I ALWAYS FELT SOMETHING DIFFERENT - CONNOR

v. five

26 august, Monday, 7:57
JOHN CHERNIN HIGH SCHOOL

After the bus arrived in front of the school, we stood up and walked to the doors

Eddie was first, me second, and Connor last.

As we stepped out of the vehicle, a car sped up in front of us, almost running over us, but we stepped back pretty fast

Also Connor pushed me behind him.

"Thanks" I breathed out

"Move pussies" the driver yelled

"What the fuck, man?" The boy that protected me yelled back as we walked ahead

"I have a bad feeling about this" Eddie said as we looked at the car that almost killed us

Benj came toward us from back, and he put his arms around the boys' shoulders
"Gentlemen, and lady! Ready for the best year of our lives?"

"It was almost the last year of our lives. You fuckin' see that shit?" Connor asked

"Ancient History. Once the bell rings, we're in high school. Know what that means?" Benj tried to brush off what happened

"New teachers? More pressure from my parents to succeed?" Eddie asked anxiously

"Pubes?" The curly haired boy asked

"Gross man" I shook my head

"No, it means we have a fresh start. Anything is possible. Here comes Koosh" Benj pointed to Koosh brother's car

We watched as Koosh tried to mimick his brother's gestures, but instead of using a cigarette, he used his bag of chips

"Do we still have to hang out with him" the olive skinned boy asked as we looked at 'Koosh's performance'

"He's our friend" Benj defended Koosh

"He's an asshole" Connor and I said at the same time

"Jinx. I said first. Buy me a soda" I said as I pointed my finger at him

"Well, well. If it isn't the dick and his two weird little balls. M'lady" Koosh said as he got closer to us

"Hey Koosh"
"Hello Koosh"
"Sup Koosh"

His brother came and punched him three times

"don't forget! I'm serious" Koosh's brother threatened him as he walked away

"You guys can't call me Koosh anymore. My brother says I haven't earned the name. He'll pound me every time he hears it" The boy explained between his shaky breath

"What are we supposed to call you?" My brother asked

"My real name I guess" he shrugged

"Hello Daniela!" I waved at him
"Dangah?" Eddie asked

"Stop! Asses"

The four of us just laughed at his irritation as we started walking to the entrance of the school

"Yeah, yeah. Laugh it up, fuckos. You'll be chugging my hog when you hear what I have in store" he said as he followed us

His words made us stop and turn around to look at him

"My parents are going out of town this weekend and yours truly is throwing a massive rager. Five kegs. Sick ass DJ. Insane dong-to-puss ratio. Shit's gonna be fucking lit" he continued to explain

"How are you gonna pull that off? We're your only friends" My twin asked him

"My brother's helping" He said quickly

"Oh, so Kayvon is throwing the party" Connor said

"I should have figured it out from the beginning" I said

"We..we both are" Koosh tried to defend his claim to the party

"That sound terrifying. Are freshman even allowed?" Eddie wondered

"Fuck no! But I'm VIP and you clits are my four plus-ones" Koosh yelled his explanation

"Stop with your stupid-ass insults for God's sake" I sighed

"That's plus four you fucking idiot" Connor corrected him

"Three and a half if we count your shrimpy ass" Koosh pushed Connor

"Woah woah woah, hold on a moment" I rised my hand up

Connor pushed him back which only made them to push each other more

I dragged Connor, by his shoulders, away from Koosh as Benj started talking

"It's perfect! That's where I'll make my move on Bailey"

We all groaned as we heard what he said

"Yeah, Bailey's great, but she's a sophomore man. It's never gonna happen" Connor tried to break it to him

"Something happened this summer, and I think I got a real shot" Benj tried to explain

"Oh no no no. Not that disgusting story again. I swear to God I'll go mental if I hear it one more time" I covered my ears and shook my head

"Just let me tell them the story too. So, one night I couldn't sleep so I went downstairs to make a snack"

"You fucked her" Koosh yelled in surprise

"Please he pretty much is still a virgin" I crossed my arms

"Sorry I just got a little excited. Ok? Go on"

"Well, I can see that.." I rised my eyebrows

"Okay I was pretty surprised but I played it cool. So we start talking, and it's going great. I mean the conversation's flowing we're giggling and shit.I don't even know what I said, but I was in the zone. We are firing on all the cylinders, but then.." My twin continued

Eddie, Connor and Koosh went crazy while I just scrunched my nose in disgust

"Okay now we're getting somewhere" Koosh said

"Damn, This is where the story should've started" Eddie stated

"So what happened next? Did you make a move? Did you touch it?" Connor asked eagerly

"I froze up" Benj spit out

"And she never noticed?"

"She did eventually" My brother said and the continued his story

"Nice recovery. Then what happened?" Koosh asked him

"Well nothing. She went to bed"

"That's it? Are you kidding me right?"

"Aight, wait. I am confused. How does that story make you think you have a chance?" Eddie wondered

"Exactly, like make it make sense" I continued

"You had to be there. For the first time she saw me as an adult. An adult man"

"One to ten on her nipple" Connor asked out of blue

I just smacked the back of his head
"Ow"
"Shut up"

"Twelve"

The boys started howling and yelling

I looked at Benj with a face that said "Look what have you done"