So there I was, lying there, thinking
about how this came to be.
‘Why am I on the
ground?’ I asked myself. ‘Why are my legs pinned under a car? Why is there
blood on my shirt?’
Then it came back to me.
We had crashed. My brother and I, that is.
‘But who hit us?’ I
thought.
‘Oh yeah…a ford truck…’
As I lay there
everything was coming back quicker and quicker. But…then I lost it all again.
Instead, I started thinking about girls, and cars, and school…you know, the
normal stuff. Just like nothing was wrong.
I knew I would be okay.
Or at least I hoped I would. But I also knew that it may have been a while
before the ambulance came, since I was out in the middle of nowhere.
Then, I started thinking
about five days before then…
------
I was walking down the hallway at school when I saw my friend Will.
“Yo Ricky!” he called.
“What?” I snapped back,
since I was in a bad mood.
“Nothin’…just sayin’
what’s up. Geez, you seem pissed…what’s tickin’?” Will asked.
“Same old same
old…parents fighting at home and stuff. I think I’ll go take it out on the
‘baby’ twins,” I replied.
“Cool,” Will said with a
smile, coming towards me. “Wait up for me.”
It was lunch time, so we
went to the cafeteria and bought a slice of pizza and a Coke for each of us…a
pretty typical lunch for us.
We looked around. ‘There
they are,’ I thought, as we spotted them. We walked over to where the “baby”
twins were, which was a small table by the window.
“What’s up, babies?” I
said with a smile.
“Look, I don’t want any
crap today,” said Jerry, one of the twins. “I can’t take it anymore.”
“Aww, does litte baby
Jerry want his ma ma?” I asked in a mock voice. I looked at Will, and he just
laughed.
Nick, the other twin,
stood up and said, “Look, he can’t help it! So back off, alright?!”
I stood still, not
paying attention to Nick at all. I was laughing, because I was thinking back to
about a couple of weeks ago in P.E. class….
Everyone was playing
basketball, and I saw Jerry. It looked as though he had to borrow a pair of
pants for P.E., since he had forgotten his. The problem was, they were
huge…definitely too big for him. I though to myself, ‘Hey, if I pull those
suckers down and reveal his little boxers, everyone will laugh. Perfect!’ I added
with a devious smile.
I walked over there,
right behind him, right as he was taking a shot. Pluck! Just like that, I
pulled them down. The thing is, I also accidentally pulled down his boxers,
too. And to all of our surprises, I revealed something even more embarrassing.
He had a…white diaper
on! He stood still for a second in shock, and then he pulled them up and ran.
Everyone in our class was laughing so hard, I though WE would need diapers! As
he ran, I could tell he was crying, and as he headed toward the door Nick
followed him. One of the coaches went after Nick, and the other came to me. I
was punished by the principal…he gave me a week of after-school detention. Our
principal was pretty old-school, so he made me write “I will not pull other people’s
pants down” on the chalkboard every time I went. In the end it must have been
about 1000 times that I had written it….
“HELLO!! GO AWAY!” Nick
yelled at me, snapping me back into the present.
“Oh,” I said, getting
back on track. “Sorry to make the little babies mad! Come on Will, let’s go.”
As we walked away, I
heard Jerry say, “If only HE had my condition…”
-----
At that point, I could
hear the sirens getting closer. My stomach was in amazing pain. I had very
little energy, but I decided to use it. I leaned up and looked for my brother,
and there he was…unconscious, with blood on his head. I couldn’t hold myself
there much longer, so I fell to the ground.
Once again, I started to
think…this time I thought back to about two days before then…
----
Will and I were on our
way to our 3rd period class. Guess who was there? None other than Jerry and
Nick. Jerry had dropped his books and was bending over to pick them up. When he
did, I noticed that you could see the top of his...diaper. I couldn’t help myself,
and I pointed and yelled, “Look! The baby Jerry strikes again!”
Jerry immediately stood
up and realized what was happening. He looked embarrassed, sad, and angry all
at the same time. Nick whispered something in his ear, and Jerry nodded his
head and walked on.
This happened a few more
times over those two days…though I had always picked on Jerry almost twice a
day, anyway.
------
The sirens were even
closer. I heard cars going by.
‘How stupid can they
be?’ I thought to myself, still in pain. ‘They didn’t call for help, or come to
help us, or anything…’ I tried to yell, but I couldn’t. I kenw the ambulance
had to be only seconds away, but I didn’t see how the other people couldn’t see
me.
I sat up again and then
I suddenly realized…we were off the road, so it wasn’t as easy to see us.
Thankfully, I did see an ambulance stop on the road, probably about 15 feet
away. A few men got out and came over, one of them looking confused. He was
looking around. I knew he couldn’t quite see us, so I raised my hand and tried
to yell for help…though all that came out was “heeell…”. Apparently, though,
that was enough to do it. He signaled to another one of the men, and they
rushed over and bent over me. The first one looked around at our car, which was
on its side. The second one asked me, “Is there anyone else?”
“Bruh…” I barely mumbled
“What?” the man asked
frantically.
“Bruh…brother…” I got
out.
The man ran over to the
car and saw my brother. He called the other man over and told him to get the
wheeler bed, which he did. First, they used it to rescue my brother.
But how I got out was
totally different.
Part 2: Clueless
When they were rescuing
my brother, they had to simply cut the seat belt off and he fell out. They put
him on the wheeler bed and pushed him off. Both of the doctors went off.
'Are they coming back
for me?' I thought. I tried to get up again but the tank of energy was empty. I
lay there again, while they put my brother in the ambulance. I thought about
earlier today.
----
I was walking down the
steps when I heard my parents talking so I stopped and listened.
"Jeff! Our son has
been failing school, and getting many detentions! Do you not care?!" My
mom said to my father.
"No, I don't. You
know what?" He replied.
"What?" My mom
said.
"I'm going crazy.
All you have done for the last two months is give me crap. I'm leaving this
place." My dad said.
My mom was very upset
but said, "Good, the kids are better off without you."
I heard it, I didn't
want to believe it though. I love my father but sometimes I can get really
angry at him. I ran upstairs to my brother and told him what happened. We
didn’t like this. He told me to come with him, which was going to be a drive
around to let the steam out.
We were on a main road.
It was about 9:00pm and we didn't know which way to head. I looked up for a
second and saw a red or was it blue, whatever, a ford truck heading at us.
"What the
hell!" My brother yells. We swerved to the right and the truck hits the
back of us and we swerved into something which caused the car to roll on its
side. I bet he was drunk, the ford driver. Not noticing me on the side of the
road was dumb, but being a drunk driver was dumber. After that was blurry. Very
blurry. I'm sure I don’t want to remember it.
----
I woke. I was in an
ambulance. At least I thought.
I wouldn't know on the
count I didn't know what it looks like. I would have known unless I wasn’t sick
with malaria the same day our school went to the hospital for a field trip. How
ironic.
I saw a guy next to me.
I think he was a doctor. Of course he was, we were in an ambulance. I wouldn’t
know but I think we were. I raised my hand signaling I was awake.
He said, "Good,
you’re awake. I want you to know you'll be ok."
I looked at myself, it
didn't look like it.
Now that I could see
myself, the place on my lower stomach where the huge gash was I saw was now
covered up. I looked at my legs, cuts everywhere. It wasn't a pretty site.
"Riley." I
said, surprised I could talk.
"Who" The man
said.
"My brother, Riley,
where is he?" I said, actually it wasn't much easier to talk.
"He is fine, a
couple cuts and bruises and maybe a hurt wrist. He is in the ambulance in front
of us," He said. "This won't hurt at all." He reached for a
needle and came towards me.
"No" I said,
but it was too late. He inject whatever was in that needle into me. Everything
got blurry, like everything was paint dripping off a canvas.
----
I woke again. This time
I was in the hospital. I was in a room. It was white. There was a window and it
was getting light out. I looked around and saw no one else was in here.
I also so a vase of
flowers. I looked at it and they said, "Get better soon, XOXO. ~Mom"
'Looks like she has been
here' I said to myself. I was still tired, very tired. I drifted back to sleep.
----
"Ricky honey...
Ricky." I heard a women say.
"Huh. Wha..."
I mumbled, dreaming of what happened earlier. My eyes cleared up. It was a
nurse.
"Are you feeling
good enough to have some visitors?" She said.
"Yea." I said.
She went to the door and opened it.
My mom, my brother, and
to my surprise my dad came in the room.
"Hey." I said.
They came to me each grabbing a chair to sit next to me.
"Are you ok?"
My mom asked.
"Yes mother."
I replied.
"I'm so
sorry." My brother said.
"Its ok, it wasn’t
your fault." I said.
"I know but it
feels like it." He said.
"Riley, its ok,
Ricky is ok. Don't worry." My dad said.
"I thought you were
moving out." I said to my dad.
"How did you
know?" He said.
"I kind of over
heard yesterday." I said.
"It doesn't matter
now. I'm here and that’s all that matters right now." He said.
"You're right. I'm
glad you guys came." I said.
"We were so
scared," My mom said, "Your dad and I."
"I bet." My
brother said.
"Wait, what
happened to you Riley?" I said.
He pulled his hair back
revealing stitches on his forehead. The pulled his wrist up revealing a cast.
"Oh" I said.
"Minor." He
added on.
"Good. Am I pretty
banged up?" I asked on the count there were no mirrors so I couldn't see
how I looked in here.
Everyone looked at each
other and shook their heads.
"Cuts and bruises,
like your brother." My mom said.
"Phew. Glad there
is nothing serious." I said.
My brother got this
tense look in his eyes but my mom and dad looked at each other.
"I’m sorry honey
but we got to go." My mom said.
"Ok, I am tired
anyway." I said.
They all said goodbye
and left.
Then the nurse came in.
What she said made my heart stop.
Then the nurse came in. What she said
next made my heart stop.
The nurse walked over to
the sink. She started to wash her hands. She was pretty, she had long dark
hair. When she turned towards me I could see her face, it was so pretty. She
seemed so nice. While she was drying them she said, "How are you down
there?"
"Wha... What?"
I said.
"Can you feel
anything?" She said as she walked over.
"What do you
mean?" I said.
She pulled off my sheets
and a rush of cold air ran through my body. I didn't know what was going on.
"Knew it. Wet
again." She said.
I looked down and I was
wearing a diaper! No I couldn't be, but that’s what it was! And near my crotch
it was a little yellow.
"What the hell is
this?" I said. I tried to get up but couldn't. I was still too weak. Was
this some sort of dream?
"Shhh. Shhh. You'll
wake people up. Calm down." She said. She then slowly untaped my diaper.
Cold air rushed on me. She walked over to the trash can and threw it away.
I lay there. Almost
naked, just a shirt and socks, in front of some lady I never met. I quickly
threw the sheets back on top of me. She came over and chuckled.
"Unless you want
your bed to be wet with pee I suggest you move the covers." She insisted.
I didn't move. She
grabbed the sheets and pulled the off me. I tried to hold on but I was too
weak.
"Good job. This will
be quick." She said. She then grabbed some baby powder and wipes out of
the cabinet next to me.
"We don't want a
rash." She said as she wiped and powdered my crotch area gently.
"Stay there. I need
to get a fresh diaper." She said as she opened a cabinet and pulled out a
diaper. She then did the last step. She slid the diaper under me and taped it
on.
"Trust me. Don't
take it off," She said as she grabbed the sheets off the floor and put
them back on me, "Holla if you need me, especially if your wet or you will
get a rash." Then she left the room.
Why was I out of all
people wearing a diaper? What happened? I was getting dizzy with thoughts.
Maybe it was a dream. If
it was, I could wake up.
"Wake up." I
said and nothing happened.
"Wake up!" I
screamed. Still nothing, I didn't wake up.
"Ricky, damn wake
up!" I said slightly crying. Then it came. Tears, I couldn't help it. My
dad might move out, I was in a crash, and now I can't even control my own
bladder!
All of this was too hard
to believe and eventually I had cried myself to sleep.
----
I woke up. I looked
under the sheets to see if I really was dreaming. I wasn't that’s for sure.
There was a diaper, a wet one, on me.
"Damn" I
muttered. I tried to sit up. Surprisingly I could. Happy that I could sit up I
wanted to see if I could walk now. I slowly got out of the bed. I could stand
pretty easily. I tried to walk over to the window. I could, but it felt weird.
My diaper was wet and it was a disgusting feeling to have. Hating it so much I
got back in the bed.
Unfortunately I knew I
had to be changed. Reluctantly I pushed the assistance button near the bed.
About a minute later that same nurse came in.
"Hey." I said.
"Hey, you
called?" She said.
"Yep," I
gulped, "I think I'm... I'm wet."
"Ok," She said
calmly, "You have to change yourself though. Your mom wants you to get
used to it since your leaving in an hour."
"I will. What time
is it by the way?" I said.
"Ten o' clock, you
leave at eleven. Ok?" She said.
"Gotcha." I
said
She walked over to the
cabinet and pulled out a diaper, some baby powder, and wipes. "Ok sport,
diapering 101," she said smiling, "First you take the wet diaper off
and throw it away. Second step is to wipe your crotch area. Third you powder
your crotch area gently. Last you tape the diaper on. Got it?"
"Four steps, got
it." I said.
She handed me the stuff
and said pointing to a door, "If you want to there is a small bathroom
there."
"Ok, thanks."
I went in the bathroom. I shut the door and looked down.
"Four steps, you
got it." I said. I pulled the tapes off the diaper and it fell down. I
then put it in the trash can. Secondly I took a wipe and did what she said.
Third I powdered myself, after missing the first couple times. Needless to say
the floor went from blue to white. Then I put the diaper on.
I walked out and
suddenly the nurse started laughing. "What’s so funny?" I said.
"Look at yourself
you goof!" She said.
I was so embarrassed.
The baby powder was all over me! "Woops." I said getting
uncomfortable.
"Its ok, hold on, I
will fix you up." She said. She grabbed a towel and dampened it under the
sink and gave it to me.
"Just clean off
that powder on you and I'll get your clothes." She said.
It took a minute but
eventually I got it all off. The nurse came over with a pair of new pants and
one of my shirts. "Alright, you want to wear baggy pants all the time so
no one can see the bulge in your pants. Got it?" She said giving me the
clothes.
"Whose pants are
these?" I asked.
"I told your mom
that you need baggy pants so she bought them." The nurse said.
"Cool. I'll change
right now." I said and went into the bathroom and changed.
When I walked out I
looked down and didn't notice any bulge. That was a relief.
"Wearing a diaper
is going to be weird to get used to but you will get used to it," She said
to me, "Follow me, I need to get you out of this room, another patient
needs it."
I grabbed the cards my
family gave me and followed her. She took me to the lobby where I was to wait
for my parents to come.
About 15 minutes later
my parents, my mom and dad, showed up. Before we could go home my mom and dad
had to sign some things. After that we got into the rental car and drove home.
On our way home, in a rental car (for
obvious reasons), I couldn't help but ask.
"Why didn't you
tell me guys?" I said.
"Tell you
what?" My dad said. That got me mad. He knew what I was talking about.
"Don't play dumb,
why didn't you tell me I lost my bladder control?" I said.
"You mean
incontinence." My mom said.
"Yeah," I said
rudely, "Incontinence. Why didn't you tell me?" I demanded.
"I know a good
reason to that." My dad said.
"Well, what is
it?" I said getting very impatient.
"Ummm... I don't
know ask your mom." My dad said.
"Mom?." I said getting even more impatient.
"Thanks Jeff.
Honey, you were confused enough." She said. I thought about that
conversation, and I realized I wasn't confused. My mom always did have excuses.
"We didn't want to
get you upset, I'm sorry." She said. Upset? I remember when I had a
breakdown, no...no I wasn't upset alright.
As we were driving along
the road I felt something. I was wet.
"Shit." I
said, that was supposed to stay in my head.
"Watch your
mouth!" My dad said turning around.
"Yeah Ricky, you
need to learn to get better with that. What’s wrong though?" My mom said.
"You know." I
said.
"Know what?"
My mom said.
"You know. I...
I'm... I'm wet." I stuttered. My dad coughed really loudly.
"Oh... That’s okay
Ricky, we are almost home and there are some diapers there." My mom said.
"Um... Ok. Thanks,
I guess." I murmured. I was so embarrassed. On top of that my crotch was
all wet, yuck.
About 15 minutes passed
and we could see our neighborhood. Unfortunately, the smell of piss was in the
car now.
"Phew! Get us home
before you pass out and we get in a wreck!" My dad just had to say. Now I
was so embarrassed and mad. Like always my mom had to jump in,
"Jeff shut up. You
are making Ricky feel bad." She said, this was true.
When dad had mentioned
'wreck' I started to think. 'What had happened to the driver of the truck?'
Unfortunately, there wasn't enough time to ask my parents about it because we
were home.
"Come on
honey." My mom said. Finally, I was home after, I think 3 days.
"Follow me, I'll
show you were your Attends are." My mom said.
I remembered I was wet,
maybe I was getting used to it. The thought of getting used to having to wear a
diaper made me twitch.
She took me to my room
and pulled out some bag out of under the bed. When she brought it closer I
could tell they were called Attends.
"Honey, these are
like the ones at the hospital. Just change in here or in the bathroom and throw
away the other. There is the powder and wipes in the bathroom under the sink
also. Ill be downstairs." She said while handing me the bag.
I quickly took one out
and went in the bathroom. When I got in there I looked under the sink and
grabbed the powder and a wipe. I proceeded on.
"Alright, you know
how this goes. Four steps and less powder." I said.
Actually remembering the baby powder incident made me chuckle.
I undid the tapes and
the diaper fell. I then picked it up and put it in the trash can. I then
grabbed my wipe and wiped my crotch are clean. Next (carefully) put some powder
on me. I grabbed the Attend and put it on. It felt a lot better without piss in
it that’s for sure.
I went back in my room
and put the bag of Attends I left on the ground back under my bed.
I think it was around
twelve o' clock and I didn't know what to do.
Like any 13 year old I
decided to get on my computer. I opened up my email account and surprisingly
had a nice amount of emails. One from Will wrote:
----
Ricky! Where the hell u been? The twins have been practically celebrating since
you've been gone. I shut them up though. What happened? I heard someone say
were in a wreck. W/e.
Cya Rick
----
All the other said the
same thing basically, asking where am I and stuff. It got annoying have to
reply to all of them and I didn't want to tell them I was in a crash either. So
I told them all I was sick.
After about an hour of
talking on AOL explaining I was "sick" to everyone I started to get
hungry. I ran downstairs and asked my mom when was lunch.
The rest of the day went
buy pretty normal, lunch, I even went outside even though it was a little tough
to skateboard, then it started to get alte.
I had been outside
forever and then realized it was nine o' clock so I headed in.
Unfortunately I had to
go to school tomorrow. Then the thought hit me. 'What if I pis my Attend at
school?'
I went downstairs to ask
my mom. She said,
"I was just about
to tell you. I have talked to the nurse and she has a lot of Attends so if you
do wet one, ask to go to the bathroom but go to the nurses office. Take all the
time you need, the teachers know."
"What!?" I
said.
"Its ok, they won't
tell anyone. I think they need to know why you would be in the 'bathroom' for
15 minutes. They did say try to wait until break or lunch, they don't want you
to miss a lot." She explained.
As much as this was
embarrassing it actually made since.
"Honey, you should
probably go to bed, you have a big day tomorrow." My mom said.
So I went upstairs and
got in my bed. I heard a crinkle as I moved around. I looked under the sheets
and knew exactly what it was, rubber sheets.
Immediately I yelled,
"What the hell are these for?"
My mom came up and said,
"What are what for?"
"These rubber
sheets!" I said getting up and showing her.
"Honey, you know
you may use your diaper at night. You also know they may leak and if they do I
want to be prepared. Go to sleep." She said.
Once again she was
right, damn I hated when that happened. Still the thought of waking up wet made
me shudder. As I thought about all that could go wrong tomorrow, I eventually
fell asleep.
When I woke up this morning I was still
very tired. Recalling what my mom said about wetting myself while I was asleep
scared me so I checked myself. Luckily I wasn't.
I slowly got up and went
into the bathroom to take a shower. I untaped the diaper and like all the times
before it just fell off. I threw it away and took the rest of my clothes off.
I took a shower like any
other day but while I was in there I noticed something. Not far under my belly
button was a scar, or stitches, I couldn't tell. I guessed it was stitches
because I remembered seeing all the blood on myself at the accident. I
basically ignored it for now.
When I was done with my
shower I dried off then quickly put a diaper on, afraid I would go while I was
getting ready. Then I brushed my teeth and combed my hair like any other day.
After all my clothes
were on I looked at myself in the mirror. You couldn't tell there was a bulge
in my pants but when I walked away I noticed I was waddling. I was a little
embarrassed because I noticed I must have walked like that in the hospital too.
I looked in the mirror and tried to walk with my legs straight and I could, it
would take some getting used to though.
This made me think about
Jerry. He was in diapers all the time and he never walked like that. No one
knew about him and his diapers until the PE incident. Usually when I thought of
that I would laugh, but right now I didn't.
I walked downstairs
(with my legs straight) and ate some pop-tarts. After that I got in the rental
car and my mom took me to school.
I got there 15 minutes
early and had planned to go get a soda with Will like we always did but
everyone was bugging me about what happened. I answered calmly and said I was
sick, apparently that’s not what they heard.
It was time for 1st
period to start so Will and I headed over to Math class. We shared a lot of the
same classes, that’s how we became friends. We were learning equations, I
didn't really care. I never really paid attention, I usually drew, the one
thing I enjoyed.
Yep, you guessed it, it
happened. I felt a warm spot on my crotch, I had gone and pissed myself barely
30 minutes into school.
I remembered what mom
said so I raised my hand and asked to go to the bathroom. He said yes
obviously, I hope he wasn't going to make me sit in Math class with a wet
diaper.
I walked down the
hallway and headed towards the nurse office. When I walked in the nurse saw me
and without skipping a beat said,
"I was wondering
when I would see you." I ignored it and just said,
"Hello. You know
what happened."
"Yep, hold on let
me grab you a diaper." She said.
"Shhhh... Aren't
the other people here right now?" I asked.
"No don't worry.
Here you go," She said giving me an Attend, "Just use the bathroom
here, all the stuff you will need is in there."
"Ok." I said.
I went into the bathroom and changed myself. When I was done I realized I had
been gone for like 10 minutes, I hope no one in class would really would
notice.
I went back into the
classroom and the teacher didn't mind at all. Will and the rest of the class
was doing a worksheet so I grabbed one and tried to do it too.
When class was over I
realized the teacher had made a mistake. Will came over to me and said,
"Ricky, where were
you? I know you weren't in the bathroom. After you were gone for five minutes I
asked to go to the bathroom and you weren't in there. What's going on?"
"Umm... I was by
the.... the vending machine, I was thirsty so I bought a soda, you know, just a
soda." I made up. I wasn't anytime going to tell Will about me.
"Yeah. Okay Ricky,
tell me next time and I'll come." He said.
"Sure." I
said.
I had to be more careful
now, only leave classes Will wasn't in was now a rule. Luckily I didn't have to
pay any more visits to the nurse today.
Everything was smooth
until around 5th period, right before lunch. Will came to me with his Social
Studies test, he failed. Usually this wouldn't be a problem but his parents
were fed up with his grades and they told him any more bad grades and they will
take his computer away. That got Will mad.
"Damn, this stuff
is so hard sometimes." He said.
"Who cares
man?" I said.
"I wouldn’t but now
I can't use the computer," He was saying, "I have an idea, lets go
bug the twins."
"Sure, why
not." I said. It was lunch anyway, this is when we usually bug them
anyway.
We went to the lunchroom
and grabbed some food and Will didn't even pay. He only does this when he is in
a bad mood. And when he is a bad mood, you don't want to bother him. Even
teachers knew this.
We walked over to Jerry
and Nick and sat down. We usually wouldn’t sit down but today was different for
some reason, Will really wanted to get under their skin.
"Yo baby Jerry, and
hey Nicky Wicky." Will said.
"What do you
want?" Jerry said.
"I want you to
move, I want this table." He said.
"Well too bad, we
are sitting here. By the way, how is your arm?" Jerry said.
That was a bad move on
his behalf. Will and Jerry got in a fight about a week ago, what we learned
that day was that Jerry was very strong, and he had popped Will's arm out of
its socket. That was the first time anyone, I mean me too, saw Will cry.
Instantly Will threw his
drink at him and walked off. I followed. Usually, I would have been laughing my
head off, but seeing Jerry's face stopped me from laughing. He was so pissed.
I just followed Will
until we got to a table. He was raging with anger.
"That asshole. I
will get him back. Not just for saying that but for also doing that to my arm.
He has it coming." Will said furiously. Will does this a lot, promising
revenge, he never does though. This time was different. He was going to do
something, something big. I just knew he would.
----
As much as I hated it, I
knew I had to warn the twins, not just for their sake, for mine also. Whatever
Will is going to do is going to get blamed on us. I’m already in really deep
shit with our principal, and I didn't want to get deeper.
As soon as school ended
I walked over to Nick to tell him what I heard.
"Do you not
understand English, leave me alone." He said.
"Shut up, don't
talk," I said, "If I hear you telling anyone this both your arms will
be out of their sockets."
"Will has gone mad.
He is going to get his revenge at all costs. Be alert. I want you to know, I'm
not trying to help you guys, I'm trying to save my own skin. You know as well
as I do that if something goes down against you and your brother, I'll get
blamed. Principal Beethel has wanted to find an excuse to suspend me. Warn
Jerry, he is the one Will wants. I never told you this, got it." I said.
"Told me
what?" Nick said, he seemed glad to hear this.
"Exactly, I'll tell
you when I learn more and we will stop it. Once this is over, we are all still
enemies got it?" I said.
"We are still
enemies now, hurry Will is coming." Nick said.
"Awww. Where is
little baby Jerry, getting his diaper changed?" I said. Will was now right
behind me.
Good thing Nick caught
on, "Shut up you idiot, go away."
"I got to talk to
you. Leave him alone, he will get what is coming." Will said.
"Fine, I was having
fun you know." I said and with that I followed Will.
"What is it?"
I said.
"I found the
ultimate way to get Jerry back." He told me.
And with that he told me
of his plan for revenge.
"He knew I would get revenge.
Jerry knew I was going to get my revenge on him. Now I will." Will was
saying, I've never seen him so mad.
"Will, what’s the
plan?" I said nervously.
Will looked around and
said, "I can't tell you now, its not ready, I will tell you later."
I couldn’t pry, that’s
not like me, he would know something is up.
"Ok, tell me when
its ready, I want in though." I said.
"Don't worry, you
will be in," He said, "I got to go, my brother is waiting for
me."
"See you man."
I said while he was walking down the hall.
I looked behind me, Nick
was still there. I walked by him and said, "Bathroom, now."
I didn't want to tell
him the bad news out in the hall, I knew he was going to get mad. I followed
him into the bathroom and he said,
"Well, what’s his
plan?"
"That’s the thing,
he didn't tell me." I said.
"Bullshit. Tell
me." He said.
"He didn't, he said
he wants me in but not until its ready." I insisted.
"How am I supposed
to believe you? How do I know this isn't a set up?" He said.
"Trust me, you know
I can't risk to get an anymore trouble. Look, he said when it's ready he would
tell me. He wants me in also, so now I can try to stop it." I said.
"Look, I don't
trust you. WE will stop it, got it. You, Jerry, and me will stop it." He
said.
"Whatever! That's
not important right now. Don't talk to me unless we are alone." I said.
"Fine." He
said. Then we left.
----
When I got outside I saw
my mom waiting for me.
"I have a surprise
for you." She said.
"What is it?"
I said.
"Just follow
me." She said. We went over to the parking lot and she pulled some keys
out. She walked over to a new Lexus Van and unlocked it.
"We got a new
car!" She said.
"Awesome!" I
yelled. I ran over to it and got in. Leather seats, navigation system, and even
a mini TV. Almost like our last one but it was the newer model.
"This is so
cool." I said.
"I know and its all
ours!" She said.
After about 10 minutes
of admiring the car mom said we got to get going home.
Usually its about a 5
minute drive home but today was a little longer because of traffic. There was
an accident up the road. I wondered if the people who were in it would become
like me. Would it be worse? Wait, nothing could be worse than confined to
diapers.
I didn't even realize we
were home because I was thinking about that wreck. I kind of forgot it when I
went inside.
Almost instantly as soon
as I got home we got a phone call. I heard my mom pick it up and say,
"Ricky its for
you!" She yelled.
"OK! Tell them to
hold on while I get the phone." I said. I ran upstairs and grabbed the
wireless phone,
"Watsup?" I
said.
"Hey Ricky, it's
Will." Will said.
"Hey, why did you
call." I asked.
"I want to tell you
my revenge plan." He said.
"I thought you said
it wasn't ready." I replied.
"I didn't want
anyone to hear. Just listen." He said.
"Ok." I said.
"Alright. Here is
what we are going to do. Don't ask how but I got a..." He told me his
plan.
----
The next morning my
worst fear happened. I woke up wet. Luckily I didn’t leak.
I just proceeded on with
my usual morning activities. When we got to school I didn't get a soda with
Will, this was risky because he would be looking for me but I didn't care.
I ran over to Nick and
gestured for him to follow me. I walked outside and he asked.
"Did you find
out?"
"Yes." I
answered.
"Well what is he going
to do?" He eagerly said.
"Alright, you know
that only us 8th graders know about Jerry. He wants to change that. I don't
know how but he got a picture of Jerry in a diaper, probably one of when I have
pulled his pants down. He has made almost like flyers, and he is going to post
them all around campus..." I said.
"All of it?"
Nick interrupted.
"Yes, all of
it." I said. This was a big deal because our school consisted of preschool
through 12th grade.
"When is he doing
it?" Nick asked.
"Tonight, around
midnight. That’s the thing, I have to help him." I said.
"What? Why are you
helping him?" He asked.
"I have to, he
can't find out I'm helping you. Calm down though, this is where I need your
help. It will take us about an hour to throw the flyers around. Come with Jerry
to the school around three am. We will gather up all the flyers and say it was
the cleaning crew. Ok?" I explained.
"Three o' clock!
What am I supposed to do, tell my parents I'm going to the park?" He said.
"Sneak out. Do you
want the whole school to know about Jerry?" I asked.
"No." He said
softly.
"Good, tell Jerry
and be here at three. Now go." I said and Nick left.
----
I had the rest of the
day to think about what was going to happen tonight.
Will didn't even talk
about it. He said he was scared someone would here him. I actually tried to
talk him out of it once. I said,
"Principal Beethel
will know its us, we will get suspended. Is it worth it?" I said.
"Yes it is, are you
scared or something?" He asked.
"No, I just don't
want my parents to ground me again. I think I actually heard them say boot camp
once." I said but it was a lie. Will's parents wouldn't do that. Will also
didn't want to lose me, he needed someone to help pick on people with.
"Don't worry, I
will take the blame." He said.
Nothing worked, I
couldn't talk him out of it. All I could do was to gather up the flyers in the
morning.
----
I also started thinking
about me. 'Why was I doing this?' I kept telling myself I was doing this to
save my own skin. But something in me made me actually feel bad for Jerry. I
started thinking about what would that fell like. Everyone knowing that you
wear diapers. Having people make fun of you.
That was it, having
people make fun of you for something you couldn't help. This made me fell
pretty bad. Especially since I was the same. I decided to not make fun of Jerry
and Nick and do my best to keep Will from picking on them too.
----
After I got home I got a
call from Nick:
"Hey Ricky, I don’t
know if this is a good idea." Nick said.
"I know I don’t
want to get in trouble." Jerry was on the line now too.
"Guys calm down,
are you nervous about leaving your house?" I asked.
"Yes." They
both said.
"Jerry, just think
about everyone knowing about your diapers," I said, "what’s worse,
being grounded for like a month or having everyone know about you?"
"Knowing about
me." Jerry said.
"Look, it will be
ok. Just I will me you by the flagpole at three. Got it?" I asked.
"Yes." They
both answered.
"I got to go."
I said.
"Alright, we will
see you tonight." Nick said. Then I hung up.
The thought of everyone
knowing you wore diapers made me shudder. That would be horrible, no one could
deserve such a thing. Not even Jerry.
----
Part 1 of operation
flyer:
I got up around eleven
o' clock. I threw my jeans and a shirt on. I ran outside and Will was already
waiting with two bikes.
"Lets go." He
said and threw me a bag.
"There are one
hundred flyers in there, take a look. We are going to the school now."
Will said and with that he rode off.
I followed him all the
way to school. The school looked weird, there were no lights on or anything. We
put our bikes on the rack.
"Look, we split up,
when your done meet back here." He said then ran off throwing a flyer once
in a while.
I did the same, trying
to remember where I put them so when I came back it would be easier.
After I was done with my
flyers I went to the bike rack and Will was already waiting for me.
"Good, Jerry is
going to go crazy. Look, take that bike home, I'm going another way." Will
said.
"Ok. Ill see you
tomorrow at school." I said.
"Yeah." He
said and then we got our bikes and went separate ways.
When I got home it was
around one o clock. Since I knew I would have to get back to the school in an
hour I decided to just play some games on the computer.
----
Part 2 of operation
flyer:
When it was around 2:30
I decided to head to the school. I just rode there like before.
When I was putting my
bike on the rack I noticed two other ones, the twins must have beat me here.
As I walked to the
flagpole I saw Nick and Jerry each holding a flyer. When I got to them Nick
handed me one and said,
"Can you explain
this?"
I looked at it and
almost had a heart attack, these weren't the same flyers as before. They
weren't even Jerry at all.
It was me.
"Look at me guys," Said
Principal Beethel, "why were you tied up to the flag poles, what happened
here at my school?"
"Well we aren’t no
tattle tales if that’s what you are asking." I said.
"You guys think
about it, I'll be back in five minutes, I don't think you want to be in here
all day." Principal Beethel said as he left his office.
"I kind of
do." I said.
"Look, why don't we
just tell him. Then that will be our revenge on..." Nick said.
"Revenge?" I
said cutting him off, "Telling on him will do us no good, except get him
out of school so we can't get him back."
"While he is
suspended or whatever we can think of a plan to get him back." Jerry said.
"Oh, now I get it,
two on one." I said.
"Yeah, it seems to
be, now would you like to tell Beethel what happened or do you want me
too?" Nick said.
"I will." I
said.
Principal Beethel came
in after a few minutes and asked.
"So are you going
to tell me what happened."
"Yeah." Jerry
said.
Principal Beethel looked
at us and said,
"Lets hear
it."
"Fine. Remember how
Jerry here got in a fight with Will?" I said.
"Yes." Beethel
said.
"Well he wanted his
revenge. He had told me that he had somehow gotten a picture of Jerry in a
diaper. He said he was going to throw them around school, which was a lie to
me." I said.
"What do you
mean?" Beethel said.
"Quiet! Just
listen." I said.
"Ok." He said.
"It was a lie. I
knew if he went through with this he would get me in trouble too, so I decided to
tell Nick and Jerry. We made a plan to come about an hour after Will and I
distributed the pictures and we would pick them up.
When we got there we
realized they weren't pictures of Jerry. They were of me."
----
As I walked to the
flagpole I saw Nick and Jerry each holding a flyer. When I got to them Nick
handed me one and said,
"Can you explain
this?"
I looked at it and
almost had a heart attack, these weren't the same flyers as before. They
weren't even Jerry at all.
It was me.
"What the
hell!?" I screamed.
"Calm down
Ricky..." Said a familiar voice.
This startled all of us
and Jerry said,
"Who is that?"
"The same guy you
got in a fight with a week ago!" The voice said.
"Will!?" I
said.
"Ding Ding Ding, we
have a winner." Will said.
"What’s going
on?" Nick said.
"Why don’t you ask
Ricky?" He said.
Nick looked at me but
didn't say anything, no one did for about a whole minute.
"Alright fine since
all of you babies are so slow. How stupid do you think I am Ricky?" Will
said. I remained silent.
"I just went and
got a soda," Will said mocking me "Blah blah blah. That’s bull. I
believed you at first, then I followed you one time and watched the nurse give
you a diaper, yes Ricky, I knew."
"What?" I
said.
"Quiet. I didn't
believe it at first, I actually kind of ignored it. I thought I could use it as
black mail one day so I could be the bigger between us." Will said.
"Why?"
"I’m getting there.
Where was I, oh yeah. At first I actually did want revenge on Jerry, I had a
whole other plan. Then it changed when I found out that you told Nick."
I remained silent again.
"Yeah, I decided to
expose you."
"What? Why?" I
asked.
"Because you
intended to betray me. You lied to me. So, my plan changed. I told you that I
had a picture of Jerry. I did, it was just the nurse handing him a diaper. Easy
enough. Then I had you come out and distribute them with me. As soon as we left
I went home and grabbed another bag and brought it here. Yep, pictures of Baby
Ricky."
"I don’t believe
it." I said.
"You should. I
would take precautions also because your social life end in..." Will
looked at his watch, "4 hours."
"How are you going
to stop me from picking these up. There are three of us and one of you." I
said.
"That's where you
are wrong Ricky. Jeff, Neo, Rob come on out." Will said.
Three of my old friends
came out of no where and all of them started to circle in on Jerry, Nick, and
me.
"Can we take
them?" Jerry asked.
"Can you take down
a bull?" I said.
Jeff, Neo, and Rob were
some of the most strongest kids in our grade, I used to be one, but the
accident had taken away a lot of strength which was still coming back.
"Its worth a
try." Nick said.
"Ok fine, when I
say too though, not yet. I'm going to try and buy us some time." I
whispered.
"What’s going to
happen now Will?" I said.
"Why should I tell
you and ruin the surprise?" Will said.
"Tell us, unless
you want your arm out of your socket again." Jerry said.
"Fine, since you
want to know so badly. We aren't going to hurt you unless you hurt us. We will
take you each to a flag pole and tie you there so everyone can see you babies
and laugh and make fun at you." Will said.
"Why are you doing
this to Nick and Jerry? They didn't do anything" I said. What was I
saying, was I trying to save them?
"They helped
you," Will said, "Tie em' up guys."
They started to move in
on us. I needed to buy as much time as possible before we fought them.
"Wait, don't you
want to know why I am in diapers?" I said.
Will stopped and said,
"Actually, I already know. Get them."
They were closing in us
closer and closer until they were about 3 feet away.
"Get ready," I
said, "Now!"
We each took a man and
started punching and kicking them.
I was the first one to
lose.
Neo had me pinned down.
Nick was next and then Rob had him down too. Jerry put up a good fight though
with Jeff and actually had him down until Will stepped in.
"Did you actually
think you could win? We will do this one by one now. Neo, take Ricky to the
center flag." Will said.
Neo took my hands and dragged
me to the state flag pole. He then lifted me up by arms and put them behind the
pole. Will gave him some duct tape and Neo used that to tie my hands with.
I started to think, duct
tape, I can get out of that. Unfortunately I was wrong, he used so much not
even a knife could go through.
They did the same thing
to Nick and Jerry. Nick was on the school flagpole and Jerry on the US flag
pole.
Once we were all tied up
Will came real close to me and said,
"Have fun Baby
Ricky."
I kicked him right in
the stomach so hard I thought blood was going to come out of his mouth.
"Babies don’t
kick." He said and with that he punched me real hard in my stomach.
"Everyone will know
its you!" I yelled at Will.
"Even if they do,
it will be worth it." Will said kicking my legs in a kind of rough but
gentle way.
I remained silent until
they all left us here. I looked around, I saw the flyers everywhere.
"Can anyone get
out?" I asked. Nick and Jerry moved around for a bit and finally said,
"No."
I leaned my head forward
so my hair cover my face.
"I'm sorry." I
mumbled.
"Sorry for
what?" Jerry asked.
"Getting you guys
into this." I said.
"You were trying to
help us, right?" Jerry said.
"Yeah."
Nick looked like he was
thinking for a second the instantly looked at me.
"How long?" He
said.
"What?" I
said.
"How long have you
been wearing diapers for? Were you making fun of Jerry while you were wearing
them too?" Nick asked.
Jerry looked at me too.
"No, no. I wasn't.
Remember how I was gone for those days last week?" I asked.
"Yeah." Nick
said.
"Well, believe it
or not my brother and I were in a car crash. That’s how I became
incontinent." I said
"Oh, so that’s who
was in that crash. It was on the news but they didn't say who it was."
Jerry said.
"Yeah, that was
me." I said.
"Sorry." Said
Nick.
"It's cool, I would
have thought the same thing. Anyone know what time it is?" I said trying
to change the subject.
"If I could see my
watch I would tell you." Jerry said.
"Same." Said
Nick.
"So..." I
said.
"What do you think
is going to happen to us?" Jerry blurted out.
"I don't
know." Nick said.
"I do. Everyone
will find out about me wearing diapers and it will be the end of me." I
said starting to feel a tear go down my cheek. I quickly shook my head to try
and stop.
"Don't cry."
Nick said in a non-friendly way.
"Shut up man. I
not." I said.
"I mean, cry all
you want now, but when the people come, just keep your head straight and don’t
say anything, it will make it worse." Nick said.
"Thanks." I
said.
I was getting really
nervous now. Everyone in the whole school would now know about me. Lower school
kids and my old friends and everyone will be laughing at me when school starts.
Then, I felt even more
tears start coming down my cheeks. I shook my head but I didn't stop. I looked
at Nick and Jerry and they weren't even paying attention. They just were
looking around, thinking about who knows what.
I started to let out
whimpers. Mad at myself I kept trying to stop. I couldn't though. This was the
end and we all knew it.
I had to get out of
here. I started trying to pull my arms out and trying to rip it against the
pole. The tape didn't even move on my arms.
"How can you guys
be so calm, when you know everyone is going to be laughing at us?" I asked
with even more tears going down my eyes.
"I don't know. I
know what you’re thinking too. You will be the main one here, those flyers are
of you, not us. But I do know one thing, we will get back at him. We are on
your side now." Nick said.
----
"What about this
morning?" Mr. Beethel said.
I remained silent.
"I don't think he
wants to talk about it sir. I can't blame him either. You know what happened,
you and some other teachers got us out of there." Jerry said.
"A little late
though." I said.
"How was I supposed
to know there would be two hundred flyers of you being handed a diaper around
the school? How was I supposed to know that three students would be tied to the
flag poles?" Mr. Beethel said getting aggravated with me.
"When I saw a whole
bunch of kids gathered around the poles I went to see what it was. As soon as I
did I got you guys out. You know that." Mr. Beethel said.
"Now, Your parents
are on the way to come pick you up, you will be able to skip school
today." Mr. Beethel said getting up.
"What is going to
happen to Will?" I asked.
"I don't know.
That’s up for the board to decide. My guess is suspension for 2 weeks,"
Beethel said turning around, "stuff like this happens every once in a
while here, but I won't let this one go unnoticed."
Part 8 - A Fighter From The Inside
"Oh my god!"
Jerry said rolling on the floor laughing.
"Dude, I think it
makes you look sexy." I said laughing.
Nick looked at himself,
"Shut up dude." he said.
"This thing is
uncomfortable." He added.
"How do you think
we feel, having to wear a diaper twenty four - seven?" Jerry said.
"I think you feel
itchy." Nick said.
"You get used to
it." I said.
"Right.... Can I
take it off now?" Nick asked.
"Hold on, look at
me, I don't want to forget this." I said.
Nick turned over to me
and as soon as he did I pulled a disposable camera out of my pocket and put it
up to my eye.
"Say cheese."
I said.
CLICK
"Ah damn it dude,
give me the frikin' camera." Nick said coming over to me.
"Why?" I said
laughing.
Nick walked over to me
and grabbed the camera and took it away from me.
"Aww man, I was
gonna put it in my locker, dude." I said.
"I wanted a
copy." Jerry said then I busted out laughing.
"Too bad. Now I am
going to change out of this damn diaper." Nick said.
----
"Alright, students,
the test is Friday. Do not forget!" Mr. Connors said.
I gathered up my books
and calculator and headed towards my locker. I put everything in it and then
grabbed my running shoes to go to P.E.
"Hey Ricky."
Jerry said.
"Watsup
Jerry?" I said.
"Not a lot. Is it
just me, or has Nick been acting strange lately?" Jerry asked.
"I dunno. I haven't
paid attention to much lately, just trying to make the day go by as fast as
possible." I answered.
"Well, talk to him,
will you?" Jerry said.
"Yeah sure, lets
go, P.E. starts in five minutes." I said.
"Okay, hold on
though. I need to stop by the nurse, will you wait?" Jerry asked.
While I was waiting
outside of the nurse's room I heard her familiar voice,
"Oh Hi Jerry. Hold
on let me grab you an Attend."
It makes me feel good to
know I am not the only person that has to wear diapers.
----
When I walked into the
gym I noticed we still had a little time left so I decided to talk to Nick like
I promised Jerry.
As I looked around the
room I saw Nick, by Will.
'Damn it' I thought, I
knew what was happening.
I ran over to them right
before Will shoved Nick on the ground. I instantly stepped in front of Will and
shoved him back.
"What was that for,
you ass?" Will said.
I pointed at Nick on the
floor, "Yeah, well, what was that for?" I asked.
"He was in my
way." Will said.
Nick got up and said to
me, "Just let’s go, I don't want to be with these jerks."
"Ok, fine," I
said turning my way to face Will, "See ya."
We walked off ignoring
several insults coming from Will's "crowd".
As everyone was
stretching before we played sports I asked Nick,
"Watsup lately? You
have been acting strange, Jerry thinks so too."
Nick stared at the floor
for a second then, "I dunno, I guess all this stuff is getting to me, you
know."
"Yeah I do.
Remember, you are the one who told me to lets it pass you by, just ignore,
man." I said.
"I try, I try. I
guess you have it harder than me, those were pictures of you not... Oh yeah,
sorry. I didn't mean to bring it up." Nick said.
"Yeah... It's ok.
Alright see ya." I said as we went in different directions to play our
separate sports with our group.
----
DING-DONG
I was upstairs and I
heard the doorbell so I started to head to the stairs. About halfway down I
could see the door but my mom was already opening it.
"Hey honey."
She said.
'Huh?' I thought.
"Hey." I
heard.
My mom leaned forward
and gave this man a kiss!
"Are you going to
let me in?" I heard the man said.
"Oh yeah,
sorry." She said moving aside.
Then the man walked in
and I saw that it was my dad!
Excitement and joy and
confusion and curiosity swept through me as I ran to my brother’s room.
As soon as I got in
there I saw my brother on the computer, "Riley! Riley! Guess what?" I
said.
"Jeez, calm down,
Ricky. What?" He said.
"I just saw mom
kiss dad!" I said.
"What?" He
said starting to get up.
"Yeah yeah. I
did!" I said.
Then, he got up and
hugged me.
'Wow, this really meant
a lot to him.' I thought. Riley hasn't hugged me forever.
Then he let go saying,
"Lets go walk to Baskin Robbins. Ok?"
"Sure, I'm hungry
anyways." I said.
I ran into my room and
threw my coat on and went downstairs to wait for Riley.
"Where are you guys
going?" My mom asked.
"Just down to
Baskin Robbins." I said.
"Oh okay, be
careful." She said.
"Don't worry, we
will." I said.
----
The Baskin Robbins is
about a ten-minute walk from my house so we went there a lot.
After I had gotten my
rainbow sherbet and my brother had gotten rocky road we went down to the bench
outside.
"So, do you think
dad is back for good, I mean I know he has been visiting a lot lately but do
you think he is coming back?" I asked.
"I hope so, I
really do. I know sometimes you catch dad on his bad side, but he is really
nice a lot of the time." Riley said.
"Yeah, I guess I
know how to get him mad." I said chuckling.
"Yeah, that you
certainly do." Riley said.
Then my phone started to
vibrate.
"Hold on, Riley,
phone call." I said reaching for my phone in my pocket.
"Sure, I'll be
here." He said.
I walked away from the
bench then answered the phone.
"Hello?" I
said.
"Ricky?" Said
the other person.
"Yeah, who is
this?" I said.
The person was crying
hard now, "Jerry."
I pushed the phone in
harder into my ear,
"Why are you
crying? What happened?" I asked.
"Nick... I found...
Nick..." Jerry said crying really hard now.
"What happened to
Nick? Is he Ok?" I said now louder.
"He is fine,"
Jerry seemed a little calmer now, "But I found some emails..."
"What did they say,
Jerry tell me. What's going on."
"Nick told
him!!" Jerry screamed.
"Told who? Calm
down, Jerry." I said.
"Will!! He told
him!!" Jerry said screaming and crying.
"What did he tell
him?" I asked very seriously.
"Everything, he
told him that we were going to pick up the flyers! Everything... all of
it..." Jerry said.
"What!? Why!?
How!?" I screamed.
"I don't know... I
don't know!! He left his emails up and one was too Will so I read it! Why did
he tell them Ricky, why!?" Jerry said, I could hear him crying really hard
now.
I too almost started to
cry but then stopped, I was too angry to cry.
"I don't believe
this! I was trying to help you and me! You know that right?" I said
"Yeah, that’s why I
am upset, he turned on us." Jerry said.
"As much as I hate
to say this; do not let him know that you found out, got me?" I demanded.
"...Why?"
Jerry said.
"Just Don't!"
I said
"Ok... Ok... I
won't." Jerry said.
"I want you to
print off that email for me, ok? You can show it to me tomorrow at lunch, Nick
has a student council meeting then so he won't know, ok?" I said.
"I will... Why
would he do this Ricky?" Jerry asked.
"I don't know. It
makes me so..." I put the phone down for a second and pulled my hair in
frustration.
I picked the phone back
up, "Mad." I finished.
"I thought it
would." Jerry said.
"I still don't
believe it." I said.
"Me too. Ah crap,
my mom said dinner is ready, I have to go." Jerry said.
"Alright, don't let
Nick find out." I said.
"I won't.
Bye." Jerry said.
"Bye." I said.
I shoved my phone in my
pocket then kicked the air in frustration.
"Damn it, how could
he?" I mumbled.
----
"You sure you want
to read this?" Jerry asked.
"Yeah, let me see
them." I said.
Jerry handed me a couple
pieces of paper.
"There were a
couple more when I looked again." Jerry said.
"Have you read them
yet?" I asked.
"No, I can't stand
too, but I will try too." Jerry said.
I pressed the first one
on the table. It read:
----
Nick,
This is how its gonna
be. You email me when you find out what Ricky is going to do.
Act like you normally
would at school. Don't let Ricky or Jerry find out.
You tell me what they
are going to do, I won't bug you anymore, ever.
Will
----
I stared at the note in
disbelief.
"Wanna see what
Nick wrote?"
"Yeah." I
said. Jerry handed me another note.
----
Will,
Ricky told me about your
"other plan" to post flyers of Ricky.
Then Ricky told me that
him, Jerry, and I have to get to the school around three am to pick them up. He
says that all of it will get blamed on him and that’s why he is doing it.
I want revenge on Ricky,
for everything he has done.
If I give you a picture
of Ricky with a diaper, will you make flyers of him instead of Jerry?
Nick
----
"Holy shit. Are you
kidding me. Nick took that picture!?" I said.
Jerry stared at the
letter then nodded.
"There is one last
one." Jerry said pulling another sheet of paper out.
----
Nick,
Excellent.
We will tie all of you
up to the flagpoles, I'm sorry but I can't just let you walk off. That isn't
like me.
Anyway, cya tonight.
----
"Holy shit. I don't
believe it." I said.
"Neither do
I." Jerry said.
"This isn't a joke,
right?" I asked.
"I wish it
was." Jerry said.
I stared at the letters
for a bit.
"What now?" I
asked.
"Who know, I have a
few ideas if you want to get back at him. I'll tell you them later
though." Jerry said.
"Ok." I was in
no rush to find out.
"Anyways... Oh
yeah... Do you want to spend the night tonight?" Jerry asked.
"Yeah sure. I'm
sure my mom will be ok with it but what time should I come over?" I asked.
"Around seven I
guess." Jerry said smiling.
"Cool it'll be
fun." I said smiling.
"Yeah." Jerry
said.
----
Eight o clock
----
"Crap, I'm late
mom." I said.
"Hold on, oh here
we are. Have fun now." She said.
"Ok." I said
getting out of the car and walking up to Jerry and Nick's house.
I ringed on the doorbell
and about ten seconds later it opened up.
"Hey, you must be
Ricky, Nick and Jerry's friend. I'm Mrs. Thompson, my husband is away on a
business trip so it will be the four of us but we are glad you came over."
Mrs. Thompson said.
"Thanks, I am
too." I said.
"Follow me I'll
take you to the game room, "She said and she led me upstairs into a room
with a huge TV with an XBOX plugged into it and Nick and Jerry were playing it.
"Hey guys." I
said.
"Hey Ricky."
Jerry said.
"Whatsup?"
Nick said.
"Not much." I
said.
Mrs. Thompson coughed
then said, "Well I am tired so I'm going to be, you kids don't stay up too
late."
"Ok." Nick and
Jerry said.
Then she walked
downstairs.
"I'll play you in
Halo Two, Ricky." Jerry said.
"I'll kick your
ass." I said laughing.
"Bring it."
Jerry said laughing also.
"You two play, I'll
be in my room on the computer." Nick said walking off.
After Nick was gone
Jerry looked at me and said, "When shall we do it?"
"Not now,
later." I said.
"Ok, until then,
I'll play you in Halo Two." Jerry said.
"Ok." I said
sitting down on the ground getting a controller.
For about two hours
Jerry and I killed our brain cells by playing games then Nick came in,
"It's ten o clock,
what do you want to do?"
"The night is
young!" I said.
"Hah!" Jerry
said.
"Really, what do
you want to do?" Nick said.
"Truth or
dare!" I said.
"For real?"
Nick said.
"Yeah Yeah!"
Jerry said.
"For real." I
confirmed.
Nick sat down on the floor.
"I wanna go
first." Said Jerry.
"Ok. Who do you
pick?" I asked.
"You. Truth or
dare?" Jerry asked me.
"Dare." I
said.
"Prank call,
Will!" Jerr said.
"Oh... I'll do
better, get me the school directory, Jerry." I said and Jerry ran off into
another room and came back with a little red book.
"Look up Will's
address." I said.
"Ok." He said.
He did and showed it to me.
"Just leave it
there." I said.
I picked up the phone
and dialed the local Pizza Hut.
"Hello, how can I
help you?" Said the Pizza Man.
"Yes, can I have
ten large pizzas delivered to," I looked at Will's address,
"five-five-six-seven HavanaCreek Rd. When you get there just say Will
ordered them. Ok? Thanks."
Then I hung up the
phone.
"Dude that was
awesome! Where did you think of that?" Jerry said.
"I dunno, I think
they did that in a Rugrats episode." I said laughing.
Jerry laughed and
surprisingly Nick did a little too.
"My turn. I pick
Nick, Truth or dare?" I said sitting back down.
Nick thought for a
second then said, "Dare."
"You're in for
it." I said.
Jerry chuckled.
"Hmm... You will do
anything?" I said.
"Yeah." Nick
said.
"Ok, I dare you to
take one of Jerry's diapers and put it on. You have to do it." I said.
"What? Come
on." Nick said.
"You have
too." Jerry said.
"Hah, you do man.
Hurry up." I said.
"Fine, only for a
second though." Nick got up and went into Jerry's room.
"They are in the
closet!" Jerry said.
I started to laugh.
About three minutes
later we heard Nick say, "Alright here I come."
"You have to wear
nothing but the diaper." I said.
"I know." He
said.
"Come on out."
Jerry said.
The Nick opened the door
wearing nothing but a diaper!
"Oh my god!"
Jerry said rolling on the floor laughing.
"Dude, I think it
makes you look sexy." I said laughing.
Nick looked at himself,
"Shut up dude." he said.
"This thing is
uncomfortable." He added fidgeting around.
"How do you think
we feel, having to wear a diaper twenty four - seven?" Jerry said.
"I think you feel
itchy." Nick said.
"You get used to
it." I said.
"Right.... Can I
take it off now?" Nick asked.
"Hold on, look at
me, I don't want to forget this." I said.
Nick turned over to me
and as soon as he did I pulled a disposable camera out of my pocket and put it
up to my eye.
"Say cheese."
I said.
CLICK
"Ah damn it dude,
give me the frikin' camera." Nick said coming over to me.
"Why?" I said
laughing.
Nick walked over to me
and grabbed the camera and took it away from me.
"Aww man, I was
gonna put it in my locker dude." I said.
"I wanted a copy."
Jerry said then I busted out laughing.
"Too bad. Now I am
going to change out of this damn diaper." Nick said walking back into
Jerry's room.
As soon as Nick was gone
I looked over at Jerry and Jerry smiled.
He pulled a small
digital camera out of his pocket and winked.
Then I winked back.
----
----
Part 9 - Will's Return
----
"Too bad. Now I am
going to change out of this damn diaper." Nick said walking back into
Jerry's room.
As soon as Nick was gone
I looked over at Jerry and Jerry smiled.
He pulled a small
digital camera out of his pocket and winked.
Then I winked back.
He put the camera back
in his pocket slowly when a look of uneasiness swept across his face.
"We can't do this.
To my own brother?" He mumbled while messing with his shoe laces.
I remained silent. I
didn't know what to say.
"I mean, what if
it’s not true..." He added on.
'It was true. Jerry
found Nick's emails.' I told myself. 'But what if there was a reason...'
I shook my head, it was
true and that was it.
Nick came out of the
room and said, "Damn, that feels better."
"Hah, whose turn it
is now?" I asked.
"I don't know, I
don't really want to play anymore either." Nick said.
"Yeah, same here,
before I'm forced to do something stupid." Jerry added on.
"Ok. What do you
want to do?" I asked.
"I dunno, I'm going
to check my emails then go to bed." Nick said.
"Same, Ricky, you
can sleep in my room." Jerry said.
"Ok cool, let me go
get my sleeping bag." I said walking downstairs.
Nick went in his room
and Jerry and I went in his.
Jerry was in his bed and
I was on the floor next to him warm in my sleeping bag.
After a few moments of
brief silence Jerry quickly sat up and looked towards me.
"Oh my god, I just
realized something." Jerry said.
"What?" I
asked.
"Will is coming
back Monday." Jerry said.
'Had it really been that
long?' I thought to myself.
"Are you serious?
Two weeks already?" I asked.
"Yeah, I wish it
was longer... Two weeks for something like that is stupid, it should be more
like a month." Jerry said.
"So much for
Beethel-ass saying he wasn't going to let this one go unnoticed." I said
laughing.
"Yeah, Will is
going to have our asses tomorrow. Especially now that we ordered him
pizza..." I said laughing.
"Yeah, I can't wait
to see the look on his face." Jerry said.
----
I looked over to my left
where my brother was. I felt comfortable in the passenger seat of the car with
Green Day playing in my ears.
I took my seat belt off
and slowly leaned forward. I quickly moved my hands around the bottom of my
seat looking for my CD case.
I found it and leaned
back into the seat messing with the position of it.
"Cut it out, put
your seatbelt on too." Riley said.
"Whow, come
down," I said putting my seatbelt on, "what's wrong?"
"What do you
think?" Riley answered.
I looked down and moved
my feet around the carpet of the car.
"There is nothing
we can do about it." I mumbled.
He remained silent, he
knew there wasn’t anything that we could do.
A way ahead of us up the
dark foggy road we heard cars honking their obnoxious horns. I looked up to see
what was going on. I saw a red figure swerving down the road heading toward us.
I didn't pay much mind too it, I didn't think anything would happen, that is
until it got closer.
"What the hell is
this guy doing?" My brother said in a loud whisper.
Now he was going
straight, ahead of us. Riley turned the steering wheel instantly to the right
but we didn't make it out of the car's way. It hit us near the middle but far
enough back to make us spin.
We kept spinning to the
right of the road. Eventually our car spun off the road and as soon as we hit
the right edge of the road our car fell down a steep little hill which sent us
flipping down it.
I heard someone
screaming, I couldn't tell if it was Riley or me. We were on our side when we
came to sudden stop. Even though we were stopped I still felt like we were
spinning. I was entangled in the seatbelt.
After my head stopped
spinning I looked around and tried to see where we were. I didn't have enough
time because an excruciating pain formed in my stomach. I looked down at my
shirt and saw a rip in the shirt and a gash in my stomach.
I screamed and tried to
move. Every time I did move the pain inside me increased. I gave up and just
laid there, until my eye sight faded out and everything was black.
----
"Ah!!" I
yelled waking up from my dream.
I sat up and looked
around. 'It was just a dream, don't worry. Just a dream.' I thought to myself.
'This is the third time
I have had has this dream. One the night after he got back from the hospital.
Another the night at the flagpole, then now.'
It was still dark in the
room, I looked at the clock next to Jerry's bed. It said it was four o' clock.
Still breathing frantically I lied back down in my sleeping bag and tried to
fall asleep...
----
I felt someone pulling
on my shoulder.
"Ri..cky" I
heard the person say.
"Ricky!"
Finally the person yelled.
I slapped the hand away
and pulled my pillow over my head.
"Get up dude!
Breakfast is ready you lazy bum!" It was Jerry, I could tell.
I pulled tighter on the
pillow. I just wanted to sleep some more.
I heard Jerry mumble
something and move toward his bed. I peered my eyes from under my pillow in
just enough time to see another huge pillow come down at me.
FWOOSH!
"Ugh! Leave me
alone!" I said in a mocking voice.
I stoop up and grabbed
my pillow and whacked Jerry smack in the back.
"Aw.... man that
was a good one. Come on, lets go." He told me.
"Lemme change, I'll
be down in a second." I said grabbing a fresh attend and a pair of pants.
"Ok." Jerry
said walking out of his room and then down the stairs.
I walked into their
bathroom and proceeded with changing myself. I was used to it now. The scar was
barely visible anymore.
After I was done I threw
my pants on and walked downstairs.
"Perfect timing
Ricky, we were just sitting down." Mrs. Thompson said when she saw me
walking toward the table.
It was bacon and eggs
with hash browns. And damn did it smell good.
"Mmmm... Smell's
great." I said sitting down.
"Thanks." Mrs.
Thompson said.
We all sat down and ate
the delicious breakfast.
My mom came a little
while after. The rest of my day would be full of preparing for school tests and
homework.... and not to mention the return of Will.
----
Next Day
----
Everyone was crowded in
the hallway at school. There was another 15 minutes until school started.
Will's gang was at the door waiting for him to come back. I was leaning up
against my locker, looking at the door too, anticipating Will's arrival.
Jerry was there with me.
We were like Siamese twins we're everywhere together.
I saw the door open then
Will's gang crowd around the person who came in. I pointed over there for Jerry
to see, "Will is here."
"Don't let him get
you down." Jerry said.
"I won't." I
answered.
I continued to look over
there. Something caught my eye, one of Will's friends turned around and pointed
to where I was standing then turned back around.
"Here they
come..." I said.
"Yep." Jerry
said.
I saw Will emerge out of
the crowd and head my way. He didn't look happy. Seeing him pissed, made me
happy to tell the truth.
I took a deep breath and
walked toward him. This agitated him. As soon as we were close to each other he
said, "Ricky, Ricky, Ricky.... You know how bad I want to hurt you?"
"Um... Not as bad
as I want to hurt you?" I said.
That made his face turn.
In rage he pushed me up against the lockers. "Two weeks! Nothing to do!
And, to top it off, Ricky! My parents are sending me to a damn military school
over summer!" He told me.
"I hope you have
fun," I said pushing him away from me. "I hope you do..."
"It ain't over
Ricky." He said walking away.
"How was the
pizza?" I asked.
Like a whip he turned
around. Fortunately for us the bell rang before he could say anything and all
the kids scurried about trying to get to their classes.
"You know, Will
isn't the only person new today?" Jerry said.
"What do you
mean?" I said opening my locker.
"There is a new
kid, I think his name is Parker." Jerry said.
"Cool," I said
closing my locker, "we will find him at lunch?"
"Yeah." Jerry
said parting his way.
----
The rest of the day went
by quicker and easier than I anticipated. Will didn't bug me any more, not to
mention whenever we were around it each other there were teachers.
Jerry and I stood in
line waiting to buy our food. I had pizza and a coke and he had one of the
cafeteria's disgusting hot dogs and a Sprite.
"Should we see if
we can find this Parker kid?" I asked.
"Yeah. I don't see
why not." Jerry said.
"Should we warn him
about Nick?" I asked.
"No. I don't even
want to talk about that now," Jerry said seriously, "I mean should we
even tell him about our condition?"
"He is going to
find out anyway. Might as well." I said.
"Yeah I guess. That
is going to be a weird conversation." Jerry said.
We each paid the cashier
for our food then walked out to where all the tables are.
We saw the popular girls
in one section, the popular guys in another, then the other kids, that’s where
we sit.
We looked around for
everyone. "Nick?" I asked.
"Student council
meeting, again." Jerry said.
"Ah. See
Parker?" I asked. Jerry looked around the room then pointed to a small
table with one person sitting at it.
"That’s him."
Jerry said. Parker was about a little shorter than me. He had brownish-blackish
hair and wore glasses.
Jerry and I walked over
to him and sat down. He looked surprised.
"Hey. I'm Jerry,
this is Ricky." Jerry said pointing to me.
"Hello. I'm
Parker." He said.
"Hey." I added
on.
Jerry didn't skip a beat
and just kept talking, "So why are you here for just the second
semester?"
"I decided to leave
my old school." Parker answered in a kind of tone where it was more like,
"I decided to leave and I don't want to talk about it."
Jerry caught on with it.
"Well something you
should know is, over there, those are the skanky popular girls. Now over there
is the popular guy's section, I used to hang there. They are bastards
though..." I explained all the groups and pointed out each person to stay
away from.
"Wow, complex. You
said you used to hang with the popular kids?" Parker said.
"Yeah," I
looked at Jerry and he nodded, "what I'm about to tell you will ultimately
decide what you think about us."
Parker nodded.
I took a huge sigh and
then explained my story to Parker. Even about Jerry and I being incontinent.
How we were tied to the flagpole. The car accident. The whole nine yards.
Actually eight yards. I didn't tell him about Nick, We had to wait to tell him
that.
He looked at both of us
awkwardly. He leaned back in his chair and sighed. He only said one word,
"Cool." Not
the kind of cool where something is awesome. The kind of cool where he
understand it and didn't mind. The cool where nothing mattered.
It was then that we
knew, Parker, was one of us.
----
The school day was over.
Will sat in his room with nothing to besides throwing darts at the wall. All
his friends weren't allowed to go out and mess around with him any more. That
didn't stop them though.
He got up off his bed
and walked into his brother’s room. As usual he was in there on his computer
doing something stupid. Probably hacking someone's computer.
"So, any
news?" Will asked.
"Yes, after I
hacked Nick's computer, I kept tabs to see when people would open the e-mails.
Someone did, I'm not sure if it was Nick or not though, and they printed them
off too. As soon as they were done, I deleted them." His brother said.
"So if it was Jerry
that read the e-mails. Nick wouldn't see them?" Will said.
"Yep." Will's
brother answered.
"Perfect."
Will said.
----
Part 10 - Pythagoras
----
"Parker seems
cool." I said to Jerry over the phone while lying on my bed.
"Yeah. He is."
Jerry answered.
"Has Nick met him
yet?" I asked.
"I told him about
him. Unfortunately or fortunately, whatever way you think of it, Nick is in
student council meetings all week." Jerry answered.
"Fortunately,"
I said, "we are going to have to tell Parker you know."
"I know... Just the
idea of, " Jerry took a deep sigh, "you know what I mean."
"Yeah... Do you
think Parker knows that once he joins our group, becomes our friend, that he
will face torment?" I asked trying to change the subject.
"I'm not sure. We
will explain it tomorrow?" Jerry asked.
"Yeah, we can't
pull him into this unless he is willing to." I said.
There was a few moments
pause then Jerry asked, "Ricky, I can't stop thinking about it. What are
we going to do with that picture? I mean..."
I cut him off and said,
"I can't make you do anything Jerry. If it’s because you think it makes
you feel low, Nick was low when he took a picture of me. Now I won't make you
give me the picture, if you don't help me. That’s ok. I'll find my own
way."
Jerry sighed, "I
understand. Look I have to go, I'll see you at school."
"Later." I
answered then hung up the phone.
I looked over at the
clock. Ten o’clock. 'Better get to bed.' I thought to myself.
I got under my covers
and took a huge sigh and fell asleep.
----
Lunchtime, best class of
the day. Jerry, Parker, and I were at a small table at the end of the
cafeteria.
"Parker?" I
asked.
"Yeah?" He
said turning towards me.
"Out of curiosity.
How did you just accept that Jerry and I are incontinent," I asked,
"You are the only person in this school that has said that."
He leaned forward and
looked at me with truthful eyes, "It isn't your fault some drunk guy
crashed into your car," He said looking at me then turned to Jerry,
"It isn't your fault you were born incontinent."
He leaned back and
seemed a little agitated, waiting for us to say something.
"Sorry. Its
just..." I said.
"I know, it's
ok." Parker interrupted.
Moments went by of
awkward silence then Jerry whispers in my ear, "Should we tell him about
Nick?"
"You sure?" I
asked aloud. Parker looked at us.
Jerry nodded, "I
want to tell him though."
"Go ahead." I
said. Jerry then shared another tale with Parker. Everything from the email to
the picture.
When he was done Parker
asked, "For real?"
We nodded, "What
are you going to do with the picture?" He added on.
I looked at Jerry,
"Jerry's brother, his decision."
Jerry shut his eyes like
he was thinking, "About that. I thought about it last night."
"And?" I
asked.
"He put me too on
that flagpole. He sold me out too. We will do what we can with that
picture." Jerry answered.
"You sure?" I
asked.
He nodded.
"Any ideas?" I
asked everyone.
We all shared ideas but
none were good. None gave us the satisfaction. Most could have back fired on
us. We actually came to the conclusion no matter what we were going to get
caught. We all decided though, it would be worth it. Even Parker was willing to
get caught, for something he wasn’t even a part of...
----
Days went by. We didn’t
have much time to talk about ideas because Nick was around a lot more. We
mostly did it through Internet chat. Even after those days, all ideas were
lost. We weren't going to post flyers like they did, though the picture had to
be involved.
----
Parker, Jerry, and I
were all on the computer in our own AIM chat room, talking. Jerry's screen name
was JerryT145, go figure. I was CoolSn567. Parker was l33tParker, don't ask.
JerryT145: How is it
goin guys?
l33tParker: Meh... ok
CoolSn567: Same... bored as crap, u?
JerryT145: Tired
l33tParker: Anyone done the damn math homework?
JerryT145: Workin on it
CoolSn567: Uh... there was math homework?
l33tParker: LOL ya idiot
CoolSn567: Well I guess I'll do it tomorrow before school...
JerryT145: Not like its hard... for you maybe
CoolSn567: Erg... Shutup
JerryT145: *Smiles*
l33tParker: What is Nick up to Jerry?
JerryT145: Dunno, I think he is on his computer
CoolSn567: Any ideas lately?
JerryT145: Is that all you talk about?
CoolSn567: All I think about
JerryT145: Here we go again...
l33tParker: Actually, while we we're on the subject. I had an idea.
JerryT145: Screw it, all yall talk about! I'll be back later
Jerryt145 is away at 6:00 PM
CoolSn567: Ugh... What was your idea Parker?
l33tParker: Hard to explain on a computer, I'll tell you tomorrow. But I need
to ask you something.
CoolSn567: Yeah?
l33tParker: Have you considered dropping it?
CoolSn567: What do you mean?
l33tParker: Forgetting it. Things are getting better for yall. Doing this will
make it worse.
CoolSn567: Oh... Taking Jerry's side?
l33tParker: No, ain't like that
CoolSn567: Well you weren’t the one that was tied up to a flagpole while
everyone laughed at you! Damnit!
CoolSn567 signed off at 6:04 PM
----
'How could he!?' I
thought to myself getting up from the chair.
I jumped on my bed and
put my head into a pillow. 'Damn, they are turning against me... I didn't do
anything!'
I felt a tear go down my
eye then onto the pillow. I sat up and rubbed it off.
'Stop it!' I told
myself.
I sat there thinking
about everything they said. Things have been getting better. It would only get
worse if I continued on.
'But I can't just hang
with Nick! I hate him!' I thought to myself.
I decided to kick Parker
and Jerry out of this. It wasn't their feud. It was mine. I would handle it my
way.
----
It was the next day
after the AIM fight. I was sitting at a table by myself thinking of what to do
to Nick. I couldn't stop thinking about it.
I looked over to where
Parker and Jerry were. They looked back. After a few moments they got up and
walked over to me and sat down at my table.
"Where is Nick?
Isn't he Vall's best buddy?" I asked.
"Look it isn’t like
that Ricky!" Jerry said seriously.
"What is it
like?" I asked.
"We wanted you to
consider it." Parker said.
"Well I did."
I said.
"Well?" Jerry
said.
"I'm by myself
now.. I'm..." I said.
"No your not. Jerry
and I decided that if this is what you wanted to do, we will help. Look we have
a plan, friends?" Parker said extending his hand out.
"Damnit Ricky shake
his hand!" Jerry told me.
I chuckled and stood up
and shook Parker's hand, "Sorry."
"Its fine, you were
right though. I wasn't the one at the flagpole." Parker added on.
"Its my fault, I
overreacted." I told them.
"Its cool, now look
we do have a plan, gonna be hard as crap though. And we have to plan it today.
Nick is coming back tomorrow, at lunch that is. Student council is over."
Jerry said.
"Well?" I
asked.
"We have to do it
Friday. Today is Wednesday so we only have three days. Friday everyone is
working on their math projects in the library. Most kids will be on the
computer some won't right?" Parker said.
"Right.
Continue." I said.
"We could put the
picture of Nick on everyone's computer. Like their desktop image. Everyone
would see it. People who weren't at a computer would still see it too!"
Parker finished.
"How?" I said
leaning in.
"We need a
teacher's password for the power to do that." Parker answered.
"How the hell are
we going to get that by Friday?!" I asked.
"That's where we
need you." Jerry said.
"Ugh... I have only
done that once, and it was so I could change my grade. I did it with Will
though." I said.
"How did y’all do
it?" Jerry asked.
"Umm... Will told
Mrs. Hosly he wanted his class grade and for that the teacher needed to get on
the computer." I said.
"Yeah..."
Parker said.
"Well I really
didn't do much. The rest was guess and check. Will counted how many times she
typed a letter in on the keyboard and tried to glance over. He saw a couple of
them which helped. We eventually found out Mrs. Hosly's password was Johnathen,
her husband. So then later we just logged in using her name and password and
that was that." I said.
"Think that’s still
her password?" Parker asked.
"No, she got
divorced." Jerry said.
"Ah, I see."
Parker said.
"Well should we go
after her again or who?" Parker added on.
"I dunno, Ricky,
your decision." Jerry said.
I nodded, "I know.
Well it would be easier to use Mr. Cosewell because he will be in there in the
library that morning." I said.
"Ok, shall we do
the same thing that you two did?" Jerry asked.
"Best way I can
think of." I answered.
"When shall you do
it?" Parker asked.
"Today, so then we
have time to figure out his password. I'll go to after school tutorial and get
it then." I answered.
----
School was out. I needed
to go to math tutorial now. I only had one shot, it's not like I could ask for
my grade tomorrow.
I walked into his office
and luckily he was logged off his computer. He was grading some papers or tests
couldn't tell.
"Hey there
Ricky." Mr. Cosewell said.
"Hey, I was kind of
wondering if I could have my grade?" I asked.
"Sure, let me log
in." He said.
He turned around and
faced his computer and laid his hands on the computer. His user name was
Cosewell. Now for the password. I drifted my eyes toward the keyboard.
I listened to all the
clicks the keyboard made. There were about nine or ten clicks. They first two
letters were p any y and the last two were a and s. Finding that out was gonna
be hard.
He opened another window
and typed in my name.
"Uh... You have a
B+. Do good on this project and you will have an A." He said.
"All right thanks,
I will. I guess I have to go now." I said walking out.
"See ya!" I
head him say.
I walked back into the
school hallway. There weren’t a lot of people there. I saw Jerry and Parker
standing by my locker. I walked over to them.
"So...?" Jerry
asked.
"Um.. nine or ten
letters. The first two letters are p and y and the last two are a and s."
I said.
"Crap..."
Parker said.
"Yep." I added
on.
"I guess we will
have to talk about it on the computer, since Nick is coming back." Parker
said.
"Yeah." Jerry
and I said.
"Uh... Around six
I'll be on." I said.
"Ok, talk to you
then, I got to go." Jerry said.
"Same." Said
Parker and we all went our ways.
----
Six o clock on the dot.
We were all in our little AIM chat room as usual.
CoolSn567: Hola friends!
JerryT145: Bonjour!
l33tParker: Wtf?!
CoolSn567: lol
l33tParker: Are we gonna make small talk first or start working on the
password?
JerryT145: Ok ok. What was it again Ricky?
CoolSn567: Uh.. I wrote it down let me grab it....
l33tParker: K
CoolSn567: Um.. like nine or ten letters. The first two letters are p and y and
the last two are a and s.
JerryT145: We will stick with ten, higher. Py_ _ _ _ _ _ as
l33tParker: Think its random characters?
CoolSn567: No teacher is that paranoid... Wait, think it could do with math?
l33tParker: I so bet your right...
CoolSn567: Anyone good here with math?
JerryT145: Nick is.
l33tParker: Crap
JerryT145: I'll tell him its for a crossword, brb
CoolSn567: K cool, don’t worry, he wont suspect anything
l33tParker: Yeah
CoolSn567: I hope Nick is good at math
JerryT145: Damn that was easy... He said it was Pythagoras, like that math
dude.
l33tParker: Why didn't I think of that?
CoolSn567: *Smacks Parker in the head* Good job Jerry, we will try it out
tomorrow. Crap gtg, cya!
----
Pythagoras... Original.
Well we have the password. We will need it.
----
Part 11 - Friday Morning
----
I lay down on my bed.
'Finally... I have my revenge in two days.' I thought to myself.
That night I had the
dream again. It was about the flagpole incident. I must have woken up four
times. Needless to say I wasn't in a very good mood Thursday due to the lack of
sleep.
----
School was pretty easy
Thursday. Even though one of my teachers gave me detention because I feel
asleep in class.
All I could think about
was my revenge. It was all I wanted.
At lunch when I looked
across the table and saw Nick, anger filled me up. He just acted normal like
nothing was wrong. Jerry and Parker acted like nothing was wrong too. I hope
they were acting.
I didn’t say much to
Nick anyway. So he didn’t say much back.
Then as I was sitting at
lunch listening to everyone talking, I started wondering, what would happen to
us. I mean Nick would surely tell, he would know it was us. I decided no matter
what it was, it would be worth it.
After school Parker,
Jerry and I had one last chance to talk about what would happen the next day.
It was pretty simple so nothing could go wrong.
"Nothing could go
wrong."
----
I woke up to my mom
pushing me around and telling me to get up or other wise we would be late for
school.
"Get up! You wanna
be late!?" She said.
"Yeah..." I
said then realized what I had to do today, "no wait!" I jumped up out
of bed and threw on some new clothes in a rush.
My mom laughed and said,
"We aren’t that late, meet me downstairs crazy." Then she walked
downstairs.
I went to my desk and
grabbed my backpack and made sure the memory chip was in there that had the
picture of Nick. It was there so I went downstairs and my mom was waiting by
the door with the keys to the car and said, "Lets go!"
I got to school with
time to spare so I looked for Jerry and Parker. They were standing by the
lockers alone like they were already expecting me. They saw me and nodded for
me to come over.
"Sup?" Parker
said as I walked over.
"Not much, ready
for the big day?" I asked.
Jerry sighed, "You
know this is for you Ricky?"
Parker nodded in
agreement.
"I know." I
answered.
"How bad do you
think the punishment will be?" Parker said.
"Doesn’t matter,
you are not part of it. Nick wont think that you are so why should you get in
trouble?" Jerry said.
I nodded, "He is
right, your choice though."
He stood there for a
moment without saying anything.
"We wont look at
you any different." Jerry said.
Parker looked at us then
kind of smiled, "You guys go down, I'm going down with you."
I smiled, "Glad to
hear it."
Then the bell rung and
we looked at the clock, five minutes till class started. Five minutes until
revenge.
----
We grabbed our stuff and
headed to the library like everyone else in the grade. There are about ninety
kids in our grade and about thirty computers. That was good enough for me.
Everyone would still see it.
Everyone was gathered
around waiting for Mr. Cosewell to come. When he arrived he had us all take a
seat around him.
"Alright, before we
start working on our projects I need to explain some things. This will take
only ten minutes..." He said.
This is when I got up
slowly without anyone noticing so I could go to the other room.
"Where you going
Ricky?" Mr. Cosewell asked when he saw me.
"Bathroom." I
said. I know he couldn't say no to me because 'bathroom' is supposed to mean I
have to go to the nurse to change so he understood and let me go.
As soon as I was out of
the main area I walked back into the small private rooms. Each room had one
computer for groups to be in.
I sat down at the
computer in a room and typed Mr. Cosewell's username and password in.
Once I was in I uploaded
the picture on the computer from the card and a message came up and said, 'Can
not read card'
"Damnit." I
muttered and took the card out and blew all the dust off.
"I swear..." I
said blowing on it. I then put the card back in and waited. The picture came up
and sighed in relief.
I then set it as the
main desktop image for all the computers. Once I was done I took the card and
logged off and headed back to the library. Fortunately Mr. Cosewell was just
finishing up his speech.
"Ok kids, three to
a computer since that is how many there are in each group and let’s get
started!" He said.
Everyone got up and
moved to a computer. I moved to one with Jerry and Parker since Nick was
already with someone else.
We tried to stay away
from Nick but not too far so we could still see him.
Then everyone started to
log on.
----
Part 12
----
Just a few more
seconds...
I looked around, anxious
and nervous. Nick was talking with his partner; he didn't know what was coming.
I looked at Jerry and
Parker, they looked nervous. I looked at them and nodded, they nodded back and
then looked right back at Nick. Everyone's computer was still logging on.
----
"Oh my god!" I
turned my head to the voice, the first person logged on.
Everyone turned and saw
the computer as laughter burst out. Then it grew louder, other computers
started signing on. I stared at Nick. He was looking right back at me.
As the laughter grew,
slowly tears went down his eyes.
Among the laughter I
yelled to him, "How do you think I felt!?"
He continued to stare at
me, tears still going down his eyes.
Then, all the computers
went black, I looked around. I saw Mr. Cosewell pull out some power cords that
connected to the computers.
He walked over to Nick
and yelled to everyone, "Stay here!"
He took Nick out of the
library as we all started conversing about it. I heard words like, 'the third
baby in the school!' and other things relating to that.
We all stayed here
waiting for what was going to happen next. Eventually Principal Beethel came in
with Mr. Cosewell and came to Jerry and I. I wasn’t surprised, I knew Nick
would tell them.
"Come with
us." He said.
Parker stood up and
followed us out of the library till Mr. Cosewell looked at him and said,
"Not you Parker."
"I'm with them
though." Parker said.
"Huh?"
Principal Beethel said turning around.
"He is with
us." I said to them.
"Whatever, just
come Parker. Either way I still can't believe what you guys did."
Principal Beethel said.
We walked through the
8th grade hallway and into Beethel's office where Nick was. His eyes were red
with crying like I had never seen anyone before.
Cosewell and Beethel
told us to go in and that they would be back in a couple minutes, that we
needed to talk first.
Nick was on one side of
the room and Jerry, Parker, and I were on the other.
Nick looked up, still
crying. "Wha... what did I do?"
Anger filled me. I
jumped up, "What did you do!? Here is what you did!" I pulled the
copies of the e-mails out of my pocket to show him and put it on the table.
Nick slowly grabbed it
and read them.
"They were on your
computer!" I yelled.
Nick started crying even
harder, "How dumb are you?" He asked.
"Huh?" Jerry
said answering for me.
"Do you actually
think I would do this?" Nick asked.
"You did do
it." I said.
"No I didn't, wanna
know why!?" Nick asked.
"This is going to
be good." I said.
"Reread the second
e-mail." He said handing it to me.
----
Will,
Ricky told me about your
"other plan" to post flyers of Jerry.
Then Ricky told me that
him, Jerry, and I have to get to the school around three am to pick them up. He
says that all of it will get blamed on him and that’s why he is doing it.
I want revenge on Ricky,
for everything he has done.
If I give you a picture
of Ricky with a diaper, will you make flyers of him instead of Jerry?
Nick
----
"How did I know
that you wore diapers? He never tells me in any of the e-mails. He wouldn’t
tell me in person because I'm always with Jerry!" Nick said.
"Huh?" Jerry
asked.
Parker leaned forward,
"The letter states that somehow Nick already knew about you being
incontinent. And as far as I know he didn’t find that out until the flagpole
night. So what he is saying is that how did he find out?"
I looked at Parker,
"Easy enough, he probably could've told you in public, you're just saying
that."
"And! First email
says that he won't bug me ever again! How do you explain him being a bastard to
us including me since he has returned!?" Nick yelled.
There was silence when
we thought this over. Then Nick looked at Jerry, "Give me one good reason
that I would betray you." Then he looked at me, "Give me one good
reason why I would betray you, the person who was actually trying to help
Jerry."
"Well how could
someone set this up? Are you saying that someone put those e-mails on your
computer? Someone hacked into your computer?" Jerry asked.
"I don't
know!" Nick said.
Then it hit hard,
"Oh shit." I said.
Everyone looked at me,
"Huh?" They said.
"Of course. Will,
and his brother." I said.
Everyone looked
confused.
"Will's brother,
all he does is sit at his computer. He could hack to. All Will had to do was
tell him to." I said.
Anger, confusion,
disappointment, foolishness, and all the feelings of sadness and hate filled me
up.
"Nick, I didn't
know, and now, I do." I said.
"But.." Parker
said.
"No, he didn't do
it Parker. It was Will. Now lets get him back our way." I said getting up.
Everyone looked at me
but got up when I left the room and followed me. I walked over to the library
where everyone was supposed to be. When we got in there no one was there.
A librarian came up to
me and said, "Since what happened all the students moved outside for a
break by the courtyard and flagpoles."
"Thanks." I
said quickly then moved out of the library and towards the courtyard.
Nick ran up to me,
"I'll never forgive you for this you know?"
"I wouldn't either.
But now we must forget that." I said.
"Forget it!? Are
you serious!? Even if they do I won't!" Nick said.
"Neither will I.
Now do you want to get that son of a bitch Will?" I asked.
"With what? We have
nothing on him." Nick said.
"I don’t care, I
just want him back. He will always have what’s coming to him." I said.
"What are you going
to do?" Jerry said interrupting Nick and I's conversation.
"Whatever it takes
to make him cry." I said.
"Then what? Will
this whole thing be over?" Parker asked.
"It will never be
over, but this time. This war, will be over." I said.
----
I could see everyone
now, I could tell who was who. I looked for Will. He was in the middle of
everyone, talking with his friends.
I looked at Nick, Jerry,
and Parker. "Don't give up, and I hope you guys are strong." I said.
Parker caught on,
"Ah shit, we aren't about to do what I think we are about to do, are
we?"
"Yeah we are."
I said starting to pick up my pace and started jogging towards Will.
"This is our
Revenge." I said as we nearing Will. He saw us coming towards him and
looked in confusion.
I mouthed something to
him, "You son of a bitch."
He then smiled and said
something loud enough for me to hear, "Yep."
Now I was close enough.
I instantly tackled him to the ground and without hesitation started exchanging
punching and kicks with him.
One of his friends tried
to pull me off until Jerry tackled him and started fighting him. Parker
eventually did the same after.
Nick stood there. As
soon as I could tell Will was going to stay down for a second I jumped up and
looked at Nick, "Have a go, I will make sure no one interrupts." I
said smiling.
I looked around, it
seemed like I started a riot. Other kids who got knocked down on accident would
fight back and so on. Mainly it was just our two groups fighting.
As Nick walked over to
Will he started to stand up. Nick let him, he wasn't going to fight him yet.
"So, why were you
wearing a diaper Nick?" Will said, wiping some blood off his lip.
"Because you set me
up." Nick said then threw a punch at Will. They started retuning punches
and kicks until it took them to the ground.
"Make him
cry!" I yelled to Nick.
Their fight continued,
as did others. Eventually I saw Nick get up off the ground and Will still lying
there, "He told me to stop, so I did." Nick said.
I looked over at Will, a
couple tears ran down his eyes, "Why!? Why would you make us go through
this!?" I yelled at him.
"Stop!" I
heard someone yell.
Everyone around me heard
this and stopped fighting. They looked to the left of me.
I looked too, a bunch of
teachers were there and grabbed and took Jerry, Parker, Nick, and I out of
there.
As we were walking back
to the office all bloodied up and bruised up I looked at Jerry, Nick, and
Parker and said,
"How does Revenge
feel?"
"Sweet." Nick
said.
----
Epilogue
----
Those were hard times
for us. Though there were things I could've changed, but didn’t. Things I
should've thought of, but didn't. Like I never thought of the true fact that
Nick would never turn on his own brother. I was too wrapped up in myself. Those
are things I would never forgive myself for.
Our 'Revenge' on Will
may not have been as satisfying as you wanted. It sure wasn’t for me. But I
realized after the fight, I was going to stop fighting back at Will. It would
only lead him fighting back. Fortunately, I never had the chance to do anything
to Will. That’s something else though.
As for Nick. It took us
all a while to get back to where we were with him. Still to this day, I
occasionally remind him that I'm sorry if the subject gets brought up. Though
that doesn't happen much.
That school year was the
worst I will ever have. Though, maybe the best. Because of it, I changed. I
found better friends, ones that I would always keep.
As I had said before,
Will would always have what’s coming to him. He got sent off to a Military
School, no joke. We didn't tell them about the e-mails though. His parents and
everyone knew he was part of it. I even heard that he might have told them he
did. Nevertheless, he had what was coming to him.
As for Jerry, Nick,
Parker, and I, we are doing great. Surprisingly, I didn't really get a
punishment from my parents. Well at least not a bad one. It was because of
Nick. Nick told them I didn't deserve a punishment on the computer incident,
but for the fight, that was their decision. Then they believed him.
All of our parents got
together, even Parkers', and decided that this school 'held to much bad
history'. That we needed a 'fresh start'. They all agreed to send us to a new
school where we could start over. No one would know Jerry and I were
incontinent or anything.
Actually, we all liked
the idea. It’s just what we needed. Things turned out great there. We made even
more friends. Of course there were jerks and bullies there, but they really
didn’t mess with us a lot. And even if they tried to mess with someone else, us
four would stop them.
We would continue to be
friends from then on. Though, there was never a time, where we had to go
through such hardships, as we did that one year.
The End