Chapter 6
The
rumor about Rie's weird behaviour a few days earlier in the park
apparently spread itself through the school like a walking fire,
because Rie has this weird feeling everybody is looking at her. And
she hates it, not only because of the rumor. That's the part she
cares about less, but she hates those eyes staring at her.
Those
eyes, who used to ignore her, who didn't even know who she was or
even knew she was there, are now staring at her. And they don't
just look, they look for a reason. The brain behind those eyes says,,Look, there's the freak everybody is talking about."
She is
no longer the unnoticed shadow everybody ignored with all their
mights (geeks included), but now she is on the frontpage of the Daily
Gossip.
Rie tries to act like she doesn't see the eyes staring
at her, pretends not to hear the whispers behind her back. She
clenches her fists around her books.
If it was Aye who was
staring at her, she would have whacked him over the head with those
books. But she don't want to put more pressure on the fact she is
exciting right now. She wants to dissapear, be one with the walls
around her.
Her mind gets drawn to Seth when she thinks about
this.
Does she really want to dissapear? It must be a murder not
to be noticed by a single soul. Nobody who responds at your call. Not
even a scream or a "bitch" when you hit somebody in the face with
all your streigth.
No answer on your question.
Rie
straightens her back and turns to look at the 3 girls, who are
momentarily looking at her, talking about her behind their
pink-colored and perfectly manicured nails.
She wants to say
something, something to hurt their feelings.
The Terrible Three
look at her and the little streight she had, is chaised away from her
body. She can't, she feels so weak. She doesn't want to make a
scene in school.
She bows her head to the ground.
Two feet
with worn out sneaker are blocking her view. She looks up in Seth's
face.
,Hey, sorry about the hug-thing. I mean, I was going a
little overboard and all, but you know, I never really hugged
somebody before and…"
Rie turns around on her heals and walks
to Economics-class, leaving Seth talking to himself. Why can she hit
Aye and Seth over the head when they upset her, but not tell those
bitches in school what she thinks about them?
See, one more prove
she is worth nothing. Rie quickly enters the classroom, gets her
books out of her bag and starts working. This way she doesn't have
to look at anybody and look like a sad and alone person with no
friends, desperartly looking at the others in class.
Usually when
she sticks her nose in her books, nobody bothers her, but apparently
today everything's different. Because she can hear Madison, Fanny's
(Evil Beeatch Numero Uno) best friend say,,Ow, there she is, she
talked to her invisible friends right?"
Fanny's voice replies,,Yes, haha, it was terribly cute in one way though. But still… it
only makes clear Rie is crazy. Maybe her brain got overexcited, I've
read about such cases."
Rie clenches her teeth. She wish she
could lock her ears of this.
Seth apparently walked in the
classroom too and heard Fanny talking too, because he starts yelling
at her. ,Shut up, you bitch!" He stands right in front of Fanny,
he fists clenched into fists. ,DON'T TALK ABOUT RIE LIKE
THAT!"
Rie wished he'd shut up, because of his shouting, she
can't hear the other voices in class. But on the other hand, she
doesn't want to know what they are saying.
The teacher enters
the class and everybody sits down. Seth stops his shouting too.
He
narrows his eyes as Fanny is sitting down, wishing he could kick her
and hurt her like Rie had hurt him earlier today.
,I'm going
to make her pay." He hisses, sitting down on the table next to Rie.
,I swear I am going to make her pay!"
Rie tries to ignore
Seth and tries to pay attention to what the teacher is saying, but
Seth is so full with frustration, he is not shutting up at all.
And
if Seth is still raging on, making up Plans Of Doom, she knows she
can't keep sitting here and doing nothing, risking an A- instead of
a A+ on a test.
So, as a rocket, she launches her fist to her
right, right into Seth's stomach, who gets whiped off the desk and
crashes on the floor.
Rie's quick movement was obviously cought
by everybody, who were all closely watching her, apparently begging
for more Weirdness from her.
Even the teacher frowns his
eyesbrows at her, but continues his lesson.
Rie can hear the soft
whispering behind her back, but she can also hear Seth yowling in
pain. ,That wasn't fun! That hurt a lot more then the other punch
you laid on me!"
Tears are running out of the corner of his
eyes. Rie ignores him.
Doesn't he understand she wants him to
shut up!
Seth sits right up on the floor, a hand on the back of
his head. ,What if you gave me a brainfracture or something and
nobody can fix me, because they CAN'T SEE ME!"
Rie can believe
he isn't shutting up! How can she follow her class like this!
During
breaktime Rie escapes to the staircases, as soon as everybody left
the hallway to have lunch. Nobody is allowed in the hallways and
staircases when the lunch has started, but Rie always hides in here
or in a scienceclassroom.
Seth follows her as a loyal dog.
,Seth!" She starts.
,You're going to apologize for that
brainfracture you gave me?" Seth says, apparently still very upset
about what happened during class.
The
urge to whack him over the head again is so big.
,No! I never
want you around me in class! Ever!" she says.
Seth let his arms
hang next to his body, while he stares at her with amazement. ,Ehm…
what? Why?"
,Are you THAT stupid! What did I told you before
about Not Talking To Me Around Other People, you ass!" Rie yells at
him.
,Huh…
but…I didn't noticed…. I mean, I kinda forgot, I'm not used
to keeping my mouth, you know!" Seth explains, feeling really
guilty right now.
,Better learn to keep it and until that time I
don't want you around when Im surrounded with people!" Rie
decides.
,That's not fair!" Seth yells back.
,Why
isn't it fair?" Rie asks, her eyes are now very little and angry.
Nervously Seth looks at her. ,Ehm… I mean, you're being
selfish… I want to be with you, I need to be with you!"
,I
don't need you and I don't like burdens around me!" Rie shouts
back. ,Remember, I never asked for you to be around me! So better
follow my rules! It's my life you are totally wrecking now!"
,I
am not wrecking it!" Seth yells back.
,You so totally are!"
Rie has an itchy feeling in her hands.
,I just want to be with
you!" Seth cries out and he launches forward to wrap his arms
around her, pulling her against his body and Rie is surprised how
cold he feels.
,Don't ban me out! I wanna be with you! Do you
have any idea how long a schoolday lasts? I can't go that long
without you!"
He places his cheek on hers and really holds on to
her like a seastar would with his next meal. If you never saw this
before, I suggest you watch Animal Planet or Discovery Channel more
often.
,You have done pretty well without me before you knew me,
you big stupid…" Rie mumbles aggravated, though she has to admit
to herself she likes this hug.
,No, I haven't done well at
all! Understand that! My life was terrible!" Seth pushes his nose
in her neck. ,I want to be with you, please! I'll promise I try
harder to shut up! Please don't leave me out!"
,I'll
consider it if you let me go, NOW!" Rie bites.
Seth looks up at
her, tears in his eyes.
Rie looks back, not with a happy face.
,I hugged you…" Seth mumbles. ,Sorry… I
couldn't…resist."
,You scemed this all out, asshole." Rie
can't help grinning now.
,I didn't! I didn't!" Seth
waves his arms up and down. ,I didn't sceme it out! Really!
Believe me! I never meant to be a burden, I never…."
He
suddenly stops dead, staring at something behind Rie.
Rie sees
him looking and she quickly turns around, to face a teacher, who has
a really weird look in his eyes.
,Rie is your name huh?" he
says.
,Why?" Rie asks instead of answers.
,To who were
you talking? Are you feeling well?" The teacher asks, looking
really worried right now.
,Ehm… to nobody. What are you crazy
or something! You can't talk to somebody when nobody is around, you
know." The expression on her face shouts out: DUH!
,Well, no,
ofcourse not, Rie. But you were sort of talking to thin air right
there." The teacher explains, pointing somewhere behind Rie.
,I'm
not thin air!" Seth protests. ,I'm a boy, you big prick! Go jerk
off in the dressingroom like you always do!"
,He does?" Rie
asks, without noticing she was talking back to Seth again.
,Yeah
he does." Seth cries out dramaticly. ,That image can never be
whiped out of my memory again! I will have nightmares over it the
rest of my life!"
Rie slaps her hands in front of her mouth to
cover up the giggles that escape from her mouth.
The
teacher stares at her with a puzzled look. ,I better go inform the
principal…"
Shit! Not the principal! If she has to go there
her reputation as Never Sent To Principal Student is over! She can't
risk that!
Plus everybody will find out her acting weird again
and people will stare ever harder at her then before. Maybe even
start to bully her! She doesn't want that.
,Before you go,
don't you have to make a stop at the dressingroom." Rie's mouth
says before she can even stop it from talking.
The eyes of the
teacher become really big. ,…what?"
,We all know you go
there to jerk off." Rie continues.
Stop! She thinks! This is a
teacher
,His
wife cheats on him, she doesn't want to touch him anymore." Seth
explains.
,We all know you're wife cheats on you and doesn't
want to touch you anymore." Rie copies. ,And we all know you get
horny of all these High School Girls, so you give yourself a hand,
since you can't touch them, huh?"
She find it stunning of
herself she just spits this out in the face of a teacher, but the
more stunner is the cool expression on her face that goes along with
it.
The teacher can't remain cool anymore. His face goes from
snow white to bright red.
,What nerves do you have, little
missy!" His voice is trembeling in anger.
,I can spread it
around the school, you know. Kinda wrecking your reputation!" Rie
hisses, going in a her real defence mode now.
Now the teacher is
trembeling all over his body. ,You can't do that!"
,So you
say it's true?" Rie says, a little astonished.
Now
the teacher's eyes grow twice as big as they were before.
,You…"
,I think they would believe me, especially since I am
a 16 year old girl after all. You know how easily teachers can get
close to them." Rie says.
The teacher turns around and to Rie
it's an answer,,Move on! Move on and don't tell anyone you told
me!"
She smiles of pride, though on the inside she feels sick
too.
,You know what?" The teacher says, as he almost leaves
the hallway. ,No teacher would ever try to make a move on you!
You're too weird and you're not even pretty, everyone thinks so.
Everybody knows about what happened in the park." Rie stares at the
closed door, her mouth hanging open. ,Wha…wha…"
There you
have it, proof of that what she always thought: She's ugly and
weird, even the teachers think that of her. She bows her head. And
even the teachers know what happened in the park when she was talking
to Seth.
She should have never been so mean to him, talking about
his private stuff.
Tears just whelm up, she can't keep them to
herself.
,Rie, hush." Seth puts his hand on her shoulder.
,Come on, Rie, you're not ugly, you're not ugly at all."
Rie
shakes her head. ,No… I am! I am ugly and I am weird!" Her body
is trembling, she can't control it.
,Why do you even listen to
what he says? He has no idea of what you really are!" Seth says.
,He was upset too, of what we told him he was."
,Did you hear
him!" Rie cries out. ,The whole school thinks I'm weird and
ugly! They all know of what happened in the park! When I was talking
to you!"
She smashes her fists into his chest. ,Why did you
come into my life huh!"
,Rie, please! They don't know a
thing! You're not ugly! Really! You're really pretty!" Seth
grabs her fists and pulls them close to his body.
Rie stares at
her hands. Seth's touch is so cold. It's like she's holding
wind or something. She pulls up her nose and now looks up higher into
Seth's eyes.
,You're not dressed in the latest fashion, and
you're not into make up or doing special stuff with you're hair,
but it only tells me you're not like everybody else. It makes you
even more pretty, Rie, just the fact that you're different."
,Why…
why do you only talk about the pretty-part?" Rie mumbles softly,
continueing staring into his eyes.
,You want me to cheer you up
about the weird part?" Seth asks. ,Because you're not weird.
It's all my fault."
A little smile curls upon her face.
,Yeah…" She bows her head. She doesn't know what to do. What
must she do now? She ruined it all.
Slowly she bows forward,
until she feels Cody's cold body pressed against her head and she
lets his arms slip around his back. ,Seth,…"
,Yeah?"
,If
you… if you want, I want you to stay with me, okay?"
She
doesn't dare to put her arms around him, since it would look really
stupid if somebody would accidently walk in, like that other teacher
did. Now it looks like she is just kinda being tired or something.
,You want me to be with you?" Seth repeats.
Does she want
that? She closes her eyes.
He is so annoying and gives her
troubles, but now she doesn't know if she rather haves him out or
here. But she thinks it's harder to miss him once he's gone,
since she knows about him now. Plus, it's hard to get rid of him in
the first place.
Maybe it's better if she wants him around, so
things can get better.
Plus, since he hugged her just a few
minutes ago, she feels she wants them more.
,Yeah… I want you
to stay with me." Rie says.
Seth gently presses her more close
to his body. ,I will try to shut my yap around people then." He
promises.
,This time, try to actually shut it." Rie smiles.
,What
is it, Clan Of Evil Witches!" She hisses. ,Nice gossips and
rumors about me and my invisible friends! Don't you have any nails
to polics or eyelids to paint!"
The Horrible Three look at Rie
with looks full of disgust. Like they can't believe the Lunatic is
actually talking to them.
,I hope you die of the poison in all
that make-up you rub over your skin! You're a disgrace to the human
race! Because of you the ozon-layor has holes!"
In the back of
her head Rie knows she is goind overboard, but she can't stop
talking.
It's like somebody is pulling the words right out of
her mouth.
Truth is, she is finally telling them what she thinks
of them. Next point: Is she going to survive the consequences?
