A/N: Well, since you all seemed to like this story, I've decided to continue it. Lets aim for…6 chapters? I'm far too flighty to commit to some 80 chapter epic right now, so maybe 5 or 6? 7?
I own nothing.
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"What the hell is entropy?" Roger asked from the back seat of Mark's car as he scrambled to finish a lab report for chemistry.
"I don't remember, I took chem in 10th grade."
"I thought you were supposed to be smart Mr. Ivy League."
"Are you almost done? The bell's gonna ring in 2 minutes."
"Not even close. Think you could just drive around the block a few times so I can finish?"
Mark sighed. "Sure."
"Mark!" He heard someone yell outside. He smiled seeing Maureen jogging toward his car. He rolled down his window and she leaned in a gave him a kiss. They had been going out now for a little more than 2 weeks. He wasn't sure what it was about him that she found so intriguing, but he wasn't complaining.
"Going somewhere?"
"Driving him around so he can do his homework."
"Ok…can I go?"
"Yeah get in." Maureen quickly went around the front of the car and got in.
"You never struck me as the intellectual type Roger." She said, closing the door.
"I'm not, which is why I didn't do this last night, or last week."
"Where's April?"
"Sick."
"Hung over." Mark chimed in.
Maureen raised her eyebrows. "Party I didn't know about?"
"No, her sister was here. They went out and got completely trashed. She's home sleeping." Roger said not looking up from his notebook.
"I have to pee!" Maureen said out of nowhere after about 10 minutes of driving in silence. "Come on Mark go back."
"No!" Roger said from the backseat. "I only have 1 more question to answer."
"That's not my problem Roger and I really have to pee!"
"Use this." He said handing her and empty Big Gulp cup that had been laying on the floor.
"You'd enjoy that wouldn't you?"
Roger just smiled.
"Lets just go, you can finish in the time it takes to get back." Mark said.
"No. No, look." He said looking out of the back window. "We're on my street, just go to my house, no one's home."
Mark looked at Maureen. "Well?"
"Well what? Just go, or I'm gonna have to use that cup."
Maureen jumped out of the car as soon as it stopped and ran up to the door.
"Christ!" She yelled out, realizing that it was locked.
Roger came up behind her laughing and unlocked the door. "Welcome to my humble abode. Bathroom's the third door on the right." He said, pointing down a hallway. Maureen ran to the bathroom and shut the door.
Mark stood in the doorway with his hands shoved in his pockets.
"Close the damn door!" Roger yelled turning around. Mark did and Roger came up close to him.
"So!" He yelled into his face.
"So what?" Mark asked, pushing him away.
"Well, did you fuck her yet?"
"What? Roger!"
"Oh relax, she can't hear me…and I'll take your silence as a no." Mark looked down at the ground in defeat.
"Come on man, it's been my goal since last year to get you laid!"
"Why only since last year?"
"Well, before that it was my goal to get laid." He said, with a cocky grin.
"Don't you have homework to do?" Roger rolled his eyes and went and sat down on his couch to finish.
"Mark!" He heard Maureen yell
"What?" He asked back, stepping in the direction of the bathroom.
"Come here!"
"What?" He asked, standing outside of the bathroom door.
"I uh…is Roger there?" She asked in a muffled voice from the bathroom.
"No, what's wrong?"
"Well…I just got my period."
"Oh." Ew!
"Yeah, well, I need a tampon or something."
"What do you want me to do about it? It's just Roger and his dad that live here." Mark said, lowering his voice.
"I don't know, we passed a store, go buy me some."
"I'm not buying you those!" He said, still in a low voice.
"Uh yeah well, I kind of need them, unless you want me to ride back to school in your car with-"
"No, no, fuck, no. Just…fine. I'll be back in like 5 minutes."
Mark heard her yell ok as he walked down the hall and back into the living room to get Roger. He was not going alone.
"I'm done, where's Mo?"
"Still in the bathroom."
"Well, the matches are under the sink. You want something to eat?"
"We have to go to the store." Mark said grabbing Roger by the arm and pulling him towards the door.
"There's food here."
"I need to get something for Maureen."
"What?"
"Just come on."
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"What the hell kind am I supposed to get her?" Mark asked, staring at the seamlessly never ending wall of tampon boxes in the drug store around the corner form Roger's house.
"No idea, what do your mom and sister use?"
"I don't know, it's not like I go looking for that kind of stuff, I don't even want to think about it."
"Christ, just get something. We've been standing here for like 5 minutes."
Mark sighed and continued staring. Roger rolled his eyes and grabbed a box that said regular on it.
"There, regular, all you need." He said shoving the box into Mark's arms and heading down the aisle.
"Wait, I can't just buy these."
"Why not?"
"Because
I can't."
"You're pathetic. Wait here." Roger said
disappearing down the next aisle. He came back a minute later and
shoved two more things into Mark's arms. "Condoms and lice
combs." He said with a smile.
"Condoms and lice combs?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Because condoms and lice combs are far more embarrassing than tampons, especially for an innocent young boy such as yourself. Come on, we need funyuns and chocolate pudding too."
"What? What's so embarrassing about them?"
"Nothing, but I'm still hungry."
"I thought you said had food at your house."
"I do, but I don't have funyuns or chocolate pudding, and you're paying." He said heading for the food.
Mark shook his head and followed him.
Mark stood in line to pay for everything a few minutes later. He was anticipating a price check or something else equally as embarrassing happening, but nothing did.
When they got to Roger's house Mark ran down the hall to the bathroom, opened the door a crack and yelled incoming before shutting the door again quickly.
"What the fuck, I wanted my food!" Roger said behind him.
"Please just shut up."
Maureen emerged from the bathroom. She wrapped her arms around Mark and gave him a kiss. "Thanks pookie. Come one, lets go." She said heading outside.
"Well, come on Marky, I'm still hungry." Roger said walking out the front door.
Mark just sighed and followed.
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Blah, sorry, this chapter sucks. The next one is good though, I promise. More about April (Because someone wanted it and that inspired me.) and yeah.
