Wonderland

Chapter 3: Welcome to the Black Parade

September 11th, 2014

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Chapter 3 - Harvey Duke-

I stood a few days later pulling textbooks from my locker when Alfie walked up to me.

"Hey" he said.

"Hello" I replied.

Small talk was bounced back and forth until Alfie caught sight of something behind me. I imagined it was a pretty girl and I didn't pay any mind.

"Holy. Shit." he awed, and I turned my head.

You know how in movies when the main character walks down the street and it’s in slow motion, yea that's what it was like. None other than Rex strutted down the hallway with a prominent smirk firm on his flawless face. He had a leather jacket that lined his large arms and Kansas Tank top on under it, dog tags swung from his neck and black skinny jeans and a pair of combat boots completed the look. in his left hand was the Varsity Letterman jacket and his right hand was stuffed in his picket as he swaggered on down.

Alfie let a smirk dance onto his lips and he pushed off the lockers and walked towards Rex. Rex was known as a bad boy, but this was a whole different thing. Girls huddled together whispering and giggling. Alfie gave Rex a high five and took his place walking next to him down the hall. 

I was stunned. I know what I looked like.  a nerd in awe of a god. When he passed he threw me a wink and I felt my cheeks burn with red. The football coach was unamused by this act and stepped in front of Rex blocking his way, something no one dared to do.

"You skipped practice again yesterday" he scolded.

"Yea" Rex smirked, "I don't feel the need to stand around and be yelled at by a fat bastard who failed at completing high school, so he became a football coach and a shitty one at that" 

"Be at practice today or you're off the team" The coach snapped.

"Well I quit anyway" Rex said pushing the varsity jacket into the coach's face causing the coach to stumble backwards. 

Rex walked off with Alfie still at his side.

"hot huh?" A girl’s voice stunned me.

she wore red lip stick and a cropped leather jacket over a Nirvana Tee and black legging alone with wedge heels.

"well pretty boy" she tussled my hair, "come to the party tonging and you'll be able to drool all you want" she smiled then walked off after Rex.

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I looked up at Rex as he once again walked to his car. He looked more scary than usual. All throughout the day I heard the hushed conversations about the blow up in the morning, yet I hadn't seen the strange girl.

We slipped into car and he turned to me seeming a completely different person. His smile was soft, and his eyes were relaxed and not seeming looking for his next victims. In other words, he looked human and not like a devil.

"How was your day?" he asked staring the car and pulling out of the school parking lot. 

"Interesting, then boring" I said thoughtfully.

He let out a small questioning grunt telling me to go on and explain.

"Well there was you walking in today" I said, "then a girl invited me to a party..."

"Did she look like she crawled out of a gender swapped Supernatural episode and she was Dean?" he asked making me smile.

"Yeah" I said.

"That would be Annie" he said, "and yea, I’ll take you to the party if you want to go"

"You'll take me?" I looked at him shocked.

"Yea, why not, besides I could stand to wreck your world a bit" he smiled at me then turned back to watching to road.

When we reached his house, he offered me a drink, but I turned him down, he shrugged and grabbed a Monster energy drink. After about an hour I finally got the nerves to ask him something.

"why'd you do it?" I blurted out.

"Hm?" he rolled his neck and looked at me.

"why'd you go all bad boy?" I asked.

"because I just stopped giving a f**k, all those fake assholes that call themselves my friends can kiss my ass, but they'd have to wait in line"

I smiled.

"aye I’ve got so many problems and trying to impress the masses isn't one I’m dealing with” he said.

I rolled my eyes and he chuckled.

"Get back to studying" I laughed.

"Whatever you say Mr. Spock." he winked at me and I shook my head.

"Nerd" I mumbled teasingly.

"What'd you say" he said warningly.

"I called you a nerd."

He stood up and pinned me to the ground. His knees were on either side of me and his hand squeezed my upper arms so hard they hurt. I winced and opened my eyes to see him looking down at me.

"You're really little" he cursed and got off me, "sorry man I didn't realize you were that tiny"

"I'm not that helpless" I grumbled.

"Yea you are" he sat next to me with his arms behind him propping him up as he leaned back and tipped his head back.

I shook my head.

"then hit me" she rolled his eyes to look at me out of the corners of his eyes.

"w-what?"

"You heard me, if you aren't as weak as a new born bunny" he smirked using my nickname, "then hit me"

I made a fist and slammed it into his triceps. He looked at me with wide eyes then burst into laughter falling over onto his side. When he finally managed to calm himself, he looked up at me through his fringe that had flaked over his ice blue eyes. He was lying on the floor on his side and for some reason looked very lost and worn.

"Bunny I’m going to corrupt you till you wake up in a stranger’s bed and you don't give a f**k" he said, "get ready for the ride"