Differences -Nathan Young-

Chapter 2

      I made it to the Community Centre the next morning, to see everyone minus Nathan.
"This is a joke." Curtis asked as Nathan came cigarette in his mouth.
"Did one of you do this?" He looked at Kelly.
"Don't look at me, I didn't do it." She said.
"I'll tell you who did it." Nathan's arm wrapped my waist.
"It's that Banksy prick. There's a hidden meaning." I pushed him off of me.
"It's like that monkey policeman with the banana and the Tesco's bag."
"Maybe someone wants to kill us." Simon said.
"Why would anybody want to kill us?"
"Come on you lot, let's get changed." Tony said coming out as no one moved.
"Have you seen this?" I asked Curtis.
"Someone's taking the piss."
"Yeah, it's terrible isn't it? All this anti-social behaviour." Tony said looking at us.
"Is he having a dig at us?" Nathan asked as Alisha phone rang.
"Right, that's it! All of you, just give me your phones." Tony said holding out his hands.
"No one's making any more calls today. Now, come on." Tony said.
"Are you allowed to take our phones?" Alisha said taking a picture of him.
He went to each one of us wanting our phones.
"What? I'm expecting a call from my mum." Nathan said as Tony told it.
"OK, take a message." He said as Tony came to me.
"Wha? I am not giving you my phone, it'snot even in stores yet no ones touching it." I crossed my arms.
"Just because your mummy and daddy are big time celebrities doesn't mean you are. Now give me your phone." I glared handing him my iPhone.
"You'll be hearing from my lawyers." I said making my way towards the entrance.
"Wanker." Kelly said as we burst out laughing.
I stripped from my jeans as I pulled on my jumpsuit.
I zipped it up and fixed my hair.
"Is he allowed to take our phones?"
"He's probably using them to call one of those sex lines."
"Those sex lines will eat your credit." Curtis said.
"Call them a lot, do you?" I asked as he gave me a look.
"He's out there feeling himself on our phones, naked. Masturbating." Nathan said.
"Do you want some of this?" Alisha asked holding out her smoke to Curtis.
"No, I'm good."
"Give it here." Nathan said as we left the locker room.

         I lazily scrapped the writing on the wall with my brush, it didn't even leave a dent.
"Yeah, you just relax, innit?" Curtis said.
I looked to see him staring at Alisha who was sunbathing.
"Someone's just going to write something else on there tonight." She responded.
"They make us do these bullshit little jobs wearing these bullshit orange jumpsuits... They can suck my dick." she said putting her sunglasses back on.
"Nice."
"Feel free to check out my tits, yeah." She said.
"You know after the storm, did any of yous feel like dead weird?"
"I had a strange tingling sensation in my anus." Nathan said touching his ass.
Yeah, if you count a bottle of soda magically flying off the table into your hand with just thinking.
"What, did you feel weird?" Kelly asked Simon and I.
"You don't want to hear about my anus?" Nathan asked.
"Do you really need to ask the question?" Curtis asked as Nathan smirked at him.
"Something happened." Simon replied.
"What's that? Squeak up."
"Something happened to me." Simon replied again louder.
"Are you a virgin?"
"Shut up!" Kelly yelled at Nathan.
"What was it?"
"It's nothing."
"Emily?"
"Uh, it's stupid." I said before giving her a 'i'll tell you later' look.
A couple of seconds later Kelly pushed Nathan over the bucket as he tripped.
"What was that for?" He asked as Kelly stormed away.
I was about to go after her but decided against it as I continued to scrub the graffiti for the wall.

        We were having a break, so I decided to get a soda from the vending machine, and a package of gummy worms for a snack.
I made my way into the main area to see Nathan Curtis and Simon by the foosball table.
"I'm not being funny, but I'm guessing you drew the short straw. Bad luck." Nathan and Curtis both laughed as I sat beside Simon.
"There was four of us."
"I'm talking about getting laid." I rolled my eyes, of course.
"So how are we going to do this, man?"
"Do what?" Curtis asked.
"Divide them up.... Because the one with the frizzy hair, I don't see me and her getting it on." Nathan said.
"Because she's beautiful?"
"No, cos she'd be way too much effort. She looks high-maintenance." Nathan said as I rolled my eyes.
"You'd have to treat her really well. But that other one."
"Kelly." Simon and I both replied.
"Whatever. A couple of Bacardi Breezers, man, I reckon she'd be good to go...  I might need more than a couple myself, but who's counting." Nathan asked.
"What about Emily." Curtis asked nodding his head at me.
"Nope, I only date movie stars and models. I mean you two are hot, but if I had to date any of you, it'd be Simon." I replied smiling at him.
"Face it, man, it's going to happen. It's biology or physics. One of those." Simon and I stared a look.
"So do we have a deal?" Nathan asked spitting on his hand then held it out.
But Curtis didn't shake it, smart move.
"Fine, maybe I'll take both."
"Yeah, I see that happening." Curtis said as I laughed.
"Yeah, you will, then you'll be sorry you didn't accept. Then who's laughing?" Nathan went up to Curtis.
"Me!" He pointed at himself walking off.
"What did he get done for?" Curtis asked us.
"For eating some pic 'n' mix." Simon repiled.
Curtis shook his head before going back to playing.

We sat around by the vending machines, relaxing as Alisha spoke up.
"When I was in sixth form, you came to my school... You gave this big talk about athletics and all your medals and that." Alisha smirked.
"So, I'm guessing you're not going to the Olympics." Nathan laughed.
"Funny." Curtis faked laughed.
"I heard he was dealing crack." Alisha said.
"What? I wasn't dealing crack." Curtis replied.
"No, no, the papers said it was steroids."
"That stuff will shrivel your dick." Alisha laughed.
"It wasn't steroids. I'm not a cheat. That stuff in the papers was bullshit." Curtis said.
"So what was it then?" I asked.
"I got caught with a little bit of coke. All right? I messed up one time." Curtis said as Alisha laughed.
"No one gets community service for possession." She said.
"If it was anyone else, they'd have got a caution. I get 200 hours' community service and a two-year ban from athletics." Curtis explained.
"They said cos of my profile they needed to send a message."
"You let yourself down. You let the kids down, you let your parents down." Nathan said as Curtis charged at him.
"Shut the fuck up! All I ever did was train. You know nothing! I shouldn't even fucking be here." Curtis yelled at him.
"You can't hit someone in a wheelchair." Nathan said as I rolled my eyes.
"I'll be back." I rolled my eyes heading to the bathroom.