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I wish it was not true
But that's the way it is
It's not your fault
That's the way it is
I'm sick of you
And that's the way it is
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"Rachael Michelle Roth! Get down here immediately!" Caroline Roth yelled from downstairs. Rachael bit her bottom lip, a little nervous for the scolding she was about to get. Sure, she did throw food in his face but he deserved it! After all, he broke her window and annoyed her endlessly. This was in no way her fault, she had rationalized.
Still in denial, Rachael sped down the stairs, where her grandmother was tapping her foot impatiently. Her lips were pursed and for the first time ever, she actually looked annoyed.
"Principal Wolve called today. Would you like to explain?" the elderly woman said, crossing her arms across her chest.
"An eye for an eye?" Rachael shrugged, trying to avoid eye contact.
"Rachael that is no excuse for what you did. I want you to go over there right now and apologize." Caroline said sternly. Rachael's mouth gaped open. Apologize? To him nonetheless? Not happening.
"No no no no no no. I am not going over there!" Rachael exclaimed, stomping her foot down in protest.
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"Sometimes, I really hate you." Rachael muttered as she stood on Garfield's stoop. Almost as soon as her knuckles connected with the door it opened, revealing a smiling Garfield.
"Oh, hello there Rachael!" Garfield said, unusually upbeat. She rolled her eyes before exhaling.
"Sorry for throwing food in your face." Rachael said, avoiding eye contact yet again.
"It's okay!" Garfield said, a little too quickly for Rachael's liking.
"Really? That's it? No blackmailing, no anything?" she asked, genuinely surprised.
"Nope! Well actually..."
"Of course." Rachael said, rolling her icy blue eyes.
"Wellllllllllll...I figured that you could help me out with some English stuff. Or science. Or History. Pretty much everything. Cos I'm pretty bad at everything."
"Hard to believe." the girl muttered sarcastically.
"Fine, I guess I'll your grandmother that you never apologized." Garfield said evilly.
"You know for an idiot, you're pretty good at being an evil genius." she said stiffly.
"Thanks. Now do we have a deal or what?" the boy said, extending his arm out. Eyeing it, she took his hand with a sigh and nodded her head. Garfield smiled and released her hand before shoving his hands became into his pockets.
"So...who's that Darwin guy you were talking about?"
"We have a lot to work on." Rachael groaned.
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Rachael, Jenny, Karen and Kori were all sitting on Jenny's porch, exchanging bits of gossip they had heard that day (Johnny's brain cancer was in remission, Noelle went off the deep end and landed herself in the psych ward again and Bonnie had exploded something in the science lab) Rachael, however, was not talking and instead was revising one of Garfield's papers.
"You're still doing that?" Jenny complained, as Rachael highlighted something.
"What can I say? The guy's a moron." Rachael replied, rolling her eyes. Karen snorted.
"You're goin way too easy on him. Moron can't even describe Garfield Logan." she scoffed as Kori nodded.
"Yes, he is most empty headed." the upbeat girl said, flipping through a magazine.
"Well, it's the only way I can keep him from tattling on me and it could be worse." Rachael shrugged.
"True. But really, who spells 'thesis' wrong?" Jenny shouted, pointing to one of the many high lighted areas of the paper.
"Garfield Logan, apparently." Karen answered. To that, the girl received laughter from Jenny and Kori and a feeble one from Rachael too.
"So Jenny...you never finished telling us about Wally." Karen smirked. Jenny's face immediately flushed and she looked away from her group of friends.
"There's nothing to tell." she said quickly.
"Really? Cuz, I could have sworn I saw y'all behind the tree m-"
"Okay! That's really enough! Besides, why talk about me when we could talk about you and Victor." Jenny retorted. The African American girl didn't seem fazed by this, and instead smiled.
"Sure! We're doing great. Actually, we're going out next Friday. You and Wally should stop by." Karen noted proudly. Her smile faltered and she turned to Kori, realizing there was really nothing she could say that would bother Karen.
"So Kori, how's Dick?" Jenny said, the smile returning to her face. The tan girl's face turned bright red and shy smile formed on her face.
"Oh, I have not yet talked to him. I have been too nervous to approach Richard." Kori sighed. Once again, the pink haired girl's smile faltered.
"Hey Rae, how's-"
"No one. You of all people should know that." Rachael replied curtly, not bothering to look up from her papers.
"Oh come on girl. You gotta like someone!" Karen interjected.
"Please. My relationships with boys are completely platonic." Rachael replied.
"So you're a lesbian."
"That's not what I meant." Rachael said, glaring at Jenny.
"Please friends, stop doing the badgering of Rachael." Kori said, attempting to keep the peace.
"Nope." Jenny and Karen said in unison.
"How long has it been since your last boyfriend?" Jenny probed.
"What boyfriend?" Rachael mumbled, refusing to think about him.
"Oh, you know, the one who broke your heart?" Karen said, arching her eyebrow.
"I refuse to think about him. In fact, I've completely erased him from my memory. Much like you should." Rachael said curtly.
"It wasn't that bad." Jenny said, rolling her eyes. The thing about Jenny was that she had no empathy, a trait that Rachael always had. If she did have any empathy she wouldn't have said 'it wasn't that bad' and if she had any brains she would have stopped after 'hey Rae'.
"Really? After he used me, cheated on me and told the whole school about...everything. And it wasn't 'that bad'? Call me up when you learn how to emphasize with someone." Rachael said coldly, jumping up from her spot on the porch.
"Rachael! Come back! You know she didn't mean it!" Karen said hopelessly.
"She never does!" Rachael bit back, storming off into the street. Jenny had pushed her too far today, even by her standards. She knew about everything he did and yet she continued to bring it up.
Him. He had seemed so nice at the time. So handsome, so charming, so...perfect. It was a few years after Arella's funeral that they'd met. The two had pretty much hit it off and became close friends. He managed to do the impossible and break down the walls Rachael had built around herself. And then one day, they started dating. It was nice; like everything Rachael had ever read in the books. He came by often, he complimented her and said nothing but nice things to her. But proven time and time again, all good things must come to an end. He wanted to do things Rachael wasn't comfortable with, but not wanting to lose the best thing in her life at the time, she consented. It wasn't too long after that that he broke up with her and humiliated her by telling the whole school what she had done with him. The names and jeers hurt, but what hurt even more was the betrayal she felt. And from that day forward, Rachael had sworn off all men.
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"Dude, I've got this in the bag!" Garfield said with glee as he plopped down on his bed. Right now, the teenager was on the phone with Victor, explaining his latest feat with Rachael. He could practically hear Victor panicking through the phone.
"So what? She agreed to tutor you; you had to blackmail her, dude." Victor said, a hint of nervousness in his voice. Was he really going to lose this bet?
"That means I can get closer to her. Duh. And you say I'm the moron." Garfield said with a roll of his eyes.
"Look, you only got 28 days left, so good luck." Victor said as he hung up the phone. Garfield shrugged and threw his phone on his bed, a happy smile on his face. If he hadn't been dancing near the window, he never would have noticed a clearly sad looking Rachael walking down the street, papers in her hands. An idea quickly formed in Garfield head and he headed down to his stoop, a bright smile on his face.
"Hey Rachael! Everything okay?" he said, the sulking girl looking up at him.
"Peachy, she responded dryly.
"Well, if you ever need to talk, I'm right here." he said, shocking Rachael. Garfield? Being nice? Was this a prank?
"I...uh...thanks?" Rachael replied, arching her eyebrows.
"I mean, it's just that you look upset." he continued.
"Me? Upset? You must be delusional." Rachael replied.
"Well, you can talk to me about it if you want."
"Yeah. Right. You'd just tell the entire school like-" Rachael quickly stopped and her eyes widened.
"Like...?"
"No one. Like no one. Goodnight Garfield." she said quickly, opening her door.
She was too close this time.
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What do you guys think about Teen Titans Go! Personally, I don't like it; it's kinda gross and not a good influence I think. I was watching it with my nephew and they legit died like it was nothing in the two episodes I saw. Not feelin it.