"Where are we going?" Gwen demanded to know, trying to slow Duncan down (and not succeding.)
"Don't be so tense, I'm not gonna hurt you." He relaxed her.
"Yeah? How am I suppose to be sure of that?" The short goth taunted.
"Come on, are you serious?" The tall punk laughed. "I had like, a million chances to do anything I want to you during the summer and I never layed a finger on you."
"What?" Gwen was surprised. No way she gave him any chances! "When?"
"Hmm..." Duncan murmered. "Nearly every time I came over, you were home alone."
"Fine!" She gave in. "But in my house, there's a better chance I can protect myself. Other than that-"
"And," the punk inturrupted - "anywhere I'd go, you came with me, even in my car, even though it was only us, alone, going to some deserted park or abandoned house."
"Shit." Gwen realized how vonarable she really was. "I'm so pathetic."
"You aren't." He tried to make the goth feel better. "Just... Don't do anything too reckless. Don't go hanging around guys alone. Anyone but me, that is."
Gwen looked around. They were now outside, walking past the cortyard. Some people looked at them, but Gwen tried not to notice them too much. The couple were heading tawards what seemed like an abandoned (once used?) shack at the corner of school.
"Speaking of abandoned places..." Said Duncan and opened the wabbaly shack door, that nearly fell off. He led her in and gestured with his hands around the room.
"Gwen, guys. Guys, Gwen."
Duncan didn't take time to intoduce between Gwen and eveyone. There were three more people siting on random objects that were thrown in to the wide shack; chairs, broken tables, boxes. Someone caught her eye: The tall blonde boy with a cowboy hat she saw in biology before was here. The blone surfer girl he went after was there too, sitting on a broken table.
"Hi!" Said a tall, dark, wide- boy. He was scary looking, with his braud shoulders and generally imitating look, but he had a loving smile... And even wore a bunny shirt, that truly contredicted his general look.
"Hi." Gwen murmerd back, once she understood that she's staring at the boy without answering.
"I'm DJ, nice to meet you." Said the tall boy and smiled.
Gwen smiled back and reached out her hand, but instead - he gave her a hug.
"DJ, don't scare her!" Said the short blonde girl who suddenly appeard behing him. "Hi." She said and smiled pleasantly. "I'm Bridgette. I think we have biology together."
"Yeah, we do." Gwen answered poliety.
"Hey." Shot the cowboy from across the room. "I'm Geoff. Nice to meetcha." Gwen smiled back at him.
"Why don't ya come over here and sit with us? Must be annoying to stay at the door all this time." Offered the cowboy.
Gwen shook her head lightley. "Thanks, but I prefer to stay here." She tried to seem polite.
"Come on, we don't bite... Hard." He laughed.
"Dude." Suddenly said Duncan seriously, giving Geoff a deadly glare. "Drop it." Geoff didn't say anything else for a few moments of silence.
"'She ya girl?" Geoff finally asked and broke the silence. Everyone looked at him as if to say, 'that's no way to ask...'
"Naw." Duncan replied. "She's too good for me." He said with a smirk on his face.
Soon enough, the pack changed subject, and they talked about all kinds of random subjects until the break was over.
Duncan, who didn't leave Gwen's side, took her hand. "Ready to go?"
The goth smiled. "Sure."
"Where's your next class?" He asked as the two crossed the cortyard once again.
"Umm..." Gwen left Duncans hand to look in her bag once again for her timetable. Suddenly - it flew away!
"Crap!" She murmered and ran after it. To her surprise, someone picked it up - and not just anyone. It was him; the boy she spotted in biology. The short goth looked up to him in surprise.
"Hey." He said and smiled.
"Ha- Hi." Gwen stutured.
"This is yours." He said and handed out the piece of paper. "Mm, yeah." She replied quietly, her cheeks slowly becoming red; something that was very noticable on such a pale girl. "Thanks."
"We have biology together, right?" He asked. The shy girl nodded, looking down. "Ok. 'Guess I'll see you around." He said and left.
"Smooth going, Sunshine." Butted in Duncan, laughing.
"Don't laugh!" Gwen yelled offended. "I was just... caught off gaurd." She said, trying to find excuses for hey shyness.
"Oh well. Come on, you're gonna be late." Duncan took her hand and continued walking.
"Math. Eww..." She murmured. "Room 402."
In what seemed to be forever, the schoolday was finally done. Duncan, like before, waitied for Gwen.
"Sunshine!" He called the moment she got out of class and put his arm around her. "How was the first day of Gerji high?"
"Bareable, I guess." Gwen replied.
"So, whaddya think of my friends?" Asked the punk, secretly hoping for approval. "They're nice. Very friendly." Gwen replied, thinking of DJ. "That reminds me; Do you know that guy from earlier? The one who picked up my timetable?"
"Yeah, but... He's not a good guy. Playboy. And... A jerk. Jock! He's a jock! Ya' know, the type to be in to cheerleaders."
"Really?" Asked Gwen, looking heartbroken and dissapointed. "He didn't look the type..."
"Yep. That's him."
Good thing you'll belive anything I say...
One day later, after the first two periods, Gwen was waiting outside class for Duncan as usual, but today, to Gwen's surprise, Duncan didn't show up. After waiting for him for some time, Gwen decided to go look for him on her own.
Gwen went to the only place she thought he could be at - and indeed, she did find him there.
She slowly opened the door. The sudden shine of light that came in the room was enough to startle the girl on Duncans lap.
Was she seeing correctly? Duncan with that skimpy, stuck-up cheerleader?
"Ahh!" Screeched the cheerleader and jumped off of Duncan the moment she saw Gwen. Duncan too seemed surprised.
"I... I should go..." Muttered the girl and picked up her ponpons. Duncan rushed to grab her hand to prevent her from leaving.
"No, don't!" Said Gwen, turning red from embarassment. "I'll go." She said and closed the door. As she turned away, she could hear the cheerleader shouting at the punk. "Who's she? Why did she come here?"
Gwen rushed off to get away from there. Not sure of where she's going, she got lost very quickly. Gwen looked around and decided to go sit under a tree for now, hoping to get away from it all.
The goth sat down and started looking for her MP5 player in her bag.
"Hey." A voice suddenly heard startled the goth. Aside her sat the nameless playboy-jock-jerk (even though Gwen tried not to belive that). "H-hi." She muttered back in surprise. "You're new, right? I'm Trent. Gwen, right?"
"Yeah." She nodded. "How did you know?"