Chapter Thirty…

 

Chapter 30: Bad Girls.

♪ ♫ ‘Toot toot, hey, beep beep;  Bad girls, talking about the sad girls, sad girls; talking about the bad girls, yeah’ ♫ ♪

lol.  😛 Pardon my craziness…

Mwahahaha. 

NOTE: I, in no way condone violence; whether it’s women against women, men against men, or whatever. I just wanted to say that. >_>

It was the night of vengeance against Lexy, so no one was in bed.

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

Lila and Darius stood in the house, a strange Jester’s hat on Darius’ head.

After having caught a glimpse of Nick Moore on the cover of Playgirl, Darius decided to wear a hat that concealed his similar haircut. He hated the very idea of looking like Nick…

The national news swirled about Nick and his posing and general whoredom, so that’s where Darius saw the cover. His hand thrust over Lila’s eyes when it aired on the television. As if she hadn’t already seen the cover, and then some, and then even more of Nick IRL. After all, how the hell did Darius think she became pregnant with Nick’s baby?!

Lila approached him for an embrace before she left.

“Hope you have fun at Chuck E. Cheese’s,” he said.

“Thanks. I think I will,” she replied. More like I’m going to Chuck a Lexy, but you don’t have to know about that detail, Darius.

BTW: wow, nice ass Darius; despite that silly hat.

Her mother pulled up and honked the horn. Lila went outside.

At first, it looked like her mother was the only one in the car. But on closer inspection, she saw Lexy tied up in the back. Moreover, Roger rose up from the passenger side. Lila had no clue what he was doing before, or why the f*** her mother brought him along.

“What’s with Darius’ hat?” Audrey asked, as she drove away from the house.

“It’s only temporary until he decides which hair style he wants,” Lila said, squeezed between her mother and Roger. “He was thinking about getting a faux hawk.”

“Bitches!” Lexy screamed from the back. All three ignored her.

“So where are we going?” Lila asked.

“You’ll see,” Audrey replied.

The Sloppy Jalopy swerved around the twists and turns of the Riverview countryside. A slight feeling of nausea crept up within Lila.

Finally, the car pulled into an old, abandoned train station. Then Audrey drove it further onto a dirt path, until a meadow greeted them.

The three climbed out of the car and stood around the trunk.

Anxiety twisted Lila’s stomach into a tight knot. She felt like barfing.

“Mom, are you sure we should be doing this? I don’t have a very good feeling about it,” she fretted.

“Well it’s not like we’re going to really hurt her,” Audrey said as all three gazed down at the trunk. “I brought her here not to fight, but to talk.”

“Then why is she tied up and in the trunk?” Lila questioned, sarcastically.

Her mother didn’t answer. Instead, she stepped over to the trunk and unlocked it.

“What? You’re finally letting me out?” Lexy said, her voice slightly muffled.

Audrey lifted up the hatch, and untied the ropes from Lexy’s wrists.

“What is wrong with you people?!” Lexy shouted, scooting out of the trunk.

“You’re all psychos! Like—like that crazy family in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre!”

Lexy stood and resumed bitching.

“WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE F***ING WANT FROM ME?!”

“We—my daughter just wants to talk to you. About Nick.”

“What do you want me to say? I can’t help that Nick pursued me! It’s not my fault!”

Lila’s rage boiled over.

“You’re a freakin’ liar! You know damn well Nick didn’t pursue you! You used me to get to him!”

She lunged forward, shoving Lexy.

“Get your hands off my boobs, you lesbo!” Lexy screamed.

“Just say it!” Lila demanded. “Just admit you’re a liar!”

“Get away from me! I don’t know what you’re talking about! You’re crazy!”

“Just say it! Say it and I won’t hit you!” Lila shouted.

“Fine! Yes! I used you to get to Nick! You told me about the gym where he hangs out, so I went there and hit on him! You told me about his loneliness, and how he couldn’t live without a woman more than two seconds! So I seduced him! Are you satisfied now?!”

“No, I’m not satisfied,” Lila hissed through clenched teeth. She began to slap her; then finished it off with a grand finale…

…a finale that sent Lexy careening to the ground.

A low groan escaped her lips. Lila pounced on top of her.

“I thought you weren’t going to hit me, you bitch,” Lexy groaned.

“I changed my mind,” Lila muttered.

Blood trickled from Lexy’s nose.

“Will you just let me up?” Lexy whined. “Get off me…”

“Why should I? You’re nothing but a lying slut,” Lila said. “You went after Nick knowing I was pregnant with his baby, knowing eventually we might work it out. Pretending the whole time that you were my FRIEND. You’re a home-wrecker, a whore,” she cried.

“You’re a fine one to talk about home-wrecking. Seems you’ve done some of that yourself,” Lexy shot back.

Lila slapped her again.

“Oh, yeah. Dude, I love a good catfight,” Roger chuckled.

Growing tired of holding her down, Lila got up. Lexy followed.

Lexy started crying, smearing the blood on her nose with her hands.

“I’m PREGNANT!”

“Wha—? No… no, please no,” Lila cried.

“She’s lying,” Audrey said.

“No, I’m not! Nick knows! He—he saw the TEST!!”

“Dude!” Roger enthused. “I’ve never seen two pregnant girls fighting!”

“Shut the hell up, Roger,” Audrey said.

Thirty-something minutes later, Audrey dropped Lila off.

The ride back was quiet, uncomfortable. Depressing.

For some reason, Lila felt no better for having smashed Lexy’s face.

After refusing to think about Lexy’s revelation, Lila was able to fall asleep. Visions of Lexy’s huge, pregnant stomach danced in Lila’s head. Her mind was going to force her to think about it, even if it meant only in her dreams… err nightmares.

Next to her, Darius slightly awakened.

“Lila,” he groaned. “I think I heard a car outside.”

She stirred.

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When loud hammering came at the front door, Lila got up.

At least the sparkly officer let Lila change before arresting her. It also gave Lila enough time to explain what happened to Darius.

Behind them, Darius glared at the police officer.

“Don’t worry, honey. I’ll get you out as soon as I can,” he called out. “I’ve always taken care of you before; I won’t stop now just because you whupped your rival’s ass… fighting over Nick Moore… that sonofabitch.”

In the back seat of the cruiser, Lila forced a smile on her face.

It’ll be alright; it’ll be alright, she told herself. Darius will get me out of this. Another part of her wished that Nick would also come to her rescue, and choose her over Lexy…

I hate you, Mother. I can’t believe I let you talk me into getting back at Lexy.

The police cruiser pulled up to the station.

Officer Reynolds escorted Lila to the jail area.

…where Lila shared a cell with her mother.

“I’ll have you know that I’m allowed at least one phone call,” Audrey fumed at the guard beyond the door.

“So did Roger also get arrested?” Lila asked.

“No. It’s just us,” Audrey replied.

“Why?”

“Because I was the one who drove, and you were the one who hit Lexy. Roger didn’t do anything, he didn’t even help tie her up and throw her in the trunk.”

“Oh.”

Hours afterward, Darius showed up at the station at the same time as Nick. Immediately, they began to bicker.

“I said I’d pay for the bail. Don’t worry about it,” Nick insisted.

“I don’t need your damn money, I have enough of my own,” Darius griped.

Ah, the male ego at work.

“I’ll pay for it,” Nick sharply said.

“You’re probably the one who called the police to begin with,” Darius said.

“If I did, do you really think I’d be here right now?”

Insulted, Darius shoved open the double doors and brooded outside the station.

Once Nick paid bail, Lila and Audrey were released.

Audrey rushed past Nick without saying one word.

Then went outside to join Darius, her favorite (and only) son-in-law.

“I can’t believe you beat up Lexy,” Nick said.

Lila spun around to face him.

“Lila, what the hell’s wrong with you?” he fumed.

She couldn’t believe what he was saying. Her heart had already split into two long ago, and as each day expired those pieces shattered further. Each day brought a new, horrifying revelation. And now Nick had the nerve to scold her as though she were a child.

“First of all, I didn’t beat her up! I only smacked her a few times, which she deserved. Second of all, I don’t think you have any room to talk. Just like you said, Nick, you’re not perfect. What you see is what you get.”

“Whoa. What is that supposed to mean?”

“It means: did you ever once think about using some birth control yourself?! Or do you always have to be the perpetual stud-horse?” She chuckled, madly. “My God, you even have shirts that say just as much! The word ‘stud’ printed all over them!”

“Lexy told you?”

“What? That she’s pregnant? Yeah, she mentioned it. So is it true?” she asked, bracing herself for his answer.

“Yes. She took the test right in front of me this morning,” he muttered, obviously not happy with the news. “She told me she’d forgotten to take her birth control a few weeks ago.”

Boy, that sounds familiar. The slut used my excuse. Except in my case it was true. How could Nick be so stupid as to believe this shit?!

“Getting another girl pregnant at almost the same time as me?!” she cried. “That makes you a WHORE! Just like Lexy!”

Do not cry; do not cry; do not cry…

 

“Stop! Just calm down,” he said. “It won’t do any good to get so upset in your—condition.”

“You mean the same condition that Lexy’s in?” she sniped, looking away from him.

When she looked back, he sighed and gazed out the window.

Although he stood only a couple feet before her, Nick seemed to be light years away.

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Chapter 31 coming in a few days. Will something shocking happen that will change Lila and Nick’s relationship forever? And how will that affect her relationship with Darius and Kayla?