18A/N: I'm trying this story again.
Let's see how it works.
This is a story that has been inside of me for a long time. I can't get rid of the idea and how wonderful it would be to actually get it written and out there for you to read.
Flirting with Disaster
by SavannahX
Chapter One: Encounter
I've always thought of myself to be a normal, 15 year old girl. I wasn't really all that normal if you looked at me through other kids' eyes, but I still thought I was relatively normal. I had my issues, of course, but I went to school, hung out with my friends, participated in extra-curricular activities, and did homework. I was normal when it came to those types of things.
Then there was the part of me that wasn't normal. I couldn't get along with kids my own age. I could never do that no matter how hard I tried. The girls in my grade thought I was a stupid little bitch and in some respects, but they treated me that way. Most of them manipulated me and acted nice behind my back and to my face sometimes, that is until they needed help in homework or something like that. Then they were all buddy-buddy with me because I was so smart and they could use me.
Things changed that summer between my freshman and sophomore year. I had just ended my first year of high school successfully when it came to academics but not so much when it came to friends. I had just lost all of my old friends over some stupid fight.
And then I fell in love with the perfect, beautiful, wonderful disaster. I have those stupid girls to blame for this because if we hadn't fought, I would have been the wreck that I was and I wouldn't have changed into the girl he fell in love with. So in some way, I needed to thank them. So that's why I'm doing this. I'm writing this little memoir to show how I feel to those girls and to the new friends I made, as well as the disaster.
Now I know calling him the disaster probably makes you think he was a horrible person who I shouldn't have fallen for. But on the contrary, he was the most amazing guy I could have fallen for. I call him the disaster because after I fell for him, my life became a huge disaster that I almost couldn't get out of. But I don't regret falling in love with him at all. He changed my life and I still love him today even though he's dating someone else today.
It doesn't hurt to see him dating someone else because that means the two of us were successful, if you could call it that.
So it was about halfway through April when the first noteworthy thing happened. At this time, things were fine in all of our friendships. This was my first encounter with that whole group of people. And although we didn't really talk, I noticed things that maybe I shouldn't have noticed. Things that I should have forgotten.
Tonight was the night of our friend Molly's big talent show. She had auditioned to make the show and had made it and now was competing for prizes. Of course we went to go see her, because that's what friends did. Even with Sam's overwhelming schedule and driver's ed, she had sacrificed her time to come. Jenny was there as well and I knew that if I was with the two of them, I'd be miserable for the most part. So I was contemplating sitting with other people but hadn't made a decision.
"I have to go to the bathroom," I told them and the two of them got up to go follow me. They were acting like they were drunk and ramming into one another to be funny. I found it to be extremely immature and just kinda left it at that. I didn't want to say anything and risk having their tempers unleashed upon me.
We saw Molly peek her way out of the lecture hall that was connected to the theatre. I had been in a show at this same theatre and it was used as a place for the people involved to sit while they weren't on stage. She saw us and ran out to join us. Her hair was elegantly done in curls and her hair was up. Her dress was a milky white color with silver flowers that shimmered when the light hit them. I recognized the dress instantly. It was Sam's homecoming dress.
"Hey!" she said as she ran up to us and I could tell she was nervous by the high pitched voice she was using. "I have to pee really bad and I had to sneak out of the room! The lady that's in charge wouldn't let me go because people could see me. Her name is Molly too, ironic, huh?" She giggled at us and I could see the nerves setting in. She was talking unbelievably fast and her palms were sweaty.
We went into the bathroom and stood there while Molly adjusted her hair in the mirror. "I'm so scared, you know? What if I bomb on stage?"
This question was obliviously directed at me. Although Jenny was Molly's best friend, I was the one involved in singing with her so I understood how she felt.
"Don't sweat it Molly," I told her like the good friend. And honestly, I wanted her to do well. She had a good voice and I wanted her to well because she deserved it. "You'll do great!" I gave her a huge hug and then the bathroom door swung open.
A very angry looking girl stood there. I recognized her from the recruiting day for this show. She was short and had an angry look on her face. Her hair was a mousy brown color and she had dark brown eyes that were obscured by glasses. She looked livid.
"There you are!" she said and grabbed Molly by the arm. "You're not supposed to be out here, you know that! Come on!"
She shot us a dirty look and we walked out.
"What a bitch," Jenny commented.
"Yeah," Sam said. "She didn't need to be quite so rude. Molly had to pee, that's all."
"That girl is a bitch, I think that's the Molly she was talking about," I told them.
We went and took our seats and I made the decision to stay with Jenny and Sam. Of course, it was a bit annoying to listen to them and their stupid little jokes, but I dealt with it.
The show began and it started with the winner from last year, who happened to be unbelievably gorgeous. He had the most amazing voice.
"He's hot!" Sam whispered in my ear and I giggled.
The show continued uneventfully and finally it was the end. Molly had made it into the second round but was cut before the third. Still, that meant she had at least received 6th place out of 12. She was the youngest one there too, so that was something really monumental.
We got up and started to leave. Sam of course, had to run her big mouth which got us noticed. "Well, the winner from last year, Austin, was really hot! Oh my god, he was gorgeous!"
"Yeah, he was!" I exclaimed.
"He was a really good singer too," Jenny told us.
Then of course, there was a laugh coming from behind us. We turned and there was Austin standing in a group of friends, laughing at the three high schoolers who had just complimented him. We all turned red and ran out of the room and into the hallway to congratulate Molly.
After we went to her, I saw my friend Nicole standing in a group of people. I had met her through the last play that I was in and so I went over to congratulate her even though she was standing in a huge group of people.
"Nicole!" I said as I ran up to her. "You did so good!"
She turned around and gave me a huge hug. "Thanks Court! That means a lot to me!" She turned to her group of friends and I was mortified to find the winner, Austin there. "Hey guys, this is my friend Court. She was in the last play with me."
The group included another contestant from the show as well as one of the judges, the host, and the winner from last year. I smiled and said hey to all of them. Nicole didn't find it necessary to introduce the rest of the group to me because I don't think she expected me to stay.
The group consisted of Nicole, the contestant who's name was Kate, a curly haired boy who had a high pitched voice, a blond haired girl who had a really low voice, a short boy in a Volunteer Firefighter's Shirt, the host, the girl who had been rude to us who's name was Molly, Austin, and the judge who's name was David.
Austin looked like he wanted to say something, but didn't have the guts. He nudged the guy next to him who was the judge. The judge looked at me and grinned as he locked eyes with me.
Honestly, I don't know what it was, but I felt something when he locked eyes with me. There was something about this whole group that just made me want to stay. But I really couldn't just go and do that, could I? I ended up hugging Nicole again and saying goodbye.
It was kinda funny how I'd met these people this night and hadn't realized the significant part that they would later on play in my life.
Especially the judge.
So here we sit, about halfway through the month of May. This is where I guess the story really starts. I mean, there had been the incident that had relevance to what would happen later on in life, but this is technically where the drama started.
The seniors were out of school so it was a lot less congested than normal. I was sitting in Math class when the fight began. In math we got to choose who we sat by so I had chosen to sit by my friends Melia and Hannah. Hannah, Melia, and I had always been on iffy terms with each other because of a fight we'd had in 7th grade. Melia and I were over it, but I sometimes didn't think Hannah was over it. She would act rude to me at times and I hated it. I think the only reason we sat together was because Melia united us. Although Melia and Hannah weren't on the best of terms because of Melia's new best friend Heather. Hannah had been dropped as a best friend so they weren't on the best of terms.
But needless to say, we were okay.
"So, guess what?" Melia said that particular day. It was a sunny day outside and I knew that it would be a really long time before I would be able to go outside into the warmth because it was only first hour.
"What?" Hannah asked her, obviously interested.
"Well, Nick and I are now going out!"
"Really?" I asked her. "When did that happen?"
"Last night," Melia said and giggled.
Honestly, I knew it was a good thing for Melia to have a boyfriend. But I wasn't the happiest about it because he was a junior who had a reputation. Melia had worse issues with her image because she was a little overweight and so a boyfriend would be good for her. I just hoped that this Nick wouldn't use her.
"Oh," Hannah said looking a bit annoyed. "That's cool I guess." Hannah of course wasn't happy for anyone but herself. No one else can be happy in Hannah's book because that means she's not the one in the spotlight. It'd been that way since fifth grade. Hannah had always been that way so her rude tone shouldn't have surprised me as much as it did.
"That's really cool Melia. I'm happy for you guys. Just be careful, okay? He is older than you and you know what they say about older guys."
"I will," she told me and I could tell she was happy. She was giggling like a maniac on crack and she was smiley and hyper at the same time. Melia was barely ever like this. It was really only when she was happy or at a party. That girl could get really crazy.
"Yeah, we're going on a date later tonight. I'm going to go hang out with Heather and his friend Matt and we're going to go out to Wendy's to get frosties."
"Sounds fun. I'm hanging out with Sam for the first time in a long time. She's had driver's ed so much that we haven't been able to hang out because of it. Mix that with my show choir schedule and we haven't really hung out since the start of April, maybe even mid-March."
"That's cool," Melia said. "You and Sam used to be inseparable. Driver's Ed kinda drug you guys apart, didn't it?"
"Yeah," I told her. "It'll be fine though. Sam and I are just going to have to hang out even more to make up for the loss of the last month!"
Melia and I high-fived over the table as the bell rang, signaling the end of class. We had wasted our whole work time like we did every other day. Hannah picked up her stuff and walked out of class with a slight smirk on her face.
"What was that about?" I asked Melia who shrugged. "Oh well, I'll see you later!"
The rest of the day passed by in a blur of events that really didn't matter to me. Finally, it was choir and I slipped into my seat next to Sam.
"I am so excited for tonight Sam! This is going to be great!" I grinned and looked at her. She smiled back with that quiet look of hers.
"Yeah." Her response was simple because the bell rang, signaling that choir was starting.
I went home and started to do my chores and called Sam at about 5. "Hey, are we still on for tonight?"
"You bet," she told me. "I have to finish doing some things so I'll call you when my dad gets home, okay?"
"Kay," I told her and let her go.
It was probably about six thirty when my phone rang in my pocket. I pulled it out and saw that Sam had just sent me a text message. "Hey. I'm going to the movies with Hannah and then staying the night at her house. I didn't figure you'd mind. We can hang out tomorrow."
Something so little like that shouldn't have set me off, but it did. I got pissed because Hannah was only doing this to spite me. That was obvious. I mean, what else could there be?
I fell to the ground, feeling betrayed and started to cry.
A/N: Sorry if this seems boring. I have to lay the foundations for Courtney's changes. She goes through some things that make her into the girl she later becomes. Interested? Review.
And I promise. The whole talent show thing has a lot of relevance. Any ideas behind that?
Hehe, just let me know what you think. I think I'm going to continue this story unlike the others.
REVIEW PLEASE! )