Hola dudes! ok i dont know how long this chapter took me (my sense of time in general is way off cause my watch has condensation it! its really cool though so i dont blame it lolz) but i think it was a while. i feel it in my bones lolz. haha wasnt that a line from harry potter? omg cedric digery is my lover lolz sry (hmmmmm mrs. hallie digery...doesnt sound half bad.) wow sry im getting really distracted!

DAILY EXSCUSES:

i was pocrastinating majorly and i admit to it totally. haha Procrastinators Annoymous! haha molly, Fanfic readers annoymous and KCA! sry. wow sry im tired and listeneing to matty groves joan baez style! haha

omg im so happy! the two mean people have turned into one! horay!well the other one is still there but she only insults me personality, not my mind and writing( which put me down greatly.) actually the girl plays maggie in this chapter!

thats all for my exscuses and im happy to say my self esteam is fairing much better thanks to mi amiga anna and rustie! gracias mis amigas! this is basically a day in the life of hallie (the writed of this story lolz in case there was so confusion.) actually its exactly a day in the life (from my point of veiw for all who would like to argue for arguements sake)

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Prudence's POV

I walked into paradise that Wednesday afternoon 15 minutes later then I usually do though it didn't feel any later. Quite frankly I liked the change of scene how ever small. The usual crowd of dreary yuppies was down to about 4, a vast improvement from the typical 15 or 20 who, on a daily basis, took up countless amounts of tables with their laptops and briefcases.

Maggie and Corrina had skipped ahead of me while we were moseying back from getting new metro-cards at the office, oblivious to the fact that if they both left I would be alone. Of course, I didn't mind being alone. Unfortunately, the lab school society seemed to think other wise and condemned it greatly. If you were a girl and you were found alone it either meant you were a freak or depressed, two qualities I could easily be described as, but that wasn't all. Your 'friends' would then be hounded as to why you were alone, people would expect you to cry, guys would try to hit on you…in short, being alone could very well be considered self-destructive in the Lab society.

Any way, they had skipped ahead, calling back something about being late to see their friend, the owner of paradise. I nodded at their slowly disappearing figures.

"Ah fuck them, their both lesbians any who," I muttered to myself as I turned up the volume even higher on my headphones, "Most likely humping each other right about now."

This hypothesis probably wasn't all that far from the truth for both girls had a tendency for 'mounting' things and shamelessly did so in public. In fact they had made up a song to sing while they humped each other and, however disturbing this song was, it gave me a good laugh. Though Corrina always seemed to take my amusement the wrong way and usually resorted to singing louder in order to get another hark out of me. Little did she know I wasn't laughing with them.

I never partook in the singing of said song though having heard it so many times I can pretty much recite the fucker through and through;

"We're a big fucking family, family, family.

We're a big fucking family, fucking night and day!

Baby likes to fuck his toys,

Uncle likes to fuck little boys

Brother likes to fuck sister

And Grammy likes to fuck the Mister

The mommy and the daddy do it all night long

And that is why we sing this song!"

The song sucked balls though both girls were particularly proud of it, Corrina more so then Maggie. Corrina was always showing it off to passersby, receiving dubious glances from Maggie who was far saner then she (although in this case sanity is subjective.)

For you see, Corrina considered it a great feat to have befriended Maggie, someone entwined in the high school social ladder (how ever grimy her rungs were.) And Maggie never ceases to remind Corrina of her shabby roots; namely having me for a best friend of 6 years.

She's always asking her questions like 'oh what would you do without me, my love?' and Corrina responds 'I would simply die of depression. OH such a boring life I would be doomed to! My soul dwindling away and day by day becoming an old spinster like Prudence!' At this point in their lust fest Maggie would turn towards me and say simply 'oh we love you, Pru.'

I would smile mechanically and turn up the volume on my headphones.

Near the cash register I saw Maggie and Corrina, walking 'grind' style, as I like to call it, along the slowly moving line. Maggie had her hands in Corrina's pockets and was laying her head on her shoulder, bodies no more than an inch apart. Both of them were lesbians; there was no doubt about it.

Suddenly, Maggie let out an unearthly giggle, setting off a flurry of annoyed looks from the yuppies, and her hand went to her mouth as some one shushed her.

I realized a few seconds later that this person was molly with a disheveled cowboy and calm Kayla at either side. Rita stood at the front of their long procession, elbows resting on Kayla's shoulder. Cowboy looked a bit annoyed about something, maybe the fact that he was being forced to mingle with these posers, I don't know. Rita seemed sorta aggravated as well and it was obvious she was not directly any of her words towards Maggie for fear of her clinging on in homeroom as she had done for the greater part of that year.

I approached the boisterous group unnoticed and expecting to go unnoticed for the remainder of the lunch period, for my presence never held much impact when in came to Maggie social excursions. But I had forgotten. When ever one of 'the special' ones was around, Maggie and Corrina thought it vital to flaunt their weirdness as if to show cowboy and all of them just how coolio they were. Unfortunately, this meant promenading me and my sick ways, about like a fucking freak show.

"Mi amigo, Fernandez!" Corrina proclaimed causing the groups attention to turn from Maggie and on to me.

I knew for a fact she had stolen this saying from her brother.

Molly, Kayla and Rita gave me a nod of hello. Cowboy actually seeming delighted by my presence and grinned toothily as I got into line behind the two fuckers, a new lip piercing rising and falling with his exhibit of glee.

"What's happening, pru?" he asked gleefully, showing off his knowledge of my nickname. A hand appeared a bit over my eye level, which I presumed he intended me to 'high five' so I did.

"Eh, nothing new. Y tu?"

"Same, ya… congrats on your 3rd place talent show win."

I smiled shyly; why was he talking to me? My gaze traveled over to Molly who really didn't look too keen with this conversation either and actually seemed thrilled when Corrina started talking.

"Next year we're gonna do something a bit different though, right Mags?"

Maggie smiled at her, starting to sway back and forth, Corrina's ass still in her crotch.

"Oh yes, a little more funk." She shook her ass spastically.

Rita made a strange face and Maggie decided to correct herself, "um, with its fair share of rock…oh course." She laughed nervously which made me happy; suffer, little Maggie, suffer!

"Hey pru, what are you listening to?" cowboy asked, an anomalous expression on his face, kinda like a dying dog or something.

A painful nudge from molly went into his side. Was he flirting? Molly was known for being over protective of her Bf but still…no one had flirted with me since Skittery…happened…I guess.

"Um…" I struggled to remember what was nearly bursting my eardrums, the prospect of someone flirting with me making me feel light headed and giddy, "Spooky Tooth."

At this mentioning, Maggie's ears perked up; an opportunity to show off to the cool kids.

"Oh my god I was just listening to that song by them…um… Starman…"

"That's…a…a Bowie song" Kayla interrupted tentatively, breaking her soporific silence once and for all.

My insides went bubbly as Maggie blushed and stammered out excuses, finally stating, "I always get them mixed up."

Rita smiled comfortingly though the corners of her mouth turned down in disgust. An awkward silence set about our group of 7, interrupted only by a hippie-ish waiter who wanted to know what we were ordering.

Corrina turned towards the still awed Maggie and asked her in her most queer yet laughable of voices "hey, ya want our yummy-yucky sandwich?"

The yummy-yucky sandwich was me and Corrina's thing! We had given it said name not her and Maggie! Grrr how dare she!

Maggie nodded and forced an embarrassed smile. Oh, she would get over it within the next 60 seconds; unlike a balloon Maggie never deflated for long.

Rita who was in front of our long line, quickly ordered, her words crashing into one another leading me to assume this was her 'usual'. Kayla, unlike Rita, hesitated before ordering a mozzarella sandwich.

"Deliciouso!" she proclaimed, licking her lips mockingly as the sandwich was taken out of a glass case and put on a plate.

As they ordered Corrina decided to finally talk, feeling more comfortable with a smaller audience (although cowboys ego was a person by its self) "Ooh did you guys hear about that grateful dead box set? The movie is supposed to have all these great guest dudes in it like the Band and Janis Joplin and stuffs…"

Cowboy sniggered under his breath "there should be fine for calling Janis Joplin stuff."

Corrina ignored his comment or at least her inimitable facial expression did not falter.

Suddenly Kayla turned around from where she had been viewing the completion of her sandwich, "Ya! Me and skits were gonna split it cause its like 50$ something but…I dunno anymore."

Just hearing his name sent shivers up my spine. Kayla looked a bit shaken as well and I got the feeling she was wishing she hadn't brought him up.

"What happened to skits…any who?" I asked sheepishly, hoping no one would hear the wistfulness hidden in my voice.

"Haha!" Maggie stated loudly, not as much laughing as telling everyone else that what I said was funny. "And you should ask!" she exclaimed, violently flipping her hair over her shoulder and looking at her reflection in the glass counter.

She had just inflated again.

Kayla gave me a strange look and although it wasn't as much hateful as questioning, I knew she must think it pathetic I still liked him. It had been a fling and a year ago at that. But I hadn't had a boyfriend since then… and neither had she.

"Agh the black!" molly squealed melodramatically, "the over whelming black! Noooooo!"

Cowboy and Rita both burst into fits of laughter… and naturally as soon as Rita laughed Maggie did, which led to Corrina laughing her dorky little laugh as well. And thus, in the end Kayla and I were the only ones deprived of glee.

"His hair is a trip, man! And all the doc. Martins-y stuff could give SLC Punk a run for their money! Hah actually he looks a ton like heroin bob! Doesn't he?" Rita pressed fervently, her smile broad and unfaltering.

She looked like a little preschooler pointing out the shapes of clouds. No one responded though I could tell molly mulled it over for a second. Maggie nodded her head yes though I know she had never seen the movie.

"Hah the little fucker," cowboy chuckled callously "I think he had some sort of a mid-teen crisis. Fuck, he's even more of a poser now, wearing all that black and shit. Can you believe he called me a poser the other day! Right in class too and even after I was trying to be all nice and understanding and shit. Man, that kid is fucked up." He hugged molly closer to his hip as if to reassure himself that not everybody in the world was like Skittery.

"OR! Or!" Rita started up once more, turning away from me and the Corrina-Maggie creature to my right and facing cowboy, "he's just discovering he has schizophrenia or something cause I read somewhere that you start seeing symptom-y things when your around 17 and 18!"

Whoa Rita read! Well you learn something knew every day.

But she wasn't done "and that's why he's wearing so much black…cause he had like…a mental breakdown!"

Suddenly Kayla's eyes flashed scathingly at cowboy and Rita and her face turned crimson.

"You fucking bastards, leave the poor dude alone! You're the one who did this to him, Rita! You and spot and blink! Don't tell me you thought he liked being called 'unsocial Skittery' cause he didn't! You're such a fucking whore! I mean…what the fuck are you talking about! How can you even think he's crazy! Hell, he was sane enough to get away from you! And you…you cowboy…I thought you at least would be better then this and act mature about it and realize its probably something mental and he could really be sick…and this whole black thing could be dangerous but hey, I've been proved wrong before, haven't I? So…so you know what, just fuck you! Just fuck you for saying that, and…and fuck you for thinking that! And I…I really don't want to be hearing any more of this."

Even from where I was standing, a chill went up my spine as cold air gushed into the café and Kayla stormed out. Through the large stain glass window I saw her break into a run, her colorful scarves billowing behind her as the April sleet blew in from all sides creating a vibrant scene of chaos.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw molly hit cowboy on the arm, "see what you've done." Cowboy put up his hands in defense and retorted with a simple 'but it was true' earning him another punch. Rita looked down at her feet dutifully before lifting her blonde head once more to show a striking smile, her eyes free of guilt. "Yeah," She muttered oddly to her self, collecting her bagel and cream cheese. Another punch to cowboy's arm.

I turned to look at Maggie and Corrina who had finally melted back into two separate people standing side by side. Corrina shrugged as she caught my gaze before giving me a sheepish smile. I tired to smile back but I'm pretty sure it turned out looking like a dead clown or something.

"Your such a loser," Maggie teased although I hadn't said a word.

"Ok," I muttered dismissively, turning up my Walkman so that perhaps ears would be spared from any further incompetent insults.

Always the wishful thinker, I am.

haha wasnt it just dreadful! i hoped i havnt killed any of you! hehe

Gracias to all who have reveiwed and are planning too.

Ozzmandius king of kings: hehe your reveiw made me giggle and i know im gonna see you manana so theres not much i can say to you, mr...mrs lolz. cause you are after all married to draco! cursed aremaia, rahcel and laura! haha

Rustie73: thank you so much my compadre for you scared off my negative self esteem and its not going to come back no more, no more, no more (or at least for a little while.) thank you so much for your supportlolz. im also glad skits is happy and i tried to writekayla after me (but i think prudence is more like me in this chapter)so im glad you like her...or like skits thinking about her lolz! i sent you an emaily thing but im not sure it went threw cause it was all weirdo and my comp shut down halfway through the sending process so ya...anyway it just said gracias for the kind words and how much i love your story (which i am planning to live reveiw right after this!).in short, gracias.

Marbles n' Mush: hehe im glad you likey! i love fics i can relate too 2! i hate all those gossip girls books cause only like 5 of every school can relate to them(not including me)! im really glad you can relate cause now i nkow that there are other people 'like me' out there (in short, really cool and awesome lolz haha.) hehe everytime i read your reveiw i blush lolz.

Madmbutterfly: yay! lolz im glad i didnt disappoint you or bore you to death, that whole dealio. i hope this chappie wont suck balls.

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