Let the Good Times Roll
Chapter 2
Watch out for Cafeteria food.
Mara's POV
Let's say the first day of classes, SUCKED. First, I have this stupid drunk English teacher who made us put words together, and he didn't accept my word, shit. It's not my fault that was the only word I could make out of those letters! It was the only word I could focus on because I just love the word. Shit is a word, I say it should count!
Then lunch came and Peanut decided to bring me over to the empty greasers table, Lexi went with Beatrice to the nerd table. But that wasn't the problem. I actually liked that Lexi was finding new friends.
The problem was the food.
"Is this crap even edible?" I asked in disbelief as I looked down at the green….goop. If it were red, I'd be afraid it was the blob because I swear I saw it twitch!
"I wouldn't try it if I were you." replied Peanut as he grabbed an apple from the basket, "Most of us live on the food from town, and the fruit." I nodded as I grabbed an apple as well. Then I pushed my tray away from me to the other end of the table, to avoid any blob accidents. It was a precaution I just had to take.
"So Mara, what are you interested in?" questioned Peanut as he bit into his apple. I shrugged.
"I like music, bikes, art, hate a lot of things really. I guess I like fighting too, and pranking. I'm just not much of a girly person either." I answered.
"Really?" asked Peanut, "You like bikes?" I nodded with a small smile.
"Mine's in one of the locked garages at the auto shop. I had an accident with it so I have to fix it." Peanut grinned.
"Need help? Me and the other greasers usually hang out round there and I doubt anyone would mind givin a hand." offered Peanut. I shrugged.
"Whatever you guys want, I'm probably going to spend most of my time either in the music room or the auto shop," then I winked at my next comment, "Or in town while skipping." Peanut laughed.
"What classes are you gonna skip? If you have Mr. Hattrick, skip him. He's the math teacher and he's an asshole." commented Peanut. I nodded.
"I'd have skipped math either way, fucking hate it." Peanut suddenly burst out laughing.
"I'd never think I'd hear a girl say fuck so casually." he snort trying to keep himself from laughing.
"What are you on?" I asked, before smirking and adding, "And why aren't you sharing?" Peanut shook his head as he stopped laughing.
"I think someone drugged you." I stated when he had finally stopped laughing.
"Must have." he muttered as someone came up behind me. I had like a sixth sense for things like that, when someone was behind me or looking at me I could tell.
"Peanut, what're you doing in the cafeteria?" Peanut grinned at the person behind me, making me turn around.
The boy standing behind me was quite tall, easily towering over me by a few inches, and he had greased dark brown hair, slightly tanned skin, and a leather jacket making me identify him as a greaser.
"Hey Johnny." greeted Peanut. Ah yes, this was the greaser clique leader. Johnny Vincent I think his name was. Johnny pulled out the chair next to mine and sat down as Peanut added, "I'm just showing Mara round and stuff."
"I'm Johnny." Johnny introduced himself to me with a nod.
"Mara." I replied.
"Wanna head over to the auto shop now so I can see your bike?" asked Peanut. I nodded.
"Yeah, and then we won't have to dodge prefects." I agreed.
"You're going to the auto shop?" questioned Johnny. I nodded.
"I'm coming with you." he decided. When we left I walked a bit behind the boys, so I could listen in on their conversation.
"What are you even doing in school?" Peanut asked in a whisper.
"Looking for Lola, I wanna know if it's true." muttered Johnny.
"I dunno if you really wanna know Johnny." replied Peanut with a small shake of his head.
"I wanna know if my girl is really a slut." snapped Johnny quietly.
"If it makes you feel better, there are pleny of chicks out there." tried Peanut.
"Shuddup." muttered Johnny as we came to the auto shop. I pulled the key which I kept on a chain around my neck out and unlocked the door. I pushed the garage up and smiled in at my bike while the two greasers behind me stared in shock.
"I have a feeling that you were talking about bikes and not motorbikes." I laughed as I walked over to my black motorcycle. Johnny, the first to snap out of his shock, followed and he looked at the problem. Most of the parts were a bit damaged and were taken apart, most were in the large box next to it. Then the paint was scratched and the front was busted showing it had gotten like this in a head on collision.
"How did this happen?" asked Johnny.
"Accident." I replied vaguely.
"What happened in the accident? The driver's gotta be dead!" I laughed at Peanut when he said that.
"Nope, I'm standing right here. Although my leg was messed up for awhile, and my arm can bend in a real interesting way now, I was perfectly fine after the crash."I explained.
"Bullshit, that ain't gotta chance of happening. The bike has too much damage for you, or the driver, to have gotten away so easily." disagreed Johnny.
"Well it happened, I'm alive aren't I? Now unless you know how to fix this, get out."
That was how I ended up getting two greasers to help me out with my bike.
Lexi's POV
The nerds were…. ok. I mean they really only talked about smart people things and some roll playing game. They tried to get me to join them as a nerd, but I denied and decided to stay neutral until I saw what Mara joined. I'd probably join with her, as long as she didn't join the bullies. Or the jocks since I'm not very athletic. And I doubt the preps would take her, and she wouldn't want to be a nerd. So she could either be a jock, a greaser, or a bully. None sounded every appealing in all honesty.
I met the only girl greaser today. Lola Lombardi. The only things I want to say about her is tramp, slut, and bitch. She was pretty, yes, but I knew she was the leader's girlfriend. And I saw her hook up with some prep guy. And since no one cared, and I think everyone knew she was the greasers leaders girlfriend, I think this was a normal occurrence. So yes, she's most likely a slut.
But now the bitch part. I had been walking with Petey and we had been having a nice conversation on the art class we had together when she comes over with a prep hanging all over her. Now she probably didn't originally plan this since Petey and I weren't known around the school and she got nothing out of it.
The boy on her arm, I think his name was Gord or something, accidentally led her into me and Petey. Both of us fell over and Lola gave me the evil eye.
"Watch it!" she snapped as she stood up.
"Ugh, think they're so popular, other girls, think they can just walk all over me!" muttered Lola, turning to me.
"Who do you think you are, trying to walk all over me? I won't allow it!" she pushed me as I stood up and I fell over again.
"Hey Lola, Lexi didn't mean to, we didn't see you…" Petey tried to defend me quietly.
"Shut up!" shouted Lola. I frowned.
"Don't be a… a… a bitch!" I mumbled shyly. She turned on me.
"What the hell did you just call me?!" The prep she was with, Gord, grabbed her hand quickly.
"Leave the paupers alone, come with me and we'll buy you new clothes to replace the ones they ruined." With promise of new things, Lola and Gord left. But Lola still sent me a dirty look. Then she just brushed it off and put all her attention on Gord.
"That's Lola." said Petey before adding, "She's Johnny Vincent's girlfriend, she's not very loyal as you can see."
"Yeah, does he know? It seems like everyone knows…" Petey shrugged as we continued on.
"Johnny is very…. paranoid. He also has a very high temper, the reason the greasers and preps hate each other is probably Lola actually." explained Petey. I nodded.
"I see, that fits." Petey nodded.
"No offense, but your friend Mara reminds me of Johnny kind of…" I shrugged.
"Mara is, I think she, its, ugh!" I threw my hands up at Petey watched me with concern.
"Mara, when we were kids used to get very violent and someone would restrain her and bring her to the nurse, and she would be very calm after the trip. I think she's on meds, but I don't really know. Mara is my best friend, and I know her, but there are still secrets that she won't tell me. She isn't very trusting, even to me." I rambled as I sat down on a bench and sighed.
"You think she's on meds? My friend Gary takes medicine for his ADD, is it something like that?" questioned Petey. I shrugged.
"I don't know, but I wish I did so I could stop worrying."
Mara's POV
I sneezed loudly, almost knocking myself over. Johnny looked over at me.
"Someone must be talking bout you." he commented. I shrugged.
"Maybe, but let's focus on this." I ordered. Johnny sighed and leaned back against the wall, crossing his arms behind his head. I stood up from my squatting position and joined him against the wall. Peanut had left saying he had to go do something and he'd be back later. It was weird being left with Johnny, we were both stubborn, and we both had huge tempers. So far, we had been in three arguments that left one of us on the floor from either a tackle or a punch.
"This is tiring." stated Johnny. I stretched my left arm out, cracking the bones loudly.
"It is, you can leave if you want." I offered. Johnny shook his head.
"Nah, lunch is almost over and class will begin, don't wanna get caught and thrown in. And it's interesting to work on a motorcycle, it's not usual for us to get the chance to work on one." explained Johnny. I nodded.
"Yeah, let's take a break." I yawned to emphasize I wanted a break, and because I was tired.
"So what do you think about the school?" questioned Johnny.
"My first impression was, and I quote, 'Bullworth, more like bullshit!' and that is still my impression." Johnny snorted, trying to hold back from laughing.
"Bullshit? That's a good one." I shrugged.
"Whatever." We sat in silence as I closed my eyes and leaned my head against the cold stone wall. Finally, Johnny broke the silence again.
"Would you prefer where you were before this?" I thought about it. Flashes of memories went through my head. Most of them bad.
"I wouldn't, but I'd send Lexi back. This place sucks, and she's innocent. Plus she had a pair of foster parents willing to take her." I explained. Johnny nodded.
"What about you? Parents? Foster family?" asked Johnny. I scowled thinking about my dad, but that lessened when I thought of my mom.
"You've already asked two questions, my turn, I heard you have a girlfriend. I also heard she was a slut, what's up with that?" I asked bluntly, trying to get him riled up so we could get off the questions. However Johnny surprised me by merely frowning.
"I don't know if it's true, whether it ain't, or it is and I don't want to believe it. Either way, I love her." I nodded at him.
"Love is a fickle thing, you think you have it then its ripped from your hands." I commented. Johnny blinked, before smirking.
"My turn, how'd this bike get so messed up?" Another question I didn't want to answer, at least we got away from my parents.
"An accident." I replied vaguely.
"Details." ordered Johnny. I sighed.
"I guess, well, I was driving, and I couldn't stop. So I crashed into a train, and…."
Flashbacks poured through my brain.
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Me, swearing, a loud crashing noise, then pain that clouded my vision.
"Call an ambulance!"
Sirens, what felt like years later.
Beeping.
"She's crashing, stabilize her!"
"Mara, please be ok…. Please!"
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I was shaken from my memories as I shook my head. I was lying to Johnny really, there was so much more to the story than just me driving and crashing.
"My turn," Johnny didn't push me, "What about your family?" Johnny stayed quiet. I stayed quiet.
"Why don't we stop playing?" I suggested.
"Good idea." agreed Johnny.
Soon, Johnny and I decided to leave. We separated, Johnny leaving school grounds and me heading to hang out in the music room since classes had ended.
I picked up a guitar in the music room and absently strummed as I thought about everything.
Coming to Bullshit, meeting Peanut, Lexi getting new friends, my past, Lexi's past. All that shit.
My music changed with my feelings, neutral, happy-ish, happy-ish, mad, sad, then it varied as I thought of other things. When I stopped, I stopped because of someone behind me. Clapping confirmed my sixth sense.
"Bravo, Mara right?" I turned around to find a boy somewhat around my height standing there. I stared at the scar he had that went under his eye from above his eyebrow. He also had brown eyes and hair.
"Yeah, who're you?" I snapped.
"I'm Gary, Gary Smith." he introduced himself, holding out his hand. I stared at it until he withdrew it.
"So what'd you want?" I asked.
"Nothing, I just heard you playing and had to come in to see, you play long?" My eye twitched, but I nodded.
"Since I was a kid, I picked it up and liked it." I stated as I sat back down; Gary sat across from me on a stool he pulled over. I hope he didn't see through the cover I was using to hide the real truth. It hurt to think of her.
"So what clique are you going to join? Seems like you're cozy with the greasers, and your little friend the nerds." questioned Gary, getting off the target of music.
"I ain't joining any cliques, I find cliques stupid, and if Lexi wants to be a nerd, who am I to stop her?" I snapped, sounding somewhat like a greaser because of my use of 'ain't'. He nodded.
"Well I hope we can find time to chat again, friend." he stood and walked away. I shook my head and left, hoping to go for a smoke to clear my head. I reached the front gates and walked away from the school so no prefects could see me.
I lit my cigarette and took a deep drag.
"What'd you do to get Johnny all pissed off?" asked Peanut, coming up from behind me. I shrugged.
"We had three fights, then he starts asking questions, so I asked back. Probably one of the questions." Peanut shrugged in response while lighting his cigarette. He took it from his mouth after putting his lighter away.
"Whatever it was, he's drinking it away. He's having a hell of a hangover tomorrow." I laughed at Peanut.
"Shit, if I didn't try to stay away from drinking I'd be doing that too."I muttered. Peanut laughed at me now.
"You look lost, need advice or somethin?" I shook my head.
"Nah, this kid Gary shook me up a bit. He asked a question I didn't like." Peanut frowned.
"The sociopath? Stay away from Gary, he takes meds and has been in Happy Volts Asylum before. He ain't good." warned Peanut. I nodded.
"Figured that, although he seems interesting, like a puzzle." Peanut shrugged.
"Well stay away from him." he said again as we both dropped our cigarettes and stepped on them before I headed to my dorm room.
So Gary, a sociopath? He seemed pretty calm and normal to me, although you can never tell just by looks.
Lexi's POV
I snuck into Mara's room again. This time, she was in the shower. Of course today was good for me. Other than Lola being a bitch.
Petey and I had math together, of course our math teacher, Mr. Hattrick, hates everyone and gives complicated dittos I had to have Petey help me with. Then however Petey and I went out on the town for dinner since the cafeteria food was not edible. I turned green at the sight of it. At least it wasn't red, then I'd fear the moving blob. Turns out Petey really likes Mexican food, so we got tacos. I was a fan of tacos too, however I loved chicken. Petey said it could be my choice next time.
Anyway, now to Mara's journal. In it was a picture, then an entry of words on the back.
The picture was one she used to draw to describe her nightmares. Fire was the background, and there was a black motorcycle I could tell was hers. It was destroyed. On the floor was an impression of a person with red, most likely representing that person was the driver and was in pain. However, in the background was a train. On the train, was what looked like people from a gang, you know big scary, covered in tattoos? Maybe they were just random scary looking people like Mara.
I never understood Mara's nightmare. It was one reason she was always up, that and she just had insomnia. But I never knew what brought it on, it came on after a mysterious accident she had. She was on her motorcycle when she couldn't stop the breaks, then she hit the side of a train because she couldn't stop. She was sent flying and she broke her left leg, almost got brain damage, and pulled her left arm from its place so bad that now her left arm is a bit messed up. After the accident, we left that town, and my parents behind.
I turned to Mara's journal to read the entry.
October 14th
Classes sucked today. The English teacher made us put words together with letters he had. I put in 'shit' and he denied it! It is a word, but he didn't accept it and I barely passed.
But that's not important.
First, today I met the greaser 'king' Johnny Vincent. Here's what I have on him
Johnny Vincent-Leader of the greasers, girlfriend is a slut who cheats on him, he is temperamental and stubborn. And he doesn't like talking about his family life. He likes bikes. He has dark brown hair, dark eyes, somewhat tan skin, and has the usual greaser leather jacket and greased back hair.
Now let us do Peanut.
Peanut "Larry" Romano- He's cool in my book. He's best friends with Johnny, and he doesn't like Lola and Johnny together because she's a cheater. He likes smoking and working o bikes. Usual greased back hair which is a few shades lighter of a brown than Johnny's, and he also has dark eyes and somewhat tanned skin. Also has the usual leather jacket, only his is in brown.
So today, I got into three fights with Johnny after Peanut left us to do something. Then we played a question game, he tried asking about my family and my bike. I lied to him about the bike, didn't want anyone to know the truth, and then I got us away from my family.
Then I met Gary.
Gary- Brown hair, hyper. Has ADD. Peanut describes him as a sociopath and that I should beware of him. He's somewhat shorter than me, but not by much. He also seems like an interesting character, and he approached me for no reason. I was playing guitar softly, he couldn't have heard me. So that leads me to believe Gary had a different goal.
Note-Watch out for the sociopath.
And finally, one more thing.
Watch out for cafeteria food.
AN
So chapter two, now for me to adress the two reviewers from my last chapter. Both guests.
Thank you guest1 for saying this story is good. And thank you I3fanfiction(Guest I think) for pointing out my misspelling of Bullworth, i thought it was Bullsworth because of Bullshit probably. Either way, i went back and redid it. Thank you for taking the time to point that out.
Anyway, onto more matters,, how was this chapter? How is the story so far? And most importantly, how do you like the title cover?
And lasty, THOSE FREAKING LINES! They hate me, i swear! They never show up, so i have to use 0o0o0o's to do it, ugh. I think its bugged or glitched or whatever term is right in that situation.
Yours truly, ShadowBloodNinja~ :P