Beverly Hills: Season 3

Season 3, Episode 13: For You

~~~(Seven Nation Army by White Stripes)~~~
   Tatiana starts down the hallway at Seaview, already feeling everyone's eyes on her. She dyed her hair from green to black, even giving herself some bangs. She had Rhyannon help her with her eye makeup and she even pierced her own lip. Tatiana knows that she looks like a badass now, she doesn't need anyone telling her. Students at their lockers look her up and down as she struts down the hallway, her black skirt pulled up, probably so high that it shows off her lace panties. She smeared black lipstick on her lips, her bullring hanging from her nose, glistening in the lights from above.
   "Whoa, Tatiana." Brooklyn looks her friend up and down, Anna by her side. "You look so... different."
   "Well duh." Tatiana giggles into her gloved hand. "I wasn't going to keep that green hair forever, silly."
   "Why the sudden change?" Anna continues to look her up and down at the chains hanging from her belt and the fork earrings dangling from her ears.
   Tatiana shrugs. Instead of admitting that being off her meds made her do this, she might as well not say anything. She knows that what she's doing is a little out there but who the hell cares? It's her own look, she'll do what she wants with it. It's a good thing her parents haven't noticed anything yet. She usually leaves the house after them anyways so they wouldn't really have a clue anyways. "Jeez Anna, check me out again and I just might think you're crushing on me now."
   "Uh, no." Anna says back.
   "Tatiana, don't do this." Brooklyn whispers to her. "I just got out of my own dramatic- attention- grabbing- self. You're better than this."
   "I'm not doing anything wrong." Tatiana taps her booted foot against the floor of the hallway. "I just changed my look a little bit. You guys are kind of making this a bigger deal than it has to be."
   "Just don't do anything stupid." Brooklyn calls after her as Tatiana continues down the hallway. Tatiana flips her hair away from her face, already used to the stares.
   "Tatiana, help me pass out the copies of The Insider please?" Kai appears in front of Tatiana with the stack of newspapers in his hand.
   "Hm." Tatiana takes one off the top of the pile and then pulls the lighter out of the pocket to her skirt. She slowly lights the paper on fire, taking pleasure in watching the burn dance up the paper.
   "What the hell are you doing?" Kai cries out with a horrified expression covering his face. "Tatiana!"
   "What?" Tatiana continues to watch it burn as it edges up to her fingers. "Nothing wrong with having a little bit of fun." She tosses the paper into the trashcan against the window to the courtyard before continuing through the hallway with her hips shaking in a rhythmic motion. She listens to the panic of the students behind her and smirks to herself, hearing someone yell to someone else to pull the fire alarm.

   Case forces the wheels to his chair down the hallway at school. His back pack is in his lap as he he hears a bark from somewhere behind him down the hall. Must be the drug dogs here to bust the stoners. Case looks up at Rhyannon as he swoops in next to him with his black leather bag slinging from his shoulder. He's wearing a black button up shirt with a white tie, his hair slicked back away from his face. He's not even wearing too much of that dark makeup he always has on.
   "You look presentable." Case observes. Case and Rhyannon have gotten rather close over summer when Israel and Case had hung out all the time. Rhyannon even took Case to the skateboarding park at Venice Beach to roll him around. He's not that bad of a person.
   "I'd hope so." Rhyannon smooths out his tie and holds his chin up. "I have a job interview today."
   "Oh?" Case raises his eyebrows. "Where?"
   "An assistant job for this big photographer in L.A." Rhyannon answers, looking a little nervous. "His name is Peter Shepard. Ever heard of him?"
   "Nope." Case says honestly and then gives him a reassuring look. "You'll do just fine."
   "Why do you say that like I'm nervous or something?" Rhyannon plays dumb.
   Case shoots him a look. "Because you are."
   Before Rhyannon can say something back, a dog appears in front of Case, followed by Deputy Hart, the school cop. He thinks he runs shit just because he gets to wear that dumb looking uniform to work- even though he was thrown off the L.A PD for shooting someone who didn't deserve it. Apparently he didn't follow protocol or whatever. Hart clears his throat. "Can I check your bag?"
   "Um, sure." Case hands him his book bag, knowing they won't find anything. The drug dogs sit when they sense drugs so why  is this one looking up at Case with knowing eyes?
   Deputy Hart pulls out a baggie of weed and Case looks closer at the bag itself. Shit. He took his dad's- the one he claims he uses for hikes along the beach. Obviously it's being used for something else. "You'll need to come to the office."
   Case blows out of his mouth. Just when he thought things couldn't get any worse.
~~~(END SONG)~~~