Let the Game Begin

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Everything with Julia felt like a test. A test of wills, a test of smarts, a test to see if you were somehow “enough”. The pressure on Nicole’s thigh wasn’t much, she could have gotten up and walked away, but there was something about the foot, the older girl’s posture, the order, that let Nicole know that to leave now would end the friendship.

“And, let me clarify here, a good one doesn’t mean that your dad sometimes sneaks a peek at you when you accidentally leave your door open a crack after a shower or that your sister smokes pot on the roof when she thinks your parents and the neighbbors are asleep, nobody cares about that shit.”

The juxtaposition of Julia permeated the room. Her wealth and “good breeding” were apparent in her clothes, her house, the cars parked in the three car garage but her manner of speaking was sometimes shocking. Even trashy.

“Aw, did I hit a nerve?” Julia looked down at the pink creeping up Nicole’s neck.

“C’mon Jules, let me think,” Nicole looked up at her pursing her lips.

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  1. Avatar Vail Indigo

    I knew I could count on you to keep it up!

  2. Avatar Nancy

    I’m trying to keep the same voice I had in the first one… which you did a really good job of maintaining. I’ve been picturing the two of them sitting there in that room since you wrote it, but just wasn’t able to write it… and I really wanted to bring out that side of Julia that I see… that friend who’s nearly abusive, but I don’t want to turn it into something cliche… I tell you a secret, you blab it around school. I had an ending in my head all ready but I realized that it was handing you the end too soon… and I’m having too much fun with this to let it end!

  3. Avatar Nancy

    p.s. I don’t know if I achieved what I was going for, but when Julia gives examples of not good secrets, I kind of wanted to plant the seed that she knows more than she should… but shit that it doesn’t make sense that she’d know. Well, I guess the sister one she could know… but the dad one is so specific and so mean… and the way she says it? Like everyone already knows that, Nicole.

  4. Avatar Vail Indigo

    THAT was the line that made this work. It took this one step further than expected.
    I’m not sure if she was saying something about nicole there or about her own father

  5. Avatar Nancy

    ;o)

  6. Avatar S. Zee

    I’ve been thinking about it, been quite inspired by this story :-) If no one minds, I may sequel this in a different direction.

  7. Avatar Tiphanie

    The line about the dad peeking really was brilliant: even though it was specific and mean, it could have been an indication of what was “common” for the girls. Maybe not even Nicole’s dad, maybe just Julia’s and she felt like she needed to berate Nicole to make herself feel better. Just my take on it, maybe. :)

  8. Avatar Tiphanie

    Just read Vail’s comment (missed it somehow) and realized I said basically what she said! Sorry! :D

  9. Avatar Nancy

    S. Zee — would love to see a different sequel. Everyone – thanks for the comments. Tiphanie, you might recognize the first entry in this series (Schoo Bus) from an earlier 100words.com batch… but modified. Thanks for your comments… I don’t know if I’d call it brilliant, but I definitely accept it coming from you!

  10. Avatar Vail Indigo

    S. Zee, feel free :) I already wrote a sequel to this chapter, but…

  11. Avatar Nancy

    It’ll be interesting to see a different spin on it… Lord knows the first story was left really open and could go in a million places.

  12. Avatar Elice

    i’m really liking this series :)

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