Jessy's joints groaned as she lifted herself from her bed. She could
barely move. She avoided opening her eyes for a couple of seconds, and
when she finally did crack them open a bit, the sun greeted her full-blast.
'Damn sun,' she thought.
She walked over to her closet, opening it, finding all her clothes already put up. She removed one of her new school uniforms with one hand, rubbing her right eye with the other. She sat at the vanity, brushing her hair out and pulling it back with a hair band.
Once she was dressed and her face was washed, the smell of bacon filled her nose.
'Oh God that smells retched,' Jessy thought. She usually would have jumped at the chance to eat bacon, but today was different.
"Hello Darling!" Jessy heard her father greet her as she glided into the living room.
"Father," she remarked.
"Your mother has an awful headache. She won't be up for a while. Bacon?" he said awkwardly in a happy tone.
"No. I'm going to find Sel and go to school," Jessy said as she picked up her book bag and rushed out the door before her father could get a word in edge wise.
It didn't take a long time to find Selena's room. One floor down, two doors to the right. Exactly as she had described.
Jessy knocked on the door, finding that Selena had been on her way out the door.
"Oh... sorry Jess!" Selena exclaimed as she pushed the door into Jessy's nose.
"Yeah... it's fine," Jessy said, rubbing her nose.
"Lookin' hot!" Selena said as they began down the hallway, Sel closing the door behind her.
"It's just a uniform. How could anyone possibly look hot in a uniform?" Jessy asked Selena, looking at her, noticing her hair was a bit more controlled today.
"I woke up extra early this morning and almost killed my hair straightening it," Selena remarked, as if she had read Jessy's mind, and also not answering her question.
"It looks nice," Jessy smiled. Being around Selena cheered her up a bit.
The girls walked to their school for what seemed like an eternity in silence. When they finally reached the rich, snobbish, and not to mention all-white school, Jessy unhappily recognized Selena's so-called friends waiting outside for her.
"Where were you last night?" Margie immediately asked when the two reached the entrance to the school.
"Getting our groove on," Selena smiled, not facing Margie.
"What the hell does that mean?" Cynthia asked.
"It means that we were having fun while you four were dancing to big band music and Shawn Kane," Selena smiled, laughing at herself as she pushed open the front door.
"Hey! I like big band!" Marc commented.
"I heard you were hanging out with those latin kids," Ben added.
"So what if we were?" Selena asked, this time stopping to face him.
"Nothing... it's just... I'd be careful if I were you." Ben said cautiously.
"Yeah, you never know when they're gonna jack you for cigars!" Margie snorted, making Cynthia choke on the croissant she was eating.
Selena's eyes grew a glare in them.
"Margie, do you have a problem?" Selena crossed her arms.
"Not as big as yours," Margie and Cynthia snorted again.
"Did you know that I've always thought that you're ugly, you smell, and you have the worst taste in clothes?" Selena's face grew smug.
Margie and Cynthia's smiles faded.
"And also, Cyn, did you know that the girl Johnny Farber cheated on you with was me?"
"Why you little-" Cynthia's eyes grew to small slits.
"Cynthia, why don't you and your little Malibu Barbie friends go and F yourselves?" Jessy finally stepped into the conversation.
"Oh!" Margie and Cynthia gasped. They ran off into the opposite hallway, Marc and Ben following close behind.
"Welcome to my world, Jess," Selena smiled, putting her arm around Jessy's shoulder and smiling.
"Great to be here," Jessy smiled back.
The school day went by pretty fast, compared to Jessy's long ones back at home. At the end of the day, Jessy was anxious to get back to the hotel and go swimming.
"Come on, Sel!" Jessy urged Selena at her locker as she was applying lipstick. "What do you need lipstick for anyways?"
"You'll see," Selena said as she replaced the cap onto the stick.
"What?"
"We're going to take a little detour home," Selena said with an evil grin.
"Oh no. No way."
"Hon, live a little!" Selena exclaimed, grabbing Jessy's arm.
"I don't know how living I'll be once you're done with me!"
"Neither do I," Selena turned back and smiled.
'Damn sun,' she thought.
She walked over to her closet, opening it, finding all her clothes already put up. She removed one of her new school uniforms with one hand, rubbing her right eye with the other. She sat at the vanity, brushing her hair out and pulling it back with a hair band.
Once she was dressed and her face was washed, the smell of bacon filled her nose.
'Oh God that smells retched,' Jessy thought. She usually would have jumped at the chance to eat bacon, but today was different.
"Hello Darling!" Jessy heard her father greet her as she glided into the living room.
"Father," she remarked.
"Your mother has an awful headache. She won't be up for a while. Bacon?" he said awkwardly in a happy tone.
"No. I'm going to find Sel and go to school," Jessy said as she picked up her book bag and rushed out the door before her father could get a word in edge wise.
It didn't take a long time to find Selena's room. One floor down, two doors to the right. Exactly as she had described.
Jessy knocked on the door, finding that Selena had been on her way out the door.
"Oh... sorry Jess!" Selena exclaimed as she pushed the door into Jessy's nose.
"Yeah... it's fine," Jessy said, rubbing her nose.
"Lookin' hot!" Selena said as they began down the hallway, Sel closing the door behind her.
"It's just a uniform. How could anyone possibly look hot in a uniform?" Jessy asked Selena, looking at her, noticing her hair was a bit more controlled today.
"I woke up extra early this morning and almost killed my hair straightening it," Selena remarked, as if she had read Jessy's mind, and also not answering her question.
"It looks nice," Jessy smiled. Being around Selena cheered her up a bit.
The girls walked to their school for what seemed like an eternity in silence. When they finally reached the rich, snobbish, and not to mention all-white school, Jessy unhappily recognized Selena's so-called friends waiting outside for her.
"Where were you last night?" Margie immediately asked when the two reached the entrance to the school.
"Getting our groove on," Selena smiled, not facing Margie.
"What the hell does that mean?" Cynthia asked.
"It means that we were having fun while you four were dancing to big band music and Shawn Kane," Selena smiled, laughing at herself as she pushed open the front door.
"Hey! I like big band!" Marc commented.
"I heard you were hanging out with those latin kids," Ben added.
"So what if we were?" Selena asked, this time stopping to face him.
"Nothing... it's just... I'd be careful if I were you." Ben said cautiously.
"Yeah, you never know when they're gonna jack you for cigars!" Margie snorted, making Cynthia choke on the croissant she was eating.
Selena's eyes grew a glare in them.
"Margie, do you have a problem?" Selena crossed her arms.
"Not as big as yours," Margie and Cynthia snorted again.
"Did you know that I've always thought that you're ugly, you smell, and you have the worst taste in clothes?" Selena's face grew smug.
Margie and Cynthia's smiles faded.
"And also, Cyn, did you know that the girl Johnny Farber cheated on you with was me?"
"Why you little-" Cynthia's eyes grew to small slits.
"Cynthia, why don't you and your little Malibu Barbie friends go and F yourselves?" Jessy finally stepped into the conversation.
"Oh!" Margie and Cynthia gasped. They ran off into the opposite hallway, Marc and Ben following close behind.
"Welcome to my world, Jess," Selena smiled, putting her arm around Jessy's shoulder and smiling.
"Great to be here," Jessy smiled back.
The school day went by pretty fast, compared to Jessy's long ones back at home. At the end of the day, Jessy was anxious to get back to the hotel and go swimming.
"Come on, Sel!" Jessy urged Selena at her locker as she was applying lipstick. "What do you need lipstick for anyways?"
"You'll see," Selena said as she replaced the cap onto the stick.
"What?"
"We're going to take a little detour home," Selena said with an evil grin.
"Oh no. No way."
"Hon, live a little!" Selena exclaimed, grabbing Jessy's arm.
"I don't know how living I'll be once you're done with me!"
"Neither do I," Selena turned back and smiled.