"Christy…are you alright? Im so sorry…I should've stopped you but…"
"Its ok…can we just go back to our dorm?" Christy asked, her voice shaking.
She knew she was going to pay. Where on earth did she get the courage to hit a guy like that, twice her size? Her head started to spin.
She looked back to the bottom of the staircase, where the large circle of students was slowly getting smaller. All of them were scattering along the corridor or up the stairs. Many students looked at Christy.
"Yeah…let's go," she replied, with dawning comprehension.
They trudged back up to their dorm, where Torrie was still on the computer. Lita was sitting on the window seat.
"So, how was it?" Torrie asked, with a bored voice.
"Ah…" Jackie glanced at Christy. "…good. It was good."
Torrie turned and raised her eyebrow at her.
"Good? What do you mean 'good'?"
"Well…you know…I can't believe you are still on the computer Tor. How much homework do you actually have?" Jackie said, eager to change the topic of conversation. Torrie turned back to the computer screen, which held information about the Russian Revolution.
"I can't believe it either. Well if you can't beat them, join them…?"
"Or, you can arrange to have them beaten…right Christy?" Lita said, half laughing.
Jackie laughed.
"What are you going on about?" Torrie said, spinning around again.
"Nothing…" Jackie said, grinning.
"Argh…I can't focus in here. Im going down to the library."
Torrie left, arms filled with books. Christy examined her arm, which looked as though it had received a Chinese burn.
"So, are you guys going to that party tomorrow night? What better way to relax on a Friday night, huh?"
"If that party is going to be relaxing, Jackie, then im going to pass all my maths assessments this year," Lita said, sarcastically. "But yeah, im going."
"Christy? You can't turn down an invitation from John," Jackie said, in a matter-of-faculty. "I think he likes you."
"What makes you think that?" Christy asked.
"Because I just do," Jackie answered in a very persuasive tone, sitting down into a beanbag chair.
"That and," Lita added, "He saved you from Hunter. Oh and he invited you to the party personally, so no, I don't think you can 'not-go'."
"I wasn't going to 'not-go' anyway."
"Well then there you go."
Christy stared at the wall clock. It was already 6:46pm. She glanced out the window, and saw that the horizon was lit by a soft white glow. It then melted in a pale blue, then into a deeper, velvety violet.
She slumped onto one of the beanbags next to Jackie, who was rummaging through her pink school bag. Lita was hanging her clothes into a small bit of the wardrobe. Christy suddenly remembered, she had been so busy she had forgotten to unpack her suitcase.
She filled a couple of draws with clothes, and threw her pillow onto her bed along with her teddy bear.
Jackie ended up only doing half of her Health Education homework, before starting to doze in a handful of gummy bears and liquorice pieces. Christy was also feeling drowsy, and saw that it was Lita playing on the guitar that was putting them to sleep.
"Lita! Stop playing that thing!" Jackie said, after almost choking on a sweet.
"What? Why?"
"Because," Jackie said, shaking her head to wake her-self up, "Its sooo...soporific."
Jackie beamed, as if she had done something really well.
"Well, im sorry 'Miss-complicated-vocabulary'. I must be pretty good huh?"
She rolled her eyes, and put her guitar on the window seat, where a pitch black sky was now looming through.
Jackie grabbed the remote, and flicked on the TV, and began channel surfing. Lita was now hanging posters of her favourite rock band on the wall.
Christy got changed into her pyjamas and jumped onto her bottom bunk, pulling the duvet over her head to drown out the sounds of the TV. After 10 minutes, the distinct sounds of the other two getting into bed were heard.
The night sounds of the low grumble of traffic and night birds swallowed Christy into a dreamless sleep.
AUTHORS NOTE-- ive just read the story myself...n i dnt think its as gud as i wudve hoped lol but i shall continue. RnR guys! thx to those who have reviewed-----Fidelitas, gurl42069, Mizz Molko and Tanfalath...i need more reviews! please guys i need these urgently, cause i need to kno whether or not to continue aight
