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Outgoth the Goth
Chapter 2 – The slap.
I'm so glad everyone enjoyed the first chapter. Thanks. I hope you will all continue to read and enjoy this story.
No One's POV
"So does your family live nearby?" Asked Tori as she and Wednesday walked to class.
"We just moved here."
"I hope you like L.A. It's a great town."
Wednesday paused, "It has….potential"
"I want to be a singer, what about you. I'm guessing you like acting."
"Yes." Wednesday replied in her normal monotone voice. "I want to learn acting, it will help when certain authorities, question me."
"What?" replied a puzzled sounding Tori.
"Never mind, Tell me about yourself. Is everyone in your family still alive?"
"My grams is dead, but my mom dad and sister Trina are ok." Tori said as started to tell the ever cool Wednesday about her family. Wednesday much to Tori's discomfort, ask several specific questions about how her grams died and where she was buried. But still Tori found the pale girl fascinating. Plus she was nervous what would happen if she walked away.
They arrived at class and the pair sat next to each other. Tori couldn't figure Wednesday out, she was pretty, but in a deathlike sort of way.
"I wish Jade would wear her hair in pigtails." Mused Tori silently, as class began.
The class went normally and though had different 3rd period classes, they were near each other, so once again Tori and Wednesday walked.
About half way there, Tori spotted a trio of well-dressed girls and groaned.
Looking over the girls carefully, Wednesday said. "Who are they?"
Tori pointed to a brunette with long hair, in designer jeans and top. She was with a pair of slightly shorter blonde girls "The brunette is Regina Hawkins, the self-appointed Queen bee of the school. She and her two minions, Claire and Emily rule the school and pass judgment on anyone they don't feel worthy. Regina is stuck up as hell, arrogant, vain and just a nasty person. The only person they don't' mess with is Jade, as she threatened them with her scissors."
Spotting the pair, Regina motioned to Claire and Emily. "Check out the new meat. What a freak. Come on; let's put this one in her place."
Regina, threw her chin up and walked over to Wednesday. "So tell me new girl." Regina said her words dripping with contempt. "We've already got one freaky Goth here, so why don't you run back to the funeral you came from. You had to come from a funeral, wearing that ridiculous excuse for a costume. At least Jade as a smattering of fashion sense. You, you're just ugly. "
Wednesday, narrowed her eyes. "I haven't been to one today, but I will be going to one."
"Who's"
"Yours."
Regina looked a bit shocked, but quickly recovered and retorted acidly "So funny, I may just laugh myself to death."
Meanwhile, Jade had stopped to watch the incident as she was passing by. She did however remain out of sight.
Again Wednesday looked unmoved. "It is possible to laugh one's self to death, such as the Italian author Pietro Artino or the Scottish Aristocrat Thomas Urquhart; but judging from your shape, size and the two different fad diet books sticking out of your bag. You'll most likely die from heart failure around the age of 55-60 brought on by severe obesity. I being naturally thin and having several relatives who have lived well past 100, I will for certain outlive you and thus when you pass, I will certainly attend your funeral, wearing this very dress. I'll be the one that pokes you to see if you're still alive and tell your daughters they will end up just as fat."
Her face suddenly turning purple, Regina slapped Wednesday across the face. "Listen you little wierdo. I'm in charge here and you are nothing, got me, nothing at all!"
Wednesday said nothing as the red mark on her pale face quickly faded. In all that time not even her dour facial expression changed, except for a brief but odd twitch of her left eye.
Regina then turned to Tori. "You little nobody, it doesn't matter who you are, or how well you think you sing, or who you hang out with, you will always be a nobody."
Though Wednesday still looked unmoved, Tori quickly became upset. Wednesday then, put her hand on Tori's back.
"Ignore her. Let's go Tori." Said Wednesday before leading Tori off.
"That's right losers, just walk away." Taunted Regina.
"Do not listen to her Tori. She's not worth your time or anyone else's for that matter." Wednesday could be heard, saying to Tori.
Jade scratched her head, "That's all she's going to do?"
A few hours later at lunch, Jade came to the table, fully expecting Wednesday to be there; she was not.
"Vega, Where's your new playmate!" Jade said sarcastically, as she sat down.
"I asked her to join us, but she said she had some arrangements to make. She's new in town, so that makes sense. Probably finding a new dentist or something."
Jade merely made a grumbling sound and began to eat. The conversation and lunch continued as normal, with Jade not insulting Tori once.
Tori continued her day and much to her disappointment, didn't have the odd Wednesday, in any of her afternoon classes.
At the end of the day she encountered Wednesday on her way out.
"Wednesday, did your arrangements go well? It's not easy being in a new town. I used to live in Florida until I was 7, so I know how it goes."
Wednesday nodded. "Yes, but they are not quite complete. Thank you for showing me around today."
"You're welcome."
"I would like to continue chatting, but I have some things to attend to. Perhaps you could show me around the town sometime."
Tori suddenly felt very Torn, but this pale girl happened to be the only one giving her the time of day. She was odd, odder than Jade, but very beautiful.
"Sure!"
"Good, we'll arrange something tomorrow. Goodbye Tori Vega!" Wednesday said, as she walked off.
Emerging outside, Wednesday passed Jade who was sitting on the steps. Wednesday paid her no attention and walked past the grumpy looking Goth.
Jade hated being ignored, along with at least one other thing Wednesday had been doing, so in a moment of frustration she bellowed.
"I made a child cry yesterday. That's dark!"
Wednesday stopped, without looking back. "I suppose you let it escape, didn't you!"
Jade suddenly found herself with no comeback. "Ahhh….it was just the neighbor kid. I made her cry real hard." Jade said weakly, her voice trailing off.
Wednesday walked off without saying another word.
Jade went home in a foul mood and spent the night watching the most gory horror movies she had, hoping Wednesday Addams would somehow tomorrow, be gone.
Returning to school the next day, much to her irritation she spotted Wednesday, talking to Tori on the steps outside the main entrance. Jade couldn't notice she was wearing the exact same dress as the day before and was holding a dark umbrella to keep the sun off her.
Not wanting to deal with annoying Latina and her new friend, Jade walked around the back to enter there. In front of the rear door, Jade found Claire and Emily. They both looked visibly distraught.
"I can't believe Regina just moved like that and didn't tell us? Her phone's disconnected too. All she left was this note on my locker." Said a crying Emily to Claire, as they both looked over a note they were holding.
Claire wiped her tears. "I know. I went by her home this morning and its empty, Regina, her parents, the cars. I looked in the window and the furniture was gone."
Jade walked up to the crying pair and snatched the note out of their hands. "What are you two idiots babbling about?"
Looking down at the note, Jade could see it was hastily written in some kind of red ink. In addition, Jade noticed there were several smears of the same red "Ink" on the page.
Claire and Emily,
I'm sorry to say my dad got a new top secret job working for the government and we will be living under an assumed name, in another country. Sadly it's country with no internet, phone or mail service. We had to leave suddenly last night and thus I could not say goodbye properly.
So goodbye and good luck.
Regina Hawks
Jade handed the note back. "Isn't Regina's last name, spelled Hawkins."
"It is." Wailed Emily through her tears. "She must have been sooo upset to leave us, so upset that she forgot how to spell her name right. It's so terribly sad. "
"Yes. She was so upset, she spilled the ink from the pen on the page." Replied a sobbing Claire, as she wrapped her arms around Emily.
"Whatever." Jade grunted as she walked off. Jade didn't' give Regina any more attention, as thoughts of Vega soon pushed everything else out of her mind.