Pretty Boy

Untitled Part 2

During the experiment they were conducting, Neil kept noticing the jock from before, looking over at him and Curt 

"Do you think he needs help?" Neil tapped Curt and nodded to the jock sitting alone 

Curt shook his head, as he watched from their table. "He seems to know what he's doing. Pretty smart for a jock type. They're usually big strong dumb gorillas" Curt looked back down at their experiment 

The goal was to make fake snow by adding water to sodium polyacrylate. But they had to find a way to make their own sodium p. with items around the classroom. It was hard, but not impossible. Curt had gotten about half of the items needed, and Neil was working on getting the tools needed and grabbing the proper safety gear for both of them. 

"Are you coming to my party?" A girl flopped down on a stool next to the jock, and smiled wide at him 

He looked her up and down, and smiled back at her. He kept his cool while he touched one of the graduated cylinders on his table. "What's in it for me?" 

Neil sucked in air quickly and him and Curt smirked to themselves. "Fuckboy much?" Curt asked, trying to keep himself from laughing 

"You'll get to see me" The girl tilted her head and played with a few strands of her long brown hair. She twirled her fingers in her hair and kept looking at him, waiting for a response

"You already know I'll be there, Paula" The jock winked at her and she blew him a kiss and skipped back to her own table 

"Well if it isn't my two favorite geeks!" Someone yelled as they came in the lab. Curt and Neil both looked up at the same time. Billy. 

He sashayed over to them, and Neil noticed that Mr. Gordon wasn't in the room. How long had he been gone? 

"Aw you got a friend" Billy smiled at Neil and Neil looked away from him 

"Hiya Curt" Billy winked at Curt and jumped on their table and sat in the middle. Soon, Robbie came over and leaned against one side, in the middle of Curt and Neil. 

"We wanted to invite you to a party tonight. You know Paula Abdul? Yeah she's throwing a house party and I want you both there. Tell your geek friends. I could use the entertainment" Billy screamed and started laughing as he and Robbie slapped hands. Paula walked over and shooed them away from Curt and Neil 

"Sorry about him, he's obnoxious. Anyways, I am having a party. I don't know you two but everyone's invited. Just no sex" Paula chuckled and genuinely smiled at the two boys 

"Ya don't have to worry about that, they're little virgins" Billy made a fake pouty face as he came back over to the table 

"There's nothing wrong with that. Not everyone sleeps around like you, Broad." The jock piped up but as the entire group looked at him, he didn't even look up from his experiment 

"Excuse me?" Billy slowly started to walk over to the jock 

"I didn't stutter, did I?" He slowly looked up from his own table 

"Now now, boys. Let's settle down. Idol, back to class" Mr. Gordon walked in with a new stack of papers. Billy walked by, giving the jock a nasty look and left the classroom and everyone continued with the experiment 

"Hey what's your name?" Neil called out to the jock. He looked up slowly and a small smile started form 

"Roland. Roland Orzabal" He completely smiled at Neil 

"Neil. And that's Curt" Neil introduced himself and then pointed to Curt, who was too busy to look up. But he waved a little from his position

"Nice to meet you guys" He nodded to them, still smiling 

"Just wanted to say thanks. You didn't have to do that" Neil brought up what just happened with Billy 

"Someone had to" Roland stood up from his stool and put both hands on the table for support 

"Well, thank you" Neil nodded, and smiled at Roland 

"Anytime. Hey uh, you guys need help?" Roland moved his eyes to Curt struggling with the experiment 

"I got it" Curt mumbled, and seconds later, the experiment blew up in his face. Fake snow erupted everywhere and mainly got on him. Some went on the table and the floor 

The class started snickering, and Mr. Gordon walked over to Curt who was covered in the fake snow. He shook his head slowly and looked down at the mess 

"You know what to do, Mr. Smith" He pointed to the supply closet. Curt had to clean up the mess he just made. He nodded and got what he needed and came back 

Roland was over at their table now, helping Neil clean up the table while Curt cleaned up the floor and took his coat and goggles off. He set them in the dirty clothes section of where the gear went 

The bell rang just as they finished. Neil and Roland started talking and Curt followed them from behind. Weirdly, they all had the same class again, next period 

"So are you coming to the party?" Roland looked down at Neil. He was much taller than him 

Neil scoffed and shook his head. "Yeah, no. Everyone already hates me. If I show up, it's going to be a festival for the jerks who like giving me hard times" 

"Well if you stick with me, I'll make sure you don't have any problems with anyone" Roland moved his head to look up to watch where he was walking 

Neil almost stopped when he heard that. Was he hearing correctly? Roland Orzabal was telling him to hang out with him? 

He thought about it for a while. "I guess it wouldn't hurt to show up for a moment" 

"There's the attitude" Roland laughed softly, and they arrived at their class. He peeked in and saw that they had a sub. "Sit by me" Roland nodded towards his desk and everyone else was in different seats, talking to their friends 

Neil and Roland sat by each other and continued chatting. Curt stared at them for a moment. He almost had a friend. Neil was almost his friend. He walked past them and sat in the corner. He didn't care, school was almost over and he looked forward to going home