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in high school?” Jon asked, “I think we’re all dying to know… was he always this big of a loser?”
“Probably,” I chimed in as the group laughed.
Mindy definitely looked uncomfortable and didn’t know how to answer us.
“I think we should take the lack of an answer as a yes,” I commented, trying to lighten the mood. She definitely didn’t expect to see a remnant of her past in a place like this. I know I would be mortified to see someone from high school, friend or not.
“Sorry,” Mindy quickly said, “I guess I’m a little overwhelmed.”
“And if anything, I was the cool one… Mindy was a little goody-two-shoes. I didn’t even really know who she was for the first month I went to Montgomery,” Jason stated.
“Oh thanks,” Mindy replied dryly, clearly not stoked to be deemed a dork right off the bat.
“So how did you guys become friends?” I asked.
“I don’t really remember how we met… I mean, he’s right,” Mindy started with an eye roll, “he was the troublemaker in school, always in detention and in the principles office. And I was the goody-two-shoes. Worried about my grades, never went to parties.”
“Ah, but that’s how we met,” Jason chimed in, “You decided you had enough of being the good girl for your ungrateful parents, and you were at that homecoming after party.”
“Oh my God, you’re right!” Mindy exclaimed with a hand on her forehead, “that was the first time I got drunk. I was a freshman.”
“Who couldn’t handle her liquor,” Jason added, “I was an older, wiser sophomore and when I saw this poor girl wandering around….”
“You decided to be a perv?” I interjected with an eye roll.
“Well I mean, it probably started out that way. I saw her head up to the bathroom and thought I would follow and hit on her. Then she walked into an end table upstairs and almost knocked it over.
“Of course, the kind gentleman I am, I helped her. I sat her down, got her some water and walked her home. I snuck her into her house—”
“Thankfully, my parents are drunks and didn’t hear us come in,” Mindy interjected.
“Yeah, cause you’re a loud drunk. All giggles and gibberish,” Jason added.
“Yeah well, he slept on my floor that night.”
“And many nights after that,” Jason finished with a grin.
“Boring,” I said.
“Julie,” Jon scolded me. I had to bite the inside of my cheek so I didn’t smile at that. I couldn’t let him know how affected I was every time he said my name.
“What? I wanted a good story, sex, drugs and rock n’ roll. Not a PG friendship,” I stood with a shrug, “I’m going to bed. It was nice to meet you, Mindy. Night all.”
I didn’t mean to be rude, but I was exhausted. Though the night terrors had stopped and the drugs were out of my system, I still felt drained going through a full day of activities. I felt eyes on me so I paused at the doorway and glanced back at the group. Jon quickly lowered his gaze to his book. I smiled on the walk back to the cabin knowing that he watched me walk away.
Mindy
I noticed Jon look after Julie as she left, or rather watching her ass as she sauntered outside. Everyone else seemed to ignore the outburst, so I figured it was normal from her. Not that I cared to take offense, I had been treated way worse at my old school.
Jason pulled me to a table off to the side of the group, “So how have you really been?” Jason asked me as we sat.
“Ugh, I don’t know where I would even begin?” I answered with a cynical laugh. I knew I had to deflect. I hoped the dim lighting coupled with the months apart would diminish his abilities of pulling down my walls and reading me.
“I still can’t believe you’re here,” he commented.
“You? I can’t believe I’m seeing you again. You just disappeared from my life.”
“Well. I got caught,” Jason explained with a shrug, “I was stupid, really high, and tried to steal from the wrong place. There was a cop
“Probably,” I chimed in as the group laughed.
Mindy definitely looked uncomfortable and didn’t know how to answer us.
“I think we should take the lack of an answer as a yes,” I commented, trying to lighten the mood. She definitely didn’t expect to see a remnant of her past in a place like this. I know I would be mortified to see someone from high school, friend or not.
“Sorry,” Mindy quickly said, “I guess I’m a little overwhelmed.”
“And if anything, I was the cool one… Mindy was a little goody-two-shoes. I didn’t even really know who she was for the first month I went to Montgomery,” Jason stated.
“Oh thanks,” Mindy replied dryly, clearly not stoked to be deemed a dork right off the bat.
“So how did you guys become friends?” I asked.
“I don’t really remember how we met… I mean, he’s right,” Mindy started with an eye roll, “he was the troublemaker in school, always in detention and in the principles office. And I was the goody-two-shoes. Worried about my grades, never went to parties.”
“Ah, but that’s how we met,” Jason chimed in, “You decided you had enough of being the good girl for your ungrateful parents, and you were at that homecoming after party.”
“Oh my God, you’re right!” Mindy exclaimed with a hand on her forehead, “that was the first time I got drunk. I was a freshman.”
“Who couldn’t handle her liquor,” Jason added, “I was an older, wiser sophomore and when I saw this poor girl wandering around….”
“You decided to be a perv?” I interjected with an eye roll.
“Well I mean, it probably started out that way. I saw her head up to the bathroom and thought I would follow and hit on her. Then she walked into an end table upstairs and almost knocked it over.
“Of course, the kind gentleman I am, I helped her. I sat her down, got her some water and walked her home. I snuck her into her house—”
“Thankfully, my parents are drunks and didn’t hear us come in,” Mindy interjected.
“Yeah, cause you’re a loud drunk. All giggles and gibberish,” Jason added.
“Yeah well, he slept on my floor that night.”
“And many nights after that,” Jason finished with a grin.
“Boring,” I said.
“Julie,” Jon scolded me. I had to bite the inside of my cheek so I didn’t smile at that. I couldn’t let him know how affected I was every time he said my name.
“What? I wanted a good story, sex, drugs and rock n’ roll. Not a PG friendship,” I stood with a shrug, “I’m going to bed. It was nice to meet you, Mindy. Night all.”
I didn’t mean to be rude, but I was exhausted. Though the night terrors had stopped and the drugs were out of my system, I still felt drained going through a full day of activities. I felt eyes on me so I paused at the doorway and glanced back at the group. Jon quickly lowered his gaze to his book. I smiled on the walk back to the cabin knowing that he watched me walk away.
Mindy
I noticed Jon look after Julie as she left, or rather watching her ass as she sauntered outside. Everyone else seemed to ignore the outburst, so I figured it was normal from her. Not that I cared to take offense, I had been treated way worse at my old school.
Jason pulled me to a table off to the side of the group, “So how have you really been?” Jason asked me as we sat.
“Ugh, I don’t know where I would even begin?” I answered with a cynical laugh. I knew I had to deflect. I hoped the dim lighting coupled with the months apart would diminish his abilities of pulling down my walls and reading me.
“I still can’t believe you’re here,” he commented.
“You? I can’t believe I’m seeing you again. You just disappeared from my life.”
“Well. I got caught,” Jason explained with a shrug, “I was stupid, really high, and tried to steal from the wrong place. There was a cop
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