LAWRENCE and Mandy where at the basketball court walking around while discussing . just then, lezzie and parsley came in.
"Mandy!" lezzie yelled.
Lawrence and Mandy quickly turned to see them
"oh, you guys are here"
Lawrence said, with a wide smile.
"yeah, I didn't ask you to say anything freak" lezzie said.
"Mandy, parsley want to join the cheerleaders team"
"Really"
"You bet your butt, really"
Mandy turned towards parsley .
"You wanna join the cheerleaders?" she asked.
"Yeah"
"Why?"
"I was the head of the team In my previous school"
"Nice!", Lawrence exclaimed.
"We need to do few dancing skills test and get you rolling"
Mandy said as she cat walked out of the court.
They reached the football field.
"Here we are" Mandy began "alright, show me what you got" Mandy chanted in a sort of doubting manner, lezzie rolled her eyes and sighed.
"you know, you always think that nobody is better than you" lezzie said to Mandy
"That's because no one is" Mandy sneered. Lezzie waggled her head. Parsley was already standing at the front of them waiting for a sign in other to start.
"Alright, play the music lezzie so she can start" Mandy ordered.
Lezzie eyed her and with a disrespectful face, she took up her phone and played the music. Parsley pulled off the blue denim saggy jacket she wore and threw it on Lawrence's face , he quickly removed it from his face and winced.
Parsley was now on a pink singlet and black pants. Following the beating of the song from lezzie phone, parsley twirled, slide to the right and back to the left, she did a waist break and wined a little , after that an American dance and followed up with it and a twirl again. She was already breathing really hard and tried to catch up with her breath. Every one of them was stunned, their jaw almost dropped to the ground.
"bravo" lezzie quickly broke the silence, she ran towards parsley and hugged her. Lawrence didn't know what to say, he still gazed at her like a statue.
"ugh… are you okay, Lawrence!?" lezzie asked, Lawrence quickly snapped out.
"yeah, it just that she is really good at dancing"
" anyways… , Mandy is she in? ,you can't tell me no, because she danced very well and we literally need good dancers like her" lezzie said.
Mandy quirked her eyebrow and rose up her lips
"she is indeed good. Alright, fine she can join the cheer leaders crew…"
"yes" they all shouted before Mandy could finish her words
"… but if only she would not try to be better than me" Mandy said
"what" parsley exclaimed.
"that's right girl, you can't just come in and still my show"
"it's true she hates that" lezzie said like a whisper to parsley
"anyways, the point here is that she is already part of the school cheerleaders!'' Lawrence said. Just then, almost immediately, a great noise was heard from the school building. People were screaming and it made the ground to vibrate.it was like a serious riot was going on in there
"what's going on in there?" lezzie asked as they all faced the academic building.
"hmm, I think we are all meant to know , since we are all outside" Mandy responded sarcastically .
"you know, Mandy you must not always be rude, try to be nice sometimes, it might earn you some love"
"of course, I must be rude to people who always ask stupid questions"
"guys, I don't think this is a perfect time to quarrel right now, let's go see what's going on inside" Lawrence said as he threw back parsley's jacket to her and ran off, so did Mandy and lezzie, alongside parsley.
When they got to the school hallway they met people running towards a particular class. Lawrence immediately grabbed a boy's wrist who was passing by.
"what's going on" Lawrence asked strictly as if he could find a solution to what so ever problem it was.
"Ryan, Ryan Markson !"
The guy announced as he set himself free from Lawrence grip and ran away towards the classroom that everyone entered.
"Ryan…mark…son!" lezzie and Mandy squeaked and quickly ran into the class, leaving Lawrence and parsley in the hallway , Lawrence was smiling.
"Who is Ryan Markesan?" parsley asked.
'Ryan is a boy' Lawrence responded stupidly.
"I know, but why is he so special?"
"Oh, that, he is a rich guy, as girls say and he is fun to be with, that's for the guys though"
"Oh please…" parsley said, rolling her eyes.
"You might like the guy", Lawrence said.
"To hell with this stupid guy"
"No, don't say that"
"Why shouldn't I?"
"Trust me, you will like…you would not just like, you would love him instead"
"I can't fall in love with another guy"
"Come on, please like him" parsley turned to him, with her eyes narrowed.
"What's wrong with you?" she asked him
"Nothing I was just joking but the truth is that if you get to know him, you will surely like him as a friend" Lawrence finally concluded the conversation and he walked away. Parsley watched him go.
The next day, parsley entered into the school. the hallway was empty, she looked up to the wall clock and noticed that it was not time for lessons yet, she became really confused and a little bit horrified.
"Hello!" she yelled, summoning up courage. Nobody responded. Instead she heard her echo "gosh"
She walked calmly to her classroom and entered in. behold, almost all the student surrounded a particular desk at the back row, making a hell of a noise, they seem to asking questions randomly.
"Phew" parsley Give a sigh of relive. She could not see the person that they surrounded but she saw Lawrence behind, trying hard to make it through the crowd.
"Piss, Piss,!" she called in a voice that seem close to a whisper. Lawrence quickly turned to parsley and he smiled at her.
"Hey, you kindda came late" he said
"Well, I know, but I wasn't that late" parsley said still whispering.
"Why are you whispering? The class is noisy already"
"Alright" parsley said as she got back to her normal voice
"What's going on?" she asked
"Ryan"
"Ryan?" she asked, wincing. "Him again?"
"Yeah"
"This guy is just a new student, so why is everybody all over him?"
"he is not a new guy to the school, he have been here but he moved out of the country, he went to France and now he is back, do you know how many followers he has on twit flash, I just got to know about it, if I can get a picture with him, I would be pure internet fame"
"Keep dreaming joseph!" parsley said, as cat walked to her desk and sat down on her seat. She pulled off her bag pack and gently brought out her books. Just then, someone whispered so low that parsley could not hear it.
"Guys here she is, parsley willow code" just then, every one gave way, so that Ryan could see parsley. He was sited on the desk. Their was a young guy, fair and with a long plaited hair, red lips and darkened eye and his golden earrings with his chains together with his cool casual outfit.
"hey, parsley!" he yelled.
Parsley rose up her eye but didn't look at him.
"are you the new freak?" he said, it got to parsley head as she quickly turned to him.
"have you ever thought maybe you are the freak?"
Ryan smirked.
"I said it because you look like one, you know, like your father?".
Just then, parsley stood up and walked to where he was. Lawrence and another dude held her back.
"Calm down parsley, what's wrong with you". Lawrence asked.
"he has no right to talk about my father like that!". She warned.
Ryan stood up from his desk as everyone made way for him.
"leave her, let her hit me if she can"
Lawrence and the dude left her. She was facing Ryan directly.
"You are too weak and dont try to be provoked by a little comment about your freaky father"
"you don't know who my father is" she yelled again, pointing at him.
"I know, he is an awkward, foolish man who have given birth to an useless daughter just like him" parsley flushed, she was extremely angry. Just then, she landed on Ryan's face, an hot dazzlingly slap.
"oh!" all the student present in the classroom gasped. Just then, a guy, Nathan, came up to parsley.
"hey, you got any idea what you did!" he shouted.
"let it be!" Ryan said suddenly . Every single person was surprised on the way he reacted. Ryan face was red already, tears could be seen clustered beneath his eyes. He brushed passed her, without saying a word, parsley felt a little bit bad, but at the same time, she felt pretty proud of her self. Ryan friends followed him up, so did everybody, each person making funny faces at parsley. Almost immediately all the class was gone , nobody mind for a lesson. parsley, Lawrence and lezzie were the only one in the class.
"ugh, that was a very rough start" Lawrence whispered to lezzie. Lezzie quickly poked him with her elbow
"Ouch!" he exclaimed.
"are you okay?" lezzie asked parsley, as she came closer to parsley.she turned, on hearing lezzie's voice.
"you guys did'nt follow them?" she said as she walked to her desk and sat down.
"how can we walk out with the crowd when our friend is hurt" lezzie said.
"no matter what happens we would stay with you, parsley." Lawrence said also.
" you guys are indeed good friends.thanks" parsley said.
" but , I think you should at least apologise to him" lezzie said
"what!" parsley yelled
"yeah! That's the right thing to do"
"no, no , I can not apologise to that fool"
"don't call him fool, if you do not apologise to him, there is high chances you guys would be enemies forever"
"so, how does that matter?"
"if you know exactly who this boy is to you, you would definitely apologize to him" Lawrence said.
"what do you mean !" parsley said.
' nothing!..." lezzie immediately chimed in. he says nonsence some times".
"no, I don't think he is saying nonsence…" parsley got up from the seat. "Lawrence, continue what you were saying"
"ugh… just forget about it" Lawrence said.
"why are you trying to change the topic?!" lezzie chimed in again " the point here is that you need to apologize to Ryan , that's all" lezzie's voice was high already, she was almost shouting now "I don't know parsley, if you still want this friendship to continue you have to apologize to Ryan. Lezzie walked out of the class.
Parsley was so shocked, Lawrence wanted to seat close to her but lezzie came in again.
"C'mon Lawrence let's go!"lezzie yelled. And Lawrence quickly ran out of the class with her .
* * * * * * *
The science student where in the chemistry laboratory as the teacher taught. They all sat patiently and calm, until the bell rung. Everybody grumbled up, packed up there books and left. parsley also packed up her books to go, when she turned, she saw Ryan, sitting comfortably , his legs on the desk crossed. He was operating his phone, and was engrossed in what he was doing. parsley took in a deep breath, and walked up to Ryan, but he did not notice her. She cleared her throat, to get his attention. Ryan quickly turned to see her, he smirked.
" oh, hey freak!" he said as he got up and deepen his phone into his back pocket.
"quit calling me that!" parsley shunned. Ryan winced
"why do you get so sensitive, when I call you freak?"
"nothing!"
"I doubt, there must be a reason, tell me"
"Ryan, I want to tell you something really important"
"what if I say ,I do not want to hear anything you Want to say now, until you tell me why you don't like the name, freak"
" if I tell you, would you then listen to what I want to say?"
"yeah!"
"ugh… fine, it reminds me of my previous boyfriend, Daniel"
" oh, I see , he was a freak also right"
"hey!" parsley snapped.
"hey! I am sorry"
There was an awkward silence for some while, before Ryan broke the silence.
"you wanted to say something before, right?"
"yeah, I almost forgot, well I just wanted to say that, I am, hmm,so…rr…,"she began.
"sorry?" ryan quickly chimed in to stop her from stammering.
"yeah, that word"
Parsley and ryan stared at each other for some while, suddenly, he burst into a great laughter, so loudthat parsley became really confused.
"why, why… why are you laughing?" she asked ,being so quizzical
"you wanted to say, sorry,but you were like, sorr, sorr,sorr… sor sor" before he could finish what he was saying, he busted out laughing again.
Parsley stared at himfor some while, and for a moment she acknowledged Ryan's cuteness. She wanted to laugh but held her self, before she knew it, she was already laughing also.
"alright, alright, funny clown, clowns do not laugh at there own jokes, you know that, right?" Ryan said, still chuckling
"quit laughing" parsley said.
"I am not laughing, but you are"
"well, my point is that, I do not like breeding enemies,so I thought it would be okay if we do not keep grudges with each other,"
"I wasn't keeping any grudge with you" he said sweetly.
"you weren't?" she asked, making her eyes cute. Ryan smiled
"you know girls are often found of slapping people, so, I did not blame you for slapping me at all"
"hey, not because I apologized, that you can insult me"
"pardon me!" parsley gave him a lovely smile. They shaked hands and agreed to be friends, then parsley left the lab. When she walked into the hallway she saw lezzie and Lawrence and they stood at the side of their lockers discussing. Parsley walked up to them with a huge smile on her face.
"hi guys!" parsley said, but lezzie rolled her eyes and tried to leave. But, parsley grabbed her arm.
"hold on please!"
"why?"
"let's give her a chance to speak, lezzie" Lawrence said.
"fine, what do want to say?"
"I have apologized to him"
"seriously?"
" yeah"
"oh my God" lezzie squeaked and hugged parsley immediately. "thanks a lot" she said.
They all walked to parsley's locker and parsley took out her books and arranged it neatly into her locker.
Ryan walked down the aisle and Nathan joined him.as Ryan an Nathan passed other of his gangs joined his train. People glanced at them as they passed, they were the cool guys, that people admired.
Lezzie, Lawrence and parsley turned to look at them, parsley and Ryan's eyes locked, Ryan smiled and winked at her. Everybody saw that and parsley blushed.
"squea…!" exclaimed lezzie and lawrence .
"what?"parsley asked,as she turned back to her locker to lock it. Turning back to her friends expecting an answer but instead she saw a lot of people already surrounding her.
"hey, what?!" she asked again, but this time really shocked.
"we saw what happened'' a guy said.
"what happened?"parsley asked, getting really confused.
" so you and Ryan are now like a thing now?" another girl said.
"no we are not"
"but you like him?"
"yeah, but…" parsley tried to say, but before she could complete her words she heard debbie's voice from behind.
"recorded!, she has accepted that they are now a thing!"
Everybody chanted and made noice as they left the hallway singing, parsley and Ryan , parsley and Ryan are now a thing .
Parsley was stunned, she turned to lezzie and Lawrence as they made funny expressions to her.
"what just happened?"she asked under her breath, like a whisper.