The Tails of the Fox

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Monday morning came in a rush. The realization that school was finally happening had still to hit me even when I climbed into Jen's car at 7 o'clock. Jen was dolled up in the usual attire all Senior girls were to wear, a black dress to signify the last day of our first day of school. Though this black dress was different than the one she wore at the club, it was still tight and clung to her lean body perfectly. She lifted up her gigantic Chanel sunglasses and stared at me in utter shock. "Really Devon? You really couldn't find a black dress?"

I glanced down at my own outfit; black shirt and black jeans, and felt slightly offended. "I didn't have a black dress and this is all I could find on such short notice."

Jen rolled her eyes and dropped her sunglasses back down onto the bridge of her nose. She lurched the car away from the apartment complex and onto the road. The school wasn't far, but with the amount of traffic at the moment, it would take longer than anticipated. Luckily, Jen had picked me up early than she normally would've. Reaching from behind, she pulled out a bag and tossed it over onto my lap. "Wear it."

It wasn't a suggestions, but a command. I rolled my eyes, but didn't feel like fighting her today. My headache was back, and this time the pain had migrated from the back of my head to my temples. It wasn't too bad at the moment, I had made sure to bring Tylenol in my satchel so I would manage to survive the day.

"This won't fit. You're skinnier than me, remember?" I sighed looking over the dress and remembering how Jen wore this sophomore year of high school. We had gone to the mall and it was the only dress that had caught my eyes in the entire store, but as luck would have it, my shoulders were too wide, and just everything about me was too thick to fit into it. And so, Jen bought it.

"What are you talking about? You've always been skinnier than me?" Jen scoffed. "You've been so weird all weekend."

I bit my lips and just ignored her. It wasn't me that was acting weird, it was her too. Every time I mentioned something, Jen would shoot it down saying the complete opposite. Like yesterday when I had called her after work to complain about this Elijah kid and how awkward it was to have a conversation with him, Jen retaliated by saying it was impossible for me to ever have an awkward conversation with anyone. Obviously, she had zoned out completely in our seven years of friends, and forgotten the fact that I could never talk to a guy unless I was forced to, and even then I would usually communicate at a minimum.

"You're right," I lied, "It's been a weird weekend for me, I remember being able to fit into your clothes."

"Mhmm,"

I ignored her and reached into my bag and pulled out our breakfast; chocolate chip muffins. Mr. Brandy always allowed me to take home some of the pastry dishes if there were too much. They would then be my breakfast or midnight snacks. I waited until we pulled up into the school parking lot before I passed over a muffin to Jen.

"Here you go." I handed it over as we made our way into the school. The back patio was filled with girls in black and the boys in white shirts and black dress pants. Everyone tried their best to look solemn, but it didn't take long for the giggles to break out and the jokes to start.

"You look like a prick!" The boys laughed at each other. A play fight broke out, but was quickly subdued by a passing by teacher.

The girls clumped together into tight huddles, lowering their necks to whisper against the other groups, but the moment Jen stepped up onto the patio, nearly every group broke off to look over at her. From behind, I could see Jen's face rise up into a smile. "Morning everyone!" She greeted happily.

Everyone greeted her in their usual ways, either with flirting, compliments, or talks of what who did what over the summer with who. I didn't stick around long enough to listen in on the talks. I lifted up the large bag to show Jen I was going in to change. She nodded before she immersed herself in the attention she was gaining.