Hiya everyone!! Sorry it's been so long. But I'm in college and I just started a new job so things are kinda crazy right now. This chapter is by far my favorite. You get to meet a whole cast of wacky characters and you get more insight into the mind of a certain somebody. Once again hope you enjoy. And I promise next time LOTS OF SEX. This just felt like a perfect place to stop.
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Elle raced through her school's parking lot, her black boots stepping into random puddles on the black topped ground. She hated being late to anything and she was rarely late for school. Luckily for her by the time she was dressed and showered Gabriel was gone. He left a note on the fridge telling her and her mom that he went off to work. Elle was surprised he still had a job given his track record for disappearing. But he had cryptically texted her that when he got home they had things to discuss. What she wasn't sure. Elle thought things between them were very clear. He wanted something taboo and she didn't want to give it to him.
Elle pulled the silver handle to the door of her school and walked in. Instantly the smell of mixed body sprays hit her. It was obviously the middle of a transition period because kids were all over the halls. Some were in clusters around bright red lockers. Others stood in groups in the middle of the hall. Kids were exiting and entering classrooms and like a typical high school you couldn't hear a thing because everyone was screaming at the top of their lungs. Elle was happy she only had a couple months left in this place. She walked up to the little round lady sitting at a desk in by the front doors.
"It is rare to see you late for school Elle"
Elle sighed she really wasn't in the mood to talk "Yeah I know Mrs. Wall but sometimes ya know?"
The lady smiled at her. Something Elle wished she wouldn't do because her large lipstick heavy lips stretched to reveal lemon yellow teeth. The smile was false. Elle was well aware that this woman was not a fan of her or her brother. "How is your brother doing? His name was Gavin right?"
"Actually his name is Gabriel and he's fine. Thank you for asking" Elle fought to keep the sneer off her face. She stood there patiently as the woman wrote her a late pass. Once Mrs. Wall handed her the slip Elle smiled at the bitch and walked away. She nearly ran down the music hall to get to her class. There was no way she could be late for her show choir class. The school Elle attended was an arts school rich people in the Hamptons sent their kids. Elle and Gabriel both being said kids. The school was divided up into three parts. One part was the Performing arts section where all the actors and dancers took their classes. The other was the Visual Arts section where the painters and sculptors attend classes. Then there was the Music section where all the musicians and singers were. Elle was a patron of the music section while Gabe had been a part of the Visual Arts. His senior project had been a huge sculpture of Aphrodite blessing the marriage of Cupid and Psyche and the school had turned his project into a water fountain that stood at the front of the school.
Most students picked on discipline and stuck to it but there were some who crossed over into other sections. The student body jokingly referred to their school as Fame which wasn't too far off the mark. Elle walked into the choir room and instantly felt at home. The room was large with white walls that were covered in painted hand prints. It was tradition at her school when you graduated you got to add your handprint to the wall so you could leave your mark on the school. Five sets of black risers sat upon the grey carpet. In front of those risers were about forty steel chairs lined up in U shaped rows. In the back in the left corner was a wood door that led to her director's office. Across the room in the right was a door that lead to the music storage room.
The show choir was the best thirty singers in the school. To be a part of this class you had to audition and spots were only open at the beginning of the year after the seniors had graduated. It was a coveted group to be a part of and Elle felt lucky she was one of them. The rest of her class was talking to each other when Elle walked in. She said hi to a couple of people and walked over to the risers where her friends sat. Before she could step on the first riser Hayden jumped up, hopped down the five steps and rocket hugged her. Elle giggled as she was spun around. Hayden was Elle's show choir partner. With his traditional Asian features coupled with his tall muscular build he was very popular with the ladies. Too bad he was gay.
"Thank goodness you're here!" He boomed. Once he had placed her feet back on the floor he turned to glare evilly at their friend Paige "You said she wasn't at school today."
Paige rolled her eyes "Well she wasn't in first period so..."
"Whatever Paige you're dead to me now." She gave him the middle finger.
Elle put her bag down on the floor "Must you always be so dramatic Hay?"
"Um yes hello gay Asian here. You expect me to be outrageous and fabulous. This isn't hard for me because I am. But what other Gasians are as wonderful as I?"
Elle's other friend chimed in "So glad you're so damn modest."
"Nettina you're one to talk. Miss I'm definitely going to win a Tony."
"Wow I've been here three seconds and we're already fighting yay" Elle used heavy sarcasm.
"We're not fighting it's just I have to hear this shit at home and at school ugh." Nettina rolled her eyes when Hayden stuck his tongue out at her.
"Be grateful little sister. When I am a famous opera singer you will be able to tell everyone that I got to breathe the same air as Hayden Choi for eighteen years."
"I hate you."
To some peoples disbelief Hayden and Nettina were siblings. Even though they looked nothing like each other they were related by blood. They shared the same father. Hayden was full Korean with brown eyes, black hair and fair skin he was older being born of their father's first marriage to his affianced from Korea. Nettina who they called was Nettie was Korean and African American. During a business trip to New York Hayden's father had fallen in love with a waitress at an Italian restaurant and then married her. This was why Nettie looked nothing like Hayden. Nettie was short and super curvy with caramel colored skin and almond shaped eyes. The siblings got along well and play fought all the time. Elle was always jealous of their relationship and often wished her and Gabe got along that well.
"Yeah I'm super happy that I am an only child." Paige remarked as she watched the exchange between the siblings. Paige was Elle's best friend and confidant. Paige was a hard person to understand. It was probably because of how she dressed. Paige was a short girl reaching only 4'11. She identified herself as a Lolita. Lolita was a type of fashion from Japan based on Victorian era clothes. Paige walked around in short frilly skirts with petticoats and parasols. Today she wore a red plaid dress that had a full petticoat which made the skirt of the dress poof out around Paige several inches. She wore white knee high stockings with bows that tied at the knee. Her red plaid boots had to be at least seven inches off the ground. Her bronze hair was curled in big ringlets and a huge white bow was on the side of her head. Elle thought she looked adorable. They met in the seventh grade when Elle was the only one brave enough to walk up to the strange new kid.
"Your dress is so cute Paige." Elle told her.
Paige smiled back "Thank you. Elle you look cute today also."
"Yeah Alec picked out my outfit today."
"He has great taste unlike Hayden who dresses as some sort of Asian swag monster."
"Shut up Nettie. You dress like a slut and you know it. As I said I dress Tokyo urban."
Nettie looked at her brother like he was a moron "But we're Korean loser."
He ignored her. "But I am super happy you came to school Elle. I was afraid I was going to have to sing with Milly and you know the tone of her voice grates on my nerves."
Elle walked up to the third riser and sat next to Paige and Nettie "Oh come on her tone is not that bad she just has nasality to her voice. Kind of like Kristin Chenoweth and you love her"
Hayden looked stricken "How dare you insult my future wife in such a way."
