Love Keeps an Open Mind (rated R)

The rest of the Gang

"You're an ugly piece of shit!" 

"Yeah ok! Keep it up. Youre such a classy man. Butter Nut!" 

"Shut up! Egg face!!"  

"I LIKE YOUR SHIRT" 

"ASS F-.. What?" 

"Yeah. Thats right. I went there." 

Class finally ended. Keiran and Jude going from arguing about Harry Potter to My Little Pony ending on insults. The gang meeting up then heading over to our local hang out, Shake It Shay's. Very close to campus, diner, bar, arcade, and pool tables. With bean bag chairs here and there for the lower tables. Booths on the side and some tables. The place is always packing. On weekends, some dining and pool tables are removed to create a dance floor. 

It used to be just a simple Mom and Pops diner until Mr. and Mrs.Shay retired. Leaving the care to their two grown kids, Maxine and Garrett Shay. Maxine at 27 with a business and interior design masters already opened up 2 more Shay's in other cities and Garrett at 25 working on his associates degree and managing this fine establishment. 

We made it in heading over to our usual table. Far corner booth. Ditzy Bitzy and James already seated. Jude was the hot skater kid, always being cool, mellow, and exciting all at once. He's a business and philosophy major. You wouldve never guessed he'd be a double major student. Ever. Straight, shaggy, honey blonde hair, peircing dark blue eyes, one peircing by the corner of his bottom lip, 6'3, and lanky with a bit of muscle. 

Ditzy Bitzy a.k.a Beatrice Carter. My cousin by marriage. I guess you can call us... Frenemies. Growing up being the same age and all. We've always had to compete. I'm not really sure how that worked out since in middle and highschool we hung out with different crowds and both our grades were just above average. Thanks half asian parents. Though me being me I hung out with just about everybody and she stayed with the typical jocks and cheerleaders. Judging by her name, you can take a pretty good guess at what she's like. Artificial bleache blonde hair, bright blue contacts, tight clothes, fake nails, and all that other good stuff. 

And she acts like a total ditz.. ACTS. Believe it or not, if she lets herself try alittle harder, she can actually graduate with honors. She likes dumbing herself down infront of others. Saying something like "Never show your enemy what youre really capable of" or something along those lines. What a manipulitive bitch. As long as its not aimed towards me most of the time I'm totally fine with it. 

It only ever happened to me once. In middle school she stole my first boyfriend, Mikey, and making him throw pudding at me. To be fair, I think she told me that she liked him first. Though her being her she always had a new crush every two weeks. So I always tuned her out. So one week later in the middle of the night, I climbed down my house, walked the two blocks to hers, tripped, got back up, and continued on my journey. Sneaking in to her room from the basement window, then up the three flights of stairs. Next thing I knew I muffled her with a cloth damped with chloroform. 

When she was finally still, I shaved half her hair off. The other half sporting hers and Mikeys initals with a heart around it. Needless to say, people forgot about my humiliation of my cousin stealing my ex and him throwing food at me. Bitz bought a wig the next day after school but that didnt stop others from making fun of her. I drew the line when they started calling her a Cancer Freak like it was such a sin. 

Threatening everyone who dare say anything to her again. Fighting back with words that are more hurtful but less degrading. Granted I did start but that didnt mean I'd let it continue. 

Back to the present. Keiran, Faith, Jude, Bitz, James, River, and I all sat down in our booth. 

Faith was staring at Bitz's skirt line, "Hey Bitz. Any shorter, you'll open up that black hole under there. Better be careful" Everyone roared with laughter and Faith curtsied bringing up her floral dress like a princess would showing more of her tight skinny leather pants underneath.

Chuckling, Jude choked out "James, dude I don't think you should be laughing. You're skirt is shorter than hers."

"I'm a guy. It doesnt count. Why are you staring? Ooh someone gotta secret crush on me!" laughed out James. 

Red face, she calmly retorted "Go ahead. Keep throwing insults. I know you want to be under my skirt just as bad as the rest of them."

And back and forth the table went on. Only stopping when, Margo, our waitress and close friends of the new owners came by to take our order. 

Margo and Marlow our favorite girl twins. They remind me alot of Tia and Tamera from Sister Sister. 

Looking at River. In all the three months that I've known him, I've only seen him date one girl and that only lasted for a week because she was so persistent. I hated her. She was so clingy and cat pissy. Glaring at every girl who came his way just to say hi like usual. Even yelling at Faith, who accidently threw her fries on him when she tripped from Judes recklessness and started picking them off him, shouting how she did it on purpose so she can touch him. I think her name was Celeste or Seagull or something.. 

No wait! Stephanie! I'm almost positive. Well anyway, with his looks, body, and oh so velvety smooth voice. You'd think he'd have the decency to use it to his advantage and plow through every chick like he's the next Adam Levine. But noooooo. He just has to have that perfect bad boy with a suit look and be respectable to ladies. Crushing every fault I try to find in him to lessen my crush. 

Tch what a tool. A very smart, attractive, nice with a dangerous edge tool. 

Kinda like a hammer..

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Video of James and Picture of Faith on the side