I came to school the next day with the worst hangover of my life, I got out of bed to go take a shower. I had no recollection of what happened or what I did yesterday, I also had a feeling that I shouldn't know anyway, of course I went against my instincts. I opened my mother's bedroom door and she was passed out still, I looked at her for a while with this weight on my shoulders, I don't even know what happened again. I went back to my room to change and I wasn't even in a mood to dress up so I grabbed Jonathan's sweatshirt and a pair of sweatpants that I usually wear to bed on a winter night. I grabbed my bag and wait around the corner of my block for Yvonne and Juliet to pick me up and they showed up,"Hey look it's the Princess of the hour"
"Shut up" I said softly to them jokingly and Juliet moved from the Passenger seat to sit next to me,"How's the hangover?"
"Fucking terrible, I have no idea what the hell I did yesterday" Juliet smirked slightly and explained to me,"Well you might have detention today because you went and told Ms. Waterson,'Fuck you, I don't need a piece of paper to tell me that I'm smart' then at the end of the day, you said that you missed Danford sexually so you said that you were gonna call him up and ask him to come over, so we didn't pretty much argue with that since Yvonne here picked herself up a boy toy" Then Yvonne cut into the Conversation,"Hey I'll have you know that Aiden is a catch, otherwise we haven't even gotten to that, we're waiting, well more like he's waiting for my permission" Juliet and I looked over at her then Juliet leaned forward between the driver and passenger seats,"Oh my god, you two are dating"
"Hey, what about you and that guy, what's his name?" Yvonne changed the subject, so Juliet answered,"You mean Dave Ridgemont?" Yvonne nodded as she was driving and made a right turn,"Well him and I aren't really together"
"Do you want to be with him?" I asked her while battling my ultimate hangover,"Eh, don't quite know yet, I mean he is cute, but I'm more concerned about his package"
"Oh my God Juliet, do you like the guy for how he is or for his equipment?" Yvonne asked impatiently and Juliet took a while to answer,"I would love to like a guy for both" Yvonne pulled into the parking lot and we grabbed our backpacks,"You're so picky" I said to her, she agreed with me,"Yeah, but I would rather be with a very successful man than a lowlife" Well she did have a point, we walked through the hallways,"Oh god is there a Pep Rally or something?" I asked Yvonne,"If those rich bitches are wearing the uniforms for Game Days that Daddy bought for them, you know there's a Game day" Juliet blew a raspberry tongue,"Ugh boo, let's just skip the assembly today, I'm not in the mood for,'Go Team Go" Juliet mocked the squad by waving her arms up in the air like Cheerleaders do, I looked over and Heather and Pam were giving her the stink eye then sashay their hair.
I felt arms wrapped around my waist,"Hey hon, haven't seen you for a while" I giggled like a schoolgirl and turned around,"Wow, you look like shit" I nudged him,"See what happens when I drink on a school night?" I tease him and I snatched his sunglasses,"Although you do look so sexy in this sweatshirt, where did you get it?" He start rubbing his hand on my back, I didn't even realize that Yvonne and Juliet have gone to their classes,"Someone called Jonathan Danford, he has all the best clothes and has a very nice body"
"Oh this guy, he sounds like someone I should beat up if he ever tries to do anything to you" He whispered into my ear and I asked him,"Oh yeah, like what?" He smirked to me,"For starters, he might feel you up and might try to fuck you if you ever invite him to your place"
"In that case…" I kissed him and he made it a little bit more intense, the school bell rang, Jonathan rocked his head back,"Shit, got English right now" He says to me in a frustrated tone and I said to him,"I'll miss you"
"How about I walk you to your class, who do you have?" I checked my schedule,"Erm Mrs. Edithson, Mythology" He put his arm around my waist,"Mythology, phbt, who needs that? Just another class that's gonna waste your time"
"I actually find it interesting" We walked up the stairs,"Well it doesn't interest me" I sighed,"You don't have to like all the things that I like, it's not biggie" I smiled but when I looked at him, he looked like he was about to punch someone, he had his lips tightened up,"On second thought, can I have my sweatshirt back?" I looked down and up at him,"Jonathan, I'm going through a hangover and I wasn't feeling it today, so I don't have a shirt underneath" He ran his left hand through his hair,"I'll just go to my class now"
"No goodbye kiss?" He turned around as he was walking backwards,"Nah, I'll see you in Bio" I don't understand what just happened and I have a feeling that I may have pissed him off when I didn't mean to. I'm sure he'll get over it
I went to my class and sat in the back, slouched in my desk without caring if the teacher was going to nitpick me on my behavior. Then when it came to Ms. Waterson's class, I was terrified by what she was going to say about what I did, after a gruesome 45 minutes of her class, the bell rang, I grabbed my bag and books,"Hey I need you to come over for a sec?" My heart just stopped beating, it began dropping more and more each second, I nodded and walked over to her,"I just want you to understand that you will be talking to the Principal today about your inappropriate behavior yesterday" I nodded slowly,"I know and I just wanna say that I'm sorry"
"Sorry ain't gonna cut it, it's one thing to say about your diploma but to use profanity" I nodded again slowly because I didn't even know what to do or say, I already apologized and did what I could to save my own ass, I also felt bad knowing that I shouldn't have shown up to school drunk. I walked out of class without saying a word and Dani came up to me after she closed her locker,"Hey, heard you got told off by Waterson"
"Yeah she gave me an earful, big pain in my ass, now I gotta find some way to at least let me off the hook and not let them know about my goddamn drunkenness" She sighed and patted my back,"I wish you all of the luck in the world"
"You can't help me out with this?" She shrugged slightly and we walked into the bathroom,"Well after all, maybe it is kinda on Gretchen, she could've given it to you after school, we didn't think that you were such a light weight"
"I didn't think I was too, but can you help me out?" I say after I fixed my hair and turned around facing her,"Just tell them that you were just having family issues, I'm sure they'll understand" I thought about it for a second,"Yeah yeah you do have a point there, maybe that could work, thanks Dani" I hugged her,"You smell terrible, you smell like puke married cigarettes and had unattractive children"
"That was oddly specific Dani" She smiled as she pulled out her perfume and mouthwash for me,"Thanks"
We walked out of the bathroom talking about her weekend and stories about when she went to this lake, we went our separate ways to go to our classes. We did skip the pep rally which I'm not gonna lie, I wanted to go, ithair was almost at the end of the day and I was still waiting for my name to be called and head over to the office until the Principal came in at my last class of the day, my heart was pounding like crazy, seeing the disappointment in his face, his name was Greenberg, I walked out,"It's a good thing that you grabbed your bag because we need to discuss about the events from yesterday, Ms. Waterson reported that you used profanity towards her and gave her the impression that you were intoxicated"
"What gave her the impression that I was under the influence? What if I'm having trouble in my home? What if my own mother doesn't even care about coming to my Graduation if I even have a shot at getting my diploma? She doesn't even acknowledge me, she likes to pretend that I'm a freeloader and not as her daughter" After that little monologue there, I was holding back my tears but they were slowly welling out, I covered my mouth knowing that I shouldn't have said that, but it needed to be let out,"So you weren't under the influence?"
"No, I wasn't, my mother and I are having Communication issues, but we'll work on it later next month" He nodded,"Okay I'm terribly sorry with what's happening with you and your family, but you also need to understand that you'll have to go to detention, if you were to be under the influence, it would be more severe than what you have right now" I nodded as an understanding answer.
After school was done for the day, the hangover was still there, but bearable, I saw Jonathan at the front of the school, I went over and hugged him,"Hi"
"Hey, heard Greenberg tried to give you the axe, you okay?" He had his arm wrapped around me,"Yeah I'm okay, all I got was 2 weeks of detention, all I needed to do was squeeze out a few tears and talk about my mom and I getting Communication skills with each other"
"And is that happening?" I shook my head as we were walking to Yvonne's car,"Fuck no, I ain't talking about feelings to her, she doesn't even know how to be a mother" He chuckled,"Hey you know I can take care of you, you know that right?"
"Of course I do" He did a small chuckle and kissed my cheek,"Just as long as both of us don't screw up with what we have, we'll be okay"
"I promise" We made it over to Yvonne's car in the parking lot,"So are you gonna ride with us today?" I held hands with him and leaned against the car door,"No babe I can't, today I'm riding Frankie, Reggie and Mikey, okay? Plus I don't think I wanna be with girls to talk about personal stuff"
"Come on, this is us we're talking, when have the girls and I ever have talked about that girly shit?" We talk about it in our way, this Jeep came up,"Hey Danford let's go!" Frankie pounded the car door from the inside and Jon kissed me,"I'll call you tomorrow okay babe?"
"Okay, I love you"
"Right back at ya" He jogged to the car and went to the back of the Jeep. After the ride back, I thanked Yvonne for giving me a ride back, I knew as soon as I showed up to my doorstep, it was not going to be pleasant. I came in and saw my mother on the couch with a bottle on the coffee table, I took my jacket off and put it in the coat closet,"I got a call from the school that you have detention for cursing out a teacher, that true?" I shut the door calmly trying not to get angry,"Now why does it matter to you?"
"Because my blood runs in your veins, now tell me what you did because I know you were drinking, did you get drunk at school?" I rolled my eyes and she hit me across the face,"Don't roll your fucking eyes at me you little bitch, were uou drunk at school or not?"
"Not" She scoffed and took another swig,"I don't believe that for one fucking second"
"Then why even ask me when you already know?" She sniffed loudly and I saw a tray next to me with leftover cocaine,"Gonna have a after party for Mőtley Cruë? Do you plan on fucking Vince or Nikki as a matter of fact?"
"How about you do that? Huh? You should be used to screwing guys over 25" I shook my head and walked to my room,"Oh come on, learn how to take a fucking joke! You get that from your father! Wherever that asshole is at"
"He left for a damn good reason" She pounded on the door repeatedly telling me to get out, but in different words. This was terrifying to me, I gripped onto Jonathan's sweatshirt with hopes that he'll climb up to my window and help me escape from this. I held onto my pillow and started crying as she was becoming more and more ferocious,"You better get out you little bitch! I'll have one of my guys come here and take this door down and let them do what they wish to do to you! No one will hear your fucking screams! You hear me! No one!" But Jonathan never came to my window