Note: All characters in this story are of legal age. All of the characters are well over eighteen years of age.
I neither judge nor condone any of the heinous actions detailed in this chapter of MEAN GIRLS of MAPLEWOOD. That being said, I appreciate all comments on this story good and bad. Feedback feeds this tale of GIRLS GONE WILD and I would love to continue hearing from my audience.
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The two deputies considered themselves battle soaked veterans who'd pretty much seen it all but even they weren't prepared for the sight that accosted them as they drove down the interstate. There were two of them standing there in the middle of the road staring off into space. Both of the guys appeared to be in their early twenties and in an extreme state of shock. Neither one of them would speak when addressed appearing oblivious to even their surroundings.
Both of the young men were covered in bruises and caked in blood from the waist down.
...they were holding hands.
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The hallways of Maplewood High were abuzz with rumors and gossip of the fall of one of their elite. Leslie Kennedy one half of the most popular BFF's on campus had been destroyed in spectacular fashion and most of the campus was abuzz with the fragmented details of her forced tryst with over a third of the male populace. There were numerous videos featuring the stunning brunette in various entanglements with guys from all walks of life. Some people were actually sharing the videos with one aspiring "adult" filmmaker declaring that he would cobble the footage together into a complete movie.
"How's she going to deal?" Was the question on nearly everyone's lips as most believed that she would never return to Maplewood High after being humiliated to the core of her being. There would be no way she could retrieve her reputation as an untouchable "Ice Queen" with the war stories being swapped in the congested halls. There was even a rumor going around that she'd been slipped an overdose of "Spanish Fly" going on a sexual rampage in the boy's locker room. Coach Hamblen was conspicuous by his absence after taking his wife and three kids on an extended vacation in Yosemite. Everybody not directly involved wondered what would happen when Leslie returned.
Red appeared to be going about her day as usual holding court at her locker and advising anyone in the know to keep their mouths shut. She had to reiterate her "advice" to Patty several times before outright threatening the thin cheerleader. Red was intent on getting things back to normal after the drama of the past few weeks.
"Tom Duggard?"
"Here."
"Jennie Hampson?"
"Here."
"Melissa Reed?"
"Here." She sat in her usual position at the front of the classroom looking none the worse for wear sporting a little more makeup than to hide some apparent bruising on her otherwise perfect, alabaster skin. A pair of shades covered her green eyes hiding a shiner from her episode with Robert and Derrick.
"Leslie Kennedy?"
"..."
"Kennedy?" Her seat had been reserved next to her former BFF and remained empty as everyone in class seemed to focus on it. There was a long dead pause in the room before the teacher continued roll call.
"Humbert Jenkins?"
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Sheriff Reed pulled up to his home genuinely perplexed after having been alerted that his home alarm system had been activated. He'd received the call from his alarm company becoming irritated at what he believed was probably his daughter playing hooky from school again. She'd been more than a handful recently and he'd even considered pulling her from school considering all of her recent troubles were threatening his livelihood. His mind kept wondering back to the morning after she'd disappeared only to suddenly return behaving distant and weird. Something kept bringing him back to the strange expression on her face and troubling him more every time. Parenting had always been a mixed bag to the sheriff leaving him only able to deal with the most basic of issues at best. He really couldn't figure out how he'd raised such a headstrong, fierce young woman. There just seemed to be this fire burning inside of Melissa since the day she was born. It reminded him of her mother at rimes but was oddly familiar whenever he got up in the morning and started in the mirror.
"What are you doing here?" He was surprised to find her sitting on the wooden fence that sectioned off his property as he drove up.
"Waiting."
"What's going on Leslie?" She appeared somewhat aloof and troubled sitting on his fence. She was wearing a simple flannel wife beater that was tied up under her impressive chest exposing her taunt abs. Leslie was wearing a pair of obscenely cut off jean shorts that drew his eye to the unbuttoned clasp in the front. Her wide arching hips had made it impossible to fasten the single button on the front of the shorts leaving her curvy hips more than up to the task of keeping the material from sliding down her shapely legs.