Just Riding Around Aimlessly (OPEN)

[Justin McCoy]

Justin walked into the deserted skate park and felt a rush of relief rush across his body. He was sure his mom would've called the police by now because he was at least 15 minutes late getting home. He figured riding Ryder around for a few minutes wouldn't hurt, considering his house was just around the corner. He sat his black messenger bag, now covered in skull and chain pictures, on the side of a ramp and took out his skateboard. He loved the adreneline riding it gave him.

His mom hated skateboarding and all professional sports, she said that they were too rough. But Justin didn't care. Skateboarding was his favorite sport, and one of the only things that got him out of the house for any amount of time. Long, or short. He set Ryder on the ground and placed his left foot carefully on the face. He knew that even though it looked like he was alone, he didn't want to risk embarrassing himself if anyone did suddenly walk up on him.

Justin began riding his skateboard and performing some of the tricks that he became famous for doing, back in Florida. He felt a sudden rush of cold air, and he knew that it was coming from the large iron gates at the entrance of the park. He turned around and looked to see who it was.

[cyelena]

Chad had decided on a spur of the moment, as he was apt to do, that he wanted a run. There was no way he was going to do homework! God, what did people think he was? A nerd? No, he was a jock, and he was going on a jockish run. Yeah, that’s right!

He decided to take a trip through the park. At this time of night, it was usually deserted, and he’d spent a few nights running up and down the skate ramps. It was good for balance and the muscles in his calves. Well, that’s what he thought anyway. They always hurt after, that was for sure!

To his disappointment, as he forced open the iron gates, he saw some skater dude. Damn. Shrugging inwardly, he continued his steady jog, slowing down when he got closer to the person.

He frowned. “Do I know you?” The guy looked kind of familiar, although Chad had no idea what he knew him from.

[Bebe Tenko]

Bebe was walking down the sidewalk, purple beanie flittering in the wind. A huge smile was plastered on her face, and her eyes were shining. It was a gorgeous day, the kind of day she needed to rid her mind of the horrid Senior Party. She rode her skateboard down to the skatepark, cargo pants rustling in the light breeze. She jumped up a flight of stairs, and her smile just got wider.

"Chad?!" Bebe was ecstatic. "Chad, what are you - why - haha, why do I care?" Bebe grabbed him and hugged him, her V for Vendetta tee hanging limply on her body.

Then Bebe noticed Justin. He was there, too... Bebe didn't really know Justin, but she knew his face. He wandered the halls a lot, and was a definite skater dude. Bebe clung to Chad still, but smirked at Justin.

"I think I know you, too," Bebe began uneasily, letting go of Chad. "Justin, right? I'm Bebe."

[Justin McCoy]

Justin looked up, as he saw Bebe and Chad enter the skatepark. Justin sat the skateboard onto the concrete below, and walked over towards the pair. Justin had seen Chad around several times hanging around the gym. He was on the basketball team, and Justin semi-frequently visited the games. Justin had also seen Bebe hanging around the school, hanging around Chad a lot. Justin didn't need to do the math, he knew they were together. Justin smiled as they noticed him, and he picked up his once slow pace.

"Hey guys. I'm Justin. I think I've seen you two around the school. Chad and Bebe, right?" Justin inquired, running his fingers through his hair in his odd manner, and looking around the park, now dark, taking in the cool breeze, and the shining stars. "Wow...Beautiful night today, huh?" Justin said, looking into both of their faces.

[cyelena]

Justin huh? Nope, it didn't ring a bell. Then again, this guy was a skater-dude. Chad so didn't mingle with skater-dudes. On the other hand, he'd never spoken to a nerd before (except to beg them for demand answers!) but then Gabriella, in all her earnest-innocent glory, had changed that. Still... Skater-dudes were weird!

"Uh yeah..." Chad said. "Nice night." He affirmed, smiling a little awkwardly. He kept his arm around Bebe, liking how warm she was. Her enthusiastic greeting had sent his heart pounding, making it tighten in his chest.

"Nice shirt," He said to Bebe, smirking slightly. He loved V for Vendetta. Now that was the kind of movies that people should watch! Not weird stuff like... "Love Actually" and all those romantic things that girls loved. Suddenly, his opinion of Bebe shot higher (if that was possible). Officially the coolest girlfriend ever! What girl liked awesome movies like that? Obviously his awesome girlfriend!

[Bebe Tenko]

"It's lovely weather," Bebe agreed, smiling at the air. Was it just her, or did things seem... tense... between Justin and Chad? It was probably the ridiculous stereotyping again. Skaters do not mix with drama geeks or b-ballers. Bebe thought that the whole school was done with that, but she still saw pockets of resistance. Hopefully Justin wasn't that kind of guy. At least, Bebe hoped he wasn't. With Zeke acting very strange, Bebe felt more and more lonely every day. Justin was very slowly filling that void in her, though she barely knew him.

"Thanks," Bebe said to Chad, pecking him on the cheek before walking between the two. Now they were in a triangle-type thing. She crossed her arms and grinned. "So what brings y'all here? I was headed over to the Virgin Megastore... they have the new Autumns album. 'Fake Noise from a Box of Toys'. And I wanted to see if the British import single 'Kids with Guns' by Gorillaz was there..." Bebe realized she was rambling. "...Sorry bout the rambling. I'm a bit... scatterbrained... today."

Indeed, the Senior Party had shattered her mind and blown up the pieces. At least Chad was still there for her.

[cyelena]

Chad grinned at his girlfriend, only recognising one of the bands she had mentioned (The Gorillaz), but acting interested nonetheless. That was what he was supposed to do, right?

"Cool." He nodded, secretly proud of his acting skills; he should have joined the theatre! He was totally good at acting like he knew what was going on. "I was just running. You know. Getting fit for baseball, track and field. That kinda stuff. And it's been so hot lately you can really only go at this time of night, or in the morning. And who gets up in the mornings? Pfft!" Toothily he smiled.

"Scatterbrained. I know exactly what you mean. I'm like that all the time. My mom says it's just not curable. I'm sure there's hope for you yet."

[Bebe Tenko]

((Sorry for the uber-late response... I've been having internets issues. *sweat drop*))

Bebe thought that Chad seemed a little sweaty. If he was running, that explained it. No matter - Bebe loved him anyway, rain or shine, idiot savant or insightful mediator. Granted, insightful mediator didn't happen often. Bebe giggled, turning a bit pink. She wondered why Justin was being so quiet with them... she hoped it wasn't because they were being so couple-y. Couple-y? Was that even a word?

Indeed, Bebe was so scatterbrained, she couldn't even piece together her thoughts.

"I really hope there's a cure," Bebe responded, now a bit serious. "Because I've never been so hopelessly braindead. Scratch that, I was once, after watching five hours of Invader Zim." Bebe shivered at the memories. She had gotten a huge headache, and watched the ceiling for another two hours to get her mind back into a semi-normal state. Tamaran had yelled at her furiously for it... It was the only time she'd seen Tamaran so mad...

Bebe bit her lip before smiling. "I guess we're all allowed to have our moments."

[cyelena]

((Yeah, because I totally don't empathise... My internet died for over a week!! ))

Chad laughed, still eyeing Justin nervously. He'd been the one so against breaking status quo - he was still like that! Skaterdudes... Ugh.

"Yeah, try telling my mom that we can have these so-called 'moments'. Mine tend to be permanent," A smirk. "At least she doesn't expect me to be a doctor or anything. But she has this weird idea that I should pass all my subjects..." He had actually passed all of them, but why ruin a good story for the sake of the truth?

"But... Invader Zim? I've heard of that. I think. What is it? And... seriously? Five hours? That's kinda..." He was going to say 'weird' before he realised it wasn't and instead replaced it with a dopey, "Cool!"

[Justin McCoy]

((Sorry about being gone guys! I kinda lost track of time, plus I have been working with my band. I'll try to keep up more!))

Justin looked up, and realized he hadn't been talking to them for awhile. Figuring that he must have just zoned out, he tried desperately to piece together the words that he was hearing Bebe and Chad talk about, mainly so he wouldn't feel so out of the 'loop'. He pieced together, 'Invader Zim', and 'moments'. Justin shook his head in confusion, and just tried to smile, hoping that they weren't offended by his in body absense.

Justin couldn't help but get a slightly off feeling while he stood next to Chad. He couldn't quite put his finger on why, but he had a strong inner feeling that Chad wasn't all too fond of him. But, Justin could see why, he knew how he usually came across; the creepy skater boy with dark hair and an obsession with skulls, black, and chains. But whatever. Justin was quite fond of it anyway. Being around Bebe wasn't as bad for Justin though. He felt like he could hang around her and not completely despise her. This gave Justin some closure. At least he wasn't completely alone.

Trying to get back into the loop, Justin tried to act like he had been listening by saying, "Invader Zim? You watch that?...So do I! I love GIR!...I mean...I think he's alright...Haha...Yeah."

[Bebe Tenko]

Bebe sensed that Justin felt a bit out of the loop. She looked quickly from Chad to Justin. They were different cliques, to be sure, but she thought Chad learned his lesson about that when he decided to go out with her. She inwardly sighed before addressing Justin.

"Really? Gir?" she began. "That's cool, but I was always drawn to Dib. I mean, he's such a genius but no one likes him at all... an outcast."

Bebe cut off. Yeah, of course she would like Dib. She WAS Dib for a good three years of her life.

Dib with martial arts training, anyway.

"What really grabs me is the humor, though," Bebe told the guys. "It's so dark, but it's hysterical! I see why it was cancelled... I mean, a dark, adult show on Nick? Not likely."

She then noticed that Chad and Justin had their own wheels. "Oh... were you guys going to go skating?" THen she frowned. "...Well, duh. Sorry, a bit slow today."

[Justin McCoy]

Justin smiled as Bebe got into the Invader Zim topic, and he breathed a sigh of relief that he got back into the conversation. He could relate to that show, more than any other show on television. Those characters were his best friends for a while. Justin looked over at Chad, and then back over at Bebe.

"Yeah, I liked Dib too. He was easily relatable for outcasts like me. Haha," Justin said, smiling.

"The humor is sick and twisted, for sure. And that's why I like it. It sorta reminds me of home. And in that sense, it obviously didn't fit in with any children's show," Justin said, waiting for Chad to say something, and trying to break the awkward mood that was beginning to rise.