She paused for a moment; she honestly hadn't expected to see him. Which was kind of stupid, because well, Harrington house, Derby Harrington, they kind of go together.
"I left my diamond earrings up stairs, my favourite pair too." She decided to just get to the point. She really didn't want to get into a full blown discussion with him on it. She just had a great night and really didn't need some rain for her parade.
Derby just nodded and side stepped and let her go up the stairs. On her way up she glanced at him, he was just leaning against the wall drinking whatever drink he had.
She turned her focus back to her mission and walked through the doorway. If her memory served her right; she had left them on the table. She had been watching some random show with Gord when she took them out. Edging closer and she was right. There they were. Simple and easy.
Shifting around, she headed back downstairs. She knew Derby was going to still be there, she really hoped she could get out without saying anything or At least very little.
He was standing in the exact same place, almost like he was waiting. She really hoped he wasn't plotting some sort of evil plan or something. One of the things she never liked about Derby, Well other than the fact he was a complete bastard, was that it wasn't easy to read him. It was near impossible to know what he was thinking.
As she reached the bottom stair, she was pretty positive she wasn't going to get out of there without him saying something.
She walked past him and head towards the door, nothing. She honestly didn't know if that was a good sign or a bad sign. Right now though, she didn't really care, she just wanted to get out of there.
Derby was cunning and charming when he chose to be. Pinky didn't doubt that if he really tried, he could get her to fall right back into his arms.
Finally reaching the door, she reached out her arm and reached for the door handle, almost finally out of there.
"So I hear you're dating that scum, Hopkins." And there it was. She should have known he'd find out. "Imagine what your father would think."
It was one of those comments, that you really want to reply to, but you know you shouldn't. Being snide towards Derby could have consequences; he could kick her out the clique. Of course then he'd need to find a new girlfriend, but knowing him that'd be easy. Then again, his father might get mad for bringing in an outsider, breaking the whole cousin tradition. She honestly had no idea what'd he do, but she needed to reply to that. She just had to, with something short and subtle.
"You might like Jimmy, Derby." She turned around and said. He lifted his eyebrow slightly confused.
"And why would that be?"
"Well you know." She started. "He's strong, and knows how to box." She was honestly proud of that one, it was a very subtle way of saying 'Hey, I know you're boinking your second in command.' Of course, that seemly fairly common these days.
His expression shifted, she was pretty sure she got him caught. Pinky waited a few seconds before finally exiting Harrington House.
On her way back to the girl's dorm, she thought about what Derby said. 'Imagine what your father would think.' She just shrugged off; it was too late at night to think about such things.
Once she got back to the dorm she went into her room and pulled out her new Aquaberry pyjamas; which were totally adorable, by the way. Gord's words not hers, she very much agreed though.
The next days were all a blur, just the same old things. English class, biology class, yuck, and art class. Just normal school days. She discussed various things with the other preps, they all agreed that Reggie, or whatever his name was, the nerd who peed himself was the worst dressed. The nerds had no fashion sense to begin with, but he just took the cake.
It appeared nothing had come out of that comment she made to Derby, which was very good. Getting kicked out the clique or something similar to that would be horrible.
However, the comment Derby had made, didn't leave her so easily. It was nothing, but really, it was something. It was simple though, if her father knew he'd disapprove, that's why any boys she had dated that were below her, she simply didn't make any mention of.
Pinky sighed while making her way to chemistry class. She hated that class, especially when strange chemicals get spilled on her clothes. It was better than biology however; cutting open different animals wasn't her idea of fun. Why couldn't they just show them diagrams instead of actually making them do it?
Rolling her eyes while walking into the class room, she really hoped she didn't get paired up with someone she couldn't stand. Of course, right when she walked in, the teacher announced she'd be paired up with Trent. Trent wasn't her favourite person, and he was also a complete goof off. She had no problem with having fun, but goofing off in a place where chemicals can go flying, and when she was wearing her new aquaberry vest is something she did have a problem with.
She saw Jimmy out of the corner of her eye and turned around to check if it was really him. It was. She smiled and waved, he returned the gesture. Maybe she could catch him after class.
"Hot for Hopkins, eh?" She heard Trent say.
She turned back to him and simply replied, "Oh, I'm sorry. Did you have dibs on him?" she sure was getting witty, it made her feel slightly proud though. After giving a short laugh, the teacher started giving instructions. She was half listening, and half hoping she didn't get anything on her vest. Please, have nothing get on her vest.
Ugh, why did he have to get that on her vest! Daddy wouldn't be so proud. Damn, she hated chemistry.
It clicked in her mind that she was going to try and catch up with Jimmy for a brief moment. She glanced around, hoping she didn't miss him. Luckily, she didn't.
She went up to him, "Hey Jimmy."
He greeted her with a smile. "Hey."
"Are you doing anything later?" Pinky asked. She originally didn't mean to ask, but she kind of wanted to spend time with him.
"I'm just going to hang out with Petey later. Man, I don't mean to throw a pity party, but I kind of feel sorry for him. He has like basically no friends. At least he doesn't go to extreme measures to fit in or anything." Jimmy paused for a minute, "Hey, want to come with us?"
"Sorry, I can't. Homework." She replied.
"Oh, Seeya then."
Pinky waved good bye as she walked to the school exit. Chemistry was the last class of the day.
She honestly had wanted to spend time with him, but alone. She didn't want to do it in a group, and the more she thought about it, it wasn't because she just wanted him for herself, it was more so about being seen. She had just completely passed over a few hours of fun just because she was afraid of what other people might think.