Thanks to all who read, reviewed, favorited, and followed! I wrote this last night, right after uploading the first installment. I think there will be about two more chapters, but who knows? Please excuse my lack of COD lingo; I'm a major noob. Anyways, thanks again. :3
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"Here, Eva." Gavin offered Eva an ice pack with a concerned expression.
She grunted disgustedly, but accepted it anyway. Her hand had swelled up significantly on the way over.
Instead of driving home, Eva had driven to her friend Terrance's house, where their other friend, Gavin, was usually residing.
Gavin and Terrance were practically twins. Unlike Eva and Randy, they weren't physically fit in any way; but rather they excelled at technology. The four had spent many hours in their childhood making various fighting movies, starring Eva and Randy of course.
Terrance snorted, "Look at this, Gavin! This fucking idiot thinks he can beat me in a COD one-on-one match."
Gavin laughed, "You've logged over two-hundred hours on that game, and you have twelve gold guns! ...I gotta see this." Gavin hopped over the back of the couch, and started blathering on about gun proficiency.
Eva was lost in the conversation. As sounds of gunfire and her friend's outraged yelling filled the room, she reminisced her very first meeting with Randy Morowski.
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It was the first day of fourth grade, and Eva tugged self-consciously at the red ribbon her mother painstakingly wove through her ebony hair. Decked out in a pink gingham dress and matching socks, Eva's parents assured her that she looked very pretty.
It's always painful to learn you've been lied to.
As she entered the new room, she was greeted with twenty unfamiliar faces. Eva slid uncomfortably into an empty desk, her feet dangled off the floor.
A girl snickered, a little too loudly to not be heard, to her friends, "Look, a bubblegum colored gorilla!"
Eva's fingernails dug into her palms. She had never experienced actual, raw cruelty. Stung, she acted as if she hadn't heard.
"Shut up, Britney. Please. Just be quiet!"
Eva turned around to see the most beautiful boy she'd ever laid eyes on, shooing away the girl who'd insulted her. His brown hair was shaggy, and he was wearing a red South Pole t-shirt. 'Britney' just gave him a look, then left. The mysterious boy grinned at Eva, who spun back around, blushing.
"Britney's mean. Don't worry about it."
He was standing next to her desk. Heat rose to her cheeks, "T-thanks."
He didn't leave, "I'm Randy."
She smiled, "Eva."
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Eva's memory was interrupted by an explosion of screaming and cussing coming from the two on the couch.
"That's bullshit!" Terrance screamed, throwing his controller on the ground, as Gavin rolled around in hysterics.
"You just got your ass handed to you by a NOOB! Ha-ha-ha!"
Eva stood up, "Will you two just shut up?!"
The two froze. They recognized the tone in Eva's voice, and it was best not to bother her. Terrance switched to a TV channel, and Gavin examined her.
"Eva, what's wrong?"
She sighed, and plopped into a chair. How could she explain without sounding like a dumb, love-struck looser?
"I can't stay here." she finally confessed, "My parents are being so stupid, and Randy was being an asshole today..."
Terrance and Gavin exchanged glances.
Terrance cleared his throat, "What happened?"
Sigh. There was really no explanation, besides her pathetic jealousy. And the fact that he could defend someone who had been so shitty to her didn't help, although he didn't know about that.
Eva was spared having to come up with a reply, because an annoyingly loud and obnoxious commercial started on the television.
"I wanna be.. I wanna be.. I wanna be famous!"
The camera panned to a guy who looked like he had used an entire bottle of hair gel that day.
"Hi! I'm Chris McLean, the host of Total Drama Island! Do you want to be famous and win one hundred thousand dollars? Send in your audition tapes by June first and you could compete on this season's: Total! Drama! Island! Spend the summer at a luxury resort, competing and getting away from your own oppressive life!"
Eva's eyes were glued to the screen.
"Total! Drama! Island!"
The commercial ended.
Gavin was the first to speak up, "That would be perfect."
Eva jumped up excitedly. Suddenly, she had a greater goal, and a solution to all of her problems.
She grinned, "You guys want to help tape my audition?"
Gavin and Terrance gasped in delight.