Virgins

I was glad classes were over, I was tired of Miss Redmond's philosophies. Did she want to become Miss Socrates or what? It was time get home.

I stuffed my old dictionary into the locker and locked it. I walked down the hallway and someone hurried to catch up with me. I knew who walked like a kangaroo, it was Mabel.

"Can we talk?" For once she asked politely without making a fuss.

"Sure thing." I simply said.

We walked to the school yard in silence and sat on the bench adjacent to the flower beds.

"So, what did you want to talk about?" I asked plainly.

"Actually, I don't know where to start from or whether I should give you credit for saving my ass from that freak. I don't blame you though, it was better that way, for me to find out the truth." She faked a laugh and I knew she was hurting deep down. Tears brimmed in her eyes and she let them wash her white blouse.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you in any way. I was just trying to defend myself from you both. I was tired of your games because neither of you was a fucking honest friend to me."

"Yeah, we pretended to like you and I know it's too late to make amends for everything. I was so stupid to believe Jax, he prefered to fuck Lolita all along. To hell with them!!"

"To hell with them." I comforted her and she leaned onto me, sobbing and whimpering.

"Hush now, he's a fool not to realize you can make any guy cum more than Lolita, it his loss."

Having said that, she withdrew from me and sat up straight.

"About that, I've been wondering if I could ever make a man jizz on my tummy. Azora, there's a lot you don't know about me. I'm still a virgin, fuck that! " She was embarrassed.

"I'm a virgin too." I assured her.

"But what....."

"That guy from earlier on, he's my mother's boy toy." There was nothing to hide about my mom. Everyone knew she was a bad mother.

"Any spark yet?"

"No way! Mom will kill me if try to meddle in her love affairs." I was quick to dismiss her claims.

"It wouldn't be bad if you screw him once." Mabel jested.

"If only a chance provided itself." I jested back.

"I'm not ashamed to be a virgin. One day, I'll find my soulmate, one who'll understand my flaws and not only taste the waters but eat me whole."

She hoped and I was at least relieved that she wasn't in a hurry or desperate to have her first time.

"Someone to love us even at our lowest." I added.

"Thanks for the pep talk, I appreciate it. I wish I had known you sooner and perhaps not judge you. We all have our shitty weaknesses and it makes us human because we bleed when we fall down."

"I concur with you. We're only human."

I squeezed her hand and she smiled fondly in return. Despite hanging out with Lolita, she wasn't like her, the latter was so full of herself wanting her cake and eating it too.

******

Mabel was a basketball player so she proceeded to the court as I went in search of a cab to take me home. I wasn't a fun of co-curricular activities, I'd rather get stuck in the library reading all novels, articles and doing research.

Mom's old convertible pulled over and Fox, clad in a blue t-shirt and white shorts marching with a pair of white Snickers, stepped out. He walked towards me step by step and I avoided him by yanking the door open and getting in.

"You always surprise me. Are you perhaps afraid of me or what. I'm not a freak and I'm not going to rape you if that's what you think."

He blubbered nonsense and I buckled my seat belt ready to be driven out of school.

"I believe you're not planning on keeping me here, let's go home for goodness sake! Unlike you, I have important things to do and not pulling my pants down for every peach I get my hands on."

That was enough to spite him. He stepped on the gas and used a shortcut to the woods.

"That's not the way home, what the heck is wrong with you." I screamed at him but he continued to drive. I began to freak out and yanked the door open, jumping out and rolling on the road.

I writhed in pain when I touched the back of my head, I was bleeding. Suddenly, I began feeling dizzy and my vision became blurred. I could feel a pair of hands scooping me up from the ground and shaking me violently. I could not hang in and so I passed out.

*****

I woke up and I was not in my bed. I rolled over and realized I was in a hospital bed. Fox was sleeping on the couch. I sat up and my head throbbed horribly. Groaning, I disturbed Fox's sleep and he woke up. He was so handsome even if he was smart from sleep.

"What time is it?" I asked him.

"It's half past nine, I was worried you couldn't make it here in time." He expressed his worries. So, he cared huh?

"And mom, does she know?"

"Yes, perhaps she's on her way here."

"What did you tell her?"

"Everything." He said.

"Fuck! You know how to put me into trouble, don't you?"

"Don't get yourself worked up, just lie on the bed. The doctor will be here soon to check on you." He said all confident as if he knew everything about mom.

"You know nothing." I mumbled and lay back.

A few moments later, the door swung open and my mom stormed in like a gazelle escaping the jaws of a lion. Instead of checking on me first, she hugged Fox tightly asking him if he was alright.

"You should check on her, she's the one with the injury." Fox tried to reason out because she was making him uncomfortable with her touching his junk.

Mom turned around and scorned. She drew closer and whispered,

"You know how to invite trouble, don't you? You little w*ore!" She was spiteful and I was used to her scolding.

The doctor walked in and she pretended to rub my hair like she cared. I wished I could shove her away and reveal her true colors in front of Fox but what about the aftermath, she couldn't think twice about throwing me out in the streets to fend for myself.