Page 66 of My Rules for Revenge
“I feel that. Most guys are complete asshats!” Heather exclaimed.
“It can be hard,” Vivian added.
“You want to hang out again sometime? This was fun,” Heather affirmed.
“Who, me?” I asked timidly.
“Yeah, you, Indira. Who else? There’s not a ghost in the car, is there? I’ll freaking destroy them,” Heather assured us.
“I don’t think that’s possible,” Vivian said in disbelief as she shook her head.
“Are you doubting my ghost-busting skills?” Heather asked.
“What skills?” Vivian asked.
“Do you think you’re hilarious or something?” Heather asked.
Vivian grinned to herself, satisfied.
“I would love to hang out again,” I exclaimed.
“Good,” Vivian acknowledged.
“You learned two lessons today, too. We told you about sex, and I told you how to exact revenge on that cocky weasel, Carlos. When are we doing that again?” Heather asked.
“Thank you for those lessons, but I didn’t want to go through with it, remember?”
“Yeah, I remember. You should still do it, though.”
“Leave her alone, Heather.”
“It’s okay,” I quickly replied.
“Oh, please. She knows I’m kidding!” Heather exclaimed.
“Yeah, I know.”
Heather slowly turned her head and mouthed, “Let’s kick his ass.” I politely shook my head. She made a stank face and turned back around.
When Vivian dropped me off, I felt nervous about entering my house. I felt like a prisoner who had escaped jail. When I got to my room, I crashed back to reality. I remembered my father and got upset again. We didn’t deserve what he was putting us through. I needed to take a page out of Heather’s book. She had been right. I needed to take her advice. I needed to wait until the timing was right, though.
The following day at school, I was with Eddy in chemistry class. I thought about Vivian’s advice and wondered how to approach him. I was already friends with him, but I wanted to get to the next level.
I saw that he was wearing his basketball warm-ups when he came in. This meant he had a basketball game that night. Hewarmly greeted me and sat down. I stayed quiet for a second and thought carefully about what I was going to say.
“Hey, do you have a basketball game today?”
“Yeah, we’re playing Colombo Academy. They’re a bunch of scrubs, according to my coach. We’ll win the game by halftime. Frankie’s probably gonna score 40 points.”
“That’s awesome. Well, I was going to ask you if you wanted to hang out today, but you’re obviously busy, so it’s okay,” I commented.
“Wait, you want to hang out with me? Like after school? Just the two of us?” Eddy asked.
“Yeah, if you want to.”
Eddy blushed as he choked on his words.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah. That interests me. Let’s do it.”
