She's a Lady

Chapter 13~Another Fight

~Mkay, if you don't like that picture and think he's smexy, I don't think I want you reading my story anymore. Jk, I need you guys 'cuz apparently my story sucks and I need the most fans I can get. Love you! Oh, btw, that's Isi, if you haven't figured that out.~

"You fucking douchebag!"

"I was here first."

"I've been coming here since I was born!"

"Don't care."

"Um, guys?"

"You're a bastard!"

"I happen to know my father, thank you."

"You're a bitch!"

"I'm pretty sure I am both male and human."

"Guys?"

"You're a damn smartass!"

"I can agree with that one."

"Guys."

"I'm gonna punch you in the--"

"GUYS!"

Quin and Isi looked at me. Isi looked bored as he pulled on the fraying threads of a blanket, Quin looked infuriated; his face was shades of red I'm pretty sure weren't in the rainbow.

"What are you two arguing about?" I asked, sighing.

"Isi ate all my cereal," Quin said, pouting like he was four.

I gaped at them both. "Seriously?" I asked, deadpanning. "That's what this is all about? Quin, you know you have an extra box hidden somewhere. So I won't eat all of it. Just go get it."

"He found and ate that too."

Isi yawned, pulling the blanket up farther. He closed his eyes. "Under my bed. That was an obvious place."

"It isn't your bed," Quin said icily. I sighed.

"Isi, just get him some cereal when we go to the store later, okay? Okay. Now, I have to go do some homework. Come on, Quin." I waited until Quin haughtily walked past me, then turned to follow him.

"Hey, wait."

I turned back around, seeing that Isi had gotten up off of the couch. To my surprise, he was shirtless. My face warmed, and it was probably the same shades of red Quin's had been a few minutes earlier. I cleared my throat. "Y-Yeah?" I asked, cursing myself. I wasn't supposed to stutter!!

"So, I'm supposed to go to this party this weekend. I need someone to go with, or else there will be girls all over me."

"What does this have to do with me?"

"I need you to go with me."

I gaped at him, then started laughing. I laughed, and laughed, and laughed. Then I realized he was being serious and looked at him strangely, still slightly hunched over. Isi gave me a vexed look as I looked at him with wide eyes.

"Oh! You're serious!"

"Of course I am, dipshit."

"Hey, be nice! I sincerely thought you were joking."

"Whatever. Seriously, though, just go with me? Please, I'm begging you."

"And just what's in this for me?"

He took a second to think. "I'll get you anything you want. A PS4, an Xbox One, anything. A new Ipad. Please, just please, go with me."

"Hmm... An Xbox one and a new Ipad?"

He looked like he was about to protest, but decided against it. "Yes, yes, both of those things."

"...Alright, I'll go."

Isi put his head in his hands. Then he looked up at me. "Thanks, dumbass."

"You're welcome, douchebag." I turned, giving him a little wave before going down the hallway and into my room.

"What took you so long?" Quin asked.

"Isi wanted me to go to a party with him," I said, plopping down on my bed.

"Oh, yeah? The dumbass. You'd never be stupid enough to go with him."

"Actually, I said yes."

"YOU WHAT?!" Quin spun away from my computer.

"I said I'd go with him."

"To a party? A party that most likely has drugs and alcohol and--and boys?!"

"Um, yeah, there will be boys. Maybe drugs and alcohol. But you know I don't do anything like that, so I'm good." I picked up a book off of my floor, checked to see if I'd read it as of late, and, confirming that I hadn't, opened it to the first chapter. But soon the book was torn from my grasp.

"This conversation is not over!" Quin shouted. He was getting red in the face again.

"What the hell is your problem?!" I demanded.

"My problem?! My problem?! My problem is that my best friend just made the stupidest decision in her entire life!"

"It is not a stupid decision!"

"It is fucking too! You are going to a party with one of the biggest imbeciles of our high school!"

"Well, maybe I'm sick of sitting on my ass all the time! Maybe I want to actually go have fun!"

"If you want to have fun, we can go TP houses!"

"I don't want to go TP houses! I want to go to a party!"

"YOU DON'T NEED TO GO TO THAT PARTY!!!"

"I DON'T GIVE A FLYING TOENAIL!! I'M GOING!"

"NO YOU ARE NOT!"

"YOU AREN'T THE BOSS OF ME, RETARD! I CAN GO IF I WANT TO!!"

"I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP YOU SAFE!"

"I CAN KEEP MYSELF SAFE! I DON'T NEED YOU TO DO THAT! I AM MY OWN PERSON! I AM A BIG GIRL! I CAN LOOK AFTER MYSELF! I'M SMART, I'M CAPABLE, I CAN DO IT, NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK! I'M NOT THE GIRL THAT USED TO BREAK HER ARM ANNUALLY! I'M NOT THE GIRL THAT ONCE FELL FOR A LIE MY BEST FRIEND TOLD ME THEN KEPT TELLING ME FOR THREE YEARS! I CAN DO THIS!"

"YOU CAN'T! YOU AREN'T AS INDEPENDENT AS YOU THINK!"

"I AM SO!"

"YOU AREN'T! YOU STILL NEED BABYSAT! YOU HAVE A BAD TEMPER, YOU PITCH FITS WHEN YOU DON'T GET YOUR WAY, AND YOU HOLD A GRUDGE OVER PETTY SHIT! YOU NEED TO GROW UP!!" Quin picked up his backpack, turning away from me--I was standing up now--and walking out of my room. I ground my teeth, then sighed. I turned and ran out of the room.

"Quin! Quin, wait!" I shouted, running down the hallway and into the livingroom. Isi wasn't in there, conveniently. Quin had his hand on the doorknob, but he turned to glare at me before he opened the door.

"I'm not going to argue with you anymore. If you want to go to that party, go. But when you come to me with someone else's underwear or an empty condom package, don't expect me to save your ass."

"I never said you had to--"

"You don't have to say shit, Koizumi. You're you. You need other people to deal with things."

"I don't--"

"You do." He sighed. "I'll see you at school Mimi." He opened the door and walked out, and slammed the door behind him. I ground my teeth, tugging at my hair. Then I groaned really loud and went back to my room, making sure to slam it.

"I'll prove it to him. I can take care of myself." I went over to my closet, opening it and pulling out a few things I'd never worn before. I smirked to myself as I lied it down on my bed.

"Perfect," I said.