"Alright, I'll see you all next week.." Ms. Marchesky didn't even bother to finish her sentence before most of her class was heading for the door. Only Sarah lingered behind. Ben stretched and yawned loudly. "So do I look sexy sitting here naked on this stool?" he grinned suggestively.
Sarah smiled and rolled her eyes at him. "No comment." Ben recoiled in mock anger "Well fine then! So I'm not sexy! Is a guy not allowed to have a fantasy?" They both started laughing when Ms. Marchesky came back.
"Ben, don't you want to get dressed?" she shook her head at him with an amused look. Ben shrugged nonchalantly and adjusted the towel around his waist. Sarah glanced at her watch, which read 4:47. "Ben, I think I'm gonna take off. I told Ash I'd go over today and see if she needed help cleaning up."
Ben stood up nodding. "Okay. Give me a ring later on tonight babe." He gave her a quick peck on the cheek before disappearing into Ms. Marchesky's office to get dressed.
Daniel hurried out of the room to his car. He wanted nothing more than to get away from the very nakedness that was Ben. Once outside, he unlocked the Jeep and tossed his sketchpads into the backseat. He was still kind of groggy from the party last night, and just as confused. He really wanted to know more about this SpiderDan thing. Hopefully Nic would fill him in.
During the drive home Daniel let his mind wander, about the band, Nic, Sweep, and surfing. He found that thinking about Nic or Sweep was the most pleasant. He also wondered if Nic was even awake yet, since she had been pretty zonked when he left.
Daniel pulled onto Hall St. and was surprised to see his girlfriend and Sweep taking a walk. He slowed the Jeep and leaned out the window. "Going anywhere in particular?"
Nic rolled her eyes "Yep, me and Sweep are taking a stroll to Tahiti. You can join us if you want."
Rachel took a long sip of her soda and leaned back in her chair. "Well, you already know my name, and I'm eighteen." she paused for a few moments trying to think of something interesting to tell him, and came up with nothing. She hated talking about herself. "Damn," she laughed nervously, "I can't really think of much to say. I'm so bad with telling people about myself."
Chris rested his elbows on the table and was about to speak when the waitress joined them once again. "So, have you decided what you want to order?"
Rachel gratefully ordered a ceasar salad and french fries, while Chris mused over the burger sectioon before deciding on a Swiss and mushroom burger.
"Now, where were we?" he smiled more at Rachel's breasts than at her.
She didn't notice Chris staring at her chest and casually stirred her soda. "You were just asking me about myself, and I told you how horrible I am at talking about myself. But anyway, how was the party last night? I heard it was pretty kickarse."
Chris grinned. "Oh hell yeah it was. Ash always throws great parties. Everyone pretty much danced and got smashed. Same old stuff.."
Kaytea stood outside Lunching Time at 5, glaring at her watch. Where was Chris? She was getting sick of his chronic lateness and she didn't want to play the bitch and scream at him for it yet again, but it was really starting to bother her. Kayt looked up and down the street searching for him. No luck.
After waiting another 15 minutes she sighed and decided to sit inside to wait. Maybe Chris had gone in and already gotten them a table. And indeed he had, it just wasn't with her.
Sarah rang the doorbell and twisted a piece of hair around her finger. She hoped most of the cleaning was finished, since her offer to come over and help today was merely that, a friendly offer. Sarah didn't really want to run around her new mate's house cleaning up after a party and scraping dried puke off the deck.
The door flew open and a breathless Ash was on the other side. "Hey! I'm glad you're here, I needed help getting this bra out of my tree out back." she led Sarah through the house. "There really isn't much to do anymore, the maid got most of it while i was in bed. Just some silly stuff like undies in the trees. I wonder if I just left it there if my rents would even notice. I doubt it, but just to be safe and all.."
Sarah nodded in agreement. "So how high up in this tree is the bra?" Ash pointed, "It's right there, near the bathroom window. I tried leaning out the window to get it, but it was just too far away, and none of the branches that high are strong enough to hold a person. So we're going to have to figure out a way to get that damn thing down."
Sarah tossed her bag on the ground and grabbed the lowest branch she could reach. "I know how to get that thing down.." She swung herself into the tree and began the ascend to the bra. As she went higher the branches indeed did get thinner and weaker, but she managed to grab the bra before they got too weak to hold her. Sarah dropped the bra, and it sailed almost gracefully to the ground. After climbing back down she wiped her hands on her jeans with a "Ta-dah!"
"Right on. Now the only thing that's left to do is refill the alcohol bottles back up so they look as full as they were when my parents left. There's still some beer left if you want any. I have to get rid of that too. But I'm sure that won't be hard at all." Ash grinned and both girls went back indoors to tend to the bottles.
Daniel grinned. "Of course I'd like to join you and Sweep in Tahiti. But would you mind a ride?"
"Not at all." Nic opened the passenger side and jumped in, followed by Sweep. She leaned over and gave Daniel a quick kiss on the cheek. "How was class this week?"
Daniel shuddered lightly. "We were studying the human form, which normally wouldn't be a bad thing, but Ben was our model this week. So, needless to say, it wasn't all that good of a time. I really don't enjoy seeing my best mates naked." he paused "I also learned from that Sarah girl that I was doing some really weird shit last night, like running around screaming about being SpiderDan or something?"
Nic laughed. "Oh that. Yeah you were pretty trashed last night my dear. Being SpiderDan was only the half of it. I guess you were seeing things too, cos you ran off to chase elves in the middle of a root. Then Ben pretty much kicked your ass when you burst in on him and Sarah getting frisky in the closet. Gaby was going on about you climbing walls too, but I don't really know much about that. So to me, it sounds like your night was productive."
Daniel pulled into his driveway and shut off the engine, unsure of what to say next. Did he really do all those things? He wasn't sure. But if Nic said he did, then he probably did, since she never lied to him about stuff like this. That acid really must have fucked with his head.