------- A/N - Anyone seen the DMC 3 preview? And how hot it is? Very hot. So very, very hot.
- Don't own DMC- in anyway, shape or form.
- I like jelly!
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---Later that day----
"Ohmigod! He was like, 7 feet tall! I bet you he can like, bench press a truck."
May coughed up a bit of her sandwich. "Yeah. Something like that. "
Her friend Jessica was just to the right of her on the picnic table. She had a round face, red hair, freckles, and was eating a disgusting tuna fish creation. Telling the truth, May rather disliked her. However, there were a few advantages to being Jessica's friend. She had somehow gotten a hold of the teachers 'School Related Absence' slips, the ones they use if you'll be missing your other classes to help with a school event or the like. So, as far as the office knew, May and her friends were decorating the school for the art festival on the weekend. And it was a beautiful day to be "decorating for the art festival". Not a cloud in the sky, warm enough to go without a jacket, and a slight breeze making sure that it never got too warm. May only knew two of the five girls she was with, but didn't really care. The last week at home had stressed her out enough that she'd take any excuse she could take for a bit of fun. The group had spent a good part of the morning trying to find a car, and or, cab money between them. Several arguments and two trips to an ATM later they were lounging in a delightful little park 3 blocks from their school. Enjoying lunch from a small sandwich shop they had passed, the topic of conversation seemed to be the only thing May didn't want to think about.
A girl who's name May could have sworn was Rachel, or Rochelle, or... Sue, spoke up." God, did you see the way he winked at us? A total affirmation of his own hotness. Nobody should be able to pull off winking. But he did, he did , and it was gorgeous. "
The other girls nodded in agreement. Another one piped up, " So like, you live with him?"
May sighed with obvious annoyance. "YES. One big house, and to answer the rest of your questions, NO he doesn't have a girlfriend, at least.. I don't think he does, NO I've never seen him naked, and if you call my house NO, he won't talk to you. "
The gaggle of girls seemed a little depressed at that and got quieter. Except Jessica, who started to giggle to herself a bit.
May sighed. "What?"
The red head smiled back. " I bet you he's got a huge –"
"WELL, if we're all done with the amazing May's roommate story, I'm off. Not that the day of truancy hasn't been fun though. " The blonde to May's right hopped off the table and grabbed her bag.
May jumped off the table after her. "No way Ena! "
The other girl just smiled, "C'mon May, you know I hang out with Cadi on Tuesdays. "
May smiled sorrowfully. "How is she?"
The girl smiled, " Jeez, it's not like she's dead. Just expelled! Two very different things, I promise you."
"Well I mean," May struggled to find the words, "not to put to fine a point on it, but wasn't your mom mad? I mean, she set a wing of the school on fire."
"Hey now!" Ena seemed taken aback., " it was never conclusively proven Cadi did that! And it was only the gym ... and a connecting hallway...."
May backed off, hands up. "Ok... ."
The girl gave a final wave and ran towards the exit of the park.
Jessica trotted up to May. "Hey, I think we're going to get ice cream do you- hey, where's Ena going? "
May shrugged. "To see Cadi I guess."
"Jesus they're weird. "
"Yeah I guess." May nodded. "You get the impression Cadi wasn't allowed to come home? "
Jessica scoffed. "May, sweetheart. She's a psycho. She tried to burn down half the school with herself in it. I wouldn't let her live in my house either. She might try and take the rest of the family with her next time she gets all suicidal. I mean, and think how hard she's gonna have to try next time. I mean she got out of that fire without a scratch."
May and Jessica turned around to face the rest of their friends still at the table, Jessica putting her arm around May.
"Look I know you're sort of depressed, Ena's been real weird to everyone since... well then. And I know you guys were real close, but it's not like you don't have the rest of us."
May sighed, "Yeah, yeah you're right, I just.... wait a second, what did you just say?"
"Um, you have us as friends too?"
May threw off her arm, "No you moron before that! She didn't get hurt in the fire?"
Jessica's eye's widened. "Yeah, the way the gym caved in I guess there was like a pocket or something where she couldn't get hurt. "
May's heart began to beat a little faster. "Jess, I saw the school later that night, it was leveled. Like she used explosives or something. I thought they took her to a hospital?!"
"Um, " Jessica was starting to inch away from May a bit. " yeah, a crazy hospital. What's with you all of a sudden?"
"Uh, I just, I was just thinking, " but she stopped half way through the sentence. "You know what? Nothing, I thought something, but I can't be right. What about that ice cream now?"