Part 18---Monday morning Erica walks into school with the same outfit that she wore when she snuck out the house with Emma but she isn't wearing flip-flops... she's wearing nice formal like shoes, with a veal on... she walks to her locker not saying a thing... When she is at her locker... Manny comes up to her...
"who died?" askes Manny
Silence
"don't think just because you beat me up, that your not going to talk to me"
Silence
"And I don't think that it was a fair fight..."
Silence
"So I am going to have to do something about it... Meet me after school on friday..."
Erica just stares at her... takes her binder out her locker... and leaves Manny standing there... Manny yells after her, "I'M SERIOUS... AFTER SCHOOL FRIDAY!!!!"
Erica walks into the bathroom... and Ellie is standing there at the sink look in the mirror fixing her hair with Terri.
"Hey Erica!!!" says Terri.... "Oh by the way I can come to that get together of yours this saturday.."
"same here," says Ellie, " We will arrive together..."
Erica says in a low voice," That's great... I'll see you there" and then she walks out the bathroom.. where she sees Craig...
"Hey... why are you wearing black?" askes Craig
Erica speaks ina low voice..."for three reasons... A Fire Inside"
"are you depressed or something?"
"No... A Fire Inside... A.F.I. ... oh, and your girlfriend Manny wants to fight me... Friday... It's a really long story and I have to get to class... I'll see you at lunch"
Craig gives her a hug..."I hope things get better for whatever reason you are wearing all black"
"things will get better" she smiles... and walks away
Erica walks outside in the front of the school in search of J.T... when she sees him.. she walks up to him slowly... lifts up her veal, and kisses him... and then she pulls a ring out of her purse and puts it on his thumb.. and then she pulls out another ring with a black rock like thing and puts it on her ring finger(on her right hand)... See, if you are now confused.. Erica gave J.T a ring that signifys their relationship, her wearing black has nothing to do with this... she is wearing black because once a month she wears black for the group A.F.I(even though she still has her blue streaks...).. She isn't hardly talking as much as usual because she has loss her voice from the rave, and her throat really hurts... So she's speaking in really low voice...
"I love you J.T. ... when you are ready to break up... you give me this ring back... and I'll take it calmly without asking you for an explanation" she says really low
he nods, and then askes,"why are you speaking so low?"
she starts to walk into the building, "Because my throat hurts... from the rave..."
he starts to open his locker," Speaking of, how did it go..."
"I'm sorry... But me and Manny got into a fight... I was dancing with Emma, and she hit me in the back... so I turned around, and slapped her in the face, she fell to the ground and I started to hit her a few times, and then me and Emma left... and now she wants to fight me on Friday, because she claimed that she didn't get a fair fight... I don't know what to do.."
"lets get to class and we will talk about this later..."
"Yeah, I need to talk to Emma anyways..."
So J.T and Erica start walk to class hand-in-hand... Remember... Erica throat hurts and she is trying not to talk as much as she normally does, so when Hazel comes up to Erica... Erica askes J.T to talk for her...
"did you get Manny's message?" says Hazel
Erica whispers in J.T's ear who says," Yes, she got Manny's message"
"so what are you going to do about it?"
"she said that you should just wait until Friday, and you will see what happeneds..."
"so does that mean that she going to fight Manny or not"
Erica looks at J.T. ... and J.T. says, "No comment"
and they walk off... When they arrive to Ms. Kwans class... Emma rushes to Erica and askes her if she knows about Manny wanting to fight her... Erica nods her head up and down... Erica stares at Manny... Manny stares at her with such a evil look, that it just made Erica want to say something cruel and evil.... But then her throat started to itch and she just sat down, and pulled out her binder, and a book by Lois Duncan called, Don't Look Behind You.
During English, Emma passes Erica a note... it says:
"are you going to fight Manny?"
Erica replies,"It depends what mood I am in on Friday... and who hits who first..."
"Well, you cannot throw the first hit... you will get suspeneded..."
"well in that case.... we are going to go off school grounds..."
"But you cant fight Manny... you'll get in trouble..."
"true, but it'll be well worth... lets talk about something else now..."
"okay... what are you wearing tomorrow?"
"I don't know, come over and help me choose something... J.T. will come too... that way I can have a guys opinion and a girls opinion..."
"it'll be grand... I wish I had the guts to dress like you..."
"which brings me to a conclusion...."
"which is"
"You'll see...."
"who died?" askes Manny
Silence
"don't think just because you beat me up, that your not going to talk to me"
Silence
"And I don't think that it was a fair fight..."
Silence
"So I am going to have to do something about it... Meet me after school on friday..."
Erica just stares at her... takes her binder out her locker... and leaves Manny standing there... Manny yells after her, "I'M SERIOUS... AFTER SCHOOL FRIDAY!!!!"
Erica walks into the bathroom... and Ellie is standing there at the sink look in the mirror fixing her hair with Terri.
"Hey Erica!!!" says Terri.... "Oh by the way I can come to that get together of yours this saturday.."
"same here," says Ellie, " We will arrive together..."
Erica says in a low voice," That's great... I'll see you there" and then she walks out the bathroom.. where she sees Craig...
"Hey... why are you wearing black?" askes Craig
Erica speaks ina low voice..."for three reasons... A Fire Inside"
"are you depressed or something?"
"No... A Fire Inside... A.F.I. ... oh, and your girlfriend Manny wants to fight me... Friday... It's a really long story and I have to get to class... I'll see you at lunch"
Craig gives her a hug..."I hope things get better for whatever reason you are wearing all black"
"things will get better" she smiles... and walks away
Erica walks outside in the front of the school in search of J.T... when she sees him.. she walks up to him slowly... lifts up her veal, and kisses him... and then she pulls a ring out of her purse and puts it on his thumb.. and then she pulls out another ring with a black rock like thing and puts it on her ring finger(on her right hand)... See, if you are now confused.. Erica gave J.T a ring that signifys their relationship, her wearing black has nothing to do with this... she is wearing black because once a month she wears black for the group A.F.I(even though she still has her blue streaks...).. She isn't hardly talking as much as usual because she has loss her voice from the rave, and her throat really hurts... So she's speaking in really low voice...
"I love you J.T. ... when you are ready to break up... you give me this ring back... and I'll take it calmly without asking you for an explanation" she says really low
he nods, and then askes,"why are you speaking so low?"
she starts to walk into the building, "Because my throat hurts... from the rave..."
he starts to open his locker," Speaking of, how did it go..."
"I'm sorry... But me and Manny got into a fight... I was dancing with Emma, and she hit me in the back... so I turned around, and slapped her in the face, she fell to the ground and I started to hit her a few times, and then me and Emma left... and now she wants to fight me on Friday, because she claimed that she didn't get a fair fight... I don't know what to do.."
"lets get to class and we will talk about this later..."
"Yeah, I need to talk to Emma anyways..."
So J.T and Erica start walk to class hand-in-hand... Remember... Erica throat hurts and she is trying not to talk as much as she normally does, so when Hazel comes up to Erica... Erica askes J.T to talk for her...
"did you get Manny's message?" says Hazel
Erica whispers in J.T's ear who says," Yes, she got Manny's message"
"so what are you going to do about it?"
"she said that you should just wait until Friday, and you will see what happeneds..."
"so does that mean that she going to fight Manny or not"
Erica looks at J.T. ... and J.T. says, "No comment"
and they walk off... When they arrive to Ms. Kwans class... Emma rushes to Erica and askes her if she knows about Manny wanting to fight her... Erica nods her head up and down... Erica stares at Manny... Manny stares at her with such a evil look, that it just made Erica want to say something cruel and evil.... But then her throat started to itch and she just sat down, and pulled out her binder, and a book by Lois Duncan called, Don't Look Behind You.
During English, Emma passes Erica a note... it says:
"are you going to fight Manny?"
Erica replies,"It depends what mood I am in on Friday... and who hits who first..."
"Well, you cannot throw the first hit... you will get suspeneded..."
"well in that case.... we are going to go off school grounds..."
"But you cant fight Manny... you'll get in trouble..."
"true, but it'll be well worth... lets talk about something else now..."
"okay... what are you wearing tomorrow?"
"I don't know, come over and help me choose something... J.T. will come too... that way I can have a guys opinion and a girls opinion..."
"it'll be grand... I wish I had the guts to dress like you..."
"which brings me to a conclusion...."
"which is"
"You'll see...."