Mean girls, full of hate
Mean girls, just can't wait
Mean girls, take your date
That Monday in history we were watching a news program about Vietnam. At the time none of us really cared, people we knew really hadn't been drafted and almost everyone we knew was to young for the draft, what did this have to do with us anyways?
Add the news reel to the fact that we had less then a month to go until graduation and no one was paying any attention. The boys were throwing paper balls around the room while the girls gossiped or painted their nails. The teacher who was about 100 years old (aren't all history teachers?) was asleep at his desk, the dark along with the warm muggy May air having lulled him to sleep 10 minutes after the class had started.
Personally, I had spent the first part of class completing my science homework, I had recently decided that I wanted to be a nurse and had realized that this biology class might actually come in handy. Having completed that I was now amusing myself with drawing hearts in my notebook and day dreaming about Soda.
"Hi Alice" I looked over to see that Sandy had moved into the desk next to mine. I really hated this girl, she had been trying to get my boyfriend even before he was my boyfriend and that made me pretty annoyed.
"Hi Sandy." I tried really hard to not sound annoyed as all hell.
"I'm really sorry to hear about Johnny and Dally...I know how much those boys meant to you."
"Thanks Sandy, I really appreciate that" Maybe, this conversation wouldn't be all bad.
"When are the funerals?"
"They...um...we're going to bury them tomorrow morning, up at the highland cemetery if you'd like to come."
"How's the kid?"
"Pony's doing much better, he came home from the hospital on Saturday, it was just a fever, he's been sleeping a lot but he should be back to school after the funeral is over and done with." Sandy nodded, thinking.
"So...you and Soda...I heard that you two got back together this weekend?"
"Ya, we did, it was all just from the stress of everything that happened with Pony and Johnny. Everything's great again."
"Huh...that's funny..."
"Oh, how is that funny?" Great, she wasn't going to be nice after all.
"Well, it just seems funny to me that he was in such a rush to get back together with you after we slept together the other day...I thought I was better in bed then that...oh well. Have a great day!" Sandy gave me a nasty smile as she walked back to her friends, laughing as she took her seat.
I steeled myself, I couldn't let her see me upset, couldn't let her see me cry, that was exactly what she wanted. At the same time, I couldn't leave the room, that would be too obvious. Instead I simply stayed in my seat, willing the end of class to come faster.
I had never been more grateful for the dismissal bell in my life, I quickly gathered my things and left the room having to pass Sandy as I did so.
"Say hi to Soda for me." She smiled and I wanted to punch her in the face but instead I pushed on past her into the hallway, where I found Two-Bit by my locker.
"Hey, so I was thinking, let's ditch last period and go down to the DX, I'm over being here right now."
"Sure."
"What?!" He sputtered looking at me like I had two heads.
"I said sure." I said each word slowly, talking to him as if he was dumb.
"I know...you just never agree to skip class with me."
"I've had a bad day and going to gym class isn't going to make it any better." I slammed my locker closed, "So, let's get out of here."
Two-Bit nodded, grabbing my hand as we snuck out the front door without being seen. Once outside we jumped in his beat up old car and headed towards the DX.
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I didn't say much on the way to the DX and I knew Two-Bit noticed, after a few failed attempts at making me laugh we rode in silence until we were almost there.
"Alice..." I turned to look at him expectantly. "Did Randy pull something today? Did someone say something about Johnny..."
"No, everything was fine today."
"Bullshit Ali, something's got you upset...what happened?"
I sighed; I had never been able to hide my emotions well. "I guess everything wasn't fine today...Sandy and I talked during history class."
"Well nothing that comes out of that girls mouth is ever good...what did she say?" I could tell by the look on his face that he probably already new, and hadn't been a good enough friend to tell me.
"I...I think you already know what she had to say Two-Bit."
Two-Bit rubbed his hands over his face and into his hair as he let out a frustrated sigh. "Look, Ali, I know that he shouldn't have done that but he was hurtin, and I don't think that Steve and I encouraging him helped matters at all. Plus after we saw ya'll at the diner..."
"Doesn't excuse you for not telling me, I thought you were my friend."
"I am Ali, I just...it's hard being friends with both of you sometimes, look, maybe this is something you need to talk to him about, and sooner rather then later. Look what happened last time you waited to have this kinda conversation with him, things got way more out of control then they needed to."
By this time we had pulled up outside the DX, I nodded at Two-Bit as I climbed out of the car and headed into the station to find Soda.
A/N – The song is Mean Girls by Sugarland.
I got one review, totally deserved that for my pathetic post. Please review this time? I tried. Now, time to bake some paleo cookies, muffins and non paleo monkey bread while I cry over senior love notes some more…
