The Flirt *TBC fanfic*

XIV [EDITED]

"All right, great! Where'd you learn to do that?" asked Andrew, impressed.

"Camp, seventh grade..." she replied, embarrassed. Yeah, you should be embarrassed, princess.

"That was great, Claire... my image of you is totally blown..." said the delinquent sarcastically.

"The only reason I'm not ecstasic like everybody else is because you argue you're not a tease and then you come and do this... but otherwise, nice trick, you could teach me!" I explained myself, not wanting to argue anymore.

Claire gave me a small understanding nod...at least I think it was, she had a small smile on her lips, so I guess I didn't hurt her feelings that much.

"You're a shit! Don't do that to her, you swore to God you wouldn't laugh!" the basket-case yelled at Bender, at least she's not mad at me...

"Am I laughing?"

"You fucking prick!" Andrew said.

The criminal turned to the jock with a frustrated look on his face. "What do you care what I think, anyway? I don't even count, right? I could disappear forever and it wouldn't make any difference... I may as well not even exist at this school, remember?" Bender threw in his face what he said about us earlier today and I cheered internally. Take that, sporto!

"And you, don't like him, anyway," I chimed in, feeling very smug might I add.

"You know, I have just as many feelings as you do and it hurts just as much when somebody steps all over them!" Claire said at the verge of tears. Oh, so now she tries to be the victim after insulting us all day long?

"God, you're so pathetic! Don't you ever... ever! Compare yourself to me! Or to Jazz! Okay? You got everything and we got shit! Fucking Rapunzel, right? School would probably fucking shut down if you didn't show up! 'Queenie isn't here!' I like those earrings Claire." Oh, boy, John was pissed! I'll let him speak before intervening.

"Shut up..." little queenie muttered.

"Are those real diamonds, Claire?" the criminal went on.

"Shut up!"

He ignored the princess and continue. "I bet they are... did you work, for the money for those earrings?"

"Shut... Your mouth!"

Again, she's been ignored. "Or did your daddy buy those?"

"Shut up!"

Claire started crying, but that didn't stop Bender. "I bet he bought those for you! I bet those are a Christmas gift! Right? You know what I got for Christmas this year? It was a banner fuckin' year at the old Bender family! I got a carton of cigarettes. The old man grabbed me and said 'Hey! Smoke up Johnny!' Okay, so go home and cry to your daddy, don't cry here, okay?"

Once I was sure he was finished, I started talking. "What did you say earlier, Claire? You have as much feelings as us? And it hurts you when we step over them? Well I didn't think you would say stuff like that... Know why? Because all day long, you judged me and Bender! You stepped all over our feelings! It's supposed to be okay when you do it but as soon as we say things not even that bad compared to all the shit you threw at us, it's the end of the world? Well, know what? You're not the center of the world, there's 6 billions of humans being, not everything revolve around you so think about that next time you open your stupid mouth! And to think I was trying to get along with you at some point... you didn't change your opinion of us, did you? Of course not, who am I kidding?"