(I'm back! Same disclaimer still applies)
"So…." John said after a short silence, "So!" he motioned to Andy and Clare, "are you two like boyfriend girlfriend?" he asked, and got no answer, Vasya watched the exchange with interest, "steady dates…?" he waited a beat, "lovers?" he drew out the word and pouted. "Come on Sporto, level with me. Do you slip her the hot. Beef. Injection?" Vasya gagged and both students whipped around to yell at John.
"Hey" Vernon yelled from the next room and they all froze, "what's goin on in there?" after a few minutes they all began to move again, Andy turned away from him and muttered under his breath "Scum bag"
Bender soon became bored once more and hopped out of his chair and sat on the sturdy railing "What do you say we close that door? We can't have any kind of party with Vernon checking us out every few seconds." Brian was the first to protest this idea, "well you know that door is supposed to stay open…" Bender cut him off with a shrug, "so?"
"So why don't you shut up?" Andy snapped, "there's five other people in here you know" Bender widened his eyes in mock surprise, "God you can count, see I knew you had to be smart to be a wrestler" Andy turned to face his in his chair and everyone in the room watched the interaction, Even Vasya had long given up her music sheet and leaned back to watch with interest. "Who the hell are you to judge anyone anyway?" Andy challenged him and Clare rolled her eyes, "Really"
"You know Bender." Andy continued, "You don't even count, I mean if you disappeared forever it wouldn't make any difference." Vasya opened her mouth to protest, she didn't like Bender but she also did not approve of Andy's banter "You may as well not even exist at this school" Andy finished and Bender turned his head, no expression on his face, but Vasya could tell he was upset, but he soon covered it with a mocking smirk. "Well…" he shrugged, "I just run right out a join the wrestling team…" Brain and Clare snicker at this and Vasya frowned, "The Prep Club," he eyed the ginger, "Maybe even the Orchestra" his eyes flashed to a still silent Vasya.
"Nah" Andy shook his head, "They wouldn't take you."
"I'm Hurt" Bender nodded insincerely, "you know why guys like you knock everything?" Clare said confidently. "Oh this should be stunning" Bender chuckled to himself. "It's 'cause you're afraid." Clare stated.
"Oh God you richies are so smart! That's exactly why I'm not heavy in activities!" Bender gasped enthusiastically, "You're a big coward." Clare shook her head. Vasya figured that Brian must have felt a little left out because he piped out to no one particular, "I'm in the math club." She smiled a little and sighed. "See you're afraid that they won't take you. You don't belong so you just have to dump all over it..." Clare reasoned out.
"Well…" Bender cut her off, "It wouldn't have anything to do with you activities people being ass holes would it?" Bender hummed, and Clare huffed, "Well you wouldn't know, you haven't even met any of us. Take Vasya for example…" the red head motioned to the until then unnoticed Girl in the back, "She's the sweetest girl you will ever meet and she's in the Orchestra"
Vasya Damned Clare for pointing attention in her direction and simply gave a small waved of her hand. "Well I don't know any Lepers either but I'm not going to go and join one of their fuckin' clubs." Bender said bluntly causing Andy to pipe up again. "Hey! Let's watch the mouth huh?
Brian put in his two since once more, "I'm in the Physics club to." Bender seemed to take notice finally and put up one finger, "One sec," he turned to the nerd, "What are you babbling about?" Brian looked startled some one actually paid attention, "I was saying I'm in the math club, the Latin Club and the Physics club" he repeated the last one under his breath and Bender's face split into a grin as he faced Clare one more, "Hey, cherry " Se glared heatedly at him, "Do you belong to the Physics club?"
Clare rolled her eyes "that's an academic club." She muttered and Bender shrugged, "So." Clare let out a tired sigh, "so academic clubs aren't the same as other kinds of clubs"
Bender raised on finger and pointed to Brian, "Ah but to dorks like him, they are" He turned to Brian again, "What do you guys do in your club?"
"In physics, um, we ah, we talk about physics...about properties of physics" Brian listed before Bender cut him off, "So it's sort of social, demented and sad, but social right?" even Vasya had to admit, it did sound really boring. "Yeah, well, I guess you could consider it a social situation. I mean there are other children in my club and uh, at the end of the year we have, um, you know, a big banquet, at the, uh, at the Hilton…." Brian described it in detail, stumbling over his words.
"You load up, you party?" Bender agreed, "Well uh, we-we get dressed up but we don't get high" Brian shook his head and Clare snorted, "Only burners like you get high"
Brian continued even after people had stopped listening. "And, uh, I didn't have any shoes. So I had to borrow my dad's. It was kinda weird 'cause my mom doesn't like me to wear other people's shoes. And, uh, my cousin Kent...my cousin Kendall from, uh, Indiana... He got high once and you know, he started eating like really weird foods. And uh, and then he just felt like he didn't belong anywhere. You know, kinda like, you know "Twilight Zone" kinda."
Vasya cleared her throat and looked pointedly at Brian who shut up after his story was done. Clare chuckled lightly and looked at Bender, "sounds kinda like you."
Andy rolled his eyes and frowned, "Look, you guys keep up your talking and Vernon's gonna come right in here...I got a meet this Saturday and I'm not gonna miss it on account of you boneheads." Vasya grunted in agreement, she had a school concert next week and couldn't afford to miss it on account of a detention, she was lucky the school would let her go at all after this one.
"Oh and wouldn't that be a bite huh?" Bender but his fist and moaned in fake agony, "Missing a whole wrestling meet"
"Well you wouldn't know anything about it, faggot! You never competed in your whole life!" Andy hissed and Vasya turned on him like a whip, "Ey, let's keep the slurs to a minimum shall we?" She snapped to the surprise of every one. "Oh, I know...I feel all empty inside because of it. I have such a deep admiration for guys that roll around on the floor with other guys!" Bender motioned with his hands.
"Nah, you wouldn't miss you, You don't have any goal." Bender grinned, "Oh but I do, I want to be just like you, I figure all I need is… a lobotomy and some tights!" Brian sniggered, "you were tights?" Andy glared at him "No! I wear the proper wrestling uniform!" he defended and Brian and Vasya shugged together, "Tights." They replied in unison. Andy looked from Brian to Vasya then back and Brian, "I…Shut up!"
They hear Vernon moving around out in the hall so Bender quickly comes and sits in the chair between Claire and Andrew, must to their displeasure. He folds his hands on the table neatly and waits . Vernon goes back into his office soon after and Bender laughs and gets up. He starts walking towards the double doors that separate the library from the hallway.
"Bender, you know there's not supposed to be any monkey business" Brain warned nervously. Bender turned around and shook his finger at his sternly, "Young man Have you finished your paper?"
Vasya stifled a giggle as Bender fiddled with the hinges on the door She couldn't see what he was doing exactly. "What's he going to do? Clare asked Andy who replied, "Drop dead I hope."
"Bender, that's, that's school property there...you know, it doesn't belong to us. It's something not to be toyed with" Brian rambled after him. The library door slammed shut as Bender raced back to his seat, "That's cute Bender Now come on fix it," Vasya said instantly nervous. "You should really fix that." Brian agreed, "What am I a genius?" Bender opened both hands palms front, "No you're an asshole!" Andy boomed. "Oh what a funny guy!" Bender mocked him.
The protests grew into a roar until Vernon stormed into the Library, Now we're in for it, Vasya thought bitterly and glared at Bender. "Why is that door closed?" Vernon snapped. No one said anything
To rat Bender out. "Why is that door closed?!" Vernon repeated.
"How're we s'posed to know? We're not s'posed to move, right?" Bender shrugged. Vernon turned his attention to Clare, "Why?" Clare shrugged, "We were just sitting here like we're supposed to." She said innocently. "Who closed that door?" Vernon asked again, "I think a screw fell out…" Bender said and Andy nodded, "It just closed sir"
Vernon looked at Allison in the back, "Who?" She squeaked and hid her face in her parka on the table, causing him to turn on Vasya, "Who did it?" he barked and she shifted her eyes and decided to play the ignorance card, "Sorry…" she began, thickening her accent, "No English good…"
"She doesn't speak English Sir." Bender informed him
Vernon stormed over to the boy, "Give me the screw Bender." He snapped. "I don't have it." Bender shrugged, "Do you want me to yank you out of that chair and shake it out of you?" Vernon threatened. "I don't have it, screws fall out all the time the world is an imperfect place." Bender insisted.
"Give it to me Bender!" Vernon growled, "Excuse me sir, but why would anybody want to steal a screw?"
"What it young Lady." He snapped at her.
Vernon walked over to the door and tried to prop it open with a folding chair only to have it slam in his face, much to the amusement of the students. Next he and Andrew tried to keep it open with the magazine rack. "Hey how come Andrew get to get up?!" Bender protested, "If he gets up, we'll all get up! It'll be anarchy!" He shrugged and looked at the rest of them, "It's out of my hands."
"That's very clever sir, but what if there's a fire? I think violating fire codes and endangering the lives of children would be unwise at this juncture in your career, sir." Bender pointed out after they managed to keep the door open. As the teacher and Andy removed the rack Brian pointed out the fire exits in the back and front of the library. "Show Dick some respect!" Bender shushed him.
" I expected a little more from a varsity letterman" Vernon tutted
"You're not fooling anybody, Bender! The next screw that falls out is gonna be you!" Bender muttered something under his breath, making Vernon turn. Oh no here it comes. Vasya thought and waited for the inevitable shit storm about to take place…