Chapter 3
A week had passed and i had became great friends with Jack's friend, Kim started to like me in that forced polite way as we were the only girls, Jerry and i were both magnificent dancers, and both hated Smooth, we had a lot in common, and Jerry and i rehearsed almost every night at the park, deciding we were gonna overpower smooth in dancing politics, Eddie loved to play basketball, and as i've been playing netball for years, and the games are relatively similar, i've played with him, Milton needed a chess buddy, and i may not be good but i can play. And i joined the track team like Kim had suggested. The week had been pretty good, and we hand't got into much trouble for skiving school on Monday.
It was Friday night now, and we were all going over to Kim's house to sleep over, because they had a Karate competition outside of town, and they invited me along because the group had began to think of me as a friend. My mum was excited more than anything when she found out i was going to a sleepover, as i hadn't been to one in 4 years, back when i was 10 and didn't know who i wanted be. I was a oblivious, girly girl. Sometimes i wish i could go back to that much more simpler way of life, no hassle. No boys. Friends didn't backstab you, life was good.
I checked the time, it was already 7:15 pm. And Jack was coming to pick me up at 7:45, getting to Kim's house at 8.
"Shit!" I muttered under my breath, and sprinted up the stairs and into the bathroom. I slinked out of my clothes and turned on the shower, letting out a mini scream as the icy cold water started to pour down on my head, i grabbed my shampoo and conditioner and washed my hair, my side fringe was plastered to the side of my face, all the OOMPH i spend hours every morning had been washed out, my make- up washed away, and you see a few of my pimples. I looked at myself in the mirror from the shower,
'I look so young' i thought to myself' like the carefree 10 year old'.
I got out the shower, shivering and wrapped my towel around me, i raced into my room to check the time, it was only 20 past, i had plenty of time. I started to rummage around my wardrobe, picking out stuff to wear. I decided on ripped denim shorts, a t-shirt with a dinosaur on it and green converse, i shoved in a pair of shorts and a vest for tonight and clothes for tomorrow into a bag as well as toiletries, hair accessories and my little teddy bear i've had since i was a baby, i sat down in front of my mirror, and touched one of the pictures i had shoved into the edge, it was a photo of when i was 9, with Jack it was after the car crash, we both had my daisy chain necklaces on and were sitting behind the crushed fence, my scar was fully visible. I looked down at my arm, the scar is still there, but its faded as the years have went on, a tear started to run down my face as i sat down, i wiped the tear away and started to put my make-up on, juicy red lips. Black eyes, and red eyeshadow. Then i got started on my hair,
Half a can of hairspray later i was nearly ready and it was only 20 to, five more minutes. I got dressed in record time decided to listen to my music for a while until Jack came, i was lying on my bed, tapping my feet on the floor when he walked in,
"Hey Scar, you ready" He said, pulling out my headphones,
"Yeah.." I said, making up a mental checklist, " Wait! Nope i forgot my belt for tomorrow,"
He walked over to my open wardrobe doors and crouched down to get to the drawer which i had stuck a bit of paper on saying " Belts and toiletries"
"What belt?" He questioned.
I walked over, and told him
"The black one, with the studs,"
He grabbed it out and handed it to me, still facing the wardrobe, i heard some rustling.
"Anytime this week would be a good time to leave for Kim's" I hissed at him,
He turned around, with two of my tampons up his nose, " Can i take these for nose bleeds Scar?"
I burst into fits, and yanked them from his nose,
"You've got boogers on them! I can't use them now!" I threw them down on my bed, "C'mon, we're gonna be late!"
We went outside and he jumped onto his skateboard,
"Jump on Scar," he told me,
I climbed up onto his board and put my arms around his waist,
"Better than a limo." I whispered into his ear,
"Of course! It's my ride, hold on tight now.."
I held on, my head resting on his shoulder as we sped through town and over to the "posh" side of town,
"Wow, Kim lives here? The houses are huge! " I gasped
"Yeah she knows, her daddy's some rich guy, c'mon!" He said walking through the metal gate. Kim's house was three stories, and in the middle story it had a balcony, which Jerry and Kim were sitting on, we yelled up to her and she turned and pressed something on a remote, the her houses door swung open,
"C'mon right in!" Kim yelled down,
Jack left his skateboard leaning against the panelled wall, her house was huge, right in front of us was a grand stair case, and to the sides various rooms,
"Kitchen, bathroom, living room, dining room, the study," Jack said pointing each one out,
"Wow, you must be here a lot?" I said with a curious look,
"Nah, only once or twice. But when i come i make myself at home."
He took my hand and led me up the stairs, i peaked into one of the rooms, there was a pool table, arcade machines, a DJ booth and some kicking dummies.
"Games room, that is where my life lives," He joked,
We walked out onto the balcony where Kim and Jerry were sitting down on deck chairs,
"Partayy people!" Jerry yelled, "Eddie and Milton to come now and we're all set!"
"I'll show you guys to your but of the floor?" Kim suggested, "Come to my room."
We followed her to her massive room, she had a king sized bed, on the floor there was already a sleeping bag, Jerry's i presumed, Jack plopped his down beside the other side of the bed,
"To save room, you're going to share the bed with me Scarlet, your there," She pointed to the bit where Jack had just placed his stuff down. I plopped my bag down on the bed, when we heard the doorbell ring,
"That'll be Eddie and Milton! 'Mon guys!" Jack exclaimed, sprinting down the stairs, me and Kim followed him down,
"LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED!" Milton yelled.
Later that night, we were all in our pjs, watching a horror movie on Kim's huge TV, i was covering my eyes and refusing to look at the screen, Kim was staring, traumatised but too scared to look away. Jerry was joking around, Jack was lying on top of his sleeping bag, eyes glued to the tv, Eddie was sitting there, scared but manning up. Milton didn't even try to pretend, he was under his sleeping bag's cover, you could see the bag shaking,
"It's not that scary guys, man up!" Jerry said, poking Milton in the back.
"Yeah Scar, it's not that bad, isn't these movies your sort of thing?" Jack asked, i felt a weight being put on my shoulder, and the bed creaked. Jack had came up and sat beside me,
"I like horror books, not movies.." I said, not daring to look up.
"Why don't we turn off the film guys?" Kim suggested, "It's getting late anyway, Rudy would want us asleep,"
We all agreed on that one, and we all said goodnight and went to asleep. Except Milton, he's afraid of the dark and tossed and turned for hours before managing to sleep.
*Dream Land*
I thumped onto the ground, i fell from above. Standing in front of me was Jack.
"Where are we Jack?" I asked,
His face turned into a ferocious monster, he bellowed,
"How dare scum like you talk to me? Don't even try it! Everyone hates you!" Then Kim appeared, and Jack and her start to make out.
*Dream end*
"Wake up, Scar! Wake up! Are you okay?" I opened my eyes and saw Jacks caring face looking down at me with concern, i wiped my hand over my forehead and noticed i was sweating,
"W-What happened?" I stuttered out,
" You were having a nightmare i guess, you fell out the bed and sorta landed on me, i shuffled away when i realised you were sleep talking, and i listened to some of it before it woke you up,"
"You listened to my dreams? Thats personal Jack! What did you hear?"
"Not much, something about being in a land of unknown, also a ' Jack, don't hate me. JACK! Don't do that! And something about Kim? What happened?"
"N-Nothing, sorry about falling on you by the way. Promise not to do it again, hopefully…" I said climbing back onto Kim's bed,
"I didn't mind it that much, just not at 4 am and when I'm asleep next time?" He asked grinning,
"Deal." I said before settling down into slumber,
'What did that dream mean?' I thought, 'Do i like Jack?'