HEY! Ok so the next chapter will be the Monday one, btw I might be a little while with that because my sister is borrowing my laptop for the whole of next week. Sorry, but I'm working on a video for this story, will let you know when it's finished. I hope you enjoy and review. Thanks so much
JJ X x
We all ran over to the center of the library as I Brian shot up to the record room, sticking on a track and we all start to dance as a group, Brian jumping out to meet us as we move into a frantic circle.
I laugh as I sway with the beat, Claire jumping about with perfect style, Andy playing all the air instruments you can name while Allison bounces about waving her arms around and Brian… well I wouldn't call that dancing but whatever works… then there's John, hair flying every which way with his perfect footing. Me? Well my dancing is kind of a cross between John and Claire's I guess, but hey, it's fun
We spread out when John decides to climb the statue. Claire on the stairs and Andy beating away on the railing while I jump up onto the table and Brain struts his stuff near the statue just as Allison passes it with dance near the front.
I can taste my cherry shampoo as my hair dashes around my head with every move I make "AH!" I shout, surprised as two strong arms swiftly lift's me of the table and over a very sturdy shoulder "Johnny!"
He spins me around one way, then the other as I laugh and hit his back. When he puts me down he's smirking and I'm kind of dizzy so naturally I stumble, right into him. I stare at the white shirt under the red patterned one, I'm not noticing how nicely it hugs the muscles on his chest, or how warm he feels, or how his arms are holding mine… I'm not
I stare up at him and he's John so he raises a brow as my head stops spinning and I smile, grabbing his hand and pulling him into a wider space by where the others have congregated back to "dance with me Johnny"
He twirls me around as we once again all dance together, never letting go of my hand as we move to the beat.
Allison scrambles up onto the wooden railing and starts scurrying along it, John jumps up next to her doing the same foot shift until she nearly falls off. then Brian and Andy join John and do some sort of walk thing that makes me laugh until Claire grabs mine and Allison's hands and we all but push the guys off so she could show is some hip foot shuffle.
I start dancing with Andy and Claire with Brian as John rocks out and Allison looks like she's spasming to the floor, I laugh as we all look at each other and copy her move until we're laid out laughing on the moth eaten carpet.
After the music dies we all take a seat on the railing, I'm smushed between John and Andy near the end, watching the clock as John hands me a half smoked cigarette and leaps off "I guess I better get back to the dungeons"
"Where did Vernon actually take you?" Andy questions as I take a long drag
He smiles, walking backwards to the stairs "Supply closet across the hall"
As John turns into money man to get through the hole in the ceiling an elbow nudges me "you like him…"
I look at the redhead and gasp "Red, you're obviously still high"
She smiles at me, cocky as hell as I hastily smoke "he likes you to..."
I'm choking on the damned bud at those words and she just looks at me, smirks more like before I turn to look at the others and their all giving me this same 'we know' look as I bite "oh, shut the fuck up!"
They laugh at that, it's strange, this morning none of them would dare laugh at The Shrew… had so much changed in one day?
We sit in silence for a few moments, it's not awkward like it had been earlier, just boring, that is until Claire asks "Brian?"
"Yeah?" he looks at her expectantly
"Are you gonna write your paper?" I smile to myself; I know what she's doing…
He just stares blankly and I notice Andy watching Allison again, this time so does she "Yeah, why?"
"Well, it's kinda a waste for all of us to write our paper, don't you think?" I take a pull from the shrinking stick in my hand
"Oh, but that's what Vernon wants us to do..." why hadn't he given me a full one?
"True, but I think we'd all kinda say the same thing." The burn feels good in my lungs, the last drag I take in, savoring
"You just don't want to write your paper...Right?" I let out the smoke and breathe "I wasn't going to do that shit anyway"
They smile at me because hey, this is detention not class "True, but, you're the smartest, right?"
"Oh, well..." he's full of pride, and he is the smartest and is she flirting?
"We trust you..." she smiles, yeah, definitely flirting
Brian glances over at Allison, Andrew and I as we nod in approval. Because hey, if he wanted to right it for us then I'm not going to bitch about it
"All right, I'll do it..." he agrees and Claire lets out a relieved breath as I stump out my bud end and flick it away "Great..."
Claire eyeballs Allison who looks back, tilting away from her. This makes Claire smile as she smiles at me then tugs lightly on Allison's arm "Come on"
She's weighing her options, the outcomes as she asks "Where're we going?"
"Come on! Mae grab your purse, your blushers better for her compaction than mine" Allison looks at me as I jump down with Claire, quickly followed my our friend
We sit in the sound booth as I start rummaging through my bag, handing Claire the blusher she wanted as I comb back Allison's hair, using some of Claire's styling moose "Don't be afraid"
"Don't stick that in my eye!" Allison moans, turns out under all those layers were some pretty nice clothes, plus I have a headband in my bag that goes so well with that shirt… wait, what did I just say?
"I'm not sticking it; just close...just go like that..." Claire closes her eyes. Allison mimics her.
I smile as I finally finish brushing out the indestructible knots "yeah Ally-cat, like your mouthing on a sour sucker"
"Good..." Claire just shakes her head with a giggle because hey, she finally got the face right
Claire puts the make-up on her and Allison squeals "You know you really do look a lot better without all that black shit on your eyes"
"Hey...I like that black shit..." Allison gets a bit defensive
"This looks a lot better...look up." Claire kind of right and that kills me to admit
I walk over to grab more moose and the headband "well if you don't like it you can just take the shit off, that's the magic of makeup"
"Mae, you know you never told us why you're in here?" Allison asks and Claire growl "stop moving!"
I walks over, standing next to Claire as I style her fringe "I started talking tongues about the devil in Mrs. Kendrick's class, she thought I was possessed and nearly took my head off with that fucking bible of hers, luckily her asthma attack gave her bad aim"
They just look at me with their mouth wide open as I shrug "what? ...how was I meant to know?"
They giggle as I notice I'm still wearing John's scarf, I catch myself smiling at the thing and mutter "Um, why don't you finish up, I'm going to pee"
They look to me then each other before saying in unison "yeah right"
If you'd have told me this morning that I would wind up doing a makeover on an invisible with a prep, the queen prep at that I would have laughed you into the morgue… crazy how shit turns out
I walk through the library and smile to the boys and patting Andy on the leg with a wink "she'll be right out Romeo" before making a swift exit.
I stand outside the closet with my hand on the handle, what the fuck am I doing? I don't do that nervous shit, that's for pussies… Scarf, right…
I open the lock and slowly walk inside; he looks surprised, happy surprised as I lean back on the closing door "You lost?"
Bender smiles at me, folding his arms as I shrug "depends on what I'm looking for"
He stands and struts over and I feels my confidence drop "oh really, what are you looking for?"
He puts his hand on the door, right next to my head and fuck if bring five two didn't make me feel small enough. I hold up the end of the red cloth still wrapped around my neck "a friend lent me this… I figured I should give it back"
He looks at me for a long second, twirling a pink end through his fingers "maybe they don't want it back…"
I look at him, my heart racing and butterfly's reenacting the French revolution in my stomach because I can't fucking move with those big brown eyes swallowing me up
He breaks first, opting to look at his hand next to my head as I finally breathe. I look at his neck, long and inviting, up to his perfectly sculpted jaw and the smooth curve of his lips. I move forward, standing on my tip toes as my lips meet the corner of his and the brink of his cheek.
I linger, scared to pull away, but as I do he turns to me "Why'd you do that?"
For a second I thought I'd done something wrong, that it was a huge ass mistake but I smile my best smile "because I wanted to"
He looks me right in the eye with a small nod and I swallow hard because… fuck man! "You know what you said; about how people deserve happy endings and shit… wouldn't you and I make for an outstandingly twisted fairytale"
My face splits into a Cheshire cat grin and I bite my lips, unable to look away "well, again that depends on all those girls in your pocket"
He stares at me as his hand pulls out his wallet, easily unhooking the plastic picture holder and throwing it somewhere behind him; never once breaking our gaze as he smiles "what girls?"
My heart in bounding through my chest as I grab onto the back of his head and crash my lips into his, his arms circling my small frame and pinning me to the door as he lifts me off my feet because hey, I'm kind of a munchkin we feel it move "Bender? What are you doing in there?"
Vernon shoves at the door as we pull apart, only a breaths hair and smiling as my feet touch the floor again and the door flies open "Cassidy what the hell are you doing in here? Out, now! both of you!"
John's arm goes around my shoulder, after he races to grab his stuff and we walk out, seeing the others and smile "Allison, looking good"
She blushes with her hand firmly in Andy's, Brian and Claire chattering as we walk but not before they all give us a look and I roll my eyes as John smile "jealous?"
We walk down the hall where we're met by Carl, sweeping up. Brian nods at him
"See ya Brian..."
"Bye Carl..."
We walk past Carl and John has two arms around my middle, making us walk like penguins "See you next Saturday..." I smile back to my neighbor with a small giggle "Later Carl…"
"You bet! Later Mae" he looks kind of baffled and impressed all in one
Once we get outside I pull away to give Claire and Brian a hug each before they jet down the stairs, ruffling Brain's hair before he and the redhead nod to John.
They walk down together and I notice Claire place a tender kiss on the boy's cheek before they both get into their dad's cars and leaves.
I look at Andy again giving him a hug before turning to my new friend embracing her also before tracing the ring I gave her and wink "see you Monday Ally-cat"
They walk down hand in hand and then kiss; Allison rips a patch off Andy's jacket and gets into the car.
I feel a hand on my back as my aunts truck pulls up and I smile, he walks me down and when we reach the car I turn to him. He's smiling, not his usual smirk but a real smile.
As I grab his hand I take off my compass before settling it into his palm and carefully closing his fingers around it. I look up at him and almost plead "don't forget about me, ok Johnny"
He smiles and fingers the red scarf before slowly leaning down to kiss me, this time slow, sweet. Our brows touch as it ends and he doesn't say a word, just watches me climb into the truck and clings to the necklace in his hand.
We don't take our eyes off each other until the very last moment and even then I look back over the seat to catch one last glimpse of him. When I can't see him anymore I sit back with a stupid grin on my face "So, tell me about the boy"
I smile over at my aunt and shrug, fiddling with the scarf, his scarf "his names John… and I really like him"
She smiles over and takes my hand as we pass the field "good for you Angel Mae"
I give her hand a light squeeze before looking out my window only to see John walking over the grass with my necklace draped around his neck before he thrusts his fist in the air and I make a nearly do a little dance in my seat…
I think back to the essay Brian made us all sign and wonder why he wanted me to write 'a shrew'
Monday would be scary, but today… was probably the best detention ever!
Dear Mr. Vernon,
We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to make an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us...In the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions.
But what we found out is that each one of us is:
A brain...
...and an athlete...
...and a basket case...
...a princess...
…a shrew…
...and a criminal...
Does that answer your question?
Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.