Slip ups [Riley and Jinx only!!]

[Belledonna 'Jinx' Jackson]

Cemistry sucks. Thats all Jinx thinks of the subject. What do you do? Mix up cemicals all through the hour? Pointless, unless something blows up, then it gets slightly interesting. otherwse, it's hell in a white washed room. She sighed and sat in an empty seat near the back and put her head down. She waited for the students and teacher to come in. SHe was always early. this time 15 minutes. She fixed her short, bloodred dress and fixed the macaw brooch her grandmother gave her.

[Riley]

Riley liked chemistry, and not for the possibility of an explosion. It was the deeper impossibles that fascinated him. Why is it that there is only 2 electrons in the first shell? Why not 1 or 3? Why is there a number at all?

Riley's mind was busy with those questions today as he wandered into chemistry, with seconds to spare. The bell sounded and the teacher, Mr Diego looked up from grading papers.
"Riley, your lab parter is out today, go sit with Belledonna," he said, looking at his pupuil owlishly.
Riley stood there for a few moments, trying to figure out exactly who his new lab partner was.
"Riley, it's the only other open seat, Diego said, a sarcastic edge creeping into his voice, pointed right to the back of the class. Riley sheepishly hurried to the back and sat down, next to his new lab partner. Droping his his bag on the ground, he muttered, "Holla. I've never seen you before. You new?"

[Belledonna 'Jinx' Jackson]

She simply loked over and nodded. She sat up stright as the teacher came oover to give them the cemicals. "So,what class do you have after this?" she asked shyly and queitly, only wanting to start conversation to try to make friend.

[Riley]

Riley watched as Andrea Bates, the second most annoying girl in the world (after Lori Label), was given a stack of papers to pass out.  Riley let out a long, low hiss.  Andrea was.... Andrea.  Andrea had a crush on Riley's wealth.  And she was very... forward about it.  Diego came by, carrying a box of assorted powders in baggies, liquids in little droppers and several rocks and chunks of metal. "Uhhh... AP modern lit.  You?" Riley muttered.

"Today, we will be starting a project that most seniors describe as the highlight of the class.  We will be identifying certain properties of the elements I have provided, and arranging them into a periodic table, of sorts.  The instructions are on the sheet that Andrea is passing out.  Seeing as I only have enough kits for half the class, I would like all of the people who didn't get a kits to move to a counter that did," Diego was saying.  Almost immediately, Lori grabbed both her backpack and Andrea's and came over to sit with Belledonna and Riley.  Andrea, giggling, joined them a few moments later.  Riley gave the sink to his left a watery smile.

[Belledonna 'Jinx' Jackson]

Jinx looked at the two girls in disgust. She glanced at Riley and whispered "Same. By the way, who are those two?" She moved her long bangs out of the way, only to have them fall back over her eyes. "Darn..." she thought, well, and least they hid the ugly cut from her father's whip on her forehead. She remembered the sheering pain and her falling to the ground, whimpering and dragging herself to her room. The inside of her cringed. "So, out of curiosity, do you have a girlfriend?"
She listened to the two giggling numbskull's. "They annoy me already." She thought out loud, loud enough for the girls to hear. "Whoops, too loud. Oh well." thought Jinx.

[Riley]

"The tall, model-y chick with the brown streaked blond hair is Lori Label.  Don't piss her off.... The blond is Andrea Bates.  Really, really don't piss her off.... And no, I don't have a girlfriend.  Why do you ask?" Riley muttered to Jinx as Andrea handed the extra paper to Diego.  Riley finally faced Lori and Andrea, forced a smile, and picked up a copy of the handout, and said, "Hello, ladies.  Shall I read this aloud, save time?"

Andrea smiled at him, and took the paper from him, taking care to lightly brush his hand when she did.
"Riley, remember what happened when you were allowed to know things?  Remember the lab on the Cullson Reaction?" Andrea said, and read it, with Lori looking on over her shoulder, giggling and whispering.  Jinx then said, "They annoy me already." The whispering stopped, and Andrea stared at Jinx.
"And who, may I ask are you?" Riley recognized the danger that Jinx was in and jumped ship, saying "Hey, Lori, what do we need?"
Lori replied cooly, "We need about a quart of water and a packet of indicator strips, for starters."  Riley grabbed the water bottle and joined the line for one of the two R/O taps.

[Belledonna 'Jinx' Jackson]

"Name's Belledonna, Ms.Giggles. My friends call me Jinx. Witch means you can't." She replied and mocked their gigles and rolled her eyes. Jinx smiled at Reily."Nothin' personal, just gettig to know you better, you know, to be friends, and not go o to far." Jinx said the last part loudly. Although, Riley was cute, she'll keep that a secret.

[Riley]

Andrea and Lori shared a glance and then plastered on twin smiles of contempt. Andrea spoke first. "You must be new.  I'm Andrea Bates.  This is Lori Label.  The boy you seem so friendly with is Riley D'Arc-Del Cruz. He's the richest person you will ever meet."
"That means he's off limits to commoners." Lori said, glancing around at Andrea, and then back at Jinx, her contemptuous smile widening. Andrea added, "So don't bother him."
"Besides, his parents would never let you two even be friends," Lori chimed in.  Unbeknownst to the two girls, Riley was hovering near-by, unsure of what to do.  He decided to pull Jinx aside, and set the record strait.
He walked up and set the supplies down and turned to Jinx saying, "Hey, I need to show you where we keep the Bunsen burners and the safety glasses."

[Belledonna 'Jinx' Jackson]

Those harsh words hurt, Jinx's face showed it. She looked at the girls and narowed her eyes "Damn you!" She hissed. She wondered with Riley an started playing with her brooch, takeing it off and letting it shimmer i the light. The thing was made out of real jewels and was her sole fith birthday present from her weathy grandmother. Totaly forgeting about the ugly scar on her head, she moved her bangs to her ear and stared at Riley. "Is... what they said true?" She whispered.

[Riley]

Andrea and Lori simpered, and began to run tests on the bagged powder.
Riley lead Jinx out, in to the inner hallway.  He slumped in a couch, and patted the seat next to him before saying anything.  
"I want to say none of that is true. I want to say that Label and Bates just have a crush on me and want to protect what they think is their's by telling you that the outfit I'm wearing cost $3000 dollars and that I have 4 cars that are each worth a small house.  But it is. "
Here, Riley paused and shifted position and looked down at his shoes.
"I'm am a rich, ivy-league bound son of a mean bitch and a greedy bastard.  My house is so big and fancy-ass that I could go for days without seeing my twin brother or my older sister or my younger sister because I have a fucking kitchen in my room." Riley looked up, and refocused his attention on the wall.
"And, yeah, it's true I went to Winter Formal last year with a guy, and it's true that my parents consider making me go to public school over Catholic school a punishment.  But the bottom line is, I'm my own person, and I get to set my own boundaries.  Sort of.  I can't piss Bates and Label off, but I can make their behavior up to you.  Please, let me.  If you like horses, let me take you down my stables, if you like coffee, there's a member's only coffee shop downtown that really good..." Riley stopped babbling and turned to Jinx, looking for some input.  His eyes made the jump from her face to her forehead, but he bit his tongue.

[Belledonna 'Jinx' Jackson]

Jinx sadly smiled. "I love horses, my grandmommy owns a ranch. Six gypsy banners and a donkey. I'd love to ride with you, if I can sneak out of the house. My dad doesn't believe I deserve friends. And, I'm a coffee lover, but I have to sneak it around like weed. I understand how snobby they are and how rich they wanna be, and how rich you are, but your different from all the other rich people... your friendly. So, when do yo want to go? I can try tomaroow after scho- " her eyes widened when she realized he was staring at her and she turned around, blushing and tearing up.

[Riley]

"Cool. We own mostly Arabs, but we have a few Thoroughbreds that we could take out..." Riley said, awkwardly skipping over the bit about Jinx's father attempting to socially isolate her, "Naw, parents love me, I'll just say that I volunteered you for one of Mercer's, that's the insane Bio teacher here, park-clean-ups... Tomorrow would be good, because my father going on a business trip, and he wouldn't know I didn't show up for work. I mean, really, his assistant will do anything for a tum... never mind, you don't want to know," Riley grinned, more to himself then to anyone else, remembering a cellar spider trapped Mercer in the supple closet for 3 hours one eventful winter day.

Jinx then started to cry, and Riley realized that he was staring.
"Oh, no, no, don't.. don't start crying, please.." he placed a hand on her shoulder, biting his lip.

[Belledonna 'Jinx' Jackson]

She looked up at him, witch only made her cry more. "No. You don't understand! My father hates evryone that come two feet near me! he almost murered my best friend in kidergarden!"