She felt good, she felt really good. She didn’t know if it was the drugs au just the fact that she was actually free from her usual duties but she felt unstoppable. She leaned her head back in the sweet euphoria taking over and closed her eyes as the wind passed through her hair.
‘I wish Duncan was here.’ Why she thought that she didn’t swali au bother shutting out, she just let her thoughts come freely and openly without objection.
Heather looked in her rear-view mirror and smirked evilly at Courtney. She had had it in for the so called perfect girl for a while now. She was sick and tired of hearing people say what a good student she was and even zaidi sick and tired of how Courtney thought she had authority over everyone. If anyone had authority over anyone it was Heather and she was tired of having the good little “princess” upstaging her.
If everyone saw Courtney a certain way then she was going to change that for the worse. Courtney would be embarrassed and humiliated, but it was all part of the joke.
Heather took out her cell phone and went to the camera and video player. “Hey Courtney how do wewe feel about making a movie?”
3 hours later…
Shit that stuff was really kicking in. Courtney looked around hazily and became extremely confused. What were they doing here?
“OK Court we’re going to drop wewe off here for a little while,” Heather alisema earning a nod from Lindsey.
“Why?” asked Courtney giggling still in a state of happiness.
“We just have some things to take care of, we’ll be back to pick wewe up in a couple minutes. Kay?”
Courtney felt a little uncomfortable with this, but she had been having fun with Heather so why should she worry? She hopped out of the car completely forgetting her purse, while Heather and Lindsey drove laughing.
Courtney still felt a little light headed an decided to take a walk around to clear her mind, besides Lindsey and Heather would be back soon right? She wouldn't leave her stuck all kwa herself right?
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“So how did things go with Gwen?” asked Duncan punching Trent’s arm playfully. He was currently hanging out at Geoff’s house with Trent and Geoff all just talking about typical guy stuff out on the porch.
Trent looked up at the stars dreamily. “I think I’m in love.”
Duncan rolled his eyes while Geoff gave him a high-five. “Alright dude! wewe finally found your dudett.”
Trent laughed and nudged Duncan. “Guess Duncan’s the only single guy here.”
Geoff smiled and put a hand on Duncan’s shoulder. “Yeah but something tells me he won’t be for long.”
Duncan looked at him questioningly. “What are wewe talking about?”
“Gwen told us about what happened today,” alisema Trent.
God girls could never keep things to themselves for five seconds! “I overreacted,” alisema Duncan standing. “It’s like I’ve alisema before, me and princess just aren’t cut out to be friends.”
“Well I don’t know, why don’t wewe give it a try?” offered Geoff.
“Yeah it’s obvious wewe want to,” agreed Trent.
Duncan looked at his two Marafiki like they were stupid. “What am I suppose to do force her to be my friend?”
“Yes,” they both replied seriously.
Duncan glared before turning away. “Yeah sure, whatever.”
“Hey where wewe going bro?” called out Geoff.
“I’ll see wewe guys later,” alisema Duncan waving his hand lazily.
“Did we embarrass Mr. tough guy?” teased Trent. “Are wewe going nyumbani to your mommy to cry?” Geoff and Trent cracked up while Duncan walked away flipping them off.
Duncan walked back to his place with his hands in his pockets letting the dark of the night calm him while his conversation with the guys ran through his head. Should he really try to be Marafiki with Courtney? He usually did what he wanted anyway but it was her refusal that was the real obstacle. But then when did he care about her approval?
Just as he was starting to go into deep thought he heard a giggle. That giggle sounded so familiar. He looked around and saw some young girl stumbling around stupidly like she was high off something. In fact she kind of looked familiar.
“Oh boy I am lost,” giggled the girl.
There was no denying that voice. “Princess!”
Courtney suddenly looked at Duncan and smiled as she made her way up to him. “Duncan?” she asked touching his face awkwardly. “Well if it isn’t my inayopendelewa criminal,” she alisema moving in trying to kiss him.
Duncan wanted to kiss her back as soon as her lips met his but something else in his head was telling him, ‘something’s wrong.’
He pulled away and grabbed her shoulders. “Whoa hold on! What’s wrong with you?” he asked examining her face which was flushed and sweaty.
She tried getting closer to him again kwa wrapping her arms around his neck. “The pole’s outta my butt,” she giggled in his ear.
Again Duncan pulled her back to better look at her. “What?” he asked with realization hitting him hard. Her attitude, her face, the way she looked and moved. “Courtney what did wewe take?” he demanded cupping her cheeks.
Courtney laughed again and tried to kiss him again. “Why don’t wewe kiss me and find out?”
Duncan pushed her away again now truly worried about her. “Are wewe stoned?” he asked seriously.
“Yeah,” slurred Courtney now having trouble standing.
Duncan hefted her up on her feet and gripped her shoulders fiercely which he noticed got Courtney upset. “Courtney I need wewe to-”
She pushed him off and looked at him crazily. “What Duncan? Suddenly wewe need me to do something else for you. I’m sick and tired of doing things for people! I’m sick and tired of being perfect all the time! So fuck wewe and your needs! I have needs too!”
Duncan exhaled slowly as she continued to rant. “OK then…Courtney wewe need to come with me,” he alisema reaching out to her only to have her pull away.
“Get away from me!” she practically screamed.
Duncan didn’t want people thinking he was attacking her so he backed off and put his hands up. “You’re going crazy,” he whispered to her frustrated with this game.
“Don’t call me crazy,” she continued to yell. “I’m a perfectly rational, sane, and sophisticated person.” she barely finished her sentence before bending over in a kichaka and vomiting.
Duncan scrunched his nose in disgust seeing this one too many times before and even being there before. He made his way over to her calmly when she finished and heard her crying. He knelt beside her and brought her in her arms while she continued to sob. He felt his moyo almost stop when she grabbed the front of his shati and buried her head in his chest.
“What’s wrong with me?” she cried into him.
Duncan wasn’t sure what to tell her and ended up replying, “At the moment you're covered in barf.”
He heard her laugh before she seemed to go limp and completely silent. He panicked and picked up her face to make sure she was still alive. He slapped her lightly on the face. “Hey princess!” he alisema slapping her again. “Courtney wake up.” All he got was a groan before she snuggled up to his chest again fastening herself there.
He sighed and put an arm around her back and the other under her legs and lifted her up. “You’d better have a good excuse in the morning princess,” he alisema out loud already imagining her parents, the teachers, and her friends.
He was glad his house wasn’t that far since carrying a person in your arms was not as easy as televisheni and sinema made it look. After a while wewe really start to realize how heavy a person can get when they’re nothing but dead weight in your arms.
He kicked his door open glad that his parents were training newcomers at the police academy for the inayofuata few days and that his older brother was at college. He trudged up the stairs and carefully made his way to the kitanda where he laid down Courtney carefully. She moaned a little before curling up in a ball and remaining dead asleep.
Duncan rubbed his head worriedly. He new she was bound to crack eventually but he never thought like this. Sure drugs were a great release every now and then, but it was a stupid thing to do, even he admitted that. What was even zaidi stupid was the fact that she was a first timer and apparently gone overboard. If she didn’t have the right people with her she could’ve hurt herself au overdosed. Had she done this just because of what he said? he felt a huge pang of guilt stab him. Who the hell even gave her the drugs?
The people who weren't with her! Duncan’s hands curled into fists. Once he found out who did this to her he was going to kill them! But he’d wait for tomorrow, right now she needed to be looked after. Duncan grabbed a spare blanket and laid it out on the floor inayofuata to his bed. He stayed awake for a long time listening to her breathing all the while thinking.‘You don’t want to be my friend princess, then too bad. You’re stuck with me.’
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Her head was killing her and the sun was blinding her. She smacked her lips before lifting up her sore body and rubbing her temples. She felt like a train had hit her. ‘What happened last night?’ She remembered Heather and Lindsey, she remembered laughing and then she remembered green hair, piercings, yelling, and being carried.
Her eyes shot wide open when she realized she wasn’t in her room! She was in a strangers room! Courtney started to hyperventilate. She jumped when the door opened and nearly screamed when she saw Duncan standing there!
“Morning sunshine.”
Courtney bolted on the other side of the kitanda and started to throw pillows at him screaming her head off.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa!” yelled Duncan trying not to spill the cup of water in his hand. “Chill out it’s just me.”
Courtney finally stopped and stood paralyzed breathing heavily against the wall. “What the hell are wewe doing here?”
Duncan looked at her stupidly. “This is my house. wewe passed out remember?” She continued to look at him completely baffled. “Vomiting, ranting, trying to kiss me?” he listed off waiting for it to ring a bell.
Courtney’s mouth dropped before she started moving on the other side of the room away from him. “OK... see now I know you’re full of it because I would never try to kiss wewe even if I was out of my mind.”
Duncan ignored the last part of her sentence and shrugged. “Well whatever wewe took really kicked your punda so I had to bring wewe back to my house.” He watched as Courtney let it sink in and held up the water and an aspirin in his hand. “Aspirin?”
Courtney didn’t hear him, she was too busy recalling half of last night and realized he was right. She buried her hand in her face and groaned. “Oh god I’m so stupid! I can’t believe I trusted that bitch, kahaba Heather.”
Duncan should’ve guessed this was Heathers doing. He filled in the blanks and knew Heather had ditched her off in the middle of no where while she was still high. He'd make sure she'd pay for it. “That was really idiotic of you,” he agreed with Courtney. “You should be thankful I found you.”
Courtney’s head shot up. “Thankful? Thankful that wewe kidnapped me!”
Duncan sneered at her. “I saved your punda from being kidnapped kwa a real lunatic,’ he alisema seriously.
Courtney sneered back at him. “What? You’re saying you’re not a lunatic?”
He only smiled at her insult. “I may want to do a lot of bad things to wewe princess but they’d be things you’d enjoy.”
She shivered and stood up. She wanted to go nyumbani and clean up. “You’re sick,” she alisema walking past him and down the stairs. Duncan followed right behind her.
“Where are wewe going?”
She looked at him disbelievingly. “Home, where else?”
He arched an eyebrow and leaned against the stair railing with his arms crossed. “Oh really? And how exactly do wewe plan on getting there sweetheart.”
Dammit he had a good point. “I can take a cab,” she offered.
“With what money?”
Shit! She left her mfuko wa fedha, mfuko with Heather, she was going to kill that bitch, “Can’t your mom just give me a ride or-”
“My mom and dad aren’t nyumbani right now,” he alisema grabbing a set of keys and pushing her out the door with him.
Courtney soon realized she didn’t have a choice and decided to tolerate him. He had after all looked after her last night and made sure she was OK, and as much as the thought disturbed her he was right when he alisema she could've been picked up kwa a real lunatic. She’d have to thank him later for that. She did however consider walking nyumbani when she saw nothing but a motorcycle in the driveway.
“What’s that?” she alisema pointing at the Harley Davidson like a foreign object.
Duncan smiled and replied, “A motorcycle, duh.”
She shook her head as he grabbed a kofia, chapeo and placed it carefully over his Mohawk. “No, no, no,” she protested. “Where’s your car?”
He snorted at her. “Why have a car when I have this sweet baby.”
She crossed her arms stubbornly. “I’m not riding on that thing.”
He only grinned as he got on the bike. “You really don’t have a choice.”
“But it’s dangerous.”
“I have an extra helmet,” alisema Duncan thrusting a kofia, chapeo at her.
“But the roads-”
“Are clear. It hasn’t rained au snowed in months princess. Get on,” he commanded starting the motorcycle.
Courtney fidgeted before finally getting on and wrapping her arms tightly around Duncan. “You do know how to drive this thing right?” she asked nervously.
Duncan looked back at her and grinned mischievously. “Just enjoy the ride,” he alisema winking at her.
Courtney rolled her eyes frustrated the whole situation. Whether she liked it au not she was stuck with him.
‘I wish Duncan was here.’ Why she thought that she didn’t swali au bother shutting out, she just let her thoughts come freely and openly without objection.
Heather looked in her rear-view mirror and smirked evilly at Courtney. She had had it in for the so called perfect girl for a while now. She was sick and tired of hearing people say what a good student she was and even zaidi sick and tired of how Courtney thought she had authority over everyone. If anyone had authority over anyone it was Heather and she was tired of having the good little “princess” upstaging her.
If everyone saw Courtney a certain way then she was going to change that for the worse. Courtney would be embarrassed and humiliated, but it was all part of the joke.
Heather took out her cell phone and went to the camera and video player. “Hey Courtney how do wewe feel about making a movie?”
3 hours later…
Shit that stuff was really kicking in. Courtney looked around hazily and became extremely confused. What were they doing here?
“OK Court we’re going to drop wewe off here for a little while,” Heather alisema earning a nod from Lindsey.
“Why?” asked Courtney giggling still in a state of happiness.
“We just have some things to take care of, we’ll be back to pick wewe up in a couple minutes. Kay?”
Courtney felt a little uncomfortable with this, but she had been having fun with Heather so why should she worry? She hopped out of the car completely forgetting her purse, while Heather and Lindsey drove laughing.
Courtney still felt a little light headed an decided to take a walk around to clear her mind, besides Lindsey and Heather would be back soon right? She wouldn't leave her stuck all kwa herself right?
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“So how did things go with Gwen?” asked Duncan punching Trent’s arm playfully. He was currently hanging out at Geoff’s house with Trent and Geoff all just talking about typical guy stuff out on the porch.
Trent looked up at the stars dreamily. “I think I’m in love.”
Duncan rolled his eyes while Geoff gave him a high-five. “Alright dude! wewe finally found your dudett.”
Trent laughed and nudged Duncan. “Guess Duncan’s the only single guy here.”
Geoff smiled and put a hand on Duncan’s shoulder. “Yeah but something tells me he won’t be for long.”
Duncan looked at him questioningly. “What are wewe talking about?”
“Gwen told us about what happened today,” alisema Trent.
God girls could never keep things to themselves for five seconds! “I overreacted,” alisema Duncan standing. “It’s like I’ve alisema before, me and princess just aren’t cut out to be friends.”
“Well I don’t know, why don’t wewe give it a try?” offered Geoff.
“Yeah it’s obvious wewe want to,” agreed Trent.
Duncan looked at his two Marafiki like they were stupid. “What am I suppose to do force her to be my friend?”
“Yes,” they both replied seriously.
Duncan glared before turning away. “Yeah sure, whatever.”
“Hey where wewe going bro?” called out Geoff.
“I’ll see wewe guys later,” alisema Duncan waving his hand lazily.
“Did we embarrass Mr. tough guy?” teased Trent. “Are wewe going nyumbani to your mommy to cry?” Geoff and Trent cracked up while Duncan walked away flipping them off.
Duncan walked back to his place with his hands in his pockets letting the dark of the night calm him while his conversation with the guys ran through his head. Should he really try to be Marafiki with Courtney? He usually did what he wanted anyway but it was her refusal that was the real obstacle. But then when did he care about her approval?
Just as he was starting to go into deep thought he heard a giggle. That giggle sounded so familiar. He looked around and saw some young girl stumbling around stupidly like she was high off something. In fact she kind of looked familiar.
“Oh boy I am lost,” giggled the girl.
There was no denying that voice. “Princess!”
Courtney suddenly looked at Duncan and smiled as she made her way up to him. “Duncan?” she asked touching his face awkwardly. “Well if it isn’t my inayopendelewa criminal,” she alisema moving in trying to kiss him.
Duncan wanted to kiss her back as soon as her lips met his but something else in his head was telling him, ‘something’s wrong.’
He pulled away and grabbed her shoulders. “Whoa hold on! What’s wrong with you?” he asked examining her face which was flushed and sweaty.
She tried getting closer to him again kwa wrapping her arms around his neck. “The pole’s outta my butt,” she giggled in his ear.
Again Duncan pulled her back to better look at her. “What?” he asked with realization hitting him hard. Her attitude, her face, the way she looked and moved. “Courtney what did wewe take?” he demanded cupping her cheeks.
Courtney laughed again and tried to kiss him again. “Why don’t wewe kiss me and find out?”
Duncan pushed her away again now truly worried about her. “Are wewe stoned?” he asked seriously.
“Yeah,” slurred Courtney now having trouble standing.
Duncan hefted her up on her feet and gripped her shoulders fiercely which he noticed got Courtney upset. “Courtney I need wewe to-”
She pushed him off and looked at him crazily. “What Duncan? Suddenly wewe need me to do something else for you. I’m sick and tired of doing things for people! I’m sick and tired of being perfect all the time! So fuck wewe and your needs! I have needs too!”
Duncan exhaled slowly as she continued to rant. “OK then…Courtney wewe need to come with me,” he alisema reaching out to her only to have her pull away.
“Get away from me!” she practically screamed.
Duncan didn’t want people thinking he was attacking her so he backed off and put his hands up. “You’re going crazy,” he whispered to her frustrated with this game.
“Don’t call me crazy,” she continued to yell. “I’m a perfectly rational, sane, and sophisticated person.” she barely finished her sentence before bending over in a kichaka and vomiting.
Duncan scrunched his nose in disgust seeing this one too many times before and even being there before. He made his way over to her calmly when she finished and heard her crying. He knelt beside her and brought her in her arms while she continued to sob. He felt his moyo almost stop when she grabbed the front of his shati and buried her head in his chest.
“What’s wrong with me?” she cried into him.
Duncan wasn’t sure what to tell her and ended up replying, “At the moment you're covered in barf.”
He heard her laugh before she seemed to go limp and completely silent. He panicked and picked up her face to make sure she was still alive. He slapped her lightly on the face. “Hey princess!” he alisema slapping her again. “Courtney wake up.” All he got was a groan before she snuggled up to his chest again fastening herself there.
He sighed and put an arm around her back and the other under her legs and lifted her up. “You’d better have a good excuse in the morning princess,” he alisema out loud already imagining her parents, the teachers, and her friends.
He was glad his house wasn’t that far since carrying a person in your arms was not as easy as televisheni and sinema made it look. After a while wewe really start to realize how heavy a person can get when they’re nothing but dead weight in your arms.
He kicked his door open glad that his parents were training newcomers at the police academy for the inayofuata few days and that his older brother was at college. He trudged up the stairs and carefully made his way to the kitanda where he laid down Courtney carefully. She moaned a little before curling up in a ball and remaining dead asleep.
Duncan rubbed his head worriedly. He new she was bound to crack eventually but he never thought like this. Sure drugs were a great release every now and then, but it was a stupid thing to do, even he admitted that. What was even zaidi stupid was the fact that she was a first timer and apparently gone overboard. If she didn’t have the right people with her she could’ve hurt herself au overdosed. Had she done this just because of what he said? he felt a huge pang of guilt stab him. Who the hell even gave her the drugs?
The people who weren't with her! Duncan’s hands curled into fists. Once he found out who did this to her he was going to kill them! But he’d wait for tomorrow, right now she needed to be looked after. Duncan grabbed a spare blanket and laid it out on the floor inayofuata to his bed. He stayed awake for a long time listening to her breathing all the while thinking.‘You don’t want to be my friend princess, then too bad. You’re stuck with me.’
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Her head was killing her and the sun was blinding her. She smacked her lips before lifting up her sore body and rubbing her temples. She felt like a train had hit her. ‘What happened last night?’ She remembered Heather and Lindsey, she remembered laughing and then she remembered green hair, piercings, yelling, and being carried.
Her eyes shot wide open when she realized she wasn’t in her room! She was in a strangers room! Courtney started to hyperventilate. She jumped when the door opened and nearly screamed when she saw Duncan standing there!
“Morning sunshine.”
Courtney bolted on the other side of the kitanda and started to throw pillows at him screaming her head off.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa!” yelled Duncan trying not to spill the cup of water in his hand. “Chill out it’s just me.”
Courtney finally stopped and stood paralyzed breathing heavily against the wall. “What the hell are wewe doing here?”
Duncan looked at her stupidly. “This is my house. wewe passed out remember?” She continued to look at him completely baffled. “Vomiting, ranting, trying to kiss me?” he listed off waiting for it to ring a bell.
Courtney’s mouth dropped before she started moving on the other side of the room away from him. “OK... see now I know you’re full of it because I would never try to kiss wewe even if I was out of my mind.”
Duncan ignored the last part of her sentence and shrugged. “Well whatever wewe took really kicked your punda so I had to bring wewe back to my house.” He watched as Courtney let it sink in and held up the water and an aspirin in his hand. “Aspirin?”
Courtney didn’t hear him, she was too busy recalling half of last night and realized he was right. She buried her hand in her face and groaned. “Oh god I’m so stupid! I can’t believe I trusted that bitch, kahaba Heather.”
Duncan should’ve guessed this was Heathers doing. He filled in the blanks and knew Heather had ditched her off in the middle of no where while she was still high. He'd make sure she'd pay for it. “That was really idiotic of you,” he agreed with Courtney. “You should be thankful I found you.”
Courtney’s head shot up. “Thankful? Thankful that wewe kidnapped me!”
Duncan sneered at her. “I saved your punda from being kidnapped kwa a real lunatic,’ he alisema seriously.
Courtney sneered back at him. “What? You’re saying you’re not a lunatic?”
He only smiled at her insult. “I may want to do a lot of bad things to wewe princess but they’d be things you’d enjoy.”
She shivered and stood up. She wanted to go nyumbani and clean up. “You’re sick,” she alisema walking past him and down the stairs. Duncan followed right behind her.
“Where are wewe going?”
She looked at him disbelievingly. “Home, where else?”
He arched an eyebrow and leaned against the stair railing with his arms crossed. “Oh really? And how exactly do wewe plan on getting there sweetheart.”
Dammit he had a good point. “I can take a cab,” she offered.
“With what money?”
Shit! She left her mfuko wa fedha, mfuko with Heather, she was going to kill that bitch, “Can’t your mom just give me a ride or-”
“My mom and dad aren’t nyumbani right now,” he alisema grabbing a set of keys and pushing her out the door with him.
Courtney soon realized she didn’t have a choice and decided to tolerate him. He had after all looked after her last night and made sure she was OK, and as much as the thought disturbed her he was right when he alisema she could've been picked up kwa a real lunatic. She’d have to thank him later for that. She did however consider walking nyumbani when she saw nothing but a motorcycle in the driveway.
“What’s that?” she alisema pointing at the Harley Davidson like a foreign object.
Duncan smiled and replied, “A motorcycle, duh.”
She shook her head as he grabbed a kofia, chapeo and placed it carefully over his Mohawk. “No, no, no,” she protested. “Where’s your car?”
He snorted at her. “Why have a car when I have this sweet baby.”
She crossed her arms stubbornly. “I’m not riding on that thing.”
He only grinned as he got on the bike. “You really don’t have a choice.”
“But it’s dangerous.”
“I have an extra helmet,” alisema Duncan thrusting a kofia, chapeo at her.
“But the roads-”
“Are clear. It hasn’t rained au snowed in months princess. Get on,” he commanded starting the motorcycle.
Courtney fidgeted before finally getting on and wrapping her arms tightly around Duncan. “You do know how to drive this thing right?” she asked nervously.
Duncan looked back at her and grinned mischievously. “Just enjoy the ride,” he alisema winking at her.
Courtney rolled her eyes frustrated the whole situation. Whether she liked it au not she was stuck with him.
courtneys pov
"i cant beleive this!" i screamed waking up beth. i had gotten a text on my PDA saying this, 'i know where your child is, i will bring her to wewe at 12:00 sharp' i have no idea who it was but i dont care. it was 10 so i ran outside and knocked on the guys trailers door and yelled, "duncan i need to tell u something!!" he walked out and said, "what it sounds urgent?" i smiled and showed him my PDA text i got. his eyes grew wide and he kissed me. i said, "well that that was uh er unexpected!" he smiled and said, "i know." then we heard chris scream over the entercom this
"i cant beleive this!" i screamed waking up beth. i had gotten a text on my PDA saying this, 'i know where your child is, i will bring her to wewe at 12:00 sharp' i have no idea who it was but i dont care. it was 10 so i ran outside and knocked on the guys trailers door and yelled, "duncan i need to tell u something!!" he walked out and said, "what it sounds urgent?" i smiled and showed him my PDA text i got. his eyes grew wide and he kissed me. i said, "well that that was uh er unexpected!" he smiled and said, "i know." then we heard chris scream over the entercom this