Pride & Prejudice | INCOMPLETE

It Hurts Until it Stops

"You seem out of it today, Judy. Are you alright?" Elle asked in her silky voice.

Judy tried not to groan pathetically and curl into a ball. "Fine, fine. Thanks for asking. I just really need to get a decent nights' sleep- I've had a lot on my mind lately." With all the drama going around, her new 'rival', detention, along with these hard as hell classes...

"We can go easy today during practice, don't worry!"

And that was why Judy loved Elle.

They walked over to the row of lockers. Since they had become partners in Gym, they had been spending more and more time together as friends. Judy also realized she had English and Art with her as well, so she might as well befriend the girl.

As they neared the lockers, Sandra looked up and broke into a grin.
"Are you guys going to lunch?"

Elle nodded cheerily, holding up her hot pink Bento Box. Judy laughed and opened her locker with a kick before grabbing her own lunch- not pretty, not metal, not even remotely close to a Bento- it was a plain and simple brown sack lunch. Probably had nothing special inside, either. But that was the way she liked it- along with her name printed neatly on the side in Sharpie.

The three of them walked down to the lunchroom in a comfortable silence. Elle and Judy had been taking their time when they got back from English, so the halls were mostly empty besides the classes going on to their right and the almost inaudible noises coming from the direction of the cafeteria.

It was nice, actually.

Eventually the classroom noises faded off and the screams and whistles from the cafeteria started to drown out everything. When they got inside, Elle immediately ran towards an empty table, Judy following shortly behind. Sandra hurried to get in line for the school's lunch. It was a small act of something normal they had going on.

They were just a group of friends. (Dawn would've been a part of it, but she had class this hour.)

"Can I have your phone number?" The blonde asked chirpily, pulling out her own mobile and waving it around. "I want to get together sometime out of school, if you'd like!"

Judy felt her insides tighten with excitement. "Yes! Um, yeah- here, I'll put my contact info." She took the phone and added her own cellphone. "Maybe... maybe we can get together after school?"

It had been too long since Judy 'hung out' with anyone. Officially, anyway. She was getting too excited about this.

Elle positively beamed. "Really? Let's invite some other people, too, okay? It'll be like a party!"

Sandra sat down at the table and raised an eyebrow. "A party?"

"Yeah!" Judy exclaimed, already thinking miles ahead. "Yes- yes, yes! A party, and maybe a sleepover!"

Immediately Elle's face fell. "I can't have a sleepover on a school night, though. We'd have to do it tomorrow, since it'll be Friday. We can spend today planning it!"

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During Gym it was all Elle wanted to talk about. Apparently she was just as thrilled as Judy was.

"We should bring Dawn, obviously, and Sandra... and maybe we can invite Fru Fru, Stephanie, Priscilla... oh, and Jamie!"

Judy coughed down a laugh and tried to catch the volleyball that Elle had tossed flippantly. "I don't know who half of these people are," She said in amusement. Elle finally slowed down her list of invites and smiled warmly.
"Don't you see, Judy? This is a chance for us all to come closer together! Girl power, all that. Meet new people. Besides, you can never tell who people are from just a glimpse- maybe you'll become best friends with some of them. You never know."