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May '80 May 5th, 1980: Tinker, Taylor, Soilder, Spy, Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar, Theif... Another day, and these past few months has been like Hell for the Shortfellow Society. For the past couple of months, rumours have been floating around as to the various thefts that has been going on in school: SAT Test, and access to School Computer Records. With Social Engineering as it goes, that only leads to just a handful of people that I know of, a few of them being Shortfellows. The Shortfellows meet at 1E17 for a meeting with the Elders, so as I wait outside, Lennard opens the door to the room and allows us to come in one at a time. I was called first. I was led to a chair in the center of the room, and told to sit in it. The Elders all took seats and placed them in a semi-circular position in front of me. Lennard and Jose, sat directly in front of me, straddling their chairs, the backs to their fronts. "Do you know why you are here?", Lennard asks. "No, other than I'm a Shortfellow and this is the Shorfellow's place to meet.", I answer him. "Do you know of any rumours that have been floating around?", Jose asks. "I hear many rumours everyday in this school...", I started to answer. "Any involving the Shortfellows?", Elizabeth says from my far left. "From within the group or outside?", I asked. "Within the group?", David Santana says. "Yeah, you know- who's dating who, who's pregnant, who's thinks their pregnant, shit like that.", I answer him. "Uhm, No...", As Lennard turns to David. "More like what rumours are there about us from the rest of the school..." I looked at everyone's faces, noticing that Jason's is not in the group. Then I said in asking, "You mean about Jason?" "That's exactly what we want to know.", Jose stated. "I suppose you want names and sources too.", I stated in asking. "That would be helpful.", Stu stated from my far right. I let out a sigh, as I thought what to say. "Alright... I'll start from Ms Jastrey and work my way down to the Shortfellows." "From Ms Jastrey?", Most of them said at me. "It was at the end of March when she said a few things to me as we went out to get some chinese food to bring back. In her words, 'Gutcherrez, my boy, I think the Shortfellows have gotten out of hand. I don't know that you know, but Jason was arrested and placed under suspension for somethings that happened. I believe he's innocent, but its hard to tell with his kind... He was such a sweet fellow...' She would go on to explain to me what happened and what he was being accused of." " 'His Kind...?' ", Lennard asks. "Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think she was referring to Jason being Black.", I explained. "How are you so sure of that?!!", Jose asks. "Something she keeps inferring to me every once in a while... 'I'm not prejudice, I was just raised that way...' I would not say that she is, or at least consciously aware that she is, but Ms Jastrey is... prejudice.", I explained, adding, "But she is still my teacher and friend." "So you're saying that you're prejudice as well... you agree with what Ms Jastrey has to say?", Jose asks. I bend down into my bag, pulling out my foldable cane and glasses, "You explain to me how can I be prejudice if I cant see who the people are?" "You could be prejudice by race...", David started to say. "No, he's not.", Lennard started to say. "How can you say that?", David asks. "I know that he's dated every type of girl out there this school as to offer...", Jose added. "Hell, he has girls waiting for him outside...", Lennard stated. "Uhm... That's the swim class. They do that everytime I save one of them...", I tried to explain. "You in the girl's swim class?", Ruth leans over to me and points a finger at me. "Everyday...", I tell her. "Gym is only 2 periods a week... how you ended up with it everyday?", Ruth asks. "Better yet- where do you shower and change?", Elizabeth asks. "...with the girls?", I meekishly said. The room stayed shocked in slience for a while. "How Is That Possible?!!", Ruth asks. "Is Mr Braum or Ms O'Rielly there with you?", Elizabeth asks. "Most of the time, they leave me alone with the class most of the day...", I explained. "Wait a minute!", Ruth says. "I don't find any problem with that...", I started to say. Stu and Wayne try to hide the smiles on their faces, while shaking their heads in disbelief. "Wait a minute...", Lennard said out loud. "Let me have your wallet..." "Uhm... I don't know why you'd want it, but here...", I said as I got up slightly to reach into my back pocket, handing my wallet over to him. Lennard goes through them and stops by a set of cards, which he reaches over to Ruth and hands them over to her, "Maybe this has something to do with what he's saying..." She takes the cards and looks them over, "No way... Gutich, you're a lifeguard?" "Only during the summer time.", I tell her. "Why aren't you in the swimming team then?, Elizabeth asks as she leans over to Ruth and looks over the cards in her hands. "Something about I cant work as something relating to the sport...", I tried to explain. "Eh...?", they both looked at me confused. "You cant be a life guard and be on the swim team, just like you cant be a messenger and be on the track team or a furniture mover and be on the weight lifting team... it gives you an unfair advantage over the competition.", Jose explained. "Do Mr Braum and Ms O'Rielly is having you teach the classes for them? That is so unfair!", Ruth stated. "They teach the classes, when they want too. They just want me around to make sure that the girls don't drown...", I tried to explain. "That is so unfair...", Ruth started to say. Eventually, Lennard takes the cards from Ruth and returns me my wallet. "Enough of this...", Lennard stated as he returned to his seat. "Damn, he's a lucky dog...", Wayne whispers to Stu, my sensitive hearing picking up what was said. Jose was about to throw in the next question, but Ruth manages to get in a word before he does, "Wait a minute- You're Blind, Aren't You?!!" "I am...", I started to say, "...it depends. I'm healing and got most of my vision back, but somethings can take down my vision... which is why I have to take my glasses and cane with me." "How can you be blind and be a lifeguard?", Ruth asks. "How can...? No, I just do. Its just that way, and I don't make excuses for my handicap like some of the other Shortfellows do.", I answer her. "He's right on that...", Jose stated to himself. "Look... Gutich here does things that needs to be done. Which is why I wanted him first for this... but we cant if we keep getting side tracked with little details all the time!", Lennard almost shouted at the group. "You mind telling me as to what's going on?", I asked. Two of the closets open behind me, and somebodies get out of them as they walked to the front. "Its simple- Gutich...", one of them started to say, who was Yip Lee, the Founder of the Shortfellows. Next to him was Jason. "Jason is innocent, but he is being framed. The question is- by who. And why. And what can we do about it to clear his name and punish those responsible.", Yip continues. "And how does it involve me?", I ask. "First of all, like all of the other Shortfellows, we need to know about the rumours, and who spread them. Secondly, And I'll be blunt about it- care to be in the group that clears Jason's name of the crimes he's being charged with?", Lennard ask. "Why me?", I ask. "Well... you help start the Physics Department's Computer Club... we need somebody with computer skills.", Lennard ask. "And if I so no...", I ask. "We have a feeling that you wont.", Stu says. I let out a sigh, then say, "Whats in it for me if I do this?" "You want a reward? My, you are a mercenary...", Jose stated. "He's not.", Jason says. Lennard looks at both of them, before looking at me, "Nothing." "Well... I don't know.", I stated. "How about some names then.", Elizabeth stated. "No... how about I give names out after I do this. Along with proof that connects them to the crimes.", I stated as I looked to each of them, stopping at Felix and Carrol Green- the married teen couple. I thought to myself, 'Why are they here?' Lennard faces me and follows with his eyes to who I was staring at. "I understand.", he then says, "This meeting is over... Gutich... we'll talk to you later, but speak of this to no one. Jose, let the others in, and we can all leave, lets go get some beers and pizza." Jose gets up with most of the Shortfellows Elders, opening the door, they all leave, except for Lennard, Yip, Jason, David, Felix and Carrol, who have gotten up and stand closer to me. I follow Felix and Carrol, as they all walked to me. Jose stood outside of the door, keeping the rest of the Shortfellows from entering. "Why are you staring at us?", Carrol asks with anger in her tone. "Who are you?, I ask. "You must be joking...", Carrol continued, "You're the one staring at us." "Actually, I'm staring at two blobby images... right now I cant see, and though I've heard your voice before, I never caught your name.", I explained to her. "Now that is one hell of a big lie if I ever heard one.", Carrol stated in frustration. "He's not lying. He becomes blind if he does not wear his glasses as he's supposed too. Something about the bright lights messing with his eyes.", Lennard says, "...I think he enjoys being blind..." "It's a vacation for me...", I said as I put on my glasses, "...I cant stand looking at ugly." "Oh! You're Calling Me Ugly?", Carrol says. "I did not say that- but if the name fits, wear it...", I tell her. "Carrol, I'll take care of this...", Felix than added himself to the chorus of voices. "Look here, Guitch... That's my wife you're messing with. Now chill out or deal with me." "Wife?", I asked, "Then why isn't she home barefoot and pregnant?" Felix reaches over to me and tries to grab me by the shirt. I take him by the arm and twist it uncomfortable, pinning it to the table, "Don't ever try to touch me in a threatening manner, Felix, or else I'll make your wife a widow. You understand where I'm coming from?" "Let him go, Gutich...", Lennard says. I slowly oblige him. Felix pulls back his arm and rubs it by the wrist before turning around and walking out the room. He stops by the door with his wife and points at me, "This is not over, Gutich. Not by a long shot!" Then he leaves the room with Carrol, walking out to the Center East exits of the building. "Are you sure its them?", Lennard asks. "I know its them...", I tell him. "Telepathy aside- what proof do you have?", Yip Lee asks. "Only Telepathy. We need to gather the evidence ourselves.", I tell him. "So, you're willing to go along with this?", Lennard asks. "Yes... But it means breaking into rooms and gathering it...", I tell them. "We know that, and we cant have another Shortfellow caught in this.", Jason says. "Look, can you get here on Zero Period Tomarrow?", Lennard asks. "Eww... that's 6am? OK, I'll try but we need more time that one period to do this.", I tell them. "Alright then... What you propose?", Yip asks. "We'll meet here on Zero period, but we'll act on 10th period. That gives us 3 periods to work with.", I explain. "Alright then.", Lennard stated. "See you then." "See you...", I said as I chuckled a bit. "What's so funny?", David asked. "He's blind, and he said, 'see you...' Don't you get it?", Jason explains to him as he grabs his arm and walks him to the door. The others leave, leaving me alone in the room, then the Current Shortfellows started to enter. I put my arms on the desk and put my head on it. "What happened here?", John started to ask, "We were told to wait out turn and then told to forget about it..." "Yeah, Gutich, what did happened here?", Raul stated as he walked to my desk. "Nothing happened here.", I stated to them. One of the girls from the swim class sticks her head through the door, and walk into the room, with several of the others with her. "What the, who are yous?", Raul turns around as he sees the girls walk toward us. They walk around the boys, standing directly by the chair I was in, the desk attached to the chair kept them at semi-arm's length from me. "Fernando...", one of them started to say, an Asain one known as Jeanee Chin, "We would like to thank you for saving one of us again..." "Yeah...", the others almost squealled. "Its not necessary...", I tell them. "But..., if you were not there, there would be another drowned girl in the class...", Jeanee stated. "Look- you girls don't owe me anything, just learn how to swim, that's all that I ask.", I try to tell them. "You don't want anything?", Jeanne asks. "Maybe some privacy...", I tell her. "Look... maybe some pizza and soda, but not today. I got things to deal with..." "Tomarrow maybe?", Jeanee asks, almost saddly. "Tomarrow would be better...", I tell her. "See you then..." "Alright, see you ...", Jeanee says, while the others say, "Awww..." Then they started to turn around and leave the room. "Now you got an entourage of groupies?", John started to say. Kevin laughed, "Yeah, they look kinda young too... You squeezing the freshmen tree Gutich?" "Kevin...", I call to him, "I just managed to save one of them from drowning in the deep end of the pool, and they do that... follow me around and ask if they can do me favors..." "Well, think of all the nookie you can get...", Raul stated. "Raul... I don't care for that...", I tell him. "What... you somekind of fag or something...?", Raul mocks me. "Fernando's no fag...", Cathy stated from the far end of the room where she sat with Jaunita(Gloria), adding, "Not like some other guys I know here." "Well, it aint me...", Raul stated boastfully. "I am talking about you...", Cathy stated. Raul, reaches into his pocket to get one of his shirekens out and throw it at her. I grab him by his arm to stop him, but he gets hit by a flying math book thrown in his direction. Cathy runs out of the room, and Raul breaks from my grip, and goes after her. "Aren't you going to stop it?", John asks. "No...", I tell him. "Somebody is going to get hurt...", Kevin says. "Hopefully Raul.", I say under my breathe. "Now why you wish him harm?", John asks. "Don't get me wrong... Its not about Raul, for he's somebody I would want on my side, but it's the stupid things he does that I don't like. And he needs to learn that he either has to stop being stupid or get hurt being stupid... understand what I mean?", I explained. "Yeah, I think so, but Cathy adds to it as well.", John stated. "Like I said- if Raul learns how to stop being stupid, he'll be fine. That includes ignoring Cathy as all costs... for that is going to hurt him in more ways than one.", I explain. "He really needs to learn...", Jaunita(Gloria) stated as she approached us. She then throws a telepathic message at me, 'So, what happened?' 'I cant say...', I throw back at her. 'Maybe later?', she sends back to me. 'Yeah, later...', I send to her in return. 'Uh-Oh...', Jaunita(Gloria) threw at me. 'What is it?', I asked her telepahically. But before I could get an answer from her, the problem made itself apparent to us all, as Randal enters the room. "Where is she?", Randal says out loud. "Where is who?", I ask out loud to distract his attention. He walks to me me, "Don't play with me, boy... now where's Cathy?!!" "I don't know, but I think she went to the girl's room.", I told him. "Then I'll wait for her to return.", he says. "Actually, I don't care what you do...", I say to myself but loud enough for all to hear. "You getting fresh with me, boy? I'll make you respect your elders.", he stated as he approached my desk. Kevin sneaks out the of the room with Jaunita. "A couple of years doesnt make you my elder. And if you want me to respect you, you have to earn it... like everyone else.", I tell him. "Watch yourself around me... You don't know who you are messing with...", Randal threatens me. "Lets see, I've been blown up, dived bombed, kidnapped, left for dead- yet I'm still around and those who tried those things on me are not... I don't make threats, but those I receive I usually take care off. Now tell me what type of flowers you'd like to push up with your chest?", I tell him. "Why I ought too...", Randal started to say. "Ought to what? While you're at it, some some proper English and some respect for the common man. Its obvious that all that church teaching you had learn is doing nothing for you.", I added. "FERNANDO!!!", Jaunita(Gloria) yells from across the room. "WHAT?!!", I yell back at her. She gets up out of her chair, walking towards me. When she finally gets to where I was at, she gives me a hard slap to the side of the head, saying, "That's What... Now Respect Others Like You Told Him..." "But he started it!", I tell her. "And you should have ended it at that!", Jaunita(Gloria) stated. Randal starts to laugh to himself, but quickly becomes a target of Jaunita(Gloria)'s wrath. "And you, sir...", as Jaunita(Gloria) turns to face him, "Guests Don't make Themselves Problems At Other People's Homes. You Understand What I'm Saying?!!" "Wait A Minute! I Don't Take That From my Own Mother!", Randal says out loud. "Maybe that's your problem...", I say loud enough to be heard. "FERNANDO!", Jaunita(Gloria) turns to me once more. "What?!! If he admits to a problem, then maybe he should get some professional help...", I tell her. "We're going to have a long talk when we're alone.", Jaunita(Gloria) says in a threatening tone. "Heh heh... looks like somebody is panty whipped...", Randal says. Again, Jaunita(Gloria) turns back to him. "What did I told you about respect? Now sit down and shut up and wait for your woman, man!", Jaunita(Gloria) almost yells at him. "Why, I ought too...", Randal says to her. "What are you going to do to me? Huh? I'm not like Cathy, who you could beat into submission to have your way with her. I Bite Back... Now I Want Some Quiet, So I Can Get My Homework Done! Do I make Myself Clear?!!!", Jaunita(Gloria) says very loudly to him, and then to the rest of the room. Jaunita returns to the room with Cathy, talking girl stuff, a ploy on their part since Cathy had been warned about Randal being there. Kevin remained outside hidden in the stairwell with Raul at least for the moment. Halfway into the room, Cathy notices Randal was there. "Oh, hi, honey... what brings you here?", Cathy says as she turns to his direction, while still heading to Jaunita(Gloria). "Lets Go Home. We have A Lot To Talk About.", Randal says in a serious and angered tone. "Just give me a second...", Cathy tells him, "...we have to clarify something with our notes...", as she points to Jaunita(Gloria) and herself. Jaunita(Gloria) tears a sheet from her notebook and shoves it at Cathy, "No, its OK... I'll call you later tonight for the rest of it..." "Uhm....", Cathy started to say, as she looks at the blank sheet of semi crumpled and folded paper. "No need to hold your man up, I'll call you- 9o'clock ok?", Jaunita(Gloria) started to say. Cathy puts away the paper into her notebook inside her bag that she got from besides Jaunita(Gloria). As Cathy puts the bookbag strap upon her shoulder, Randal grabs her by the arm. "Lets go.", Randal says to her. Cathy pulls away from him for the moment, then recomposes herself for the while and walks out the door. Once out in the hall, she could be heard yelling at him, "WHAT THE FUCKS THE MATTER WITH YOU! YOU DON'T EVER TOUCH ME LIKE THAT IN PUBLIC... EVER AGAIN! I'M NOT YOUR WIFE..." He follows with a quick, "Yet..." Doors slam open and shut closed, the closest door to us to leave being the Center East exits. At that point Jaunita(Gloria) jumps out of the chair and runs out of room, in her mind she thinks loudly enough for me to sense her thoughts, 'He's Going To Hit Her!'. In seeing and sensing this, I jump out of my chair and follow her. I'm only a few steps behind Jaunita(Gloria) but far enough to have the hallway doors slam close on my face due to their fast acting springs. Unknown to me that the Shortfellows were right behind me. Randal has Cathy by the arm in the alcove before the exits, about to strike her when Jaunita(Gloria) pounces in him, taking his arm out of reach of Cathy. Instinctively, He lashes out at her, judo throwing her across the marble tile floor. I slide across the floor on my heels, timing it to that I would hit him square in the jaw, though the laws of physics would say otherwise. Throwing a punch 180 degrees from the direction I was sliding would negate that punch, no matter how much force I may apply to it. Instead of force, I needed speed. Though I impacted my fist to the side of his face, very little force was transferred. Even worse, puts me on a spin. Randal in turn starts after me, after letting Cathy go, trying do get a grasp on me. At best he fails in grabbing me, but I slide hard onto the door one of the four out of the six that had to be locked. I bounce off the door hard, falling onto the floor. Randal pounces onto me, grabbing a fist full of shirt, and rising an arm with a balled fist to strike me with. He swings down to strike with full force that he can give, but his fist stops in mid air. Kevin was standing over him, holding back on his arm. Jaunita and Denise were attending to Jaunita(Gloria), who was shaking off the affects of being judo thrown across the room. John and Raul was to either side of Randal, waiting and wanting to jump into the melee. Cathy was behind us all turning around to see this in full view, as for the moment, all time stands still. Cathy was the first to act, running out the door onto South Elliot Street and down the block. "LET ME GO!", Randal says as he looked up at both Raul and John. "You're not going after her...", I tell him. "Like you got a choice in what happens here and now.", Randal tell me. "If I find out that you have hit her, today or any other day- I swear Randal- I will kill you.", I tell him. "Then I'll make sure that you wont ever find out.", Randal says. "You're forgetting that she's my friend...", Jaunita(Gloria) tell him, "And if I find out that you hurt my friend, I will cut your nuts off... then Fernando can beat up whats left of you..." "Sure you will...", Randal says. "Let him go, guys..." I say loudy to be heard. Eventually they let him go as he gets up. I slide myself out from under him into a sitting position. Randal tries to step away from me and towards the door, but not without me making another attempt at him as I grab his foot and twists it. He falls, but tries to kick me with his free leg. I dodge his attempt, twisting his leg even further to make him land face down on the floor. I pin his other leg with mine and twist the one in my hands to the point where most people should be screaming in pain. The problem is that Randal is not like other people. Jaunita(Gloria) throws a telepathic message to me, 'Just stop it!' I throw one back at her, 'Go After Cathy! She's in the G-train station, heading home! I'll Delay Randal!!!' 'You're crazy!', Jaunita(Gloria) throws back at me. 'I love you too, so JUST DO IT!!!', I throw back at her. With that she gets up and runs out the door. "Now Randal... I don't care who the fuck you are or where you got your martial arts training... I don't care about you being engaged to Cathy- but you are going to respect her as a person as I do her as a friend... And I fight back for my friends...", I then started to tell him. "You finished with your speech, little man?", Randal says to me. Still holding onto his foot with a twisting force, I slowly release his pinned leg and get myself onto a kneeling position, before letting him go. I spring up back onto my feet, taking a defensive stance that only a few martial arts experts would know. Randal rolls over upon me letting him go, and spring up onto his feet, also taking a defensive stance of martial arts training. For a second he stares at me, his mind racing in trying to figure out the style of fighting that my stance represented, but cant or figures that what ever stance I was taking, it was amatuerish and sloppy. Unfortunately for him, it is one of my own creation, mixing the three styles of fighting, with a bit of gymastics thrown in. "I fight for my friends, Randal. Don't become an enemy...", I tell him. "Too late, for you have made yourself and your friends here enemies of mine.", Randal tells me. "You leave them out of this, for this is between you and I, they are not involved.", I tell him some more. "I'll leave them alone once they are all dead and buried, boy", Randal stated. "Hurt anyone one of them, then you will have all of us to deal with...", a voice stated far behind Randal where Jaunita(Gloria) was, belonging to Lennard as he and the other Elders were stepping out of the stairway. Randal looks over his shoulder and sees the others behind him. Though David Santana is not a fighter by any definition of the word, most of the others are. With Shortfellows in front, back and to the side of him, and me just beyond arm's reach, Randal chooses his battles carefully. From inside his sleeves, he pulls out something and slams it hard against the floor, creating a bright flash of light and a lot of smoke. I hear him take to the doors, making a hasty retreat. I scan over the immediate area trying to find Jaunita(Gloria), but cant. That could only mean that she is either in the subway, or near Cathy's house. To search further would require more concentration. Either way, she has a headstart over Randal, and hopefully with Cathy. Most of the Shortfellows quickly duck inside the stairwell to get away from the smoke and most head back intot he room. I take the exit doors to the hallway and enter 1E17 that way. Being the last to enter, everyone else was standing around the room staring at me. "What?", I look at them all. "Now you done it.", Denise started to say. "This is between Randal and I, so don't be complaining.", I tell her. "Oh really...", Denise stated. "Yeah, really. Besides, this little war is a carry over from Raul's little war, so don't be blaming me for things I did not started.", I tell her. "I did nothing...", Raul stated. "Fernando is right, Raul.", Lennard stated to him. "But you shouldn't be continueing where he left off...", Lennard then stated to me. "I do what I think is right.", I tell Lennard. "Even when everyone else thinks its wrong?", Jose stated at me. "Yes.", I answer him. "Isn't that a bit selfish?", Jose asks. "Not when its things I do for others and not for myself.", I explained. "Hmmm....", Jose started to think. "Alright... lets all go home... we got a long day ahead of us.", Lennard stated. We all gathered our things, despite the negative mood we were in. As I started to step towards the room, I notice that Jaunita(Gloria)'s bag was still by her desk and her books open. I go to it and pack things up for her, sneaking my recorder into it on extended recode mode, "Denise..." "What the fuck you want this time...", Denise snaps at me. "Jaunita(Gloria) left her books behind...", I try to explain to her. "So, what you want me to do about it?", Denise continues to snap at me. "How about you going to Cathy's house and give it to her...", I try to explain. "I am not doing anything of the sort!", Denise yells at me. "Hand it over, I'll make sure that she gets it.", Lennard saids to me. "No, wait... I'll do it. Besides I only live a block away from her...", Jaunita stated. "Oh no you're not!", Denise stated to her. "You cant stop me from doing anybody favors once we're all home.", Jaunita explains. "I can if I take the bag with me!", Denise stated. Lennard takes the bag, "You're doing nothing of the sort..." "Look you all decide what to do with it. I'm going home.", I tell him, then I started to walk out of the room. No one cared to follow me in friendship or argument. # (from the recorder) May 5th, 6:30pm. A finger reaches over and presses a button on the wall that rings a doorbell. After no answer for several seconds, it rings the bell again. After a while, the door opens. "What are you two doing here?", Cathy answers. "Is Jaunita(Gloria) here?", Denise asks. "We have her bag to give her.", Jaunita stated. Loud footsteps can be heard and a male speaking. "What the fuck you two bitches are here for?", Randal says. "They are here to return Jaunita(Gloria) her bag...", Cathy explains. "She's in my room, I'll give it to her.", Cathy says as she takes the bag, adding, "How did you know that she would be here?" "Just a lucky guess...", Jaunita says smiling at her. "Look, she's going to get her bag, so how about you bitches leave us alone...", Randal says at them angrily. "Look, you. What ever little problem you have with Fernando, we are not part of...", Denise tried to say. "You backed him up, you all backed him up in our fight. So that makes you part of the problem.", Randal explains. "That's where you're wrong. We don't know how to fight, and at best we would be trying to pull him off you if it got too serious...", Denise tried to explain himself. "You listen to me, hoe... I don't care for such treatments, if it were to get to the point where you have to pull him off me- you would be pulling him off me dead. But for now, don't be lending yourselves into this fight between me and him, or you too will be seriously hurt. Now- leave before I forget that I am a gentleman...", Randal stated angrily, before reaching past Cathy to slam the door on them. # (from Denise journal entry) Denise and Jaunita looked at each other before walking to elevator. As the door opens, the others were inside waiting for them. "How did it go?", Lennard asks. "Jaunita(Gloria) has her bag. Can we leave now, this place gives me the creeps.", Denise stated. # (from the recorder) "Jaunita(Gloria)!", Cathy shouts across the house. A door open, and Cathy shouts out her name again, but a lot less louder. "What?!!", Jaunita(Gloria) answers here. "Here's your bag...", Cathy tells her as she throws it on the bed. "Uhm... who brought it over?", Jaunita(Gloria) asks, then begins to search it. "Denise and Jaunita...", Cathy stated. "I see...", Jaunita(Gloria) stated, then finds my recorder, pulling it out into view. "Gimme that!...", Cathy almost whispers at Jaunita(Gloria). She then snatches it from Jaunita(Gloria), pressing the [STOP] button. # |