Chapter Ten
It was Thursday morning and I woke to here the shower running. I stared across the room towards Erica's bed. She slept quietly, her black hair in tangles around her thin face. Erica, the family's pride and joy, she was beautiful, got good grades-straight A's-, good in rumbles, never got in trouble and I was proud she was my sister. As far as I was concerned I had the best brother and sister in the world.
The shower stopped and moments later the door opened and a heavy sent of cologne roamed into our bedroom. Our door flew open and the lights flickered on and off. "COME ON SWEET THANGS, TIME TO GET UP!" I jumped up and glared at Colby who stood in the door way. Erica rolled over, "Fuck off Cole." she mumbled. Colby looked at me, and walked over towards Erica's bed. "What was that little missy?" he asked poking her back. Without looking she swung her arm towards him, hitting him in the stomach.
He being half blind in one eye didn't change him at all, and sometimes I thought that hectic night was all a dream... my fault nightmare. His face went back to normal the night after wards and the only thing that remained now was a nice shiner surrounding his eye.
"Leave her alone Colby, I want to get a shower first any how." I said slipping out of bed. Colby sighed, casuallypulling Erica's pillow out from under her head before grabbing me and throwing my over his shoulder. Erica yelled after him and I laughed and begged him to put me down. "Guys knock it off!" my mothers voice called from the kitchen. Gently Cole put me down in the hall way and walked off towards the kitchen.
Colby's car skidded around a tight turn of the schools parking lot. It was his first day back since he was jumped and he claimed he was ready to make sure nobody took his spot of ruling things around here. "Colby watch it!" Erica said as he nearly missed a couple of freshmen. "I'm fine!" he said slamming the breaks as he whirled the car into an open spot, leaving a black tire mark. I sat in the passenger seat, laughing in my mind softly. But Erica was more serious. She knew he wasn't supposed to be driving and was on the edge of her seat driving with him.
Already a few other greasers where approaching and Colby took the keys out and said, "Okay little ones you get off to class now." "Colby I'm only a year younger then you..." I said opening the car door. "Yea but I still have to look after you." he said opening his door as well. I was about to oppose but two guys, I thinking their names are Jeff and Tom, walked up. "Hey man what's up?" Jeff asked, doing a little handshake type thing with my brother as he got out. Erica quietly got out of the car and I followed, together we walked without a word towards the school that was slowly filling up.
I never thought school could go by so slowly. It be more enjoyable if Joe was there but he'd dropped out last year. I walked down the hallway that slowly became less crowded. "Hey Mel are you skipping Period Six?" I asked her. "What's six?" she asked looking at me puzzled a strand of hair hanging in her face. "Um reading for me… isn't that Jackson for you?" I said shifting the one notebook I carried to my other side. I didn't load myself with supplies like Erica did; I just carried around a notebook and kept my stuff in there. "Oh yea math… You skipping?" she asked me coming to a stop at the corner of the hallway that branched off to the main hall.
"If you are."
"Yea, come on."
Just as casually we walked into the girl's bathroom.
At first we checked ourselves over in the mirror and then just relaxed talking about people who came and left, occasionally walking out to the hall. Kara, the softball team captain walked in the bathroom. "What are you doing down here freshmen?" Melody demanded, I'd to admit she was scary when she wanted to be. Kara looked at her hard, "Aren't you Winton's sister?" she asked bitterly. I looked at her, pursing my lips and raising my eyebrows. "Yea what you got a problem with her?" I asked, putting my hands on my hips (my notebook was on the windowsill; at least I thought it was). Kara snickered and Mel looked over to me. "Yea, she needs to stop playing like a Socs and get off the team." Never in my life did I here a Soc talk to two Greasers. I took a step forward, "Oh you're getting a little scared she's better then you?" I asked, Melody watched Kara with amusement. "No, there's no room for Greasers to act like Socs." she said standing her ground.
"Passes Ladies!"
"Danmit" I mumbled, as a teacher walked in. Kara turned and handed the teacher her pass and I searched the windowsill for mine. It wasn't there. I turned to Mel who eyed me handing the teacher hers that she faked. We both mastered all the teachers' signatures. "Miss, where's yours?" she asked me. Kara laughed softly, going into one of the stalls. "It was just here a second ago…" I mumbled, checking the stalls. Kara was in the stall I used… it must be in there… "Attempting to cut class Miss?" she asked thumping her foot. "No, I had my book I just think it's in the stall that little freshman went into." I said.
One meeting with the principle and a class period later I'm sitting at lunch eating at the back table with some girls. Getting board listening to some girl named Amber blab away because she made out with some guy on the baseball team, I quietly left and made my way over to Erica's table. We normally sat together but I didn't see her until then. "Excuse me where are you going?" I turned around, rolling my eyes as Mrs. Althorn called to me. She was mean and hated Greasers, Erica had her one year and she had given her an F on her report card saying her behavior was horrible, when Erica scored A's on the entire tests. "I'm going to my table!" I replied, starting my way again over to where Erica sat. She stared at me, "I came in late." I called taking a seat. Erica looked over to me and smiled.
She sat with mostly boys who where the school rejects, and middle class girls. She wasn't loud enough to fit in with the Greaser girls and fit in perfectly with the middle classers. "Hey Erica." I said putting my recovered notebook on the table. She finished up with her pizza and said, "Hi Hailey I didn't know you'd sit with me today." I nudged her, taking I piece of her cookie looking at the boys who sat next to her. The one that sat on my right moved away, eyeing me carefully. I sighed, "Am I that scary?" I asked, amused. He stared at me threw thick glasses, they all did. I thought about jumping at him, but I didn't want him to pee every where, so I just smiled.
It was a moment later some of the rebel middle class boys came and started flirting with the girls. Erica watched the guys with disgust as I did and every time we made eye contact we would laugh softly. One who mustn't have realized who I was squeezed his way in between me and the boy and slid my notebook across the table. "What the heck?" I asked whirling towards him; I was trying to ignore the fact that he was just about touching me. He smirked, rolling my eyes I leaned across the table to pick up my stuff. One of the boys, Edwin, his name was, gave me the book carefully.
He smacked my butt. I whirled around to him, smacking in hard on the shoulder. "What the hell you pervert!" I yelled, shoving him as I sat down. He hadn't caught me on one of my best days, being I got detention tomorrow afternoon and all. I glanced down at my hand, it was red and I actually could see the imprint of his shirt on it. Erica glared heavily at him and the rest of the rebel guys started at him like he was the stupidest thing alive. "Yo, don't hit my like that." he said dusting off his shoulder, like I actually got him dirty. "Huh? You slapped me in my ass and you don't expect me to hit you back?" I said scooting back; I need room in case I was going to swing at him again. "You wanna start something?" he asked, standing up. I stood right up taking out my earrings and handing them to Erica. "Sure why not?" I said. He smirked; he didn't think I'd stand up to him and now he was afraid he'd loose… which he would.
I hadn't expected Colby to be the first one to join the crowd; I hadn't even realized we had the same lunch. As I eyed the middle classer, I saw him and some girl standing in the background. He was staring at me with a questioning look. I wanted to fight this fight myself I didn't want to have my brother step in before I whipped this guys ass, even if it did save him the embarrassment. "Well?" I asked. "Nah I can't fight a girl." he said running his hand threw his hair. "Yea but you can hit them in the ass and you don't even know their name?" I questioned.
Colby ended up at my side just then and he yoked the middle classer up by the collar of his shirt. "Danmit Colby! I can fight myself!" I grumbled, tapping my foot. "You slapping my baby sister in her rear?" he asked giving the guy his harshest glare. I smiled to myself, the guy was a new shade of white and he was shivering. "You don't slap girls in their ass kid." he said dropping him, shoving him into Chris. "I don't ever want to see you disrespecting girl's boy, ya here?" Chris said holding him firmly by the arm. The boy nodded and I laughed so hard that I was crying.
Pull yourself together Sweetie cause he's yours now!" Colby said shoving him towards me. Taking a couple steps back Colby and Chris winked at me, crossed their arms and watched. "You still wanna go?" I asked holding my mouth firm so I wouldn't laugh. "I told ya I can't fight a girl." he said. I eyed him carefully and before I knew it Donny hit him hard in the back sending him flying forward. "Atta boy! You'd get you ass beat five times if you laid a hand on her again!" he said happily. I smiled, and walked over to Erica to put in my earrings again. "Wait seven because Hailey is with Joe again!" Mickey cried out loudly. I cringed because Mickey added one to five and got seven and glanced towards Cole who was staring at me startled. He liked Joe and all but didn't like the idea of his sister dating him. I didn't blame him much and he knew before and all but I didn't really want to tell him that we where back together.
Mrs. Althorn, took all of us, Me, Colby, Chris, Donny and Mickey to the office. "Well Miss Winston back so soon are you?" principle Brunei asked from behind his desk. Colby shot me a hard glance. "Oh she didn't tell you Colby, she has detention tomorrow for skipping class." Brunei didn't even take his eyes off his computer screen. "Who can blame her, the teachers you got here are as bland as anything." Mickey said propping his feet up on Brunei's desk. "Matthews you earned a day of detention with your friend Hailey here." "What one!" Donny questioned. "Both of you." Brunei said, finally turning to look at them. Donny punched Mickey in the arm, "It's Friday too you ass." he mumbled.
"So what's this about you harassing another child?" Brunei asked beating his fingers on the edge of his desk. "He tried to grab Hailey's…. butt… but she stood up to him and then being older brothers we had to give him a word about it." Mickey said in his voice. Brunei raised his eyebrows and looked at me. "Is that so?" he asked. I nodded my head, but I knew my innocent look wouldn't help this time. Brunei knew me I was in his office about once a week…
I liked this chapter... a lot of the things that happen in here happened in real life. Like getting slaped in the butt and having all my 'adoptive' brothers -meaning we are just really really close- came and shoved the boy around... my hand was really red like that too lol... You know the deal r&r... hehe PLEASE!