Troy's POV

Then I noticed Gabriella. "Gabriella!" I said standing up quickly, causing everything to scatter all over the ground. "Let me help you with that" she said, beginning to pick up the journal, and other things before I could stop her. "Why are you here?" I said, bluntly getting to the point. "Well, I noticed that you weren't at practice, and I really needed to talk to you about," Gabriella stopped. She had saw the lyrics, I wasn't sure how much she had read, before I snatched it out of her sight, "Oh, uh, I needed to talk to you about…the other night" she said sitting down on the bench. "Gabi, I'm sorry, I've already told you that, now what do you want?" I said, the more it seemed like I couldn't have her, the more angry I became. "it's beginning to sound like you don't want me here, Troy" she said, slightly glaring at me, I softened. "No, I just, don't understand" "Oh…I just thought…well, the whole man-whore thing came to the surface…well…I just thought you would want to talk about it" she stood up, "Thanks, but no, I'm just trying to forget about it." I said as she walked back towards the stairs. She disappeared before I had a chance to say anymore.

I skipped the rest of the day again and finally went through with going to get a tattoo. I stopped by a small, out of sight parlor, although this was dangerous, I decided it was the best way to not get caught. I entered the small place on the corner. The sign strictly said, NO TATTOOS WILL BE GIVEN TO ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 18, but I figured that was more so that they wouldn't get busted. This place was pretty creepy. A large, biker looking man sat behind the counter. A large breasted, slutty looking woman came up to me, "Excuse me, are you at least 18?" she asked, I wasn't sure whether to lie, or tell the truth. "…No, but I will be in a month" I added the last part quickly. "You do realize that we tack on another $20 for minors without a guardian present?" "Yes" I actually didn't. "Go tell Johnny over there what you like, and be nice" I moved to the counter quickly, "Excuse me, are you Johnny?" The biker man glared, then again, his natural face seemed to just do that. "What'll it be kid?" he said. I looked at the pricing above my head. The sign read,

"Head, Neck, Face & Genitals buttocks included: $120

Upper chest, breasts, & nipples: $100

Back, Rib Cage, Stomach, Thighs & Waist: $90

Calves, Ankles, & Feet: $80

Upper Arms, Forearms, & Inner arms: $80

Wrists, Hands & Fingers: $75

All tattoo prices are based off of these prices, extra can be added depending on design."

I had roughly 125 dollars on me, I was going to buy some more X, but I changed my mind and instead decided on a tattoo. An idea popped into my head, (I hadn't thought about what to get yet) "How much will a thick outline of a heart on both inside wrists cost?" he continued glaring, checked the board, then looked through a few books, "Colored or Black?" he grunted. I knew before he had asked "Black" "Well kid, usually we tend to do each wrist separately, but today's your lucky day. 75 for the first wrist, plus the 20 Minor fee, plus an extra 15 for the second wrist, so 120 kid, fork it over" he took a bit longer to figure out the total. I passed him the money, he counted it several times. The procedure wasn't too painful, at first it was, but then it just felt like it was vibrating. The hearts were about the size of a penny. The biker made me put these paper things on it, he said not to take it off until tomorrow, it was supposed to keep the ink in proper place and keep it from getting infected while it was still somewhat raw.

The biker man sent me to the slut lady after everything was done, "So did you get it done?" she asked, I showed her my wrists, "Good choice, now you have to swear that you will not tell a soul where you got your tattoos, you hear?" she glared, and it was definitely intentional. I nodded, turned to leave and felt her slap my butt. I turned back around quickly. She wiggled her fingers at me, smiled, and said she couldn't resist. I put on my jacket, covering the tattoos and walked home.

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