Robbie's POV
God...so much fuss about Lily, I thought as I punched a Lily balloon. She really must want to be a Gold. I sighed. I never wanted to be a Gold...but my girlfriend Kim forced me to. I'm not a Mr. Popular kind of dude, but when I started going out with Kim...everyone wanted to know about what I liked and what my opinions were...weird. And when highschool came, Kim, obviously, was chosen. And without any second thoughts, I was too. I said no at first, but then Kim threatened me. What was a guy to do?
But then I realized it was really fun. Lots and lots of perks, never being made fun of...everyone cared about you...it was like Highschool paradise! I have good friends, Audrey and Travis are really fun to hang out with. Lily, sometimes got on my nerves...but she was new and didn't know right from wrong. I hope she understands that being a Gold is harder than hard but you still have to realize you have to be true to yourself.
"Robbie, hun, you look spaced out. Thinking about your corny-ness again?" I heard a familar voice say. I swerved around and saw Kim standing there, smiling her devious smile. I smiled back.
"Is my corny poems and thoughts too much for you?" I said, moving in.
"You write poems?" Kim asked. "That's a bit too...much...but I still love you." Kim moved her head in and we kissed softly, then she pulled away gently. "I would love you no matter what..."
I thought for a moment, just staring into her eyes. "If I wasn't a Gold, and wasn't popular, and didn't take the job...would you still love me Kim?" It felt like hours until she spoke. The busy hallway became quiet as the bell rang, but we didn't move. Naturally, we didn't have to. Wonderful perks.
Kim glanced away, but my hand touched her chin, twisting it so our eyes made contact. "I..." her eyes softened. "I would still love you." And then she gave me another kiss, pulled away, putting her hands on her hips. "No more lovey-dovey Robbie. I need you to help me. Lily's some of the toughest tests, and I have some more, but I need you to help me." She turned but still talked to me. Oh great...having a girlfriend that has more power than you is not fun, let me tell you.
I sighed, as if a sign that I was giving in. "Alright...what do we have to do?" Kim grinned, walked toward me and explained in a whisper so no one else would here. Whoa..I thought, My girlfriend is so mean. If I dump her what will happen? Poor Lily, poor Lily...
-At Lunchtime-
Lily stormed up to the Gold table, angry as Hell. "Whoa, guys, this is living proof there IS a Tiger Lily!" Glaring at Ray, Lily pressed her lips together and plopped herself on the chair, grinding her teeth together. "Oh, Lily, don't DO that..." Ray said in a "motherly" voice. "Dearie me, your beautiful pearly teeth is going to be gone someday! What is EVER gonna happen to you now! You'll never get a husband! Oh this will not do..." Audrey giggled while Travis snickered. Lily shot him another look.
"I just heard that I'm failing French, Math, and English!" I'm so sorry Lily...but it IS a test... Audrey and Travis glanced at me, I gave them a little nod. Kim just sat there, chewing her apple in perfection, as if she wasn't even part of the convorsation.
Audrey put her hand through her hair, looking at Travis. "Travis, that means she can't become a Gold...right?" Travis nodded and Audrey added on, "Lily, you have to have perfect grades. What are you going to do now?"
Sighing, Lily looked defeated. I felt sorry for her. "I'm toast..." she mumbled. Then, Kim jumped in.
"Oh, Lily! I almost forgot! You have to do a test to see if you're smart enough for the Golds! It's 1 test, 100 questions." Kim took another bite of her apple. "Tough questions about science, math, you know..." Another bite. "Due tomorrow."
I saw Ray smirk his own little smirk while Lily's eyes bugged out majorly. "T-tomorrow? But! I have homework and I need to study for the next tests in French! And math and English and..." Kim just gave her a sharp look. She sighed and covered her head with her hands. Poor poor Lily.
Heh.
Oh crap! I'm turning into Kim...I can just see in her eyes that she's lovin' every minute of this! But that's why I love her, I thought and then walked over to where my mean girlfriend was sitting and smiled at her and took her hand. She stopped chewing and gnawing on the apple and looked up and smiled back, kind of like old times. The times when we just sat in the park, holding hands, staring at the blue sky...glancing at each other sometimes...
"God. I hate this.." I heard Ray proclaim, inturrupting my wonderful gaze with Kim. Lily wasn't listening, she was still feeling sorry for herself, but the other Golds were interested. Ray was rich, popular and smart. Why did he hate this? Audrey and Travis shrugged at each other but I looked behind Ray and saw what was annoying him. Fangirls. I nudged Audrey and pointed at the five or four girls running up to Ray. Kim snickered. I could see the unfortunate boy looking at his watch. "Three...two...one." Lily finally glanced up. "It's hell-time."
"RAYYY!" you heard a girl squeal, wrapping her arms around Ray. "Want to see our new cheer?" Oo, I thought, shaking my head. It's the CHEERLEADER fangirls. I looked at their uniforms. Pink mini-skirts and a white sweater- type shirt that had a picture of Ray. The cheerleader fangirls were the most obsessive over Ray. They weren't really legal cheerleaders...not for Roscoe, but they made cheers for Ray. They hated anyone that got in their way. Ray looked up at the cieling and sighed and slightly nodded his head.
Super-grins came onto the girl faces and they started chanting,
"Ray, Ray,
We love him,
The Roscoe hottie of the year!
Ray, Ray,
We love him,
If you get in our way,
We'll kill youuu!!!"
It didn't rhyme and you could see terror on his face while Lily snorted and laughed hysterically. I think I saw tears in her eyes. I can't blame her though...these fangirls were...were...pathetic, yes that's the word. And they said their names to Ray, hoping he would remember...but, alas, he didn't.
"That was great, Rachel, Jill, Molly, Tessa.." he said, blinking.
"No, no..." the girl that he called Rachel said, "I'M Ruth! You can call me Ruthy!" Ruthy winked at him. "And THIS is Jessica, not Jill!" Jill--I mean Jessica waved slightly to him. "And Melissa and Teresa, but everyone calls her Terry. Silly boy. School must be affecting your brain." Ruthy said soothingly, gently touching his hair, giving him a smile worth remembering.
Lily stopped her hysterical laughter and looked up; face burning and her eyes had fire in them. Audrey and Travis kind of grinned and nudged each other. Kim gave a happy, evil expression. I smiled knownily. Glaring at Ruthy, Lily got up, scooting her chair. "Hey, why don't you get off of him? He obviously doesn't like you."
Silence came into cafeteria; the people that weren't even caring looked up. Finally, Jessica broke the ice. "Lily Randell." The fangirls slithered over to her, giving her a cold stare.
"What's your problem Lily?" Terry said, her arms crossed, her eyes narrow.
"I think I can do whatever I want without YOUR promission Ms. Randell." Ruthy said, the stare continuing.
"It's just that maybe he doesn't like YOU. And what's with your cheer? 'The Roscoe Hottie of the year?'" Lily started mimiking there childish, yet amusing moves. "'We'll kill you?' And anyway, what's YOUR problem? You're just a bunch of boy-crazy psychos!"
Ouch.
That hit a nerve. For sure.
But they didn't respond; Ruthy turned red and then snapped her fingers and twirled around. Terry, Melissa and Jessica followed, angerily. Lily breathed out and everyone around her started whispering. Ray gave her a thumbs up and whispered. "Thank you. That'll get 'em off my back for...2 days tops." The winner of the battle shrugged and sat down, mumbling on how she would get all her homework done.
Maybe Lily would make a good Gold. She was a bit too cocky sometimes though...I thought to myself, smirking at the fangirls walking away.
Uhm, well...I guess maybe I have lost my touch...I rewrote this ten times...sigh OhH wElL..
-allie
