Chapter 16 The confrontation.
The screen shows Carrie looking at some shops.
A lot of girls start to giggle and whisper with their friends.
"What is she doing?" Asks Henry Trennant.
Billy Nolan slaps Henry on his head.
"Owwwww!"
"What was that for!" Asks Henry Trennant.
"For being a idiot". Says Billy Nolan.
One shop is a dress shop.
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, now I get it" Says Henry Trennant.
At the same time Vicky Hanscome jumps up and down on her chair.
"Vicky, calm down a bit!" Warns Mr Hanscome his daughter.
Vicky pouts at her father.
"But daddy, she is searching for a prom dress". Says Vicky Hanscome like it is the most important thing in the world.
Vicky turns to Carrie.
"What kind of dress do you want, Carrie?" Asks Vicky. Hanscome.
Carrie looks at the floor.
"I don't know what kind of form I want my dress to be, but I would like a pink dress". Answers Carrie.
"Do you like pink?" Asks Vicky Hanscome.
"Yes". Says Carrie shyly.
The other people in the room see an oppertunity to get to know Carrie better.
"What other colors do you like?" Asks Cindy Young.
"I like green and purple". Answers Carrie.
She walks inside and looks at the dress materials.
She touches a soft pink material.
"Why are you standing by the material?" Asks Lizzy Wilson
"I thought you were going to buy a dress?" Adds Nicki Wilson.
"I know how to sew, so I think my future self iss going t o make her own prom dress". Answers Carrie.
"You know how to make an prom dress?!" Says Jessica Upshaw.
"It's not that much of a surprise". Chucles Elton Mott.
"Her mother is one of my best sewers".
"She learned you how to sew, didn't she Carrie?"
Carrie nods.
The Ultra's stand outside and see it all happen.
"Lizzy Wilson:"Crazy, right? ".
"Tommy Ross and Carrie White".
The screen turns black.
The next scene shows Carrie walking down a street.
It is dark and it is raining.
Carrie walks to her house.
Before her house stands Margareth.
Carrie looks at the screen with horror, fear and surprise.
"She isn't supposed to be home so early". Says Carrie.
The other people in the room give Carrie sad looks.
"When were you going to ask Mrs White to prom, Mr Ross?" Asks Elton Mott.
"Tuesday". Answers Tommy Ross.
Elton shares a look with the woman beside him.
"We were going to close the shop earlier on Tuesday this week". Answers Elton Mott.
"Bad timing, man". Says Chester Miller.
The next scene shows Margareth pushing Carrie inside the house.
"She isn't going to beat Carrie again, is she?" Whispers Freddy Holt to his mother.
"I don't know sweetheart". Whispers Mrs Holt back.
"I hope so".
Margareth: "Where have you been?"
"I was worried sick".
"Come on".
"Come inside".
Carrie: "I'm sorry I'm late, Mama".
Margareth: "Just get inside".
"Your supper's cold".
" I'm going to have to heat it up".
"You know, she doesn't seem so bad right now". Says Mr Ullman.
People from all across the room glare at him.
Carrie takes of her jacket.
"I didn't know..."
Margareth looks at Carrie.
"You're immodest".
"Never mind". Says Mr Ullman.
Margareth takes Carrie's jacket and walks towards the kitchen.
"I didn't know where you were".
Carrie follows Margareth.
"I didn't know".
"She is almost sixteen years old!"
"When I was 12 my parents didn't know were I was most of the time".Says Romy Wilson.
"Yeah, and look how she turned out". Whispers Mrs Snell to Mrs Watson.
Mrs Watson bursts into a fit of laughter.
Carrie: "No, Mama. I took a bus to Main Street
and I bought cloth for a dress".
Margareth places Carrie's jacket on a chair in the kitchen.
Margareth: "You are not to go anywhere
but to school and back".
Billy Nolan looks slyly at Carrie.
"So, you are not allowed to go anywhere but school and to your house?". Asks Billy Nolan.
Carrie nods.
"But I saw you two days ago at Dominos". Says Billy Nolan.
Carrie becomes red in the face.
"Someone has been a bad girl". Says Billy Nolan.
"Mr Nolan!". Says Mrs Martina.
"Stop teasing, Mrs White".
"It's alright teach". Says Billy Nolan.
"I am actually proud of her".
The people in the room look pleasently surprised.
"You are?". Asks Carrie White.
"Of course!". Says Billy Nolan.
"It takes guts to do that".
Carrie smiles at him.
"Chris can do whatever she wants, but I am not going to drop pigs blood on that girl".
"You know that".
Margareth puts Carrie's supper in the oven.
Carrie: "Mama, before you say anything else,
I've been asked to prom".
"What?!" Scream several people.
"Why do you tell her that , Carrie?". Asks Cindy Yang.
Carrie turns to Cindy Yang.
"I can't keep something like that secret".
"It is better if I tell it her myself, than that she founds it out one way or another". Answers Carrie.
"Mama, I've been asked to prom".
Margareth looks above her.
Margareth:"Oh, God, why?"
"It's just prom". Says Sue Snell.
Carrie: "It's next Saturday and
he's a very nice boy".
"And he'll come and meet you before
and he promised to have me home by 10:30".
Margareth shakes her head.
Margareth: "No, no, no".
Norma Watson begins to shake.
The image of the furious Margareth White is enough to make her want to hide under her bed.
How can Carrie just stand there?
Carrie:" I already accepted".
"I know this scares you".
"It scares me, too".
"The other kids".
"They think I'm weird".
"But I don't want to be".
"I have to try to be a whole person".
Margareth takes Carrie's face in her hands.
"Before it's too late".
The entire room is speechless.
Regret and guilt are clear on the faces of many students.
It finally sinks in just damaged and insecure Carrie is.
And they and Margareth are to blame.
Margareth:"He'll hurt you".
"My man Tommy?".
"He wouldn't hurt a fly!" Says George Dawson.
He stands up and walks to Carrie.
He takes her hand and kisses it.
"Let stand such a sweet girl". Says George Dawson.
He takes the seat beside.
Carrie blushes.
"Thank you".
"You're really funny". Says Carrie.
Carrie pulls away from her mother.
Carrie:"No, Mama".
"No, Mama, there are bad people,
but not Tommy".
"Look she gets it!". Says George Dawson.
"He's good"."
"You'll like him".
"He's a very nice boy".
"Boys, boys".
"After the blood,
comes the boys sniffing,
slobbering like dogs".
"What?!".
Carrie:"Stop it, Mama".
Carrie walks away from the kitchen, but her mother follows her.
Margareth:"He's going to paw at you until he finds
where that blood smell comes from".
"He's going to take you, Carrie,
in his car out to the wilderness,
out where it's cold
and the roadhouses are and the whiskey".
People look at shock and disgust at the screen.
"That crazy bi... woman think that...". Says Mr Hargenson.
"Oh my god". Says Tina Blake.
Carrie looks at Tommy.
For the first time she understand what her mother means.
Tommy notices that Carrie looks at him.
"Carrie, I would never do that".
"I am not that type of guy and I have a girlfriend". Says Tommy Ross.
Carrie nods.
"So guys don't expect from their dates that they...". Says Carrie.
People wince.
"Margareth means something else, sweetie". Says Rita Desjardin.
"I will explain it later".
Carrie:"Stop being so crazy".
Margareth:"You tell that boy you're not going".
Carrie:"No".
"You have balls, man". Says Freddie Delois.
Margareth:"We'll move from here".
"We're never going to stop moving".
"You're going to go to your closet
and you're going to pray".
"You're going to get in there
and you're going to pray for forgiveness".
"No". Whimpers Carrie.
The rest of the room feel their blood freeze.
"No!". Screams Carrie.
All the lockerdoors jump upon.
The people in the room turn around and look at the now open lockers.
"Carrie, it's alright sweetie".
"She can't hurt you here". Says Rita Desjardin.
Carrie:"No, never again, Mama!"
All the furniture in the room and Margareth are levitated for a few seconds.
"Holy shit". Whispers Heather Shrys.
"Mama, stand up".
"Mama, stand up!"
Carrie levitates her mother from the floor.
"Can you let me fly, like Superman?". Asks Freddy Holt.
"Freddy!". Says Mrs Holt.
"Sorry". Says Freddie Holt.
"Mama, I'm going".
Margareth:"Witch".
Carrie:"I'm not a witch, Mama".
"There are no witches".
"The devil's got her now".
"Like he did before".
Carrie closes her eyes.
Images of flying bottles and stones flash in her mind.
Carrie:"It's not the devil, Mama".
"There are other people out there like me
who can do what I can do".
Margareth:"You poor child".
"Don't you know he's working through you?"
Carrie:"Mama, it's inherited".
"It was passed down from Grandma
and it skipped you".
"You know that".
Mr Holt listens carefull.
He writes everything in his notebook that he has always with him.
Margareth shakes her head.
"Maybe it came from Daddy".
Margareth:"He gave me a cancer".
"I thought you were cancer".
The room is deathly quite.
People are too shocked to say anything.
It is one thing thinking youre child was cancer, but saying it to her?
Billy Nolan looks around and sees Carrie barely witholding a sob.
"That bitch is dead!" Screams Billy Nolan.
He stands up and walks to the door.
His mind wanders and he sees his father before him.
The room seems to wake up and turn to the furieus man.
"Billy". Says Chris Hargenson.
She tries to calm him down, but he pushes her away.
"Parent aren't supposed to say things like that". Screams Billy.
"You're right mister Nolan, but I still have to ask you to sit and be quite, please". Says principal Morton.
Billy sits down and the crowd continues to watch the movie.
Carrie flinches and levitates Margareth more.
Carrie:"That's awful".
"Don't say that".
Margareth:"She's lost to me".
Carrie:"Pray all you want, Mama, but I'm going".
"And nothing's going to stop me".
"And I don't want to
talk about it anymore".
Carrie releases Margareth.
Margareth falls to the floor and cries.
The crowd looks at awe and slightly fear at the screen.
It finally sinks in of what Carrie is capable of.
Hey everyone! It's been a while. 4 months...
I was extremely busy the last four months.
I work fulltime and I am not always in the mood to write when I am free and I had some major writing block.
I also lost many chapters of this story that I was working on, because of my own stupidity.
I plan to restore those chapters and finish them.
And then finish this story.
I want to make clear that I am NOT going to quite this story.
Till next time.
From Samlem15.
Ps what you can expect in the next chapter... Let's just say that it is probably gonna be revealed that Billy was abused by his father.
I am sorry for those who want the movie to play further, but I think now is the best time for the characters to take a break.
They had a lot to swallow and the real stuff is going to happen from this on.