I sat outside the boys' dorm, pouting. I can't believe someone is better than me. I mean, what the fuck? Gary Smith, Gary fucking-gag-me-with-a-spoon Smith. I hate him! I really do! But you don't believe that, now do you? My reputation is going to go down the drain because of one stupid psychopathic guy! I can't believe it!
Anyway I'm not just going to complain to you, there is a story to this, or else I wouldn't be telling it to you. Now, you're probably wondering why I'm sitting on the steps of the boys' dorm, well, the thing is, Gary told me he'd give me a tour of the school, and help me get use to things around here. I accepted like a moron, of course. Soon enough Gary walked out with Jimmy and another boy, wearing a pink long sleeved shirt underneath his sweater vest.
"Who's the girly boy?" I said looking back over my shoulder at them all. Gary pushed the boy forward.
"Introduce yourself now."
"I'm Pete Kowalski, pleasure to meet you." He said kind of glancing back at Gary but then looking back at me. I nodded at him and stood up, facing them. Gary walked over and turned me around and put his arm over my shoulder and started walking me down the stairs.
"So, friend, what are you here for anyway?"
"Not respecting authority, vandalism, punching a police officer." I said bluntly. Gary let out a laugh and nodded.
"That sounds about right." He said shrugging his shoulders, like he wasn't impressed. I kind of frowned and looked down then blinked, processing what he had said.
"What the fuck do you mean 'that sounds about right'?" We walked but in silence for a few moments then out of nowhere he turned to me and started talking.
"Friend, what I mean is that everyone at Bullsworth suffers from some kind of abnormality. You obviously suffer from anger issues, and authority complications. My issues are, well, ADD, my parents, this school, paranoia. There're people here who date their cousins and the leader of the Greaser's is dealing with a slut for a girlfriend, then there are the nerds, they may look innocent, but they're crafty, very crafty. One in particular that I know well, is Samantha Sprik, she suffers from Arachnophobia, and inferiority complex."
"Sammy's not that bad Gary." Jimmy jumped in. Gary shot him a glare but then smiled in a reassured way.
"Right, of course, she is cool, just nerdy." He paused and looked passed me, then smirked. "Well, well, speak of the devil, here she is now."
"What are you doing Gary?" The red head, who's named I guessed was Samantha, or Sammy as Jimmy called her, said, sounding aggregated with the world.
"Simply explaining to the new girl here how everyone at this school has issues and not just her, we were just talking about you actually."
"I figured that when you said 'speak of the devil'." Sammy looked at me and smiled. "I'm Sammy Sprik pleasure to meet you, um…"
"Erica Webb's the name." She nodded and looked back at Gary now. There was hatred in her eyes that burned like an infernal abyss with demons and other hellish monsters flying in and out of view. It made me cringe, I had no idea someone could hate another so much but it was obvious that Sammy hated Gary with a passion. She then spoke to me without looking at me, but still looking at Gary.
"Hang with me sometime, okay Erica? You might be better off." She walked off. I didn't know what had happened but apparently I shouldn't be with Gary, but something told me that I should be as well. At this point my head hurt, and my heart, I was having mixed feelings all around. I like Gary. I hate Gary. I like fighting nerds. Sammy makes me not want to fight them. I thought all this was in my head and it was until I screamed out.
"Ugh! I fucking hate this God damned mother fucking school! Do I like him or hate him do I like fighting or not!?" I turned around and kicked the air, or at least I thought. I kicked Pete right in the nuts and he fell. He fell hard. "Oh shit!" Next thing I heard was laughter. I looked over and saw Gary laughing his ass off. I looked back at Pete with a worried look upon my face but then seeing him in pain made me giggle and then I started laughing as hard as Gary was.
"Sheesh." Jimmy said as he picked up Pete. "Let's get you to your room man." He walked off with Pete back into the boys dorm. Gary and I laughed for a good long while, but we did eventually stop and he looked at me.
"I like you Erica, I really do."