"You're so conceited, Claire. You're so conceited. You're so, like, full of yourself. Why are you like that?" Brian asked.
Claire started crying again. "I'm not saying that to be conceited! I hate it. I hate having to go along with everything my friends say!"
"Well, then why do you do it?" Brian spoke.
"I don't know. I don't... You don't understand. You don't... You're not friends with the same kinds of people Andy and I are friends with. You know, you just don't understand the pressure they can put on you"
Brian looked shocked. "I don't understand what? You think I don't understand pressure, Claire? Well, fuck you! Fuck you!" He hid his head in his arm, crying.
"You know why I'am here today? Do you?"-Brian sniffled-"I'm here... because Mr. Ryan... found a gun in my locker"
"Why'd you have a gun in your locker?" Evelyn asked, looking down.
"I tried. When you pull the fuckin'... trunk on it, the light's supposed to go on. It didn't go on, I mean I..." He trailed off.
"What's the gun for, Brian?" Evelyn asked again.
"Just forget it" Brian spoke.
"You brought it up" Evelyn pointed out.
"I can't have an F. I can't have it, and I know my parents can't have it. Even if I ace the rest of the semester, I'm still only a B. Everything is ruined for me"
"Oh Brian.." Claire uttered in pity.
He bashed a chair over. "Considering my options, you know?"
"No, killing yourself is not an option" Claire spoke.
"Well, I didn't do it, did I? No, I don't think so" Brian snapped.
"It was a handgun?" Allison asked.
Brian exhaled. "No, it was a flare gun. It went off in my locker"
"Really?" Andrew began laughing.
"It's not funny" Brian spoke sternly.
Andrew cleared his throat, trying not to laugh but failed. Everyone started laughing. Brian wanted to hold it in but couldn't.
"Yes it is. Fuckin' elephant was destroyed!".
As they all cooled down from laughing Evelyn spoke. "Guess it's my turn, huh?"
Everyone faced her.
"You guys might be wondering why I'm bad even though I have a good home and family... right? Well my parents... they are so fucking supportive" Evelyn started.
"How is that bad?" Claire asked.
"You don't know how fucking annoying it is to have them congratulate you for every little, fucking thing you do! All's I did was wash the dishes and you know what they did? Fuckin' gave me a gold star!" Evelyn groaned.
"I just want them to just... get mad at me for once... ground me for once in my life. That's why I do all these horrible things, shoplift from stores... break into a closed liquor store in the middle of the night, just to make my parents mad. But does it work? No. Of course not..." She paused.
"I'm here today because I spray painted Vernon's office with all sorts of colors... he was really pissed"-Evelyn chuckled-"I guess that was his last straw and sent me to detention... what was even more worse my parents... they had a fuckin' party when I came home, congratulating me for spray painting his' office. God, I'm not even lying when I say I've sometimes wondered if they were even human" She finished.
"Sounds like you have a lot of parties then" Brian smiled a bit.
"Y-Yeah" Evelyn grinned.
"You wanna know what I did to get in here? Nothing... I didn't have anything better to do" Allison spoke. They all laughed.
"You're laughing at me" Allison said.
"No!" Everyone denied.
"Yeah you are!" Allison began laughing too.
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Brian was looking for a record and found the one called "We Are Not Alone", he played it. Allison was doing something to the statue, she started doing her own little dance away from it. John was on the statue head banging. Brian was throwing papers everywhere inside the room he was in.
Claire was on the stairwell dancing her cares away. Andrew was sitting on the rail tapping to the beat, before playing an air guitar. He spotted Evelyn just sitting, watching the group with an amused face.
Andrew went down and lended out his hand. Evelyn shook her head, smiling. But he wasn't taking no for a answer. Andrew pulled her up to her feet and twirled her around. Evelyn laughed dancing with him.
John and Allison were shuffling their feet and moving sideways to the song. The boys got up and did their own dance, while the girls did the twist across the floor. John was dancing like a manic and Allison danced all the way to the floor.
As Andrew and Evelyn were dancing, she thought to have a little fun with him. Evelyn bucked her hips with his, earning a muffled moan from Andrew as her bum made contact with his crotch. "I can dance dirty, you know?" She spoke smoothly.
Andrew smirked and dipped her, taking Evelyn off guard. "I can dirty dance too" He whispered in her ear before he spun her around.
"Look at Romeo and Juliet!" John joked as he watched the two dancing their hearts away. Claire, Allison and Brian all stared in awe.
Evelyn tapped her foot to the beat, Andrew following her steps. They laughed, twirling and spinning. Out of no where a cowboy hat fell from on of the shelves. Evelyn caught it and as soon as Andrew spun her towards him she placed it on his head, grinning.
Andrew gave one final twirl before the song ended. The two were panting heavily, locking eyes. Andrew cocked one eyebrow, leaning towards her, but before he could do anything she placed his hat in his face, covering his view.
Everyone laughed. Andrew lifted up his hat from his face and smirked at Evelyn.
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It beats wrestling || The Breakfast Club
Jugendliteratur*In process of being rewritten* "God, is getting wasted all you think about?" He asks honestly. "It's my only means of escape. It makes me happy." I babble on erratically when the cold stone realization hit me. Oh Fuck.