Post by Kenzie on Aug 26, 2015 18:11:08 GMT -5
”See! You’d make a good psych major too, Artie! You could be West’s little protégé! You could take all of his classes!” Susan teased her brother, elbowing him in the shoulder. Arthur glared in retaliation as she continued to try and embarrass him. He didn’t want this conversation to turn into that, damn it, he didn’t want his professor to think he was trivializing the subject he taught! How on earth was West friends with someone like Susan, really? With how much passion West taught his class with the idea of him being acquainted with Susan who took literally nothing seriously was laughable. Once again, though, he really didn’t know West much outside of the classroom.
”Stop.” Arthur demanded of his sister, who just bumped shoulders with him again, this time nearly knocking him off the chair. Susan was snickering until her brother returned the gesture (much lighter than she had, because Susan was so tiny) and caught her off-guard. She snorted in a very unattractive manner at his audacity, but before she could continue their childish actions, Eldin explained how he met his wife. It brought a smile back to Susan’s face, but a frown and eye roll to Arthur’s.
”If you guys fell in love, why is this the first time she’s here? Get a divorce somewhere in the middle?” Arthur asked, knowing full well that Susan was under the impression Eldin was single for a long time. She always talked about how attractive he was, after all. Besides it really didn’t add up for them to have been married right after college and been married all this time if Adrianna had just moved here, right?
”Arthur! Don’t be rude.” Susan said, though her lecture was cut short when she caught sight of her best friend and yelled out, ”NATALIE!”
When Natalie and John took their seats, Susan snorted at West’s comments. ”Oh, I bet they were. What are you naughty children doing all alone in that house of yours, I wonder… and thank you, John! I put a lot of effort into making this night look magical for the kids!”
As Susan started converse with her friends, Arthur offered the other teachers a polite nod before he looked back at Adrianna and Eldin skeptically, definitely not wanting to listen in on his sister’s dirty conversation with a bunch of old people and West.-x-
Kara quirked a brow over at Maxine’s sassy comment towards her, telling her to focus on the prank. Which was exactly what she was doing! It wasn’t her fault that the males in the area were just proving to be more annoying than useful. Well, Chance was better than Ethan at least. She couldn’t help but smirk in satisfaction when Ethan was told to go get Maxine a drink. What a fitting job for him – being a butler.
So instead Kara focused on the discussion being had about the prank. When Max elaborated on the prank and said that they should make it look like someone hung themselves, she grinned in excitement. That was prefect! It’d be just like the stories said, of students coming in one morning to find a corpse dangling from the branches of the large tree in the front of the school.
”Making it look like someone hung themselves is a brilliant idea. But if any of us try to do it, that’d academic suicide. You’d be packing your bags to leave school by Monday morning; there’s no way to deny being a part of the prank if you’re hanging from a fake noose.” Kara pointed out. However the mannequin idea… ”But the party is going to be dark, plus, we’re cutting the power. If we can get a human weighted mannequin to fall, and get it to look like a man’s corpse, then it’ll be a dead-ringer for Mr. Powell. Pun intended. And we definitely need to get the drop to create a snapping sound – like a neck cracking. It might be a good idea if we can get dirt and what looks like dried blood to fall from his hands and feet, and put him in dirty clothes – you know, to symbolize the fact that he killed and buried his family. Maybe we could get a dirty shovel involved too, somehow.”
She turned to Chance when he mentioned not enough nooses being a statement, or too many being obvious, she nodded.
”If we make the one noose very noticeable, I think subtle will work. There was only one man who hung himself after all – unless you want to include that whole rumor about the headmaster who left, then maybe we could work with two. But you have a point about too many making it painfully obvious. We want to scare the shit out of people, which means lots of loud noises and lots of unexpected, gross surprises.”
She turned towards Onyx as she mentioned sneaking into the school. Funny enough Kara never pegged her for being the type to do that – she was so quiet it didn’t really seem like a hobby she would have.
”You’re the unexpected type for doing something like that… perfect. No one’ll be the wiser. I think you and him,” She jerked her thumb over towards Chance. ”Should do what he says. Rig up the contraption, one of you keeping guard. No more than two people are needed for that. Any more and you’ll stick out.”
When the group seemed keen on her idea about the pies being filled with worms and dirt Kara’s evil grin grew. Perfect. She wouldn’t mind doing it – it would be a matter of sneaking into the kitchen, where they kept the pre-prepared pies before the contest, and carefully unwrapping the crust to get the worms and dirt into it. The pies were made from scratch the night before by Metric’s cooking instructors, and she knew how the crust was folded. She could get shit in there if she didn’t think it’d give the prank away by stinking up the fridge.
”Leave the pies to me then. I know where they keep them.” Kara said, ”As for the apple bobbing pit, you’re right. The teachers all walk around and keep an eye on that. But I think maybe if there’s some kind of big distraction – like the lights flickering briefly before we cut them for real – one of us can dump the shit in the pit. It’ll work out—“
But as she spoke, she got another idea, and leaned in closer towards Maxine and the rest of the group. ”What if we put fake hair into the apple pit, too? Imagine sticking your face into a clear bucket of water and coming out with hair all over your mouth. Puke worthy, right?”-x-
”You are right, it does have a lot to live up to. I am satisfied with the school, but to Salem? I do not care for.” Daphne said. In fact she could have said the same thing about America in general. Daphne’s least favorite part of coming here was definitely the language barrier. Still she struggled with English at times, especially writing it. There were a few French teachers here who spoke to her and whom she respected, but she wanted nothing more than to go back to France and be with her family.
”I said I was not.” Daphne made it clear as Rory took his seat and put in his headphones. She stared blankly for a moment. It actually relieved her he would not try to make conversation.
When Carla smiled, Daphne nodded politely.
”Ah. It is fine. I do not plan to go anywhere either.” Daphne said, eyeing the book in Rory’s hand again. She turned towards Carla. ”Are you going to read, as well? It would probably be difficult to think. Even here, away from speakers, all I hear, is the sound of that voice. It is not very good.”-x-
”Oh don’t say something to depressing Mason! You’ve got plenty of friends.” Amy assured, turning around to give Ace and Max a wide smile. She knew Ace was reluctant to even go to the dance and that much was apparent in the way Max literally had to drag him down the hall and constantly complained about pictures.
”Ace! Get over it! You are making happy memories and that is final! How horrible are we, making our friend actually do things with us! Max, we should be arrested.” Amy gave Ace a taunting smirk over her shoulder as the cool night air greeted her bare skin. She led the way to her car and unlocked it.
Todd followed behind the group, giving Niko another smile as she replied a little overenthusiastically to what he said. If he wasn’t mistaken, it sounded kind of like she was trying to be as nonchalant about everything as Amy and Max were and he laughed a little, finding it kind of adorable. He smiled back at her wide grin. ”I’m excited to. I haven’t, uh, haven’t really been this excited for a dance in… in a long time.”
He wondered if Chase would be there, too? That guy he met at the mall – he’d definitely recognize that suit. As they came to a stop beside Amy’s car she realized they might have a bit of a problem with the seat situation she had overlooked. She nervously coughed into her hand.
”Well… uh… it’s a dance! Get a little promiscuous and sit on each other’s laps! It’s only for a few seconds anyway!” Amy decided to say, getting settled in the driver’s seat. That comment caused Todd to free and blush, wishing he’d reminded Amy about the fact that her car could fit about five people maximum. But oh, he really hated to sound like he was coming off as ungrateful.
The slide into Amy’s car was difficult. Todd was already cramped enough with his obnoxiously long legs bent as he squished himself as close to the window as he could get. He gave Niko a shy little side grin.
”S—sorry, I don’t have my own car—“
”I wouldn’t let you drive anyway pretty boy! I am your chauffeur!” Amy spoke in an obnoxious impression of a French accent. ”Get comfortable and remember – no funny business in my car! Totally looking at you, Ace!”
Once everyone had… some semblance of organized seating Amy took off out of the parking lot, a pop station coming out of the speakers. As she arrived to the dance center she noticed all the good parking spots were taken and huffed. Oh well, a little walking never killed anyone! She drove towards the nearest parking spot and pulled into it.-x-
Upon arriving to the studio, Chad groaned when he realized that there were no parking spots near the building. It wasn’t necessarily because he cared, but he knew Chardonnay did. He didn’t really care genuinely about Chardonnay but she was his date tonight and he didn’t want to make her miserable!
”Why don’t they have a valet?” Chad said in irritation. Seriously, why not?! He knew they had that stuff at the family formal. Why did homecoming get the shaft? He could just drop Chardonnay off at the door, but what was the good in that! He wouldn’t be there to escort her in, which was basically the point of all this. Shit. He couldn’t let such a perfect date go – wait! He saw someone he recognized. Kyle, some jockey looking kid heading up to the dance with his smoking hot girlfriend. ”Wait! I got this, Chardonnay you just watch! I’m not going to make the Queen walk all the way to the door, now am I?”
Chad pulled over towards the curb and honked his horn at the guy. Kyle turned and recognized Chad’s car. Chad put the car in park and hopped out, going over to the confused Kyle who he pulled into a bro-hug. Seizing the chance, he spoke quickly in Kyle’s ear.
”So dude, I got Chardonnay Nicholas in my car and she is gonna be pissed at me because there’s no more parking spots up front. Don’t look you idiot, she’ll see you,” Chad hissed at Kyle, who had glanced over towards the passenger side of the car with a completely dumbstruck expression on his face. Chad laughed and pulled away from Kyle, clapping him on the back. ”So could you park my car for me? Pretty please? I don’t want to mess this up.”
Kyle glanced behind him, at his girlfriend, who was looking more irritable by the second.
”I dunno, dude, my girlfriend—“
”Buy her a present to make up for it.” Chad pulled out his wallet and slipped two hundreds into Kyle’s hands. After a moment of hesitation from Kyle, Chad slipped a few more bills into Kyle’s hands. ”Take her out to dinner too, buy her a wedding ring I don’t really care just park my fucking car.”
”Anything for you, Chad! Hey Rhonnie, I’ll be one second – doing a solid for a bud.” Kyle informed his girlfriend, who’s jaw dropped as Kyle went around to the driver’s seat of Chad’s car with the bills hastily stuffed into his pant pockets. Meanwhile Chad went to open Chardonnay’s door for her, giving her a charming grin as he offered her his hand.
”Found a valet. Told you that you wouldn’t be walking far.” He said. In fact the door to the dance center was only a few feet in front of the sidewalk Chad had pulled up next to. ”Ready to make your grand entrance?”-x-
Yes, Noah’s comments were getting super cheesy and super over the top. As much as anyone else would probably find them completely shallow and lame Shyanne liked hearing it. Though since they were basically there already, she didn’t really want to have him be saying that kind of stuff in front of her friends. So, she turned towards him as she walked up towards the dance center. Shyanne entered the threshold with her shoulders back and head high, feeling absolutely spectacular. She turned towards Noah and gave him another smile.
”Thank you! It’s like they’re playing my theme song, right?” Shyanne giggled at Noah, spotting her friends by the punch table. She didn’t notice Cliff and Pippa, neither of whom she would have recognized anyway, and instead led Noah towards them, walking with practiced skill in her heels.
”Okay so I like love the cheesy pickup lines, but like, around my friends could you keep it like, this generation?” She said to Noah. She stopped when a couple of eating weirdos were in her way. She made a face at Cliff and Pippa.
”Like, talking with their mouths full? Could they be any grosser?” She asked Noah, making a face.-
”Mmmfg…. Mffg.” Cliff said, having to smile when Pippa did the exact same thing he did. Maybe she was just doing it to make him feel better, but either way, it was really sweet. He did as she suggested and took a sip of the punch, washing down the cookie that remained in his mouth. He took a deep breath and turned towards Pippa with a smile. Unlike her he’d gotten a few crumbs on his suit tee shirt.
”Yeah the punch is really sweet. Helps wash down the crumbs though.” Cliff said, watching as a few couples took to the dance floor. Should… should he ask her to dance soon? He felt his palms growing sweaty as he put the drink down and turned away from pip just for a second, to see his surroundings – and then he saw Noah. He jaw almost dropped when he saw Shyanne with her hand in Noah’s like it was some precious china glass. She was a bitch, but a god damn gorgeous bitch. It was so weird to be standing in the same area as her – usually at dances she was off with the popular crowd, nowhere within ten feet of Noah or Cliff.
Cliff cleared his throat and looked at Noah.
”…she actually came.” He said, sounding a mix of impressed and slightly disappointed. Not that he wished Noah hadn’t had a date, but because he wished his buddy would be free to hang out with him instead of trailing after Shyanne like a puppy. He then blinked, remembering he had a date too, and turned to Pippa. Feeling a little bolder in front of Noah, he took Pippa’s hand and gestured towards her.
”This is my date, Pippa. She’s new to the school – I didn’t have a chance to tell you I got a date after we uh… met.” Cliff awkwardly cleared his throat again, ”and Pippa, this is my best friend Noah and his date, the royal bit—I mean, Shyanne.”
Shyanne narrowed her eyes dangerously as Cliff’s ‘slip-up’, but it was obvious she caught it. Instead she just looked at her nails as though she was bored and waited for Noah to say something, barely giving Pippa a glance. She totally looked like a new girl – baby faced, quirky looking, with a very simply dress and shoes that didn’t even have a heel. Shyanne didn’t let her gaze hover.
