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CHAPTER 2 – The Cold, Hard Truth
An hour had passed since Tootie last spoken with Vicky. She was in the Kitchen cleaning the dishes and the mess from breakfast early this morning. Tootie wanted to make sure the kitchen was cleaned before dinner arrived. She thought that this would help take her mind off Vicky being so upset, but it did little to help clear her mind. Once all the cleaning was done, she rummaged through the cabinets to find the paper plates and cups. "Ah, there you are?" Tootie wanted to make sure that clean up was easy tonight. All she wanted to do was eat dinner, watch a movie, and then go to bed.
Just then, she heard the door bell ring. "Coming…just hold on one minute, please." Tootie yelled as she scurried to answer the door. Once she got there to greet the delivery guy, Tootie noticed that the young man was very handsome. He spoke with a mild suffers tenor to his voice, "Order for Flannigan?" Tootie replied, "Yes that's us, two pizzas with mushrooms & pepperoni, two bottles of cola, and a gallon of vanilla ice cream right?" He smiled and handed Tootie her order, "That'll be 32.87 please dudette." Tootie reached in her pocket and gave him the two twenty dollar bills Vicky threw at her earlier in the afternoon. "Here you go, keep the change." He smiled and thanked her for the generous tip. "Why thank you little lady."
Just as he was about to walk away, Tootie called out to him, "um…excuse me, can I ask you a question?" The delivery guy smiled and replied, "Sure, what is it?" Tootie smiled and asked, "Do you have a girlfriend?" The delivery guy smiled, (he thought it was cute that this little 12 year old girl was asking him this type of question), so he played along, but first he asked a rather unusual question, "Chris Hanson isn't in there is he?" Tootie confused, looked at him and said, "Chris Hanson, Who's he?" The delivery boy replied, "You know, the guy that hosts to Catch a Predator." Tootie giggled, "No, I'm just making conversation that's all." He smiled and said, "Oh, well no, I don't have a girlfriend, but I am much too old for you shorti." Tootie just giggled as he flirted with her. What she said next really set the guy off though, "No, I wasn't asking about me, I already have a boyfriend. I just wanted to know if you would like to meet my older sister, Vicky."
Just then, the delivery guy's face turned pale white and he started to sweat & shake in his sneakers where he stood. "I thought that name was Familiar, this is Vicky Flannigan's house! The Red Headed Diablo of Terror! No thanks dudette, I am outta of here, C-ya!" And just like that, he ran off into his car, and peeled out of the driveway leaving tire tracks up the road as he sped off. Tootie just thought to herself, (Finding Vicky a date is going to be much harder than I thought.)
Tootie put the pizza on the kitchen table, and opened the boxes to let them cool. Then she put the ice cream in the fridge. Vicky liked it when it was close to a soft serve texture. After that, she went up to her room to get changed into her pajamas. Since she was going to be forced to spend the night with Vicky, she might as well be comfortable. Tootie put on her red and white hearts and stars silk pajamas, and then pulled her hair up in a single pony. As she walked out of her room, she then knocks on Vicky's door again. "Vicky…dinners here. You can come down whenever you're ready. I'm going to put on a movie, hope you like the Twilight Saga." Tootie heard no sounds coming from her room. She then thought the worst. (Vicky wouldn't do that? Could she be capable of suicide?) Tootie then opened the door; she knew it wasn't locked, because she was the last one to close it. She peeked in, and saw that her sister was a sleep on her bed. After seeing that, Tootie let out a big sigh of relief. "Whew…I'll go eat, and then she can join me later when she gets hungry.
Tootie quietly walked down the stairs. She crept into the kitchen and grabbed a cup of cola and two slices of pizza. She then sat Indian style on the couch and began watching the movie she rented from Netflix. As she ate quiet & alone, she pondered what might happen if Vicky couldn't find a date, or even find somebody willing to go with her as a friend. Tootie though back to last year, she was babysitting Timmy on the night of the Junior Prom. She remembered Timmy looking weak and disheveled the day after, when she saw him go off to his little league game last year. He never really did tell her what happened. Tootie felt sorry for him, but she was glad that she wasn't on the receiving end of that wrath.
About half way through the movie, Vicky came down the stairs. Her hair was pulled up in a pony tail much like Tootie's, and she was wearing a long white t-shirt with a picture of Chip Skylark in concert on the front and tour dates on the back. The shirt just barley came past her butt. However, Tootie could still see the Fredrick's of Hollywood Green lace panties she was wearing. After all, it was a weekend, and nobody was coming over, so she could relax any way she wanted to. Vicky then came out with a box of pizza, a whole liter of cola, and a bowl of ice cream. She sat on the recliner away from Tootie and began to eat her supper.
Tootie then tried her best to make conversation with her sister. "Did you have a nice nap Vicky?" Vicky just chewed her pizza, and ignored the conversation that Tootie was trying to initiate. Tootie started to feel a little uncomfortable; she typically was used to being alone and in silence at school, but it was harder at home when Vicky was around, there was always tension. Date night was almost every other night for her parents, as they did everything they could to avoid her unpleasantness. Tootie then tried to initiated conversation again by this time saying, "Vicky, did you ever try and tell some of these boys how you feel about them? If they knew your feelings toward them, they may be more receptive to a date or even a relationship with you?"
Vicky then opened her eyes as she was chugging down a gulp of cola. She swallowed, and then slammed the bottle on the table. Looking at Tootie with a sneer she replied, "Like the way you let the Twerp know how you feel about him every day?" Tootie was taken aback by this question. She had to know what Vicky was implying. "What do you mean by that?" She said will a sharp tone of voice. Vicky just stared at her and said, "You're always constantly chasing after him to tell him that you love him, and it's pathetic. All he does is run away and hides from you. All you're doing is making a fool of yourself." Vicky then took a bite of pizza and looked at the TV. Tootie was hurt by this. She was ready to say something else to her, but then Vicky spoke with her mouth full. "You know, Timmy should really be thanking both of us for chasing him around all these years. How else did he get the leg strength to run so fast? That's why he is the leadoff man for the baseball team, as well as the stolen bases leader. Pat yourself on the back for that one Twerpette." She then capped off that insult with a loud belch.
That just made Tootie really angry. She then stood up, clenched both her fists at her sides and shouted at her sister, "Well you know what, at least HE talks to me, and I at least I let him know how I truly feel about him all the time. My love may be unwanted to him right now, but someday, when he realizes it, he'll know how I always felt about him. You know why no-one will date or even take you to the prom Vicky? Because you're cold, heartless, & mean spirited. You may be pretty & body beautiful on the outside, but inside, you're nothing but a wicked evil bitch, rotten to the core! And furthermore, if you don't learn how to change your attitude towards others & treat them better; then you'd better get used to the fact that all you'll be doing on nights & weekends is eating junk food in your t-shirt & underwear, while others are out partying it up."
Tootie was just about to prepare for the worst backlash she could imagine now. She expected a beat down like no other, but what she got instead, was a total shock. Vicky just looked at her in silence. A frown formed on her face. Tears welled up in her eyes again, and she began to cry; Harder than she did before. Tootie couldn't believe that she actually made Vicky cry. As she watched Vicky sit in the chair holding herself as she cried, she couldn't help be feel even sorrier than she did before. "Vicky…I'm sorry, I didn't mean…" Just then, Vicky cut her off, "Yes you did! You meant every hurtful…yet honest word of it! And you're right Tootie! I am a mean spirited evil bitch. I am only that way because I don't like being the one who's hurt all the time. I have been hurt too many times by both boys & girls in the past. So that's why I chose to be this way. I hurt them first, so that they don't have a chance or the strength to even get a chance to hurt me back. Now, I built such an impenetrable wall around myself, that no one will even take a chance on me now. I have made them all too scared to even try."
Before Tootie could answer Vicky's rant, she jumped up and ran to her bedroom & slammed the door shut. Tootie felt proud of herself at first for saying how Vicky really was all those years & standing up to her. However, when she finally realized that all Vicky was doing, was protecting herself from being hurt by others, she felt awful and remorseful about the whole thing. Tootie really did it now. She sat back down on the couch, and grabbed another slice of pizza from the box Vicky left on the table. As she chewed it slowly she thought…"I'm going to need a lot of help with this. This is too big for me to take on all by myself. I need to get Vicky a date for that Prom. She deserves this after hearing how she put up a wall all of these years."
As Tootie sat there on the couch, she thought of the one person who could really help her in this time of need. (I really don't want to ask his help on this, but I have no choice in the matter now.)
Looks like the plot thickens! I will be updating shortly after the weekend, but I would like to hear some more comments on what you think so far. I would like to see this story reach up to 10 reviews/comments. The more I get, the quicker I will post the next chapter update.
Coming soon: A Friend in Need