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"Psssst!"

Gary rolled his eyes, ignoring whoever was behind him, trying to get his attention. He was sitting on the couch in the dorms, watching some shitty news program while he waited for class to start. Evelyn had already snuck back to her own dorm to get her day started.

"Hey Smith!" The same voice whispered. Gary recognized it as one of the greasers, definitely not who he wanted to talk to.

The greaseballs called out to him in sing-song. Finally, he turned around and snarled. "WHAT?"

It was Ricky Pucino. Next to him was Peanut Romano. They were sitting at one of the tables, playing cards. The two greasers narrowed their eyes at Gary.

"So, uh, we hear you've been having a nightly visitor in your dorm room, Smith," Peanut said, trying to sound intimidating.

Gary thought about how to reply. Evelyn would kill him if he told anyone that she had, indeed, been staying in his room. However innocent it was, the rumors wouldn't stay that way. However, since she already wanted to kill him most the time, he figured what the hell…

"You heard right."

Ricky shifted uncomfortably in his seat. "Evelyn?"

Gary smirked. "The one and only."

"Evelyn Chase and you have been…" Ricky stopped himself, his face turning red.

"Oh, yeah," Gary answered, coolly.

Peanut piped in excitedly, his eyes widening. "How is she?"

Gary noticed Ricky flash a glare at his friend, before turning his dirty look back to Gary.

"Sorry," Gary said, without breaking eye contact with Ricky, "I don't fuck-oh, I mean, kiss-and tell."

Gary turned back around on the couch lying down with his hands behind his head, a smile on his face. His pride only growing when he could faintly hear Ricky whisper to Peanut: "I'm going to kill him."

Gary walked out of the dorms to meet up with Evelyn, but stopped when he saw her talking to Ricky. She was standing up against the brick wall. Ricky had his hand resting next to her head, and he was leaning in close to her, their faces nearly touching.

Gary watched as Ricky brought his hand up to Evelyn's face and gently pushed a strand of hair out of her face. Gary balled his hands into fists as he noticed the smile on Evelyn's face, his knuckles turning white.

He had never seen her smile like that.

Gary made his way over to his friend and the greaser, clearing his throat.

"Gary!" Evelyn gently pushed Ricky away and ran over to Gary, giving him a hug. Ricky glared at Gary, getting a smug grin in return. Gary wrapped his arms around Evelyn tightly, bringing her close to him and giving Ricky the smirk behind her back.

"Hey, Evey."

She broke away from the embrace, flashing him a slightly confused glance. She looked back to Ricky and smiled. "I'll see you later?"

Ricky nodded and gave her a tight hug, imitating Gary. When she pulled away, he gave her a peck on the cheek. Gary's smirk disappeared and he sneered at the greaser. His fists were clinched yet again when he saw the red tint in Evelyn's cheeks.

Ricky left and Gary followed Evelyn on the way to their first class.

"What, are you back with him or something?" he asked her.

Evelyn looked at him. "No. We were talking."

"Talking about what?"

"He wanted to catch up, that's all."

"He wanted to catch up since he dumped you, huh?"

He saw the look of pain on Evelyn's face. She shrugged shamefully. "He apologized, and he wants to hang out."

"Oh, is that what the kids call it these days?"

"Gary!"

"Oh, you know he wants more than to hang out with you."

"What are you saying?"

"Well, Evey, I'm saying that the greaseball wants to fuck you."

Evelyn rolled her eyes. "Whatever, Gary."

She marched into the classroom, not saying another word to Gary.

Home economics was short that day. All they did was turn in the babies and write a few paragraphs about the experience. Ms. Phillips let them out once everyone was done, eager to get home for the weekend.

"I'm going to my room," Gary told Evelyn. He had had a rough day, and he knew she didn't care to be around him at that moment.

She simply nodded. She hadn't spoken to Gary since their argument that morning.

He hated to be ignored, but he didn't want to push it. The subject of Ricky was obviously a touchy one. Plus, he somewhat hated himself knowing he was the reason Ricky wanted to suddenly get back with her. It pissed him off that Ricky was obviously most interested in sex, thinking he was going to get it from Evelyn. What pissed him off even more than Ricky wanting to bone Evey was that she would probably give in and let the greaser scum have his way with her.

Gary gave her a small smile. "Hey, Evey? Be careful, okay?"

He turned away, walking toward the dorm. He was ashamed that he was letting Ricky get to him, and also that he was turning into a huge sissy.

"Fucking meds," Gary mumbled under his breath. They were turning him soft, or maybe Evelyn was. Or maybe he was just growing up.

That's it, Gary thought, I'm just becoming more mature.

When he got into his room, he toyed with the bottle of pills. He shook them. He dumped them out, put them back in, dumped them out, put them back in. Then he headed to the bathroom, where he flushed every single one away.

I'm better now. I don't need these anymore.

Evelyn walked slowly around the campus, taking in the beautiful colors of the leaves on the ground. She loved fall and its changing colors. She crunched a few of them by stomping on them, smiling at the sound.

She hadn't had any time to herself since school started, and she loved it, but at the same time she felt so alone. She felt bad that she hadn't spoken to Gary since that morning, though she figured he probably didn't care all that much.

She sighed and kicked a soccer ball that was lying on the ground. She smiled as it bounced off a wall and walked past it. She turned as she heard Ricky call her.

He smiled and nudged the soccer ball back over to her. She stopped it with her foot and waited for Ricky to catch up to her.

"Hey, Evelyn," Ricky said.

"Hi, Ricky."

He smiled at her again. She loved his smile. It was so sweet and sincere. She couldn't help but compare it to the arrogant smirk she always received from Gary. The two were apples and oranges, that's for sure.

"Where's Gary? He's usually following you around like a little puppy."

"Gary went to his dorm. He's upset with me. And also, he doesn't follow me around. I've been assigned to keep an eye on him."

Ricky threw his hands up and chuckled. "Whoa, whoa, okay."

Evelyn smiled. "Sorry."

Ricky shrugged and pushed his hands in the pockets of his jeans. "What's he mad at you for?"

"Oh, it's nothing. We got into this little tiff this morning. He was being…well, he was being Gary."

Ricky nodded. "Right. Well, do you wanna go get a burger or something? My treat."

"Oh, Ricky, you don't have to do that."

"I want to. And I would love for you to come with me."

Evelyn lowered her eyes to the ground, blushing slightly. "Okay."

Ricky and Evelyn sat outside of Burgers, the fast food place in Old Bullworth Vale, and talked and laughed together as they ate their burgers. They shared fries and a Coke just like they always had back when they were an item. They talked about the old days, before they were even romantic, but when they were children.

Evelyn always missed those days. She would get up early and run over to Ricky's. Ricky's mother would fix them breakfast, which they ate while watching cartoons. Evelyn would steal Ricky's bacon when he wasn't looking and blame it on the dog. After breakfast, they went outside. Ricky played house with Evelyn, though he really didn't like it all that much, and she agreed to play Cowboys and Indians with him. He liked playing with her because she always let him be the Cowboy and he thought she looked really silly wearing feathers in her hair.

As they got older, he was still a really good friend for Evelyn, and she adored him the same as she always had, though more. She remembered their first kiss, at the park when they were thirteen. They were on the swings, and then both jumped off to see who could jump the farthest. Ricky, of course, won. Evelyn would roll her eyes, defeated, every time, and that night he bent down and brushed his lips against hers. It was sweet, innocent, and filled with love.

They had never slept together, though Ricky had wanted to. He was really shy about it, and even though all the guys made fun of him for not getting into her pants, he was never forceful or impatient with her. That was why it was such a shock to her when he broke it off.

She had expected it from Johnny, and wasn't even surprised when Peanut said she wasn't cool enough to hang out with anymore. But Ricky, she was sure he would be there forever. Alas, forever wasn't very long. They had both cried when he told her they weren't a couple anymore, and although she knew that he didn't want to end things, it still greatly pained her that he did.

But that had been years ago.

Here they were, sharing fries and laughter again. He told her stories about the things she had been missing out on: Vance might've been bisexual; Hal finally lost his virginity; Peanut broke his bike, and Johnny was getting suspicious of Lola again. She told him about all the guys Lola screwed in the room they shared together when she wasn't with Johnny. Evelyn was having a great time.

"Do you want to come back to my room?" Ricky asked.

She smiled politely. "Ricky, I don't think that's such a great idea."

He nodded. "Alright. We can take things slow."

She could tell he was disappointed. She quickly changed her mind, not wanting to blow her chance at having her friend back again. "Actually, yes, I'd love to."

It didn't take them long.

They were on Ricky's bed, tangled together. Both of them were in their underwear, their clothes tossed to the floor.

Evelyn shut her eyes as Ricky kissed down her neck, down her chest, down her stomach. He reached the top of her underwear, stopping. She looked down at him.

She nodded. Ricky grinned wildly and pulled her panties away, continuing where he left off.

Evelyn had stopped him before it too far. Actually, she felt she had already let him go too far, and although she was absolutely aching for him, she wasn't ready for it for some reason. Ricky was understandably frustrated, but he was nice about it and didn't push her to do anything else. He led her to the door and kissed her goodnight like a gentleman.

Evelyn was tired and sexually frustrated.

On the way out of the boys' dormitory, she halted, and spun around, heading to that familiar room down the hallway.

Gary wasn't asleep, but he pretended like he had been when he answered the door. There stood Evelyn in an undershirt and her uniform skirt. She was carrying her socks and button down, and her shoes were untied on her feet. Gary could see her bra underneath her tank top, eyeing it for a moment.

"What do you want?"

She pushed past him and sat on his bed. "Can I stay here tonight?"

Gary sighed, running his fingers through his hair. He noticed when she looked at him, noticing he was wearing only boxers. He smirked, seeing her blush. "Like what you see?"

She rolled her eyes.

"I am sleeping in my own damn bed," Gary snapped.

Evelyn looked at him and simply smiled. She was feeling brave and confident for once. Also, she was feeling a bit naughty.

She slid her skirt off, shaking her hips to help them down, and took off her bra from under her shirt. She lied down in Gary's bed, under the thin sheet and patted the spot next to her.

Gary watched her, curious and somewhat anxious. He cocked his head to the side as she patted the bed, looking up at him with a frisky look in her eyes and pursed lips. This was almost too much for him to handle, but he got into the bed next to Evelyn.

She instantly snaked over to him, resting her head on his chest. She fit perfectly, her arm and leg lazily draped over him.

He wasn't sure how to react.

"What's wrong, Gary?" she asked, noticing his body seemed frozen.

He looked down at her, taking a breath. "Nothing," he answered.

Evelyn looked at him with concern, but Gary simply pushed her off of him and turned away, his back toward her.

"Goodnight, Evey."

Evelyn shut her eyes, wondering if maybe she should've just stayed in Ricky's room.

"Goodnight, Gary."

"Right face, wrong time. She's sweet,

but I don't wanna fall in love

Too late, so deep, better run cause

I don't wanna fall in love...

Can't eat, can't sleep, can't think straight

I don't wanna..."

-She Wants Revenge