the boys yelled.
"You got you good Magnet." Squid couldn't control his laughter.
"Man! Zigzag, try to control your woman a little more," Magnet whined towards Zig. Bite rushed back and into Magnet's face.
"I am no man's woman. I belong to no one! No one controls me." Bite tried to catch her breath.
"Chill out! Damn, he didn't mean it like that Bite. He just thought.well he just.just.well he didn't mean you belonged to Ziggy." X-Ray put his arm around Bite. "Bite, you can't always listen to Magnet. His brain is a little scrambled." [End Quinn's part]
"I don't care X-Ray! No one talks to me like I'm an item!" She tried to run back to Magnet but X-Ray picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. "Let me go X!" She began hitting his back, to no affect. He carried her over to her hole and dropped her on the ground.
"You listen here Bite," he whispered, dangerously close to her face, "None of these guys has ever done anything to you. I don't want you treating them like shit. Yeah, you may be my best friend, but these guys are my new family. And families don't go around killing each other. I only want to see you talking to a guy like that if he's hurt you in some way. Other than that, you treat them like you would me. With respect. And watch out for Ziggy, sometimes he lets this whole "bad boy" thing go to his head." He slapped her lightly on the cheek and walked away. When he slapped her, she shied away like he was a yellow-spotted lizard. When he left, she sat there with a scowl on her face. Zigzag came and took X-Ray's place and sat next to her.
"X-Ray give you his whole "family" speech?" he asked, throwing the somewhat brown carrots into the distance. She nodded, still scowling.
"Are you a virgin Zig?" she asked, randomly.
"Nah. Funny though, my old girlfriend always wanted to do it in a.. not normal place. She should have stuck around to see this place," he laughed to himself. She grinned too.
"What's your real name?"
"Ricky. Wait.Rickard Joseph Wade." He held out a hand. "It's always a pleasure to meet a woman such as yourself." She shook his hand.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Wade. I'm Androse Marie Hawkins." She put on a false English accent. He raised an eyebrow.
"Androse?" he questioned, amused. She rolled her eyes and pushed him into her hole. He caught himself and walked to where she was sitting.
"Yeah. Androse," she replied, kissing him softly. He wrapped his arms around her and lifted her into the hole. "You trying to take all the fun out of my name?"
"Nope. In fact, it fits you perfectly. You're thought to be a guy, but under all the anger and everything there's still a rose." He tapped his head as he leaned in to kiss her again. " I know these things." As he kissed her, she pulled him down on top of her, and then heard hissing. She opened her eyes to see a yellow-spotted lizard, glaring at them. She let out a piercing scream.
Coming up: Magnet gets beat up and Bite doesn't have to dig holes anymore! While writing this, Katy and I decided that Magnet should go crazy with a stapler, so we'll see that later on. Angi is getting me the Kasch brothers for my birthday, so as soon as they get here, I'm hiding them. There's no room in my closet, so they're hiding under the covers of my bed!!!
Disclaimer: All of the characters in this story belong to Louis Sachar besides Rattlesnake Bite, Jared, Emily, Paintbrush, and Leprechaun. Credit also goes to my friends Angi, Quinn, and Katy's 1sentence that got me out of my rut.
Thanks to Fire Spirit and x0xTrinityx0x for reviewing!
Fire Spirit- thanks! I had to add that in because I've done stuff like that so often to my guy friends, I just had to!
X0xTrinityx0x- What other story did you read? I've only got three and my other two suck man. Thanks for r and ring! If you can get anyone else to I'd be forever in your debt!
This is the first chapter that my friend Quinn helped write so credit goes to her!
"First day under my fingernails."
"Rise and shine sleepyhead."
"Fuck off," Bite moaned, pulling her pillow over her head.
"Now that's not a very nice way to talk." Magnet grabbed her pillows and blankets and threw them on the floor. She groaned and turned the other way. "Hey Zig. You wanna help me?" Zigzag came over and gently stroked her bare stomach, causing her to jolt up in bed.
"Don't do that," she demanded through closed teeth. She looked at Zigzag whose hair was sticking up at odd angles and started cracking up.
"Come on, let's go," he sighed, pushing her out of bed. She got up and quickly pulled on an orange jumpsuit and pretended to model it.
"You likey?" she grinned, standing on tiptoe to kiss his cheek. He picked her up and threw her over his shoulder.
"Me likey. Now we gotta go eat something," he answered, carrying her out the door. She knew fighting him was useless so she didn't try. After a ten-minute meal of stale cereal and warm milk, it was time to head out to the lake. Bite took a shovel and all of the guys looked at her like she was crazy.
"What?" she asked.
"That's X-Ray's shovel. He'll freak out if he can't use it," Squid explained, watching as X-Ray approached the group.
"I heard my name. What's up?" X-Ray saw Bite with his shovel and just shrugged. The guys who saw this dropped their jaws.
"Nothin' X," Magnet replied, having been yelled at yesterday for taking his shovel.
"Ok then, let's go."
Bite and Zigzag dug next to each other the whole day, talking until they couldn't see each other anymore.
"Hey Bite, come on, the water truck's here," he called down to her from the top of her hole.
She held her hands up for him to grab and he helped to pull her out. "Let's go, I'm starving." She had open blisters all over her hands and her hair was falling out of its ponytail.
"You look kind of sexy like this," he joked. She had the top of her jumpsuit pulled down and was working in her sport's bra. Her shoulders were burned, making her tattoo barely visible. She slapped his cheek, jokingly.
"Looks like we got ourselves a couple boys," called Armpit from his hole. All of the guys made rude remarks until Bite reached up and kissed Zigzag. Then they began cheering.
"Hey muchacha, you wanna come dig for me when you're done?" Magnet called, pretending to be rude. Bite just shook her head. She was further than almost everyone, including Zero.
"Keep dreaming Mag," she smirked as she got in line for the water truck. All of the guys were lined up in front of her: X-Ray, Armpit, squid, Zigzag, Magnet, and Zero. She wasn't sure where to go until X-Ray pulled her in line, right behind him. X-Ray got his canteen filled and went through the line to get a melted cheese and butter sandwich, carrot sticks, and graham crackers.
"How are you enjoying your first day back, Ms. Hawkins?" Dr. Pendanski asked as he filled her canteen. She raised an eyebrow and continued through the line.
"It's Rattlesnake Bite. It ain't Ms. Hawkins," she replied, grabbing a sandwich. Armpit patted her shoulder.
"You heard her Mom. Rattlesnake Bite," Armpit commented, getting his canteen filled. Dr. Pendanski sighed.
"How many times do I have to tell you Theodore? I prefer to use-" he began before all of the boys joined in:
"The names that society will recognize you by." Bite couldn't help but laugh. Dr. Pendanski had been saying the same thing ever since she was there the first time. She stood around and waited for Zigzag to get his food. She climbed on the water truck and covered his eyes as he turned around.
"Guess who?" she whispered softly in his ear. He grabbed her knees so that she was on his back before whispering back.
"Little Orphan Annie." She hit his head playfully, and he seemed unaffected by it. [Here comes Quinn's part!] She laughed out loud.
"What are you laughing about little chica?" Magnet inquired. Bite hopped down off of Zig's back.
"Your face. What else?" She spun on her heel and walked away.
"Ohhhhhhhhh!" the boys yelled.
"You got you good Magnet." Squid couldn't control his laughter.
"Man! Zigzag, try to control your woman a little more," Magnet whined towards Zig. Bite rushed back and into Magnet's face.
"I am no man's woman. I belong to no one! No one controls me." Bite tried to catch her breath.
"Chill out! Damn, he didn't mean it like that Bite. He just thought.well he just.just.well he didn't mean you belonged to Ziggy." X-Ray put his arm around Bite. "Bite, you can't always listen to Magnet. His brain is a little scrambled." [End Quinn's part]
"I don't care X-Ray! No one talks to me like I'm an item!" She tried to run back to Magnet but X-Ray picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. "Let me go X!" She began hitting his back, to no affect. He carried her over to her hole and dropped her on the ground.
"You listen here Bite," he whispered, dangerously close to her face, "None of these guys has ever done anything to you. I don't want you treating them like shit. Yeah, you may be my best friend, but these guys are my new family. And families don't go around killing each other. I only want to see you talking to a guy like that if he's hurt you in some way. Other than that, you treat them like you would me. With respect. And watch out for Ziggy, sometimes he lets this whole "bad boy" thing go to his head." He slapped her lightly on the cheek and walked away. When he slapped her, she shied away like he was a yellow-spotted lizard. When he left, she sat there with a scowl on her face. Zigzag came and took X-Ray's place and sat next to her.
"X-Ray give you his whole "family" speech?" he asked, throwing the somewhat brown carrots into the distance. She nodded, still scowling.
"Are you a virgin Zig?" she asked, randomly.
"Nah. Funny though, my old girlfriend always wanted to do it in a.. not normal place. She should have stuck around to see this place," he laughed to himself. She grinned too.
"What's your real name?"
"Ricky. Wait.Rickard Joseph Wade." He held out a hand. "It's always a pleasure to meet a woman such as yourself." She shook his hand.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Wade. I'm Androse Marie Hawkins." She put on a false English accent. He raised an eyebrow.
"Androse?" he questioned, amused. She rolled her eyes and pushed him into her hole. He caught himself and walked to where she was sitting.
"Yeah. Androse," she replied, kissing him softly. He wrapped his arms around her and lifted her into the hole. "You trying to take all the fun out of my name?"
"Nope. In fact, it fits you perfectly. You're thought to be a guy, but under all the anger and everything there's still a rose." He tapped his head as he leaned in to kiss her again. " I know these things." As he kissed her, she pulled him down on top of her, and then heard hissing. She opened her eyes to see a yellow-spotted lizard, glaring at them. She let out a piercing scream.
Coming up: Magnet gets beat up and Bite doesn't have to dig holes anymore! While writing this, Katy and I decided that Magnet should go crazy with a stapler, so we'll see that later on. Angi is getting me the Kasch brothers for my birthday, so as soon as they get here, I'm hiding them. There's no room in my closet, so they're hiding under the covers of my bed!!!
