Fun Times at Marion High

Chapter Seventeen

It's been a week since I found out about the guys leaving. I haven't talked to Jeremy since either. I was still mad at him. He's left me endless messages and called me way too many times to even count.

I've ignored almost everybody except the girls and Austin. I talk to Neil, Josh and Alex often but Jeremy....nope. He's invisible to me right now. It's Friday and Carson asked if all of us could go laser tagging and to the mall afterwards. I only agreed because I didn't have anything to do and I didn't want to distance myself from the whole world....just Jeremy.

I decided to take a shower before I went to go meet up with the group. I turned on the water and hopped into the shower washing up well then rinsing off. I got out and dried off good enough. I walked into my room and slipped on my pre-picked outfit and put on some makeup.

I debated on whether I wanted to wear Jeremy's promise ring or not but I just dealt with it and slid it on my finger. I fixed my hair and put in my newly pierced septum. I looked into the mirror and smoothed out my shirt.

I grabbed my phone, money, and keys and walked downstairs and out the door. I walked to my car and got in. I stuck the key in the ignition and turned it, my impala roaring to life. I backed out of the driveway and made my way to the laser tag building.

•~~

I parked in the laser tag buildings lot and cut the engine off. I got out and walked inside.

"Natty!" I smiled at Carson who waved me over. I walked up to them and she hugged me.

"I see you feel better," I commented, giggling. She laughed and nodded, pulling away. I said hi to everyone and looked at Jeremy....he seemed distance. I just ignored it and we all went to pay the guy running the laser tag. We had to wait for another group of people to finish first.

"Okay! We need to get into teams of two," Carson announced. Everyone scrambled to their partners. I looked around and saw the only person left was....Jeremy. I glared at everyone and walked over to him. I sat down quietly.

"We're on a team together," I said bluntly. He nodded, not saying a word.

I knew what they were trying to do and it isn't going to work that easily.

Finally, the group finished their laser tag and the guy showed us to a small room and told us to put on our vests and grab a laser gun. I quickly strapped on my vest and grabbed my gun and it immediately lit up and activated.

The guy went over the rules of laser tag and blah blah blah. He opened the door that lead to the arena and our teams parted way. The man closed the doors and I hid behind a wall.

"Ready, Set, Go!" The announcer said on the intercom. As if I was a pro, I demolished everyone in laser tag....except Jeremy. We had 30 seconds left of the game and I hunted down Jeremy when I saw him, I pulled my trigger and shot him. He turned around and glared at me and shot me back. The game was over.

We looked at the scoreboard and I had won, Jeremy was one behind me. I smirked and the man opened the door. We exited the arena and put up the vests and guns and we left. I got in my car and followed everyone to the mall.

•~~

We enter the gigantic mall and the girls and I ran into Hot Topic. We spent most of our time in there buying band tees and jewelry. I saw a new type of piercing called gauges and I asked where I could get them done. They said there's a piercing shop here at the mall. I bought a pair of gauges and we left.

I walked to the piercing shop with my bags from Hot Topic. Once I found the place, I walked inside and told a lady what I wanted. She looked to be in her 20's. She had long black hair and a lot of tattoos. She had a nose and tongue piercing in and she seemed to have gauges in her ears too.

Finally, my turn was up and I handed her the gauges I wanted put in. I sat down in the chair and she gave me a stress ball in case I was in a lot pain while she worked.

She wiped my ear with an alcohol cloth and began stretching my ear. I squeezed the ball tightly because it hurt like hell and finally she was done. She cleaned my ear and quickly put in the gauges.

"All done," she said, smiling. I wiped the tears that were on cheeks and handed her the stress ball back. I looked into the mirror and smiled.

"I love it! Thank you..." I trailed off.

"Kat," she said.

"Thank you Kat," I said, smiling.

"No problem. Have a nice day sweetheart," she said and went to work on another customer. I walked out of the shop and headed to the food court where everyone else was. I sat beside Neil and he looked over at me.

"Hey what did you do to your ears?" he asked, touching my ear gently.

"I got this new piercing. They're called gauges. Do you like it?" I asked. Neil smiled and nodded.

"You should get some they'd look good on you," I said. I went to go get some food and came back, noticing Neil had left. I sat down in front of Lacey.

"Where did Neil go?" I asked.

"To get gauges," she said. I giggled.

"I didn't even get to tell him how much it hurt," I said, feeling a little guilt. I ate my food in peace and once I finished I threw away my trash and we all went to go find Neil.

"Nate, these are awesome," I heard Neil yell as we got closer to the piercing shop. I chuckled and looked at his ears.

"They look nice," Josh said and I saw Alex nodding.

"We're twins now," I cheered.

•~~

We headed out of the mall and everyone said their goodbyes.

I had just put my bags into my car when I felt someone grab my hand. I turned around and was pressed against my car.

I looked up and saw Jeremy staring at me. My face was flushed and we were really close and then I gave in, pressing our lips together.

Damn it, I can never stay mad at him.