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Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:24 pm
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Thanks to his relatively early arrival at school, Alex had the time to thank Greg for the picture that Greg had sent him the previous night. When he arrived at his class, there was still a couple minutes before it began. Wouldn't you know it though? Goth girl was now in his class, and sitting with Sofia, no less. Knowing that he was still expected to sit with Sofia, he plopped into the desk next to hers, and since there was some time left before the class started, he casually said to goth girl, "I don't believe I caught your name last night." "Don't believe I dropped it," she snootily replied, "But if you have to have one, call me Debra." "Nice to meet you, Debra," Alex said simply because he was expected to, but Debra had gone back to ignoring him and talking to Sofia.
Once the class had started, the teacher stood at the front and said, "Before we start today, we have a new student in our class. Why don't you introduce yourself, Debra?" That, of course, was an order instead of a request. Debra grudgingly moved to the front of the clas and said, "My name is Debra Hancock, and I've just moved here from across town, and... that's all that you need to know." Turning her attention to the teacher, Debra stated, "My friend Sofia told me all about this pretend marriage project that you have this year, and since there doesn't seem to be a pretend husband for me, why don't I..." She paused just long enough to look around and pick out a couple that appeared to be getting along together quite well, and she pointed at the boy while she continued, "Why don't I pretend to be his mistress? You know, add some real-world drama to their relationship." The boy and his pretend wife stared back at Debra with stunned, 'What the f***?' expressions on their faces. The teacher merely sighed and shook his head as he replied, "That won't be necessary. I already have a project for you do to. What I want you to do is interview each couple on a regular basis, monitor the progress of their respective marriages, pretend or otherwise, and at the end of the year you will submit a 'lessons learned' report based on your findings. I have a list of survey questions for you to use during the interviews. If you have any additional questions that you wish to ask, please submit them to me for approval before you ask them." Debra acted as if she was disappointed and she said in return, "Alright, I'll do your project. I still think my idea is better." When she went back to her desk, she leaned over to Sofia and whispered in her ear, "Did you see the expression on that boy's face? That alone made it worthwhile."
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:46 pm
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Needless to say, Alex was surprised when he found the lunch in his bag. Sofia hadn't bothered to do that for him before, and he didn't think that her gratitude for the previous day had extended that far. He felt tempted to eat the lunch, but if it was meant for her, that would only give her another reason to gripe at him. With that thought in mind, Alex went to find her so that he could return the lunch. He looked at the library first, but she wasn't there. His second guess was that she was in the music room. Sofia was there, and sure enough, Debra was with her. That left Alex wondering if Sofia had ever bonded with anyone else as quickly in her entire life. Holding up the lunch, he asked her, "Are you missing something?"
((OOC: Yes, that picture works quite well, and there is a lot to be said for consistency.))
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Davey Word Hunter Captain
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:56 pm
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Debra was glad when Alex left quickly, partly because his attitude bothered her and partly because he was interrupting her conversation with Sofia. After a while, Debra felt the call of nature, and so she said to Sofia, "Will you excuse me? I have to go powder my nose." She then left the music room and hurried to the nearest girls' bathroom. Fortunately she could remember where it was at. Unfortunately, just as she was leaving the music room, she saw the cheerleader from the previous day, and this time she was backed up by another four. The moment that Brandy saw Debra her face lit up and she said to the others, "Hey look! It's the girl that I told you about!" Speaking to Debra, she continued, "I'm still trying to figure out if you're supposed to be a vampire or just an emo." "Why don't you come closer?" Debra suggested, "If I bite you on the neck, I'm a vampire! Mystery solved." Brandy glared at Debra and remarked, "You've got a pretty smart mouth for a new girl. Maybe I should slap it off your face." In any other situation, Debra would have been glad to trade insults with Brandy, but at the moment she had a more pressing need. Instead, she reached into the hidden pocket on her dress and took out a matte-black butterfly knife. She expertly unsheathed the blade with a flick of her wrist and held it in front of her as she replied, "If you want to dance, just name the tune!" Brandy's face visibly paled and she backed up a couple steps. Obviously this wasn't the kind of confrontation that she wanted or expected. "You... you can't have that!" she finally sputtered, "It's illegal! I'm telling!" Brandy then turned and all but ran, in a very childish manner, to the nearest classroom, with Team Bimbo following on her heels. Debra was smirking as she sheathed the blade and tucked the knife securely down the front of her dress, where it wouldn't be found unless she was thoroughly frisked or strip-searched. Both of them would require a female teacher, and since Debra hadn't bee in that school long enough to be labeled as a trouble-maker, she didn't think that the school will bother to do either, at least this time.
She was almost at the bathroom when the cheerleaders returned with a male teacher in tow, and Brandy declared accusingly, "There she is! She's the one with the knife!" "Knife? What knife? I don't have a knife!" Debra replied while holding out her hands to show that they were empty. Brandy was frowning, but guessed that she knew where the knife had gone, and so she grabbed the pocket in Debra's dress to find it. When she didn't, she began to pat her way around Debra's waist in search of another pocket. Debra let her do that for a couple seconds before pushing Brandy's hands away and insisting, "Hey! That's what they call 'unwanted physical contact'! At least buy me dinner first!" Brandy flushed at the implication, and then announced, "She probably ditched it someplace." Spotting a nearby trash can, Brandy went to it and began to dig through the trash in search of the elusive knife. During that time, the teacher had been looking from Debra to Brandy and back again. While Debra appeared to be disreputable, Brandy had a bad reputation as well. He could have asked the other cheerleaders about what had happened, but he knew that they would swear on a stack of bibles that black was white and the moon was made of green cheese if Brandy told them to, and so they were useless. Finally he chose to take a middle road. Looking at Debra again, he sternly told her, "There are laws against bringing weapons to school. I'd advise you to become familiar with them if you aren't already." He then went on his way. "I will. Thank you, sir!" Debra replied, and she finally made it to the bathroom.
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:18 pm
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Thanks to the usual dynamics of gossip, Alex was about three steps down the grapevine from Aeron, and he had no idea that Sofia had taken the picture of Brandy that was sweeping through the school like a tidal wave, or that Aeron was the primary distributor. Not that it would have mattered if he had known. All that Alex cared about was that the embarrassing photo was almost as good as the one that Greg had sent to him. "Did you get this?" he asked Greg, who was conveniently with him at the moment. "I certainly did!" Greg replied while looking at his cell phone and smiling. "I wonder what she's looking for," Alex mused. "Her lunch?" Greg suggested, and then he inquired, "By the way, have you used the picture that I sent you yet?" Alex shook his head and replied, "Not yet. I'm just waiting for the right moment."
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:50 pm
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The first indication that Brandy got that something was dreadfully wrong came about mid-afternoon when she found a color ink-jet printout of the photo that filled the entire page. While much of the quality of the picture had been lost when it had been enlarged, it was still clear enough to recognize Brandy as she dug through the trash can. Brandy screamed in rage as she tore down the picture and ripped it to shreds, as she did to the copy that she found a little further down the hall, and the next one, and the next one. She had to give that up when she realized that there were still two dozen copies spread out along that hall alone. Turning to her cohorts, she held out a wadded-up picture and vowed, "When I find out who did this, that person is dead! Dead I tell you!" Ironically the one person who Brandy hated the most at the moment, i.e. Debra, couldn't have taken the photo. As for Sofia, Brandy didn't know that Sofia had seen the entire confrontation with Debra, and Brandy didn't think that Sofia had the guts to take such a photo, let alone spread it to everyone in the school. Meanwhile, Alex had gone to football practice at the end of the school day, just like always.
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