Chapter 2: Agony Aunt.
"Josie please cheer up." Corrine pleaded to her friend.
"I'm not coming out." the redhead said from underneath the covers.
"Josie you're fastly becoming anorexic... you're barely talking and i want to know why!" Corrine said tugging at the duvets until she revealed the majority of Josie.
"I'm not Anorexic... although if i was little miss perfect Madison maybe he'd want to talk to me."
"Who Vaughn?"
"Men suck." Josie seethed. Corrine rubbed Josie's back.
"He'll calm down eventually."
"I trusted him Corrine... i really did..."
"What exactly did he do?"
"That's just it... i don't know, i don't know what he did i don't know what i did, but all i know is... i'm never talking to men again."
"You can't just hide in your room for the rest of your life"
"I can try." she pulled the covers back over her head and Corrine sighed. she knew she was getting no more out of her.
she wandered down the hallways.
"Corrine? How's Josie?"
"I miss my best friend Marshall." Corrine said softly.
"She's not gone... she's right down the hall and right now... she needs a friend."
"But she won't even talk to me." she whispered.
"Come off it Corrine Baxter doesn't give up that easily... does she...?"
"No... I'll try later...i just talked to her... she's pretty peeved."
"What did she say...?"
"Basically death to all men..."
"Remind me to stay on her good side..." he joked. she stood and stared out of the window.
"Well what can i do to cheer you up?" he asked.
"Huh,"
" Don't lie to me i know you're upset..."
"It's just... i want to know what Vaughn did to her to make her this upset... what could he have said that would split the group like this?"
"Rumour has it he dumped her..."
"They weren't dating..."
"And you know this how?"
"Josie can't keep a secret like that for five minutes!"
"Well whatever he said... I'm sure Josie's not totally innocent in this case either..."
"Oh yeah blame Josie... the poor girls crying her eyes out in there!" Corrine fumed. Marshall put his hands on her shoulders
"Calm down Corrine." she suddenly realised the gap between them was rapidly decreasing. she gulped.
"I gotta go..." and she took off. Marshall looked puzzled. hmm... she really wanted to know.
"I didn't DO anything!" said Vaughn. Marshall had cornered him and was having a go at him in front of the whole school.
"It was enough of a nothing to make her cry... Josie Trent... THE JOSIE TRENT... is crying because of something you've done!"
"I haven't done anything to her.."
"Then what did you say?" he asked. Vaughn looked at his lunch tray suddenly becoming very interested in today's special...
"She's not eating... she's not talking... it was some big nothing to do that to Josie... now what did you say."
"He said she wasn't pretty." said Madison. "Who can blame her... she makes BAXTER look good."
"You leave Corrine out of this." Marshall said through gritted teeth...
"What you think she's good looking? then you're even more delirious than Vaughn thinks Trent is..." Marshall leapt up to hurt Madison but Vaughn pulled him into the corridor.
"Listen i know you like Corrine but that's no reason to blow up at Madison..."
"That was nothing to what Josie will do to you if you don't tell me what you did... Lucas is pretty peeved too so is Corrine... i think you better explain." Vaughn sighed.
"It just sorta...happened ok..."
"Stuff like that doesn't just sorta happen... Vaughn she's getting herself sick... i don't know somehow she's got it into her head that she's ugly and that all men are evil..."
"Josie always thought that about guys..."
"true..." he muttered. "But that's beside the point... the point is... she needs a friend... and me and Corrine aren't enough for her right now..."
"She has Lucas..."
"Lucas is off doing his own thing the only reason he even hung with us was Josie I'm sure..."
Corrine sighed she'd just witnessed Marshall blow up at Vaughn... why did he do that what was yelling at Vaughn gonna do apart from making Vaughn come up and yell at Josie... When did she become Josie's Agony Aunt anyway...
Josie glared. she didn't know what she was glaring at but if looks could kill it'd probably be dead by now. []she stood up. Sick of moping around she wrote a note to Corrine. she noticed the door handle moving. she quickly darted for the window. she clambered down the drain pipe before Corrine had chance to catch her. No more crying Josie... you're stronger than that she told herself and you know it
She wandered around the grounds... she heard Madison talking, laughing with her friends...
"And then i make sum crack about Goody Goody Baxter and he's like all in my face! You think Wheeler would live up to his brothers expectations..."
Marshall had had a go at Madison... for Corrine... she remembered a time when Vaughn had done the same for her... and Lucas... she hadn't seen Lucas in weeks... he could have been sucked into a black hole for all she knew... [which was likely at black hole high] she shivered. So could Vaughn... and if it wasn't for Madison's little remark... so could Marshall.
Soon she arrived at her destination and ended up outside the wall marked 'private property keep out.' she knew what lay beyond that wall. The remnants of Pearadyne industries. last time she went Vaughn had held her back. stopped her from going. nobody would notice if she was gone anyway. she slid through the gate and closed it so it looked like a perfectly innocent gate once more...
Corrine looked around the room in puzzlement... "Josie?" she asked the empty room. no answer. she picked up the note on her bed. 'Corrine' it was labelled in Josie's swirly writing. she tore it open. it read
'Dear Corrine
I'm sick of moping around I'm off to find myself... and a couple of other things aswell... I'm not going to be held back this time i miss you already. tell Marshall and Lucas i love em... c ya soon [hopefully]' Corrine bit her lip.
"Not good." she ran off to find Marshall.
"She's what?"
"She ran away"
"she can't... what... where...when?" Marshall asked puzzled. Lucas was silent he was reading the note carefully.
"Where's she gone to?"
"Pearadyne..." he spoke up.
"and how do you know?"
"she wanted to go but we stopped her..." Lucas said. he sighed
"But we have no idea how to get there... all we know is... that it's in..."
"The woods..."
"she can't go in there alone!" he said. Corrine hung her head.
"It's my fault... i knew she was upset i should have stayed with her..." Marshall wrapped his arms around her...
"It's not your fault Corrine... she's full of suprises that one..."
"It's my fault." Vaughn said from the doorway.
"Yes Corrine don't blame yourself... blame Vaughn..." Marshall said severely annoyed...
"How can you show your face to us after what you did to Josie?"
"I don't think I'm the issue here... what matters now is finding Josie." Vaughn said. Corrine who was sorely tempted to belt him one seemed to calm down. she pulled out of Marshall's grasp.
"He's right.." she said. "As much as i hate to admit it he's right..."
Josie stepped through over some brambles and various other weeds. she tripped and fell into a pile of nettles.
" oopsie-poosie XD it..." she muttered rubbing her sore ankles "Stupid undergrowth..." she stood up tenderly. she heard arguing... which surely meant someone had come to find her... no. they couldn't... not now.
She ran ignoring the pain in her ankles she ran as fast as she could until it came into view... Pearadyne industries. she stood in awe shocked by its sheer size. she slowly approached the door...
it was large rusted and swinging off it's hinges. she slowly pushed it open and stepped inside... inside was the most dangerous array of problems she'd ever seen. Lights were hanging from small wires short circuiting and spraying sparks everywhere. the tiles were all cracked and broken and there was what appeared to be blood on the walls. it had never been cleaned... water pipes were burst around her feet... why did they never cut off the gas/water/ electricity... if the electric sparks hit the water she was a dead girl... she ran over the water determined not to get shocked...
Vaughn sighed as he looked up at Pearadyne... this place held bad memories. it was the place his mother had died in the terrible explosion 15 years ago... he shuddered.
"You're not backing out now Vaughn..." said Lucas pushing him up the path.
Josie sat and stared at the writings on the wall... what did they mean she didn't understand... they were scratched into the ashes... as though someone had been here and written them. after the explosion.
'After all hope has gone
when there's no strength to carry on
you're in the right place, so take heed
of just who helps in time of need
your search continues east...' she grabbed her notebook and copied it down onto a piece of paper Just as she left the Janitor appeared [hehe have to have him in here] and wiped the words from the wall... sparks of pink electricity cleared it off....
A/n: chapter 2... what ya think? sorry if the spelling grammar is bad i tried 2 write it while Ben woz braiding my hair [boys r weird]
"Josie please cheer up." Corrine pleaded to her friend.
"I'm not coming out." the redhead said from underneath the covers.
"Josie you're fastly becoming anorexic... you're barely talking and i want to know why!" Corrine said tugging at the duvets until she revealed the majority of Josie.
"I'm not Anorexic... although if i was little miss perfect Madison maybe he'd want to talk to me."
"Who Vaughn?"
"Men suck." Josie seethed. Corrine rubbed Josie's back.
"He'll calm down eventually."
"I trusted him Corrine... i really did..."
"What exactly did he do?"
"That's just it... i don't know, i don't know what he did i don't know what i did, but all i know is... i'm never talking to men again."
"You can't just hide in your room for the rest of your life"
"I can try." she pulled the covers back over her head and Corrine sighed. she knew she was getting no more out of her.
she wandered down the hallways.
"Corrine? How's Josie?"
"I miss my best friend Marshall." Corrine said softly.
"She's not gone... she's right down the hall and right now... she needs a friend."
"But she won't even talk to me." she whispered.
"Come off it Corrine Baxter doesn't give up that easily... does she...?"
"No... I'll try later...i just talked to her... she's pretty peeved."
"What did she say...?"
"Basically death to all men..."
"Remind me to stay on her good side..." he joked. she stood and stared out of the window.
"Well what can i do to cheer you up?" he asked.
"Huh,"
" Don't lie to me i know you're upset..."
"It's just... i want to know what Vaughn did to her to make her this upset... what could he have said that would split the group like this?"
"Rumour has it he dumped her..."
"They weren't dating..."
"And you know this how?"
"Josie can't keep a secret like that for five minutes!"
"Well whatever he said... I'm sure Josie's not totally innocent in this case either..."
"Oh yeah blame Josie... the poor girls crying her eyes out in there!" Corrine fumed. Marshall put his hands on her shoulders
"Calm down Corrine." she suddenly realised the gap between them was rapidly decreasing. she gulped.
"I gotta go..." and she took off. Marshall looked puzzled. hmm... she really wanted to know.
"I didn't DO anything!" said Vaughn. Marshall had cornered him and was having a go at him in front of the whole school.
"It was enough of a nothing to make her cry... Josie Trent... THE JOSIE TRENT... is crying because of something you've done!"
"I haven't done anything to her.."
"Then what did you say?" he asked. Vaughn looked at his lunch tray suddenly becoming very interested in today's special...
"She's not eating... she's not talking... it was some big nothing to do that to Josie... now what did you say."
"He said she wasn't pretty." said Madison. "Who can blame her... she makes BAXTER look good."
"You leave Corrine out of this." Marshall said through gritted teeth...
"What you think she's good looking? then you're even more delirious than Vaughn thinks Trent is..." Marshall leapt up to hurt Madison but Vaughn pulled him into the corridor.
"Listen i know you like Corrine but that's no reason to blow up at Madison..."
"That was nothing to what Josie will do to you if you don't tell me what you did... Lucas is pretty peeved too so is Corrine... i think you better explain." Vaughn sighed.
"It just sorta...happened ok..."
"Stuff like that doesn't just sorta happen... Vaughn she's getting herself sick... i don't know somehow she's got it into her head that she's ugly and that all men are evil..."
"Josie always thought that about guys..."
"true..." he muttered. "But that's beside the point... the point is... she needs a friend... and me and Corrine aren't enough for her right now..."
"She has Lucas..."
"Lucas is off doing his own thing the only reason he even hung with us was Josie I'm sure..."
Corrine sighed she'd just witnessed Marshall blow up at Vaughn... why did he do that what was yelling at Vaughn gonna do apart from making Vaughn come up and yell at Josie... When did she become Josie's Agony Aunt anyway...
Josie glared. she didn't know what she was glaring at but if looks could kill it'd probably be dead by now. []she stood up. Sick of moping around she wrote a note to Corrine. she noticed the door handle moving. she quickly darted for the window. she clambered down the drain pipe before Corrine had chance to catch her. No more crying Josie... you're stronger than that she told herself and you know it
She wandered around the grounds... she heard Madison talking, laughing with her friends...
"And then i make sum crack about Goody Goody Baxter and he's like all in my face! You think Wheeler would live up to his brothers expectations..."
Marshall had had a go at Madison... for Corrine... she remembered a time when Vaughn had done the same for her... and Lucas... she hadn't seen Lucas in weeks... he could have been sucked into a black hole for all she knew... [which was likely at black hole high] she shivered. So could Vaughn... and if it wasn't for Madison's little remark... so could Marshall.
Soon she arrived at her destination and ended up outside the wall marked 'private property keep out.' she knew what lay beyond that wall. The remnants of Pearadyne industries. last time she went Vaughn had held her back. stopped her from going. nobody would notice if she was gone anyway. she slid through the gate and closed it so it looked like a perfectly innocent gate once more...
Corrine looked around the room in puzzlement... "Josie?" she asked the empty room. no answer. she picked up the note on her bed. 'Corrine' it was labelled in Josie's swirly writing. she tore it open. it read
'Dear Corrine
I'm sick of moping around I'm off to find myself... and a couple of other things aswell... I'm not going to be held back this time i miss you already. tell Marshall and Lucas i love em... c ya soon [hopefully]' Corrine bit her lip.
"Not good." she ran off to find Marshall.
"She's what?"
"She ran away"
"she can't... what... where...when?" Marshall asked puzzled. Lucas was silent he was reading the note carefully.
"Where's she gone to?"
"Pearadyne..." he spoke up.
"and how do you know?"
"she wanted to go but we stopped her..." Lucas said. he sighed
"But we have no idea how to get there... all we know is... that it's in..."
"The woods..."
"she can't go in there alone!" he said. Corrine hung her head.
"It's my fault... i knew she was upset i should have stayed with her..." Marshall wrapped his arms around her...
"It's not your fault Corrine... she's full of suprises that one..."
"It's my fault." Vaughn said from the doorway.
"Yes Corrine don't blame yourself... blame Vaughn..." Marshall said severely annoyed...
"How can you show your face to us after what you did to Josie?"
"I don't think I'm the issue here... what matters now is finding Josie." Vaughn said. Corrine who was sorely tempted to belt him one seemed to calm down. she pulled out of Marshall's grasp.
"He's right.." she said. "As much as i hate to admit it he's right..."
Josie stepped through over some brambles and various other weeds. she tripped and fell into a pile of nettles.
" oopsie-poosie XD it..." she muttered rubbing her sore ankles "Stupid undergrowth..." she stood up tenderly. she heard arguing... which surely meant someone had come to find her... no. they couldn't... not now.
She ran ignoring the pain in her ankles she ran as fast as she could until it came into view... Pearadyne industries. she stood in awe shocked by its sheer size. she slowly approached the door...
it was large rusted and swinging off it's hinges. she slowly pushed it open and stepped inside... inside was the most dangerous array of problems she'd ever seen. Lights were hanging from small wires short circuiting and spraying sparks everywhere. the tiles were all cracked and broken and there was what appeared to be blood on the walls. it had never been cleaned... water pipes were burst around her feet... why did they never cut off the gas/water/ electricity... if the electric sparks hit the water she was a dead girl... she ran over the water determined not to get shocked...
Vaughn sighed as he looked up at Pearadyne... this place held bad memories. it was the place his mother had died in the terrible explosion 15 years ago... he shuddered.
"You're not backing out now Vaughn..." said Lucas pushing him up the path.
Josie sat and stared at the writings on the wall... what did they mean she didn't understand... they were scratched into the ashes... as though someone had been here and written them. after the explosion.
'After all hope has gone
when there's no strength to carry on
you're in the right place, so take heed
of just who helps in time of need
your search continues east...' she grabbed her notebook and copied it down onto a piece of paper Just as she left the Janitor appeared [hehe have to have him in here] and wiped the words from the wall... sparks of pink electricity cleared it off....
A/n: chapter 2... what ya think? sorry if the spelling grammar is bad i tried 2 write it while Ben woz braiding my hair [boys r weird]