"Alive and Kicking"
PG-13, maybe R
Chapter Two
By Stellium
(People, I am re-publishing Chapter Two, with English mistakes fixed. The English has improved a lot! Thanks for Fandango and Cloudburst2000 for being so nice! And read & review! I want to know your ideas about the plot's development, okay?)
"Well, I see that you're wearing the earring", Claire said gently, breaking the silence between her and John.
John grinned: "It was so beautiful that I couldn't help it, Princess".
They smiled meaningfully. Seemed that the whole world could be revolving around them at that moment.
Brian Johnson said, slightly aware of that special feeling:
"Hey Claire, seems that Breakfast Club is alive and well..."
The redhead looked to the "Brain" and responded:
"I would never forgive myself if I was the one to break up this reunion".
At this time, the five friends were already talking on the middle of school's hallway. The bell rang and Allison asked:
"Well, what class are you going for?"
"Shop. SHIT!", Brian responded and everybody giggled.
"Well, Bri, I have some great news for you. I have Shop class too", Andy said, "and if some jerk teases you, I'll be ready with my muscles".
"Please, don't use them so much, Andy... I need your energy for other activities, remember?", Allison said in a very seductive way.
"Oh, please, Allison, we're supposed to be discreet, dear...", Andy responded mockingly.
"You're constantly suprising me, you nasty fellows..." Well Andy, let's go? I am longing to destroy some porcellaine giraffe..." Brian looked to John and smiled.
"See you guys at lunch time, okay?", John said.
"OK... let's go, Brian..."
Andy and Brian ran into their Shop class. Allison found herself alone with John and Claire, both needing a private conversation.
Smirking, Allison asked: "Chemistry, anyone?"
"Claire and I already have enough, thank you" he grinned with with his trademark sarcasm. Claire blushed a little. Allison nodded and said, "Okay... I'm alone on this one... See ya later guys"
John and Claire watched Allison going to the Chemistry class. John looked to Claire:
"Princess, we need to talk", he said surprisingly serious.
"Yes, we definetely need to talk", she agreed.
"Are you in a ditching class mood, perhaps?", he smirked.
"Yeah, I can't stand Math class anyway"
"Neither do I, whatever my next class is supposed to be"
Claire smiled, when behind them a very sharp voice rang out...
"Claire! What are you doing with that criminal, John Bender?"
Camilla Taylor was annoyed. Her eyes were full of disgust
John felt his heart suddenly beating faster. Claire was so conceited, she had too much social awareness and Camilla Taylor was an `"in-crowd" person. Would Claire confront her and stay with him? He was terribly afraid, didn't have the strength to talk and push that Camilla person away from them.
"Cam, don't worry about me. It's all OK. John is my friend"
"Friend? But..." Camilla Taylor stopped talking, surprised. She had noticed that well-known diamond earring at John's left ear.
"Claire... D-did he steal your diamond earring?"
Claire became very worried, she didn't want everybody out there to know about this earring stuff. She sighed, and John ,coming to her defense, said:
"Listen, your little annoying bitch, it's none of your fucking business, alright?", good old John Bender uttered, looking harshly at Camilla.
"Cam", a strained Claire said, "John did not steal anything. I gave him the earring as a present". Claire looked firmly to Camilla
"Oh. My. God", Cam responded, "you've become totally nuts, Claire. That Saturday detention really wasn't a good thing for you."
"What what's done, it's done, Cam... So, could you leave us alone, please? Let's go, John..."
Claire pulled John at her side and they got out of the school's building, leaving an openmouthed Camilla Taylor totally dumbfounded.
"Why are you doing this, Claire?", John asked, "she could ruin your well earned reputation..."
"Fuck her...", Claire said , "she's not my friend at all... All she wants is to win some Prom-Queen contest, and being acquainted with me could be a very useful thing to her."
"Hey, strange values, they're ones from your clique, aren't they
"I don't care...In fact, it's a waste of time."
Claire led John to a park near Shermer High. They sat on a bench, which was surrounded by blossoming flowers, a sign of the approaching Spring. The two of them became quiet for a few moments, just enjoying each other's company, and not knowing how to deal with all the emotions in that strong bond between them .
"Claire", John said in a soft voice, " I... I'd like to thank you for the earring", he said looking directly to her, "... it was so nice... You know, I am not used to getting nice gifts..."
Claire took his hands in hers, and responded, "John, you deserve it... I gave you the earring because you quite surprised me with your strength, your generosity..."
"Generosity?", he asked, "God, I even don't know what generosity is..."
She smiled and caressed his dark hair:
"Yes, you are a very generous person. You saved us from Vernon, remember? Me, Brian, Allison and Andy could be really fucked if you hadn't taken the responsability for us.."
"Yeah", he smiled, stroking her bright red hair, "You know, responsablity isn't a word I'm very used to hearing when mentioning myself..."
"You're awesome, John", Claire said, grinning , her light brown eyes shining.
"You too, Claire..." he was caressing her chin.
"Thanks, John, but ---", she was interrupted with John's mouth covering hers.
Electricity had arrived for them as John slid his tongue into her mouth passionately, his dark hair falling into his face, Claire's arms wrapped John's body. That kiss was much different from that one on Saturday. It was sweet as well, but in addition contained lust and attraction, that John and Claire never experienced before.
After breaking the kiss, Claire smiled and said, "John... you're a great kisser, did you know that?"
He giggled: "Well, I am very glad for that... I would be worried if my kiss wasn't better than that damn sushi..."
"Tell me about it", Claire said, and leaned in for one more kiss.
John and Claire were back to the school minutes later, in time to attend the second class and meet their friends. The rest of that day passed very quickly, and the Breakfast Club members were quite surprised at not being harrassed by their "ex-cliques". They had lunch together, and some fun.
Brian was telling stupid jokes, which was a very uncommon thing for him. Andy and Allison, already officially dating, were planning to going to the movies later. The Breakfast Club seemed alive and well, as Brian had said.
John and Claire kissed a lot, yet not sure if they are going to date officially, but in fact it didn't matter. They were as happy as they could be.
After the classes, John and Claire met again at school's hallway. John kissed Claire and said, "Well, hope that will last at least till tomorrow..."
"You fool, of course it will!" she giggled and fixed her gaze on those dark eyes of John's.
"Yeah... I like you a lot, Princess", John said, softly.
"I like you too John."
They kissed again, Claire broke the kiss and walked to her father's car, while John started to walk back home.
John was happy, very happy. His early fears were gone. Claire liked him, and that was the only thing that really mattered. He entered his house, which was quiet. John took a shower, and went to his bed. He wanted to sleep and dream of his Princess.
But he couldn't. John Bender Sr. had arrived, furious. Bender Sr. smelled of alchohol and soon started to yell at his wife:
"You fat pig! How many times I told you that I don't eat fried tomatoes? I threw my lunch out, your bitch! I'm starving!"
"Don't ever call me bitch, you stupid bastard!", Louise Bender shouted back to her disgruntled husband.
Hearing all that shit , John sighed. "Welcome to the Bender Hellhouse... Fasten your seat belts and have a dreadful trip!", he thought. He tried to cover his head with the pillows to avoid the awful noises that came from the kitchen.
But John Bender Sr. was furious this evening. After beating his wife, he went to his son's bedroom.
John was awakened in a brutal way by his drunken father.
"Wake up, you useless piece of shit!", Bender Sr. said.
John normally wouldn't react, but this time he couldn't bear this violence anymore.
"Dad, leave me alone!", he shouted, trying to punch his father. But Bender Sr. was as physically strong as his son. He gazed his son with intensity and suddenly noticed that diamond earring in John's left ear.
"You son of a bitch, you've stolen that earring!"
John's eyes widened with fear, "No, dad! It was a gift!"
"Gift? Who would give a gift like this to a god damned punk like you?", Bender Sr. became more frightening, yelling and cursing furiously.
"Dad, a friend of mine gave me this earring..."
"I don't believe you... Give me the earring right now!", Bender Sr said with anger.
"No!", John yelled, "Your fucking asshole! Leave me alone! This earring means more to me that you do!" ,John yelled, his heart almost exploding.
"You hopless bastard! I don't care what you think about me!", Bender Sr smacked John and beat him madly.
John fell onto the floor. His father took the earring from him ,kicked John in the stomach and slapped his face.
"You are a fucking thief!", John Sr. Said and left the bedroom, slamming the door behind him.
John was lying in the floor, and felt the blood sliding from his left earlobe. Painful tears were dripping down his face.
Claire was wrong, he was not generous.
He was a big coward
PG-13, maybe R
Chapter Two
By Stellium
(People, I am re-publishing Chapter Two, with English mistakes fixed. The English has improved a lot! Thanks for Fandango and Cloudburst2000 for being so nice! And read & review! I want to know your ideas about the plot's development, okay?)
"Well, I see that you're wearing the earring", Claire said gently, breaking the silence between her and John.
John grinned: "It was so beautiful that I couldn't help it, Princess".
They smiled meaningfully. Seemed that the whole world could be revolving around them at that moment.
Brian Johnson said, slightly aware of that special feeling:
"Hey Claire, seems that Breakfast Club is alive and well..."
The redhead looked to the "Brain" and responded:
"I would never forgive myself if I was the one to break up this reunion".
At this time, the five friends were already talking on the middle of school's hallway. The bell rang and Allison asked:
"Well, what class are you going for?"
"Shop. SHIT!", Brian responded and everybody giggled.
"Well, Bri, I have some great news for you. I have Shop class too", Andy said, "and if some jerk teases you, I'll be ready with my muscles".
"Please, don't use them so much, Andy... I need your energy for other activities, remember?", Allison said in a very seductive way.
"Oh, please, Allison, we're supposed to be discreet, dear...", Andy responded mockingly.
"You're constantly suprising me, you nasty fellows..." Well Andy, let's go? I am longing to destroy some porcellaine giraffe..." Brian looked to John and smiled.
"See you guys at lunch time, okay?", John said.
"OK... let's go, Brian..."
Andy and Brian ran into their Shop class. Allison found herself alone with John and Claire, both needing a private conversation.
Smirking, Allison asked: "Chemistry, anyone?"
"Claire and I already have enough, thank you" he grinned with with his trademark sarcasm. Claire blushed a little. Allison nodded and said, "Okay... I'm alone on this one... See ya later guys"
John and Claire watched Allison going to the Chemistry class. John looked to Claire:
"Princess, we need to talk", he said surprisingly serious.
"Yes, we definetely need to talk", she agreed.
"Are you in a ditching class mood, perhaps?", he smirked.
"Yeah, I can't stand Math class anyway"
"Neither do I, whatever my next class is supposed to be"
Claire smiled, when behind them a very sharp voice rang out...
"Claire! What are you doing with that criminal, John Bender?"
Camilla Taylor was annoyed. Her eyes were full of disgust
John felt his heart suddenly beating faster. Claire was so conceited, she had too much social awareness and Camilla Taylor was an `"in-crowd" person. Would Claire confront her and stay with him? He was terribly afraid, didn't have the strength to talk and push that Camilla person away from them.
"Cam, don't worry about me. It's all OK. John is my friend"
"Friend? But..." Camilla Taylor stopped talking, surprised. She had noticed that well-known diamond earring at John's left ear.
"Claire... D-did he steal your diamond earring?"
Claire became very worried, she didn't want everybody out there to know about this earring stuff. She sighed, and John ,coming to her defense, said:
"Listen, your little annoying bitch, it's none of your fucking business, alright?", good old John Bender uttered, looking harshly at Camilla.
"Cam", a strained Claire said, "John did not steal anything. I gave him the earring as a present". Claire looked firmly to Camilla
"Oh. My. God", Cam responded, "you've become totally nuts, Claire. That Saturday detention really wasn't a good thing for you."
"What what's done, it's done, Cam... So, could you leave us alone, please? Let's go, John..."
Claire pulled John at her side and they got out of the school's building, leaving an openmouthed Camilla Taylor totally dumbfounded.
"Why are you doing this, Claire?", John asked, "she could ruin your well earned reputation..."
"Fuck her...", Claire said , "she's not my friend at all... All she wants is to win some Prom-Queen contest, and being acquainted with me could be a very useful thing to her."
"Hey, strange values, they're ones from your clique, aren't they
"I don't care...In fact, it's a waste of time."
Claire led John to a park near Shermer High. They sat on a bench, which was surrounded by blossoming flowers, a sign of the approaching Spring. The two of them became quiet for a few moments, just enjoying each other's company, and not knowing how to deal with all the emotions in that strong bond between them .
"Claire", John said in a soft voice, " I... I'd like to thank you for the earring", he said looking directly to her, "... it was so nice... You know, I am not used to getting nice gifts..."
Claire took his hands in hers, and responded, "John, you deserve it... I gave you the earring because you quite surprised me with your strength, your generosity..."
"Generosity?", he asked, "God, I even don't know what generosity is..."
She smiled and caressed his dark hair:
"Yes, you are a very generous person. You saved us from Vernon, remember? Me, Brian, Allison and Andy could be really fucked if you hadn't taken the responsability for us.."
"Yeah", he smiled, stroking her bright red hair, "You know, responsablity isn't a word I'm very used to hearing when mentioning myself..."
"You're awesome, John", Claire said, grinning , her light brown eyes shining.
"You too, Claire..." he was caressing her chin.
"Thanks, John, but ---", she was interrupted with John's mouth covering hers.
Electricity had arrived for them as John slid his tongue into her mouth passionately, his dark hair falling into his face, Claire's arms wrapped John's body. That kiss was much different from that one on Saturday. It was sweet as well, but in addition contained lust and attraction, that John and Claire never experienced before.
After breaking the kiss, Claire smiled and said, "John... you're a great kisser, did you know that?"
He giggled: "Well, I am very glad for that... I would be worried if my kiss wasn't better than that damn sushi..."
"Tell me about it", Claire said, and leaned in for one more kiss.
John and Claire were back to the school minutes later, in time to attend the second class and meet their friends. The rest of that day passed very quickly, and the Breakfast Club members were quite surprised at not being harrassed by their "ex-cliques". They had lunch together, and some fun.
Brian was telling stupid jokes, which was a very uncommon thing for him. Andy and Allison, already officially dating, were planning to going to the movies later. The Breakfast Club seemed alive and well, as Brian had said.
John and Claire kissed a lot, yet not sure if they are going to date officially, but in fact it didn't matter. They were as happy as they could be.
After the classes, John and Claire met again at school's hallway. John kissed Claire and said, "Well, hope that will last at least till tomorrow..."
"You fool, of course it will!" she giggled and fixed her gaze on those dark eyes of John's.
"Yeah... I like you a lot, Princess", John said, softly.
"I like you too John."
They kissed again, Claire broke the kiss and walked to her father's car, while John started to walk back home.
John was happy, very happy. His early fears were gone. Claire liked him, and that was the only thing that really mattered. He entered his house, which was quiet. John took a shower, and went to his bed. He wanted to sleep and dream of his Princess.
But he couldn't. John Bender Sr. had arrived, furious. Bender Sr. smelled of alchohol and soon started to yell at his wife:
"You fat pig! How many times I told you that I don't eat fried tomatoes? I threw my lunch out, your bitch! I'm starving!"
"Don't ever call me bitch, you stupid bastard!", Louise Bender shouted back to her disgruntled husband.
Hearing all that shit , John sighed. "Welcome to the Bender Hellhouse... Fasten your seat belts and have a dreadful trip!", he thought. He tried to cover his head with the pillows to avoid the awful noises that came from the kitchen.
But John Bender Sr. was furious this evening. After beating his wife, he went to his son's bedroom.
John was awakened in a brutal way by his drunken father.
"Wake up, you useless piece of shit!", Bender Sr. said.
John normally wouldn't react, but this time he couldn't bear this violence anymore.
"Dad, leave me alone!", he shouted, trying to punch his father. But Bender Sr. was as physically strong as his son. He gazed his son with intensity and suddenly noticed that diamond earring in John's left ear.
"You son of a bitch, you've stolen that earring!"
John's eyes widened with fear, "No, dad! It was a gift!"
"Gift? Who would give a gift like this to a god damned punk like you?", Bender Sr. became more frightening, yelling and cursing furiously.
"Dad, a friend of mine gave me this earring..."
"I don't believe you... Give me the earring right now!", Bender Sr said with anger.
"No!", John yelled, "Your fucking asshole! Leave me alone! This earring means more to me that you do!" ,John yelled, his heart almost exploding.
"You hopless bastard! I don't care what you think about me!", Bender Sr smacked John and beat him madly.
John fell onto the floor. His father took the earring from him ,kicked John in the stomach and slapped his face.
"You are a fucking thief!", John Sr. Said and left the bedroom, slamming the door behind him.
John was lying in the floor, and felt the blood sliding from his left earlobe. Painful tears were dripping down his face.
Claire was wrong, he was not generous.
He was a big coward