Chapter 6: Who the fuck is Smosh?
I woke up and saw that Catie was still sound asleep and looked cozy for just being torture the night before. I guess this was probably the safest place in her opinion. Still I couldn't help but wonder when the boys would wake up and probably pester us endlessly. I realized today was Sunday and concluded they would indefinitely still be asleep. I checked the time and realized it was around ten in the morning. I realized I slept in the Magma Ocean shirt and the rest of my odd outfit and tried to change into something else. My ruckus only woke Catie up who was definitely still groggy as hell. She clearly didn't want to wake up from whatever dream she was having. "Are you okay?" She asked slowly.
"Sorry Catie. I was just finding something else to wear. I must have slept in these clothes. " I realized that I was pretty much half naked and she chuckled. "What clothes?" She asked sarcastically. I went back to dressing myself again and wore a graphic tee, jeans, and I decided to leave my jacket in the closet. I kicked off the motorcycle boots I still had on and put on a pair of decent enough shoes. "You got anything to wear in your bag?" I asked realizing how stupid and kind of perverted my question was. "Yeah… Also they have a uniform thing going on here right?" She asked and I nodded. "I don't follow it though. The prefects are morons and don't really care about the uniform policy. They'll just tell you change your stupid shirt or something. So I don't really follow it." I said. She got up out of her bed and walked over to her bag. She pulled out some clothes and I turned to walk out of the room. I couldn't help but take a quick look back and saw she was checking her stomach in the mirror.
She had her shirt off, but a bra on. I noticed she had a large bruise stretching from her abdomen to the side of her. "What is that?" I asked curiously. She turned quickly and covered herself surprised I was still here and looking at her. "It's okay Catie I won't hurt you. Just let me see it." I said. She shook her head and I approached carefully knowing she put the pepper spray on the dresser behind her. "Catie. I just want to see the mark. I'm not going to touch you or anything." I told her trying to help her. Finally she gave in and showed me the bruise. It was a bit smaller than the mirror made it out to be but it was still big nonetheless. "Was that from the gang last night?" I asked now concerned. "No. I'm being honest and don't laugh." She said. I nodded and told her to continue. "I sleepwalk sometimes and I fell pretty hard on some concrete." She said.
I raised an eyebrow trying to believe her. "Concrete doesn't leave a bruise like that Catie." I said trying to see if she was lying. "I'm being serious. It was like landing on a wall when I fell." She pleaded her innocence and truth. I still didn't buy it but I would much rather leave it alone and let her win instead of argue and lose her. "Alright. Do you want to go to the nurse?" I asked and she shook her head with a look of innocence. "Alright. I will tell you when the coast is clear so you can walk out of here without getting noticed. When the other guys find out a girl is staying they'll think the wrong thing. Trust me that isn't how you want to start your day here." I said and she nodded and went back to dressing herself. I looked away quickly and stood guard outside the door waiting for her to be done. I caught sight of Ian and Anthony and they were talking to a camera?
I didn't know what to think of this and wondered why they were doing that. It just looked kind of crazy. I called the boys' attention and they walked over holding the camera down and turning it off. "You guy's filming a documentary or something?" I asked politely. Anthony shook his head and Ian still stood firm with the camera. Something really was up, and they had no reason to be defensive about it. "You guys filming gay porn now?" I said chuckling as the two yelled no. "Don't be ridiculous we have girlfriends." Anthony said. "Really? Filming a dedication video to them or something?" I asked knowing I was breaking down the walls. "Well not really. Anthony's girlfriend is visiting in a couple of weeks." Ian said brushing the original question off.
This peaked my interest. "Are you dating a college girl Anthony?" I asked crossing my arms and chuckling at this guy who I never knew was a total player. "No… If I was there wouldn't be a problem though since all of us are seniors." He stated an obvious fact to all of us. "Okay so what is the camera for then?" I asked the question again. "We're just filming videos for the Internet." Ian said casually. "Really? Jesus is everybody at this school Internet famous?" I asked them indirectly and in disbelief. "What do you mean? Ian and I have a channel called Smosh. Who else is here from being on the web?" Just at the perfect moment I heard Catie walk out, but I realized she probably shouldn't have come out until my go. "Right there."
I said pointing to her as she walked up. "What did I do?" She asked with a smile. "Who is she? I thought you just met her." Ian asked. "Never really had a proper introduction did we? Ian, Anthony, meet Catie Wayne; also known by her Iconic Queen of the Internet persona: Boxxy." I said introducing the three. "Wow… You look a lot different in real life." Ian said shaking her hand politely. "Yeah I don't have all the makeup she has. Plus it was just a character and all that. You actually seem to know who I am though so I guess that's good." She said with a smile. "Do you know who we are?" Anthony asked now interested in the conversation. "Yeah, you do the crazy if this were real videos right? Smosh?" She asked now they all laughed a bit and it was great to know they could get along. Still…
"What the fuck is Smosh?" I asked. They all looked at me in shock as if I spoke a demonic language. "What I just haven't heard of the word, or the videos, or even you two." I said matter of fact. "Well the word doesn't exist to answer your first point, the fact you don't at least know our videos is a surprise, and clearly when you met us you weren't very star struck like the usual crowd. It seems like the rest of the school doesn't notice us either." Anthony explained. "That still doesn't answer my question. Besides we live in practically the middle of nowhere, and usually people out here don't have good Internet." I said trying to explain my point back. Anthony led all of us back to our now divided room and pulled out a black carrying case.
"I guarantee the Internet doesn't work here, I have already tried." I said knowing there was a laptop in the case. "It's always fun to try." Ian said with a smile. I shook my head and waited for Anthony to log in, which I knew at this point is almost impossible. Somehow Anthony logged into his account, and pulled up one of their videos. I watched and I will admit that I laughed, and I mean how couldn't you if the guys were actually funny. I was surprised beyond measure to see how popular these guys were, and how nobody at Bullworth had any clue who they were. We all eventually walked out of the boys' dorm, and at this point class must have begun and the worst that could possibly happen is they spot Catie and book her. I had to bring her to the principal without her getting spotted. Even though we managed to get there the prefects caught sight every now and then but thought nothing of it.
She looked small and young enough to be mistaken for a prepubescent kid. The Smosh duo followed me to the principal's office as well and we talked our way past Ms. Danvers. "Dr. Crabblesnitch I have a new student for you. She said she just transferred from a school out of the county. Her name is Catherine Wayne." I said as Crabblesnitch searched his records. He hadn't taken notice of Catie or I so we stood put. He finally turned to look at us as he pulled her record from the shelf. "Pleasure to make your acquaintance young lady. You seem to be a charming young woman by the looks of your record, you have decent grades, you manage to stay out of trouble, and by the looks of it there is only one infringement on your record, but it has been waved off. Luckily your behavior isn't the issue that most students have at our school, is that right Nicolas?" He asked looking at me.
"Don't call me that." I said trying not to explode. "If you followed the proper attire and respected our rules on fighting there wouldn't be an issue." He turned back to Catie. "Now young lady I am afraid the girls' dorm is full up, and unfortunately that little Gauthier girl won't give up her so-called accessory room. You'll have to room in the boys' dorm or you have to stay somewhere in town." He said matter of fact. "I can't go back to town though. I've already been through a lot. Could I have a pick of my room if I ended up staying in the boys' dorm?" She asked politely, and I knew our friendship had meaning when she turned and winked. "If you must." Crabblesnitch groaned rubbing his eyes.
"Can I room with him?" She asked nodding her head to me. "Just keep your nose clean young lady. I don't want any sort of misconduct or bantering of any kind while you're there. Especially if it involves a pregnancy scare; this school has already suffered enough." He said looking like he was going for an explanation. "I told her about what happened." I said solemnly. "How did you find out so quickly?" He asked. This confused me, it had only been a small amount of time since James' death, and everyone knew about it. "I don't understand sir. You are talking about Jimmy right?" I asked. Suddenly I knew Crabblesnitch regretted saying anything.
A/N Cliffhanger! What exactly is Crabblesnitch hiding? Will a sad truth come out, or something everybody will regret? How will Ian and Anthony react? Find out soon readers! Stay Sweet!