AN: Here is a semi-long Bee post. I finally got a burst of inspiration.
Here I will thank the reviewers:
CU: Here she is.
Riza: Thank you so much for all your praise, and all the enthusiasm. I almost decided not to kill him, but I felt like it was the right thing. I'm not sure where I left off at your story, so I've been putting of reading it again, but I will get to it soon.
Melodie: Its sad that he died, but I had to do it. Thanks again for calling my story amazing.
LKF: Thanks :) . If you liked that one, I'm sure you'll like this one. Its juicy!
Sorry about all the backstreet boy quotes, they're just what I've been listening to, and some of the songs have inspired parts of certain chapters.
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"The consequences of your actions really are just a game. That your life is just a chain reaction taking you day by day" --Backstreet Boys "Poster Girl"
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Billy, as always, was sitting on the dock reading his book. Of course, it was a different book than that first day. Bridget had gotten off the dock, and was juggling a soccer ball in a grassy patch just off the dock. Billy and Bridget had not strung a conversation together longer than the first day, so Bee knew to bring something to entertain herself.
"Bridget?" Billy broke the silence, making Bee so shocked that she missed the ball she was juggling.
Bee giggled nervously at her own mistake, "Yeah?" she abandoned her ball and went over to him.
"Whatever happened to us?" he asked.
Bee game him a puzzled look.
"I mean, that summer, I really felt something. You were—are beautiful, and a dynamite soccer player," he paused, "Bee, I thought I loved you. Then you stopped returning my calls, and I had to move on. I've begun a great relationship with Diana. When I see you with Eric. I wonder, 'why isn't that me?' Why didn't we work out Bee? What happened?"
"We were young, immature and naive. We live too far apart."
"What about you and Eric? You live far apart, and you guys still make it work."
"We have a history."
"What about our history? You and I go way further back than you and Eric. Diana has told me your whole sappy love story."
"Eric is older and more mature."
"Bridget, kiss me and see if you feel anything. I don't believe that the feelings could be gone like that," he snapped his finger, "and don't lie to me and tell me you didn't have feelings for me at some point."
"I won't kiss you!"
"Oh come on. It'll be one innocent kiss. No one will have to know."
"We're in a public place!"
"No one is around."
"Billy! You're being an ass hole!"
Then, he kissed her. It wasn't a short kiss either. Of course, Eric and Diana were hiking down by the lake as Billy kissed Bee.
"Bridget!" Diana and Eric yelled in unison.
"Billy!" Diana yelled afterwards, "How could you two do this to me? I knew you two had a history, but Bee, you gave your blessing!" Diana ran off.
"I thought you were different Bee," Eric said looking straight into her eyes, "You didn't make a move on me last summer. You made me think you were different," he ran off to comfort Diana.
Bee sat dumb-struck. She looked at Eric, and thought about running after him, but there wasn't anything she could say that he or Diana would believe. She turned to Billy, "You ass hole!" she yelled, and slapped him across the face. She picked up his book, and threw it in the water. Bridget ran to her cabin, making sure that Diana and Eric weren't in there first. Then she flopped onto her bed and buried her head under her pillow.
There was a knock on the cabin door, "Go away!" Bridget ordered
"Bridget?" it was Chloe, the woman who had ushered them into the cabin the first day, "You're missing the evening activities. You're supposed to be chaperoning the movie tonight."
"I'm sick!"
"You don't sound sick. Can I come in?"
"Go away!" Bee ordered again.
"I can't go away. Joe made me come and get you. Diana and Eric are missing too. I thought one of them might be with you. Do you know where they are?"
"Probably together," Bee said sadly.
Chloe came into the cabin without permission, "Why?"
"I don't want to talk about it!"
Chloe sat on the bed, "Come on, it'll make you feel better."
"No it won't," Bee moved from the bed and rummaged in her suitcase for something specific. Her pants necklace. She grasped hard it in her hand, feeling the love of Lena, Carmen and Tibby surge into her.
"Well, I'd like to know. I want to see if I can help."
"The world as I know it has been broken into pieces."
"What do you mean?"
"Get me Billy Klein. I want to slap him again."
"You slapped Billy Klein? Isn't that your friend Diana's boyfriend?"
"Yeah. I'm going for a run. You can come if you want, but don't expect me to talk to you."
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Bee was on a mission to forget all of her troubles. She ran as fast as she could, leaving Chloe way far back in the dust. It was very dark out. Bridget guessed it was about 10 pm. Everything was quiet, and it gave her a chance to think, how was she going to fix this? Slapping Billy Klein again, still seemed like a good option.
When Bee got back into the cabin, Diana was there, sound asleep.
"If only you knew Diana," Bee said to her asleep friend, "You wouldn't be mad at me," she began speaking to herself, "How am I going to fix this?"
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Diana was gone by the time Bee woke up in the morning. That was a rare occurrence.
"Damn!" Bee said out loud. She was hoping to catch Diana before she was in a public place. Bridget quickly dressed, and went to the cafeteria. She saw Billy in a corner. She had a huge urge to go over and punch him, but that was against camp rules, and she could get her pay docked, or worse before she could get to Eric and Diana. So Bee went over to where Eric and Diana were sitting, "Can I just say something?" Bee asked them.
They didn't respond.
"It wasn't my fault," Bee told them, "If you'd just listen to me you could realize that."
There was still no response.
"Okay, so thats how you're going to do it? Then have it that way. I tried to apologize, and tell you how it was."
Bee went out to the practice field without having eaten anything. She tried to juggle her soccer ball, but could get no more than four juggles without dropping the ball. That was disgraceful. Finally, she slammed the ball to the ground as hard as she could and yelled obscenities. That was when her team came up behind her.
"Coach Bridget, whats the matter?" one girl asked.
"Nothing," Bee responded, "I'm just a little off my game today, and its irritating me. Now go take your warm up run," Bee watched as her girls ran the field. She sat down on the sidelines and hugged her knees in her arms.
"Bridget?" the same girl came up to her when they were done with the run, "What now?"
"What? Oh! Sorry. Can you lead the stretches? Then I want you gals to do some touches."
"Okay," she turned around and began ordering her team mates around.
Bridget got up and set up the cones for a half field scrimmage. Once the girls were done with their touches, Bridget called them in, "I've set up a half field scrimmage for you," she tossed jerseys at about half the girls, "These are your teams. I'll be right back," Bridget walked up to the camp office, "Hi, is Joe here?" she asked the receptionist.
"Yes. Go ahead back."
"Joe," she said forcefully, "I need to talk to you."
"Bridget. I need to talk to you too. Please sit down. I received a startling request from your friend Diana this morning for her to be transferred out of your cabin into the other one for female coaches. Do you know why she would ask such a thing?"
"She is mad at me."
"Why?"
"She caught me in a compromising position. Thats why I've come to you today. I do not feel like I can be partnered with Billy Klein anymore."
"What kind of compromising position?"
"Billy Klein kissed me."
"You kissed Diana's boyfriend?"
"No, he kissed me. Diana and Eric come hiking up, and it was ugly."
"Well, you know I am going to have to take disciplinary actions."
"And what are those Joe?"
"For one, I'm assigning you and Billy both an extra lunch shift (not the same one) and taking away your last weekend breaks. You know that you aren't allowed to kiss while you're here. I made that perfectly clear. Of course, we'll have to separate you and Billy so no further escapades take place. I will have him switch out with another one of the coaches. Don't expect it to be either one of your friends."
"What about Diana's request?"
"I am going to deny it for now. I don't like switching things around for personal reasons. Especially this close to the end of camp."
"Thank you for your time Joe. Whats my extra lunch?"
"Tuesday."
"I'll expect to see my new partner when I get to my activity today."
"Yes. I'll call Billy in right now."
"I have to get back to practice."
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Bee went into the cabin before dinner to freshen up a little. Diana was there doing the same.
"Hey Di," Bee said to her.
Diana acted as if Bee did not exist.
Bee continued to talk, "I wish you would listen to me. You wouldn't believe me if I told you the truth. Billy came on to me. I told him to stop, and that I didn't want to kiss him, but he kissed ME. I know based on my previous history, that you probably find this hard to believe. Really Diana, you should know me better than that," Bridget paused for an answer, but none came, "Or I thought you knew me better than that."
Diana left the cabin.
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"Dear Carma,
Gosh! The Billy Klein situation has plummeted out of control. He kissed me Carma. Mid-kiss, Eric and Diana walk up. So now they aren't speaking to me. I tried talking to them, but all I get is the silent treatment. I just don't know what to do anymore. I wish you were here to help me through this.
Bee"
