Chapter Three: Caught In a Feeling I Just Can't Hide
~Dawn~
"Guys this is Dawn. And Jasper." Scott tells everyone as I sit down at the table, across from him.
"Thank God you're here Kat. I thought I was going to go crazy with them around me all day." I admit to Kat as she gives me a strange look.
"Scott drove you crazy?"
"Yeah. He and Jasper over there use to be best buddies back in good 'ol California." I explain while taking a bite of my turkey sandwich. I scrunch up my nose and chew slowly.
"You don't like the food?" Kat asks as I shake my head. She smiles. "Neither do I. That's one thing about this place that I won't miss."
~Shelby~
"You look tired." I remark after Scott introduced us to the newbies.
"I am." He replies with a sigh as he pushes his food around his plate.
"What happened?" I ask concerned. As long as I've known Scott, I know that he was not one to not eat any meal given to him, even if it was disgusting. He always ate it without a problem.
"Dawn is a real pain in the ass, that's all!" Jasper exclaims as everyone stops eating and looks up at him. Dawn returns to the table with napkins and gives all of us evil looks.
"Thanks for talking about me behind my back. It's useful in court." She replies, challenging Jasper. (A/N: I got that one from the movie "Life as a House")
"Thanks for jumping in our conversation."
"It's east to-" Dawn begins, but Scott cuts her off.
"Could you two stop fighting for a millisecond? I've had to put up with you shit all day. The least you could do is shut up for a few minutes."
"Did I ask you to get fucking PMS with me?" Dawn inquires as she moves to another table. Kat looks at all of us, apologizes and follows her.
"See what I had to put up with for two hours? She seriously has an attitude problem." Scott mumbles as I place my hand on top of his.
"You know when you came here, you weren't exactly Barney, the purple dinosaur, himself." Augie jokes as I roll my eyes. Juliet was going to say something. I could just feel it.
"Well, I for one don't think it's fair to place your pain and troubles upon other people." Juliet adds a little too cheerfully, as Augie turns around, apparently looking at the new girl.
"Thank you Mother Theresa." Daisy exclaims sarcastically.
"Personally, I think Dawn is a major bitch." Jasper remarks as he takes a bite of his sandwich, which was slowly disappearing.
"Why are you guys ganging up on her like that?" Augie inquires, finally looking away from Dawn.
"Yeah. That's so mean." Juliet declares, giving Augie another smile. She was such a phony. I'm surprised that Augie hadn't already seen it yet.
"You didn't have to deal with her for half the day." Jasper explains as I glance back at his plate which was completely bare. I hadn't known him long, but already he and Scott had something in common. Food.
"Well, I'm going to see what's up with her." Augie announces as if anyone cares. "You comin' Jules?" He asks as she shakes her head.
"I think I'll stay here."
Why Juliet decided to sit with us, instead of going with her boyfriend Augie to sit with Kat and Dawn, I don't know. I sure wish she had wanted to go with him. Just her perky little grin was giving me a migraine.
~Augie~
"Hey guys," I say to Dawn and Kat who stopped their conversation and looked up at me. "Sorry about what happened back there."
"It's been happening all day. No biggie." Dawn retorts. She didn't give me a warm welcome, not like I expected one, but she wasn't giving me and evil look either.
"So, I guess you hate it here already then." I state, trying to start conversation. So far, this girl wasn't as bad as Jasper and Scott said she was.
"Actually, I hated it before I got here. Jasper just proved that I don't belong here." Dawn explains bitterly.
"It really isn't bad at all once you get use to it. Think of it as a second home." Kat adds, trying to make Dawn feel better.
"A second home? Don't need one." She tells us as things get quiet again. "How long have you been here?" Dawn asks, looking at Kat.
"A year and half, maybe longer."
"Figures. What about you Augie, do you like it here?" She questions me as I nod.
"Yeah."
"So they've brainwashed you too in other words." Dawn mumbles, cracking a smile.
"Where'd you come from?" I ask, suddenly wanting to know more about her.
"What do you mean … where I was born, where I lived, what?"
"Whatever you want to tell." I respond as she rolls her eyes jokingly.
"Well, I was born in Louisiana and lived there for a while, then we moved west to Nevada to be with my father's mom. After she passed away, we moved to California for a couple years, and for the last five years I've been in Texas. There's my life story." Dawn explains with a yawn.
"Do you mind me asking why you moved so much?" Kat wants to know.
"My father couldn't get a job that paid enough for us because there were basically a bunch of jackasses running every place around us. I don't think we were wanted anyway, so they did whatever they could to make sure that we couldn't stay. I guess we were a threat." She answers with a faraway look as she completely avoids looking at me or Kat. "So, how long until a girl can get out of here?" Dawn inquires, changing the subject.
"Depends on their situation and how they change."
"So, I'll never get out of here in other words."~~
~Dawn~
"Guys this is Dawn. And Jasper." Scott tells everyone as I sit down at the table, across from him.
"Thank God you're here Kat. I thought I was going to go crazy with them around me all day." I admit to Kat as she gives me a strange look.
"Scott drove you crazy?"
"Yeah. He and Jasper over there use to be best buddies back in good 'ol California." I explain while taking a bite of my turkey sandwich. I scrunch up my nose and chew slowly.
"You don't like the food?" Kat asks as I shake my head. She smiles. "Neither do I. That's one thing about this place that I won't miss."
~Shelby~
"You look tired." I remark after Scott introduced us to the newbies.
"I am." He replies with a sigh as he pushes his food around his plate.
"What happened?" I ask concerned. As long as I've known Scott, I know that he was not one to not eat any meal given to him, even if it was disgusting. He always ate it without a problem.
"Dawn is a real pain in the ass, that's all!" Jasper exclaims as everyone stops eating and looks up at him. Dawn returns to the table with napkins and gives all of us evil looks.
"Thanks for talking about me behind my back. It's useful in court." She replies, challenging Jasper. (A/N: I got that one from the movie "Life as a House")
"Thanks for jumping in our conversation."
"It's east to-" Dawn begins, but Scott cuts her off.
"Could you two stop fighting for a millisecond? I've had to put up with you shit all day. The least you could do is shut up for a few minutes."
"Did I ask you to get fucking PMS with me?" Dawn inquires as she moves to another table. Kat looks at all of us, apologizes and follows her.
"See what I had to put up with for two hours? She seriously has an attitude problem." Scott mumbles as I place my hand on top of his.
"You know when you came here, you weren't exactly Barney, the purple dinosaur, himself." Augie jokes as I roll my eyes. Juliet was going to say something. I could just feel it.
"Well, I for one don't think it's fair to place your pain and troubles upon other people." Juliet adds a little too cheerfully, as Augie turns around, apparently looking at the new girl.
"Thank you Mother Theresa." Daisy exclaims sarcastically.
"Personally, I think Dawn is a major bitch." Jasper remarks as he takes a bite of his sandwich, which was slowly disappearing.
"Why are you guys ganging up on her like that?" Augie inquires, finally looking away from Dawn.
"Yeah. That's so mean." Juliet declares, giving Augie another smile. She was such a phony. I'm surprised that Augie hadn't already seen it yet.
"You didn't have to deal with her for half the day." Jasper explains as I glance back at his plate which was completely bare. I hadn't known him long, but already he and Scott had something in common. Food.
"Well, I'm going to see what's up with her." Augie announces as if anyone cares. "You comin' Jules?" He asks as she shakes her head.
"I think I'll stay here."
Why Juliet decided to sit with us, instead of going with her boyfriend Augie to sit with Kat and Dawn, I don't know. I sure wish she had wanted to go with him. Just her perky little grin was giving me a migraine.
~Augie~
"Hey guys," I say to Dawn and Kat who stopped their conversation and looked up at me. "Sorry about what happened back there."
"It's been happening all day. No biggie." Dawn retorts. She didn't give me a warm welcome, not like I expected one, but she wasn't giving me and evil look either.
"So, I guess you hate it here already then." I state, trying to start conversation. So far, this girl wasn't as bad as Jasper and Scott said she was.
"Actually, I hated it before I got here. Jasper just proved that I don't belong here." Dawn explains bitterly.
"It really isn't bad at all once you get use to it. Think of it as a second home." Kat adds, trying to make Dawn feel better.
"A second home? Don't need one." She tells us as things get quiet again. "How long have you been here?" Dawn asks, looking at Kat.
"A year and half, maybe longer."
"Figures. What about you Augie, do you like it here?" She questions me as I nod.
"Yeah."
"So they've brainwashed you too in other words." Dawn mumbles, cracking a smile.
"Where'd you come from?" I ask, suddenly wanting to know more about her.
"What do you mean … where I was born, where I lived, what?"
"Whatever you want to tell." I respond as she rolls her eyes jokingly.
"Well, I was born in Louisiana and lived there for a while, then we moved west to Nevada to be with my father's mom. After she passed away, we moved to California for a couple years, and for the last five years I've been in Texas. There's my life story." Dawn explains with a yawn.
"Do you mind me asking why you moved so much?" Kat wants to know.
"My father couldn't get a job that paid enough for us because there were basically a bunch of jackasses running every place around us. I don't think we were wanted anyway, so they did whatever they could to make sure that we couldn't stay. I guess we were a threat." She answers with a faraway look as she completely avoids looking at me or Kat. "So, how long until a girl can get out of here?" Dawn inquires, changing the subject.
"Depends on their situation and how they change."
"So, I'll never get out of here in other words."~~