puppy love - mitch kramer

4 - the moon tower

jane pickford.

i saw people start to file outside, so i followed them. Across the street from the emporium, i could see O'Bannion with his paddle, and Carl. O'Bannion announced to everyone that Carl's mom pulled a shotgun on him. Mitch, Pink, and Wooderson all walked out and watched beside me. He dedicated the first 'lick' to Carl's mother. O'Bannion looked like he was about to give Carl the beating of his life. He brought the paddle backwards to hit him, but before he could swing, a drop of liquid fell on him. He looked up.

"Remember me, you pig? Oink, oink!", Hirschfelder yelled before dumping a whole bucket on paint on O'Bannion. He and Tommy were up on the roof. As soon as the paint got pured, Carl booked it.

He was completely smothered with it. I saw Tommy and Hirschfelder run down the roof. Everyone stood, watching in shock. I wanted to laugh but I didn't want O'Bannion to hear me and beat my ass, because he was pissed. He was practically boiling with anger. He started yelling at the guys around him, angry that they let Carl get away. He was cursing and getting angry at everyone who looked his way, he even backed some guy up into a car. He crossed the street and was going to get into his car, until he saw mitch. he stalked up to Mitch.

"What are you smilin' at, you little freshman!", he pushed Mitch backwards.

"Fuck you!", he waved Mitch off and started back for his car.

"Fuck all of you! Fuck you!"

He swung his paddle at the ground and broke it.

"Dammit!"

He got in his car, slammed the door, and drove away.

"You good?", i asked Mitch.

"Uh, yea, yea i'm fine."

Mitch told me about how the party was moving over to the Moon Tower. The moon tower was notorious for one drunk freshman falling off of it, other than that, no one really cared about it. I looked behind me and saw Julie walking up to us. She was this really pretty blonde girl, who was about a year older than us. I thought she was coming to talk to Mitch some more, i could tell she liked him. When she got to us, she just waved at him and moved to face me more.

"Hi, I'm Julie!", she stuck her hand out towards me. I shook it, a little confused as to what she wanted.

"Your Kevin Pickford's sister, right?"
That was the only reason anyone ever knew me. Got kind of annoying because Kevin is such a dick and I didn't want people to think i was anything like him.

"Yep, thats me."

"Cool! You're a freshman?"

"Uh, yea!"

"Thats what i thought, anyways, you've heard about the party at the moon tower? Well, my friend and i were wondering if you had a ride to it and if you want a ride?"

"Oh, um sure, thanks!"

"Yea, no problem! We're gonna leave in five minutes or so."

I smiled and nodded my head. She smiled back and walked back into the emporium.

"I think your girlfriend wants me more than she wants you.", i said, elbowing Mitch.

"Oh, whatever.", he rolled his eyes. He knew i was joking.

"Who're you going with?", i asked.

"Oh, i think Pink and some of the guys.", he said nonchalantly.

"Oh, what? You're just part of the guys now?", i teased.

"Mmm basically. I mean, they all love me, except for O'Bannion. They let me take a hit off their joint, it was actually your brother who gave it to me."