Hi all! Because I love my readers soooo much I have decided to post a special Valentines Day chapter for you!
Sid: I thought it was because you don't have a boyfriend...
Shut up Sid! Anyway, it's not like I want one anyway....
Sid: But.... (grabs the Shinigami)
Never mind him. On with the show!
"Ow! Owowowowow!" I glared with one eye at the stupid mascara brush while grabbing a piece of toilet paper to stem the tears flowing from my other eye.
"Violet, what are you doing?" Sid looked concerned as he poked his head into the bathroom. I whipped at my watering eye with the toilet paper, removing the large blob of make-up that had attempted to take up residence in my cornea.
"Torturing myself, why?" I snapped carefully attempting to reapply my eye make-up, Mary was going to be here soon and all I had done was my hair. We were going to be late to the dance. Not that I cared overly much, but she did.
"Oh, why are you torturing yourself?" I sighed, I knew Sid wouldn't leave me alone until I answered him. He was becoming a lot braver.
"Because that's what girls do. And besides the dance is tonight. Now shhhh! This is hard enough without talking to you."
"Can I go to the dance?" I sighed again and looked at him in the mirror. He was pouting, which was quite a feat for someone with no lips. I couldn't help it, I caved. I'd never admit it to him but I kinda liked having him around. It made me feel less alone.
"Sure, but it's gonna be totally boring. Now hush, I need to concentrate."
I was just nearing my eye with the brush of death again when the doorbell rang making me jump, I narrowly avoided stabbing myself again. I guess my mom opened the door because I could hear Mary bounding up the stairs, "Okay Violet, my hair and make-up are done all I have to do is put on my dress then we can head over to Jet's…YOU'RE NOT READY YET!?"
I flinched as her shriek reverberated off the fixtures in the bathroom. Sid covered his ears and wisely retreated to my room. Lucky Shinigami. "I was trying! You know how much I suck at this girly crap!" I yelled back.
"Fine," she sighed in exasperation, "let me go put this down." Mary left with her dress bag and I caught myself looking at her ass. I snapped my guilty gaze back to the mirror, meeting my own eyes. She was going to look gorgeous tonight, envy for Jet swelled in my chest. He was such a prick; he couldn't even be bothered to pick us up so I was driving to his house. Bastard.
"Give me that," Mary grabbed the mascara brush from my hand, snapping me out of my thoughts. She heaved a long suffered sigh. "Mmmkay, this side looks pretty good but…Did you stab yourself in the eye?"
"No," I said sarcastically, "I was going for a new look." She didn't comment, by now she was so used to my sarcasm that it didn't faze her.
"Look up. Okay, now blink, blink, blink again. Good." She reached over my shoulder to grab something and I felt my temperature go up. "Now for your lips…Make an O. Yeah, like that." She painted whatever she held on my lips as I stared at hers. She bit her lower lip when she worked, it was so sexy. "Done! Now hurry up and go get dressed!"
I blinked a couple times to get my brain working again, "Thanks Mary," I said standing and exiting the bathroom.
"Yeah, yeah. You'd be lost without me, I know." She laughed and turned back to the mirror to touch up her own make-up. You have no idea, I thought sadly.
I shooed Sid out of my room and grabbed my dress out of the closet. I really loved my dress. It was knee length, strapless, and black. I gave a small twirl in the mirror, the beading on the bodice catching the light, before hurriedly collecting my shoes and bag before exiting my room.
Mary smiled when she saw me, "Aw! Vi! You look so pretty!"
"I agree," Sid said with a smile. The praise made me blush, I was never the pretty girl.
I pushed Mary towards my room, "Your turn!"
"Okay, okay!" She said, laughter in her voice. I looked over my shoulder at Sid.
"So you think I'm pretty?" He nodded. "Good. I knew I liked you." In a very unladylike move I used the wall to prop my foot up as I slipped into my shoes of death. They weren't very high but then again, I wasn't very coordinated.
"Tahda!" Mary stepped from my bedroom minutes later, she made my heart stop. The full length pink gown made her look absolutely amazing. Like a princess in a fairy tale, jealously once again threatened to overwhelm me. "You're gorgeous," I breathed before I could stop myself. I blushed then tried to recover myself, "Now let's go. We're gonna be late."
Lame-ass boring dance, I growled irritably under my breath as I cradled a cup of punch to my chest. Regrettably un-spiked punch. Didn't anyone know how to throw a good party anymore? I sighed, this was so a waste of my time!
Mr. Chen, my much hated math teacher prowled by with a glower. I looked at the couple he was about to pry apart, poor saps. They were really cracking down on freak dancing this year but come on! The whole arm length rule was so gay! I chuckled under my breath but it was humorless; my eyes scanned the crowd for Mary.
As expected, she was pressed up against Jet and he was trying to eat her face off. I nearly retched into my punch. "This is boring. More boring than normal." Sid whined behind me.
"Shut up Sid. I told you you should have stayed home."
"But I wanted to see what all the fuss was about."
"Yeah, and aren't you just so glad you came?" I knew I was being mean to him and he didn't deserve it but the dance was putting me in a bad mood. The current song ended causing partners to split up and migrate to the buffet, I moved away from the crowd as I searched for Mary. I found her leaning against a wall with a faraway look in her eyes but Jet was nowhere in sight.
I looked around curiously; normally Jock Strap was glued to "his woman" like price tag stickers on glass. My eye was drawn to the double doors that lead out of the gym, I frowned. Jet was leaning against one but there was someone else with him, someone who wasn't Mary. I looked back to where she stood against the wall, she hadn't seen me yet so I decided to go see what lover boy was up to.
As I got closer, I saw that Jet was talking to Hilary Reese, captain of the girl's softball and basketball teams, he was also leering at her huge boobs. Jet pushed the door open and the two slipped outside. I got a bad feeling in my gut, like I was actually going to retch up my punch. "Sid, follow them, tell me where they go." The Shinigami moved like an obedient shadow after them, swiftly disappearing. I hated how much I was slowed by the milling crowd of hormone crazed miscreants. I would have to get Sid some chocolate for such a great sidekick.
I continued moving through people until I reached the doors where Jet and Hillary had disappeared. Mr. Chen stood blocking them. "Where you go? Dance not over." I glared at the pompous ass.
"I have to use the bathroom." I stated evenly.
"Use bathroom in gym."
"Mr. Chen I'm having feminine issues. There are things in my locker that I need." I smirked when he jumped out of my way, like I had a disease or something.
Sid was waiting for me outside the door; I followed him as he glided silently through campus to the football field. There were two shapes merged into one under the bleachers. I edged closer to the two of them feeling my anger start to flare out of control. How dare that bastard cheat on my best friend!? He had no idea what I'd give for her to look at me the way she looked at him! Jet had is tongue down Hilary's throat and his hand up her dress. She was grabbing at his hair and moaning, what a slut!
I took another cautious step forward…My ankle turned under me and I sprawled across the ground letting out a little shriek as I fell. I knew these shoes would be the death of me!
"What the hell?" I looked up, directly into Jet's startled eyes. Busted.
Gasp! Cliffy! I know, I'm sorry but you'll get over it eventually. Have a happy V Day, I'm going to go eat chocolate in front of Sid and not share. Please review! (P.S. I actually had a math teacher last semester who talked like Mr. Chen, I was damn proud of that C lol)