Brittany stared at Michael(Seth) with wide eyes. Is he for real? she thought. Thankfully, he could not see her face, because right now, she was as red as a very ripe tomato.
Michael tried to suppress his laughter but it came out anyways. "I wish I could see your face" he laughed and she frowned, "That wasn't funny! You don't just get so close to girls and tell them to fall in love with you" she said and he smirked, "I was just messing around. I do it all the time. I'm not even ready to fall in love again after that, I'll just stick to my free lifestyle for now". "Still! Don't do that ever again, I might kick you" "I bet you're red right now!" "No I'm not!" "Denying won't get you anywhere sweetheart".
"That's it. I'm going home!" Brittany said as she stood up but Michael held her wrist, "Tomorrow is a Saturday. Can't you stay longer?" he asked "Can't! I'm not supposed to stay out too late" "Why? I can protect you" "You'd probably just flirt with the assailant" she said and he grinned, "But you'll be safe...and that's all that matters!" "Whatever! Goodnight Michael!" she said as she removed his hand from her wrist.
"Wait! We have met twice and I still don't have your number" Michael said and she called it out for him. "Better save it with someone good!" she said and he grinned, "How does Purple alien sound?" "You dumb----" "JK! Seriously Hope, you need to learn how to take jokes" he said and she rolled her eyes then she smiled, "See you!" "This night?" "Maybe!" she said and waved...although he couldn't see it, then she was gone.
Michael looked at her number for a while before he saved it as Comfort Angel with a purple alien emoji. He smirked as he put his phone back into his pocket and he walked back to his pale pink bike. The pink was already fading, thankfully. He remembered Brittany screaming with her purple hair and he smirked, "I guess purple and blue really does fit" he said remembering her blue eyes.
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Maddie came out of her room and saw her dad hugging a lady in a pale blue pink pantsuit. "Hey dad!" she said and the two adults disengaged, "Oh hi Maddie! I thought you went out" her dad chuckled nervously and her gaze wandered from his face to the lady's face. Another one, she thought.
"This is Hailey, my secretary" her dad, Archer introduced "I thought Lucy was your secretary" Maddie said and Hailey raised her eyebrows at Archer who rubbed his nape nervously, "Well, Lucy left so I got another one" "Another one? Is that all I am to you? You told me I'm the only one...but it seems you have a bunch of ladies lined up for you!" Hailey said angrily and Archer tried to hold her, "Hailey..." "You know what? Fuck this! Fuck your company and fuck you!" she yelled and grabbed her purse then she left.
"Well, that ended quickly" Archer said and looked at Maddie, "I guess I'll just find another secretary" he said and went to the living room. Maddie watched him as he picked up a newspaper. She was really worried about her dad. After her parents divorced, he had been having affairs with his secretaries but then they always left either because the company was getting bankrupt or for something else.
"That bastard!" Archer yelled as he flung the newspaper away. Maddie picked it up and read the headlines, 'Copper Publishing Company strikes deal with Award Winning Author, Phormeus'"He always gets what he wants!" Archer said angrily.
Archer and Scott had started different companies together. Archer had gone into manufacturing dolls while Scott had gone into publishing. The companies started well...but then things started heading south for Archer when a family claimed that one of his dolls was possessed. The family sued Archer and his company went bankrupt.
As if that wasn't enough, his wife, Ruby divorced him because she claimed that he did not love her enough and that he was always looking at Josie, Brittany's mom. Archer loved Ruby...but not like the way he loved Josie. He had always loved Josie when they were in college, so he was devastated when Josie had gotten married to Scott and they had had a daughter together. What pained him was that Scott knew he liked Josie but still ahead to marry her.
Maddie did not want to leave her dad...or mom. She wanted the three of them to live happily together but she knew she had to make a choice. Her dad. Archer had almost gone into drinking but Brittany had yelled at him and made him see reason. If he became an alcoholic, he could lose custody over Maddie. Maddie had been grateful and that was why she was willing to do whatever Brittany wanted.
"Things will work out dad. They always do!" Maddie said and Archer snorted, "Yeah right!" The doorbell pinged and Maddie opened the door and saw her mom, "Mom!" she exclaimed as she hugged her "You're looking prettier, Maddie" Ruby smiled and her eyes fell on Archer slumped on the couch. "Just wait outside Maddie" she said and closed the door behind her.
Maddie sighed. She knew what was going to happen. Ruby was going to yell at Archer again and call him disgusting. It always happened whenever she came over.
"Are you okay?" Ruby asked. Huh? That was not supposed to happen, Maddie thought as she pressed her ear against the door to hear more. "The company is still bankrupt and I think Maddie still sees me as a failure...but yeah! I'll live" Archer said as he looked at Ruby, "And why are you acting so nice to me? I thought you hated me" he said. "Maddie doesn't see you as a failure" Ruby said ignoring his question "To her, you're her hero. You...you just need to get your act together and focus on things other than yourself or Josie else, you might lose her...the way you lost me" Ruby said. What the hell? Maddie thought and the door opened, "Let's go Maddie! I have this weekend planned for us and you're gonna love it!" Ruby said as she pulled Maddie towards her car.
Maddie turned and saw Archer standing by the door. "I wonder what that was all about" she muttered and looked at Ruby. Does she still love dad? she thought.
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"Care to explain why your hair is purple?" Scott asked Brittany who looked away, "I don't think it will interest you" "Brittany Hope Copper! That is no way to talk to your father!" Lisa scolded. "Some boy paid someone to duck me into a bucket of dye" Brittany said with folded arms "What's the boy's name?" Scott asked and Brittany shrugged, "Who knows?"
Scott and Brittany glared at each other for a long time, before Lisa, on sensing the tension, spoke up, "Well I think the purple looks good on her". "Thanks Lisa!" Brittany said and Scott sighed, "You don't want it back to blonde? I can call someone and----" "I'll leave it like this for next week, then I'll dye it back to blonde!" "Okay. But why a week?" he asked and she flicked her purple shoulder-length hair up, "Because when life gives you lemons, you show it you can make badass lemonade" Brittany said with a smug smile and Lisa clapped for her.
"I don't even wanna know!" Scott said and he slumped on the long sofa, "Lisa, now I feel like having lemonade" he said and Lisa left. Brittany moved from the armchair to the two-seater sofa beside the long one, "How did the deal go? Can I meet Phormeus now?" she asked excitedly. "We got Phormeus!" Scott said and Brittany literally jumped and danced, "So when I can meet him?" she asked as she sat back down and Scott shrugged, "Anytime you follow me to the office, I guess" "Can't he come for dinner? Your office is so boring" "I don't know" he said and Lisa came back with the lemonade.
"Thanks!" he said and gulped it down. "Brittany, do you want one?" Lisa asked and Brittany's phone pinged. She checked it, it was a text from an unknown number; 'Hey Plurpue'. She smiled. She knew who had sent it, Michael.
"Well that's new! You never smile at your phone" Lisa said and Scott looked at Brittany who quickly stopped smiling. She cleared her throat and stood up, "I'll be in my room if anyone needs me!" she said and hurriedly climbed the stairs. As soon as she was in the hallway, she took her phone and texted Michael back;
'What the heck is Plurpue?'she laid on her bed.
'It's the combination of purple and blue. Just like your eyes and hair'
She smiled again, 'You come up with the craziest stuff, you know that?'
'You don't even know half of the crazy stuff I've thought about in my entire life. But hey you like the nickname☺️'
Brittany immediately remembered the nickname Seth had given her, Britz. She caught herself smiling and immediately frowned. We are not finding Britz cute at all! she scolded herself.
'I have never had a nickname. The name Brittany doesn't seem to have one'she typed and hit the send button...then it occured to her that she had referred to herself as Brittany. She quickly deleted it and hoped he didn't notice.
'Brittany?'Michael sent and she smiled sarcastically, way to go Britz! she thought, not realizing that she had the nickname Seth had given her.
'That was my cat. He was trying to get a cuddle so I typed something else'Brittany was allergic to cats...and dogs so she could not have a pet. Josie had once gotten her a parrot but it flew through the window after she named him Francis. Maybe it didn't like the name.
'Now I want a cuddle🥺🥺'Brittany smiled at the thought of Michael doing puppy eyes. That was kinda funny cos she had never seen his face.
'Too bad you won't get any😝'
'Touché'
You know all those kind of messages that you have absolutely no idea what to say back? That was the Touché right there. Brittany did not know what to reply back. She started typing and deleting, typing and deleting, typing and deleting till Michael texted her;
'So are you and your boyfriend still together?'she heaved a sigh of relief that he changed the topic.
'Nope! We broke up'
'Mind telling me why?'
'I got bored...and I think he has a personality disorder. Sometimes he's sweet and clingy, next he acts like the biggest jerk ever'
'So did you break up with him because of the personality disorder or you got bored?'
'Honestly, he wasn't my type'
'And what exactly is your type'
'Nerds! They are just so cute especially when they blush'
'Hmmm...'
'What'
'So you like submissive guys😏😏'
'I just like shy guys'
'Uh-huh! You definitely seem like the domineering type'
'How do you like your girls'
'Busty😌Boobs are the best pillow😌😌'
'😒😒😒 I was talking about personality you pervert!'
'I don't know... probably shy and cute'
"Brittany! Damian's here!" Lisa called out and she pouted. She was enjoying her conversation with Michael. "I'll be down soon!" she said and quickly texted Michael;'TTYL😘'Horror etched on her face. Did she just send a blowing kiss emoji? Her face reddened as she thought of what he was probably thinking of. She threw her phone under her pillow and buried her face in her other pillows.
Her phone pinged and she checked it. Relief and disappointment washed threw her as she saw'👍'from Michael. She frowned, "What does that even mean?" then she heard a knock at the door, "Come in!" she said and Damian opened the door.
"Damian?" "Lisa wanted me to check if you wanted donuts" "Not really" she said as she looked at her tummy. It was a little big. Maybe she did need to burn some calories. "Okay!" he said and was about to go but she stopped him, "Where are you going?" "Back down, so I can tell Lisa you don't want donuts". "Forget about Lisa. She always yells like a grandma" "She's just looking at for you" "I know! And I love her for it!" Brittany said and she suddenly slapped her hand over mouth, "Don't tell her I said that!"
Damian smirked. He knew Brittany really loved Lisa but she never said it. She was probably shy. A slight chuckle escaped his lips. "Did you just chuckle?" she asked and he looked at her, "I..." "Are you smirking?" she asked and he his lips dropped. "Don't stop. It was really sexy!" she smiled and his cheeks turned red "You are very shy!" she said and patted her bed for him to sit.
He sat far from her with his head bent down. "Come on, I don't bite!" she said but he didn't move an inch closer. She rolled her eyes and moved closer to him then she put both of her hands on his cheeks and raised his face, "That's better!" she smiled and his cheeks burned under her hands. She's so close, he thought.
"Eh? Damian, you're burning up! You got a fever?" she asked as she placed her hand on his forehead and the other one on hers. His forehead now burned. "Your temperature seems a bit high but you're okay!" she said and removed her hand from his forehead.
"Have you ever had a crush Damian?" she asked and he slowly shook his head. Not till you came! he thought "What about kissing? Have you ever kissed someone?" Where are these questions coming from? he thought and shook his head. Her eyebrows creased together, "Why? The mouth is not just for eating!"
"Speaking of eating, I told Damian to check if you wanted donuts and instead of him coming to tell me your response, he's having sex talk and you're the teacher!" Damian and Brittany froze at Lisa's voice. "Li...Lisa?" Brittany said as she slowly turned to the door. Lisa looked furious. Was that smoke coming out of her ears? Damian gulped, Lisa had never been angry at him. What's she gonna do? he thought and Lisa grinned at his direction, "I'll tell you what I'm gonna do" she said and he covered his mouth with his hand, I said that aloud, didn't I? he thought and the last thing he saw was a flour-covered hand reaching out to him.
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"Ugh! Flour is still stuck in my ears" Brittany said as she stuck her pinky in her ear. "Luckily, it didn't touch my hair" she said and looked at her hair in the rear-view mirror. She had done what Damian had told her to do. Packed her purple hair into a ponytail-----that's if it could be called a ponytail-----and added her blonde extensions. Lisa had told her that she looked badass and she felt confident that morning.
She brought out her pink lipstick and smeared it on her lips. She smacked her lips and smiled, "Let's do this!" then she brought down her sunglasses to her face, took her purse and exited her car.
As she walked like the queen she was down the hall, everyone stared at her. "Oh my God! Brittany looks fire!" "I love the purple" "Her floral scrunchie has my heart in a daze" "How does she manage to look perfect everytime?" some girls whispered "Man! I wish she wasn't into nerds! I would have dated her!" "What makes you think you stand a chance?" a boy sniggered and other boys laughed "I'd be a nerd for her" "Hell! I'd be a puppy if she was into puppies".
A group of girls rushed to Brittany and literally gushed over her. "OMG! This's our queen right here!" Tiffany said "I'm so stealing this look!" Patricia said and the girls rolled their eyes at her, "Shut up Patty!" Brittany smiled smugly as she saw Eva glaring at her. Guess Lisa and Damian were right, she thought.
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"So I was thinking we could do a double spin for our next routine and----" a platinum blonde said and Eva scoffed, "I do the thinking here! You just follow my orders. Whatever I say is absolute, is that clear?" She was clearly having a bad day. All the attention was given to Brittany and her purple-blonde hair.
"Aww...Come on now, don't be so rude to your cheerleaders just because you didn't get attention" Brittany pouted and Eva glared at her, "What do you want Copper?" she spat out and Brittany smirked then she took someone's milk and poured it all over Eva.
The whole cafeteria oohed as Eva sat on her seat, covered in milk. Brittany threw the empty carton and smirked, "I guess the attention is now on you" she said and everyone, including the cheerleaders laughed. "Well, it's bad that this won't turn your hair white. You could have just stolen my look because that's all you're good at. Stealing!" Brittany said and Eva glared at her. Brittany flicked her hair and blew a kiss to Eva, "Bye-bye Ava!" she said as she walked away.
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"For the last time, nothing happened between Tyler and I! We were just locked in the library together!" Taylor said exasperatedly to Zed. "For two fucking hours!" he argued and she ran her hand through her hair frustratedly, "We just slept for those two hours" "Slept together?" "Argghh! It was just sleeping! For fuck's sake, get your shit together Zed!"
Seth chuckled and they stopped arguing and looked at him. He realized that they had stopped fighting so he looked up from his phone, "Oh don't mind me! Keep up with the fighting!" he said and looked back at his phone then he chuckled again.
"What's so funny?" Zed asked as he walked towards Seth who quickly turned his phone upside down, "Nothing!" Taylor snatched his phone and a grin broke out on her face, "Who's Comfort Angel? Are you falling in love Seth Williams?" she asked and Seth stood up and snatched back his phone from her, "It's nothing!" he said and kept his phone back in his pocket. "Didn't look like nothing" she said and he rolled his eyes, "It's nothing".
"If it's nothing, why hide it?" the trio turned to look at who had spoken and saw Brittany leaning against the door. Seth gasped as he studied her well. Brittany was tall and had tan skin. That afternoon, she was wearing a short jeans gown on top of a white long-sleeved shirt. The black leggings she had worn, had made her legs even longer. If she wasn't so...I don't know, I would have fucked her! Seth thought.
She smirked and strutted to him, "What are you doing here Britz?" he asked and she smiled, "I just came to do this!" she said and flicked her hair at his face "And this!" she flicked her hair again "And this! And this! And this! And this!" she said as she flicked her hair all over his face. "Keeping doing that and I'll pull your hair out" he taunted and she flicked her hair over her shoulder, "You wouldn't dare do that to a girl" "Chivalry be damned whenever you're involved. I really hate you" "Well, the feeling is mutual!" she said and flicked her hair at his face again.
Seth closed his eyes and breathed deeply. If you ignore her, she'll go away! he thought and opened his eyes and was very disappointed when he still saw Brittany standing in front of him. "Aren't you done flicking your hair at me?" he asked and she scoffed, "That wasn't the only thing I came to do. I came to show you that when life gives you lemons, you make badass lemonade!" "Uh-huh! And that's important to me" he said sarcastically and she frowned, "I also came to tell you that I will get you back. And this time around, I'll do more than just paint your motorcycle pink. So. Better. Watch. Your. Back!" she said as she poked his chest then she flicked her hair again and walked away.
Brittany walked past Sam and made sure she bumped her shoulder on hers before leaving the classroom. "What the fuck?" Sam said and dropped her bag on a chair then she looked at Seth, "Was that the purple bitch?" she asked "The only bitch here is you. And it's funny that your hair is even purple" Taylor muttered and when she noticed Sam was glaring at her, she pulled Zed closer to her and kissed him aggressively.
"Whatever!" Sam said and sat down. Seth smirked. Whatever Brittany was planning was going to be huge and embarrassing. He could not just sit and wait for her to prank him. He was going to prank her while she was pranking him. "Oh Brittany, you don't know what you've gotten yourself into" he whispered to himself and sat down.