Killing Loneliness, chapter 6
Scarlett slumped on her desk during English, bored out of her mind. Thankfully she had Art next.
She was pretty good at it. She kept a sketch book under her bed and drew in it when she was bored. It was private though. Her dad didn't like Art. Apparently it was a "waste of a subject" and anyone could dab some paint on paper and pencil out outlines and colour them in. Scarlett totally disagreed with. She'd heard that creative stuff was good for the mind anyway. Art wasn't easy. At the moment they had to use water to create expression in their pictures which was pretty challengeing. And yeah, anyone can dab paint on paper, but some people can do it really well.
"Now by the way class," Miss Holton said knocking her out of her daze "we're having another small assessment next week on Wednesday."
There was a large moan, but then they were saved by the bell. The whole class stood up and moved.
In the Art room everyone settled down and pulled out their sketch books. They all began to get
on with their water paintings.
"Hey Scurvy, you got a rubber?"
She threw one carelessly at Josh. She sighed trying to decide what to do next and raised her
head. As her head turned towards the glass in the door she spotted Mike. He looked up and raised
his eyebrows.
**Mike**
"You still going out with her?" Matt asked.
"Yes I am actually."
"Why do you decide to go out with her?"
"Because I like her! Why is that such a problem to you?"
"Well I just thought you'd chose someone more popular."
"Can't stand popular girls, and she's got personality."
He mouthed to her "how are you?". She mouthed back "Fine thanks." before they both sniggered a bit. Then again Mike mouthed "what are you doing?". She held up her painting. His eyebrows raised and he gave her a thumbs up signal. Her Art teacher tapped her on the shoulder and told her to get on with her work. Scarlett quickly raised her eyebrows and began working again.
"Hey Mike!" Jack, another one of Mike's mates said. "How long you been going out for?"
"Two weeks."
"Is she like, dorky?"
"No, she's totally the opposite of what you think actually."
"Oh, does she have a good body?"
"Stop asking stupid questions Jack." Mike said even though he was thinking "God , she has a great ass!"
"Sorry. Well, is she cool?"
"Depends what your idea of cool is. Just put it this way. I like her alot and I think she's a really great person and I don't really care what people think about us going out."
"Okay then."
**School bell goes**
Mike was stood outside of school before Scarlett got out. She walked out a minute later giving
him a small wave. He smiled back at her.
"Hey stranger!" Mike called out to her.
They put their arms around each other before going into a long, slow kiss. They pulled away and smiled.
The cheerleader girls happened to be walking past at the time. All had their eyebrows raised.
Mike wasn't a Jock but alot of the girls still thought he was pretty hot. Scarlett copied their expression before raising her middle finger. Mike cracked up. The girls mouths opened in shock before the carried on walking, giving her really dirty looks.
"You really got 'em there Scarlly."
She let out a little giggle.
"Can you come back to mine now? We aint seen each other properly for.... um a few days." he asked.
"Erm.... I dunno?"
"What will you tell your folks?"
"......Drama class?"
"Will they believe that?"
"I dunno, well I was in Grease last year?"
"Oh yeah, I remember, you were whatsername?"
"Marty."
"Yeah, I vaguely remember, you were good."
"Thanks."
"C'mon then, let's scoot."
They held hands as they made their way back to Mike's. He opened the door.
"Looks like Bill's not back yet." said Mike.
They went up to his room and immediately started kissing. They sort of flopped over onto Mike's bed with her legs round him. She began to laugh a bit in between kisses which made Mike do the same. His hands began to slide down her back and down to her trousers, and under her top.
Scarlett squeezed his back cheekily making them kiss faster. Mike's mood was coming on.
"Hey Mike you..........oookaaayy, this is not a good time." Billie Joe had just opened the bedroom door.
Scarlett and Mike immediately pulled away and sat up. Mike was biting his lip from the inside and let out a loud frustrated breath. Scarlett looked away, her cheeks going bright red and one of fingers was in her mouth.
"Oh my God Bill, next time knock the fuckin' door!" Mike said really annoyed trying to cover the bump in his crotch.
"Sorry guys, um well I didn't think you were in here cos I didn't even know Scarlett was here, but anyway, we were just discussing that it's Tre's birthday next week so we were gonna go out."
"Okay, be down in a sec." Mike let out another "stressed" sigh. "Sorry about that."
Scarlett was still very red.
"It's ok." she mumbled. They trailed downstairs to where Billie, Adie and Tre were.
"Hey dudes!" said Tre.
Mike and Scarlett both smiled at him. Scarlett was still avoiding Billie's eyes and was surprisingly embarrased about him walking in on them. After all Mike was her first boyfriend.
"Right guys, we were thinkin', on Saturday night we could go and eat somewhere and then if we want, go somewhere else. That okay?"
"Yeah, should be good!" said Mike. "Can you come Scarlett?"
"Probably." she answered.
"Uhhhhhh, what exactly are you gonna say to your parents?" Mike said feeling a bit rude asking that question.
"Oh, that's easy, I'll just tell them I'm baby sitting."
"Baby sitting?" asked Billie Joe "Where did you think of that?"
"Oh my Uncle told me to, he's pretty cool."
"You know that's a pretty good idea, but will they like wanna know who you're baby sitting for?"
"Yeah but I'll think of something."
"You know," said Mike "just get them to ring here and I'll just, pretend to be the "man of the house " if that's what you wanna call it, and then you could tell him to drop you off at the end of this road and then I could drop you back. Sound realistic?"
"Definately."
"Oh, by the way Mike, do you just wanna quickly nip out with me, they've got some drinks cheap at the offy, so we could get some for next weekend?" asked Billie.
"Yeah sure, okay, we'll be back in a second guys!"
"kay see ya!" Tre and Scarlett both said simultaneouly.
Billie Joe and Mike quickly nipped out and got in the car. Tre continued to throw sweets in the air and catch them in the air with his mouth whilst Adie went upstairs.
"You can sit down you know." said Tre. Scarlett perched down beside him. He offered her the
bowl. She took one out and chucked it up into the air and caught it.
"Pretty impressive!" he said. She grinned. "So......what do you to in your spare time?"
"Not that much, homework and see Mike, which is the good bit! Uh, so what about you?"
"Uuuuummm," he said looking upwards thinking, "See Cassy, band practise, watch telly, mess around with Mike and Billie........uh......write poetry.."
"Poetry? Like what? Can I hear?"
"If you really want to! ummmm, like....ummm 'Good Body'"
"How does that go?"
"Great tits, great ass, makes me ride you fast, and those sexy thighs makes my crotch arise!"
Scarlett threw her head back with laughter.
"Oh my God, I've never heard anything like it!"
"Like it?"
"Uhh yeah, I guess!"
"Hey, you wanna have a competition to see who can fit the most sweets in their mouth?" said Tre hopefully.
"Umm, okay then."
Tre put the bowl out in between the two of them.
"On your marks, get set, GO!"
They both reached for the bowl and began to shove handfuls of sweets in their mouth until
it was almost empty. They were both laughing as they shoved more and more in.
The door opened and Billie and Mike came in with some crates of drink.
"Uhh, guys, what are you doing?" Mike asked totally confused. All of a sudden, Tre spat out
his enormous mouthful of sweets and they flew everywhere. Scarlett cracked up and ran to the
bin to empty her mouth before she repeated the same action.
"Sorry, Mike we were having a sweet competition." said Tre picking up all the soggy, half-chewed sweets. Scarlett also had an apologetic, guilty smile on her face. Mike rolled his eyes.
"Typical old Tre!" he sighed
She was pretty good at it. She kept a sketch book under her bed and drew in it when she was bored. It was private though. Her dad didn't like Art. Apparently it was a "waste of a subject" and anyone could dab some paint on paper and pencil out outlines and colour them in. Scarlett totally disagreed with. She'd heard that creative stuff was good for the mind anyway. Art wasn't easy. At the moment they had to use water to create expression in their pictures which was pretty challengeing. And yeah, anyone can dab paint on paper, but some people can do it really well.
"Now by the way class," Miss Holton said knocking her out of her daze "we're having another small assessment next week on Wednesday."
There was a large moan, but then they were saved by the bell. The whole class stood up and moved.
In the Art room everyone settled down and pulled out their sketch books. They all began to get
on with their water paintings.
"Hey Scurvy, you got a rubber?"
She threw one carelessly at Josh. She sighed trying to decide what to do next and raised her
head. As her head turned towards the glass in the door she spotted Mike. He looked up and raised
his eyebrows.
**Mike**
"You still going out with her?" Matt asked.
"Yes I am actually."
"Why do you decide to go out with her?"
"Because I like her! Why is that such a problem to you?"
"Well I just thought you'd chose someone more popular."
"Can't stand popular girls, and she's got personality."
He mouthed to her "how are you?". She mouthed back "Fine thanks." before they both sniggered a bit. Then again Mike mouthed "what are you doing?". She held up her painting. His eyebrows raised and he gave her a thumbs up signal. Her Art teacher tapped her on the shoulder and told her to get on with her work. Scarlett quickly raised her eyebrows and began working again.
"Hey Mike!" Jack, another one of Mike's mates said. "How long you been going out for?"
"Two weeks."
"Is she like, dorky?"
"No, she's totally the opposite of what you think actually."
"Oh, does she have a good body?"
"Stop asking stupid questions Jack." Mike said even though he was thinking "God , she has a great ass!"
"Sorry. Well, is she cool?"
"Depends what your idea of cool is. Just put it this way. I like her alot and I think she's a really great person and I don't really care what people think about us going out."
"Okay then."
**School bell goes**
Mike was stood outside of school before Scarlett got out. She walked out a minute later giving
him a small wave. He smiled back at her.
"Hey stranger!" Mike called out to her.
They put their arms around each other before going into a long, slow kiss. They pulled away and smiled.
The cheerleader girls happened to be walking past at the time. All had their eyebrows raised.
Mike wasn't a Jock but alot of the girls still thought he was pretty hot. Scarlett copied their expression before raising her middle finger. Mike cracked up. The girls mouths opened in shock before the carried on walking, giving her really dirty looks.
"You really got 'em there Scarlly."
She let out a little giggle.
"Can you come back to mine now? We aint seen each other properly for.... um a few days." he asked.
"Erm.... I dunno?"
"What will you tell your folks?"
"......Drama class?"
"Will they believe that?"
"I dunno, well I was in Grease last year?"
"Oh yeah, I remember, you were whatsername?"
"Marty."
"Yeah, I vaguely remember, you were good."
"Thanks."
"C'mon then, let's scoot."
They held hands as they made their way back to Mike's. He opened the door.
"Looks like Bill's not back yet." said Mike.
They went up to his room and immediately started kissing. They sort of flopped over onto Mike's bed with her legs round him. She began to laugh a bit in between kisses which made Mike do the same. His hands began to slide down her back and down to her trousers, and under her top.
Scarlett squeezed his back cheekily making them kiss faster. Mike's mood was coming on.
"Hey Mike you..........oookaaayy, this is not a good time." Billie Joe had just opened the bedroom door.
Scarlett and Mike immediately pulled away and sat up. Mike was biting his lip from the inside and let out a loud frustrated breath. Scarlett looked away, her cheeks going bright red and one of fingers was in her mouth.
"Oh my God Bill, next time knock the fuckin' door!" Mike said really annoyed trying to cover the bump in his crotch.
"Sorry guys, um well I didn't think you were in here cos I didn't even know Scarlett was here, but anyway, we were just discussing that it's Tre's birthday next week so we were gonna go out."
"Okay, be down in a sec." Mike let out another "stressed" sigh. "Sorry about that."
Scarlett was still very red.
"It's ok." she mumbled. They trailed downstairs to where Billie, Adie and Tre were.
"Hey dudes!" said Tre.
Mike and Scarlett both smiled at him. Scarlett was still avoiding Billie's eyes and was surprisingly embarrased about him walking in on them. After all Mike was her first boyfriend.
"Right guys, we were thinkin', on Saturday night we could go and eat somewhere and then if we want, go somewhere else. That okay?"
"Yeah, should be good!" said Mike. "Can you come Scarlett?"
"Probably." she answered.
"Uhhhhhh, what exactly are you gonna say to your parents?" Mike said feeling a bit rude asking that question.
"Oh, that's easy, I'll just tell them I'm baby sitting."
"Baby sitting?" asked Billie Joe "Where did you think of that?"
"Oh my Uncle told me to, he's pretty cool."
"You know that's a pretty good idea, but will they like wanna know who you're baby sitting for?"
"Yeah but I'll think of something."
"You know," said Mike "just get them to ring here and I'll just, pretend to be the "man of the house " if that's what you wanna call it, and then you could tell him to drop you off at the end of this road and then I could drop you back. Sound realistic?"
"Definately."
"Oh, by the way Mike, do you just wanna quickly nip out with me, they've got some drinks cheap at the offy, so we could get some for next weekend?" asked Billie.
"Yeah sure, okay, we'll be back in a second guys!"
"kay see ya!" Tre and Scarlett both said simultaneouly.
Billie Joe and Mike quickly nipped out and got in the car. Tre continued to throw sweets in the air and catch them in the air with his mouth whilst Adie went upstairs.
"You can sit down you know." said Tre. Scarlett perched down beside him. He offered her the
bowl. She took one out and chucked it up into the air and caught it.
"Pretty impressive!" he said. She grinned. "So......what do you to in your spare time?"
"Not that much, homework and see Mike, which is the good bit! Uh, so what about you?"
"Uuuuummm," he said looking upwards thinking, "See Cassy, band practise, watch telly, mess around with Mike and Billie........uh......write poetry.."
"Poetry? Like what? Can I hear?"
"If you really want to! ummmm, like....ummm 'Good Body'"
"How does that go?"
"Great tits, great ass, makes me ride you fast, and those sexy thighs makes my crotch arise!"
Scarlett threw her head back with laughter.
"Oh my God, I've never heard anything like it!"
"Like it?"
"Uhh yeah, I guess!"
"Hey, you wanna have a competition to see who can fit the most sweets in their mouth?" said Tre hopefully.
"Umm, okay then."
Tre put the bowl out in between the two of them.
"On your marks, get set, GO!"
They both reached for the bowl and began to shove handfuls of sweets in their mouth until
it was almost empty. They were both laughing as they shoved more and more in.
The door opened and Billie and Mike came in with some crates of drink.
"Uhh, guys, what are you doing?" Mike asked totally confused. All of a sudden, Tre spat out
his enormous mouthful of sweets and they flew everywhere. Scarlett cracked up and ran to the
bin to empty her mouth before she repeated the same action.
"Sorry, Mike we were having a sweet competition." said Tre picking up all the soggy, half-chewed sweets. Scarlett also had an apologetic, guilty smile on her face. Mike rolled his eyes.
"Typical old Tre!" he sighed
