Logan
We tried to cheer Danielle up as much as possible on the way there, and she actually looked a lot better when we got to the mall. She was smiling and Rayne even bought her a soft pretzel and a coke icee, which was completely uncalled for since it was my money.
We went straight to the hairdresser once we got there and Rayne immediately started talking to the stylist about Danielle's hair. I walked uncomfortably to the corner. Great. I was the only boy here.
Rayne obviously knew the hairdresser since she was talking to her like they were best friends. Danielle eventually got tired of their talking, so she walked over to stand by me.
"So, little miss prep. Having second thoughts about your haircut yet? All you 'friends' are going to hate you!" I said with a smirk. As soon as it came out of my mouth I regretted it though. I excpected her to be angry. Instead she looked away and simply said, "I know."
We sat on silence for a few seconds until I finally said, "Look Danielle, I'm sorry. I really am and I know what you are going through. It just seems hard to believe that you, of all people, are suddenly going through this. Ever since middle school I have been afraid of people like you, as much as I try to hide it. I hate how you stare at us, talk about us, and treat us like we are some different species. Even the toughest of us hate it. And we all know how hard it can be when your realizing what you are starting to understand. I just hope that you will be able to deal with it better than others. I would really hate to see you hurt yourself."
Danielle looked at the ground, her blonde hair covering her eyes. But even though I couldn't see her face, I saw a single tear drop to the ground, and that's when I started wondering, what if she already is dealing with it the wrong way? But before I could say anything else the hairdresser called Danielle up. Danielle took one last look back at me as she went to sit in the chair and I'm sure she could see th horror in my eyes.
Rayne followed me out of the hair place while Danielle got her hair done. We sat in silence while I thought about Danielle. What if she was cutting herself? I had no idea how to deal with that and i really hoped that I was overreacting. It was weird, but I was actually starting to like Danielle. I had completely misjudged her actually...
"Logan?" I heard Rayne say, piercing through my thoughts. I had been so caught up in them that I had forgotten about Rayne. I looked down at her worried face, inches from mine, and despite the situation, all I wanted to do was kiss her.
"Yes?" I whispered, wanting to smell the sweet scent of her hair and have her in his arms and never let go.
"What's wrong?" she asked? And even though she tried to hide it, I knew she wanted to kiss me too. "I'm probably just overreacting..." I whispered slowly bringing her face towards mine. Rayne wrapped her arms around my neck as a kissed her back, taking in eveything I had missed so much about her. Her beautiful brown penetrating eyes, her soft black hair, her sweet flowery scent that most boys couldn't stand, but on Rayne, it was the sweetest scent in the world. All the sounds of the mall went away as I put my arms around her waste and pulled her closer.
Everything I was worried about before had been forgotten. I was oblivious to my public surrounding and didn't even notice when a man shouted "Get a room!" All that mattered was the Rayne was mine again.
"Ahem." I heard a voice cough behind as and we broke apart. Rayne was blushing as I we turned and saw Danielle's grinning face. I was trying not to laugh as I turned back to Rayne and saw her entire face turn completely red.
Rayne finally managed to choke a few words out. "Danielle you look amazing!" She said running over to hug her. I smiled. Danielle actually did look pretty good. Her hair still blonde but the once thin hair was now layered and had thin purple streaks in it.
I sat and listened to Danielle and Rayne talk about hair for a minute, but after I couldn't stand it any longer I finally spoke up. "Alright! Who wants to go to Hot Topic?"
To my surprise Danielle actually didn't protest. Instead when we got in here, she ran straight towards the hello kitty part and draggig Rayne along with her. I rolled my eyes, thinking she was probably just going to load up with hello kitty shirts and nothing else. To my surprise however, when I met them outside of the store she had 2 bags of stuff.
I gave Rayne a questioning look and she smiled. I shook my head, deciding to just forget about how Rayne go Danielle to buy so many clothes from a store she probably thought was completely creepy before.
We ran around to a few other stores before going to the food court to get lunch. It was nearly 2:00 when we finished eating. Suddenly Rayne jumped out of her chair, nearly knocking over the table while doing so. "Oh my God!" She shouted as she grabbed her bags and her tray. "What's wrong?" I asked immediately standing up.
"I completely forgot i'm supposed to be somewhere soon! Sorry Logan but I'm gonna have to take your car. I'll call my dad to pick you guys up." And before I could protest she was already gone, leaving me and Danielle behind as confused as ever.
We shrugged and got up and walked around the mall. It was pretty awkward since I didn't really know her that well and we didn't really talk much. We had just gotten out of Journey's when we saw one of her "friends."
We both knew it was going to happen eventually whether Danielle liked it or not but it caught both of us by surprise. "Danielle?!" We heard someone shout from a few feet away. Danielle froze in her steps and turned to look at me, a look of horror on her face.
I looked down at her, matching her expression with ease. It was the snob Jordan walking right out of Juicy Couture carrying almost ten bags. The problem with this girl was worse than any prep I had ever seen because honestly, I had no reason to hate a prep. Especially since one of the nicest girls in school was a huge prep. But everyone knew she was nice and she was also completely blind to the cliques and stereotypes surrounding her. She was one of Rayne's best friends, besides Zoe flowers, who I didn't have as many nice things to say about but she was pretty nice too.
The problem with Jordan was... Well... Everything! The way she talked in a high nasaly voice as if she ruled the world, the way she made everyone around her feel so small, the way she got whatever she wanted when she wanted, the way some people would do anything for her in hopes that she would give them something back. Her own best friend was a slave to her whether she realized it or not.
Today she had Her "best friend" Chandler with her carrying another twenty bags, most of them probably belonging to Jordan. She also had 2 other slaves that looked about 14 with her and the school slut, Maria.
I thought back to the dreadful days of my popularity in Middle School. I remember even then how Maria came on to every guy... Including me. And even though I'm a guy and I think first kisses are pretty corny, it kind of sucks to have yours wasted on a whore.
The weird thing is that I was her first kiss too. It was in 7th grade and I guess I didn't really know any better. She wasnt as much of a whore then, but she wasn't really the sweetest girl ever either. I wasn't her first boyfriend but I was her first kiss. With many other people to follow...
Of course, as most girls do, she obviously remembers as well as I do. She looked at me seductively and I hlared and turned back to Jordan. I heard Maria laugh but I didn't care. Jordan looked at me in disqust with her over made-up eyes. I had always hated Jordan, even back in Middle School when I was popular. Most people hated Jordan though, even if they didn't want to say it.
Jordan was looking Danielle up and down and I thought Danielle would break down and cry or something, so what happened next surprised me a lot.
"Oh hi Jordan!" Danielle said smiling. " How are you? Are you still stealing all of your dad's money? What Bout that little alcohol addiction of yours? Is that getting any better? No? Awe what a shame! Do you like my new haircut? I just got it today when I came here with Logan and Rayne! They are such great people! You know, unlike the BITCHES I used to hang out with! Wait... Oh sorry did I insult you? My bad! Now really, I would love to sit around and chat a bit, maybe show you some of the clothes I just got at HOT TOPIC but I really ought to be going. Our ride should be here by now. See you at school! Toodles!"
Danielle waved at them and walked away, dragging me with her. I grinned when we got out of the mall and turned to look at her face, which was as white as a sheet. "Danielle... THAT WAS FUCKIN AWESOME!" I shouted. She managed a small smile saying almost breathless "I cannot believe I just did that..."
I looked at her, still grinning. Though she sounded scared she looked the happiest I had seen her all day. "I can't believe last night I fell asleep on my bathroom floor crying and today I just did that!" I gave her a high five and then I realized what she had just said.
"You... Really cried yourself to sleep last night?" I said, looking at her in pain thinking about our conversation earlier. She looked down at the ground and grabbed her arm. Suddenly I realized something. She was holding her arm. And she cried herself to sleep last night. On Her bathroom floor.
Before she could do anything else I grabbed her arm and pulled up the sleeve. Her arm was puffy and red with 3 long red scarrs on them.
She looked up at me, pain filing her eyes. "I'm sorry." She said, her voice cracking. And with that she threw her arms around me and burst into tears.