Gothical Lovers pt. 26

The day after Devin broke up with Chelsea, she called Clarissa to see if they could hang out that day. Clarissa answered the phone, and said yes, she was available. She packed her make-up into her purse, threw on some semi-tight jeans and a black "Black Sabbath" band tee, and rode her bike over to Chelsea's.  Chelsea was already at the door, and ushered her inside, saying to put her make-up on quickly, because they were going to visit her friend, Mike Bonster who lived down the street.1

Clarissa knew Mike, they had been in band together when she was in sixth grade. He was a year ahead, a freshmen in high school now. She remembered that he was a well-muscled Mexican boy, who was friendly at times, but she remembered him as being a bit arrogant and stuck up. They hadn't gotten along too well. 2

They walked over, and Clarissa noticed that Mike's eyes lingered on Chelsea a bit long. She sighed, and tried to quietly entertain herself while Mike and Chesea talked and flirted. She found the whole visit boring, and her more anti-social side came out because of Mike's politely detached manner towards her, as if she was just a kid sister to Chelsea that he had to endure, but she managed to keep a smile on her face and her mild uneasiness under wraps. 3

Later a chubby sixth grader, Jared, came over, and kept staring at her in an odd manner. Shrinking from him, she tried to reason that perhaps it was her punkish look: black top, black eyeliner under her eyes with purplish pink eyeliner on her lids, and shimmering dark silver eyeshadow brushed above the crease on her eyelid, all finished off by reddish sparkly lip gloss to bring out her pout, and her green eyes hidden under thickly mascara-coated lashes. 4

She smirked at him slightly when he tried to start a conversation, trying to give off a not-interested-but-we-can-still-be-friends vibe. He didn't seem to get it, because when Mike and Chelsea asked for some private time to talk after they'd all watched a movie in Mike's room, Jared followed her into Mike's uncle's room where she was setting up a Zelda game on the PlayStation.5

"Here, let me help you," he said, scooting next to her and taking the controls, "the beginning of this is hard. Trust me, I've beaten this game quite a few times."6

She sighed, slightly peeved at his unwelcome intrusion. Couldn't the clingy little twerp go find something else to do, other than bother her while she tried to play a game? After a few minutes she got even more frustrated when he showed no signs of relinquishing the controllers, and she grabbed her skateboard, which she was now glad she'd brought along. 7

Noticing the board, he asked, "You skate? Are you good?"8

She shrugged, and replied offhandedly, "I'm learning."9

He looked interested, and asked, "How good are you on it?"10

Smiling bitterly, she replied, "I can't do tricks yet for shit, and I'm lucky if I can keep my balance on this fucker and go at a decent speed at the same time."11

"Oh," was all he replied, at a loss of words, and to ease the awkwardness, turned back to 'helping her beat the game'. Smirking, she walked out of the room, knocked loudly on Mike's door, and laughed to herself.12

"Hey guys, whatever the hell you two are doing, just please, PLEASE, be safe. Trust me, its better for all of us in the long run. And hurry the fuck up, because I am getting bored. Ta-ta!"13

Hearing Chelsea mutter, "Shut the fuck up!", she smirked again, and ran down the stairs, two at a time.14

After about five minutes, she quickly lost interest in skating, and headed back inside. Walking into the uncle's room, she found Jared still playing the game. Suddenly a plan popped into her head.15

"Hey Jared.... why don't you go check up on Mike and Chelsea? Make sure they aren't... doing anything they shouldn't. You can really annoy Mike..."16

He nodded, a big grin plastered on his face, and while he ran over to Mike's door and began pounding on it, she grabbed the controllers and started a new game. He came back, a peeved look on his chubby face.17

"It's locked."18

"Well," she began, exasperated, "there are TWO doors into his room."19

He just stood there, and she sighed.20

"Come on. I'll show you how to fuck around with people like a master," she stated, and, flipping her hair over her shoulder, snuck over into the bathroom leading into Mike's room. She slowly turned the knob, and then flung the door open. 21

Seeing Chelsea and Mike's annoyed and startled faces, she refrained from laughing, but barely. They were both under the covers, and from what she could see of Chelsea, her top was off. She heard a giggle from the door, and saw Jared cracking up at the two's faces.22

Being fixed with a death glare by Chelsea, she simply shrugged, and smiling sweetly, told her that she was going for a walk an d had left them in that room. Picking them up, she walked over.23

She looked at Mike first, "Your dad is home. Just thought you might want to know. And your mom's fixing food."24

Turning to Chelsea, she whispered, "Nice shirt. Where'd it go?"25

Chelsea whispered back, "I'm naked!"26

Clarissa rolled her eyes. "Is Mike? Because he seems to be missing his shirt too. I'm not even looking further."27

"No, just his shirt. Now, get!!!" Chelsea whispered, a note of urgency in her voice.28

Clarissa just laughed, and said in a sweet sing-song voice, "Have fun, children!" and waltzed out, a shoe just missing her head as she closed the door. Walking away, she heard it being locked. She revelled in the surprised look on Jared's face, and plopped down again, playing the video game. After a while she got stuck at a certain part, and after many failed attempts, she went downstairs to play pool until her frustration wore off. Unsurprisingly, Jared followed her like an enamoured puppy.29

"I'll play you!" he challenged.30

"Sure. Fine. Whatever. Let's go."31

In a few moments, Jared looked up. "I think I just heard the bed up there move."32

Boredly she replied, "Fancy that," and shot one of the striped balls into one of the corner holes.33

"They're doing it! They're having sex! I want to go up and interrupt them!"34

Shooting another hole, and missing, she replied, "Have fun. Watch for flying objects or liquids."35

He quickly shot, missed, and ran upstairs. A few minutes later, he came down, disappointed.36

"What happened, kid? They wised up?"37

"Yeah. They locked both doors.And I'm not a kid! What grade are you in." he asked.38

"Me? I'm in eighth." she replied, automatically.39

"Oh. I'm in sixth. How old are you?"40

Getting annoyed, she replied, "Fourteen years old, 5'4, 82 pounds, naturally I have strawberry blonde hair, green eyes, I wear contacts, and my social security number is I-don't-fucking-have-one."41

Not noticing the sarcastic note in there, he laughed. "Nice. Do you have a boyfriend?"42

Unthinkingly she replied, "Nope," concentrating on angling her hit.43

"Oh really?" he asked, interested.44

'Fudge-monkeys, why in the hell did I tell him that??? Might as well have said, GO AHEAD, ASK ME OUT!!!!' She thought45

Pausing, she shrugged dramatically, and added, "Don't want one either. I just got out of a relationship, and I am happy being a play-girl." To emphasize her statement, she hit the ball with the cue, hard, and smiled as it made a satisfying thump into the hole.46

"Play-girl? As in... a model in Playboy?" he asked.47

"No," she shot at a ball, missed the hole, and handed him the cue, "as in flirting with various guys, but not committing to any stupid relationship. My watered down version of being a player."48

He looked at her, a mix of interest, admiration, and disappointment. Taking it in, she gave herself silent props.49

When Mike's parents came in, Jared kept throwing hints to them that Chelsea and Mike were upstairs having sex, and Clarissa threw him disgusted looks. Part of the reason for her disgust though, was at Chelsea for being so easy the day after she got out of a relationship.50

She headed back upstairs to try to finish her game, and the doorbell rang. Mike's mother answered it, and before Clarissa knew it, Brandi came upstairs, followed by her boyfriend, Jesse, and his brother, Adam. Clarissa got a hug from all three, and then told Brandi that Chelsea and Mike were in there. Naked. Or at least, that Chelsea was. Brandi's eyes widened, and Jesse and Adam laughed together, making dirty comments.51

Brandi quickly hammered on the door, as did Adam and Jesse. All three were yelling at the two to get dressed and come out. Taking forever, the two said that they would be out in a minute, and Adam and Clarissa walked into the bathroom to try to get into Mike's room through that door. All of a sudden Adam started chuckling, and Clarissa quickly looked at him, her heart beating, realizing she thought he was cute. He pointed at the floor, where an empty condom wrapper was thrown. Clarissa sobbed, unaware that she did, and sighed.52

"So she did it. I can't believe it. Holy... wow." 53

She must have looked extremely distressed, because Adam wrapped his arms around her in a quick and friendly hug, and she smiled. "Thanks"54

"No problem."55

They went out in the main hall with Brandi and Jesse, and finally Chelsea and Mike emerged. Everyone waiting outside the door laughed, and made comments about the condom wrapper. Mike blew them off, and walked downstairs, an annoyed air to his posture. 56

Soon enough Brandi, Adam and Jesse left, and Clarissa was sad to see Adam walk out the door. She and Chelsea headed home, and before they left, Jared said goodbye with a big grin plastered on his face. Clarissa edgily said bye, and when they walked out the door, sighed.57

"At least when I was a Goth I didn't have little BOYS falling in love with me. Sheesh, I think I'mma barf."58

Chelsea tittered nervously, and when they got back to Chelsea's, Clarissa turned suddenly on her, blocking her path up the stairs.59

"Chelsea, what did you and Mike do? I thought you were in love with Devin."60

Chelsea choked, "I am. You don't know how bad I feel over Devin leaving me and everything that happened today."61

"What happened?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.62

Chelsea looked down in shame, and in a softer voice, Clarissa added, "Tell me. I won't judge you. I'll just try to help you. But I need to know everything."63

Chelsea looked up at Clarissa, and shame was still plastered on her face, along with hurt and confusion. She took a deep breath, and Clarissa waited for her to speak.64