Chap 3: The end of one party; the start of another, less forgiving one..
Warning:!!!
May contain traces of peanuts, sap, bad language, and fluff.
(sorry, I just had to!!) and, well, my last chap had guy/guy in it, I din't plan *that*!!! And, well, sometimes, I wish I was a guy, why not? I like cars; I hate to much gossip, it gets so BORING!!!! Ahem, well, nah, I'd rather be a female, still. But, Fiona might wish to change that in here........let's just say, well, she IS a teenager........
Disclaimer; Nope, even in my dreams I'm not allowed any ownership over Zoids.....it's not fair......!!
*~**~*
Thomas awoke with a headache, not a hangover: he hadn't had anything alcoholic the night before.
He found some panadol, then managed to engage in conversation with the awake people;
Van, Irvine and Dom.
"Where's everyone?"
"Hey Thomas, Fiona and Karl went out for a drive, and the rest are asleep."
"Still?"
"Hey, you only just got up, and you didn't drink anything!"
"Shut up."
The talk was lame, but it was hard for them to concentrate, even though it should have taken their minds from everything with Moonbay, while Van's mind was really too small to have thoughts more then, 'food'.
*~*
Reese woke at 11, and found her way to the lounge, where everyone was, talking quietly.
"Hey, anyone got clothes I can use?"
She had noticed first that she was in her clothes, which seemed to be soaked, and she remembered diving into the water in them.......shit. What the hell had she done last night?
"Oh, hey Reese, feeling alright?"
A surge in her stomach told her she wasn't, and yelling behind her,
"Damn you, now I don't,"
Reese ran to puke in the privacy of the bathroom.
Hands soothed her hair away, and when she finished, Reese looked up to find Fiona, looking totally revolted, holding it back for her.
"Thanks, do you mind if I have a shower?"
"Not my house, but go for it, I'll get some clothes for you."
Leaving, Fiona went into the kitchen, feeling like she'd throw herself, that was DISGUSTING!!
Who the hell would do that to themselves?
When she had recovered from that feeling, Fiona pushed it from her mind, going to search through Van's clothes for something that would fit Reese.
When Reese emerged from the bathroom, smelling of a familiar Lynx, (hehe, gotta luv it!!) and wearing familiar clothes, Van's face fell.
"Hey! What do you think your doing in my stuff?!"
"Oh,"
Fiona looked over at him, with her award winning smile,
"Didn't I tell you, Van? I let her borrow your stuff."
"Yeah, kid, don't stress yourself."
"Kid?!"
While Van fumed over, Reese asked Fiona for a word, and when they were outside by the pool, she spoke again.
"Fiona, Raven talked to me, and.......well, do you want lessons? I know he's not the easiest person to understand, he sometimes takes yes for granted, but I'm here to help if you want it."
"Uh, what sort of lessons?"
"Oh, uh, I dunno. I guess I'd show you a way to build your upper-body strength, I could show you how to defend from an attacker, how to use a knife, dagger, heck, I know how to use a sword and an axe."
"You......know all of that?!"
"Yeah, but I'd have to teach you the basics first, that and train myself, I'm getting fat."
"No your not, you used to look anorexic, now your proper."
"Whatever. But, um, I could start by getting you on a few exercises for your arms, so you can keep up with the defences."
"Alright."
Karl watched as Fiona and Reese trained, and sighed to himself.
The reason he had quit, the one reason, and she was on the way to where he had been.
Remembering it, the drugs, the violence, the theft, the training..........it was painful to think of, even now.
Karl shook his head, and watched Reese.
It was strange, sometimes she seemed so deep in with them, that there was no hope for her, and at other times, she seemed to be completely over them, having a normal life, then sinking back down.
*~*
Fiona's arms were killing her.
All that exercise for them, it was hard, and she needed a break.
No.
If she kept quitting, then she'd never be able to defend herself, it wasn't fair.
Keeping the picture of the different arm strengthening exercises Reese had shown her, Fiona kept going.
Keeping herself going was a mission in itself, so she barely noticed what happened around her.
"Here."
She heard a voice, familiar, a bit worried, but she couldn't stop to talk, she had to get stronger.
Grunting, she kept at it, trying her hardest.
Strong hands eased over her clenched fists, and kept her still.
Struggling to free herself of this gentle grip, Fiona found that she had no energy for it.
This disgusted her.
She'd been working so hard, and she couldn't even get rid of this gentle grip?!
Now fuelled with anger, she wrenched her hands away, and kept at the exercises.
"No. Fi, you have to stop now."
No.
She wouldn't stop until she was stronger.
There was no way she'd stop, not for anything.
Hands encircled her, and eased her into a sitting position, her arms across her chest.
Trying to speak, Fiona found her mouth was parched, and when the person let go of her, she realised she was shivering with weakness.
A cup was pressed to her lips, and tasting it, Fiona found it was water.
Gulping the whole thing down, Fiona wondered how she had been going without water, she had been dried to the bone!
"Now, you need to rest."
Squirming to face him, Fiona pouted.
"But I need to get stronger, I have to-"
"No, you need to rest, your arms will be numb now, and your as tired as possible, go to sleep."
"It's still daytime!"
"It's seven PM."
"WHAT?! It was four when I started!!"
"Exactly, you need to give your body a break, it's not used to this."
"No, I have to keep going, Karl, I have to!"
"No. Fiona, your going to sleep, and I'm going to make sure you don't keep going, so I'll sit on the couch while you sleep, alright?"
"Hey! Don't I get a bed?"
"Uh, Van's is free, but then how will I know you wont keep going?"
"Uh, you can trust me?"
"No, I know I can't, so how do we solve this?"
"I guess you'll just have to stay in Van's room for a while, if you must!"
"Fine, I don't care what it takes, I've seen this happen before, your not going to harm yourself in the first stages of training, if your to train."
If Fiona would train, then Karl would help her all he could, not like what it'd been like for him and Reese.
He wasn't about to let her injure her arms in her first session, like that other girl had when he'd been training, the girl who had been thrown to the older guys mercy as her punishment for being weak.
He knew they'd softened up on the punishments, they wouldn't rape their candidates any more, but they could be just as harsh.
Their leader made sure of that.
*~*
Van, Thomas and Irvine had gone with Reese to get her clothes, as she'd decided to make a trade with Van.
She'd clean the house if she could stay in the spare room for a few days.
Van had seen nothing wrong with this, Reese could cook, and he wouldn't have to worry about cleaning, so he agreed, and got the guys to help get her stuff.
Now they were back, Van wondered where Fiona and Karl had gotten to, as Karl's car was still there, but there was no sign of him in the house.
Wandering into his room, Van was thinking, when he realised that two people were on his bed, Fiona and Karl.
Karl was awake, his hand entwined with Fiona's, while her other hand clutched a part of the brown top that rested on his chest.
Watching Van, Karl whispered for him to shut up, and let Fiona sleep, so Van exited, closing the door behind him.
*~*
When Fiona awoke, Karl appeared asleep, so she gently eased herself out of his grip, and slid off the bed, looking for a clock.
It was 10 PM, she could just get in some more exercises before she would need to get more sleep-
"Fiona, if you even think of doing more, your out of your mind."
Startled, she found Karl, in the same position as before, with his eyes closed, yet he seemed to know what she was doing.
"Just go back to sleep, alright?"
Grumbling, Fiona trudged back to the bed, but feeling a draft, she climbed under the blankets this time, and motioned for Karl to follow her.
"Uh, no, um,"
"Bloody hell, Karl, it's cold, and besides, we're wearing our clothes anyway. And I just want to sleep, we've got school tomorrow."
*~*
The alarm woke Fiona, and her hand shot out to turn it off, the one that sat next to her bed on the right side, but this morning? It wasn't there, instead......
She hit Karl's head, waking him.
"OW!"
"Oops, sorry, reflexes, that's where my alarm at home is."
"Ow, well, next time, look first, alright?!"
Even in the morning, Fiona could work this out,
"Next time?"
"Oh, well, you know what I mean,"
Karl was obviously not a morning person, as even this little thing annoyed him.
"No, I don't, are you planning to sleep in here again with me? Is that what next time means?"
"No, I meant, well, you know,"
"No, I don't, care to explain?"
Karl sat up, rubbing his temples.
"Hm? Care to explain what next time means?"
Karl got out of bed, muttering about coffee.
Laughing, and quickly adjusting to the morning, Fiona glanced at the clock, and found that it was eight thirty.
"WHAT?!"
Running into the lounge, she found Van asleep on the couch.
Kicking him in the ribs, she screeched,
"Do you know what time it is?!"
"Urrgghh."
"You ingrate. Karl!"
Fiona ran out of the room, as Van curled up and drifted off back to sleep.
"Karl! Do you know what time it is?!"
She found him at the kitchen counter, draining a mug of fresh coffee.
"No, what time is it?"
"Eight thirty!!"
Upon hearing this, Karl sculled a large mug of coffee in one go, knowing what was coming next.
"We have to get ready!! Can you drive me to my place? That's where my uniform and everything is. And where's Moonbay? Did she wake up?"
"Uh, sure, I'll take you to get your stuff, and Moonbay's been waking up and going back to sleep all night, so I think it's best if she stays as far away from school as possible."
"Great, we'll have the day off and look after her."
"No, Van'll have the day off, you'll go to school and keep up with your work."
"Yes, mother."
"Right, you ready? Get in the car, and I'll explain to Van."
"Aha."
*~*
"Have a good day, see you at lunch!!"
"See ya, Fi!!"
Sprinting as fast as she could in a skirt, Fiona made it into the corridors as the bell went.
"Crap, I need to get to my locker!"
Elbowing her way through the crowds, Fiona arrived at her locker, grabbed what she needed, then hurried to her form room.
Entering 17a, she realised all to well that she was late.
"Tardy, Miss Lynette?"
"Uh, sorry, Mr Herman, sir."
"Well, it is the first time this year, so I'll leave it as a warning, alright? Next time, it'll be detention."
"Yessir."
"Take your seat please."
Fiona went to her seat, and found a note there, reading it, she sighed.
When would people learn to accept her? Juvenile notes telling her to 'get lost' weren't what she had expected from this age group, not at all.
Hey, where was Irvine? Moonbay was back at Van's, but Irvine was supposed to be here......
*~*
When it was lunch time, Fiona went to her locker, and found Karl waiting for her.
"Hey, good day?"
"F off."
"Apparently not."
Fiona opened her locker, threw random books in, grabbed her bag for lunch, and slammed the locker shut, making a loud booming sound.
"Do you always take things out on your locker?"
"Shut up."
Karl smirked, then draped his arms around her shoulders.
"What's up? Your never this angry, what's gotten through to you?"
"It's, that, they, and, urgh! Never mind!"
"I am minding, what happened?"
The care in Karl's eyes touched Fiona, but unfortunately not enough.
"Just drop it, would you?!"
Karl lifted his arms in a sign of surrender, and they silently proceeded to his car, Fiona fuming about immature idiots she had to learn with, and Karl wondering what the hell had happened to his sweet, caring Fiona, to turn her into this.....for lack of a better word, this bitch.
As he started the car, Karl asked Fiona,
"Do you want to have lunch just us two, or do you want to go back to Van's, see how everyone is?"
"Uh, I don't care, I'll just be angry, so I guess you could go to Van's, I'll sit in the car and leave you all alone."
That's Fiona for you. Even when being Queen Bitch, she managed to care about others.
"Uhuh, I'm not exposing them to this, I'm going to use some advise I once heard."
*~*
They drove in silence to the place they had been before, where Karl had let out his anger over Moonbay doing drugs, but this time, it was Fiona stressing.
"It's just, those idiots!!! They don't act their age, they spread nonsense rumours, they're..........they're horrible!!!"
Karl waited until she had let it all out, then saw she was still frustrated, that that had only been the tip of the anger.
She must hold a lot in. No wonder.
Karl taught her how to make an efficient punch, then held his hands up for practise targets.
"Fi, let all your anger out in them, concentrate on the punch, but fuel it with all that anger."
At first, she just concentrated on hitting the target, but then she did use her anger, and started getting wild, punching his hands, then his face, then kicking, then punching him on the hands again, collapsing into his arms.
Sliding down to the ground, Karl held her close, wondering how she could hold that all in, for so long.
He could never do that, his emotions burst through after about half an hour of control.
As she sobbed into his arms, Karl ran his hand around her back, making soothing noises.
When she managed to stop, regaining control of herself, she looked up at Karl, whispering,
"I wish you hadn't seen that,"
But he cut her off, before she felt worse.
"No, I'm glad, now I know even you can't keep everything in, it gives me strength, to know your human like me."
Smiling a little, Fiona ran a hand through her hair, trying to get her thoughts straight, when she realised what she must look like.
Grabbing a mirror, she confirmed that her face had mascara running, eye- shadow smudged, lip-gloss gone, and blotchy red eyes, a totally out of it look.
"OMG, Karl, don't look at me, it's hideous."
"No, it's just you with the fakeness going away, it's the you that's always hidden, to please others. Fi, out here, you don't need to please anyone, you please me no matter what you look like, or how old you act. To me, your my girlfriend, Fiona, the cute 16 year old I met, the girl I fell in love with."
He heard Fiona catch her breathe, then saw her turn to him, and give him a huge hug.
"I love you to, Karl."
"No, don't tell anyone that, they'll use you, but I do know you like me, that's enough.
She snorted, letting go of him.
"I don't care what you say, I love ya, and you can't change that!"
"Oh? Really? What if I took my shoes off?"
"Uh, no, I'd still love you."
"Make you smell my armpits?"
"I'd be alive enough to love you."
"Make you smell Van's shoes?"
"I'd hate you!!"
They laughed, and headed back to school, Fiona's good mood not even phased by her peers jeering her.
*~*
At the end of the day, Fiona's mood was tested by Raven's presence at her locker.
Seriously considering turning around, Fiona braced herself, plastered the trademark smile on her face, and approached, like she hadn't seen him.
Opening her locker, she sighed, turned around, and said,
"Raven, do you not say 'hello' at all?"
"No."
The mild answer, mixed with the truth, made her give an unladylike snort.
Putting her books away, and gathering those needed for homework, Fiona closed the locker, and turned to face him.
"Is there a reason for you to be there?"
Trying her hardest not to sound conceited, Fiona cringed, as that was exactly what it had sounded like.
"Oh, I was wondering, have you seen Reese?"
"Oh, yeah, she taught me some arm strengthening exercises, and tonight we're to start proper training."
This got a grin from Raven, and he waved a two fingered salute, leaving.
Confused, Fiona sighed, leaning against her locker absentmindedly, thinking.
"Hey."
"Huh?"
Startled, Fiona turned to see Karl approaching, with Reese beside him.
"Oh, hey you guys."
"Hey."
Smiling at Reese, Fiona sidled over to Karl, squeezing her arm around Karl, happy to find his wrapping around her.
"So, what are you two doing now?"
"Oh, I dunno, prob check on the others. Oh, by the way, Karl, do you know where Irvine is?"
"No, wasn't he here today?"
"Nah, he wasn't in any of his classes, so without Moonbay as well........."
Sighing, Fiona plastered a smile on her face, and felt Karl squeeze her shoulders.
"We'll see if he's at Van's. Wanna come, Reese?"
Shrugging, Reese seemed to hesitate, looking at the two.
"Oh, no, you wont be interrupting anything, there's nowhere at Van's to be alone, so your sweet."
Fiona seemed to read Reese's mind, so the three set off to Karl's car.
"So, where's everybody?"
They found Van, asleep, on the couch, and shook him awake.
"Huh?"
"Van, did you even get up today?"
"Um, I don't think so........"
"Well get up, you lazy asshole, we'll be checking on Moonbay, you seen Irvine?"
"Uh, not to my knowledge......."
They left Van to the process of waking up........
Moonbay was still asleep, but this was a quiet, rested sleep, and Karl was satisfied that she was fine, so the others were happy, and proceeded to wonder what had happened to Irvine.
Karl was pretty sure he knew, today Dom's school was a teacher's only day, but he couldn't share this knowledge with anyone else, so kept to himself.
Fiona knew Karl was holding something back, but figured that it wasn't to important, as Karl knew what he had to share for the safety of others, so she shrugged it off.
"Maybe he's sick."
"Nah, he was healthy enough last night."
"Maybe he's-"
Van's next suggestion was never heard, as Reese interrupted,
"Can we talk about something else? Your suggestions are going to get worse each time, and your going to get so worried, why don't you just drop it?"
They all shrugged, then started to talk about some music.....
(//("Van, you know your music, right?"
"I guess so, yeah?"
"Well, who sings that one, it goes, uh, 'Don't tell me what to do, and who the fuck are you, Don't tell me what to wear, 'cause I don't give a care.'?"
"Um, oh, it's, damn it Fiona, I know that one, it's, uh,")//)
As the conversation was debating favourite bands,
(//(Van; Evenesence, it's got to be!! Fiona; Good Charlotte!! Karl: Linkin park!!! Reese:
Ashanti!!! Van(eyebrow raised) ; Ashanti? Fiona; that's cool, have your own choice!! Van; top ten groups or solo artists!!!
Fiona; at ten, we (don't you just hate false calls?! I just got three in the last four hours.......so annoying........who the hell rings MY mobile by accident?!) have.......
Reese: Queen!!
Karl: No, Queen's about five
Fiona: More like seven.....
Van: ten should be.......Britney spears!!
Fiona: Only 'cause she looks nice!
Reese: How about ACDC?
Fiona: Yeah, that'll do, next, num nine!!
It ended with....
"So, we decided on number ten, ACDC, Van, if you please?
Van got up at Fiona's request, and played tracks from each band as Fiona called them.
"At ninth, we have......Kelly Rowland!!!"
"At eighth.....Sean Paul!!!"
"Seventh......Fur Patrol!!!"
"Sixth.....50 cent!!!"
"Fifth.......Eminem!!!"
"Fourth.....Ashanti!!!"
"Third.....T.a.T.u!!!"
"Runner up......Linkin Park!!!"
"And first place goes to.......uh, we didn't decided on a first!!!")//)
Eventully, Reece stood up, startling them all.
"Coming?"
With blank looks, they all glanced around, to see who she was talking to, before Fiona clicked.
"Oh, me?"
"Yes, genious, coming?"
Nodding, Fiona followed, spending the next three hours with Reece, learning some punces like those Karl had taught her.
Reece instructed her on the stance, and position, of her body, then circled Fiona as she practised punching the air.
"Just keep hitting flat surfaces, like stone or something, and harden up your first two knuckles, that's what you punch with."
*~*
The next day, everybody was at school, Irvine told everybody that he had had a dentists appointment.......(aha, yeah right!!)
And Moonbay's excuse for the teachers was, "I was throwing up all day, so unless you wanted that, you should be thankful I had the guts to stay home, and then face punishment today."
And Van? He told the truth, 'I slept until school finished, so.....'
*~*
At lunch, Karl told Fiona about a party he had been invited to,
"Yeah, it's a last minute decision party, it's tonight, straight after school, but it wont be to bad, we can leave early, you've got school to morrow but I know the people, it'll be worth going to."
"Who...hang on, what do you mean, I've got got school tomorrow, what about you?"
"Uh, well, I've got, uh, a day off....."
"Karl, what aren't you telling me?"
"There's a trip on, but I can't afford it, so those of us that can't go are having a party."
"Oh, Karl, why didn't you tell me?"
"Because knowing you, you'd find some money to get me there."
"Yeah, what's so bad about that?"
"Well, it feels wrong, taking other peoples money, and besides, it was a lame trip, to some far away place...."
"Whatever, I could have gotten you there....."
"Exactly."
Kissing her forehead, Karl grinned at Fiona, who was slouching in the booth they were in.
"I'd rather be with you then those rich idiots and the pompous teachers."
"Yeah right."
Fiona didn't want to admit it, but she loved it when Karl got all soppy, but when he did it in front of the others, well,
"Hey, Karl, what are you? Taking lessons from a romance novel or something? Cause all I see where your sitting is a pile of sop."
"Oh, shut up, Van."
Moonbay whacked Van around the head, and laughed when he complained.
"Serves you right, Van. That was getting good, then you ruined it!"
"Well I'm sorry for not liking soppy crap, but that? That was worse then soppy crap!!"
"So, Fiona, do you want to come to this party?"
"Sure, I'd love to. Meet me at my locker after last class?"
"Deal, make sure you don't get detention."
"Deal."
*~*
When the bell went for the end of school, Fiona stood up, and shoved her books into her bag, to feel a wetness between her legs.
Ignoring it, guessing it was her mind, Fiona proceeded to her locker.
"Hey."
"Wha- oh, hey."
Karl was standing by her locker, and then when she turned to go, he draped his arm around her shoulders.
"Oh, shit."
"What is it, Fi?"
"Uh, can we swing by my place first?"
"Why?"
"Uh, well,"
Fiona's mind was racing.
How could she tell him that she was pretty sure she had just got her first period? Not likely.
*~*
When the last bell had rung that day, Irvine was seen to leave with his peers, ignoring the giggling girls, and now he was at his locker, stashing his books in, grabbing what he'd need for homework, then slammed it shut.
Not owning a car, he proceeded on foot along the streets, determined in his path.
"Irvine!"
//Shit!! Thomas, please, have to leave, or go, or something!!! //
"Hey, the others are out, wanna raid Karl's C.D's?"
Damn, that was tempting. VERY tempting.
"Nah, sorry Thomas, I've got loads of work that's due in tomorrow, can we raid it another time?"
It wasn't necessarily a lie, most of it did have to be handed in the next day, and he'd never said that he was actually going to do it....
"Oh, sweet, see you tomorrow?"
"Yeah, see ya."
It felt bad, lying to Thomas, but all guilt evaporated when he turned the corner, and entered a parked car, smiling at Dom, the driver.
*~*
"Um."
Fumbling for words, Fiona opened the door to Karl's 4WD, (wonder how they got there......).
"Hello? Karl, Can I hitch a ride to the party?! Oh, you coming as well, Fiona?"
They both turned to see Reece running towards them, blue backpack flying behind her.
"Hey Reece, sure."
Karl thought for a moment after answering, as Reece stopped at the 4WD, catching her breathe, then added,
"But we might be a bit late."
Reece glanced up at him, asking,
"Why?"
The blonde shrugged, turning his lucious green eyes to gaze at his girlfriend, who was suddenly looking for something in her bag.
"Uh, again, I ask why?"
"Dunno, you might want to ask Fiona, she doesn't seem to want to explain to me."
Blushing a deep crimson, of pure embarrassment, Fiona glanced up at at the nineteen year olds who were watching her.
Cringing, she lowered her gaze,
"Oh, uh,"
//Shit!!! what do I say? 'I'm sorry, Karl, I never dreamt I'd get my period today', can we go to my place so I can stuff a tampon inside myself?'?!! I think not!!! I can't tell Karl!!!!//
"Uh, is it something I could help with?"
Considering Reese's offer, Fiona nodded, then motioned for Reece to shuffle over to the passenger side of the 4WD.
Shrugging, Reece obliged, leaving a confused Karl watching them, and laughing at the comical look that came over Reese's face.
Her eyes became large, then she grinned, turning to face Karl, while Fiona wouldn't meet his eyes.
"To Fiona's it is!!"
Raising his eyebrows in question, Karl dejectedly entered the car at Reese's answering look.
"Your not gunna tell me, are you?"
Seeing Reese's smirk, and Fiona shake her head, with an apologetic smile, Karl sighed, sliding the gears into reverse, and leaving the school grounds.
"So how long are you gunna be?"
Karl glanced ar Reece and Fiona, who were exiting the vechile, trying to decided whether or not to follow them.
"Don't think we'll be that long, so you stay here!"
*~*
Karl sat in his car, arms behind his head, feet on the dash board, seat back as far as it would go, music at it's loudest. It had been half an hour since the girls had left-
"OI!! TURN IT DOWN!!!"
Karl spun around, to see the girls already belted up in his car.
"Oh, uh, sorry."
Turning the music down, Karl drove to the party.
"Is this it?"
Fiona glanced from the house to Karl, confused.
"Yep. Something wrong?"
"Actually, yes, three things. One; Nobody's home, Two; There's no music, and Three; I thought the people coming to this party were the ones who couldn't afford the trip? Whoever lives here definitely could!!"
//What the hell?!//
Karl stared at Fiona, the normally gentle, caring girl, who had just turned into a....a.....bitch!!
"Uh, who are you, and where's Fiona?"
The blonde gave him a death stare, one he never would have believed he'd receive from anybody, let alone her..
//What the hell.....?!//
"I'm waiting for an answer?"
Karl stared at her in disbelief.
Oh well, he might as well answer, for his own safety, as much as for his peace with Fiona.
"Uh, well, the party's in the basement, sound proof walls, and he doesn't care to use his parents money, he lives like his friends."
Fiona snorted, then undid her belt, exiting the vechile.
Following suit, Karl crossed to the other side of his 4WD, to see that Fiona had changed clothes.
She was now wearing, instead of her uniform, a baby-blue halter-neck top, and tight red pants, with flares at the bottom, and though the colours would clash on anyone else, Fiona managed to pull it off, the exposure of her pierced bellybutton tantalising to Karl........Pierced?! Since when?!!
Reece watched as Karl's face went from one of confusion, to approval of Fiona's clothing, then stunned shock, and she guessed that he'd seen Fiona's piercing.
"R.....Reece, s...since when?!"
Laughing, Reece shrugged, joining Fiona.
Karl stayed for a little extra, locking his 4WD, lost in thought.
When had she gotten that piercing? Then he realised something else, as his brain clicked into gear.
The need to go home first, the moods, only telling Reece.....
//Ho!! Fi's PMS'ing!!!//
With a smirk, Karl followed them to the party.
Fiona looked around, at the rather large, unusual, basement.
About the size of two classrooms, it was completely rebellious, posters everywhere, handmade skate ramps lined all the walls, a group of fifty people gathered around a pumping stereo (good charlotte).
"I thought you said he didn't like to use the money?"
"He doesn't, this dude earns all he spends, works somewhere, took him two years for the radio."
They descended the stairs, finding themselves in the midst of the dancing.....ahem.....*not drunk* ahem.....people.
Kicking shins, elbowing people, and using other methods, they managed to get across over to a free empty space, straightening their outfits, Reece and Karl still in their school ones.
Walking over to get herself a drink, Fiona ignored the catcalls she received, wondering how people that old could react to her, three years younger, as though she was their age, when people a year older then her got all tense and jelous?
//Not a bad turnout, for people not going on a trip, not bad at all.//
Reece shoved her way to Fiona, then asked the girl,
"Wanna go dance? Maybe we can convince Karl to."
Shrugging, Fiona followed Reece over to a group of about ten guys, Karl amongst them.
"Karl, dance?"
He turned, to find Fiona and Reece there, smiled, putting his arm around Fiona.
After introducing her, without even telling her who the others were!!!!
"Fi, you know I don't like to dance."
Fiona smiled sweetly at him, the peeled his arm from her, and looked at a brunette guy across from her.
"Fine, but I wanna dance, so.....would you like to dance with me........?"
Not knowing his name, she beckoned to the brunette, amused as his brown eyes flickered to Karl for permission.
Karl gave the slightest nod, and the guy turned to Fiona, smiling,
"Sure, the names Luke."
(I know, you shouldn't use your friends names, but whatever......)
"Well, Reece, grab someone, and let's go!"
Indicating for Reece to take her pick, Fiona observed as Reece went to a guy she called, 'Gary' (I know, another guy I know... bad me, slap my hand.....)
*~**~*
Ok, so I didn't warn you to well that Fiona'd get her period, (not that it matters if your old enough to read this.....)but that would've runied it......I like to think I surprised at least *one* person!!
Anyway, she's sixteen, I keep forgetting, thinking she's thirteen; my age........guess it's just 'cause I know what it's like to be 13, not 16......
Yeah, well, please, anything is accepted, short of death threats......well......I could make an exception...lol.
So........what'd you think?
Yeah, I suggest that after reading this, (or before, I don't really care, but if your reading this, it suggests you've just read the above chapter!! duh!!), yeah, but go read *all* of Taltos' work, it's superb, and if I havn't made any reviews, again it is NOT MY FAULT!!!! The computer's against me, it doesn't like me, but I've managed to squeeze a few goes on at school, adding to my list of fav's, but I won't be able to for a while again......
Now, before I bugger off, my new rule;
For each chapter to be posted, I must get at least ONE review, so I know that at least one person wants me to continue!! (and I'm permitted to go online again......It wasn't me!!!!!!!! I swear!!!!!!) Ahem, let's not go there.......
Dark_lil_Devil
Warning:!!!
May contain traces of peanuts, sap, bad language, and fluff.
(sorry, I just had to!!) and, well, my last chap had guy/guy in it, I din't plan *that*!!! And, well, sometimes, I wish I was a guy, why not? I like cars; I hate to much gossip, it gets so BORING!!!! Ahem, well, nah, I'd rather be a female, still. But, Fiona might wish to change that in here........let's just say, well, she IS a teenager........
Disclaimer; Nope, even in my dreams I'm not allowed any ownership over Zoids.....it's not fair......!!
*~**~*
Thomas awoke with a headache, not a hangover: he hadn't had anything alcoholic the night before.
He found some panadol, then managed to engage in conversation with the awake people;
Van, Irvine and Dom.
"Where's everyone?"
"Hey Thomas, Fiona and Karl went out for a drive, and the rest are asleep."
"Still?"
"Hey, you only just got up, and you didn't drink anything!"
"Shut up."
The talk was lame, but it was hard for them to concentrate, even though it should have taken their minds from everything with Moonbay, while Van's mind was really too small to have thoughts more then, 'food'.
*~*
Reese woke at 11, and found her way to the lounge, where everyone was, talking quietly.
"Hey, anyone got clothes I can use?"
She had noticed first that she was in her clothes, which seemed to be soaked, and she remembered diving into the water in them.......shit. What the hell had she done last night?
"Oh, hey Reese, feeling alright?"
A surge in her stomach told her she wasn't, and yelling behind her,
"Damn you, now I don't,"
Reese ran to puke in the privacy of the bathroom.
Hands soothed her hair away, and when she finished, Reese looked up to find Fiona, looking totally revolted, holding it back for her.
"Thanks, do you mind if I have a shower?"
"Not my house, but go for it, I'll get some clothes for you."
Leaving, Fiona went into the kitchen, feeling like she'd throw herself, that was DISGUSTING!!
Who the hell would do that to themselves?
When she had recovered from that feeling, Fiona pushed it from her mind, going to search through Van's clothes for something that would fit Reese.
When Reese emerged from the bathroom, smelling of a familiar Lynx, (hehe, gotta luv it!!) and wearing familiar clothes, Van's face fell.
"Hey! What do you think your doing in my stuff?!"
"Oh,"
Fiona looked over at him, with her award winning smile,
"Didn't I tell you, Van? I let her borrow your stuff."
"Yeah, kid, don't stress yourself."
"Kid?!"
While Van fumed over, Reese asked Fiona for a word, and when they were outside by the pool, she spoke again.
"Fiona, Raven talked to me, and.......well, do you want lessons? I know he's not the easiest person to understand, he sometimes takes yes for granted, but I'm here to help if you want it."
"Uh, what sort of lessons?"
"Oh, uh, I dunno. I guess I'd show you a way to build your upper-body strength, I could show you how to defend from an attacker, how to use a knife, dagger, heck, I know how to use a sword and an axe."
"You......know all of that?!"
"Yeah, but I'd have to teach you the basics first, that and train myself, I'm getting fat."
"No your not, you used to look anorexic, now your proper."
"Whatever. But, um, I could start by getting you on a few exercises for your arms, so you can keep up with the defences."
"Alright."
Karl watched as Fiona and Reese trained, and sighed to himself.
The reason he had quit, the one reason, and she was on the way to where he had been.
Remembering it, the drugs, the violence, the theft, the training..........it was painful to think of, even now.
Karl shook his head, and watched Reese.
It was strange, sometimes she seemed so deep in with them, that there was no hope for her, and at other times, she seemed to be completely over them, having a normal life, then sinking back down.
*~*
Fiona's arms were killing her.
All that exercise for them, it was hard, and she needed a break.
No.
If she kept quitting, then she'd never be able to defend herself, it wasn't fair.
Keeping the picture of the different arm strengthening exercises Reese had shown her, Fiona kept going.
Keeping herself going was a mission in itself, so she barely noticed what happened around her.
"Here."
She heard a voice, familiar, a bit worried, but she couldn't stop to talk, she had to get stronger.
Grunting, she kept at it, trying her hardest.
Strong hands eased over her clenched fists, and kept her still.
Struggling to free herself of this gentle grip, Fiona found that she had no energy for it.
This disgusted her.
She'd been working so hard, and she couldn't even get rid of this gentle grip?!
Now fuelled with anger, she wrenched her hands away, and kept at the exercises.
"No. Fi, you have to stop now."
No.
She wouldn't stop until she was stronger.
There was no way she'd stop, not for anything.
Hands encircled her, and eased her into a sitting position, her arms across her chest.
Trying to speak, Fiona found her mouth was parched, and when the person let go of her, she realised she was shivering with weakness.
A cup was pressed to her lips, and tasting it, Fiona found it was water.
Gulping the whole thing down, Fiona wondered how she had been going without water, she had been dried to the bone!
"Now, you need to rest."
Squirming to face him, Fiona pouted.
"But I need to get stronger, I have to-"
"No, you need to rest, your arms will be numb now, and your as tired as possible, go to sleep."
"It's still daytime!"
"It's seven PM."
"WHAT?! It was four when I started!!"
"Exactly, you need to give your body a break, it's not used to this."
"No, I have to keep going, Karl, I have to!"
"No. Fiona, your going to sleep, and I'm going to make sure you don't keep going, so I'll sit on the couch while you sleep, alright?"
"Hey! Don't I get a bed?"
"Uh, Van's is free, but then how will I know you wont keep going?"
"Uh, you can trust me?"
"No, I know I can't, so how do we solve this?"
"I guess you'll just have to stay in Van's room for a while, if you must!"
"Fine, I don't care what it takes, I've seen this happen before, your not going to harm yourself in the first stages of training, if your to train."
If Fiona would train, then Karl would help her all he could, not like what it'd been like for him and Reese.
He wasn't about to let her injure her arms in her first session, like that other girl had when he'd been training, the girl who had been thrown to the older guys mercy as her punishment for being weak.
He knew they'd softened up on the punishments, they wouldn't rape their candidates any more, but they could be just as harsh.
Their leader made sure of that.
*~*
Van, Thomas and Irvine had gone with Reese to get her clothes, as she'd decided to make a trade with Van.
She'd clean the house if she could stay in the spare room for a few days.
Van had seen nothing wrong with this, Reese could cook, and he wouldn't have to worry about cleaning, so he agreed, and got the guys to help get her stuff.
Now they were back, Van wondered where Fiona and Karl had gotten to, as Karl's car was still there, but there was no sign of him in the house.
Wandering into his room, Van was thinking, when he realised that two people were on his bed, Fiona and Karl.
Karl was awake, his hand entwined with Fiona's, while her other hand clutched a part of the brown top that rested on his chest.
Watching Van, Karl whispered for him to shut up, and let Fiona sleep, so Van exited, closing the door behind him.
*~*
When Fiona awoke, Karl appeared asleep, so she gently eased herself out of his grip, and slid off the bed, looking for a clock.
It was 10 PM, she could just get in some more exercises before she would need to get more sleep-
"Fiona, if you even think of doing more, your out of your mind."
Startled, she found Karl, in the same position as before, with his eyes closed, yet he seemed to know what she was doing.
"Just go back to sleep, alright?"
Grumbling, Fiona trudged back to the bed, but feeling a draft, she climbed under the blankets this time, and motioned for Karl to follow her.
"Uh, no, um,"
"Bloody hell, Karl, it's cold, and besides, we're wearing our clothes anyway. And I just want to sleep, we've got school tomorrow."
*~*
The alarm woke Fiona, and her hand shot out to turn it off, the one that sat next to her bed on the right side, but this morning? It wasn't there, instead......
She hit Karl's head, waking him.
"OW!"
"Oops, sorry, reflexes, that's where my alarm at home is."
"Ow, well, next time, look first, alright?!"
Even in the morning, Fiona could work this out,
"Next time?"
"Oh, well, you know what I mean,"
Karl was obviously not a morning person, as even this little thing annoyed him.
"No, I don't, are you planning to sleep in here again with me? Is that what next time means?"
"No, I meant, well, you know,"
"No, I don't, care to explain?"
Karl sat up, rubbing his temples.
"Hm? Care to explain what next time means?"
Karl got out of bed, muttering about coffee.
Laughing, and quickly adjusting to the morning, Fiona glanced at the clock, and found that it was eight thirty.
"WHAT?!"
Running into the lounge, she found Van asleep on the couch.
Kicking him in the ribs, she screeched,
"Do you know what time it is?!"
"Urrgghh."
"You ingrate. Karl!"
Fiona ran out of the room, as Van curled up and drifted off back to sleep.
"Karl! Do you know what time it is?!"
She found him at the kitchen counter, draining a mug of fresh coffee.
"No, what time is it?"
"Eight thirty!!"
Upon hearing this, Karl sculled a large mug of coffee in one go, knowing what was coming next.
"We have to get ready!! Can you drive me to my place? That's where my uniform and everything is. And where's Moonbay? Did she wake up?"
"Uh, sure, I'll take you to get your stuff, and Moonbay's been waking up and going back to sleep all night, so I think it's best if she stays as far away from school as possible."
"Great, we'll have the day off and look after her."
"No, Van'll have the day off, you'll go to school and keep up with your work."
"Yes, mother."
"Right, you ready? Get in the car, and I'll explain to Van."
"Aha."
*~*
"Have a good day, see you at lunch!!"
"See ya, Fi!!"
Sprinting as fast as she could in a skirt, Fiona made it into the corridors as the bell went.
"Crap, I need to get to my locker!"
Elbowing her way through the crowds, Fiona arrived at her locker, grabbed what she needed, then hurried to her form room.
Entering 17a, she realised all to well that she was late.
"Tardy, Miss Lynette?"
"Uh, sorry, Mr Herman, sir."
"Well, it is the first time this year, so I'll leave it as a warning, alright? Next time, it'll be detention."
"Yessir."
"Take your seat please."
Fiona went to her seat, and found a note there, reading it, she sighed.
When would people learn to accept her? Juvenile notes telling her to 'get lost' weren't what she had expected from this age group, not at all.
Hey, where was Irvine? Moonbay was back at Van's, but Irvine was supposed to be here......
*~*
When it was lunch time, Fiona went to her locker, and found Karl waiting for her.
"Hey, good day?"
"F off."
"Apparently not."
Fiona opened her locker, threw random books in, grabbed her bag for lunch, and slammed the locker shut, making a loud booming sound.
"Do you always take things out on your locker?"
"Shut up."
Karl smirked, then draped his arms around her shoulders.
"What's up? Your never this angry, what's gotten through to you?"
"It's, that, they, and, urgh! Never mind!"
"I am minding, what happened?"
The care in Karl's eyes touched Fiona, but unfortunately not enough.
"Just drop it, would you?!"
Karl lifted his arms in a sign of surrender, and they silently proceeded to his car, Fiona fuming about immature idiots she had to learn with, and Karl wondering what the hell had happened to his sweet, caring Fiona, to turn her into this.....for lack of a better word, this bitch.
As he started the car, Karl asked Fiona,
"Do you want to have lunch just us two, or do you want to go back to Van's, see how everyone is?"
"Uh, I don't care, I'll just be angry, so I guess you could go to Van's, I'll sit in the car and leave you all alone."
That's Fiona for you. Even when being Queen Bitch, she managed to care about others.
"Uhuh, I'm not exposing them to this, I'm going to use some advise I once heard."
*~*
They drove in silence to the place they had been before, where Karl had let out his anger over Moonbay doing drugs, but this time, it was Fiona stressing.
"It's just, those idiots!!! They don't act their age, they spread nonsense rumours, they're..........they're horrible!!!"
Karl waited until she had let it all out, then saw she was still frustrated, that that had only been the tip of the anger.
She must hold a lot in. No wonder.
Karl taught her how to make an efficient punch, then held his hands up for practise targets.
"Fi, let all your anger out in them, concentrate on the punch, but fuel it with all that anger."
At first, she just concentrated on hitting the target, but then she did use her anger, and started getting wild, punching his hands, then his face, then kicking, then punching him on the hands again, collapsing into his arms.
Sliding down to the ground, Karl held her close, wondering how she could hold that all in, for so long.
He could never do that, his emotions burst through after about half an hour of control.
As she sobbed into his arms, Karl ran his hand around her back, making soothing noises.
When she managed to stop, regaining control of herself, she looked up at Karl, whispering,
"I wish you hadn't seen that,"
But he cut her off, before she felt worse.
"No, I'm glad, now I know even you can't keep everything in, it gives me strength, to know your human like me."
Smiling a little, Fiona ran a hand through her hair, trying to get her thoughts straight, when she realised what she must look like.
Grabbing a mirror, she confirmed that her face had mascara running, eye- shadow smudged, lip-gloss gone, and blotchy red eyes, a totally out of it look.
"OMG, Karl, don't look at me, it's hideous."
"No, it's just you with the fakeness going away, it's the you that's always hidden, to please others. Fi, out here, you don't need to please anyone, you please me no matter what you look like, or how old you act. To me, your my girlfriend, Fiona, the cute 16 year old I met, the girl I fell in love with."
He heard Fiona catch her breathe, then saw her turn to him, and give him a huge hug.
"I love you to, Karl."
"No, don't tell anyone that, they'll use you, but I do know you like me, that's enough.
She snorted, letting go of him.
"I don't care what you say, I love ya, and you can't change that!"
"Oh? Really? What if I took my shoes off?"
"Uh, no, I'd still love you."
"Make you smell my armpits?"
"I'd be alive enough to love you."
"Make you smell Van's shoes?"
"I'd hate you!!"
They laughed, and headed back to school, Fiona's good mood not even phased by her peers jeering her.
*~*
At the end of the day, Fiona's mood was tested by Raven's presence at her locker.
Seriously considering turning around, Fiona braced herself, plastered the trademark smile on her face, and approached, like she hadn't seen him.
Opening her locker, she sighed, turned around, and said,
"Raven, do you not say 'hello' at all?"
"No."
The mild answer, mixed with the truth, made her give an unladylike snort.
Putting her books away, and gathering those needed for homework, Fiona closed the locker, and turned to face him.
"Is there a reason for you to be there?"
Trying her hardest not to sound conceited, Fiona cringed, as that was exactly what it had sounded like.
"Oh, I was wondering, have you seen Reese?"
"Oh, yeah, she taught me some arm strengthening exercises, and tonight we're to start proper training."
This got a grin from Raven, and he waved a two fingered salute, leaving.
Confused, Fiona sighed, leaning against her locker absentmindedly, thinking.
"Hey."
"Huh?"
Startled, Fiona turned to see Karl approaching, with Reese beside him.
"Oh, hey you guys."
"Hey."
Smiling at Reese, Fiona sidled over to Karl, squeezing her arm around Karl, happy to find his wrapping around her.
"So, what are you two doing now?"
"Oh, I dunno, prob check on the others. Oh, by the way, Karl, do you know where Irvine is?"
"No, wasn't he here today?"
"Nah, he wasn't in any of his classes, so without Moonbay as well........."
Sighing, Fiona plastered a smile on her face, and felt Karl squeeze her shoulders.
"We'll see if he's at Van's. Wanna come, Reese?"
Shrugging, Reese seemed to hesitate, looking at the two.
"Oh, no, you wont be interrupting anything, there's nowhere at Van's to be alone, so your sweet."
Fiona seemed to read Reese's mind, so the three set off to Karl's car.
"So, where's everybody?"
They found Van, asleep, on the couch, and shook him awake.
"Huh?"
"Van, did you even get up today?"
"Um, I don't think so........"
"Well get up, you lazy asshole, we'll be checking on Moonbay, you seen Irvine?"
"Uh, not to my knowledge......."
They left Van to the process of waking up........
Moonbay was still asleep, but this was a quiet, rested sleep, and Karl was satisfied that she was fine, so the others were happy, and proceeded to wonder what had happened to Irvine.
Karl was pretty sure he knew, today Dom's school was a teacher's only day, but he couldn't share this knowledge with anyone else, so kept to himself.
Fiona knew Karl was holding something back, but figured that it wasn't to important, as Karl knew what he had to share for the safety of others, so she shrugged it off.
"Maybe he's sick."
"Nah, he was healthy enough last night."
"Maybe he's-"
Van's next suggestion was never heard, as Reese interrupted,
"Can we talk about something else? Your suggestions are going to get worse each time, and your going to get so worried, why don't you just drop it?"
They all shrugged, then started to talk about some music.....
(//("Van, you know your music, right?"
"I guess so, yeah?"
"Well, who sings that one, it goes, uh, 'Don't tell me what to do, and who the fuck are you, Don't tell me what to wear, 'cause I don't give a care.'?"
"Um, oh, it's, damn it Fiona, I know that one, it's, uh,")//)
As the conversation was debating favourite bands,
(//(Van; Evenesence, it's got to be!! Fiona; Good Charlotte!! Karl: Linkin park!!! Reese:
Ashanti!!! Van(eyebrow raised) ; Ashanti? Fiona; that's cool, have your own choice!! Van; top ten groups or solo artists!!!
Fiona; at ten, we (don't you just hate false calls?! I just got three in the last four hours.......so annoying........who the hell rings MY mobile by accident?!) have.......
Reese: Queen!!
Karl: No, Queen's about five
Fiona: More like seven.....
Van: ten should be.......Britney spears!!
Fiona: Only 'cause she looks nice!
Reese: How about ACDC?
Fiona: Yeah, that'll do, next, num nine!!
It ended with....
"So, we decided on number ten, ACDC, Van, if you please?
Van got up at Fiona's request, and played tracks from each band as Fiona called them.
"At ninth, we have......Kelly Rowland!!!"
"At eighth.....Sean Paul!!!"
"Seventh......Fur Patrol!!!"
"Sixth.....50 cent!!!"
"Fifth.......Eminem!!!"
"Fourth.....Ashanti!!!"
"Third.....T.a.T.u!!!"
"Runner up......Linkin Park!!!"
"And first place goes to.......uh, we didn't decided on a first!!!")//)
Eventully, Reece stood up, startling them all.
"Coming?"
With blank looks, they all glanced around, to see who she was talking to, before Fiona clicked.
"Oh, me?"
"Yes, genious, coming?"
Nodding, Fiona followed, spending the next three hours with Reece, learning some punces like those Karl had taught her.
Reece instructed her on the stance, and position, of her body, then circled Fiona as she practised punching the air.
"Just keep hitting flat surfaces, like stone or something, and harden up your first two knuckles, that's what you punch with."
*~*
The next day, everybody was at school, Irvine told everybody that he had had a dentists appointment.......(aha, yeah right!!)
And Moonbay's excuse for the teachers was, "I was throwing up all day, so unless you wanted that, you should be thankful I had the guts to stay home, and then face punishment today."
And Van? He told the truth, 'I slept until school finished, so.....'
*~*
At lunch, Karl told Fiona about a party he had been invited to,
"Yeah, it's a last minute decision party, it's tonight, straight after school, but it wont be to bad, we can leave early, you've got school to morrow but I know the people, it'll be worth going to."
"Who...hang on, what do you mean, I've got got school tomorrow, what about you?"
"Uh, well, I've got, uh, a day off....."
"Karl, what aren't you telling me?"
"There's a trip on, but I can't afford it, so those of us that can't go are having a party."
"Oh, Karl, why didn't you tell me?"
"Because knowing you, you'd find some money to get me there."
"Yeah, what's so bad about that?"
"Well, it feels wrong, taking other peoples money, and besides, it was a lame trip, to some far away place...."
"Whatever, I could have gotten you there....."
"Exactly."
Kissing her forehead, Karl grinned at Fiona, who was slouching in the booth they were in.
"I'd rather be with you then those rich idiots and the pompous teachers."
"Yeah right."
Fiona didn't want to admit it, but she loved it when Karl got all soppy, but when he did it in front of the others, well,
"Hey, Karl, what are you? Taking lessons from a romance novel or something? Cause all I see where your sitting is a pile of sop."
"Oh, shut up, Van."
Moonbay whacked Van around the head, and laughed when he complained.
"Serves you right, Van. That was getting good, then you ruined it!"
"Well I'm sorry for not liking soppy crap, but that? That was worse then soppy crap!!"
"So, Fiona, do you want to come to this party?"
"Sure, I'd love to. Meet me at my locker after last class?"
"Deal, make sure you don't get detention."
"Deal."
*~*
When the bell went for the end of school, Fiona stood up, and shoved her books into her bag, to feel a wetness between her legs.
Ignoring it, guessing it was her mind, Fiona proceeded to her locker.
"Hey."
"Wha- oh, hey."
Karl was standing by her locker, and then when she turned to go, he draped his arm around her shoulders.
"Oh, shit."
"What is it, Fi?"
"Uh, can we swing by my place first?"
"Why?"
"Uh, well,"
Fiona's mind was racing.
How could she tell him that she was pretty sure she had just got her first period? Not likely.
*~*
When the last bell had rung that day, Irvine was seen to leave with his peers, ignoring the giggling girls, and now he was at his locker, stashing his books in, grabbing what he'd need for homework, then slammed it shut.
Not owning a car, he proceeded on foot along the streets, determined in his path.
"Irvine!"
//Shit!! Thomas, please, have to leave, or go, or something!!! //
"Hey, the others are out, wanna raid Karl's C.D's?"
Damn, that was tempting. VERY tempting.
"Nah, sorry Thomas, I've got loads of work that's due in tomorrow, can we raid it another time?"
It wasn't necessarily a lie, most of it did have to be handed in the next day, and he'd never said that he was actually going to do it....
"Oh, sweet, see you tomorrow?"
"Yeah, see ya."
It felt bad, lying to Thomas, but all guilt evaporated when he turned the corner, and entered a parked car, smiling at Dom, the driver.
*~*
"Um."
Fumbling for words, Fiona opened the door to Karl's 4WD, (wonder how they got there......).
"Hello? Karl, Can I hitch a ride to the party?! Oh, you coming as well, Fiona?"
They both turned to see Reece running towards them, blue backpack flying behind her.
"Hey Reece, sure."
Karl thought for a moment after answering, as Reece stopped at the 4WD, catching her breathe, then added,
"But we might be a bit late."
Reece glanced up at him, asking,
"Why?"
The blonde shrugged, turning his lucious green eyes to gaze at his girlfriend, who was suddenly looking for something in her bag.
"Uh, again, I ask why?"
"Dunno, you might want to ask Fiona, she doesn't seem to want to explain to me."
Blushing a deep crimson, of pure embarrassment, Fiona glanced up at at the nineteen year olds who were watching her.
Cringing, she lowered her gaze,
"Oh, uh,"
//Shit!!! what do I say? 'I'm sorry, Karl, I never dreamt I'd get my period today', can we go to my place so I can stuff a tampon inside myself?'?!! I think not!!! I can't tell Karl!!!!//
"Uh, is it something I could help with?"
Considering Reese's offer, Fiona nodded, then motioned for Reece to shuffle over to the passenger side of the 4WD.
Shrugging, Reece obliged, leaving a confused Karl watching them, and laughing at the comical look that came over Reese's face.
Her eyes became large, then she grinned, turning to face Karl, while Fiona wouldn't meet his eyes.
"To Fiona's it is!!"
Raising his eyebrows in question, Karl dejectedly entered the car at Reese's answering look.
"Your not gunna tell me, are you?"
Seeing Reese's smirk, and Fiona shake her head, with an apologetic smile, Karl sighed, sliding the gears into reverse, and leaving the school grounds.
"So how long are you gunna be?"
Karl glanced ar Reece and Fiona, who were exiting the vechile, trying to decided whether or not to follow them.
"Don't think we'll be that long, so you stay here!"
*~*
Karl sat in his car, arms behind his head, feet on the dash board, seat back as far as it would go, music at it's loudest. It had been half an hour since the girls had left-
"OI!! TURN IT DOWN!!!"
Karl spun around, to see the girls already belted up in his car.
"Oh, uh, sorry."
Turning the music down, Karl drove to the party.
"Is this it?"
Fiona glanced from the house to Karl, confused.
"Yep. Something wrong?"
"Actually, yes, three things. One; Nobody's home, Two; There's no music, and Three; I thought the people coming to this party were the ones who couldn't afford the trip? Whoever lives here definitely could!!"
//What the hell?!//
Karl stared at Fiona, the normally gentle, caring girl, who had just turned into a....a.....bitch!!
"Uh, who are you, and where's Fiona?"
The blonde gave him a death stare, one he never would have believed he'd receive from anybody, let alone her..
//What the hell.....?!//
"I'm waiting for an answer?"
Karl stared at her in disbelief.
Oh well, he might as well answer, for his own safety, as much as for his peace with Fiona.
"Uh, well, the party's in the basement, sound proof walls, and he doesn't care to use his parents money, he lives like his friends."
Fiona snorted, then undid her belt, exiting the vechile.
Following suit, Karl crossed to the other side of his 4WD, to see that Fiona had changed clothes.
She was now wearing, instead of her uniform, a baby-blue halter-neck top, and tight red pants, with flares at the bottom, and though the colours would clash on anyone else, Fiona managed to pull it off, the exposure of her pierced bellybutton tantalising to Karl........Pierced?! Since when?!!
Reece watched as Karl's face went from one of confusion, to approval of Fiona's clothing, then stunned shock, and she guessed that he'd seen Fiona's piercing.
"R.....Reece, s...since when?!"
Laughing, Reece shrugged, joining Fiona.
Karl stayed for a little extra, locking his 4WD, lost in thought.
When had she gotten that piercing? Then he realised something else, as his brain clicked into gear.
The need to go home first, the moods, only telling Reece.....
//Ho!! Fi's PMS'ing!!!//
With a smirk, Karl followed them to the party.
Fiona looked around, at the rather large, unusual, basement.
About the size of two classrooms, it was completely rebellious, posters everywhere, handmade skate ramps lined all the walls, a group of fifty people gathered around a pumping stereo (good charlotte).
"I thought you said he didn't like to use the money?"
"He doesn't, this dude earns all he spends, works somewhere, took him two years for the radio."
They descended the stairs, finding themselves in the midst of the dancing.....ahem.....*not drunk* ahem.....people.
Kicking shins, elbowing people, and using other methods, they managed to get across over to a free empty space, straightening their outfits, Reece and Karl still in their school ones.
Walking over to get herself a drink, Fiona ignored the catcalls she received, wondering how people that old could react to her, three years younger, as though she was their age, when people a year older then her got all tense and jelous?
//Not a bad turnout, for people not going on a trip, not bad at all.//
Reece shoved her way to Fiona, then asked the girl,
"Wanna go dance? Maybe we can convince Karl to."
Shrugging, Fiona followed Reece over to a group of about ten guys, Karl amongst them.
"Karl, dance?"
He turned, to find Fiona and Reece there, smiled, putting his arm around Fiona.
After introducing her, without even telling her who the others were!!!!
"Fi, you know I don't like to dance."
Fiona smiled sweetly at him, the peeled his arm from her, and looked at a brunette guy across from her.
"Fine, but I wanna dance, so.....would you like to dance with me........?"
Not knowing his name, she beckoned to the brunette, amused as his brown eyes flickered to Karl for permission.
Karl gave the slightest nod, and the guy turned to Fiona, smiling,
"Sure, the names Luke."
(I know, you shouldn't use your friends names, but whatever......)
"Well, Reece, grab someone, and let's go!"
Indicating for Reece to take her pick, Fiona observed as Reece went to a guy she called, 'Gary' (I know, another guy I know... bad me, slap my hand.....)
*~**~*
Ok, so I didn't warn you to well that Fiona'd get her period, (not that it matters if your old enough to read this.....)but that would've runied it......I like to think I surprised at least *one* person!!
Anyway, she's sixteen, I keep forgetting, thinking she's thirteen; my age........guess it's just 'cause I know what it's like to be 13, not 16......
Yeah, well, please, anything is accepted, short of death threats......well......I could make an exception...lol.
So........what'd you think?
Yeah, I suggest that after reading this, (or before, I don't really care, but if your reading this, it suggests you've just read the above chapter!! duh!!), yeah, but go read *all* of Taltos' work, it's superb, and if I havn't made any reviews, again it is NOT MY FAULT!!!! The computer's against me, it doesn't like me, but I've managed to squeeze a few goes on at school, adding to my list of fav's, but I won't be able to for a while again......
Now, before I bugger off, my new rule;
For each chapter to be posted, I must get at least ONE review, so I know that at least one person wants me to continue!! (and I'm permitted to go online again......It wasn't me!!!!!!!! I swear!!!!!!) Ahem, let's not go there.......
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