BRIDE GATE HIGH

Randy Washington

I put my guitar to the corner and search the room with my eyes. I was totally alone and it was the time I started thinking about what I left behind by coming to school in Ozark. I really want to reach my sister and I will keep searching information about her no matter where am I. Alice is almost two hours away from me now. Maybe I can visit her sometime. Before we leave the Springdale she kissed me. I didn't know that a kiss could feel this real and sweet. I like her a lot and I really want to see a future for us. I plan to take place in the music club too and this is the first thing to do in Ozark for me. I don't know if I can still get money from Jenna but I will try my best to keep our relationship. For a second I thought about my mom. How hard she works for a little money. I sigh and take my guitar and start playing and singing a slow song. At that moment someone walks into the room.

" Hey! You must be Randy. I’m Nick."

We shook hands.

" Glad to meet you Nick. "

He was much taller than me and it was obvious that he was into body building. He walked to the second bed in the room and laid down.

" You are from Bridge Gate high. I suppose? "

" Yeah. I am. "

He nods and takes a cigarette from his pocket and puts it between his lips. I put my guitar back to it's place. I feel his eyes watching me carefully while lighting his cigarette.

"Is smoking allowed here?"

I asked. He snickered and stood up.

"No. it's not. I don’t follow the rules."

I nod.

"Bridge Gate high students hate rules too. Am I right?"

He stepped a little closer to me. I was surprised.

"y..yeah."

"that is why your school was burned and you're here."

I frowned as I was shocked more. He seemed like he knows many things about me and Bridge Gate high.

"how do you know?"

He walked out of the room without listening to me. After a while I left the room and decided to find the music club in my new school. The school was not bigger than Bridge Gate high so it was not so hard to find the music room. I opened the door. A girl was playing drums. She looked at me when I opened the door. She had short hair, blue eyes and fishnet stockings which I missed seeing on Alice. She blowed the gumball.

"Yo! What do you want?"

"Sorry for interrupting. I..."

I walked closer and she stood up.

"Are you Randy?"

Another shock wave disturbed me. I felt like I was very popular in this school but not in a good way.

"yeah.."

"You wanna join the music club I guess.."

"umm...yeah"

She leaned back to the wall and crossed her arms.

"we need to test you. "

"I know. and I'm ready. If you let me bring my guitar here..."

She laughed loudly and I stopped talking.

"Our test is different Randy. You have to do some assignments to join the music club. "

She walked to the desk and put her drumsticks down.

"What should I do?"

I asked and kept watching the strange girl.

"We will give you the first assignment at the party tonight. "

She came closer and slide a piece of paper in my pocket. I leaned back because she was so close to me as she almost leaned on my body. She gigled and stepped back to take her drumsticks again and continue playing drums. I watched her for a while and walked away. I got prepared for the party and went to the address which was a beautiful villa. I knocked the door and someone I don't know opened the door. I looked at him expectantly but he just let me in. I walked in hesitantly and looked around for familiar faces but couldn't find any. The music was loud, some people were dancing, some were playing games and some were just watching with their drinks. I decided to be at the watching side. First I took a cup of beer and walked in the living room where some people were dancing. I started watching them. After a few minutes Nick came next to me with his beer.

"Good to see you, Randy. "

"oh, you too, man."

I smiled and we shook hands.

"The head of the music club expecting to see you upstairs. Actually he is the owner of the party. "

"Is that so? Great."

"Go upstairs to the second room. "

"alright see ya!"

I walked upstairs and went into the second room after I knocked the door. There was a guy sitting on the couch and two girls on his lap kissing his neck and chest. He smiled when he saw me and motioned girls to move away. They walked to the corner of the room.

"Randy!"

He stood up and came to hug me sincerely. Weird... I swear I see him for the first time in my life.

"Welcome to my party. Are you enjoying?"

"yeah it's... it's great. "

He fixes the collar of his shirt.

"oh, I'm Archer."

We shake hands and he led me to the couch he was sitting. We sit down together. At the time we sit down the girls started to set up a laptop in front of us. He started to chat with me and tried to seem friendly.

"Are you getting used to Ozark?"

"yeah, it's a lovely place. "

"I'm glad you think so."

The girls start to computer in front of us and brought a pair of headphones. I tried to understand what was this all about.

"what's going on?"

I asked to Archer.

"your first test is going on Randy. Don't worry this is the easiest one."

I nod and wait expecting my test. He gave me the headphones and I put them on. I closed my eyes expecting a song. Instead a video started to play. I opened my eyes and looked at the screen. I wasn’t expecting a live stream. I looked at him.

"what is this?"

"This is.. Randy. A live show... "

I looked at the screen again. There was a guy and a girl making out on a bed but their faces were not in a visible angle to the camera.

"Are you going to make me watch porn Archer?"

He snickered and pat my knee.

"just watch carefully. "

It started to disturb me as the girl moved on top of him and started moaning. I was in shock. What kind of test that could be? I looked back at him. He smiled and pointed at the screen.

"Do you know them?"

I looked at the screen carefully. At the same time people were typing things for them to do and keep sending money. The girl started to look familiar to me but she had a wig and I couldn't see their faces.

"I... I don’t know... I can't see their faces."

Archer stood up and walked behind the couch and leaned on my shoulders. He leaned and whispered in my ear.

"that's Luna de Rosa."

My eyes widened as I hear the name and I kept the last breath I took for a while. Because he was right. that's totally Luna. I quickly looked away. He grabbed my chin harshly and make me look at the screen.

"Your first thing to do is watch this live show till the end. "

I struggled to get away from him but he pinned me to the couch and I couldn't move. I looked at the screen helplessly and gulp my disgust away.