The High Life
Thanks for the reviews. I was going to wait till I got at least 3 but I couldn't help myself and I had to write another chapter.
Ok do not own Higher Ground. Some schmucks that had the nerve to cancel it did. I own all characters except Ezra, Peter and Sophie.
Chapter 3: Penny for your Thoughts
In Peters office, the three were angry. Peter because he had thought he had gotten through to these kids about fighting. Damien, well because he shouldn't have been there in the first place because all he was trying to do was defend himself. And Shane, she was always angry, there was nothing different.
"So", Peter said formally, "explanations?" The two students were silent. "Come on Damien", he urged, "By now I was hoping you were over fighting".
"I wasn't, I was defending myself", he said almost yelling, "I never touched her".
"Well, that's not the way it looked." Peter explained", as for you Charlie, we have rules here, fighting is not one of them".
"Aw and I was looking so forward to it" Charlie joked as Peter gave her a non-approving look. "So, master what are you gonna do about it?"
Without a word Peter pulled out a rope and placed in on the table.
"Oh, no, Peter, I'm not gonna be rope buddies with her. She's a psycho", Damien frowned. Charlie pulled a devilish grin making fun of his comment.
"Too bad you don't have a choice", Peter said almost enjoying this. "For the rest of the day, up until lights out, you two are gonna be rope buddies". He ties them up.
"I cant believe this" Damien complained.
"Believe it sunshine" Peter smiled, "You can go now" The two walk out angrily and close the door.
"You know, you could have just owned up", Damien said
"And miss you squirm" Charlie laughed, "No way".
Damien sighs. "Well I'm going back to my dorm to read so..."
"Oh, I was thinking food", Charlie interrupted.
"You got us into this, you put up with the consequences" he argued.
"I think being stuck with you is consequence enough", she said blandly.
"Do you want to get a book to read or do you just want to sit in my dorm and stare at all the pretty colours", Damien chose to ignore her. "Lets see theres green, dark green, grey, black..."
"I'll get a book" Charlie interrupted, "Thank you for the privelages". The two walk off fighting.
It dinner time at Mt Horizon and Charlie and Damien walk in still tied up. She tries to go over to the food but he pulls her over to his friends table.
"You still tied up" Ezra asked the obvious.
"Unfortunately" Damien said blandly
"I need food", Charlie tried to walk off but he pulls her back. They look at eachother aggressively and Charlie tries again, only to fail for the second time.
"Mind if I could have a conversation with my friends", Damien asks not at all caring what she says.
"You can" she says simply, "Once I get some food". And they finally walk over to the food.
"Do you always think about your stomach" Damien asked
"I used to. Nowadays I like to spend most of my time thinking about what it would be like to kick your ass", she answered.
"Oh hey" they heard a voice behind them. They turned around to see Cristina.
"Oh great, Princess Peg", Charlie said sarcastically. As the two love birds kiss, Charlie picks up a carrot.
"hey I;m sorry about before" Damien says finally coming up for air.
"Oh don't worry about it", Cristina said pulling him in for more.
Charlie, disgustedly bites into her carrot, with a look on her face saying 'get a room'. Finally after about another minute Charlie grabs Damien's collar with her free hand and pulls his face away from Cristina's.
"Excuse me, hi, listen um, don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying the show, I really am, but you see theres a time for everything and this just happens to be the time for eating, no not eachother, food...like this" Charlie holds up her carrot, "so with that said, do you think you could find some other time to stick your tongue down her throat. Preferably tomorrow".
They look at Charlie not phased by her sarcasm and start kissing again. This time, she forcefully pulls his collar with both hands and walks off, dragging him.
"Ow, jeez", Damien feels the rope on his arm.
"Oh, I'm sorry, did that hurt you" Charlie obviously couldn't care less. Damien frustratedly shakes his head and continues walking along with Charlie.
"Guys, thankyou for all coming, it was good of you, considering this is compulsory." Peter joked", I'm sorry for the delays, I'm sure you all cared a great deal".
Group. A word that no one wanted to hear, was inevitable at Mt Horizon. As Peter made sure to say, Group is somewhere where you can open up and tell non-judgemental people your feelings. Unfortunately for him nobody believed him. Or at least they liked to think they didn't.
"Would anyone like to share there thoughts?" he asked.
"Yeah, your food here stinks", Charlie yelled out honestly.
"Anything serious?" Peter asked again, "Ok we'll get started then. Ezra...When...".
"When you mocked us you only made yourself feel small, Kat?"
"When you came I was happy, but now you're here I wish you hadn't, Cristina?"
"When you got back, I was over the moon, Patrick?"
"When I hear all this I feel very insignificant, McDonald?"
"When I think about what lies ahead for me, I feel nervous", Mac said, "Shane?"
"When I think of graduation, I feel scared, Binna?"
"When I hear the word graduation, I feel hungry", Peter gives Binna a disapproving look, "What? I get hungry, Damien?"
"When you stuck us together you only made me hate her more, Charlie?"
"When I hear all this I wanna run as far as I can and never look back".
"Take this seriously, Charlie", Peter said.
"I am, trust me", she tells him.
"Ok, would anyone care to analyze these comments?" Peter asked.
"I will", Shane said "Ezra's talking about the football game, Kat's talking about the newbie, same with the golden boy, Cristina's talking about the golden boy, Patrick feels insignificant because everyones so damn dramatic, Mac is nervous about getting outta here, Binna's hungry, newbies feeling hard done by and mines pretty self explanatory".
"The true analyzer", Peter laughs to himself, "Any comments".
"Yeah" Charlie speaks up, "I don't feel hard done by, I feel like your all a bunch of freaks and I wanna run as far away as possible from all of you".
"Charlie, no name calling", Peter tells her, "Now finishing up quickly, Ezra, I am..."
"Thankful"
"Why"
"Cos we beat those pansies" Ezra replies to Peter.
"Ok, Kat"
"Frustrated, everybody knows why", Kat said. "Cristina?"
"Excited because tomorrow I get to spend more time with Damien, Pat?"
"Sick, because of what she just said, Mac?"
"Nervous, same as before, Shane?"
"Scared, ditto, Binna?"
"hungry"
"Binna does it even matter that you just had dinner less than half an hour ago" Peter asked.
"Nope" Binna said simply.
"Ok, Damien go ahead", Peter said.
"pissed because I'm stuck with her for something I didn't do,Charlie?"
"Bored"
"Your gonna have to learn to be more serious in group Charlie. Its important", Peter said.
"Yeah I can see that", Charlie being her sarcastic self again.
"I can't believe your leaving already", Kat, Shane and Mac are in the dorms. "You;ve only been here a couple of months".
"Well, I cant be around forever", Mac said trying to keep a straight face, "We all have to leave sometime".
"But its so soon", Kat complains.
"So, mommy dearest shows up, gives you a get outta jail free card, you take it and run right", Shane says in her usual bland voice.
"Oh yeah", Mac says. As they hear people talking outside they stop talking and listen.
"You are so annoying", they hear Damien say.
"I think you should establish a good line of credit", Charlie replies. "I almost feel sorry for princess".
"You don't even know her alright, you have no idea what she's been through", he defends Cristina.
"Right", Charlie continued, "She grew up with rich parents who wanted her to be all that she could be, she couldn't take it, so she ran away, lived on the street for a week, decided she wasn't cut out to be an alleycat and came here. Poor rich princess dealing with mommy, daddy problems. My heart weeps.". She puts her hands up to her chest showing how sad she is for Cristina.
"You know you don't have to be broke to be unhappy", Damien said wisely.
"I never said that", Charlie said as they walked into the dorm. The girls try to look normal, hiding the fact that they were eaves dropping.
"Oh still tied up, huh?" Kat asked knowingly.
"Yeah". Damien replied.
Ok, that's it for today.
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