Sorry for taking so long on the update you guys! I got myself a summer job, so I've been busy with that. D: There is some dialogue in here from the game, but not much. Thank you for the reviews! You guys are awesome!
Relationships were supposed to work off of trust, love, and stability. This was something Jimmy learned by all the years of observing his mother's failed marriages. Of course, the teenager's view of love wasn't exactly considered orthodox. To him, love was how long he could stand the physical and emotional pain somebody else put him through before he could no longer stand it. It was the only form of love he had ever known; why would anyone ever give him something different?
After Halloween night, Jimmy didn't see much of Gary around campus. Normally, Jimmy wouldn't question where the boy was off to; he didn't want to be the clingy type, after all. However, it wasn't like Gary to gone for more than a week. Jimmy didn't see any signs of Gary even being on campus. No appearance in class, no sudden 'knock-outs'—nothing!
Pete was his roommate and even he didn't know where the fool was off to! Or, so Pete said he didn't know. Every time Jimmy would ask, Pete would just stammer over his words and say that he didn't know where Gary was. After much prying, Pete admitted to being afraid of the older boy and not wanting to face his bullying on Jimmy's behalf. Of course, the teenager thought the younger boy was just being ignorant. Who could be afraid of Gary Smith? The guy was rude and violent to a degree, but who could fear such a wonderful soul? Jimmy kept the suspicion in his head that Pete was lying and trying to hide something from him. He didn't feel like beating it out of him, but God help him, he wouldn't hesitate doing so if it turned out Pete was hiding something from him!
After a week in a half, Gary finally reemerged. He was fidgeting something awful in the Dormitory Living Room. Jimmy didn't even have time to greet him properly as Gary immediately drug him off from the building upon noticing him. Jimmy had shown concern about his studies and stance at Bullworth—perhaps too much concern. Gary accused him of caring more about himself than his 'bigger picture'.
How could Jimmy be so stupid? How could he even dare to put himself over his love? Jimmy wanted to apologize urgently for his selfishness, but he never got to. And his lack of an apology led to Gary's ultimate betrayal.
He wanted to blame Gary, he really did. Gary didn't even give him time to apologize before he led him off on one final adventure. He impressed Gary by beating up all of the bullies on his own. He impressed Gary again by destroying all obstacles that came in his way in the school basement. Alas, all of these accomplishments became void as soon as they reached "the Hole".
The words out of Gary's mouth…Jimmy couldn't understand why his love would say such hurtful things. Yes, Jimmy forgot to apologize to him in the dorm, but surely Gary could forgive one mistake. However, Gary took it the completely wrong way all the way around. He thought Jimmy hated him. He thought Jimmy was slandering him behind his back.
Of course, Jimmy never once showed his hurt to Gary; he didn't deserve to see Jimmy's heart physically break into two. Jimmy kept the same tough guy attitude that he had always had when the going got tough. The Man taught him to never show his emotions to others. Jimmy only wished he was good enough at that to never fall in love.
It didn't matter that Gary had started his own rumors about Jimmy—one being that he had also been slandering Russell Northrop. It also didn't matter that Russell had attacked Jimmy after Gary repeated said rumor. Shit—it didn't even matter that Jimmy had walked away from the fight with only a pair of cracked ribs! What hurt more than any bully breaking his ribs was Gary's final words to him.
"You happy now, jerk?!"
"Ecstatic! I love to watch two morons beat the crap out of each other."
"Why'd you do it Gary—I thought we were friends!"
Before responding, Gary released a sickening chuckle. "Friends? You and me? I've taken dumps that had more sense than you, friend." Gary then gave Jimmy his famous, sinister grin before continuing with a lower tone to his voice. "No, I'm taking over this school, and you're just a liability."
There it was, the truth. Jimmy was a liability. After all the pranks, talks, knock-outs, and Halloween night, Jimmy had the answer all along to what he and Gary's relationship was—a convenience. He was Gary's liability. A liability was all that he was to Gary. And it hurt the boy's heart to no end at the realization that all he ever would be to Gary was a fucking liability.
Once again, Jimmy was left was the rejected party. His father, his mother, his many step-fathers, his teachers, friends, and now Gary had rejected the teenage boy. Jimmy wanted horribly to deny this was happening yet again. Surely Gary didn't mean any of this. This was all just some sick joke gone too far. It was a test to see how far Jimmy would go for his love.
So Jimmy waited.
And waited.
And waited.
The knock-outs never came back. The room surprises didn't return. Thanksgiving was coming soon. Everybody was too busy spending their time and money on feasts and bus tickets for the weekend in order to see their families (and avoid the lunch lady, Edna's, cooking). All that Jimmy could focus on was one fact of life: Gary Smith was gone.
School work became more of a chore than usual. Chemistry saw more explosions, Photography gave him failing grade after failing for not turning in any work, and he didn't even bother going to the more useless classes like English, Math, or Geography. The only reason he even went to Art one day was because a prefect pulled him from his room and forced him into going. Of course, one good thing did come out of Art.
The day the prefects had forced him to attend class, Ms. Phillips had assigned everyone to groups of two for portrait sketching. Jimmy was grouped with Angie Ng, a cute Asian girl that looked about his age or younger. She was shy, often not talking to the boy during class breaks. Not until this day, anyway.
Angie decided to sketch first, having Jimmy sit on a wooden stool and pose for her while she drew. Of course, he lacked the energy to give her a proper pose. He just sat in his stool, frowning while staring at the row of lights in the ceiling. He didn't move until he heard Angie clear her throat.
"Would you mind looking at me, Jimmy?" Jimmy reluctantly turned his gaze to her. Her voice was so quiet and meek that Jimmy couldn't help but chuckle. "Okay, girl."
Angie giggled quietly, smiling at her sketchpad. There remained a silence between the two for a couple minutes, Angie glancing at Jimmy and back at her sketchpad in repeated intervals. Given that Jimmy couldn't really move his limbs at the moment, he took the time to notice just how attractive this girl was. She had black hair worn in braided pigtails. She had some freckles on her face, but not too many. She had pretty modest breasts, as well. Even her glasses did her justice.
The boy must've been smiling because the next time Angie glanced at him, she stopped drawing. She smiled back at him, opening her mouth to speak. "There's that smile! The world is much happier when you smile, you know?" Jimmy noticed for a brief moment that Angie had braces. Oddly enough, he just thought it made her cuter.
"Is that so?" Angie quickly nodded, smile widening. "Mhmm! Especially when it comes to you, Jimmy. You're too handsome to be gloomy." Realizing he had just been complimented, Jimmy slyly grinned. "Handsome, you say?"
The Asian's eyes widenly, blush forming on her face. "I-I-umm...oh, did I really just say that? Oh..." Jimmy chuckled darkly. "That's a nice shade of red, baby. I wonder if it could get any darker under the right circumstances?" Her eyes widened even wider, now forcing out a nervous chuckle whist crossing her legs.
Jimmy made a good grade that day. It wasn't long after that exchange in class that Jimmy and Angie started going out. Angie might've been a rebound from Gary, but Jimmy didn't care. He just wanted somebody-anybody-to show him the kind of love he felt he deserved.
Unfortunately, it wouldn't be long for poor Angie before she became Jimmy's first victim.
