Part 9 - Get In, Shut Up.
i'You little tramp.' I said to Amanda as we walked away from Snowdon.
'Excuse me?' she replied, indignant at the accusation.
'Oh Mr. Snowdon,' I mimicked in a falsetto, 'you wouldn't put a cute girl like me in detention, would you?' batting my lashes for further effect.
'As if I said anything like that! I was just being nice, something which you seem to have forgotten how to do.'
'Dude, she was so putting it on, wasn't she? Dude?' I asked Jase, as we walked towards the student car park. And by car park I mean street. And by street I mean gravel ditch by the train tracks, overgrown by evil weeds. The kind that grow on public property. Not the good kind of evil weeds, that the cool kids cut up finely, wrapped in homework, and smoked during lunch breaks.
'Sorry what? I was just thinking...' said Jase.
'Does it hurt?' I pulled out the old line
'Fuck you. I was thinking we should go to Erina instead, there's something I want to check out.'
'What is it Jase?' said Amanda.
'I'm not going to say just yet, just in case.'
‘Ooh, this sounds interesting. Dude, spill.' I demanded.
'No, you'll see if it's there, if not then you'll still be able to buy food.'
'Hey yeah, I can get Maccas while Amanda gets Subway.' It'd be worth the delay, after all.
'God Keegan,’ said Amanda, ‘You've been working there a year now, yeah? aren't you sick of it yet? it took me like a month and I stopped eating it.' It was probably because Amanda, Nick and Brendan were already working there that I scored a job.
'No way, It's even better now because it's cheaper. 20% now isn't as good as the free stuff after close though.' It must've been only the price, because I became a vegetarian for two years after I quit.
'Eww, gross.' she sqealed as she made a face
We reached Jase's car, and it had probably been a while since Amanda had been in there, what with her boyfriend Nick driving her in every day. She kinda just stood in shock for a minute.
'Dude, you get in the back.' Jase said, while Amanda surveyed the mountains of crap in his car. Her big brown eyes were wide open, her mouth just opening and closing while she thought of something to say.
‘yeah, you haven’t been in here for a while, have you?’ Jase asked her.
‘Have you ever cleaned this thing out?’ she asked.
One might expect a teenager’s car to have some junk in the trunk, especially a bloke’s car. The interior of Jase’s car though, was something else altogether. Beyond the usual fast-food wrappings, half empty bottles, soccer gear (and the chunks of dried mud scraped off said gear), Jase had taken some casual work delivering pamphlets and the local paper, which produced leftovers that never left the car. There were things growing in the boot that were well on their way to discovering fire.
‘What are you talking about?’ asked Jase. ‘I had her polished last week!’
‘Just get in, Amanda,’ I said, as I shoveled piles of junk off a seat in the back, ‘ at least you’re in the front.’
‘well, okay. But you’re going to drive careful, aren’t you?’ she asked.
Me and Jase just looked at each other.
'Excuse me?' she replied, indignant at the accusation.
'Oh Mr. Snowdon,' I mimicked in a falsetto, 'you wouldn't put a cute girl like me in detention, would you?' batting my lashes for further effect.
'As if I said anything like that! I was just being nice, something which you seem to have forgotten how to do.'
'Dude, she was so putting it on, wasn't she? Dude?' I asked Jase, as we walked towards the student car park. And by car park I mean street. And by street I mean gravel ditch by the train tracks, overgrown by evil weeds. The kind that grow on public property. Not the good kind of evil weeds, that the cool kids cut up finely, wrapped in homework, and smoked during lunch breaks.
'Sorry what? I was just thinking...' said Jase.
'Does it hurt?' I pulled out the old line
'Fuck you. I was thinking we should go to Erina instead, there's something I want to check out.'
'What is it Jase?' said Amanda.
'I'm not going to say just yet, just in case.'
‘Ooh, this sounds interesting. Dude, spill.' I demanded.
'No, you'll see if it's there, if not then you'll still be able to buy food.'
'Hey yeah, I can get Maccas while Amanda gets Subway.' It'd be worth the delay, after all.
'God Keegan,’ said Amanda, ‘You've been working there a year now, yeah? aren't you sick of it yet? it took me like a month and I stopped eating it.' It was probably because Amanda, Nick and Brendan were already working there that I scored a job.
'No way, It's even better now because it's cheaper. 20% now isn't as good as the free stuff after close though.' It must've been only the price, because I became a vegetarian for two years after I quit.
'Eww, gross.' she sqealed as she made a face
We reached Jase's car, and it had probably been a while since Amanda had been in there, what with her boyfriend Nick driving her in every day. She kinda just stood in shock for a minute.
'Dude, you get in the back.' Jase said, while Amanda surveyed the mountains of crap in his car. Her big brown eyes were wide open, her mouth just opening and closing while she thought of something to say.
‘yeah, you haven’t been in here for a while, have you?’ Jase asked her.
‘Have you ever cleaned this thing out?’ she asked.
One might expect a teenager’s car to have some junk in the trunk, especially a bloke’s car. The interior of Jase’s car though, was something else altogether. Beyond the usual fast-food wrappings, half empty bottles, soccer gear (and the chunks of dried mud scraped off said gear), Jase had taken some casual work delivering pamphlets and the local paper, which produced leftovers that never left the car. There were things growing in the boot that were well on their way to discovering fire.
‘What are you talking about?’ asked Jase. ‘I had her polished last week!’
‘Just get in, Amanda,’ I said, as I shoveled piles of junk off a seat in the back, ‘ at least you’re in the front.’
‘well, okay. But you’re going to drive careful, aren’t you?’ she asked.
Me and Jase just looked at each other.
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