My Weekend
Chapter Two, Here's Your Emotion
The brown haired girl stared down at her paper, a pencil in between her fingers and a malicious grin pasted on her face. She looked proudly at the stick figures she had drawn and felt the need to show it to her redhead friend beside her, but knew she would not part take in her humor. The brunette glanced around the room, her eyes falling on the frizzy haired girl in front of her; she looked back down to her paper and laughed inwardly at the resemblance between the drawing and the real thing. Suddenly a hand was on her desk and had taken her 'masterpiece'.
"Hah, I like it. What do you call it?" Squib laughed, her paper still in his grasp.
"Curly Haired Whore Meets Romanian Gnome." She shrugged, her right hand stretched out and snatched her drawing back. But before she could secure it under her books, someone else had grabbed it from her. "Cameron, put that down." She ordered
"Wow, the frizzy one is dressed very, uh, provocatively." Cameron pointed out "This wouldn't have anything to do with the fight you and Adena are having, would it?"
"No. Now give it back before I take it back." She warned and the boy cautiously handed it back.
"Everyone turn around!" Tanis heard Ms. Wiley cry and she quickly stuffed her paper into her pocket. "Uh, good. Now that I've got your attention I can tell you about the wonderful project we'll be doing."
Tanis sighed, as did the rest of the class. Wonderful projects usually weren't so 'wonderful'.
"No, Ms. Wiley don't do it!" She heard Squib groan, followed by a weird-ass snort from Adena. Augh, Adena, Miss-I'm-Going-To-The-Australian-Open.
Augh.
Tanis repulsed thoughts were interrupted by the groaning of her peers. Great, she thought, Ms. Wiley must've handed out the assignment. She looked towards the board and sure enough the 'wonderful project' was explained. Tanis would have to write an essay about her weekend, worth 50 of the term.
Wonderful.
"Ms. Wiley! That's not fair!" Adena complained, her finger in the middle of killing a curl. God, did she have to complain about everything?
"I'm sorry, Miss Stiles, but this is the only way I can actually get you guys to listen and do your work. Now take out your copybooks and write. I want emotion, not just words, I want to feel what you felt."
Emotions? So you want emotions, eh? , Tanis tapped her chin and began to write.
- - -
Tanis McTaggart
September 14th, 2005
Here's Your Emotion
I'm not sure what woke me up that morning. If it was the annoying noise of my roommate snoring or the rain pitter-pattering against my window. I think it was the former. Honestly, she sounds like an elephant being killed by a rhino.
Strike One.
Well whatever it was, I was awake.
Wide-awake.
And I knew there was no way I was going to fall back to sleep. After looking at my alarm clock I determined there was about an hour 'till wake up call so I just went along and got ready.
The alarm clock rang just as the wind outside was picking up. The tree's branches outside our window were continuously rapping against the pane and I noticed that Adena had left it open.
Predictable? I think so.
Strike Two.
Quickly I turned off the clock and went to grab my tennis racket from the closet, ready for the upcoming practice. I was in the middle of debating if I should wake the log up or let her get her beauty sleep when Principal Bates went on the intercom. Apparently there weren't any practices for us this weekend except for Little Miss Drowsy herself. Because she has the Australian Open to get ready for. And who better to train her than Sunny Capaducha?
The funny part is that Adena is still sleeping. And now, I know I could've been a good friend and woken her up… But Tanis McTaggart had better things to do.
- - -
Tanis quickly skimmed over what she wrote, realizing that this project was allowing her to vent more than she should. She looked around her, watching her friends and Adena write. She shook her head and turned back to her essay, her hand pressed against her forehead as she recalled her weekend.
- - -
Drowsily Tanis made her way to Cody's house, hoping to get her mind off the Australian Open and Adena. She wasn't jealous. She just didn't find it fair, that's all. Everyone knew Tanis was a far better tennis player than Adena. She had finished first in her age group about 3 more times than Adena, there was no explanation that could justify, in Tanis' mind, Adena being sent to Australia.
"Cody, it's me." Tanis called out as she rang the Myers' doorbell. She tried to focus on the sound of Cody's feet clambering down the stairs instead of the feeling of guilt that frolicked in the pit of her stomach due to not waking Adena up.
"Tanis, hey, don't you have practice?" The redhead asked as she open the door, ushering Tanis inside.
"Not this weekend, Gunns caught the flu." She explained, making her way onto the blue couch in the living room.
"Oh cool, maybe you guys can come with me into town this afternoon." Cody offered as she pulled her bathrobe closer around her. "I'm going to go change and then I'll be right down, alright?"
Tanis nodded and watched as her friend hurried off to her room to get dressed. Lazily, she stretched out her legs and let them drop onto the couch, her head resting on the armrest. She took a moment to peer out to the bay window that was in front of her. From where she was she could spot Court B, the court Adena should have beenon a good half an hour ago. But from what she could see there was only a very, very pissed off blonde waiting, alone. She cringed as she noticed that the wind had increased a considerable amount and how the clouds hung in despair over Cascadia. Tanis knew that by the time Adena had finally wakened up and walked to practice, it'd be raining. She tore her gaze away from the window and closed her eyes faintly.
"Tans, where's Adena?" Cody asked as she walked into the living room. Quickly Tanis opened her eyes and shrugged.
"She's got practice with Sunny."
"Because of the Australian Open?"
"God, I wish people would just shut up about that." Tanis ranted but soon she sighed when she realized Cody was giving her 'the look'.
"Still bummed about not getting to go?" She questioned knowingly.
"No. Well, maybe. I wouldn't be if everyone would stop shoving it in my face." She said defensively, fed up she jumped to her feet and headed for the door. "I'm going to go see if the guys want to play cards. You coming?"
The Top Guns (excluding Adena) gathered in the Open. Each of them holding six cards in their hands. Neither of them dared to mention the Australian Open, knowing Tanis would probably bite their heads off.
"So… great that we don't have, uh, practice this weekend." Cameron said awkwardly as he picked up a card from the pile.
"Everyone except for Adena." Squib noted but was soon greeted with two kicks from under the table. "I mean, uh, anyone have any fours?"
"Nice, Furlong." Tanis growled, handing him a four. As she did so Adena walked into the Open. A clearly hurt look plastered on her face. Her brows furrowed as she got closer to the four of them.
"Why didn't any come get me?" She asked, her arms crossed above her chest as she surveyed the table.
"Sorry, Dena, Tanis said you had practice with the Prima Donna." Cody shrugged, placing her cards facedown in front of her.
"You knew about the practice?" Adena exclaimed, turning to face Tanis who merely threw her a glare. "What?" She asked defensively
"Yeah I knew, and you would've known if you were up on time. Bates said it on the frikkin' intercom." Tanis snapped
"Jeez, no need to get testy on me, Tans."
"Testy? Testy? I have every right to get testy on you!" She practically exploded, her cards falling to the ground as she arose. Instinctively Adena took a step back.
"What did I do? I didn't do anything!"
"If you don't know what you did then I don't think we should be talking." She retorted and then sharply turned around to leave. Leaving her friends in awe.
- - -
Needless to say I spent most of my Saturday in the backcourt, hitting the ball continuously against the brick wall of the shed. While Cody, Cameron and Squib ran off to the city together. I was invited, of course, but I wasn't in much of a mood to socialize. Even though later on I regretted my decision. I could've killed to have Cody spurt some advice at me, Cameron to hang out with or Squib to hit with.
My Sunday passed pretty much like my Saturday except for the fact that Adena woke up to the sound of my alarm clock. Which for some reason, unknown to my consciousness, I had turned on.
Cameron and me spent most of the day lounging around the Open while Cody and Squib were out buying camera equipment. God knows what Adena was doing, probably was toobusy contemplating which pair of earrings matched with her bra.
Dinner was also uneventful, I don't think I had ever eaten my meal so fast before in my life. With good reason though, the site of Miss Australia was making me gag. Sorry but it's true.
The end.
- - -
The brunette read over her essay and mindlessly adjusted some words. Making sure she didn't come off too strong. Once satisfied, she got up and handed in her paper to Ms. Wiley who was already reading someone else's work. Tanis noticed that it was Adena's writing, so now she was a faster writer than her?
Strike Three
"Here, Ms. Wiley." She grumbled, dropping her paper mindlessly onto the teacher's desk. She sighed to herself as she brushed past Adena on her way back to her seat.
What a weekend it had been.
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