AN: Morning everyone! Or night, for some of you. Whatever the time may be, greetings! I hope you've all had an amazing day! Welcome back :) Thank you for taking time to learn more about Gary and Roxanne's story! I don't want to annoy anyone with a long intro, so without further adieu, ENJOY!
2 - Strange
Roxanne lies awake in bed, she stares up at the ceiling above her while taking in the silence of her room. The only quiet place in Bullworth, aside from the library, though too many people for her liking populated that area. Besides, even the library was never entirely void of sound; With Gary lurking behind a shelf somewhere, just waiting to disturb her.
The dark room is illuminated only by a sliver of light outside her window, coming in through the blinds. Angie, as usual, is following Christy around somewhere. Zoe, most likely, may be off with some older boy or girl, doing something that was probably illegal. Leaving Roxanne alone with nothing to do and nobody that she tolerates to entertain her.
She originally made a run for her dorm after hearing the bell which signalled her last class was over. Ignoring Gary, who wanted god knows what, as he called out to her. Roxanne had pretended not to be bothered with the sound of his voice, causing Gary, the 'attention whore' he is, to yell louder.
The girl just couldn't face him, not after the incident of the night before. No way. It wasn't even that it was weird, in fact it was expected just like Lola had said. Gary is never predictable, he probably didn't even remember. No. Of course he did. But, he most likely didn't care either way. Still, it made her feel...strange.
Once inside her room, she planned a rant in her head she could spill to one of her roommates about the whole ordeal. However, all Roxanne faced upon entering was the lack of both girls' presence. And so here she is, laying aimlessly on her uncomfortable bed in a dark room.
Boredom arises like a pit in her stomach, taunting her with its unsatisfied aura. She hates feeling bored. Excitement always puts her in a good mood. Though, excitement comes in different forms for all. One man's poison is another's treasure. And excitement for Roxanne, well wasn't exactly fun for most people in her age group, considering it often consists of reading and general alone time when she values it most.
She tries to not have a bias opinion against cheerleading, boasting about her possessions, being the 'town bicycle', looking for a cure for cancer, or whatever else other Bullworth girls usually did for kicks.
Despite growing up in this town, Roxanne never really discovered anything of the outside world that kept her feeling alive, nothing that held her interest at least. Yet, she finds her peers to be 'disappointing' with their choices for an adrenaline rush. Then again, who is she to judge others' activities?
Speaking of which...
"Ah! Oh Johnny! Yes!"
Muffled moans and the creaking of bedsprings, coming from the floor above stung her ears. Jesus christ, again? A repeat of heavy thuds, presumably Lola's bed pounding on the wooden floor, continued to grow louder. Doesn't Mrs. Peabody ever check Lola's room? Was she deaf or something? The loud moans rang out through the girls' dorm. Likewise, Johnny and Lola were 'making up' again, forgetting that other people live on the property. Disgusting. Roxanne couldn't believe that she'd got in trouble for hugging a boy, when Lola's got quite the track record with her 'visitors'.
Rolling her eyes, she faced away from the ceiling and covered her ears with the pillow that had been behind her, all in hopes of drowning out the lovers' pleasured moans.
Hmm, what could Roxanne do today without straying too far from her dorm? She could watch people and find something amusing to eavesdrop on. Like, when she spied on the preps with Gary and then- No, she'd just be asking for him to bother her if she even left the dorms. She might've been able to nap if not for the 'disruptions' around her. Shower? Roxanne wasn't particularly sweaty, but it was all she could do other than speak to people, though that in itself felt like too much work.
The girl stood from her position on the bed and made her way out of the room.
Halfway up the stairs leading to a second level of the girls' dorm, an error scanned through Roxanne's brain, causing her to halt in her path. She'd forgotten her shower supplies.
Walking back towards the direction she originally came, Roxanne noticed the door to her small chamber of quiet solace had been opened ajar. Odd, considering she didn't remember leaving it like that. In fact, with her paranoia of others invading her privacy without her knowledge, Roxanne never even left her doors unlocked unless she knew she or one of her roommates would be back soon.
Feeling her worried thoughts grow stronger, the petite girl speeds up her pace, adopting a light jog to the space she needed to reach.
Once inside, Roxanne glanced around the dark room, breathing a sigh of relief at no sight of any silhouettes hidden in the shadows. Turning on the light in her room, she then walks over to her closet and opens the doors.
"Hi."
Gary emerges from the closet before Roxanne, covering the girl's agape mouth before she could make a noise.
"You know, Roxanne, it's not very polite to scream at guests."
Roxanne kneed Gary in his groin, causing the hand that had been muffling the girl to slip to his crotch.
"You know, Gary, it's rude to enter people's rooms without asking!" She sarcastically remarked, crossing her arms. Gary groaned, still clutching his manhood, regaining his posture.
"Now now, don't be so tense, Love Muffin." He teased, causing Roxanne to grow flustered at the name. That name. Even now, Gary manages to get under her skin.
"Shut up jerk!"
"Oh you love it!" Gary fired back, hands gripping the short girl's waist.
"What are you even doing here Gary? Are you in love with me now or something?" Roxanne easily escaped from his grasp, keeping her arms over the other, watching him react to her words.
"Me? As if! As if I could waste such a-" His brows furrowed and the tone of the boy's voice had a hint of amusement added to it's arrogance.
"Okay, then why are you here?" She snapped, interrupting Gary in the process, and begins tapping her foot repeatedly on the floor.
"For reasons I really can't explain-" He attempted to excuse his presence, flailing his arms
"Gary!"
"Okay okay, you caught me. I'm only here to visit my favorite dwarf." Gary beamed, taking ahold of Roxanne's hands. She rolls her eyes. She really isn't THAT short. Only like five foot two and A HALF. Roxanne especially counts that half. Then again, Gary is anywhere from five eight to five nine or ten, and every other girl towers over her as it is. But hey, at least she's taller than the younger students.
"But the question isn't why am I here, but why are you? C'mon, it's Friday! Shouldn't you be out oh I don't know blackmailing people into being your friend." Bombarding her with taunts, Gary ran his fingertips up Roxanne's arms. She shivers at his touch, not quite knowing why.
,
"That sounds more like your scene. Now, we done here?" The small girl shakes off the scarred boy's hands.
Gary waltzes over to Roxanne's drawer and rummages through her stuff, quickly picking up a collection of photographs.
"Hmm, what's this?" He spoke sarcastically, adopting the smirk he always had when he already knew everything about an object or person. The smirk that always taunted Roxanne. It always feels as though the sociopath is five steps ahead of her. The girl's heart dropped as she realized her worried thoughts had been correct, Gary already had been here before, meaning he'd seen everything. Probably even her diaries. Is that why half of her clothes are gone?
Shaking her questions away, "Give that back you creep!", Roxanne yells jumping to grab the photos from Gary's hand, this only makes him pull the images further from her reach; Towering over her with his tall stature.
Roxanne nearly grasps the pictures away from him, Gary jerks his hand away, causing her to fall on the floor. He laughs, watching Roxanne stumbling back on her feet.
Chuckling maliciously to himself, "Ooh lewd photos on campus? Who are these for?", Gary continued to tease. Roxanne felt a wave of nausea wash over her, cheeks flushing scarlet. "No one Gary, now stop!", she cried in desperation, clawing at the tall boy's hands. How could she not feel self conscious? The boy she like- hated, was judging her private provocative photos. Why does he have to ruin everything?
"Not yet, not until you tell me why you have these!", Gary ignored the girl's pleas and continues to scan through the few photos carefully. Taking his time to analyze each, one after the other.
"Ugh! Would you just leave me alone already?!" Roxanne huffs defeated, knowing Gary isn't going to budge until he receives whatever he wants this time.
Roxanne rolls her eyes, how could she had been so clueless? There's no line Gary doesn't cross, even breaking into the girl's dorm. Four days in a row, she couldn't believe her luck. Satisfied with his full 'inspection', Gary giggles flirtatiously at her, "Hehe, nice. Very nice."
Roxanne stares down at the ground and places her hands on her hips, blushing. Was he? No, he was joking. He had to be. "Would you just leave already?"
He crosses his arms, photos still in hand, and starts to pace around her, "Why? So you can take more photos for your admirer?" Gary voice was venomous, but his expression looks playful. Roxanne couldn't quite read it.
"Gary shut up! God, you sound like a jealous boyfriend." Roxanne laughs, attempting to change the subject by insulting the boy. Gary rolls his eyes at her and resumes the conversation exuberantly, "Then tell me why you have such naughty images of yourself. Are they...for me? I have to admit Roxanne, I'm impressed. Black looks quite nice on you. Though, I would've preferred you changed into something more risque...maybe a nice shade of red-"
Roxanne's eyes widen as her jaw hangs open, not believing her ears "Oh my god." She shakes her head and scoffs, facepalming. He cannot be serious right now.
"Maybe with some stockings-" Gary suggestively leers, raising both his eyebrows.
This is too much. "I get it!" Roxanne interrupts, beckoning the boy to stop his game. He only continues to embarrass the girl, "Or better yet add some heels and a riding crop-".
Shoving the boy to the ground, " GARY!", Roxanne grabs the photos that cascaded down with him and places them back inside her drawer.
.
Gary regains his posture, "Calm down ladylove, these are all just options…" His hand slides on Roxanne's shoulder, tugging at her dark green Bullworth sweater, "If you want, you don't even have to wear clothes-"; Burning up inside, her cheeks must be crimson by now as she covers her face with her hands. "Just-". For a moment, unsure of what to say, still processing Gary's idea. "Get out of my room, Smith." Roxanne ordered, voice wavering a bit, eyes still refusing to face him, and her cheeks flushed.
Disregarding her command, "Ah ah ah, you forget about our little deal." Gary slowly paces around Roxanne, hands intertwined behind his back.
Confused at his claim, "What? What are you talking about?", Roxanne asks Gary whilst rubbing her head. She couldn't quite recall what boy was referring to, still preoccupied with the fact that he is even in her room.
Once he places himself in front of her, Gary smirks and raises his left eyebrow, "My god, Roxanne, you really are a dimwit at times." Seeing as Roxanne's face is still one of confusion- with a bit of a now annoyed glare, Gary shakes his head and continues, "Don't you remember? The one we made the other night."
A pang of recognition strikes the girl, causing her to express her distaste, "Oh...that…" She sighs and continues, "I thought that was supposed to be some kind of joke." Goddamnit, of course he isn't going to let this go. He probably remembers everything from last night.
Gary chuckles and moves towards the girl, "What's so funny about that?" He pauses for a moment, a cat like smirk playing on his features, "That me, Gary Smith, would want to spend the day with my good friend, Roxanne Hewitt? What's so wrong about that?".
Her blue eyes bore into the boy standing before her's brown orbs, Roxanne thinks for a moment; Not entirely positive if she should trust Gary, believing it best to reject the offer. Knowing the sociopath in front of her may not be pleased with her response, "Uhhh Gary, I'm not sure how I feel about all of this-" she tries to argue, only to be cut off.
Gary clasps his hands together, offering Roxanne a toothy grin, "Did I say you had an opinion on this? Too bad baby, you agreed to it." He scoffs at her, "Now quit whining, let's go to town!" Beaming cheekily as though he were a salesman selling something for more than it's worth.
Roxanne, finding it unlikely for Gary to leave without getting his way, attempts to change the subject; "'Go to town'? God have you been reading the Great Gatsby or something?" She laughs then stops herself, uncertain if he would even understand the joke.
Rolling his eyes at the humor filled comment, Gary grabs Roxanne's hand, proceeding to pull her out the door. "Stop stalling trollop-"
"Excuse me?!", She jerks her hand out of the boy's tight grip. Deeming the joke rather offensive, Roxanne crosses her arms and turns away from Gary.
He places his hand on her shoulder, as he comes to Roxanne's side, lowering his head to properly see her hidden face, "C'mon I was kidding". Did he make her cry or something? He didn't know if it mattered.
Roxanne sighs, "Whatever Gary." She shoves his hand away before continuing, "And don't you dare talk to me like that!"
Placing his hand on both sides of the small female, "Relax, Rox, I was just playing with you." Gary calmly chuckles.
"Yeah...when are you not."
Ignoring the sassy comment that came from Roxanne, he pats her on the back, arrogantly unceasing his proposition, "C'mon you imp, we're going to have some fun today."
Roxanne raises her eyebrows, "Fun? I'm a tad worried about what you call fun." She snorts, wondering just what Gary could have planned this time around. Anything would really be better than being in the same place all day, but she would've preferred it not involving Gary or socializing for that matter.
Grabbing Roxanne's wrist firmly, the sociopath teenage boy leads the girl towards the door of her room, "You've known me long enough. Now quit wasting time halfling."
Scrunching her face up, Roxanne snarls in disgust, "Ugh screw you Gary."
"Sooner or later you will."
Alarmed, Roxanne hopes she heard the boy wrong, "What?!" Her cheeks redden, mouth still hung in shock.
"Nothing."
On that note, the two teenagers head towards the town of Bullworth.
Roxanne always loathed being in town. To be fair, anything that involved going outside caused her revulsion. But Gary wasn't going to leave her alone, whether she liked it or not, at least not now. Clearly, she had something he wanted. Otherwise, why would he suddenly want to spend so much of his time with her?
Roxanne certainly hadn't expected to be waiting outside Yum-Yum market for Gary to get whatever he needed. After all, this is a 'date'. Is Gary playing some kind of joke to waste her time? All they were probably going to do is spy on people again.
The door chimes signalling the enter and exit of someone going inside the market, caught the black haired girl's attention; Out strolls Gary Smith, staring down at the ground, he held something pink in his hand hidden slightly behind his back.
Narrowing her eyes, Roxanne notices it is a bouquet as confusion takes over her features, "Why do you have-" She attempts to ask the boy, only to be interrupted by him.
"Shut up and take the flowers." Gary ordered, still not making eye contact with Roxanne, as he stuffed the flowers into her hand.
Roxanne felt herself blush, "Okay. Thanks Gary." She moves closer to the boy in front of her. This really is a date.
"Don't read into it."
Rolling her eyes, "So what exactly do you have planned for us today?" Roxanne asks, cradling the posy in her arms.
"C'mon, I'll show you."
Gary grabs Roxanne by the hand, leading her behind him as he began to walk down the sidewalk.
"Uhh, Gary?" Roxanne kept her feet planted on the ground, questioning if she should go anywhere the sociopath chose for their 'romantic evening'.
"Be patient. Trust me, I know where we're going." Gary insisted irritatedly, glaring at the girl.
"Trust...you?" Roxanne spoke up, unsure if she could even have faith in herself around Gary. After the incident of the day before, she knew her mind couldn't comprehend the consequences of spending time with him.
Gary snapped Roxanne out of her thoughts, "Shut up. Just close your eyes if it's so hard for you to wait."
Roxanne's eyebrows furrowed as she blinked rapidly, finding Gary's request idiotic, "But you just told me you'd show me-" The girl stopped herself, noticing the boy in front of her's expression.
"Hewitt. Watch your words. Just shut up already, it´ll be worth it." Gary sighs, squeezing the bridge of his nose with the fingers of his free hand. He looks and sounds beyond infuriated, like a mother at her wits end with a stubborn child.
"Okay Gary, let's go." Roxanne breathed, closing her eyes and ignoring the voice in the back of her mind telling her to run away.
Maybe Roxanne is just being paranoid. Maybe Gary just really wanted to have a nice evening this time. He did buy her flowers after all.
Roxanne kept her eyes closed, one hand supporting the bouquet, another intertwined with Gary's, who remained ahead, leading her who knows where…
Could she rely on him?
It's been years, of course she can.
No…
It's been years, she can't. She knows Gary. How he operates. She is a fool to be talking to him at all. Let alone, be on a date.
But who is she trying to kid? It's not like she has any other boy lined up to ask her out. Heck, she hardly has friends or people she can speak to without freezing up. At least everyone leaves her alone, that's one benefit of being 'behind the scenes' as Lola had put it.
It's not Roxanne's fault Gary just likes to bother people who are...unbothered. Well Gary likes to bother anyone he can.
"You can open your eyes now."
An entirely different scene played out before her eyes, one Roxanne never could´ve expected. The ocean water glistened beneath the setting sun, it was so...beautiful. Here the two students stood on the docks, admiring the view in awe of something exquisite amongst the normally dull town.
She tried her best not to sound rude, "So you brought me...all the way here...just to watch a sunset?" Gary's arm slid around Roxanne's waist, pulling the girl closer to his torso. She didn't mind him touching her this time. She didn't know why, maybe it was just the moment. Staring at the sun for the last time of today. It gave her a hopeless feeling, if she had stayed inside again, she would've never seen it.
"I´m trying to watch and you're hurting my ears fun size." The boy beside her answered, staying transfixed on the bright orb beginning to approach the sea.
¨I´m sorry, what's that supposed to mean?¨ Roxanne snapped in a playful manner, earning a glare from Gary in return.
¨If you won´t shut it. Don't be surprised if I accidentally push you in.¨ Gary warned, gesturing towards the water in front of them.
Roxanne closed her mouth.
She almost found herself thanking the boy, for showing her something pretty magnificent away from her abode. For pulling her outside of the chamber, that only he had noticed, she's shut herself in too many times. Locking out the world.
Maybe Gary is right, maybe Roxanne does need to live a little more...
Maybe Roxanne is wrong, maybe she can trust Gary…
She side eyed the sociopath who held her in his arms, wondering what Gary is thinking as he watches the shining sphere sink below the surface.
Is he going to push her in the water now?
Roxanne waits a moment. No, she's still in his arms, being held tighter. If he was going to, he would've already.
Is Gary planning something?
What is Gary feeling? Could she ask? Would he share?
Why are they here? Why did he chose here of all places? The docks of the beach. You could have seen it from school probably. Though, not from Roxanne's room. Besides, even if you went outside, seeing the sunset from the academy, is nothing like it is here. Not just in the literal perspective, the docks always have this feeling of freedom that Roxanne could never pinpoint. Being at an educational setting, something about it in general always felt like a prison; A cloud of teen desolation looms over her school, trapping it as if it were a tiny inescapable box.
Does Gary always do this? Is this really entertaining for him? Is this fun? How many other people has Gary brought here? More importantly, why does she care?
Did anyone see them?
Did Gary care if anyone saw them?
Did she anymore?
Why does this all matter?
This is so weird. This is out of Garyś character.
Why did she leave her room again? She could've easily ran to a prefect outside and got Gary a week's worth of detention.
Why is she still here? She hates going outside.
This is beyond strange. Since when is Gary all sensitive? Not sensitive, but, just...not Gary. At all.
Why is she bothering to analyze the vision ahead?
What is Gary planning? There has to be a reason he´s suddenly so ´lovey dovey´…
Could it be that maybe...he might feel the same?
NO. In a minute he'll find a bug on the floor and put it in her hair.
But what really is the point of all this?
Why is she still with the boy next to her? And why is Gary acting so abnormal?
Her mind is yelling at her to leave. While her heart is giving her possibly false hope of a boy maybe liking her back.
She could run, right now. So why won't she?
God. Why is she clinging onto Gary Smith? Even more uncanny, why is he letting her? Has she become that desperate for male attention that she relies on this lunatic?
And dear god dare she ask herself, why does she love it? Drowning her mind out with emotions had secretly been a talent of hers, thinking with her heart. She hid it long enough, now Gary may know...
Roxanne could run, right now. But, Gary seems at ease. Peaceful. Mentally deciding to throw all logic out the window, she rests her head on his shoulder.
The scarred boy glances down at the girl, ¨Told you it was worth it. Loser."
Roxanne gazes up at him and smiles, forgetting everything else.
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