Drama Geek

Ch. 14

Just before 6th period starts, I'm getting ready to open the stall door in the Drama department bathroom when I hear two people come in talking. I recognize one of the voices as Tiffani Sobhiani making me quickly duck into the stall and shut the door before she can see me.

"I can't wait for this stupid show to be finished already," she says.

"Aren't you having fun? I thought you liked the drama club?" the second voice asks.

"I do, it's just the people in it I can't stand. Do you see how they are all over each other all day? I swear to God that whole table is nothing but a bunch of whores."

I pull my feet up so they don't know I'm here and wonder what the hell has gotten her panties in a bunch this time? Who's she ripping into now?

"I don't know all of them really," the other voice says quietly, "I was mad at one of them at the beginning of the year but she's turned out to be ok I guess," the second voice says.

"Trust me, they're all a bunch of worthless skanks with their ringleader being the biggest slut. She goes after any guy with a backseat to offer," Tiffani says.

Neither voice has mentioned and specific names yet, but I'm starting to get a really sick feeling in the pit of my stomach.

The other person didn't get a chance to reply before Tiffani starts up again, "You know I thought Josh was going to be different and we were getting tight in 5th period history too when we were working on this PowerPoint project. I was really into him for a while until he took up with the lot of them, now they're all thicker than thieves," she practically spits out the words.

JOSH?

She can't be talking about my Josh? She was getting tight with him? WHEN?

"I wouldn't be surprised if that whore Laurel is doing him behind Katie's back. It would serve her right, the lying little bitch."

Before I can think, I bust out of the stall screaming, "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE YOU LYING BITCH! TAKE IT BACK!"

"What the hell are you doing in here?" she screams in alarm and fright.

"About to choke the living shit out of you with that cheap ass dollar store necklace if you don't take back every single filthy lie you just said about Laurel AND Josh!" I threaten, crossing to her in two steps. Even though I have never so much as thought of hitting another person in my whole life, somewhere in the dark part of my heart that everyone has, I know I am deadly serious. I can't think straight. I'm shaking so bad I can barely contain my rage.

The look on Cheerleader Barbie's face (the second voice) says she believes me, but my focused wrath is on Tiffani.

"I'm not kidding you lying bitch. RIGHT NOW! I start hearing the words or you're going to need a whole team of cosmetic surgeons when I'm done with you."