Affairs

[kim]

I don't know whether I am going to make chapters out of this because I am no good sticking to ... >< stuff, soo, I'm just making this for boredom right now. It'll be mostly all speech and descriptions, backgrounds, locations will be added in the next chapter if there'll be one ><. =D Thank ya'


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"So, what were you doing with her?"

"Say - what? Who?"

"Riley. I saw you talking to Riley, Josh."

"Oh! Yeaahh....but that's all cool, we were just talking!"

"I saw you kiss her on the cheek," Jessica argued, fitting herself in the passenger seat of the SUV across from Josh. She pushed her light brunette hair in and out of her mouth before letting a sigh escape her lips, "That's just talking?" She asked her boyfriend.

Josh made effort to deny what Jessica saw, turning this way and that way trying to avoid visual contact with her as he studded the key in the ignition and started the car up. "What are you ... what are you trying to say, Jess? Are you saying I'm cheating on you?" He asked in a sarcastic tone, though his girlfriend really wasn't joking with him.

"I don't know, Josh, maybe that is what I'm saying!" Jessica replied in a firm, worried tone, "And maybe that's what your doing." She added as Josh slowly pulled the car out of the restaurant parking lot.

Josh kept silent, turning the steering wheel firmly to the left to get the four wheels onto the flat downtown road, a few cars were roaring out on the road that night. Lights from various buildings shone and lit up the car's, revealing their actual color in the dark hour of the day.

Jessica kept her view aimlessly on the door at her side, pushing up against the right half of her body, she leaned her arm on the ledge of the window as her stare fell across the blackness of the vehicle. "This was supposed to be a graduation after-party for Tim, a couple's meet! - a couple's meet, Josh! And you didn't even sit with me for more then five minutes!"

"What are you trying to say, Jess? Huh? Do you really think I'd lie to you, or cheat on you at that? I love you!" Josh said, not sounding too convincing to his concerned girlfriend though. Nothing but straight road ahead, he had more then enough time to give some longer answers. Jessica wasn't convinced by Josh's upright, rushed manner. Tapping her fingers on the door, she continued to press her boyfriend about the matter,

"First time you've said that all week, and it still doesn't sound very convincing. What are you hiding from me, Josh? Is there something I should know ab-"

"Yeah, there is! You should know that you're lucky you're still in this car right now, after accusing me of cheating on you!" The boyfriend cut her off, a bit angered that she was making assumtions about him, or pointing out facts. "What the hell, Jess! You'd probably think that if I wanted Riley, I would've had her by now! Right?"

" . . . " Jessica had no counter for this, though he still hadn't convinced her. She sighed again, turning her head to look at Josh who was already looking at her but then retreated his eyes back to the road when she looked over. "Yeah, I'm sorry, Josh. ... I guess your right, but even though you don't call her girlfriend or anything, you might have her already."

" . . . " It was Josh's turn to play the silent one, and there was no more talking for the rest of the drive. Josh dropped Jessica off at the corner of Jay and Liberty, since she liked walking a little bit before she reached home, he gave her a soft kiss on the cheek and then took off in his caddy.

Jess watched the rear lights turn off the street towards the highway since Josh lived around that area, but she had a feeling he wasn't going home right about now, he was probably going back over to the restaurant to pick up Riley and give her a more entertaining drive home.

"I shouldn't worry myself about this, if Josh says he loves me then he loves me ... why am I insinuating stuff?"

Eeeeeerreeeeeeeeeeek!
Screamed the tires of a car pulling up behind Jessica on the strip of dark road, four teenaged guys, about Jessica's age, occupied the worn-out Pontiac Solstice all wearing jerseys and baseball caps. The guy sitting in the passenger seat raised the bottle of beer he had in his right hand at Jessica in a greeting gesture, shouting at her to stop since the car was a bit behind,

"Hey, Jess! What are you doin' out here all alone? Where's your man at?"

The shouting from the friendly face that Jessica recognized made her stop, turn around and smile at them. Former-schoomates, Austin, Leroy, Brad and Wallace. Yea, it was quite a relief to see some lively fun guys that night after her's and Josh's little quarrel on the drive home. Jessica turned to shrug at them in reply to the Josh question, the mention of his name erased her smile.

"Oh, he went home I guess." She replied.

Wallace, the guy driving the Pontiac, pulled over at the edge of the sidewalk by Jessica as Austin, the one in the passenger's seat, took a good look at her to see if she was sure what she had just said. "Oh really? And where are you headed to? Home?"

"It's almost past curfew."

"Yea, well, your going to miss out on the party I guess! We'll tell you all about it, hey, we might even see Josh there like he promised! Right guys?"

"Riiiightt!" Replied the two drunk guys in the back, Brad and Leroy.
Jessica was a bit confused now, not sure she knew what Austin was talking about, "Excuse me? What party?"

"I dunno! Kate's throwing the party, I thought she would've told you about it!" Austin had replied innocently, the smell of beer littering his breath.

"Yeah, she did tell me about it," Jessica explained, "Except Josh said he wasn't going! That's why I asked him to take me home right after Tim's after-party!"

"Oh yea? Well, 'ccording to what Josh told me and my fellows ... " Austin paused to burp out the alcoholic bubbles in his throat, but then resumed to explaining to Jess, "He said he was going over right after he got you tucked in bed! Y'know, with a little kiss on the cheek and stuff?"

"Yeah, I know what you mean, Austin."

"Okay, well ... Josh said he's coming to the party no matter what and ain't no broad Trifa...what was her name guys?"

"Trifa what? Speak clearly, Austin!" Jessica demanded, shaking her drunk friend's shoulders so he could get some of the beer's effects to leave him for a bit.

"Nah...not Trifa...'er name ... Jessica! Yeah, he said ain't no broad Jessica stopping 'em from going to that party with such a hot ... hot ... *hic* ... date!"
[This story has been copyrighted by KiM MaKaBe]

"Oh my gosh, he lied to me..." Jessica faced the cold reality, "What date is he talking about, Austin? If I'm not going with him."

"Duh...I thought you would know, you hate the chick well enough to know!"

" . . . "

"Riley Parker. That's just what I heard at least!" Austin spoke mummeringly but couldn't continue anymore, though Jessica had heard everything she needed to, leaning over and giving Austin a slight kiss on the cheek as proof of gratitude.

"Thanks, Austin! You guys enjoy the party!"

"Thanks, Jess! Wish you were coming! - 'kay, Wallace! BLAST OFF!"

EeeeeEEEEEEEeeeeek!
The Pontiac took off down the street, taking a sharp right and heading in the same direction Josh's SUV had about fifteen minutes ago. Jessica sighed, standing back upright. "Riley Parker..." She let the name escape her lips after taking a deep breath. "I knew it ... "

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o_0 more coming soon ?

[keioto]

kim said:

o_0 more coming soon ?

-_-
Doah. Its like begging for a sequel.
Eh its decent ... it just ... should be more descriptive. =D

[Mitsuki Park]

I...

Love romance stories.

>>''

And it has CONFLICT!!!!!!

More >_<''

By now, I don't care about description and so and so, I wanna know if Jessica goes to the party and dumps Josh's ass in front of EVERYONE and get's into a doggy fight with Riley!

>>''

-Hyunie.

[allison]

I know what you based this off of, Kimmie-doodle!



Mooooore!

[kim]

mitsuki said:

I...

Love romance stories.

>>''

And it has CONFLICT!!!!!!

More >_<''

By now, I don't care about description and so and so, I wanna know if Jessica goes to the party and dumps Josh's ass in front of EVERYONE and get's into a doggy fight with Riley!

>>''

-Hyunie.

^^ Um ... thanks for the encourgement guys, it really helped out, though you might be a bit dissappointed in this next chapter, Mitsuki! ... I'm not telling you >.>

Eh...what am I basing this off of? o_0


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Jessica had broken down on the sidewalk, weeped, cried, kicked the concrete with her sneakers and then cried some more. Only the stars were there to accompany her and hear her cries,

"I knew it! Why'd you lie to me, Josh?! Why!"

She shouted out at nothing, bending down, chest leaned on knees as she seated herself on the empty sidewalk. Yeah, Jessica knew a lot of girls who lived in her neighborhood from school, and usually all of them took this route between Liberty and Jay, though she didn't find it too surprising that no one was walking the road at this hour, near curfew.

"Of course I shouldn't be surprised!" Jessica spoke to herself between tears, "Their all probably headed to Kate's party, all going to try and get a little piece of Josh before Riley pulls him from their hands and keeps the big. fat. turkey. all to herself!"

"What are you trying to say, Jess? Huh? Do you really think I'd lie to you, or cheat on you at that? I love you!"

The words Josh said to her earlier in the SUV whapped her again, as Jessica shook in anger. "That bastard! ... that bastard!" She shouted at the top of her lungs, hearing a door fly open at her outburst.

"...? Jessica? Is that you, honey?" An elderly man's voice spoke from across the street, it was Mr. Kade, David Kade. A friendly old man who usually saw Jessica wait around at this spot in the early morning for her boyfriend to come pick her up for school. He wasn't used to seeing Jessica out so late at night though on this street, and holding a golf club in his wrinkled hands in fright of a different scenario, he was quite relieved and confused when he saw Jessica,

"What are you doing out here all alone in the dark?"

"..I'm...I'm okay, Mr. Kade! I'm just walking home..." Jessica squeezed a teeny, tiny fake smile onto her face as she stood up and wiped the tears off her cheek. "I thought I would stop to ... redeem myself!"

"...walking home? - ah, that's right! You went to your friend's party today!"

"Yeah," Jessica replied with a real nice smile now, Mr. Kade was a very friendly old man, eighty-eight years old but he was a dear. He always had a smile for her, even in a dark hour like this. After thinking a bit, Jessica wished that all guys were like Mr. Kade.

"Well don't stay out too long, sweetie! You never know what could happen in the night, eh?"

"Okay, I won't, Mr. Kade! I'm sorry to ruin your evening!"

"That's okay, dear! It was worth it to see you again, now I'll have some pleasent ol' dreams!"

Jessica blushed at the old man in flattery, "I'm sure you'll have pleasent ones, g'night!" She waved to him as he stepped back into the small house, closing the door behind him and dragging the golf club in through the threshold.

When the door shut closed, Jessica turned, eyes on the strip of sidewalk ahead of her. It would be about fifteen more minutes of walking before she got home, and it'd take at least forty-five minutes to walk to Kate's, but of course she didn't plan on walking to Kate's.

After walking a few minute's worth of the sidewalk, turning onto Grand, she fished the Motorola Linux out of her rear pocket and opened the list of her contacts. Kate's number was somewhere around the bottom, Jessica finally found it and then found herself on-line with a girl about her age.

"Kate's house, how can I help you?"

"Kate...it's Jess!" Jessica replied, immediatley recognizing her friend's voice. "I have something I want to talk to you about!"

"Sure, shoot, babe. I'm all ears for the next...eight minutes!"

"Look, I'm real sorry I'm stalling your party and I know it's the first time you've gotten the chance to be a hostess, but it's really important."

" ... "

"Please?"

" ... okay, Jess! Let me tell Adrianne to take over for a second then." Kate pleaded, for a few seconds the line went blank and all Jessica heard from the other line was the commotion in the background of uplifting pop music and girl's giggling. Finally, Kate picked up again and now her voice was more steady,

"Okay, what'd you need again?" She asked Jessica.

"I .. I need a ride, y'know, I think I want to come to your party afterall." Jessica said, trying hard not to let more tears effect her voice, "It's about Josh!"

"Okay... I smell the red hotness of some serious gossip tomorrow," Kate giggled during her reply, "Should I come pick you up right now? Where are you at?"

"I'm at the corner of Liberty, Grand Street, near home, y'know--" Jessica was cut off by a sudden beeping coming from her phone, looking at the liquid screen's menu, she realized she had another caller. "Can I put you on hold for a second, Kate?"

" - um ... sure, Jess! Ohmigosh! Adrianne's wrecking the party decorations at the window, you know what, take your time!" Kate said, actually putting her phone down on whatever surface before Jessica even put her on hold.

Answering to the other line, Jessica hadn't taken the time to look over the number and see who the caller was, but after picking up she heard a steady-like hysterical voice speak.

"H-honey...honey, where are you? It's quarter to twelve and your not home yet!" It was her mother.

"Mom, my curfew's one a.m., remember?" Jessica tried to sound convincing, though she had honestly forgotten what she promised her parent's earlier that morning.

"What? Young lady! Don't you go saying that to me, you promised me and your father you'd be home at eleven tonight! Remember?" Shouted the angry, worried mother on the other line.

And then, it hit her, Jessica remembered what she had promised her parents. Little-finger squeeze and everything, and she only did so because her parent's were usually worried when she out past twelve o'clock and since she wasn't planning on her going to Kate's party, or Josh, she had promised them she'd be home early.

If Jessica stayed true to her promise, she wouldn't be able to go and catch Josh red-handed with Riley, and if it came to anything, he'd probably dump her before she dumped him if she started to accuse him face-to-face. Tears moistured Jessica's eyes as she held the phone tightly to her ear, "I...mom, can I stay out just a little bit longer?"

"You cannot, young lady! Your father is going right now to pick you up! Where are you?"

" ... "

"I asked you a question!"

"Corner of Jay, Grand Street!" Jessica shouted at her mother, ending the call, she took a minute to wipe the newly-shed tears off her cheeks before picking up the other line where she had been talking to Kate. "Hello, Kate?" Jessica spoke in a low-pitched moody voice,

Kate wasn't at the phone, but she replied shortly after Jessica spoke. "Yea, babe? I'm still here and all ears, where'd you say you were again?"

"Nevermind ... "

"-WHAT?!"

"Nevermind, I'm not coming. My parents want me at home tonight."

"But girl, I just saw Riley come into the room, and guess who drove her? - That's right, your baby-boy Josh!"

"...I don't care, I'll talk to him tomorrow."

"...yeah...well...okay then..." Kate sounded a bit dissappointed in Jessica, but also a bit concerned. "You have a good night, okay, hon?"

"Yeah, thanks, Kate. You too."

"Thanks, sweet dreams." Kate said just before hanging up the phone softly, Jessica slipped her cellphone back into her pocket before noticing the Mercedes CLK 500 pull up next to the sidewalk with her father pulling down the window at the driver's seat. "Get in," The middle-aged man said to his daughter, who obliged without much choice.

She hopped in threw the passenger's door, slouched in the white leather, and tapped her fingernails against the door handle.
"Put your seatbelt on." Her father commanded, Jessica listened helplessly, clicking the little belt over her chest.

"Lock your door-"

"Dad! I'm not a freaking baby, okay? I'll take my time!" Jessica blurted out, though it wasn't the first time she bursted out like that at her father, she reached her left hand over to hit the lock as her father then started the ignition back up and did a U-turn heading down Grand street.

"I'm uh ... sorry, honey, sorry to upset you. I know your not a kid anymore, well, your not too much of a kid. Y'know, just, driving is dangerous." He tried to apologize to his daughter, but Jessica wasn't angry at him, she was angry at Josh.

"That's okay, dad. I'm sorry too, it's just ... I've having some issues." She replied to him honestly, taking a second to glance at him, his thick gray beard that hung parsly off his chin and his big furry eyebrows and mustache. She saw the cufflinks of his shirt were unbuttoned so she figured he had just thrown something on before coming to get her, Jessica didn't really mind, turning her head back to look out the window at the dark cement below the four wheels of the Benz.

Her father was always an open-ear for Jessica's problems, whether it was with school, friends, boys, he always listened and most the time gave her a lecture on what she should do or how that was so terrible. Y'know, maybe he didn't mean it and was just trying to get in better relations with his daughter, but Jessica really didn't mind. Sometimes.

"Oh yeah? What kind of issues?" He asked, steering the wheel a bit right as he lessened his pressaure on the gas pedal and put on the brake, turning into the driveway of the small two-story house that they owned.

Jessica sighed as the car's engine stopped, she quickly unbuckled her seatbelt, unlocked the door, stepped out of the car and then stuck her head back inside to kiss her father on the cheek. She wasn't going to wait until he got out, "Teenager issues." She replied, then slamming her door closed and running into the house, not even greeting her mother who was standing by the doorway in her pajamas with heavy concern.

Jessica just went all the way up to her room, sat down, turned on the night light and slouched near the window as more tears produced from her eyes. A small picture frame laid on the sil, the window was a low-window put about two feet from the ground, with probably a few inches, Jessica looked over the photo placed inside the picture frame.

It was one of Josh in his best school jersery after him and his team had won the offical soccer game and got into the champions, putting their highschool right up there with Brenton High, Jessica had kept the picture because she loved him. But what if she didn't no more? Imagine how that would turn out ...

"Lying jerk!" She muttered, voice effected by tears, as she knocked the frame off the sil, breaking the glass, Jessica turned around to where the frame had landed and pulled the photo out from the little mess. "You lied to me, Josh...but, I won't cry over you anymore! ... you ... " Jessica didn't have the strength to speak to the photo anymore, to speak at all, she just took the piece of paper and shredded it with her fingers, at the same time she cried until finally it had slipped out of her fingers.

Jessica moved closer to her sheeted bed and laid her head and elbows on it, sobbing. Too weak, too broken up to lay herself down on the mattress for retirement for the rest of the night.

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... oro? Did I say there was going to be more descriptions and blah blah blah in this chapter? Sorry...there isn't .. >.> isn't much of anything, sorry to dissappoint you too, Mitsuki! Eh, I have to keep the draaamaaa surfing o_0

Oh yeah, btw, to all of you who don't know which is everyone but Allison >.> I'm basing this story off of this video Too Little, Too Late So um, to give you a better picture of how the two main focuses look(Jessica/Josh) you know, just watch the beginning if you want. Or if you don't want, just wait 'til the third chapter for MORE descriptive ... things! ^_^

[Mitsuki Park]

Woahh..

I have an urge to put up one of my stories that I'm working on right now, except I'm not putting any effort into it, so >>;;

xD But wow.

Totally unexpected. I hope Josh dies tomorrow.

Darn Josh! Darn him and his pimp-ness ==!!! If Josh were my boyfriend, I'd kick his face so it ain't pretty no more! @@

-Hyunie.

[jett]

... @.@
That was a great story. Except ... **cough cough** ...
Y'know, I hope Josh dies too. >> But y'know, I agree with Keioto, as a story ... it should be much more descriptive.
And so .... if Josh don't like Jessica or ... yeah, he wants to be boyfriend/girlfriend with Riley, then why the hell are Josh and Jessica boyfriend/girlfriend anyway? >>;;

P.S.

If Josh doesn't die tomorrow, so help me I will kill you in your sleep ... and then again, and then a third time. ><
You should have made Jessica go to the party with a shotgun and ... - >.>
<.< Yeah. Get me? O.O Josh WILL DIE!

[kim]

Eh? >.>;;

I'm not putting much effort into this story ... ^^

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"Jessica? Ohmigosh, honey, are you okay?"

Jessica heard the words vaguely through her ear, opening her eyes, she realized her head as placed in someone's lap. Whose? Her neck was hurting, and she remembered the position she had slept in the night before.

And then she remembered Josh and why she had cried herself to sleep in such an uncomfortable position last night, but feeling a cold breeze of air being set upon her by some sort of fan and a hand brushing her hair from her eyes, she decided to pay attention to the present for a bit too.

She heard the voice again, "You okay, hon?" It was familiar, but Jess was tired still, she couldn't focus on who it belonged to but she knew that she knew the person. Opening her eyes wider, Jessica was able to see Kate bending over her looking into her eyes with a worried expression on her face.

Kate kept repeating the question, "Are you okay, Jessica? You look awful!"

"I'm fine..." Jessica had summed up the words and in a weak voice replied, "What are you doing here?" She asked, having the strength to push her own hair off of her face with her own two fingers.

"Well I was worried about you! Y'know, Josh is your boyfriend afterall and since you didn't come to the party last night and just totally let him off the hook with Riley because of your little stupid curfew, I like ... wanted to see you."

Jessica smiled, Kate was always a good friend and was probably the most reliable person she knew. "I'm just fine, Kate. Thanks for coming." Jessica said, reaching up and patting Kate's cheek as she then retreated her arm and sat up on the bed, moving off Kate's lap and scooting next to her.

"Hmpf! What a boyfriend that jerk is! Doesn't even come over to see how his girl is doing! You know, I told you back in Junior High that that guy was a total unfaithful loser! I don't know why you didn't listen to me, but remember, Katie's always right!"

"Kate," It was heart-breaking to hear bad talk about Josh right now, because Jessica was so mad at him herself that now with her best friend mentioning him, reminding her of him constantly, it hurt her even more. "I don't want to talk about it. I'll see him today."

"You mean see him-see him, or just like ... see him, dump the cheating swine quick and clean!"

Jessica grinned that grin that told you she would never tell you what was on her mind, Kate knew the grin very well. It was Jessica's trademark grin which lit up her elegant lovely features, "I'll see him." Jess answered casually.

Kate moved her right arm around Jessica's shoulders and gave her a large, tight squeeze. "Y'know, this is all awfully strange..." She mummered into Jessica's ear, quietly, but loud enough for Jessica to hear.

"What is?"

"It's awfully strange that...your the concerned girlfriend, y'know, loving and caring and now heartbroken, or so I'm assuming you are, by your boyfriend's secret affair and yet instead of Josh being punished, you are!"

" ... what do you mean by that?"

"Ohmigosh, you have to ask me that?" Kate was astonished, but Jessica was left hopelessly confused. "...what?"

Kate realized her friend couldn't see herself, so she tugged Jessica off the bed, walked around to the other side where her dresser was with a full-length mirror and let Jessica see her reflection.

Momentarily - "EEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCKKKK!"

L O C A T I O N : Gregory High

"My goodness, girl! You are so lucky that Mr. Praxton didn't realize we're here after second period!" Kate whispered to Jessica as she tagged along her friend who was going towards her locker.

After Jessica had changed into a midi-blouse which left her stomach and arms uncovered and a pair of tight baby blue jeans, Kate helped her with her hair and make-up that was so horrid and ruined from her reaction to everything she learnt last night that morning that it took long enough for second period to fly by just like that.

As the two seniors made their way down the crowded main hall of Gregory High, they encountered - - -

"Bitch!"

"What the hell?!"

"Calm yourself down, Jessica! Stop!" Kate urged Jessica, tugging her away from the redhead. "What the hell is her problem?" Demanded the feminene voice of Riley Parker, "Someone need a lease?"

"No...lemme go, Kate! Let me at her!" Jessica urged, but Kate kept her back until Riley left out of sight into the pile of students orbiting around in the hallway, and then Kate released her but still stood close by her side. Jessica bent down, hands on knees, as she took a deep breath, eyes watered up, she stood back up and regained composure as she turned around and looked at Kate in confusion.

"Why didn't you let me go, Kate? Why didn't you let me beat her up!" She demanded, quietly, her voice fueled with emotion.

"Because, Jessica, its not her you should be mad at. It's not her fault," Kate explained to her friend, her pale white cheeks staying cold and her dark brown eyes cruising with understanding at her friend's outburst. It was as if Kate could feel Jessica's pain, but also felt a whole notch more of understanding then Jessica did, too,

"The only person in this whole situation to blame is Josh. 'kay? You know girls, handsome guys attract us. We won't care whether their single or not, we just go for them with their smooth talking and their sweet words. Who knows? Probably Riley doesn't even know your with Josh," Kate sympathically spoke with Jessica.

"You think he'd be cheating ... both of us?"

"Some guys are real assholes." Kate commented.

Jessica sighed, " I can't believe-"

"Good afternoon, girls! Your both looking lovely today, as usual," Oh no. That voice...the voice of trouble, the voice that alerted trouble, that voice that meant only one thing when found lurking in the halls of Gregory High after second period speaking to two lovely young ladies who happened to be late!

It was indeed the voice of the Vice Prinicpel, Mr. Praxton.
"Good monring, Mr. Praxton." Mummered Jessica and Kate, trying to sound innocent, Jessica still a bit torn up facially by her emotions and everything she was going through.

Mr. Praxton didn't tend to notice, infact, sometimes it seemed the only thing he did notice was late students, new mini's on the fine teenaged women who attended the high school, and the people in expensive suits who came every once in while to talk to the school board about school evaluations and so on.

Right now, what he was noticing was that two of the most well behaved, endaring students in the school were late, and that was surprising to grumpy old Mr. Praxton!

"I noticed something very interesting this noon today, girls,"

"Really, Mr. Praxton?" Kate tended to make conversation, or try to at least, when it came to trouble and by all means that was one thing she liked to avoid.

Mr. Praxton was not a softie though, he didn't joke around when it came to using his Principel powers either, "Yes. Actually I noticed something very, very interesting today, Ms.Williams. I noticed that you two drama queens were ... oh, ah ... LATE!"

"But, Mr. Praxton, we can explain!" Kate urged.

"Oh yes? Well do! Do then, Ms. Williams! And it better be a good explanation or your looking at ... a whole hour of detention before third period sound good?"

"Oh my goodness, Mr. Praxton, we'd do anything to avoid that! Actually, you see, Jessica is having some prob-"

"We'll take the detention." Jessica budged in, lifting her head to look at the middle-aged man, no sweet smile like she usually wore. Just blank expression as she repeated herself,
"We'll take it."

"We'll ... what ... Jessica?"

....

"Ohmigosh, Jess! You know what I was planning to do during lunchbreak before third period? I was going to fix my hair because curls definatley isn't my style, and look! My make-up is getting worn, and without a large nice mirror to look upon while I tend to my beauty, I might mess up my lip line!"

Kate sighed, dangling her fingers around in her blonde curls. Jessica sat at one of the brown desks in the far back of the room, seeing the elderly aged woman in the front of the room writing down on the large green chalkboard, 'I WILL NOT PROMOTE VIOLENCE. I WILL NOT PROMOTE VIOLENCE.'.

Her and Kate were the only ones in detention, it was the first time since they had even seen the little classroom since their second year as Sophomores, too. Jessica thought that instead of getting into a big quarrel with Josh during lunch though was something she had to think upon, and the best place to do that was in detention, she wasn't planning from the start to be late and facially disturbing when she woke up but oh well.

"Look, I'm sorry, Kate. I know that I'm the only one who should be sitting here right now, since you didn't even have to come over this morning to mend me, but ... y'know, I feel so much better with you around." Jessica turned over to smile at Kate.

Kate returned the smile, just as sweet. "Yea...well, my mother always did say I had a rare charm when it came to people," She boasted, breaking her smile but then letting it stain her face again. "...yeah, I didn't have to go over, but I did! Because that's what friends are for -- what girlfriends are for!"


"Ohmig- this is like the loser's club, hello? Do you actually expect me to sit down in one of those chairs in these pants? These things are leather, sir!"

"Well then, I suggest you sit on the floor if you find the chairs uncomfortable. And if you object to that offer as well, Ms. Parker, then I'm afraid your just going to have to sit in those!" Mr. Praxton scowlded the rebellious student as he then made his way out of the detention hall, closing the door behind him, after ushering the troublesome woman in.

Riley Parker, she glanced over and saw Kate and Jessica sitting in the back row and sat one row in front of them, squeaking quietly before placing her butt on the wooden chair. "I can't believe I'm in here! I like -- haven't seen this place since Sophomore year!"

"...your not the only one.." Jessica mummered quietly, but Riley was sharp. And she was a gossip-whore, she had a knack for hearing things she wasn't supposed to.

"Excuse me?" She turned around, looking over at Jessica, she recalled the incident earlier in the hallway but hoped Jessica would've gotten over it. Riley wasn't one to make enemies, she was actually one of the most popular girls in school and went out with the hottest girlfriends wearing the cutest, coolest trends and spreading the latest gossip on all sorts of things, and though she and Jessica were rivals since Junior High she didn't really value enemies.

"Are you like serious? Ohmigosh, you haven't been sent in this loser lounge for that long too? And I thought with your Girl-Next-Door personality and your cushy, teeny blue jeans that you and I were living on totally different planets all along!"

"There's only been one so far compatible enough for human life, Riley," Jessica commented. She knew that Riley liked to talk like ... that. Like one of those blondes who like to add 'so' and 'totally' and 'like' to almost everyone of their sentences, and talk about different worlds and so on, but sheesh. Those were the types of girls who needed to come back down to earth, and the girls Jessica wasn't interested in conversating with.

"Right?"

" ... uh, not talking reality here, Ms. Brains?"

"I figured that."

"Yeah..."

"So, what are you in here for?"

"Slapping Mr. Praxton for patting my butt while I was leaning over at the water fountain..."

"Ohmigosh, he seriously did that?" Jessica was starting to lighten up towards Riley, and seeing that, Kate thought she should've excused herself from the whole scene.

"Ohmigosh! Writing on that chalkboard seems so fun, I'm going to go ask Ms. Kattle if I can join." She said, giggling and smiling, as she stood up from her seat and walked over to the teacher writing 'I WILL NOT PROMOTE VIOLENCE'.

Jessica hardly notifced Kate leave. Riley Parker actually didn't seem like a very bad person, but why would she go hang with Josh when she knew him and Jessica were together?

Riley Parker hadn't been thinking about Josh, it seemed, and she was willing to sustain the conversation, "Yea! You know how much of a pervert Mr. Praxton is!"

Jessica replied, "Yeah. I didn't think he had the guts to do that to a student."

"Well I guess he thought I wouldn't notice, but in these pants! Pfft!"

" ... "

There was a moment of silence after Riley's little comment on her leather pants. Riley Parker was one of those girls, born rich, a little Mercedes locked up in her parent's garage waiting for her to graduate from highschool to be her's. One of those girls who was able to fly to Florida or Austrailia in the fall to escape the rain in her father's private jet, one who didn't have to worry about anything, one of those girl's who could get anything.

"So ... "

"Oh yeah, I wanted to ask you what your outburst back in the hallway was all about earlier? .. I'm sorry I called you an animal and all but that was like totally awkward scene you were making, and you even like, cussed at me!"

" ... " Jessica managed a fake cough in excuse to draft her hair in front of her face so Riley wouldn't see her cry, "Oh, that...yeah..."

"Is it about Josh?"

"Um...yeah!" Jessica had the guts to reply, sitting upright and brushing the hair from her face, not caring whether she had tears falling or not. "It was ... about Josh! ... did you really hate me for stealing the Homecoming Queen award back in freshmen year? To like ... go out with my boyfriend!"

"Wow, wow, wow, wow! Hold up," Riley intruded. "Did you just say your boyfriend?"

"Yeah..."

"Well you better stop right there, girl! Last time I checked that runt said he was single!"

" ... what?"

"At Tim's graduation party, actually, before that - we ran into each other and ohmigosh, pretty boys! I love 'em! .. well, we started phoning each other and exchanging kisses after school before he had to go 'see a friend'. When I asked him about you he said you two stopped dating months ago. Isn't that true?"

" ... "

"Jess?"

" ... hmm? Oh, what?" Jessica was glowing with doubt, anger, sorrow, pain, but she was able to reply. "Oh no, it's not true... -yet!"

"Excuse me?"

"That bastard, he was cheating us both, Riley! But - y'know what, I don't care, you can stick with that lying sneed but I'm not going to!"

"Hold up, you mean you're still his girlfriend?"

"Not anymore!"

After Detention, Ten Minutes from Third Period

"What the hell? - oh, hey, bab - ies."
Said the nervous voice of a male in serious trouble.

"Excuse me, Josh! Me and Riley have something to talk to you about."

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w00t for drama?

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GIRL POWER

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Eh, I'm brainfried. What is with you guys and Josh dying? O_0 He can't be that bad can he ... >.> or can he?

[jett]

w00t!
Thats what I'm talking 'bout!
Make Josh get buried TO SMITHERINES!

[kim]

^_^

I don't think I made this chapter as good as the other two, but, long as ya'll like it ~.^ and uh...about the Josh dying part, can you guys really brush off with that? It's scary

[jett]

>>;;
Fine. Josh shouldn't die. ^^ He should be killed! w00t!
Eh, hurry n' get a fourth chapter, or I'll pull Josh's heart out ... with a SPOON!
I bet it tastes like chicken ... >;0 mm ... chicken!

[Mitsuki Park]

I hope he dies.

=_=''

That son of a gun! ><;;

-kiHyuN.

[kim]

^)^

You guys make me wanna kill Josh too sometimes...><, he's almost like your typical teenaged guy, y'know? Nothing that bad

[jett]

@.@
....... Josh your typical teenaged guy? I take that as a grave insult to guys! ><
What a moron, what kind of typical teenaged guy would wanna have two girlfriends? Thats just sad.

[max]

Err, 'cuse me Titty, I think the answer to your question is...alot.