will be fun.” Vander suggests.
”Where?” Bastion asks. Perhaps going out with Vander would be what he needs to get his mind off of Veronica. Nights out with him were always fun, and he’d usually get up to mischief while Bastion chided him and tried to stop him, while secretly wanting to go along with it.
”Get a load of this. We’re all going… to the beach!” Vander beams. The notion of going out with Vander instantly died in Bastion’s head.
”The beach?” Bastion frowns, unimpressed. “The hell would we go there for?”
”You must have seen it in movies, guys and girls lighting a fire and having fun, drinking beer. Girls will be there, come on! Chillax! We’re young! Let’s have some fun, before you get depressed with a crappy desk job!” Vander laughs.
”Well, firstly, I don’t care if there’s girls there, I have a girl friend. Second of all, that’s a stupid idea, sand all over the place, people getting drunk. Thirdly, people will complain and the police will be all over us like it’s a bank robbery.” Bastion says. “Sorry, just not my thing. Thanks for asking though.”
”Well, Talia’s going.” Vander says, knowing that’s going to get a reaction.
”You asked Talia to go? She accepted?” Bastion asks.
”Yeah, she’s not your slave, is she?” Vander laughs.
”Of course not, but for gods sakes! She’s going to get drunk, and guys will be there? What the hell, dude?” Bastion snaps.
”Yo, chillout, just come along. For one night, it will do you good! Socialize with more than at least 4 people a day! Besides, Talia isn’t some total dumbass, is she?” Vander says. “It’ll be fun!” Against his will, a brooding Bastion agrees, knowing that he’ll come to regret going, since its likely going to be loud and obnoxious.
Loud and obnoxious it was. Bastion and Talia was sitting within the group of drunk, loud teenagers, telling stories about how stupid the people they know are, such as their boyfriends or friends, complaining about the way they flip out at the tiniest thing, or that boys always cheat on girls. Bastion got really sick of it after the seventieth time hearing the same story. Talia was beside him, drinking everything she could get her hands on, her right arm around him. If he wasn’t there, she wouldn’t be able to maintain her balance. “Your parents are going to be mad as hell at you, you know.” Bastion whispered in Talia’s ear as the ranting teenagers continued what they do best. Talia shrugs at the gesture. She wasn’t on good terms with her parents, she hated her mother, and loved her dad, but her dad was in America. Vander was elsewhere, bragging about his name and making a girl laugh. He looked pretty sure of his chances with the girl, who was named “Leticia”. Unfortunately, the ranting went round in unofficial turns, and soon, it was Talia’s turn to begin to moan about things going wrong in her life. After talking about her mother, and school, she decided to rant about Bastion. “EVERY time this… CUNT, called Veronica walks by, Bastion figures he’ll just lock onto her skirt and track her ass everywhere until his line of sight is broken!” She rants.
”Now, that’s an exaggeration, I don’t do that at all.” He says, although she wasn’t far from the truth. “Yes you do!” Talia huffs. “You stare at her for ages!”
”I stare at YOU for ages, actually” He says, trying to snuggle her, but she doesn’t fall for it.
”No, don’t do that, face the facts!” Talia retorts. Bastion sighs, knowing that he’ll never win.
”Gotta say, you do actually do that, Bastion.” Vander says, smiling evilly at Bastion’s glare.
”Never thought you were the type!” A girl screeches at him.
”I DO NOT, stare at that archaic bitch.” Bastion shouts, getting impatient.
“Archaic?” One of the girls laughs, not understanding what that meant.
“It means old.” Another girl says, one of the more smart ones.
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