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Ever since their second kiss, Eve had become a little bit more relaxed around Gary, and she couldn't help but hope that things would soon return to normal, though part of her doubted that this would happen, considering the fact that Jimmy seemed all set out to kill Gary.
Eve was currently sitting outside the boy's dorm with Jimmy, who, much to her disgust, was dressed like a Preppie. She hoped that Jimmy wasn't about to start acting like one of the rich snobs.
"So, tell me, what's with clothes?" Eve asked, picking at Jimmy's Aquaberry sweater in a revolted manner. She couldn't understand why Jimmy would be wearing it.
"I told you, that rich kid Tad wants me to go help him egg Mr. Hattrick's house," Jimmy explained, shrugging as he kicked the ground grumpily.
Eve raised her eyebrows, "And why are you going to egg Mr. Hattrick's house?"
"Beats me, something about Hattrick giving Galloway a rough time about drinking, and something about 'being allowed to drink if he bloody well wants to'." Jimmy explained, using air quotes for the last part.
"You know you can't trust Tad and his lot," Eve pointed out, "They're probably up to something,"
"Yeah, I'm not afraid of some trust fund fairies," Jimmy said yawning loudly.
"Even so…" Eve trailed off, glancing at the ground, apparently in deep thought, "Can I come?"
Jimmy raised his eyebrows lazily, "You want to come?"
Eve nodded, "Well, yeah,"
"Aren't you scared about getting into trouble," Jimmy mocked, chuckling at Eve as she rolled her eyes playfully.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," She said, getting up off the steps of the boy's dorm.
"Where you going?" Jimmy asked, staring at her in a confused manner.
"Well those eggs aren't gonna throw themselves at Mr. Hattrick's house! C'mon," Eve urged, laughing as Jimmy stared at her suspiciously. She was never one to purposely cause trouble or misbehave, and yet here she was, eager to egg a teacher's house, something that could get her in trouble with the police, never mind the teachers.
"Are you feeling alright?" Jimmy asked, following her quickly.
Eve laughed, "Yep, I've never been better,"
Jimmy paused, "Are you sure?"
"Yes Jimmy I'm sure," She laughed, "Besides, old Hattrick deserves this,"
"True, but I never thought you would be willing to egg an actual teacher's house," Jimmy shrugged lightly.
Eve laughed, "Well, there's no harm in having a little fun once in a while,"
Once Eve and Jimmy had entered the gates of the Spencer Estate, Eve didn't find it so fun. In fact, truth be told, the Preppies intimidated her. What with the way there would narrow their eyes when they looked at her as if silently mocking her, and the way they would sneer at her in a snobbish fashion, it was enough to make anyone feel uncomfortable and intimidated.
"You know, this isn't such a good idea anymore, Jimmy," She muttered, as she glanced at the Preppies stationed at the many entrances to the Spencer Estate yard.
"Before you were all for it," Jimmy stated, glowering at a few of the Preppies, who were glaring back at him.
"Well, yeah," Eve retorted, "But that was before I noticed how scary these trust fund fairies were,"
"Come on, Eve, don't be such a wimp," Jimmy said, but nevertheless he wrapped his arm around Eve's shoulders in a friendly manner, to try and reassure her. It didn't really work, but Eve appreciated the fact that he was trying to make her feel a little braver.
Eve frowned lightly as she saw one of the Preppies, Parker, nudge Tad, before pointing at Jimmy. She noticed that though these Preppies were sort of being friendly to Jimmy, they still looked rather…mean. Eve didn't trust them one bit.
"Got the eggs, Hopkins?" Tad asked, marching towards Jimmy.
Jimmy held out the eggs to him, "You bet,"
"Then give 'em to me." Tad demanded in an impatient tone. He strongly reminded Eve of a spoilt five year old.
Jimmy gave the carton of eggs to Tad, "Take them."
"Smashing! Now tell me Hopkins," Tad started, "Is it true you said I was inbred?"
Eve side-glanced at Jimmy. Was he really dumb enough to say something like that about these guys? They were meant to be really good at boxing, after all.
"No." Jimmy replied, frowning lightly.
"Because first cousins is legal, my friend. Legal," Tad declared, causing Eve to laugh, though she soon stopped laughing when the Preppies glared at her angrily. She bit her lip, just to make sure that she wouldn't burst into anymore laughter. These Preppies were a lot weirder than she thought.
"Yeah, okay," Jimmy shrugged, his expression never changing.
"Yeah, and just because my elder brother doesn't have a chin and ended up in a lunatic asylum doesn't mean anything," Tad declared, shooting a glare at Eve who burst into another fit of laughter. She found this whole situation kind of funny. Here was Tad, telling them all about his inbred family.
"Shut it, Shorty," Chad said, who was standing next to Parker behind Tad. Eve's laughter immediately ceased.
"Whatever man. Your family is your business," Jimmy replied in a rather bored tone. Eve found it surprising that he didn't find any of this funny.
"Don't lie, Jimmy," A voice rang out, and turning round, Eve's eyes widened, as she saw Gary now walking over, a sly smirk on his face. Eve couldn't help but wonder why the bloody hell he was here. It didn't make sense. She'd always thought that Gary had disliked the Preppies, but apparently she was wrong.
"You said Tad was probably a hermaphrodite with that much inbreeding," Gary stated. Eve glanced at Tad suspiciously. Was he really a hermaphrodite?
"A hermaphro what?" Jimmy asked, staring rather threateningly at Gary, who seemed at total ease.
"Don't act dumb," Gary exclaimed, "You said his Mom was also legally his Aunt, and that he probably had webbed toes,"
Tad looked quite offended, "I don't…well, just only on one foot,"
Eve had to bite her cheeks from laughing.
"Tad, you're not going to take that kind of crap from this scumbag, are you?" Gary demanded.
Eve glared at Gary angrily. So not only was he trying to cause trouble, he was also trying to get both Jimmy and Eve beat up.
Tad glanced at his friends, "You've been rude about mummy," He said, "Let's get these Paupers," He, Chad and Parker immediately started to walk towards Jim my and Eve in a threatening manner.
Eve growled angrily as she watched Gary just walk off, "Oh my God, Gary! You are the biggest jerk I have ever met!" She yelled completely unaware that Jimmy was now furiously throwing punches at both Chad and Parker.
"What are you going to do, pauper? Go cry to mummy?" Tad taunted.
Eve knew that this wasn't a personal dig at her mother being dead, considering the fact that Tad didn't know this, but it still angered her to no end, and she found herself tackling Tad to the ground violently. She'd never felt this mad before. In fact right now she was absolutely livid, as she sat on Tad's waist hitting him all over angrily.
"Oh my Lord, you're a madwoman!" Tad yelled, trying to cover his face with his arms as Eve continued to strike him across the cheek with the palm of her hand, "You're crazy!"
"Damn right I'm freaking crazy!" Eve shouted, still bashing Tad with as much force as she could muster.
Jimmy on the other hand, had managed to take down most of the Preppies, and was currently trying to take on Bif, who proved to be a lot tougher than the other Preppies, despite the fact that they all claimed to be rather skilled at boxing.
After a few more punches, Jimmy finally managed to beat Bif down, before he turned round, turning his attention to Tad, who was still lying on his back, with Eve sitting atop his stomach, still hitting whatever part of him she could reach. It was a very funny sight indeed, to see a girl beating up a boy who was half her size.
"Okay, Eve, I think you've beat him up enough," Jimmy said, walking over to her.
"No, I'm not finished," Eve growled, pulling her fist pack, getting ready to slap Tad again. To her dismay, though, she was stopped by Jimmy pulling her carefully off Tad.
Eve turned to Jimmy, "I'm not finished yet!"
Tad scrambled to his feet, a look of sheer terror on his face as Eve turned back round to face him, a look of pure hatred on her face.
Taking one more fleeting glance at Eve and Jimmy, Tad span round and fled into his house, shouting about 'madwomen' and 'savages'.
"What a wimp," Jimmy shook his head in disgust.
"Oh my God, that was so fun!" Eve exclaimed, her temper now totally under control, "That felt so good! Look, my hands are shaking from the adrenaline!" She held up her hand, which was now visibly shaking.
Jimmy chuckled and shook his head.
"Y'know, that's the first person I have ever beaten up, ever," Eve declared, as she followed Jimmy out the Spencer Estate.
She had no idea what was wrong with her today. She just felt so excited. She just wanted to have as much fun as she could, and her usual shy behaviour seemed to have disappeared. She felt extremely happy. Well, she did, until Jimmy brought a certain someone up.
"I can't believe Gary did that," He stated, "That guy is messed up,"
Eve sighed heavily and shook her head, becoming more serious again, "I can't believe it either, I was hoping he was turning back to normal again, y'know, not stirring things,"
"I wish there was some way to get back at the jerk," Jimmy stated, cracking his knuckles.
Eve just stayed silent. She couldn't believe Gary had just done that. He had deliberately persuaded the Preppies to attack Jimmy, and Eve herself in a way, considering the fact that she had been with Jimmy at the time. Eve felt like a fool. She'd actually thought Gary liked her and cared about her. Obviously not though, since he'd almost gotten her beat up. The thing that angered Eve the most though was the fact that Gary had basically showed no knowledge of Eve even being there. He had ignored her completely, not even spared her a glance, proving that he actually didn't care about her. It hurt Eve to think this, but she knew now that Gary was manipulator. He didn't care about anyone else other than himself.