Let the Good Times Roll
Chapter 3
Halloween isn't so bad
Lexi's POV
Petey was probably my next closest friend, other than Mara. In the two and a half weeks since we had gotten to the school, I learned Petey and I were really similar. We both were timid, we both didn't really fit into any of the cliques, we both loved art, we were both good at art, and so much more! I also learned Petey had an interest in swimming; he liked watching the TV in the boys dorm. Petey usually brought me in to watch it with him even though I had no idea what was going on in swimming.
Please, I'm an artist, not an athlete.
But then, Jimmy came. He came a week after Mara and I, and boy was he annoying. Petey was his 'friend' and Jimmy wasn't very nice. He was crude, trying to get me to kiss him after only a few meetings, and I heard him talking about Mara's boobs.
Had Mara heard, Jimmy would have lost the ability to have children. Luckily, Mara was across the school at the time.
But yes, Jimmy wasn't nice. He was always so blunt, sarcastic, and said mean things. He even called Petey a dork! Then he told me I was flat, to which I smacked him and got to watch as a prefect chased him for harassing me. That is why, girls rule.
Then Jimmy seemed to want to get me and Petey to stop being friends. Telling me I was too good for Petey, telling Petey that I deserved better, telling us that we should just stop talking, then Jimmy tried actual plans! He tried to get Mara in on it, Jimmy was knocked out and hung upside down from the boys dorm roof in just his underwear faster than you could say "Oh shit!" and I bet that was what Jimmy said when he woke up. Mara wasn't even seen doing it, although I suspect she had some help.
That help in the form of a greaser with the name of a nut.
Halloween came really fast.
I already had my costume, since I wasn't very tall nor did I have a figure, I managed to get a kids costume that fit fine. I was a blue crayon. And it wasn't that sexy outfit either where you had the short dress, boobs hanging out and stuff like that. Mara told me she wasn't dressing up, but Mara probably would anyway. And she usually did impressive costumes that made her look dead, or evil. Usually pretty scary.
It was on the day before Halloween that I decided to enroll Mara's help. Jimmy was out of control, planting bras that were too big for me in Petey's things trying to make them look like mine, which was embarrassing for BOTH of us, putting embarrassing pictures of Petey in my room, how he got in I don't know, and more! I was sick of it! So I needed to bring in the big guns, the ultimate weapon. Mara.
I went to the auto shop where Mara usually was. She liked hanging around Peanut and the greasers because they were violent and she got a laugh when they beat someone up, and there were usually marbles around that Mara usually grabbed and threw on the floor to watch everyone trip.
"The most fucking awesome thing I've ever seen, I crack up every time. It never gets old. Especially when they do it more than once." Mara had told me one day when I asked what she was doing with the marbles. I had found it somewhat funny, but I was more concerned for the person who fell and got hurt. Mara was too stone hearted to care about that.
When I entered the auto shop I got a few looks from the greasers but when I went up to Mara, she shot them evil glares that had them look away, except for Peanut who she was talking to.
Mara wasn't looking good. Her showing eye had a bag under it and her eye was shut more than usual. She was paler than usual, which was a feat, and her hair was messier than usual. Her bangs were messy, although they still covered her left eye. And her long hair still was pin straight, but it tangled a bit. Her clothes were also slightly messy, she had her buttons uneven and her sweatshirt was falling off. Her skirt was fine, but her leggings had a lot of tears that didn't belong in them, most likely from her acting clumsy. And her boots were untied.
"You really don't look good Mara." muttered Peanut looking at me with a worried glance as I approached. I frowned, sharing his concern.
"Mara, you should go take a rest. You look tired, and sick." I commented.
"I'm fine, stop being such babies. If I really needed rest I'd be unconscious on the floor." replied Mara, giving us the evil eye.
"We ain't being babies Mara, you really don't look so hot." tried a dark haired boy from behind Peanut.
"Ah, shut up Johnny, I'm fine." snapped Mara.
So that was Johnny Vincent, I suppose I should have recognized him from Mara's journal.
"No you ain't, get your ass to the nurse!" ordered Johnny.
"I'm not a greaser, so I'm not listening to you!" yelled Mara.
"Go to the freaking dorm and sleep!" I exclaimed.
"Make me!" challenged Mara.
"You asked for it." stated Johnny, approaching her with Peanut. With the help of Peanut, Mara was pulled over Johnny's shoulder and soon they were walking away with Mara banging on Johnny's back while demanding to be put down.
"Ey, you go on to class, Mara ain't going to be too much trouble, and the bells bout to ring." Peanut ordered me.
"But how will you get into the girls dorm?" I asked meekly.
"We'll find a way in, what room's Mara's?" asked Johnny.
"Um, she has the one that has only one bed, it's the one next to the showers." I explained.
"Got it." And with that, the greasers left with Mara loudly swearing. When the bell rang I headed to class worriedly. I would have to ask Petey his opinion.
3RD PERSON POV
Mara wasn't as much trouble as Johnny had thought. Her swings were weak and she was slowly quieting down. Although, he realized it was probably because she was tired.
"I don't think she's gonna go to sleep without a fight." muttered Peanut as they avoided being seen by everyone. It would be embarrassing for the greasers and Mara after all.
"Yeah, head to the nurse and steal a sleeping pill or somethin." ordered Johnny while nodding his head in agreement.
"You can take her?" questioned Peanut, nodding his head towards Mara who had started thrashing her legs around.
"Yeah, now go. And don't be seen." commanded Johnny. Peanut nodded and jogged away while Johnny continued on.
"You don't care if I get any sleep," Mara muttered bitterly, catching Johnny's attention, "You just want me out of the auto shop so everyone can focus." Johnny frowned as he continued walking.
"I care, somewhat, you've grown on me I guess, to the point I don't hate you. But that ain't no reason for you to accuse me of not caring." replied Johnny.
"No one really cares, maybe Peanut, and Lexi cares. But that's it." spat Mara.
"Your parents probably do." Mara chuckled bitterly at Johnny's remark.
"No one cares for me, no one." Johnny stopped when he reached the girls dorm.
"You just said Lexi and Peanut care." he remarked.
"Yeah, well not for long. I'm surprised Lexi's stuck around for so long, most get tired of me. Peanut will, you'll see." murmured Mara as she stopped thrashing.
'She must be delirious or somethin from her lack of sleep,' decided Johnny as he looked around the girls dorm for a way to sneak in, 'How can I get in?'
Eventually, after circling the dorm, he found something he could climb on the side. There came his next problem, how was he going to get up with Mara? Eventually, he managed to maneuver her piggyback style and he climbed up with Mara holding on, preferring to be brought up rather than fall off.
When Johnny got inside Mara tried to escape, but Johnny caught her and threw her over his shoulder again.
"You're annoying." she muttered as he walked down the attic stairs and waited for the dorm manager to leave the second floor. He carefully made his way down the hall into Mara's room and dropped her on her bed. He closed her door and leaned against it, waiting for Peanut.
Meanwhile, Peanut had his own problems. The nurse had a locked cabinet to keep any students who wanted to steal the pills out. Peanut, wanting to steal sleeping pills, was no exception.
'Shit. How am I going to do this?' he wondered. The nurse was also in there, however she was asleep, she wasn't a very heavy sleeper so the slightest noise could wake her. Peanut paced back and forth until the new boy walked past.
"Hey!" Peanut called out to the shorter boy. Jimmy turned around and raised an eyebrow. The greasers usually didn't say anything to him.
"Yeah?" asked Jimmy, walking over as Peanut looked around for prefects.
"Do you know how I can get the pills from the nurses cabinet? Its locked." explained Peanut. Jimmy shrugged.
"I don't know, maybe I can tell you something if you do something for me." Jimmy smirked.
"What do you want, cash?" questioned Peanut.
"No, tell Mara to keep her little friend away from Pete." ordered Jimmy.
"I'll tell her, doesn't mean she'll listen." stated Peanut.
"Deal." agreed Jimmy, "Pull the fire alarm, the watch for the nurse to leave, when she does go in, break open the cabinet, take the pills, and leave without a trace." Peanut felt slightly stupid as jimmy walked away, he really hadn't thought of such an easy plan? Peanut was smart and usually came up with some of the greasers plans, he really felt stupid for not coming up with something so simple.
Peanut waited for the prefects to leave the area with the fire alarm before he pulled it. When he did, he sped over to where the nurses office was and waited for her to leave while he blended in with the other students that were trying to leave the school. When the nurse had left, Peanut sidled over to the door and slid in.
'Success.' Peanut smirked as he walked over to the cabinet and elbowed the glass, successfully shattering it. He looked for the sleeping pills and as he grabbed them, he noticed the pill bottle next to it. More specifically, the name on it.
Mara Akuma.
Peanut stared at it for a moment before turning to leave before the nurse got back. He left the building with the crowd of students. Then he made his way over to the girl's dorm where he found the way up. He climbed up quickly so no one saw him and he made his way to Mara's room. He knocked twice, and Johnny let him in.
"What was up with the fire alarm?" questioned Johnny. Peanut grinned.
"Distraction so I could get the pills." explained Peanut as he held out the bottle.
"Ok, so how do we get her to swallow them?" asked Johnny, nodding in Mara's direction.
Oh… this was not going to go well, decided the greasers.
Meanwhile, Lexi and Petey were just returning to class from the fire alarm ringing.
"I wonder what happened?" wondered Lexi.
"Someone probably pulled the alarm, it happens a lot." replied Petey.
"Oh…. trailed Lexi.
"Yeah, but we're probably not going to do much for the rest of the period because Ms. Peters probably won't make us do anything else after the fire alarm being pulled." explained Petey.
"Oh, so we can talk the rest of the period?" she asked. Petey nodded as someone sat next to them.
"Hey Pete." Lexi frowned on the inside.
'Jimmy.'
"Hey Jimmy." greeted Petey.
"Hi." added Lexi.
"So what're you two doing?" asked Jimmy.
"Talking." asked Petey.
"What about?" questioned Jimmy.
"Art." replied Lexi bluntly before she turned to Petey.
"So Petey, what do you think about the art project we're doing?" asked Lexi to prove her point. Petey, going along with it, smiled.
"It's nice, I like drawing still life." commented Petey.
"So what are you two being for Halloween?" asked Jimmy, trying to steer the conversation away from art.
"I'd rather not say, Gary got me my costume." muttered Petey with a blush heavy on his face.
"I'm being a crayon." Lexi gave Jimmy a fake smile.
'I just realized that being mean to someone you really don't like is easy! I wonder how Mara is always so mean…. maybe she hates everyone?' thought Lexi.
"I'm being a skeleton." added Jimmy. Petey nodded, Lexi following soon after.
"Hey, where's that scary girl, Mara? She's supposed to be in a few of my classes but she wasn't." asked Jimmy. Lexi sighed.
"She's sick, so she's been skipping." she explained. Jimmy nodded as a new idea came in his head.
"I heard that Johnny is cheating on Lola with her." he said casually. Of course this wasn't true, but it would be best if he got Lexi riled up, show Petey that Lexi was more of a friend to Mara.
"No, he isn't, I saw him and Mara today, they get along like water and oil." disagreed Lexi, narrowing her eyes, "I think you're lying."
"Why would I lie? What would I get out of lying?" asked Jimmy.
"Yeah Lexi, Jimmy wouldn't lie." Petey muttered, trying to stop the tension.
"Whatever, but Mara isn't involved with Johnny. She refuses to get involved with anyone, she's tough to crack in that way." explained Lexi.
"Whatever." muttered Jimmy.
"Are you sure? I bet Mara wouldn't say no to the greaser leader…." trailed Petey.
"I'm Mara's best friend, since we were kids, I would know if that happened. I know Mara; she isn't the person who would have someone cheat. She would probably knock out Johnny if he made a move on her while in a relationship." snapped Lexi, then she recoiled back from the sudden anger in her voice.
"Sounds like you really care about Mara…" mumbled Petey. Lexi smiled at him, he gave her a small smile back.
"Mara's been my best friend since we were little, even if we're opposites. She's always taken care of me, when I ran away she let me live with her, when she got hurt, she left the hospital with a messed up arm and broken leg because they were going to take me back to my parents. When someone bullied me, Mara beat the crap out of them." explained Lexi, "She's my sister, we're not related but that's how close we are."
"And Mara knows this?" asked Jimmy, "She knows that you're so… dependant on her?"
"Mara would do anything for me; she was almost shot once to protect me. She's not very trusting, and she's not easy to befriend, but once you do she'd die for you." state Lexi with a glare, "She knows everything about me too. She can tell you everything about me, whether it's my favorite color, or the last thing I cried over."
"And what was the last thing you cried over?" asked jimmy, Petey looked unsure.
"Jimmy…. I don't think Lexi appreciates that question…" he muttered.
"Shut up Pete." snapped Jimmy as he looked to Lexi. Lexi gave him a 'Come at me bro!' face.
"I cried…." Lexi trailed, thinking, "I cried tears of joy when I learned that someone wanted to adopt me."
"Then why are you here at this crappy school?" asked Jimmy, Petey was curious to know this too.
"Um, no one wanted Mara so they sent her here… I didn't want to lose Mara since she was basically my sister, so I begged to come here with her." explained Lexi with her smile lowering slightly.
"I see, well see you." said Jimmy as he stood. That was when the bell ring.
'Just you wait Jimmy Hopkins, you're going to get it when Mara is ready.' thought Lexi with a grin that scared Petey slightly.
With Johnny and Peanut, they somehow managed to hold Mara down and force her to take the pills.
"Hey, how much did we even give her?" asked Johnny. Peanut looked at the bottle, then whistled.
"She ain't getting up for awhile; we gave her enough to knock out an elephant." laughed Peanut.
"Is that even safe?" asked Johnny. Peanut shrugged.
"If it ain't, we have a problem." he replied. Both boys looked at Mara, who was sleeping on her bed.
"Let's hope it ain't a problem." decided Johnny as the two boys left the dorm.
Lexi's POV
Halloween came fast, we had no classes so I dressed myself in my costume first thing. Then, I went to check on Mara who was sleeping like the dead when I tried waking her the night before.
She was still unconscious but she looked a lot better. Her eyes no longer had bags and she was less pale. I hoped she would wake up for Halloween. I wrote her a note in case I couldn't wake her up.
I was worried that this Halloween was going to be bad. Jimmy was trying to ruin Petey and I's friendship, Mara was unconscious, and Bullworth was full of bullies that were pranking everyone!
After I left Mara I left the dorm to find no prefects, as they were at a party, and pranks going on everywhere. I avoided the fireworks after seeing one blow up on a few kids, and I ran away whenever I saw something green in anyone's hand. I also watched my feet for marbles and kept check my back for kick me signs.
Of course I didn't see Jimmy. So when he came flying at me on a skateboard, throwing powder at me, I couldn't dodge. Unfortunately, it was itching powder. And I'm allergic to a chemical in itching power. Everyone around learned this when after I started scratching I started to blow up and I gasped for air because I couldn't breathe.
Luckily, a girl in a witch costume brought me to the nurse where she stabbed me with this needle thing for allergic reactions. I stayed in there until the swelling went down and I wasn't red anymore. It took a good amount of the day too.
Then I walked to the boys' dorm, where I found Petey stuck in a trashcan, in a pink bunny suit. I stared. And stared. And stared.
"Stop staring!" yelped Petey upon noticing me.
"S-sorry," I stuttered trying to hold in my laughter, "But w-why are you a p-pink b-bun-bunny?" Then I couldn't help it, I burst out laughing.
"Can you stop laughing and help me out please?" begged Petey. I grabbed his arm and pulled him out after a lot of effort.
Then Jimmy came. And Gary.
"C'mon femme-boy, Lexi, we're going pranking." ordered Gary. I decide to just go with it.
Mara's POV
When my eyes opened I was dizzy. I blinked a few times, then realized that I had woken up.
"Assholes." I muttered looking around. My room was tidier than usual, showing Lexi had come in. Then there was a note on my forehead.
Mara,
Its Halloween! I'm going to go with Petey since you're unconscious, don't be mad at Peanut and Johnny. They were only trying to help. Hope you feel better :)
-Lexi-
I snorted. They had knocked me out for a day? They must have been using a horse tranquilizer or something, even sleeping pills usually only had about two hours of effect on me. Although I do remember them shoving a lot of pills in my mouth…
Were they trying to kill me? Sure hope not. I don't need more people after my life. I have enough enemies as it is.
"Halloween, how this annoys me. I have to get in costume don't I?" I muttered as I dropped to my hands and knees and pulled out a box from under my bed. In it was my Halloween costume.
After putting it on, I observed myself in the mirror.
My beanie was on my bed and my hair was free. My bangs now were on the side behind my ear showing my entire face. I was blind in my left eye because of a scar that ran from my hairline, down across my left eye, and then down to under my cheek. However my blindness didn't completely handicap me on that side because of my excellent hearing and sixth sense.
Then I stole a black dress from one of the other girls. It was short and went to about mid thigh and it was strapless. I added a fishnet shirt I had and my black fancy gloves. Then I had knee high buckled boots and I had fishnet tights. I also had fake black angel wings. I added some fake blood from the corners of my mouth, under my eyes that trailed down my cheeks. I ripped the stomach of the dress and did amazing art to make it look like a hole in my stomach, then I put more fake blood and voila! A badass bloody angel.
Of Hell.
I walked down the stairs, getting a few stares and a disapproving gaze from Ms Peabody. Then I left and sighed. Lexi could be anywhere, I decided to go find the greasers since they were interesting and I was too lazy to look for Lexi. It was easier to just go to the auto shop.
Upon reaching the auto shop I found the greasers. I laughed at I approached them.
Lucky had a pumpkin head, Vance a pirate costume, Hal was a giant cheeseburger, Lefty hadn't dressed up, Norton was an army general, and Ricky was a ghost. I mainly laughed at the first three; however Peanut and Johnny made me laugh too. Peanut was fucking Elvis, I had laughed and pointed at him after doing the same to Hal, Lucky, and Vance. Then Johnny wasn't as funny, he was the grim reaper. I still laughed though because his expression was hilarious.
"No wonder you guys are hiding over here, you look ridiculous!" I laughed as a few of the greasers glared at me.
"Well, you're not afraid to go out in public," sighed Ricky, "You, your chest, and your costume could kill someone from how sexy it is." I stopped laughing and glared at Ricky.
"Shut up!" I barked, my facing gaining a slight pink tint because of the chest remark.
"Wait until you see the grim reapers girlfriend." snickered Peanut.
"Didn't Lola want to be a tigress and get you to be tiger originally?" asked Norton with a smirk.
"Shuddup!" barked Johnny. Norton just smirked. I laughed, imagining it in my head.
"That'd be hilarious, what's her costume?" I asked, but no one answered because soon, Lola arrived. She had a costume similar to mine, only hers wasn't only black, it was gray with other colors and she had no blood on hers or fishnet. And her wings were white. And hers was much more…. revealing.
I was sickened by her every movement since everyone got a glimpse of something from it. Of course, then Lola had something out for me.
"What is she doing here? I hope she isn't coming to the dance with us in a group, Johnny-cakes." I almost laughed at Johnny's expression at the nickname. I doubt he liked it, to be honest I wouldn't like the nickname either. Although Mara-cakes doesn't sound good either way.
"No, she's my date." stated Peanut when Lola went to open her mouth again. I opened my mouth to say something but Peanut gave me a look that said 'Just go with it'.
"Oh, well you two have fun." she said dryly, leading Johnny away. I raised an eyebrow at Peanut as we began to follow to go to the gym which was having a small Halloween dance.
"If you weren't someone's date, she'd have Johnny kick you out. She refuses to have other girl's around." explained Peanut. I nodded.
"The only downside is now I can't go after my girls at the dance, I should have gotten Ricky to do it…" mumbled Peanut. I laughed as Ricky turned around to glare at Peanut.
"Why Ricky?" I asked.
"His last girlfriend dumped him because he spent more time on his bike than her." explained Peanut. I nodded.
"I see, that is a reason I suppose." I decided as we reached the gym. We walked in and surprisingly the gym looked good. Decorations and everything, music was even blasting from the DJ, of course I was more of a rock/metal thing, but I did sometimes listen to pop, which was blasting from the speakers.
"Better than I expected." I noted to Peanut, who nodded in agreement.
"This is better than usual, I believe it's because the trust fund turds funded it." commented Peanut. I nodded as I climbed the bleachers to watch.
I wasn't a dancer, and apparently neither was Peanut because he came up and sat next to me. We sat in a comfortable silence until Peanut turned to me.
"Mara," I looked at him with a raised eyebrow, "When I was getting the sleeping pills, I saw meds with you name on them in the locked cabinet." My breath hitched in my throat.
"Meds?" I croaked, "You sure?" Peanut gave me a look.
"Mara, tell me the truth, are they your meds? Do you take meds?" I sighed and looked down at my knees.
"Yeah, the nurse just has those extra in case I run out, I was planning on stealing them from her so no one would find out, guess I was a little too slow." I admitted.
"What for?" asked Peanut. I frowned.
"You're pushing your luck, Peanut," I snapped before relaxing a bit, "Besides, I'm good as long as I take my meds and I do. When I'm off them, I go nuts. You'd know instantly, and I guess it's a good thing someone knows I take'em, you can keep watch on me." Peanut nodded and we stayed silent after that except for small talk to ease the slight tense atmosphere that the revelation of my meds had created. Soon, Johnny joined us saying he had lost Lola in the crowd. The other greasers left, saying something about scaring little kids around town.
Soon enough, I found Lola. Only, I didn't tell Johnny because she was hiding very well over with the preppies. I found her hanging onto the arm of some short brown haired boy who was dressed as a vampire. Soon enough, they left. I excused myself to go to the bathroom and followed them instead, intent on seeing if Lola truly was a slut.
And it was true. I found them find a secluded spot to make out in, and because I didn't want to see anything else I left to go back to the greasers. When I got back it was just me and Johnny, Peanut having left because he wanted to sleep.
"So, you found Lola?" asked Johnny. I nodded.
"And, she isn't faithful." he surmised.
"Doubt she ever was, Johnny-boy." I replied.
"I can't help but love her though." muttered Johnny.
"It'll get better, love always sucks. That's why, I prefer to be lonely." I stated.
And thus silence rang between us.
Lexi's POV
As always I went to Mara's room when she wasn't there to read her journal, or diary, or whatever it was.
I found a picture of her and all the greasers in their costumes she managed to sketch, she was an adept drawer when she wanted to be. Then the journal entry was under the picture.
October 31st
Halloween, I woke up halfway through it after being drugged with what I suspect to be enough to down a horse. Or something bigger. I got in my awesome costume and just spent the time at the dance. Peanut told Lola that I was his date, and I got to annoy him for most of the evening. Then I found Lola cheating on Johnny with some prep, and preps are called trust fund turds by Peanut. I also told Johnny my view on love. It sucks. And that's why I prefer to stay lonely.
But then there's something else that's bothering me, well two things.
First is Gary, he's been on my mind all night, of course I didn't let it show. I mean, he just irks me a bit. I don't know what to think of him.
Then there's the fact Peanut learned one of my deepest darkest secrets. I made him swear not to tell anyone, and to never mention it ever again.
That's really it.
Oh. One more thing.
Halloween isn't so bad.
AN
Today, in the lovely thing known as school, i bit someone because they were annoying me. They tasted like perfume. They also didn't care that i bit them, which i found strange. But thats just because i'm strange.
Anyway, so how was the chapter? I personally don't like the two week skip i did, but i didn't know what else to add. I also find Jimmy to be out of character, but i think i did the greasers good. Your thoughts?
StrengthInAtropy, you are the first follower/favorite, for that you get a smiley face in the authors note :D
If anyone has ideas, put them in. I love ideas/guesses, they make me smile and i may actually use them. I have a basic storyline and major events, but no little things to happen inbetween.
Bye.