Desri walked up to the gate infront of the house only to be greeted by a loud explosion from inside the house. "Oh god, I'm officially not getting any sleep tonight." Desri said, a friendly smile broke out across her face.

She walked up the steps to the hude white house which held a scientist, and his daughter, which happened to be her best friend. As she opened to the door she was hit with a wave of smoke and the sound of coughing form Chevelle who stumbled into Desri as she tried to escape the fumes. "Ah, welcome home." Chevelle said between coughs. "How was your walk, it took you a rather long tiem to return, dad already went to work." She said as the house was now somewhat smoke free, thanks to the door's escape route.

Desri and Chevelle both walked in. Chevelle was quite the scientist when she wanted to be, but very determend to finish things once she started. If Chevelle didn't finish up soon she was never going to get to sleep. Luckily they were having a half day tomarrow.

The next morning the girls were shocked to see because of fog and a half day that school was cancled. Sighing in releif the girls climbed back in bed but they both relized with the brisk morning air they had felt and the feeling of being awake that they were not going to be going to bed anytime soon.

They both got up and stretched and sat at the kitchen table. A robotic floating maid came in surprising Desri as always, she had still not yet adapted to such hightech things that she only thought possible in science-fiction movie, as it sat two plates infront of the girls.

They both began to eat furiously, a day of hard work getting the better of them. "Mu Vou bunt oo vivit Ewik wawer" Desri asked mouth full and Chevelle looked at her as if she were speaking in tounges.

Desri swallowed the last bit of her food and repeated her sentance. "Do you want to visit Erik later"

Chevelle Nodded and sprang out of her seat bolting to the door at lightning speed. Desri blinked a few times as Chevelle yelled for her to hurry. She got out of her seat and grabbed her jacket and slipped on her shoes then left with Desri on the not so long walk to Erik's.

Erik sighed as he layed on the couch. He had on some fuzzy bunny pajama's, rabbit feet included. (Sorry but i cant resist putting Erik in something i KNOW he wouldn't wear.) Flipping through channels as he could find nothing that interested him.

He stopped at the Artistic Channel. They were going over the history of a famous opera house in Paris as he heard a knock on the door. "Coming" He groaned loudly and got up shuffling across the room.

He opened his door looking at Desri and Chevelle who's jaws just dropped at the sight of Erik. "What" He asked confused as they both bursted out laughing.
He looked down to see his pajama's. 'Thats what I get for not doing the laundry.' He thought as the visible half of his face grew to a bright shade of red. "I forgot to do laundry." He said quietly as the girls' laughter subsided.

"Sure you did Erik." Chevelle said and Desri smiled at him, sensing something familiar about his features, other than that he was her friend and of corse he looked familiar to her.

Erik let the girls in and they both sat on the couch as the embarrassed Erik went to change. He emerged dressed in a grey sweater and some loose fit jeans.

Desri blushed at how she thought Erik looked cute in the outfit as he sat inbetween the two girls. He was still blushing as he turned off the T.V. "So what brings you girls here so early in the morning." Erik said quietly and Desri smiled at his shyness.

"We wanted to know if you'd like to go shopping with us since we dont have school today." Chevelle asked since Desri was looking at Erik still and Chevelle didn't really think she'd be to happy if she let Erik find out.

Erik nodded and got up. "Sure, let me grab some money from my room and i'll meet you outside, go ahead and get in the car if you want (Oh yeah, i dont think i stated yet their ages. Erik is 17, Desri and Chevelle are 16, and the boss, which his name is Nikolas, is 20.)" Erik said as he left the room and the girls went out into the car.

Erik emerged a few minutes later a little richer and got into the car. He slid out the driveway and Chevelle looked at Erik curiously. "Isn't it going to bed hard driving with your mask on" She asked and Desri blushed at her friends question.

Desri didn't think Erik liked it to much when people talked about his mask. Some kids yesterday, cheerleaders actually, had started asking him a bunch of quiestions about his mask and he had tensed up and not talked for the rest of the period. They had officially named him freak, as were any people who were not preps and popular.

Erik was now tense agian as he answered the question quietly. "I can see fine."

Chevelle got quiet afterwards afriad she had offended him. Desri looked at her two friends. She sat in the back of the car and scooted up, leaning over intbetween the two. "Can I turn on some music Erik" She asked looking at his masked face.

She noticed his finely scupltured face, or what she could see of it as he turned to face her own face when they stopped at a light. Their faces were inches away from eachother and they both blushed noticing this. Chevelle had on a smug grin as she looked at the two look away.

Erik turned on the music and Desri began to sit back just as some of the local football players pulled up beside the car in their farrari. "Hey look Kyle, isn't that the chick from our math class" One of the played pointed out and the boy in the front passanger seat looked over to see Desri in the back seat of the car. "Yeah, Hey gothic girl! What's it like to be part of the lowest scum in the town" He asked and all his buddy's laughed as he pathetic attempt of making a joke.

Desri sank down slightly in her seat. Her brows furrowed slightly as she grimaced. Chevelle looked really angry, she did have a short temper, and Erik looked somewhat like Desri did except he was more tense as his hands gripped the steering wheel.

One of the other football players began to shout. "You know if you didn't wear all that stupid freakish stuff you could make at least a second class whore." He said and the group bursted out in laughter agian.

Desri whimpered and Erik looked back at her seeing her eyes were now clased and she was mumbling something. Chevelle stood up so she could be seen over Erik, thankful that Erik had a convertable. "What the hell is your problem" She shouted and the men in the next car shut up.

The light had been green for a while but luckily they were the only two on the road. "Do you guys have such pathetic lives that all you can think of doing is tormenting people who are oviously going to be alot more successful that you. Since really all you do is kick around a football and hope that you'll get a sports scholarship so you wont have to work at mcdonalds after you graduate." Chevelle said and sat back down.

Erik and Desri were btoh tense. They didn't like how the football players began to talk amongst themselves in angry whispers. Erik would have floor-ited out of there but he was to nervous. One of the football playered jumped out of the car and walked over to the back window. "Is that what you think about us" He asked glaring at Desri as Erik and Chevelle looked back at them.

Desri wasn't wanting a fight, she could beat him if she wanted to but she didn't want to infront of Erik and Chevelle, plus all her senses of fighting were gone with nervous shock replacing them. "Well" He shouted and Desri whimpered agian moving away some but the guy grabbed her arm and opened the door pulling her out of the car.

His buddies now started shouting advice to him.
"Kick her ass Bill" One shouted.
"Make her eat payvment" Another yelled.

The guy, Bill as they called him, threw Desri over agianst the farrai. Erik and Chevelle started to panic. Chevelle hadn't ment to get anyone hurt, expecially not her bestfriend, and Erik didn't really know what to do at the moment.

The football played were holdning Desri agianst the car so she couldn't move as Bill walked over and pulled his hand back as it balled into a fist. He got ready to hit her as a sharp pain spread through the back of his head. Erik had thrown one of the tools he had in his car and it had struck the back of his head.

Bill crouched down in pain and let out an agonizing moan. The football players had loosened their grip on Desri and she took this opertunity to go speeding over and jumping into the car. Erik took off even though the light was red at this point leaving the goons in his dust.

He looked back at Desri sympathetically. "Are you okay" He asked and she nodded. Chevelle looked back as a look of guilt was clearly seen on her face.

Desri nodded and Erik pulled into the mall's parkinglot, taking a space close to the entrance.