"In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two." ----Erich Fromm
Chapter Four:
Marta sat, scrunched up, at the foot of Freddy's couch. She was waiting for Eleni to pick who would go first in the game they had choose to play, "7 Minutes in Heaven". The game of passion and...Passion. Well, not really. Marta hated this game, always had and probably always would. She sighed impatiently, glancing at Eleni. One thing the strawberry-blonde haired girl did not get was why they picked Eleni Afflerbach of all the people in the room, she had usually been terrible at these kind of things...Well, that might of changed..Eleni's reputation and all.
Eleni crossed her legs, her jeans rubbing against her skin roughly. It was very hard for her to make certain decisions, like these of course. It confused her sometimes. She didn't know who would look good going into the closet together. Tilting her head, strands of long golden blonde hair, fell over her face. She squinted her eyes, scanning everyone in the room.
"Hurry up, 'Leni" Michelle said, sighing "I'm getting antsy"
"What a surprise" Alicia said, sarcastically
"Ugh" Michelle said, disgust in her tone "Dreg"
"What did you just call me?" Alicia asked, glaring at Michelle
"Nothing" Michelle said, a smirk plastered on her lips
"Just choose already, Bruiser" Summer said
"Bruiser? What the f-...Never mind" Eleni said, confused "Zack and...Summer. Go in together"
"Why them?" Michelle whined "I could of went in with Freddy!"
"Shut up" Eleni said "Now, will you please go in, you two?"
"Since you asked so nicely. Yes, we will" Summer said, smiling
Summer grabbed Zack's arm and pulled him to the coat and shoe closet, across the room. Zack sighed, his shoes scraping against the wooden floorboards, this was going to be interesting. Summer looked at Zack and rolled her eyes, opening the door to the closet. They both quickly entered, closing the door behind them. That was when they realized their mistake, they had forgotten to turn on the light! Summer's eyeball's scanned the darkness, not spotting even a small speck of light.
"Help me find a light, Mooneyham" Summer said, frantically
"Why? Who needs lights" Zack said, shrugging
"I do...I'm afraid of the dark. Deathly afraid of it" Summer said "You should know"
"Oh...I should?" Zack asked, sarcastically
"God! When did you become such a jackass?" Summer asked, trying to hit Zack. But, missing.
"When the band broke up" Zack said "When did you become such a Spaz?"
"When Freddy gave up his position as one" Summer said, answering Zack's question, quickly.
"Hmm, I guess" Zack said, finding the light
The room suddenly burst with light, everything become very bright for a second. But, when that brightness disappeared, both of the teens could finally see each other. Zack realized how much Summer had changed in three years. He had not really noticed her, he was never interested in her when the band was together. Her long-and-sleek black hair was down straight, the newly dyed red streaked gleaming. She still had the same pale completion and ruby red lips, but had gotten taller. Actually, she was standing past Zack's shoulders. Summer noticed how much Zack had changed also. He looked more manly now, when he use to be lanky and tall, normal looking (A/N: God...How dumb did that sound? lol.
"Hi" Summer said, not knowing what else to say
"Hey" Zack said, a small smile forming on his lips
"So..Since we're stuck in here for at least five more minutes..How have you been?" Summer asked "Me? Pretty good" Zack said
"Yeah, that's good" Summer said, nodding "Still playing guitar?"
"Hell yeah" Zack said "I mean..Yeah, why wouldn't I? I would die without my guitar"
"I bet you would" Summer said, laughing
"Yeah" Zack said, smiling "What have you been up to lately?"
"Drinking coffee" Summer said "Hanging out with Katie and Marta"
"That's cool" Zack said
"Definitely" Summer said, smiling
Summer tilted her head. Zack had the most beautiful eyes. Chestnut brown with flakes of gold in them. Zack looked into Summer's eyes, deep chocolate brown. It seemed like her eyes were smiling from happiness and inside them was something dancing beautifully. Summer shook her head. No, she couldn't be thinking this. This was Zack! Zack Mooneyham! Someone who use to be like her brother, but she didn't feel like that, for some reason, anymore. Trying to back away from him, Summer didn't realize that there was a pile of shoes behind herself and couldn't be stopped from tripping over them. She landed on her back, a boot poking into her skin.
"Are you okay?" Zack asked, raising his eyebrow
"Yes" Summer said, quickly "But, can you help me up?"
"Yeah" Zack said, smirking
"Thanks" Summer said, as Zack pulled her back onto her feet
"No problem" Zack said, smiling
Summer sighed, looking down at her feet. This was way to strange. Zack and her had barely spoke in the three years and now this. Summer looked into his eyes once again and smiled. Bringing her hand up to her mouth, she bit her fingernails, looking around the closet nervously. Zack sighed.
"You don't have to act like this" Zack said "I haven't changed"
"You haven't?" Summer asked
"No...I'm still the same old Zack you know and love" Zack said, smirking
"No...I don't love you" Summer said, smiling "I...Don't know"
"Well, I do" Zack said
Zack smiled once again and leaned closer to Summer putting his hand around her waist. Summer felt his breath on her bare shoulders, she shivered even though it was warm. She was trying to hold it off. She didn't know if anything should happen between them again. But, it was so hard, very hard to hold back.
Summer let into what she was feeling and pressed her lips against Zack's. The kiss was short, a peck. Zack smiled, his heart seeming to beat faster. He returned the kiss, it was a real kiss this time and by the time it was done, Summer wished it hadn't ended.
"That was..Wow" Summer said
"You're 'wow'" Zack said "Beautiful"
"Beautiful" Summer said, a smile smile on her lips
"You are beautiful" Zack said "So are you" Summer said
Before they could kiss again, the door opened. It was Freddy, his arms crossed over his chest. His trademark smirk was plastered on his face, he eyebrow raised. Summer glared at him, while Zack dropped his arms from her waist.
"Having a little too much fun, I see" Freddy said
"Shut up, Jones" Summer said
"Nah..I won't do that" Freddy said "Everyone loves me!"
"Your sarcastic quirks get sickening after awhile, Freddy" Zack said "You should know that by now"
Summer and Zack grasped hands and walked out of the closet, pushing Freddy aside. They walked to the couch, still hand-in-hand and sat down. This was while a now angry Freddy slammed onto the opposite couch, next to Marta. She sighed, scooting away from Freddy. He smirked knowing how uncomfortable this was for Marta, but did he really want her to feel uncomfortable around him? "God...If I like her..Do I actually want Marta to hate my guts?" he though, sighing.
"So...Who's up next?" Michelle asked, winking at Freddy
"I saw that Michelle!" Frankie exclaimed "Unfair play. If they actually like each other, they cannot go in together"
"Is that true?" Alicia asked, raising her eyebrow
"No" Gordon said
"But..I don't think Freddy and Michelle should go in together" Eleni said "I mean, Michelle will be all over him"
"Isn't that the point?" Michelle asked
"No..I don't want her to touch me" Freddy said, sarcastically
"Freddy!" Eleni exclaimed, not catching his sarcasm "For that I'm making you go in with..With..Marta!"
"What?!" Marta exclaimed "He was being sarcastic. Even I noticed that"
"Well, Sarcasm is bad" Michelle said, flipping her hair
"Not to me" Freddy said, sighing
"Just go in!" Eleni screamed "We don't have a lot of time here, you guys!"
"God! Don't Spaz, 'Leni" Freddy said "We'll go in..Right, Blondie?"
"Right" Marta said, her teeth clenched
"Come on" Freddy said, standing up
Marta sighed, standing up and following Freddy into the closet. He shut the door and look at her, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively. Marta rolled her eye, punching his arm. Freddy grimaced, backing away from the small girl.
"That's what I get for trying to get some small talk out of you?" Freddy asked
"Small talk? Doing that..Thing, with your eyebrow? You consider that small talk? Right" Marta said, sighing
"Do you hate me?" Freddy asked, not knowing what to say
"Well..Duh" Marta said
"Oh" Freddy said, biting his lip
For some odd reason, when she said that it was like a punch to his stomach. Bye-bye any chance he had with that girl.But...Ah-ha! He'd get her to love him! Freddy suddenly became excited by his "brilliant" idea.
"I have an idea!" Freddy exclaimed
"Um..Okay" Marta said
"An idea! A brilliant idea!" Freddy yelled
"Why would you tell me this? Do you think I care?" Marta asked, crossing her arms over her chest
"Do you?" Freddy asked
"No" Marta said "Anything you say to me is basically not important"
"Well, it's important this time" Freddy said
Grabbing Marta's shoulders, he leaned forward and kissed her. He was trying to make it the most passionate kiss he could manage, but all he did was almost choke Marta to death with his tongue. Marta pulled away from the spiked-hair boy and raised her hand, bringing it to his face.
"Why the fuck did you do that?" Marta asked
"Um...I wanted to" Freddy said
"Well, you could of asked me first" Marta said
"You mean..You would of said I could kiss you?" Freddy asked
"No..But, it would of been more..It wouldn't of been as rude" Marta said
"Was it that bad?" Freddy asked "Am I that bad of a kisser?"
"Am I?" Marta asked, sarcastically
"I wouldn't know..You weren't kissing me back, bitch" Freddy said, meaning to be sarcastic
Marta's mouth went wide, Freddy had just called her a "bitch." She slapped him once again, glaring and locking eyes with his. She sighed angrily and grabbed his shoulders, kissing the handsome boy back. Marta had no idea why she was doing this. It was either she was pissed off for some reason or she just wanted to..Felt like kissing, Freddy Jones. This made it very weird, but that didn't stop the two from kissing more passionately.
Freddy wrapped his arms around Marta and she jumped up, Freddy catching her. There they were...Marta's leg wrapped behind Freddy's back, her arm's around his shoulder and they were both kissing. The kiss broke and Marta let out a giggle, Freddy smirked.
"Was that so bad?" Freddy asked
"Hell no" Marta said
Freddy's smirked became wider and he tried to step where there was more room, but instead lost his balance. He fell backwards, landing on a pile of winter apparel, bring Marta down with him (obviously).
In the living room, everyone heard the ruckus. It was very loud, even though Freddy and Marta had just hit a pile of winter apparel such as: Coats, boots, gloves/mitten and hats. Summer's eyebrow raised and she almost stood up, but decided not to.
"What do you think they're doing in there?" Summer asked
"Marta is probably killing Jones" Leonard said
"No..He's probably getting his way with her" Frankie said, smirking
"Shut up" Katie said, throwing her cup at Frankie
"God, anger management" Gordon said
"How lame is that" Alicia said, rolling her eyes
"Want to give them a few extra minutes?" Summer asked
"Yeah" Everyone but Michelle said, in unison
Back in the closet, Freddy and Marta were still on the ground. Their hair was messed up (Marta's basically) and still kissing. Freddy put his hand on the back of Marta' corset tube-top and was trying to find a zipper or whatever kept this thing on. He gave up after a minute and let his hand slip under the back other the shirt instead. Marta didn't notice this until her shirt was halfway off, that was when she realized what was happening.
"Oh my God" Marta said, getting off of Freddy
"What?" Freddy asked, standing up
"I..You..Us..What the hell" Marta said "I'm leaving"
"No!" Freddy exclaimed, grabbing Marta's arm "Stay"
"Let go of me" Marta said, ready to elbow Freddy in the ribs "Just..Ugh"
"Marta! We were about to..." Freddy said, being cut off
"Yes, I know were were and that is why I stopped just in time" Marta said
"Blondie, just stay" Freddy said
"No" Marta said, getting angry
"But..Can we at least do it once?" Freddy said
"No!" Marta yelled, grabbing Freddy's arm and digging her fingernails into his skin
"Ouch! You Goddamn slut!" Freddy yelled "No wonder you....No wonder you wore those clothes tonight! You just wanted to sleep with me! You stupid whore!"
Marta looked Freddy straight in the eyes, her lips starting to quiver. No...She didn't want this to get the best of her. Freddy could not make her cry by using stupid insults. But, her emotions didn't get that and her tears quickly started to flow. Freddy saw this and his anger vanished. All he wanted to do was get Marta to like him and instead he made her cry.
"Marta..I'm so sorry for saying that" Freddy said, quickly
"No..I'm leaving" Marta said, opening the door to the closet
"Marta! I am really, really sorry!" Freddy exclaimed
"Bastard" Marta said, slapping Freddy again
Walking into the living room, her shirt was still halfway off, but Marta didn't care. She wanted to get the hell out of that house. Grabbing her coat, she threw it on and left the house, without saying a word.
Summer had seen Marta's tear-stained cheeks and her appearance and became immediately worried. But, the changed to anger when she saw Freddy looking even more messed-up. She glared at the "stud" and stood up.
"You bastard! What did you do to her?" Summer asked, trying to stay as calm as possible
"I don't know" Freddy said
"You don't know? She just left her looking like a wreck! She was crying!" Katie yelled, standing up also
"I did nothing to Marta" Freddy said, putting his head in his hands
"Liar" Summer said "Come on, Katie..We're leaving"
Katie nodded and glared daggers at Freddy. Both the girls grabbed their coats and left the large home. Zack stood up and gave Freddy the finger, leaving the house also. This was sickening, Freddy would of never done this to her when "School of Rock" was still together. He couldn't believe this.
Marta walked into her bedroom, slamming the door shut. She threw herself onto her canopy bed and screamed. She couldn't explain how embarrassed she was. How pissed she was...And how confused she was. Grabbing her electric guitar, she started making up a song. Something about Freddy and how pissed she was.
"Why should I care anyway's? I shouldn't have ever came, this is only leading to shame. I shouldn't cry. Because of this embarrassment, I should really care about it. He's a bastard anyway's. How long will it take me to face him again? Oh...Maybe it'll be the day I kill him. Plotting his death silently in my head. Something that makes me not able to get to sleep. Something that makes me sick when I eat. This is messing up my head, he is already dead to me. But, murder would please me" Marta sang
She sat down her guitar and looked around the room. Okay..That song was a little to freaky for her. Marta didn't really feel like murdering anyone right now. She sighed deeply, grabbing her diary and started to write furiously.
Dear Diary,
Today sucked. I almost had sex with my enemy! How messed up is that? I almost did something..Ugh, with Freddy Jones. Gross! He humiliated me! He called me a "whore" and a "slut." I actually just wrote a song about murdering him, it sucked too. I am really messed up when it comes to these thing. I can admit that to myself, I am way to weird.
I just hoped that tomorrow, I don't make eye contact with that bastard. I have to go..I have a headache for the bottle of vodka I had at his house. I am never drinking again, I just realized even small amounts of alcohol give me headaches.
This Bites,
Marta