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Chapter
Five: Dances
It's for the best…
That's what I kept telling myself on the way home from Joel's Friday night. I had gotten the courage to breakup with and it had gone…very bad.
THE PREVIOUS NIGHT, JOEL'S HOUSE
I had rehearsed everything I was going to say so that I could get it over with quickly. Dragging things out would make the whole thing messier then it had to be. I walked briskly down the street, coming from my house, where I had gotten non-stop support from the whole family. Come to think of it I had gotten support from everyone close to me. I guess that's another reason to breakup with Joel, everyone I know hates him. I stopped walking when I saw the house gates come into view. They were old, just like the house. Advancing towards them, I slowly wrapped my fingers around the cold metal; I could feel the rusted paint chip against my skin. Pushing with little force I moved the gates in a bit. I opened them enough to slide through unnoticed. I shuffled along the drive way taking my time. When I finally got to the door I knocked and sent a resounding 'thud' throughout the house.
Joel answered the door with his regular, 'I hate the world' face on. "What?" He asked me in a bitter voice. Shifting from foot to foot I asked him if I could come in. "I don't see why not," Then he was gone. Coming back into view he stood their and looked at me. "Wait here I'll get my coat, were going to Tank tonight to meet up with some friends from my school. Gotta show you off, I know how much they like you,"
"That's it, no more Mrs. Nice girl!" The claws are coming out mister.
"What?" He asked, while looking at me like I needed to be committed.
"You heard me! I'm not gonna let you treat me like some kind of object. You think you can just pick me up and then drop me, you think I'm gonna stick around forever. Well news flash, Joel, I'm not your fucking trophy!" I exploded at him. God that felt good.
"What the hell is your problem!" He screamed at me.
"My problem is this relationship, if you could even call it that!"
"What the hell is that suppose to mean!" He was standing only inches away from me, trying to be intimidating. Sorry Joel but you're not scary. And I'm not backing down!
"It means, were not even really dating. I mean I'm only your girlfriend when it's convenient for you. And when I am around you treat me like shit!"
"Listen I've had my life fucked over so many times in the last two months, that I should be the one complaining. I mean where were you when my mom left!"
"I was right here Joel! I was always there for you. You're the one who kept pushing me away; you're the one who wouldn't let me help you!" My blues eye's had gone as dark as night and I was shaking with anger. "And don't you dare give me this shit about how you're life is so screwed right now. What about when you're family life was fine? Huh? What about before when you're mom was still here? What's your excuse for the way you treated me then!"
"If you're so worked up about how I might not have showed up for some dates, or I didn't call or all the other meaningless crap that happened, I don't see why were even together!" He screamed at my face. I didn't even flinch.
"All the meaningless crap is what you build a relationship on, Joel. You need trust and you need commitment. I never got those things from you!"
Backing away from me he walked towards the front door. Opening it wide, he told me to get out. I could tell he was trying very hard to control his anger. "I can't believe you! We need to talk this out like adults, Joel. You can't just tell me to leave."
"Rory…" I could see the fire burning in his eyes.
"Fine," I said as I walked towards him. Standing directly in front of him I looked into his eyes. "You're a jerk and you don't care about anyone other then yourself, but I still want you to be happy. So go out and find yourself someone. Just stay away from me okay?"
"Get out!" He screamed at me.
Backing away from him I turned around and started to walk out the door. Pausing, I turned back to him. "One more thing Joel," Getting closer to him I flexed my fist at my side.
"What?" He sneered. Eww! Very unbecoming!
Bringing my shoulder back, I brought my fist to his face. I heard a crack as my ring-clad fingers connected with his jaw. He staggered backwards and held onto his jaw in pain. "Fuck!" He screamed and I saw blood on his lips.
"I'm sorry Joel…" And with that I walked out of the door and out of his life for good.
Walking up the drive way I saw Lilly, Nikki and Maddy sitting on the steps of the front porch. Grinning I started towards them and sat down beside Lilly. "What you guys doing?"
"Waiting for you, but now that you're here we're going out tonight," Nikki told me while putting down the red nail polish she had been using.
"We are?" I questioned them.
"Well, did you breakup with Joel?" Maddy asked me.
"Yep," I told them and I could see their smiles intensify.
"Then we are going out," Lilly told me as she grabbed my arm and led me inside our house.
"Okay, so where are we going?" I asked her as the other two joined us in the foyer.
"We're going to Velocity," Nikki told me. I looked at them and saw they were all smiling. They were doing this to make me feel better and it was going to work.
"I'm gonna go get dressed," I said as I turned away from them and jogged upstairs.
Velocity is the most popular nightclub here in Hartford. And unlike Tank, Velocity is home to the preps and jocks of Hartford. It costs almost twenty bucks to get in for one person and the security is very tight. They were taking me their tonight because it always made me happy. We'd go their in groups of like 10 or 15 in grade nine and ten. We'd dance and get drunk and I always found it fun because the preps would get mad we were there and they'd throw temper tantrums.
Walking into my closet I turned on the light and went straight to the pair of black, floor to ceiling cupboards. Opening them up I searched through all of my night clothes. I had already figured out what to wear; I just had to find it. After searching my closet for about 10 minutes I found everything I needed. Stripping down I carefully put on my black fishnets, then I pulled on my red pinstripe skirt over the top of them. Buckling it down the side I picked up my black tank with 'Story of the year' written in red on the chest, and pulled it over my head. Sitting down on my bed I put my feet into my black boots and laced them up. Going into the bathroom I picked up my black and red hair sticks. Putting them back down I flipped my hair and brushed it back. Holding my hair in the perfect place I put the hair sticks in to hold it there. After applying red eye shadow, black eyeliner, and red lipstick I looked myself over I in the mirror. My outfit looked great and you couldn't see any purple in my hair. Smirking I left the bathroom, turned of all the lights and closed my door on the way out. Walking down the stairs I took time to see what the others were wearing.
Lilly had her hair up like me, hiding her red streaks. She was wearing a black dress that went about to about mid thigh. The dress had thick straps and a rhinestone trim. The hemline was slanted and there was a pleated, yellow skirt attached to the bottom on one side. Along with that she had on fishnets and black knee high boots. She had no make up on except for red lipstick.
Maddy was wearing black, cargo pants with a simple, black tank. Over that she had a long sleeve, mesh top. She had some of her blonde hair clip at the back of her head and the rest was left hanging on he shoulders. She had a black rose bobby pin in her hair to. Her eyes were smoky black and so were her lips.
Nikki was wearing a white, pleated skirt with a black, studded belt and two chains. She had on black fishnets and combat boots with black and white shoelaces. Her shirt was black and in white writing it said, 'I'm cooler than almost everybody here'. She didn't have any makeup on except black eyeliner and she completed the outfit with a black choker.
"Wow! You guys look great!" I said making my way down to them.
"You look great to Ror!" Maddy told me.
"Thanks," I said and then we were out the door.
"God were pathetic!" Chris Fuller said as he let his head hit the wall behind him.
"You can say that again," Blake Mavor told him, he was leaning against the wall beside Chris.
The two guys were soon joined by two other guys, Tristin Dugrey and Jamie Dawson. The four guys had become really close over the few days they had known each other. It had been after gym class on Wednesday when they had first met.
LAST WEDNESDAY, GYM CLASS
The two new guys walked out of the doors and into the hallway. They were waiting for Coach to open the change rooms. They were leaning on the wall when two guys came up to them.
"You're those two new kids right?" One of them asked.
"Yeah," Blake replied, happy his voice was back to normal.
"We watched you play out there and we think you got some skills. We were wondering if you'd want to try out for the football team this year." The second asked.
"Really? I mean you want us to play on the team?" Tristin asked them, bewildered.
"Yeah, our team last year was crap and we're trying to round up all the good people this year so that maybe we could get to the championship. We think you two would be great for the team," The first guy explained to the two teens.
Tristin and Blake looked at each other and then, acting cool, shrugged and said, "Yeah sure, why not,"
"Great, by the way I'm Chris Fuller and this is Jamie Dawson," The first guy told them.
"I'm Blake Mavor and this is Tristin Dugrey," Blake told them and they all did the manly handshake.
Tryouts had been that afternoon and both guys had made the team. By becoming jocks they were now very popular with the ladies.
The four guys were very popular and enjoyed getting all the attention. Their ego's had been built up and with all the working out they had been doing so had their muscles.
"So you never told us what happened between you and Lilly, Blake," Jamie asked.
"Well we talked," Blake explained with small smile on his face.
"So you're saying you spent almost an hour with the girl you really like and all you did was talk," Chris asked with a smirk plastered on his face.
"Well I made her laugh and she let me put my arm around her shoulders," Blake told the guys. "But we didn't get to talk much because Tristin kept asking about her sister!" He said the last part while glaring at his friend.
"Maybe you could talk to her now," Jamie told them while looking at the entrance to the club.
"What?" Blake said a little loud as his head whipped around and focused at the entrance too. True enough Lilly was walking into the club, looking amazing, Oh my God! She looks so hot! And that dress…God that dress!
Lilly walked into the club, getting many appreciative glances from guys. Making her way further in, she paused and turned around. "Rory, come on!" She yelled not aware that Blake was practically drooling at her. Rory ran into the club with a huge smile on her face. At the back, Tristin saw her and his jaw almost dropped to the floor. His heart started to beat faster and faster the more she smiled and laughed. Okay, breathe Dugrey, remember to breathe. Oh fuck! Why does she have to be that hot? I just want to touch her and hold her, and kiss her.
"Where did Maddy and Nikki go?" I asked as we made our way into the crowd of people dancing.
"Maddy had to piss so she took Nikki with her," She explained. All of a sudden music was blaring out of the speakers, Milkshake by Kelis actually. Me and Lilly exchanged looks and started to dance very provocatively to the music; our hips moving in time with the beat. We grabbed hold of each others hand and lifted them into the hair, while flipping our hair around. We had the attention of two guys and when they came up to us we broke off from each other and started to dance with them. I turned around so my back was flush up against the one of the guy's chest and he snaked his arms around my stomach holding me there. We danced like that for the rest of the song.
After it ended Lilly and I started dancing again when we caught sight of Maddy and Nikki dancing with a group of guy's at the other side of the dance floor. Lilly started to laugh but stopped when she caught sight of another group of guy's watching her and me. She nudged me and I saw Tristin, who happened to be one of the reasons why I broke up with Joel, staring right at me. Glancing mischievously at me Lilly motioned for me to follow her lead. We started dancing again, while singing along to the song Toxic which had just come on.
We were slowly making our way towards them. I stopped moving towards them after the song ended and me and Lilly waited to see what the next song would be. There was a minute o silence and then Things I'll never say by Avril Lavigne came on. Groaning I looked over at Tristin. He looked amazingly gorgeous tonight. He was wearing a white shirt that clung to him and showed of his 6pack. He was also wearing cargo pants that fit him perfectly. His blonde hair was messy and my fingers ached to run through it, to just feel if it was as soft as I thought it was. Okay it should be like illegal to be that hot. I mean come on. I was totally checking him out and I knew that he had caught me when I looked at his face again. He was wearing the trademark smirk that all the jocks wore. Smirking myself I winked at him while swinging my hips to the music. I laughed when his eyes went wide and his smirk grew.
Meanwhile Lilly was making her way over to where Blake was standing.
"Look who's coming over here, Blake," Jamie said in singsongy voice.
"Oh shit!" Blake said while trying to act all cool.
"Hey Blake," Lilly said as she came to stand in front of him. Her voice was strong and confident, as if she knew he couldn't turn her down "I was wondering if maybe you and your friends would want to hang out with me and my friends tonight," Lilly said while looking at him then at the guys behind him.
Blake looked over at the guys and saw them all furiously nodding their heads. "Sure."
"Great!" She said and then she grabbed his hand and pulled him to the dance floor.
I had been sitting at one of the tables with Nikki and Maddy when Lilly came up to us. "Hey guys, um, I have a big favour to ask you," She said with a pleading look in her eyes.
"And what would that be?" Nikki asked her.
"Well you know how me and Blake kinda hit it off that day of the assembly, right?" She asked us. We all nodded. "Well, he's here with some friends and I kinda invited them to hang with us tonight,"
"Lilly you do know that they're jocks…The people who were supposed to hate," I told her.
"Yeah I know. And I also know that it's weird but I mean we all really like them so, please can hey hang out with us…Please!" She begged me, her blue eyes growing bigger and bigger.
I told her they could hang with us and she squealed and jumped up and down. After hugging me and telling me that I won't regret doing this she left to go find Blake.
The three of them were dancing with their respective guy and I could see Tristin standing alone by a table watching them. I made my way over to him, pushing my way through the crowd.
Smirking I came to stand in front of him, completely blocking his view of the dance floor. "You're Tristin right?" I asked innocently.
He bowed his head to look at me. "Yah and you're Lorelai, right?" His voice was deep and husky.
I smiled sweetly at him before answering, "Yah but most people call me Rory."
"Well hi Rory," He was eyeing me up and down, looking so confident in himself that I couldn't help but want to mess with him. This will be very fun.
Beside them Lilly and Blake were dancing together while watching the other couple.
"I can't believe they're not dancing yet. I know Rory wouldn't back out and Tristin seems pretty comfortable with the ladies," Lilly told Blake, keeping her attention focused on Rory and Tristin.
"Yeah Tristin does seem comfortable with the attention. It's weird seeing him like this again,"
Getting her attention with that last sentence, Lilly looked over at the boy in front of her. "Why? What happened?" She asked, her blue eyes questioning.
"Well don't tell him I told you this but Tristin had his heart broken two years ago year. It was Summer Chesney who did it. They started to date the summer before ninth. Weird thing was that me and our other friends noticed that they were always together except not physically. I mean the most anyone saw them do was kiss once or twice, hold hands or he might have his arm around her shoulders. And even those only happened on rare occasions. But then when ninth started Tristin finally saw how much she flirted with other guys and we got him to confront her about it. And you wouldn't believe it, Summer actually admitted to having other boyfriends!"
"Oh my God! What a slut!" She exclaimed, interrupting him. "Oh, sorry go on," She said sheepishly while gesturing for him to continue.
"Well after that she broke up with him. And she became the biggest…" He paused for a minute, then adding air quotes he continued. " 'Slut' in grade nine! After that Tristin wasn't the same. I don't know what happened but he became very shy and quiet around girls," Blake explained to the beautiful girl in front of him.
"Well he sure doesn't seem shy and uncomfortable around the swarms of girls that follow him around here!" Lilly pointed out, focusing her attention back on her sister, where Tristin was flashing his brilliant, 'Everyone loves me' smile.
"Well after Summer broke up with him and became the most popular girl in school all the other girls thought that since he was good enough for Summer then he was good enough for anyone. They helped Tris return to his old self and built up his ego. This new place has helped the most though, we all get to start over."
"Well do you think you've done a good job starting over?"
"Well let's just say I've never been in the presence of such a beautiful for this long before…When she's not insulting me…" He trailed of with a forlorn look in his eyes.
Lilly was shocked; she couldn't believe any sane girl would insult such a gorgeous guy. "Blake you're like the hottest guy I've ever met!" She gushed while hugging him tightly, resting her head on his strong shoulder, inhaling his strong scent of spicy cologne. Blake felt like he was going to die. At least I'd die a happy man, He thought while laying his head on top of hers and breathing in her intoxicating scent of sweet, summer roses.
"It sucks always being the fourth wheel, doesn't it?" Nikki asked Chris Fuller as she swayed to the music in his arms.
"Yeah, well at least this time the company doesn't have bubbles for brains," he said with a smile on his face and Nikki erupted into laughter.
Her rich and soulful laughter filled his ears and he couldn't help but do the same.
"You do know we look like fools!" He told her with a huge grin on his handsome face.
"Yeah, but that's what makes this so much more fun!" She told him while enthusiastically dancing to the upbeat music. "You've got to relax and have fun, Jamie!"
I can do that. From a distance they looked like they must be drunk or something. The two hyper teens were tripping over each others feet and bumping into other couples. People were giving them dirty looks and moving away from the odd couple. "Hey Maddy, I think we should cool it for a while. Maybe take a break, sit down…Before I have a heart attack," Jamie said while walking over to one of the tables nearby.
"Awwwwww, you're ruining all my fun," Maddy complained, but nether the less followed him to the table and sat down opposite him. "You know this has been really fun, Jamie," She told while looking into his hazel eyes.
"Yeah I don't think I've ever let loose like that. I think I might have pulled a muscle or something!" He said and they both laughed. "We should try this again sometime, I mean if you'd like?"
"Yeah I'd like that," She told him, smiling kindly. Looking down at her clasped hands in her lap she smiled wider and even wider when she caught sight of Blake and Lilly wrapped up together in the middle of the dance floor. Looking over at Rory and Tristin she frowned a bit when she noticed the expression of annoyance on her friends face. "Looks like Rory and Tristin aren't having the same luck as me and you," She told him. Keeping her gaze on the couple she saw Tristin whisper something in Rory's ear. "Can't Tristin just let go of his player image and notice that Rory really likes him?"
"It's not like Rory will ever notice that Tristin likes her," He commented.
"All I know is that guys can be very slow at these kinds of things," She jokingly replied.
"Yeah well I happen to know from experience that girls are the most oblivious when it comes to guys liking them," Jamie said while staring straight into her caramel coloured eyes.
Madelyn blushed but kept looking into his eyes. The couple had noticed that the music had stopped but they did hear someone scream, "You Asshole!" Snapping out of their daze they looked behind them and saw a group beginning to form around the bar.
(This is taking you back to what happened when we left Rory and Tristin)
"Well hi Rory,"
"I never said you could!" I scoffed at him with mock anger.
He looked taken aback at my abrupt change from happy to mad, "Oh I'm sorry…Ummm…What should I call you then?"
Cocking my head to the side I pretended to be deep in thought. "Well…You could call me, My Lady!" I added an elegant curtsy. "Or you could call me Betty!"
His brows were drawn together in confusion and he looked at me like I should be left in a padded room far away. I finally couldn't take it anymore and I just started to laugh uncontrollably. "Or…You could ummm…Call me Rory!" I managed to get out.
When I looked up, my cheeks were damp with tears and my face was glowing with happiness, I saw an actual smile plastered on his handsome face. Wow he looks even better when he smiles. I thought while committing that expression to memory.
Then all of a sudden it was gone and there was his infamous smirk present again. He asked me in an overly confident voice, "So are you going to dance with me or not?"
My face fell when he reverted back to being the popular rich boy again. I knew for some reason that Tristin was still different from the other jocks though because when they talked like that I always got disgusted but with Tristin it didn't make me as mad. "Ego much?" I asked while unconsciously moving towards the bar.
"Oh come on you know you want me!" He leered.
He was leaning into me and he bent down to whisper sensually in my ear, "Just give up Mary."
Wait a minute. Mary! He did not just call me that! I brought my hands to his chest and pushed him back. "Mary?" I asked trying to hide my anger.
He backed off a bit but his cocky attitude never faded. "Oh come on Mary…"
I didn't say anything so he continued. "You may act and look experienced but we all know you're a Mary…" He smiled to take some of the sting of the comment.
I felt it before he had even finished, this white hot anger that spread throughout my entire body. "You asshole!" I screamed at him and when he laughed I felt my anger increase ten fold. Don't do something you'll regret. My ever present conscious told me. Narrowing my eyes at him I took some steps closer until we were mere centimeters apart and whispered through clenched teeth, "Call me a Mary again and you'll find yourself missing certain…Beloved, body parts!" I saw his eyes darken to black when my fingers found their way to the zipper of his pants. "Do you understand me?" I asked him, my fingers still dancing around the now present bulge in his pants. Gulping he nodded his head, his eyes glazed over with desire and fear. I brought my fingers back up to his chest and pushed him backwards again. "I'm glad1" And with that I turned around and pushed my way through the crowd.
But before I got anywhere Lilly grabbed me by the arm and pulled me into the bathrooms. "What the hell happened!" She asked, her voiced raised.
"What do you mean?" I said innocently.
"What do I mean? I mean how come I heard you scream very loud that Tristin was an asshole?" She yelled this time.
"Because he is!" I yelled back, frustrated beyond all reason.
"Oh because he is? Well that's a great argument," She said mockingly, leaning against one of the stall doors.
I started to pace the length of the room. "It was going great at first. I mean he was being nice and he actually smiled and then he had to turn back into the player. And where were you, Lilly! I need you and the guys right now!"
"Why?" She asked confused. "Because from where I was standing it seemed like you handled him pretty good."
"Yeah it looked that way. But you weren't in my head right then! It was all very confusing because I couldn't believe that I was still attracted to him even when he was calling me a Mary!"
"Well I was trying to be a good friend and let you two work this out. I didn't want to be the overprotective sister."
"Yeah well switch gears 'cause I'm freaking out here!" I yell before collapsing against the wall and sliding to the floor.
"Whoa! Okay calm down, Rory. Just tell me the problem," She asked evenly.
"It's me! I don't know what to do around him. I mean one minute I think that maybe we could be friends, the next I want to strangle him but at the same time I want to kiss him!" I say while hugging my knees to my chest, screwing the fact that I was wearing a skirt. "And it's not just me…"
"Okay, different question then. What's Tristin doing that's wrong?" She asked coming to sit beside me on the floor.
"Well sure he's acting like a jerk but moving that aside he's just standing there, talking to me and he's perfect and he smells really good!"
"What?" I could tell she was trying to hold in her laughter at my revelation.
"He smells really good and he looks amazing and I'm stupid!" I let my head fall sideways onto her shoulder and said in a small voice. "I don't understand what's wrong with me."
"Well loosely translated, it means you're falling for Tristin and you're falling hard," She told me with a smile while stroking my hair.
"Yeah well it sucks."
Here's the repost. Hope you guy's still like it this way.
-Ella
