Chapter Four: So Many Things Have Happened, To Many Times
~Jasper~
"Dude. Scott. She's totally hot." I voice to Scott after Shelby leaves. Sure she hot, but I was kind of tired of having her around. Scott has done better.
"But I thought you hated her, you did say she was a bitch." Scott protests. I answer without missing beat.
"She is, but I still want her. She's a challenge and life would be a drag if there weren't any challenges." I explain as Augie walks up to us.
"Yeah. Right. She'd bite your hand off if your tried to touch her."
"We'll see." I answer, sensing another bet coming on.
"You guys still talkin' about Dawn?" Augie asks with a smirk.
"Yeah." Scott begins. "Jasper has a crush on her."
"And?" I question him defensively.
"And you don't stand a chance. She hates all of us already."
"Not me. Or Kat." Augie interrupts. "Once you talk to her and get to know her, Dawn's really cool." He declares.
"She talked to you?" I inquire, despite the fact that I was trying to play it cool.
"We just clicked, you know?"
Three Days Later
~Katherine~
"Wake up girl."
"What?" I ask tiredly.
"Aren't you guys suppose to get up early around here?" Dawn inquires as open my eyes.
"Yeah, but not this early." I told her between yawns.
"Come on. Don't be a party pooper." Dawn jokes as I resist the urge to slap her. She ruined a perfect dream for me.
"Are you excited to be here all of a sudden? I'm shocked." I answer as I slowly get out of my bed.
"No. I'm not. I just don't want to stay here. I want to see other people."
"Oh. So you wanna see Augie again." I tease.
"Maybe. He's really cool." Dawn admits with a smile. Juliet walks up to us.
"Hi Dawn." She says politely as Dawn rolls her eyes.
Dawn leaves the room and goes into the bathroom. She comes back out and lays out a red lunchroom tank and black capris. She starts to look for her sneakers. Dawn comes across a picture of her family and gets teary- eyed.
"Is that your family?" Juliet asks Dawn as she nods.
"Yeah." Dawn answers in a detached whisper.
"I wanna see." I interrupt, sitting down next to Dawn.
"Aww. Your family is so cute." Juliet comments Dawn, who still looks like she's in a daze.
"Who's that?"
"That's my brother, Adam, and his finace Kelly, my mom, dad, and ME- me." Dawn answers still looking sad.
"Are you going to make it to their wedding?" Juliet questions Dawn.
"No. There wasn't a wedding." Dawn answered, as the painful memories came back. She tucked the picture back into her drawer and closed it. " Isn't it time for breakfast?" Dawn asked, changing the subject.
~Daisy~
"How'd it go with your parents?" Shelby asked Ezra as I came over and sat down.
"It went."
"Is that all you have to say?" I inquired, growing a little jealous. Although his parents weren't together, Ezra had both of his parents and he was just so nonchalant about it. Come to think of it, I use to be that same way.
"Do you want details?" I nodded. "Well, it turns out that my parents aren't getting a divorce because things aren't working out."
"What do you mean?" Shelby questioned him, growing interested.
"It turns out that my mom was having an affair with the delivery man."
"The delivery man." Shelby responded in disbelief.
"How classy." I joked. Parents were even more clueless than their kids. And they call us "Generation X."
"That's not the worst of it." Ezra continued. "She's pregnant with his child so they're going to get married."
"The plot thickens." I added. Ezra stopped eating and looked at me.
"It's not funny." He complained.
"I never said it was."
"Lighten up Freidkin." Shelby remarked as Ezra looked from me to her, took his tray, and left.
"I guess we hit a nerve." I commented to Shelby.
"I guess so." I mumbled as Ezra came back and sat down quietly. I stopped the urge to say something else. Who else would storm off and come back five seconds later? That's why I love him.
Kat, Augie, Scott, Juliet, and Jasper came to sit down with as, while Dawn reluctantly joined us. "Three's company, but eight's a crowd." I muttered as Shelby laughed. Dawn glared at us and left as Kat, Augie, and of course Juliet, followed.
"You know we have a game today." Shelby told us, pretending like that little scene didn't even happen.
"Oh goody. Another reason for us to get all nice and sweaty." I began. "I bet it's because of the new girl. We haven't had a game in a couple of weeks."
"Well, it is long over-due." Scott responded. "How do you like Dawn?"
"She's got major issues, like we all do, but something's not right about her. She freaks me out." Shelby answered while pushing away her tray.
"Whoa. Are we starting to get Juliet tendencies?" Scott asked, with a smile.
"No. This food it just-" I cut her off.
"You don't like her because she doesn't like Scott."
"She's just weird around us. We've all been nice to her, to my amazement, (referring to Daisy), but she only talks to Augie and Kat." Shelby defended herself.
"So in other words, something is wrong with us then." Jasper declared, speaking up for the first time since he sat down.
"What do we all have in common?" Shelby whispered to herself.
"Absolutely nothing," Scott said before I could say it first.
So, as Shelby predicted, we had a 'game.' Flag football to be exact and let me just say that it was quiet amusing. My team . won to my surprise, but that was mostly due to Dawn. She wasn't on my team, but the only teammate she would pass the ball to was Augie. Since Jasper, Shelby, and Ezra were left in the dark, it was pretty clear that she was going to give the ball to Augie.
And she did. Every single time. That pretty much made my job easy. All I had to do was stand behind Augie and pull his flag. I don't know why Peter insisted that we play the game for two hours. Come on. Everyone knew that Dawn was going to keep passing the ball to Augie and I was going to keep pulling his flag.
I got bored doing that after . what, the first three times, but seeing the look of amazement on the other team's face kept me interested. And the arguing. See where I'm getting at? One newbie = drama. Two equals = the 'Real World' times ten. Yep. It got that bad.
AFTER THE GAME
~Dawn~
"What is your fucking problem?" Jasper yelled after me as I continued to walk away from him. "You lost it for us back there." He continued to scream. What a baby. Who gets pissed after a game of flag football? "You're so stupid."
"Don't yell me asshole. It's just a game. Do you actually think I give a shit?" I asked while rolling eyes.
"Well I give a shit. What's wrong with you? Is it really that hard to pass the ball to someone other than Augie?" He shot back.
"Yes. Okay. It's really that hard . what do you want me to apologize?"
"That would nice." Jasper responded.
"No fucking way!" I spat out, as I started to walk faster. At that point I really wanted to get away from that psycho. Augie runs after me.
"What happened back there?"
"Nothing I want to talk about." I answered simply as silence followed. "You know that Jasper kids thinks he's the shit." I continued. "Who does he think he is coming in my face and fucking yelling at me? What the fuck?"
"Dawn. Calm down. You have to see where he's coming from." Augie began as we sat down on a bench. "You did only pass the ball to me, you know?"
"I know what I did, but I don't want to talk about it. If you went through all that I did with people like them you'd understand."
"Explain it to me." Augie demanded.
"Maybe later. I'm emotionally drained for the moment and I don't wanna go and share my sob story just yet." I retorted, wishing that this day would come to an end.
"Are you ever gonna share?" I shrugged in response.
"Maybe. So why are you here?" I asked turning the tables on him.
"I'm emotionally drained and I don't wanna share my sob story yet." Augie mimicked.
"Ha. Ha." I playfully punched his stomach.
(A/N: Thanks to those who reviewed. (Trisha and Tk) It is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions, comments, or things that you want to see happen in the story e-mail me and let me know. Oh, and Chapter Six and seven are really good, so stay tuned. And I should have a new chapter up when I get three more reviews.)
~Jasper~
"Dude. Scott. She's totally hot." I voice to Scott after Shelby leaves. Sure she hot, but I was kind of tired of having her around. Scott has done better.
"But I thought you hated her, you did say she was a bitch." Scott protests. I answer without missing beat.
"She is, but I still want her. She's a challenge and life would be a drag if there weren't any challenges." I explain as Augie walks up to us.
"Yeah. Right. She'd bite your hand off if your tried to touch her."
"We'll see." I answer, sensing another bet coming on.
"You guys still talkin' about Dawn?" Augie asks with a smirk.
"Yeah." Scott begins. "Jasper has a crush on her."
"And?" I question him defensively.
"And you don't stand a chance. She hates all of us already."
"Not me. Or Kat." Augie interrupts. "Once you talk to her and get to know her, Dawn's really cool." He declares.
"She talked to you?" I inquire, despite the fact that I was trying to play it cool.
"We just clicked, you know?"
Three Days Later
~Katherine~
"Wake up girl."
"What?" I ask tiredly.
"Aren't you guys suppose to get up early around here?" Dawn inquires as open my eyes.
"Yeah, but not this early." I told her between yawns.
"Come on. Don't be a party pooper." Dawn jokes as I resist the urge to slap her. She ruined a perfect dream for me.
"Are you excited to be here all of a sudden? I'm shocked." I answer as I slowly get out of my bed.
"No. I'm not. I just don't want to stay here. I want to see other people."
"Oh. So you wanna see Augie again." I tease.
"Maybe. He's really cool." Dawn admits with a smile. Juliet walks up to us.
"Hi Dawn." She says politely as Dawn rolls her eyes.
Dawn leaves the room and goes into the bathroom. She comes back out and lays out a red lunchroom tank and black capris. She starts to look for her sneakers. Dawn comes across a picture of her family and gets teary- eyed.
"Is that your family?" Juliet asks Dawn as she nods.
"Yeah." Dawn answers in a detached whisper.
"I wanna see." I interrupt, sitting down next to Dawn.
"Aww. Your family is so cute." Juliet comments Dawn, who still looks like she's in a daze.
"Who's that?"
"That's my brother, Adam, and his finace Kelly, my mom, dad, and ME- me." Dawn answers still looking sad.
"Are you going to make it to their wedding?" Juliet questions Dawn.
"No. There wasn't a wedding." Dawn answered, as the painful memories came back. She tucked the picture back into her drawer and closed it. " Isn't it time for breakfast?" Dawn asked, changing the subject.
~Daisy~
"How'd it go with your parents?" Shelby asked Ezra as I came over and sat down.
"It went."
"Is that all you have to say?" I inquired, growing a little jealous. Although his parents weren't together, Ezra had both of his parents and he was just so nonchalant about it. Come to think of it, I use to be that same way.
"Do you want details?" I nodded. "Well, it turns out that my parents aren't getting a divorce because things aren't working out."
"What do you mean?" Shelby questioned him, growing interested.
"It turns out that my mom was having an affair with the delivery man."
"The delivery man." Shelby responded in disbelief.
"How classy." I joked. Parents were even more clueless than their kids. And they call us "Generation X."
"That's not the worst of it." Ezra continued. "She's pregnant with his child so they're going to get married."
"The plot thickens." I added. Ezra stopped eating and looked at me.
"It's not funny." He complained.
"I never said it was."
"Lighten up Freidkin." Shelby remarked as Ezra looked from me to her, took his tray, and left.
"I guess we hit a nerve." I commented to Shelby.
"I guess so." I mumbled as Ezra came back and sat down quietly. I stopped the urge to say something else. Who else would storm off and come back five seconds later? That's why I love him.
Kat, Augie, Scott, Juliet, and Jasper came to sit down with as, while Dawn reluctantly joined us. "Three's company, but eight's a crowd." I muttered as Shelby laughed. Dawn glared at us and left as Kat, Augie, and of course Juliet, followed.
"You know we have a game today." Shelby told us, pretending like that little scene didn't even happen.
"Oh goody. Another reason for us to get all nice and sweaty." I began. "I bet it's because of the new girl. We haven't had a game in a couple of weeks."
"Well, it is long over-due." Scott responded. "How do you like Dawn?"
"She's got major issues, like we all do, but something's not right about her. She freaks me out." Shelby answered while pushing away her tray.
"Whoa. Are we starting to get Juliet tendencies?" Scott asked, with a smile.
"No. This food it just-" I cut her off.
"You don't like her because she doesn't like Scott."
"She's just weird around us. We've all been nice to her, to my amazement, (referring to Daisy), but she only talks to Augie and Kat." Shelby defended herself.
"So in other words, something is wrong with us then." Jasper declared, speaking up for the first time since he sat down.
"What do we all have in common?" Shelby whispered to herself.
"Absolutely nothing," Scott said before I could say it first.
So, as Shelby predicted, we had a 'game.' Flag football to be exact and let me just say that it was quiet amusing. My team . won to my surprise, but that was mostly due to Dawn. She wasn't on my team, but the only teammate she would pass the ball to was Augie. Since Jasper, Shelby, and Ezra were left in the dark, it was pretty clear that she was going to give the ball to Augie.
And she did. Every single time. That pretty much made my job easy. All I had to do was stand behind Augie and pull his flag. I don't know why Peter insisted that we play the game for two hours. Come on. Everyone knew that Dawn was going to keep passing the ball to Augie and I was going to keep pulling his flag.
I got bored doing that after . what, the first three times, but seeing the look of amazement on the other team's face kept me interested. And the arguing. See where I'm getting at? One newbie = drama. Two equals = the 'Real World' times ten. Yep. It got that bad.
AFTER THE GAME
~Dawn~
"What is your fucking problem?" Jasper yelled after me as I continued to walk away from him. "You lost it for us back there." He continued to scream. What a baby. Who gets pissed after a game of flag football? "You're so stupid."
"Don't yell me asshole. It's just a game. Do you actually think I give a shit?" I asked while rolling eyes.
"Well I give a shit. What's wrong with you? Is it really that hard to pass the ball to someone other than Augie?" He shot back.
"Yes. Okay. It's really that hard . what do you want me to apologize?"
"That would nice." Jasper responded.
"No fucking way!" I spat out, as I started to walk faster. At that point I really wanted to get away from that psycho. Augie runs after me.
"What happened back there?"
"Nothing I want to talk about." I answered simply as silence followed. "You know that Jasper kids thinks he's the shit." I continued. "Who does he think he is coming in my face and fucking yelling at me? What the fuck?"
"Dawn. Calm down. You have to see where he's coming from." Augie began as we sat down on a bench. "You did only pass the ball to me, you know?"
"I know what I did, but I don't want to talk about it. If you went through all that I did with people like them you'd understand."
"Explain it to me." Augie demanded.
"Maybe later. I'm emotionally drained for the moment and I don't wanna go and share my sob story just yet." I retorted, wishing that this day would come to an end.
"Are you ever gonna share?" I shrugged in response.
"Maybe. So why are you here?" I asked turning the tables on him.
"I'm emotionally drained and I don't wanna share my sob story yet." Augie mimicked.
"Ha. Ha." I playfully punched his stomach.
(A/N: Thanks to those who reviewed. (Trisha and Tk) It is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions, comments, or things that you want to see happen in the story e-mail me and let me know. Oh, and Chapter Six and seven are really good, so stay tuned. And I should have a new chapter up when I get three more reviews.)