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Chapter 5: Act A Fool?
It seems as though Freddy wasn't so lucky. Why? Crystal was still in the same shape until about 11:00- 12:00, meaning she actually went to school in her 'high' state and snapped out of it in school too. What happened? Will she forget everything once she finally snaps back from her little vacation? You'll see what happens. Well, this is how it goes.........
Crystal's POV
I finally woke up. I seemed to have slept really early and awoke very a little later than usual. I still had that same craving for ice cream, but overcame that sudden urge because of what Lenny and Eleni said. Hey that rhymes! Lenny and Eleni.
I stood up and walked over to my closet but only succeeding on falling on my face. "Owy." I rubbed my forehead which probably looked really red. I looked at my attire to still see my school apparel. "Yucky." I scrunched my face, which only made me look like I had the worst hangover. My hair was a little messy, which was now notably short, one sleeve was folded up and the other was hanging loosely, some of the buttons on my shirt were undone, and some of my skirt was tucked in my underwear. I looked like a mess and maybe even the Sasquatch's wife.
I skipped to my closet and yeah you guessed it, I smacked my head onto the closet as well. I opened it and that's when I found the perfect plaid thingy to wear for school, since the school just loved plaid.
"Hehehhe," I giggled as I pulled out the plaid bell bottoms that had a studded belt and several chains on it that I reattached. I slipped it on and removed the skirt, which gave me a wedgie. I roughly pulled my underwear down a bit and then looked into the mirror. I fished out another white blouse and pulled out a tie and dumped yesterdays clothes into the laundry basket. I slipped on a black tank top under and then put the white blouse and tie on. I grabbed a blazer, which I still had yet to where and pulled it on. I let the white sleeve stick out of my jacket sleeve and struck a pose in front of the mirror. I put on my dress shoes and raced downstairs.
I saw Corey and mother leaving, so I quickly chased the before they left, just to say goodbye.
"Wait......." I stopped them.
"What?" Mom asked with a smile.
I kissed them both on the cheek and waved goodbye. Mom just smiled widely at me and Corey had the most stunned face ever, but I just shrugged.
"Okay, what does she have? Cancer? Diabetes? C'mon you can tell me. " Corey asked mom, as they both entered the vehicle.
"Whatever it is, I want it to stay." She said right before taking off and then they were gone.
I raced to get my school bag and then I waltzed out the front door. I locked the door and walked to school calmly. I saw Freddy up in front at the street light with Marta, but I decided to not interrupt them as Freddy started giving her kisses. I squirmed and gave a barfing noise, but then I really had to cough, so it probably sounded really nasty. The walk to school was quite eventful. I found two butterflies, chased them, almost got hit by a car because I wanted to pet a dog and then I tripped about two times in the process. People these days! Riding there fancy cars! Like who drives cars? That is so last year! Walking is the new thing! Like, did those people ever hear of pollution? I rolled my eyes at my obvious good point. (A/N: More like obvious bimbo point! Sorry, continue with the story!)
The bell must have already run because the school halls were empty. I started skipping, but quickly stopped because the eerie echoing started to creep me out. I finally walked into my first class to see my teacher at mid-discussion.
"Why Ms. Matthews, I'm so glad you finally decided to join us." The teacher gestured to a seat for her. "Please take a seat and a detention slip. You know, I kind of expected your sister to do this since she has been late a lot, but you, never. If you continue this, we'll have a talk with your parents."
"That doesn't make sense though." I started scratching.
"And what are you referring to?"
"You just said you were glad to see me, but you gave me a detention." I pouted. Mr. Woods was not really being fair.
"Stop playing games here, Ms. Matthews, but to remind you, it was sarcasm." Some people started snickering and I didn't see what there was to laugh at.
"Okay, well you never gave a talk with my parents regarding Brooke, then again, I did see her smirk at you and give a wink, and you gave one to her too. What was up with that? Can you say freaky? 'Cuz I sure can!" I said, trying to fit the pieces of the puzzle together. People started laughing and I was going to wave to Katie or Summer but they were busy giving the evil, glaring eyes to Freddy, who was hitting his head repeatedly on the desk. Brooke, who was also in the class, looked like a red cherry. Maybe she was flattered for me actually talking about her in conversation.
"Do you want three detentions Crystal? Well, you know what, I'm not even going to wait for a response because I'm giving you three anyway." He said, starting to get red. He was like a cherry, which look kind of funny.
"Well, if you weren't going to let me answer, why'd you ask in the first place?"
"You're running a fine line."
"Was that a compliment? When I was four, I always thought that was a compliment and my real mom said it wasn't, but I didn't believe her..... but since I can literally see steam blowing out of your ears, I think she was right."
"Take your seat." He said through gritted teeth. I sat down and then he walked up to my desk. "Since, I seemed to have all lost the detention slips to Mr. Jones, I'll just pretend this never happened. I hope you get your act together during class, and during all of your other classes. That goes for all you too..... Now where was I....." He looked like an angry, mad man, but he was angry and mad, so I guess that suited him then.
Class finally finished and I had a pep talk with Mr. Woods on whatever he was cackling about. Anyway, he said something like the stress has gotten to me and that there was no need for me to do today's work because I basically did it in the other assignment.
I walked out of the classroom and felt someone or some people grabbing both my arms and dragging me.
"Owy!" I turned and saw that it was Katie, Summer, with Zack and Freddy leading the way. They put me against a corner and then gave me an incomprehensible look. No, cross that out, it was the look that said 'you know' but then you were like 'I dunno'.
"Freddy, look what you did!"
"She ate the pills! It's not my fault!" And then they all started talking all at once, so it was all inaudible. I scratched my head and did my Mission Impossible move and left. It was so surprising to see that my obvious move was so unobvious to them. 'Maybe, I'm just good!' I thought to myself and then 'PACK!' Someone open their locker and it smacked my face. I guess my luck just ran out.
3rd Person POV- ( I thought I should have given you a little outlook on what Crystal think in her wacky state. Anyway, let's do the 3rd person.)
'I guess my luck just ran out.'
Whatever! She may have gotten a smack on the face, but it was well worth it from getting to see the piece of hotness that did it to her.
"Oh sorry! Here let me help you." The young, handsome man held out his hand and that young, handsome man just happened to be David Cleer, one of the hottest guys at school. Well, she may have been high off her ass from painkillers and had gotten smacked to the head couple times (including this time), but she sure knew that this fellow was piece of fine hotness.
"Ah, that's okay Mr. Dude." Okay, so maybe it didn't register to her brain yet that this guy was David Roe, but she would soon find out anyway! She took his hand and helped her up.
"Uh, you're Crystal Matthews, right?" He asked and she was almost about to faint. She forgot his name, but he knew her. He knew her, her knew her, he knew her! This had to be written right now and posted into history. She looked down onto her bag that had her name written on it with flaming letters.
"Well, it says here." She slung the back over her shoulder. He chuckled and ran his fingers through some of her hair. Wait- what? He ran his fingers through her hair? What the fu-
"I've noticed you cut your hair. Looks cute." He smiled and she almost died. It was the kind of smile Freddy did to other girls and made them melt except her, but of course, it was a David smile that made girls like her melt.
"Thanks." She squeaked out and she knew she sounded like a mouse. She was nervous and it seemed maybe she was actually being like her old self except for the lingering ice cream and Austin Powers thoughts. "Would you like to shag- I mean eat lunch with me?" She asked and wanted to burst out laughing about what she had just said. Shag? Damn those Austin Power thoughts but he started laughing too.
"Sure. I'd love that. I've noticed you eat lunch in the lab. We'll eat there..... Anyway, I gotta jet. I'll see you later." But before later he paused and took her hand and kissed it, "Ms. Matthews."
"Bye. Mr. Dude?" With her free hand, she fiddled with her hair.
"It's David Cleer." He laughed.
"I'll remember that...." She smiled as he walked away. "Yes!" She screamed and started doing the 'Thriller' dance by Michael Jackson she learned yesterday from watching it on one of the many MTV reruns. "I'm good! Where's the ice cream?" Boy, did she have a short memory span. Let's just hope she won't forget about that lunch......but something says she won't (The author says she won't, that's who!)
Meanwhile, a group of people were in awe at what just happened.
"She totally has to hang with us!" Some cheerleaders said as they walked away, but the rest of the others still stayed there.
"Maybe those painkillers were a good thing. I have a feeling she would have walked away or trash talked him even though he was cute." Katie said, but Zack glared at her.
"Not as cute as you." She pecked him on the lips.
"She can't do that! She'll make a fool out of herself! I have to stop her!" Freddy said with his hand to his chin.
"Let her be happy. She's been here for a short time, but I know Crystal. Regardless if she had the painkillers, she would have ruined this relationship with David. She would have either done what Katie said, which is trash talking, or she would have made a fool of herself already to begin with. These painkillers are giving her a confidence boost. We just need her to stay away from the CBS." Summer reasoned with Freddy, who just softened and kissed Marta, who was beside him on the lips. They had already announced it to the gang, but everyone else didn't know. A lot of girls would be disappointed though.
"She's right. If the cheerleaders come to her, I'm afraid she might actually join them." Marta eyes widened while she said it.
"She'll be fine. I'm her lab partner, I'll come a little early just to check on her." Zack said and then the bell rang. They all went there separate ways, but each still were worried about the poor girl, even the rest of the gang who weren't there to witness the scene.
As Freddy was daydreaming in his class, he just couldn't get that conversation out of his head, not the one with David and Crystal, but the one he had with Corey. He remembered it clearly. It was the day he was helping Corey to be suave around girls. They just entered the washroom and Freddy was just bringing a can of whipped cream. The closed the door and Freddy began his lecture on girls, while stuffing his face with some of the cream.
"Uh, Freddy?"
"Yeah."
"Could you do me a small favor?" Corey asked and did those kiddy-puppy eyes that just screamed 'cute, but deceiving!'
"Uh, sure, anything dude." He answered uneasily.
"Well, I know you don't really connect with my sister well, but I think I can trust you....."
"Of course, you can always trust me. Wait, I see where this is going....... Corey, I can't date Crystal, we live in completely different worlds-"
"No!" Corey immediately shouted and threw a toilet paper roll at him for his dumbness. "I would definitely not ask you to do that. I mean gee, I care about her, I'm not going to torture-" Suddenly, Corey stopped what he was going to say about Freddy once he saw Freddy giving him a glare that said 'say-it!-I-dare-you!'
"Ahem. What I mean to say is that, Crystal is not like any girl."
"Well, that doesn't take a genius to know. She's clumsy, really not smooth, speaking of which she is the cheerleader's next target and doesn't even stand up for herself. Gee, what guy would- never mind." Freddy immediately stopped talking when he looked at Corey, who was giving a fierce look at him.
"Anyways, all I want you to do is to make sure Crystal is safe....... From guys."
"Well, Corey, she's going to go out with someone sooner or later. Wait is she a lesbian?"
"NO! I don't mean it like that. I mean perverted guys that are trying to 'do stuff' to her. She's never been the best with relationships and when it comes to self-defense, she's always been a little weak, especially after what happened....."
"Wait, what happened?"
"Uh, well you see, Crystal's last boyfriend only cared about one thing, if you know what I mean." Corey raised eye brows.
"Well did she?" Freddy asked, suddenly really interested.
"Thank god, no!...... but after that he broke up with her when she said no... and ever since that she looks a guys in a new light, well actually, a new darkness. But I was happy when they were through." Corey sighed with relief.
"That's why she hasn't been attracted to my good looks. Are you sure she's not, well, 'walking on the other side of the road'?" Freddy asked and Corey just smacked him.
"What are you guys doing?" Crystal opened the door to see them. They were both startled and thought she had caught them.
"Shaving....." Corey threw some shaving cream at her. She picked the foam , smelt it and wiped it on Freddy.
"With whipped cream? Yeah......, Freddy, I don't think he hit that stage yet." Crystal patted him on the shoulder and then it all continued.
Besides the humorous lesbian comments, Freddy still remembered how serious Corey looked when he told him to 'protect' Crystal and even though he didn't really want to, he was going to do it. For Corey. Why did she have to eat those pills?
He looked at Crystal who was playing 'airplane' with her pencil. Her attention span right now was the size of a pin point. He chuckled at there talk yesterday. He wondered what was so good about ice cream and how she could talk so much about it. Suddenly, Freddy had a note appear on his desk. He opened it up and read it.
Freddy-
I can't take it anymore! I don't know why, but that jock David is really not for Crystal and if she was really herself, she would even know that! Tomika, Marta, Summer, Frankie, Leonard, Katie and me are going to watch the whole lunch and if anything goes bad, we're going to kick that guys ass! Anyway, you coming?.... just nod your head or something if your coming because Ms. Jenkins is getting suspicious even though she is just sitting in her chair doing nothing.
-Zack
Freddy looked over to Zack and nodded his head. Hell yeah! Of course he was going to watch. But, however, he was actually looking to see this for entertainment purposes to. Once he saw Crystal playing with her pencil and having fun, he knew that this was going to be funny.
Lunch approached quickly and Crystal was still a little clueless of everything around her. She joined choir and was a pinch close to joining the cheerleading squad. If it weren't for Michelle who was there, she would have been in the CBS. Thankfully, the teachers didn't notice her pants and actually thought it was part of the uniform, except for the chains, but they didn't bother saying anything. Also, sadly enough, she became more of a target in the eyes of the students. She suddenly had more bullies than before and was called multiple things that rather not be said. But, however, in her state, she didn't really care, which was a good thing.
She entered the lab and laid her bag on the seat Zack used for lab. She opened her bag and found some strawberries inside.
"No ice cream." She sighed.
"Hey stranger." Someone said behind her. She turned around and saw David.
"I'm no stranger." She said confused and their little lunch began. Minutes passed and David actually seemed really articulate and intelligent for a jock.
Freddy, Tomika, Marta, Summer, Frankie, Leonard, Katie and Zack were out watching from the door, trying to squeeze their head together to see. Marta, Summer and Katie were keeping look out and Tomika would have done that to, but she just didn't want to miss a moment of it.
"What does that fool think he doin'?" Tomika asked to no one in particular.
"What ever he's doin, it's workin'." Leonard sighed.
"If he touches her, I'm going in." Frankie started giving the evil eye out.
"I'm with ya, Tough Guy." Freddy agreed.
"What is he doing? I invented that move. Didn't I Katie?" Zack asked.
"Uh, yeah hun." Katie said uneasily, while talking back to Summer.
"Oh my god! He's goin' in for the touch!" Tomika exclaimed. At this, everyone jammed their head onto the window of the door to get a better look. They all had to hold Freddy and Frankie back, but then once they saw the scene, they suddenly became.....surprised.
It wasn't the fact that he tried to cope a feel on her, but the fact that she punched him in the face, kneed him where it hurts, pushed him to the floor and kicked him in the stomach. They then heard her yelling at him.
"What are you trying to do? I thought were going to play Tic Tac Toe, not Tic Tac Touch. You know what, your last name doesn't even suit my first name. Crystal Cleer? That sound like that phrase. Now leave, ore I will do my Austin Powers judo chop!" David looked at her with wide eyes and immediately ran to the door.
The rest of the group saw him coming and immediately went off the door and started acting casual: Leaning on the lockers, pretending to walk down the hall, and just talking. When David stalked out the room and was no where in sight, they ran into the lab, but they couldn't find Crystal.....
"Well.... That's strange." Katie said as they entered the classroom.
"Oh my god!" Summer put her hand over her mouth.
"What?" Freddy asked. She pointed to the where Zack and Crystal sat for lab and saw Crystal on the floor. They all ran to her. The sudden outburst probably put a number on her and collapsed.
"What are we going to do?" Zack questioned, as he and Freddy lifted her up.
"I have no idea, but I think this might have to do with us cutting class." Freddy raised his eye brows, but then smirked.
"No way! I cannot afford to miss a class." Summer whined, but as Zack hoisted Crystal on his back, she felt bad for her helpless friend.
"Well, it won't take us all to do it. I'm willing to miss class..." Freddy said.
"Freddy, you're always willing to miss class." Tomika stated. "But anyway, I'm comin'."
"Well, I'm coming." Katie said finally.
"I guess I will too." Summer sighed.
"I'm in." Marta said.
"I'm in too." Leonard replied.
"I can't. If I miss another class, my mom's going to kill me." Frankie scratched his head.
"No problem, we have more than enough people." Zack laid Crystal on their lab table.
"So, how we going to do this?" Leonard asked.
"What do you mean?" Freddy furrowed his brow.
"I mean, how are we going to get her out without letting anyone see us?" Leonard explained.
"It's lunch time. All the teachers are inside, having there lunch, I don't think they'll see us." Katie said.
"Well, we could prop her arms over our shoulders and pretend she is hurt. We'll take the route to the nurses, but go to the exit. No one ever goes there anyway." Summer gave her idea.
"Okay, let's do it." Tomika walked to Crystal. Zack and Freddy propped Crystal's arms on their shoulders while Marta carried her bag.
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