Chapter 23 Its A Boy Girl Thing!

Shane's P.O.V

Me and Claire have been getting along lately, I've been trying to revise for her interview for college and she's been practising football for the upcoming game. She's actually really funny and cool, before I thought she was stuck up and boring but she's really not what I thought.

It doesn't matter about what she did about about Sandra or what rumours I made about Claire and Nicky, we both forgave each other and put it behind us. Anyway I'm going to build Claire's popularity on my own, so I've got plans of my own to be noticed whether I'm a girl or a boy.

Walking into school I waved at boys as they smiled at me, as I strutted up the pavement I heard someone crying, frowning I looked around confused to where the sound was coming from. But of course It had to be Jennifer, Monica Morrell's friend. I stepped back a bit deciding if should ask her why shes upset or leave her on her own...after all she's a bitch and she didn't really deserve anyone to be concerned about her. But something was stopping me from leaving her on her own.

I sighed and walked closer to her 'You ok?'
She stopped crying for a minute and slowly looked up at me 'Claire?'
'Jennifer?' I asked back sarcastically.
'What do you want?' She asked me.
'Well I was asking if you were ok, but you seemed to be ok now so...I'll be going' I told her as I started to walk away from her.
'No wait Claire' She shouted, I sighed and rolled my eyes and turned back round to face her.
'Yes?' I asked her
'I'm not ok' She says as she then broke down into tears, I sighed one more time before I sat down next to her. What am I supposed to do when a girls crying?
'So what 's up?' I asked her awkwardly.
'How do you do it Claire?' She asked me.
'Do what?' I questioned.
'You walk around here keeping yourself to yourself and you don't care about what people think about you' She tells me.
I shrugged 'Guess Im just not one to care about what people think of me, at least not the ones that matter anyone'
'I worked so hard to get peoples approvals here and to be noticed. You know before I was friends with Monica nobody knew who I was? Then when we started talking people started to know who I was and actually took notice of me' She explained.
'So then why are you upset?' I asked her.
'Because everyday its like you have to work hard just to get Monica's approval' She answered.
'So then why are you friends with her?' I questioned.
She shrugged and then wiped her tears 'It just felt good to have people know who I was. Boys took notice me and I started talking to more people and I liked the fact that people wanted to be my friend. But those people are not real friends, they just want to noticed as much as you'
'Jennifer, being noticed shouldn't matter that much to you' I pointed out to her.
'But you don't know what its like! Your not popular you just don't understand how it feels to have people look up to you.' She says as more tears streamed down her face.

I mean I understood Jennifer but I couldn't exactly explain to her that I knew what it was like to be so popular. Because Claire wasn't exactly well known in this school, however I was and it doesn't feel good to be known and to have people want to talk to you.
'You know, I a lot more people feel this way as well. Also not everyone looks up to Monica or even you' I pointed out to her.
Jennifer looked down and began sobbing again 'But I liked the people I was introduced to, like the boys I once dreamed to be dating now want to date me. I mean there's only so many I can date because Monica has either been with them or doesn't want others to have them. So me and Gina cant date people like Shane Collins because she doesn't want anyone else to have him'
My stomach turned and I actually felt sick, words couldn't explain how much I despised Monica.
Jennifer laughed 'Why am I telling you this, you don't even like me and what do you even know about boys?'
I laughed 'Right, what do I know about boys?' But if only she knew.
She watched me for a moment and then smiled at me 'Thank you for listening'
'Its ok, that's what girls do' I smiled as I stood up, Jennifer stood up with me and pulled me into a tight hug.
'Your so kind' She says, I would have said thank you but she was making it difficult for me to even breathe. She soon let me go and grabbed onto my shoulders.
'OH MY GOD! I should introduce you to Monica and Gina, I mean sure you don't get along but if they knew that you were this cool they'll love you. You can even get to know some of the boys if you wanted' She tells me with a wink.
'Erm...you know I don't think that's a good idea-'
'Sure it is! Meet me after school? I'm inviting you to our sleepover tonight!' She interrupted.
'Jennifer-' I was once again interrupted by the school bell.
'Well that's the bell, see you after school Claire' She smiled as she strutted into school. I sat back down and tried to get to grips with what just happened. Am i really going to a girly sleepover with Jennifer, Monica and Gina?

At the end of school...

Claire's P.O.V

I'm sure Shane will be happy when he learns that I've help to improve his grades in class, he seriously need to revise more because he is far behind in his lessons. I walked out of school and smiled to myself, its nice that me and Shane are now getting along and surprisingly it was getting easy being Shane, I thought I'd always be busy but his life is seriously not like that. It was then I hard a car horn beep and everyone outside turned to face Michael in his car.
'You know what today is Shane?' He asked me with a grin.
'Erm...Friday?' I asked.
He frowned and then burst out laughing 'I mean yeah its Friday but what do we do on Fridays?'
I stared at him, Shane had failed to mention that he was suppose to spend this Friday with Michael .
'Shane its time we go out my friend, party with the guys remember?' He asked.
'Oh yeah' I said and laughed nervously.
'Well get it we have to get ready' He says, I slowly walked over to his car and got in next to him. I'm going to kill Shane when I see him.

Never have i been to a party and the worst of it was I don't drink, so I have no idea of what I'm going to do or say when we get to this party. Even finding something to wear was a hard decision, and then Michael changed his top in front of me and I just couldn't stop staring at him because...my god...his is beautiful.
'So how many do you think you'll pull tonight?' I questioned Michael as we waited outside in his car, he had said to meet some more of the boys before we went in the party.
He shook his head 'Nope, I'm not doing that tonight'
I frowned at him 'But I thought that's what you boys do'
'What?' He asked me and stared at me.
'I mean, I thought that's what you do' I said quickly then smiled at him.
He laughed a bit 'That's what you do, but right now things are going well with me and Eve and I don't want to mess that up'
'That's so cute' I smiled and he looked down obviously trying to hide the red that started to form on his cheeks.
'Michael! Shane! You ready?' One of the boys shouted, there was a whole group of them waiting for us. This is going to be one hell of a party.

Shane's P.O.V

This wasn't going to go well, I mean I don't know how long I can contain my anger from Monica, never mind talk to her and her friends for a whole night. Me and Jennifer walked up the stairs of Monica's house, Jennifer talking about how excited she was about me meeting them all the way to Monica's bedroom. Opening the door Monica and Gina where sat on Monica's bed looking at Monica's laptop, her room was huge. She had these pink bean bags in the middle of room and this white dressing table with make-up and jewellery taking up its space. Her room contained so much stuff yet it seemed so spacious, how can a girl need so much stuff?
'Hey girls!' Jennifer smiled.
'Hey Jen-' Monica stopped talking when she spotted me and lifted up.
'What the hell is she doing here?' Monica asked. I smiled at her and Gina and then looked over at Jennifer waiting for her explanation.
'Earlier today I was upset and Claire cheered me up. You guy she's actually really cool' Jennifer told them.
Monica stood up and looked me up and down 'Why is it now that you decided to start talking to us?'
I shrugged 'I was boring back then now I just want to have fun and chill out, you girls seem the right people to come to for that'. Of course I was lying, but Monica smiled anyway.
'Right ok, great! Well then girls let get changed into our pyjamas, we have a long night ahead of us' Monica says, then all three girls started squealing and taking their clothes of. I turned around and shut the door smiling to my self. Tonight is going to be a good night.

Claire's P.O.V

The music was loud and every room was crowded. This was my first party that I had ever been to, I mean I've been to parties that my family have hosted but that's completely different. We had suddenly stopped at this table where I noticed some other boys at my school where stood.
'Shane! Hows it going man?' This boy says to me as he did this weird hug with me and then moved to greet Michael. What the hell was that? A "Bro hug" is that what its called? All these boys who I didn't recognise kept trying to talk to me, I knew Shane was popular but I didn't think he was this popular. '
'Right boys looks like you need a drink' This boy who I believe was called George said to me and Michael. I tried to protest but people started talking over me so no one would have even realised I was talking.
'Here you go' George says as he hands us cups of beers. I looked over at Michael who started drinking his straight away, I slowly started to drink mine slighting hoping I would like the taste...and surprisingly I did.

I don't know what I was so nervous about, everyone seemed really nice and I was having a really good time. At first I was nervous but the more I drank the more I felt more confident and soon I had talked to everyone that was surrounding this table.
'Ok guys lets see how much of this you can take' George says as more boys brought more drinks to the table.
'Whats going on?' I asked Michael, but he didn't answer me he just smiled at me as he watched people place drinks down on the table.
'Come on Shane, your usually good at this' George says as lined drinks in front of me.
'Right who can drink these drink in fastest wins' George announces. My heart raced, I cant drink fast what the hell am I going to do? I can barely drink at all.
'Ready Go!' George yells, we all grabbed the first drink lined up and began this "Game" or whatever it was. I don't know what long I can take this.

Shane's P.O.V

At first I thought this night would be terrible but actually I've learnt so much from these girls. All they have talked about is boys and those boys happen to be my friends. It was funny to see what the girls thought about them and who was better looking then who, in their opinion.
'So do you reckon you and Shane will be together soon?' Gina asked Monica.
Monica laughed 'Obviously, he's just playing hard to get but he'll give in soon'
'Seriously?' I asked her.
She looked at me 'I mean you've been spending some time with him lately does he ever talk about me?'
'Nope' I said, Monica stared at me almost with a look of disappointment that I had nothing to tell her.
'Well I mean its not as if I actually like him, I'm only trying to win him over so I can get to Michael. The two hottest boys in our year could you image? I want to see which one is better' She smiles. Gina and Jennifer giggled and started adding more people into this conversation, I sat there glaring at Monica, if I didn't hate her enough before I do now. She's a skank and all she wants from people is attention and sex. Which is disgusting, me or Michael wouldn't dare go near her, ever.
'So Claire I've noticed you were a bit...on the rainforest side' Monica says to me.
I stared at her 'Huh?'
'You know...down below'
'Oh...its not supposed to be like that?' I asked her.
'Well me and the girls have gone totally Latino' Monica tells me.
'Seriously?' I asked them.
'You should too' She smiles.
I hesitated for a moment, I mean how bad could it be? 'Sure'
Monica jumped up 'Great! Ok so Brazilian wax, Gina get the depilatory strips, Jennifer get the hot water and towels. Claire just lay down and bite down on this'. Monica gave me a small towel and i bite down on it. This is weird.
'Ok relax' Monica says and I took a deep breath.
'One, Two, Three!' Monica shouted, and I swear it was the most painful thing I've ever been through, I screamed and bite down on the small towel. When will this be over?

Claire's P.O.V

'Drink! Drink! Drink!' Boys shouted as I drank my last drink in the line. I giggled as I slammed the cup down and everyone cheered. I was having a blast!
'Give me more! I want more!' I said as people game me more drinks.
'Go for it Shane!' Someone shouted.
'You can do it Shane!' Another shouted.
'Come on Mickey we can do this' I said to Michael as we then began to drink more and more.

By the time the party was over the whole world seemed to be spinning, me and Michael had to hold each other up as we left the party.
'Tonight was great' Michael laughed.
'I'm so happy' I smiled to myself.
'I love you dude' Michael says as he grabbed my face and kissed my cheek.
'I love you too Mickey' I giggled and tripped over. I truly felt happy and it was the most fun I've had ever, and even though the world seemed to be spinning and I was finding it hard to function, I didn't care. Tonight was the best night ever, even though I will probably going to have the worst headache tomorrow morning.

I'm sorry that this chapter kept switching point of views but I thought it would be cool to see them in these different situations. Also I have a sort of new story called Secret Slayer, so it would be really good if you could just take a look at that too. Please comment your thoughts. Thanks for reading :)