(A/N) Please review! Constructive criticism is greatly appreciated :D Oh, and to the people who are reviewing, thank you so much, it's really helping me with my writing! :D Oh, and this chapter is a little bit shorter than my others as it's sort of a filler chapter...kinda :D
Despite the fact that Eve had only met Gary about an hour ago, she already didn't like him. Not one bit. For some reason he found the need to bully her every five seconds, and it had gotten the point where Eve had almost screamed at him.
It was weird, as usually Eve was a very calm and quiet person, but she had to admit, it got a bit toomuch when someone constantly teased you every minute about being Pete's girlfriend and for being extremely short. Luckily, Eve had managed to control herself, and had managed to resist the temptation of jumping on Gary and beating his brains out.
Eve was very thankful that Jimmy had come along, as the two of them had become friends, sort of. Jimmy could tell how much Gary was irritating Eve, so whenever he thought Gary was getting at Eve too much, he would tell him to shut up. This didn't really work though, as it only shut Gary up for about a minute, before he continued harassing Eve.
"So, Femme boy, when did you finally grow some balls to ask your little girlfriend out?" Gary asked, smirking widely, which irked Eve greatly, as they slowly walked up the beach.
"Shut up Gary! Stop being a jerk!" Pete said in a tired voice. He was obviously used to Gary's mean comments, but Eve wasn't.
"Look! Leave him alone, okay! I am not his girlfriend, I am just a friend! Okay? A F.R.I.E.N.D!" Eve snapped, glowering at Gary, surprising herself as well as the others by her little outburst.
"Well will you look at that? Petey's little girlfriend can actually stand up for herself," Gary said, his smirk reappearing on his face again.
"Gary, leave them alone," Jimmy said, as he looked up at the sky, a bored expression on his face as always.
"I'm only having some fun," Gary shrugged, before punching Pete in the arm, making Pete wince slightly. Eve just rolled her eyes and looked out at the sea, feeling a bit fed up with Gary. Pete was right when he said that Gary could be a jerk.
"Come on little Evie, I'm just messing around!" Gary slung his arm around Eve's shoulders, making her frown deeply, a slight pink tinge appearing in her cheeks. Even though Gary got on her nerves and was really mean, Eve had to admit that he was quite…well…good looking.
"Evie?" She asked, ducking out from under his arm.
"Yes. Evie. Evie and Petey, I think it has quite a nice ring to it," Gary smirked, as Eve frowned deeply and crossed her arms over her chest.
"For the last time, we're just friends," Eve growled, glaring at Gary, making his smirk grow wider, which narked Eve even more.
"Aw, is little Evie getting angry?" Gary cooed, leaning down slightly so his face was now level with Eve's.
"My name is not Evie," She stated, standing her ground despite how much Gary intimidated her. There was just something about him that didn't seem…right.
"It is now, little Evie," Gary said, straightening up and smirking again.
"Come on Gary, leave her alone," Jimmy said in a bored tone, crossing his arms over his chest, narrowing his eyes at Gary, who shrugged, the smirk not leaving his face for one second.
"Why? It's not as if she actually minds. She knows I'm only joking!" Gary said, smiling crookedly at Eve. "Right little Evie?"
"Stop calling me little Evie," She said, sighing heavily as he just continued to smile.
"Looks like it's that time of the month," He said, laughing in a slightly maniacal way. Eve just groaned wearily. Usually she was so calm, but Gary was really starting to annoy her.
"Aw come on, Evie, don't be such a girl," Gary said as Eve glared at him.
"I am a girl, Gary," She pointed out, walking over to stand beside Pete who looked a bit upset. He obviously didn't like hearing his friends argue.
"Really? Why I never noticed! Silly me!" Gary said sarcastically, rolling his eyes and smirking.
Eve sighed and shook her head. This Gary guy always had a comeback for everything. He always had to have the last word.
"Just ignore Gary, he's an idiot," Jimmy said to Eve, as Gary and Pete started walking ahead. Gary seemed to be yet again teasing poor Pete, who looked slightly hurt.
"Yeah, I figured," Eve said quietly, smiling at Jimmy.
"So, made many new friends here?" He asked.
"A few," Eve replied.
"Why'd your parents send you to this dump in the first place?" Jimmy asked.
"My Dad doesn't really like me," Eve frowned lightly, "So he thought that by sending me here, it would mean he wouldn't have to see me again."
"Ah, your Dad doesn't sound to cool," Jimmy said, "My Mom sent me here so she can go off for a year with some fat ass,"
"Your Mom doesn't sound so cool either," Eve replied, smiling lightly, despite the slightly depressing conversation.
"What about your Mom? Didn't she try and stop your Dad from sending you here?" Jimmy asked, kicking the sand around as they stopped walking and just stood still, facing the sea.
"She's dead," Eve said shortly, blinking back here tears. Her life would have been so much better if her Mom was here to look after her, and her Dad probably would have been a lot more caring too, if her Mom was alive.
"Oh…uh…sorry," Jimmy scratched the back of his head awkwardly, and shifted his feet around in an uncomfortable manner.
"It's okay," Eve said quietly, feeling a little down.
"You alright?" Jimmy asked uncertainly, as he turned to stare at Eve.
"I'm fine, I'm fine," Eve said, flashing him a reassuring smile. "I think we'd better head back soon though,"
"How about the four of us go get a burger or something?" He asked, turning to stare at Gary and Pete, who were now walking back, Pete slightly ahead of Gary, and looking quite annoyed.
"Does Gary ever stop teasing him?" Eve questioned, raising her eyebrows, staring at the two of them.
"Nope," Jimmy replied, grinning broadly.
"Thought not," Eve smiled and shook her head.
"So, what you guys talking about?" Gary asked as he reached Eve and Jimmy, who both simultaneously shrugged.
"Nothing," Jimmy replied, heading up towards the street, with Eve following close behind.
"Where are we going?" Pete asked, tagging after Jimmy.
"The burger joint," Jimmy replied.
Eve sighed and followed the two, not wanting to be left alone with Gary. After all, he had taken an extreme liking to teasing her every five seconds.
"Hey little Evie," Gary said, catching up with Eve and yet again slinging his arm heavily around Eve's shoulders, bringing her closer to him.
"What do you want Gary?" She asked wearily, not bothering to duck out from Gary's arm this time, as she knew he'd probably just place his arm back around her shoulders if she did. It would be like an endless cycle. Sort of.
"Oh come on, you're not mad at me are you?" Gary snorted.
Eve just sighed heavily, ducking out from under his arm and hurrying after Jimmy and Pete who were now on the other side of the street.
"Look, Evie…," Gary grabbed Eve's wrist and spun her round, "I'm sorry okay? I'm just joking around. If it bothers you that much then I'll stop,"
Eve smiled faintly at Gary, glad that he was nice enough to apologize to her, though she wasn't sure if it was a genuine apology or not, it was enough for her.
She grabbed his wrist and started to pull him along, "Come on, let's go get some burgers! You're paying for them by the way!"
Eve smiled as she walked through the school gates with Gary, Pete and Jimmy. She'd sort of became friends with Gary after he apologized, even though he still did act like a jerk sometimes. But he was a bit nicer to her now, and didn't tease her as much, though he still insisted in calling her 'little Eve'.
As Eve turned down the right path, waving to the three boys as she headed towards the girls dorm, she was almost immediately stopped by Beatrice, who hurried over to her.
"Hi Eve! Want to come meet some of my friends?" Beatrice asked eagerly, a hopeful smile on her face. Eve, who didn't have the heart to tell Beatrice no, nodded and smiled at her kindly, trying her best to seem enthusiastic.
"Sure Beatrice, that sounds…great!" Eve said, her smile growing wider as she saw how happy Beatrice looked.
"Good! Come on, I told the guys I'd meet them at the library, we're going to play Grottos and Gremlins," She announced, hurrying towards the library with Eve walking beside her.
Eve had no idea what Grottos and Gremlins was, only that it was some kind of role-playing game, which definitely was not Eve's kind of thing. At all. In fact Eve thought it sounded rather boring, but of course she wasn't going to tell Beatrice that. Especially since Beatrice had been kind enough to show her around the school on her first day.
"Um…awesome," Eve replied, not really knowing what to say as they pushed open the doors of the library, and were immediately greeted by four boys.
"Hey guys! This is Eve by the way! I thought I'd bring her along," Beatrice announced as the four boys turned to face them.
"Why hello there my fair maiden! I am Melvin!" One of them said, for some reason bowing at Eve, which made smile widely.
"Ah, greetings and salutations young Eve! I'm Algie," The boy with short, curly ginger hair and unzipped shorts greeted, smiling kindly at Eve as he pushed his glasses back up the bridge of his nose.
The other two boys just nodded politely, not really paying much attention to Eve, who didn't feel at all nervous around the nerds.
"That's Donald and Thad," Beatrice stated, pointed at the two boys who didn't tell Eve their names.
Eve just nodded, before sitting down on one of the tables, as Beatrice, Melvin, Algie, Thad and Donald started their game of Grotto's and Gremlins.
Eve was right when she said to herself that Grottos and Gremlins wasn't her kind of thing. In fact she almost fell asleep just watching it, but thankfully due to Algie's loud, squeaky voice she managed to stay awake. Just. If truth be told Eve actually wished that she had of fallen asleep. At least then she wouldn't have to watch the nerds play their little role-playing game.