And So Romeo Forgot His Lines

And So Romeo Forgot His Lines {11}

***Alex’s POV***

I was at the mall shopping for new shoes. I don’t know why, but something made me freeze as I was walking by Hot Topic. Ugh, it was so emo. I could hear screamo coming out of it. But it was a slow day today and hardly anyone was at the mall. I could see that no one was in Hot Topic.

And so, I entered.

Foolish, right?

I looked around, making faces at the clothes in there. They were terrifying! And the music! It was so…ugh!

“Alex?”

Oh shit.

Horror struck, I spun around to see an amused looking Seamus Fitzpatrick.

“Oh this is too good. What are you doing in here?” he asked, his eyes sparkling. Gosh I love his eyes. Wait…shut up Alex!! “I’m, uh, getting a black beanie!” I lied, proud of myself. Paige had admitted buying one from Hot Topic before. It was adorable, though!

I glared at him. “What are you doing here?” Dumb question. He was emo. Of course he would be in an emo store. But instead, he pointed to a name tag pinned on his shirt. “I work here?” Oh. I stared at the name tag. Seamus. He raised an eyebrow. “Should I show you to the beanies?” I glared but nodded, having no idea where to go.

He led me to the back of the store where there were some beanies. “Here you are milady,” he said with a bow. “Shame! Did they get rid of those Breathe Carolina shirts?” a girl asked, coming over to him. She also had a name tag. Adalyn.

“Yes they did,” Seamus said with a nod. “Aw man that sucks!” she cried. “Yes it does. Now then Addie, I’m with a customer,” he said in a business like voice. “Oh, so you know her?” Seamus chuckled. “Yes. Addie, this is Alexandria, my best friend.” I glared at him.

“Go away Seamus. I found what I need.” He raised an eyebrow. “So why did you come here? They sell beanies other places too.” I flipped my hair. “A friend of mine has an adorable beanie from this emo store.”

He took a picture on his cell phone.

“Oh man! This is great! Alex Arnold at Hot Topic!” he cried, laughing. “Seamus I’ll shoot you!” I cried in horror. He put his phone away, still chuckling. “Maybe I’ll send it. Hey, where’s Bob?” I shrugged. “My house.” He rolled his eyes.

I grabbed a cute beanie and he led me to the check out. The girl, Adalyn, had disappeared into the back room. Two guys entered. “Hello!” Seamus said. They said hi back. “Is there anything I can help you two with today?” Seamus asked as he checked the price of the beanie.

“Yea man, we’re here to get some body jewelry and we’ve got a few questions,” one guy said. He was scary looking. “I’ll be right there! And your total is $2.47.” I handed him $5. He brushed his hair behind his ear revealing a…oh what do emos call them? Plugs? Gage? Gauge? Gosh I don’t even know.

The scary looking guy came over as Seamus was getting my change. “Nice plugs man. Where’d you get them?” he asked curiously. Seamus pointed to the glass cases marked “Body Jewelry”. “Over there. Really good price too.”

Seamus shoved my beanie in a bag and then hesitated. “Bag, milady?” he joked. “No you ass!” I snapped. He chuckled. “You are so lucky I could get fired for replying to that.” He took the beanie out of the bag and handed it to me. He handed me my change and I turned to leave as he went to help the other guys with their nasty ear shit.

***Next Day At School***

I was hurrying towards the lunchroom when I crashed into some random kid and fell to the ground with a little “oomph!”. Stupid kid! How dare they get in my way!

I glared up at them and they looked a little shocked but quickly recovered. “Sorry! I didn’t see you.” He held out his hand and helped me up. I looked at him and recognized him as an emo kid. Brown hair with blond highlights, lip piercings, shudda shades, tight jeans with a tight tee, and a Monster in his hand.

“Hey I know you! You’re the girl Seamus was talking about!” he cried eagerly, practically jumping up and down. I flipped my hair. “And what, exactly, did he say about me?” I demanded. He laughed. “Nothing bad. Just that you guys are working on that baby project together and he likes to annoy you.” He shrugged.

He took a sip of the Monster and I swear he got even more hyper. “Who are you?” I finally asked. I had never heard his name before. He held out his hand. “PacMan Jaggers!” He was kidding right? I stared at him in confusion. He chuckled. “Paxton. My name is Paxton. They call me PacMan. Or Jag. Whichever.”

Why was I talking to an emo again? I was way too cool to be doing this right now. “PacMan!” We both spun at the sharp voice. That emo from my study hall was there. What was his name? Clifton? Wasn’t that a surname?

Clifton glared as he walked over. “Come on. We’re going to lunch now. Seamus, Jay, and Richie are waiting.” There was another emo kid with him who was staring at me. I wanted to yell at him but that creepy Clifton kid was giving me a nasty look still and it was creeping me out.

“What?” I finally demanded. Clifton just kept glaring. “Come on PacMan. We don’t talk with preps.” I glared. “Get out of here you creepy emo!” I yelled.

Paxton gave a confused look. “Um…Cliff?” “What?” “This is that girl Shame was talking about last night!” Clifton continued to watch me. “I know.” “But that means-” “But it means we’re leaving. You heard what he said. She’s a prep. Now let’s go.”

He grabbed Paxton’s arm and dragged him towards the cafeteria with the weird emo kid following. Gosh I hate emos.

I began walking. “And where are you going Ms. Arnold?” my English teacher demanded. I sighed mentally. “Just walking to lunch.” She let me go to the cafeteria.

“FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!”

I hurried to go see who was fighting. I shoved through the crowd and my eyes widened. Ohmigosh!

Seamus and Jake!