MADDI PWNS ALL

Project Drama [Part 39]

Recap: Yes, I liked Trohman.

Bethany’s P.O.V

“Hey, Alice do you know where Gee is?” She shook her head she seemed in a hurry and I could hear her crying when she got outside talking to somebody. I felt bad about not really caring about Alice’s feelings but we weren’t that close even though I’d been living with her about two months. I preferred Mikey because we’d talk about universities/colleges, bands and new TV shows. Alice barely talked to me she was caught up in her own world. “MIKEY! WHERE IS GEE?!” I called up the stairs.

“Beth, I’m busy,” he said coming down the stairs. “You should try at Blair’s or something. She went to see Emily in Juvie and she was pretty emotional after, trust me I heard her on the phone,” he stopped drinking out of the milk carton, “sorry, I’m really thirsty and all this homework and college preparing. It’s a bit disgusting I know, I always got mad when Gee did it.”

“So, he is at Blair’s?” I nodded my head almost ignoring everything he said. His expression completely changed almost ticked off. “Sorry, Mikey just…yeah, we’ll talk later. When are you going to see the college councilor?”

“Oh thanks, soon,”

“Sweet, got to go, bye,” I interjected running out the door with a medium-sized, circular-shaped purse. Blair had taught me well. I got into Sara’s yellow Porsche and drove to Blair’s. Mikey ended up being correct because Gee’s new Chevrolet was in the driveway and Ms. Vaness’.

I knocked on the door slightly and Gee did answer. “Hey, Beth…Bethany. Blair is in a bad state right now. Um, a really bad state. I’ve never seen her cry before, at all. She never cries! I’m really worried.”

I nodded my head. “I’ve never saw her cry before either. Did she just get back from the Juvie centre?” He nodded his head. “I don’t know…um,”

“The only thing I can think of is Jessica. But she wouldn’t like the idea of meeting her very much.”

“Don’t be so sure, Gee. They were both held at gunpoint, together and Emily is both of their friend also, Claire. So I think it’s quite inevitable.” I exclaimed.

Gerard nodded his head agreeing and he let me inside pulling out his cellular device on the way dialing in what I hope was Jessica’s digits. “Jess, hey, yeah. It’s me Gee. Uh, um…Blair. She’s crying. Yeah, she saw her. Did you? Why? Okay. Then never mind. Can you? Please? You need to see her. No, Bethany can’t. Please? Thank you,” and then he hung up.

“Maybe I should leave,” I stated. “Jessica’s coming over and I don’t want to stir up anything. She hates me…I’m sure.”

“Jess doesn’t hate you. She doesn’t hate anyone really. Maybe she just dislikes you a bit,” Gee frowned saying. “We should both go let them clear things up. Let’s just go for lunch.”

I gasped. Well, probably not in reality…hopefully I didn’t. That would be major embarrassing. “Y-yeah, sure.” I agreed automatically.

“Blair sweetie,” Gee called and he led me upstairs to the library room. She was lying in a pile of large ancient reading articles and thin rabbit-coloring novels. It looked very unusual. “This is horrible,” he whispered to me. “Jessica is coming.” Blair stopped crying abruptly but she didn’t say a rude comment or anything. She silently got up from her pile of books and walked to the next aisle and threw more books on the floor falling into them. “We’re going to leave,” he said kissing her on her forehead and she nodded.

It was perfect timing because right when we got out of the door Jessica showed up.
“Is she in there?” She asked quietly. We both nodded her head and in about ten seconds, not even enough to get to our cars we could hear Jess bawling. So we knew we left those two in the right hands.

*

Gerard and I took different cars because he came in his Chevrolet earlier so we just went into ours. We were going to go to Polar Palace an ice cream place nearby our home but we wanted to go for lunch. I’m not bragging or anything but we went to a very expensive steakhouse called The Keg. It was way better compared to the ice cream place and it was so nice inside. Nice flowing white lights went around the restaurant. But the waiters were very…hot. No, it was like all girls and they were all 20 Newport young step mom’s dating your 40-50 father.

“This must be really hard on Blair,” I started first making conversation. He nodded his head looking at the menu. “Your best friend wants to kill you and then your other best friend kills her. Did they find out why Claire wanted to like slaughter them?”

Gee shook his head putting the menu down. “Well, they think Emily was apart of a gang thing or something and maybe Claire. But they found Blair and Jessica innocent because they thought they might be apart of it but there was ten bodies found dead. Seven unidentified men, Kevin Trohman, Spencer Chamberlain, Tyson Ritter and Claire Miller. They think Emily killed of them.”

“Well, how stupid are they? Obviously she didn’t. She’s very small and skinny and I heard the guys were buff and Joe’s Dad and Spencer and Tyson?! She’s lucky she didn’t get killed. I think there is no way she could kill ten big people. No. It just doesn’t work.”

“Well,” he started.

“No, she didn’t do it. There is absolutely no evidence she killed any of them except for Claire.”

“She killed Claire! That’s horrible! That’s something nobody can forget! I’m glad she’s in Juvie I hope she gets sentenced murder and get’s sent early to prison or house arrest or something!” He replied rudely almost yelling his voice limiting the capacity of the room.

I looked down not replying and the waiter came with a sneer on her face, “Keep it down!” Then her face became a happy smile again. “What can I get you two? Our lunch steak combo for two?”

“House salad,” I told her dully.

“Same.” He said quieter looking down. She nodded her head taking our menu’s giving us our coke we asked beforehand.

“Sorry,” I spoke quietly still my head facing away.

“No, I should be. I shouldn’t have got mad…you could be right.” I shook my head. We didn’t say much after that it was just like a long moment rewinding and rewinding every minute and it never stopped. “So school starts tomorrow?” He tried to make conversation again. “Are you going?”

I didn’t reply thinking about it for a moment. We got a week break after what happened and the press got a hold of the story. I nodded my head and asked him, “Yes, are you?”

“Well, I think Sara will make us. She doesn’t want any of us missing school. She doesn’t get into the Newport Sun gossip does she?” I shook my head grinning at the thought he smiled. I felt the warmth and then I felt comfortable again.

I nodded my head. We got our appetizers from the Russian waiter and I tried to keep up the conversation so difficulty I said, “Alice has been acting weird lately.”

“Do you think something was going on with Blair?” He started totally ignoring my statement.

“Um…? No.” I answered awkwardly.

“Well, she seemed different at the Masquerade. I mean overall, she seems nicer…to anyone but Jessica that is well, was before all this occurred. What did the press say about Emily and Joe’s father?” Gee stated asking me too.

I shook my head thinking about it. There were so many different stories I didn’t know what to make of it all. “The major published story in the Newport Sun was that Emily was working in an undercover gang with a leader unknown. I guess Joe’s father was a victim of the gang. He got scammed or something and Emily was making him pay. Then Claire was trying to save them but Emily killed her. But Emily’s defense is that she saved Blair and Jessica because they were held at gunpoint from Claire.” I exclaimed the plot I read in Newport’s newspaper.

“Well, first of all, Claire wouldn’t hold her best friends at gunpoint.” He said firstly and then after a long moment quickly continued, “Secondly, Emily ‘saw’ Claire kill Tyson and when she ‘saw’ Claire try to shoot Blair and Jessica she immediately thought it was vengeance of some kind which is outrageous because I know for a fact that Blair and Jessica wouldn’t have done something that horrible to make their best friend almost shoot them!”

“Just their theory Gee…”

He prompted, “So then what was going on with Blair beforehand, guilt of some sort? She left the Masquerade earlier when she won the queen spot. I was just standing their all by myself until Josh mentioned to me she left early because she wasn’t feeling good and winning the queen spot at Madsen dances are really big to her and she wouldn’t let ‘being sick’ bring her down.”

“She did mention her father was staying home a lot and spending a lot of time with her. Well, her mother on the other hand usually stays home always goes out and leaves to Los Angeles and San Diego. But she never said anything more of it.” I disclosed.

Gerard did a small nod with a disorganized expression on his face. “That’s not like Frank to miss work. He hasn’t missed work for a good ten to eleven years. He’s a famous lawyer and private investigator…he never takes his mind of his cases.”

“Well, I’ve only seen his once. When I went to pick up Blair…he did look disoriented.”

“We should go over there and see what’s going on with Jessica and her.”

Alice’s P.O.V

“Can you two just talk? Everything is fine now. I’m back. Everything is all good. We can all go back to being best friends. You know like in the beginning?” Hayley carried threw. She just wouldn’t let Zac and I not be friends. “Ah, please?”

I rolled my eyes abiding, “Well, usually friends believe other friends.”

I could tell Zac was resisting but he blurted out quickly, “Usually friends don't lie/push other friends in their pool.”

“You’re kidding, right?” I sighed loudly at Zac. This was definitely all his fault, I thought to myself.

“OKAY YOU GUYS,” Hayley passed on the subject quickly continuing, “No more fighting! I had enough. What exactly are you fighting over, me? I’m back. It’s over!” Zac and I both started to mouth something but Hayley hushed us quickly. “First of all, Zac football season is over. You have volleyball season to worry about. Second of all, Alice there is no need to bring up the past.”

“AND get overly aggressive!”

“HA!” I rolled my eyes and started to dispute.

 “Overly aggressive?!”

Hayley disputed, “STOP! WHY DO YOU GUYS ALWAYS FIGHT?! Just slow down for a second and let me speak! Everything is over and down with!”

“NO,” I interjected and I stopped not knowing what to say and the words just slipped out of my mouth almost like I had no control over it, “YOU HAVE A BIG DRUG PROBLEM!” Hayley paused her eyes patrolling up. “I mean, like we need to get through it. Together.” I somehow hated Hayley at the moment but then I felt sorry for her too. I always hated Hayley since Zac and her started going out. It wasn’t jealously or anything…I don’t think so. No, why would I be jealous? Zac is just my best friend.

“SO SHE BRINGS UP THE PAST!” Zac screamed. It was so loud I had never heard Zac speak so loudly and so meanly…not even to Josh. I went completely speechless and silent. I put my face into my knees and I started sobbing. I kept replaying his response over and over again. I could feel their eyes just watching me. “I’m – I’m,” I could hear Zac’s quiet footsteps coming fast toward me. Then I felt his arms move my upper body up and he squeezed me pulling me toward him sitting me down on his legs. I tried to break him off me but he wouldn’t let go. I wrapped my arms around him too.

“It’s okay Zac…” Hayley said. I ignored her not letting him go. “She needs to stop bring up the past.” Her voice was annoying me. It was cutting into a pure spread of joy throughout my body. It was deleting the joy and making the happy consciousness start to release.

“I’m sorry,” Zac whispered. I slowly let him go with a smile and we both got up from the floor of the school’s library. We both ran to the center of our distance and I jumped on him giving him a friendly bear hug.

“We are never fighting again!”

He grinned widely and agreed, “Never!” I turned my head to see Hayley’s face and his reaction and I’m not even lying it was full of hatred. You made Hayley jealous! Ha, ha, ha, ha! “We should go to the arcade!” Zac celebrated.

“Free period should be over in,” the loud bell rang through my voice. “Now...”

Zac smiled widely. “This is great! Now that we all are in the same P.E class! It’s so great you changed your schedule, Allie!” I did a small grin. I hated P.E…so much! Now with Hayley…where did this hatred come from? She was just jealous because Zac liked me more. I smirked to myself at the thought.

We grabbed out text books. We were definitely all late but it was gym so we just had to change very fast. Hayley and Zac went one way (which worried me…for some reason) and I went the other running to our lockers quickly to put back our text books. They weren’t running just chatting about God-knows-what. Why was I so mad? I mean it’s not like we were fighting over Zac or something…I definitely wasn’t jealous.

When I got to P.E class I could see Hayley and Zac giggling together and then they separated. I hurried into the girls changing room. “Hayley,” I said with basically a fake smile. “I am so glad that Zac and I got over our little fight. I wouldn’t worry it was definitely not about you,” I emphasized some words, definitely ticking her off. I continued, “I mean why we would fight over you? It was just some emotional things we were going through.” I could see her facial expression change more then slightly. “It’s what people do when,” I thought of some more words to drive her insane, “they are so close you know? Or maybe you wouldn’t,” I grinned widely, “I’ve been best friends with Zac for a long time.”

I quickly threw on my clothes in a stall and nudged her in the shoulder with a very wide smile. I love P.E!