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After the class had ended, I saw Bradley whisper something in Tanks ear, he just nodded and began escorting Cherry out. I was beyond nervous because honestly...I never really had a serious relationship. I mean when I was in high school, I was pretty immature, I still am a little bit. The point was, I was just a kid and I didn't truly know what love was back then. Plus I was very oblivious to the whole body language thing. The last time I thought I was in a serious relationship, the douche bag I was dating for several months had a good friend of mine dump me for him basically because I wasn't putting out and I didn't pick up on his signals. I was angry, but I managed to get over him with the help of Max, Bobby, and PJ. I snapped out of my thoughts, realizing that the classroom was empty and that Bradley was in here with me. Alone.
"So Isabella...if you're not busy tonight...how about we go for dinner? My treat." Brad gave me a genuine smile.
Should I say yes? I mean I know of him, but I technically only met him yesterday.
One part of me wanted to go crawl in a hole somewhere, but then another part of me was like, 'fuck it all, like seriously? When would I ever have the opportunity to go out with this legendary guy again?'
"Sure. That sounds great." I finally answered.
Oh boy...let's hope I don't regret this...
"Wait wait...he asked you out? Like tonight?" Cherry seemed bummed.
"This isn't high school, but yes."
Cherry laughed at the high school comment.
"I mean...I don't know what to tell that Bobby guy now. He said he wanted us to hang out with them tonight. I didn't think you'd have a date..." Cherry sighed.
Aw man! Seriously?!
"I can...try to work something out with Bradley..." I offered. "If you guys really want to hang out- -"
"No! It's okay. You have a date and you shouldn't have to cancel it because of us. I'll just tell them that something came up. We can hang out with them tomorrow." Cherry told me.
"Thanks." I smiled at Cherry.
"Have fun, roomie." Cherry winked at me before walking off.
It had been about several days, maybe a week since I had my date with Bradley. Bradley seemed like a pretty decent guy overall. I liked him well enough. Word had gotten around that a freshman was now dating Bradley Uppercrust. I mean it's not that I cared so much, but I had only been on three dates with Brad.
"IZZYYYYYYY!" Bobby swooped me off my feet.
"AH!" I yelped. "Bobby! What the hell?" I giggled.
"We're going skating! Care to tag along with that roommate of yours?" He asked.
"Cherry actually has a class for four hours straight." I replied. "You like her don't you?" I smirked at Bobby.
Before I could get a retort from Bobby, Max and PJ skidded to a stop on their skateboards.
"Hey. You coming with us?" PJ smiled. "It'll be like old times."
"Oh god..." Max burst out in laughter.
I blushed as I caught myself staring at Max. His laugh was insanely adorable, even if he didn't think so. He really was his father's son in a lot of ways. Max blushed in embarrassment and put his hands over his mouth praying that no one else nearby heard him.
"I was just...I remembered back in high school, that guy Tyler, the most popular guy in the school tried asking you out. But Bobby raced over to you and accidentally tripped- -" Max started.
"Spilling his huge leaning cheese tower all over you and Tyler." PJ finished with a laugh.
Bobby joined in the laughter as I tried hiding my face behind my hair.
"Oh god, I think we broke her guys!" Bobby cackled.
Max picked up his board and put his arm around my shoulders.
"Aw come on, Bella. We were just teasing..." Max calmed down.
I want to officially go hide in a ditch now...
"Bella?" Max brushed my hair from my face and looked at me with concern.
"Well now I'm embarrassed...I thought you guys forgot about that." I looked down at my feet.
Max smiled at me.
"Oh please, that's not as bad as me making an ass of myself in front of Roxanne- -" Max stopped and chuckled nervously.
Roxanne was still a sore spot for Max I take it?
"How about we get going? You guys wanted to skate around campus right?" I smiled sadly.
Max nodded in reply and I felt bad immediately. A year after Roxanne and Max started dating, Roxanne had to move...she told Max last minute before she left. I remember being furious because Max was pretty heart broken for a while. I took my rollerblades out of my backpack and put my shoes away.
"Ready?" Bobby chuckled weakly trying to ease the tension.
"Yeah." We all smiled.
With that we left.
"Come on Izzy-Bee! I know you can do better than that!" Bobby teased me.
"I told you not to call me that!" I blushed.
Mr. Goof gave me that nickname...
I mean I was only okay with Mr. Goof calling me Izzy-Bee. I don't want to get into my personal life, but let's just say Mr. Goof played a big role in my life when I was little. Max and I were the best of friends and were neighbors as well, we basically grew up together. Mr. Goof was basically a father figure because...I didn't really have a father. He even took me to a father/daughter dance!
"Watch out, Bobby!" PJ yelled.
Bobby almost hit a few people unpacking some stuff from their moving trucks, but managed to avoid getting hit. It still surprised me at how some fraternity houses weren't finished unloading their stuff yet and settling in. I laughed and pulled my hood over as the wind hit my face and felt very cold for some reason. I was majorly impressed with Max though. His skating skills only seemed to get better over the years. Max went up and used a mattress as a ramp, and got some air as he caught a frisbee on his forefinger.
"Way to go Max-man!" Bobby highfived him.
"Come on Bella! I know you can still do that one move!" PJ smiled.
"It's been awhile so don't laugh if I mess up okay?" I returned his smile.
PJ nodded in reply. I started going faster on my rollerblades and smirked when seeing two guys in the middle of the street moving a couch. I saw them drop the couch feeling exhausted taking a break and then jump off the couch in time after seeing me coming towards them at full speed. I jumped on the couch and used it to gain some air. I was able to do a flip and land on my feet in time. I heard some cheering not long after I did that.
"Nice one Bella!" The guys stared at me in awe.
We turned a corner and breezed past a movie theatre and came to a complete stop when we saw a small cafe catch our eye. I thought it looked awesome and was glad it was near our campus. As we walked inside to take a look, I put my hood back on realizing it slipped back off again.
"Why are you still wearing that hoodie? I saw some chicks swooning over you cause they thought you were a dude or something." Bobby snickered.
"I'm actually very cold today..." I looked down at my feet.
"Really? It's like 75 degrees out..." PJ gave me a look of confusion.
"Looks like Izzy is turning into an old lady." Bobby teased.
"Just go get us a table. We'll grab the java." Max pulled me away from the two goobers.
As we waited for coffee, I looked towards the small stage as the lights turned off. There was a mellow looking chick with a beret on the stage saying some poetry. It was actually kind of cool...
"Life is like a lime." She leaned on a stool. "It's tart and tangy, sweet...oh so sublime..." She smiled. Then her eyes widened as the spotlight turned off and the lighting was a more blue-ish color. "QUIET. Speechless like a mime. Bold and noisy like a crime. DON'T YOU DARE WASTE MY TIME, CAUSE LIFE CAN STOP!" She turned on a flashlight with her right hand and held a dime on her left hand. "On a dime..." She finished.
She tossed the coin and I saw PJ not take his eyes off of her as he caught the dime. The curtains closed and everyone began snapping their fingers as the lights turned back on. I snapped out of my daze when Max tapped my shoulder.
"You alright?" He asked.
"I'm fine. That was some...interesting poetry." I mused.
"Yeah, it was cool. Come on, I got the goods." Max smiled and held up the tray of coffee.
As soon as we turned around, Max bumped straight into someone causing some of our coffee to be spilled on him. I was shocked to see that it was Bradley we bumped into.
"AH!" Bradley hissed in pain.
"I'm so sorry about that! Are you- -" Max started apologizing.
"No, no, no! It's alright really. I bet if you and your friend here were skating, you wouldn't have spilled a drop." Bradley said.
"You're right about that. It's my best event. The name's Max." Max gave him a friendly smile and held out his hand.
Bradley kept his hands to himself and smiled smugly.
"Bradley. Bradley Uppercrust III." He introduced himself.
Tank coughed very loudly.
"Oh yes and this is Gamma brother Tank." Bradley introduced Tank.
"Hey hey! The pleasure's all mine baby! You're class! The high kind!" Tank grinned at us.
Wait...did they not recognize me? It was because of my hoodie wasn't it?
"Max, newbie, we've won the X-Games since the beginning. You're our first draft pick! Lucky you huh? What do you think of that?" Bradley sounded excited.
"You want us to be apart of the Gamma's? Hey guys! Did you hear that? We're gonna be- -"
"Whoa hold on, this reservation is for you and your friend here." Bradley cut Max off.
"Well I'm sorry, but we're all in this together. It's all of us, or none of me and her." Max gestured towards me.
"WHOA WHOA! HER?!" Tank looked surprised.
Max put the tray of coffee down and folded his arms getting serious. I decided to then take off my hood.
"Holy crudmonkies! The dude's a girl?!" A short gamma guy yelled.
Bradley looked at me in complete shock.
"Isabella, darling? What are you doing here?" He smiled nervously.
"Hanging out with my best friends of all time, Brad. The real question is, what are you doing?" I glared at him. "If me and Max are allowed to join the Gamma's, why can't PJ and Bobby? They're just as good as we are."
"Oh well...you see...girls aren't allowed to be apart of the Gamma's. As for those two goofballs over there...I'm afraid they don't make the cut, darling. Now why don't you come on over here and we can- -"
I could see Bobby, PJ, and Max look at me in shock because they probably didn't know that I was dating Bradley, but right now I'm a few seconds away from dumping his ass so I didn't see what the big deal was.
"No, Brad. I don't get why you're being such a jerk. They're just as good as you guys, why can't they join the Gamma's?" I cut him off.
"Oh honey...I wouldn't expect a woman to understand but- -"
"Excuse me?! What the hell did you just say?!" I grew more angry. "What did I ever see in you? I thought you were a cool guy, Brad! What the hell crawled up your ass and died? In case you didn't know, women are just as good at sports as guys. Plus I've seen Bobby and PJ skate and I know for a fact that they're good!" I inched myself towards him.
"Let's calm down huh?" Bradley had my hand in a death grip and literally yanked me towards him before having me in a tight hold that I couldn't break out of.
"Max, Max, Max...you don't want to be weighed down by those clowns do you? I thought you wanted to win." Bradley shook his head.
"Well...that's just what we're going to do. You'll never find better competitors like my teammates. They're the real deal! Serious athletes!" Max grew angry.
Bobby turned around and gave us a goofy grin as we all noticed that he had tons of straws and silverware hanging out of his ears, nose, his bellybutton, just about everywhere. I would have been laughing because of how cute he was acting, but I was just furious.
"HAHAHA! The only thing you three could win is a loser contest!" Tank laughed.
"Shut up, Tank!" I yelled.
Tank glanced back at me and for a brief second he seemed guilty, but that quickly faded away when Bradley snapped his fingers. The Gammas all stood up tall in an orderly line.
"Wow, nice trick. Do they fetch and play dead too?" Bobby chuckled.
"As a matter of fact they do. Gamma's fetch." Bobby tightened his grip on me.
"Uh oh...this don't look too good." Bobby backed away slowly as the spoons and straws fell off.
"Back off man! I've got a biscotti and I'm not afraid to use it!" PJ waved the biscotti in Tank's face.
Tank merely chewed the biscotti and PJ grew scared quickly.
"PJ! Bobby!" I grew worried.
"Alright quit toying with my emotions. I thought we were friends. I'm giving you an opportunity to join the moo moo fraternity."
Max grew annoyed and rolled his eyes at Bradley.
"Moo moo, who wants to join a herd of cows?" PJ joked.
"Tank..." Bradley grinned.
"Ah pray tell sweetheart. Would Mr. Uppercrust like an power wedgie for pleasure?" Tank grinned and gave PJ a huge wedgie. (I think that's what Tank said...I couldn't really understand what he said... XD lol)
"Hey! Leave him alone!" Max ran over but was now being held back.
"HEY!" I shouted.
I finally broke free of Bradley.
"Quit making an ass of yourself Tank before you get hurt!" I glared at him.
"Oh yeah, how so baby?" He grinned deviously.
He's going to regret saying that...
I calmly walked over to Tank as he put PJ down and stood tall in front of me.
"Like this big guy." I smiled.
I then kicked him hard in that place most precious to a man and smirked as he doubled over in pain.
"Now, Bradley. Why don't you just leave as you obviously ruined your chance of having Max, PJ, and Bobby on your team huh? They don't like bullies and frankly, neither do I." I stood up in Bradley's face.
"I don't know why I bothered with you either." Brad rolled his eyes.
"And I don't know why I couldn't see through your shitty act before." I retorted.
I could see the vein throbbing on Bradley's head. I could tell that I was getting him angry.
"You think you're such a hotshot. Mommy and Daddy are probably paying for everything, so obviously you wouldn't be anything without their money. Stop acting like you're the king around here, especially when I know that Max, Bobby, and PJ are going to kick your- -"
I felt my head snap in the other direction. All of a sudden, there was a huge stinging sensation on my cheek and it was now burning. I held my cheek and heard everyone in the room gasping in shock.
"Women and people like you should know their place..." Bradley smiled smugly.
I was just frozen in shock. No one, not anyone ever laid a hand on me like that.
"YOU BASTARD!" Bobby yelled furiously.
Bobby, Max, and PJ were now being held back by some of the Gamma's.
"Hey!" A blinding light hit us. "Daddy-o's...this is a real L-7 scene. Let's all just take a trip down the road of forgiveness and compassion."
It was the girl from earlier with the poetry!
"Oooh passion. I like your style little miss mochachino, but I'm a little busy right now." Bradley spoke up.
"And I'm dizzy from watching your downward spiral." She looked at him disgusted.
"Why don't you go off and save some whales or something?" Bradley scoffed.
"HA!" She snapped her fingers in his face. "Oh you slay me, tiger. You are the fly in my soup, the eyelash in my eye. You are so busy blowing bad vibes in every direction that we are all choking on your second hand smoke!" She snapped her fingers in his face again.
Soon enough she kept snapping her fingers, which caused everyone else in the cafe to join her. After several seconds Bradley finally snapped.
"ErrrrrRR... KNOCK IT OFF!" He shouted.
"What's wrong, Brad?" Max smirked.
"Don't you dare call me that!" He glared at him.
"Yeah, don't forget! He's the king, buster!" Tank chimed in.
"Well we'll dethrone you and your royal low-ness. You'll be lucky to be my towel boy." Max rolled his eyes.
"Oh wait a minute. How about loser of the finals is towel boy to the other?" Brad wagered.
"You've got a deal." Max shook his hand.
"Be ready to wipe my shoes, freshman..." Brad hissed at him. "GAMMAS OUT!"
The Gamma's then left.
"That's the first time I saw the trash take itself out. You've got the heat boys." The poet girl said.
"Well you invented it, girl." Max smiled.
Max's smile faded away and he looked at me in worry.
"Bella! Are you alright?!" He moved my hair from my face. "Oh god...I can't believe that jerk did that to you! I'm gonna get him." Max grew angry.
"No one should ever hit a lady." Bobby joined in.
"Jeez...you've got a small bruise on your face..." PJ looked sad.
"Here..." The poet girl came back and gave me a small plastic bag full of ice.
"Bella, say something." Max said worriedly.
"I'm...I'm fine...shocked but fine otherwise." I mumbled.
"So you were the freshman dating Bradley?" Bobby looked shocked.
"Yeah...I was."
"Well if he comes near you again. It won't be so pretty." Max said. "I might just end up beating him half to death- -"
"No. It's fine. I'll get revenge soon enough. He'll regret messing with us." I assured him.
Max wrapped an arm around my shoulder as he held the ice bag to my cheek.
"Let's go..."
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