Chapter 9

Vannessa got home late that night, her parents were already in bed when she slowly opened the front door to not be noticed.

She climbed the stairs and collapsed into her gray bed spread.

He monocle and diary lay on her desk.

She would get to them- if only she wasn't so tired and her body didn't want to move-

JD was the best thing that ever happened to her. Her old life was spreckled with trash. She was finnally in a place where she could control her life.

Even if this was a dream. (It most likely wasn't)

Then she would be able to continue living in this world after the story ended.

She got up and opened the covers. She hadn't slept in the covers of this bed since she got there. A week ago. She would normally just collapse onto the top. Lair with a fuzzy quilt.

Inside the sheets was a letter.

Vannessa squinted at it and picked it up. It was a page torn out from a note book. The letter read,

"To who ever reads this, you may find yourself in my shoes. I have given up on this life and found a way to leave it. I won't disclose how, in case you want your life back, but the switch is permanent. Good luck with the Heather's bullshit."

-Veronica sawywer.

Vannessa read the note over and over again. Heart thumping in her chest. She would stay here forever!

She threw the letter behind her and crawled into bed.

She smiled at she drifted off to the 3 hours if sleep she had left.....

~

Next morning vannessa groggily walked into the yearbook room.

He heard Pete arguing with Denis.

"Great, heather gets the front page and I get crammed in with the taco Bell coupons."

Vannessa walked in ready to act the part.

"He Denis I wanted to see today's year book poll-"

She saw the 45 pictures of heather sprawled accross a printing machine.

Dennis stopped her and put his hand on her shoulder.

"Don't worry about it Veronica, sit down..... The funeral yesterday must have been Rough huh?"

Vannessa looked away.

"Oh.. oh... Yeah..."

She didnt sit and continued looking at the mass of red.

"Uh.. we were wondering if you had any poems- uh... Artwork heather did? So we can put it in the heather Chandler yearbook spread."

Vannessa coughed.

"The what!?"

Dennis stuttered

"Uh.. t-take a look here. It's a two page layout with her suicide note in one corner... It's more tasteful than it sounds."

Vannessa scoffed.

"I dunno Dennis this stuff leaves a bad taste in my mouth-"

A girl behind vannessa tittered with her friend.

"Like last night Veronica?'

Vannessa looked from Dennis to the smirking girl in an ugly cardigan.

"Excuse me-? I don't get it."

The girl and her friend exchanged knowing looks.

"Kurt told us about your little date last night."

Vannessa scoffed again.

"Yeah? And I left him drunk and flailing in cow shit." The girl walked closer to her clutching her notebook to her chest.

"I don't know... He was very detailed."

Pete's voice came from the Door way.

"Shut up Courtney."

Vannessa took a step towards her as well.

"No don't shut up- I'd like to know exactly what I did."

Courtney and her friend just laugh and exchange more 'knowing' looks.

Pete comes to vannessa rescue and grabs her hand.

"Come on Veronica, I'll show you the poll topic."

Vannessa stops him by the doorway outside the classroom.

"What the fuck!?"

Pete sighed.

"Now, I rarley listen to neanderthals like Kurt Kelly, but he said he and ram had a nice sword fight in your mouth, if you know what I mean."

Vannessa geimaces and her jaw fell open.

"Ew what!?"

Pete sighed and shook his head

"That son of a bitch!"

~

Vannessa sat legs crossed twirling the phone cord with her finger.

"Hey kurt.... It's Veronica.. yeah I didn't expect to be calling either.... I guess my emotions took over.... I was was wondering if you really wanted those things to happen?....it's always been a fantasy of mine to have two guys at once.... Oh sure you can write to pent house forum..... A loud laugh from JD sitting on the edge of her bed made her throw a pillow at his face.

He took it and burrowed his face in it to keep him from laughing out loud.

"Yes... Behind the school... In the woods... At dawn.. Dont forget ram!"

She then slammed the phone down on the receiver and her and JD burst out laughing.

Both her and JD sat loading guns. Unlike Veronica, JD didnt have to lie and say the bullets were tranquilizers called "ich luge" bullets.

"How's that note coming along?"

Vannessa smiled and held up two notes. A suicide note, and a homework essay.

She had been up all night making sure she had gotten every doted I correct.

"Let's say the similarity is shocking"

jD bent down and squinted at the notes.

"That is an incredible similarity."

Vannessa looked at the suicide note with her hand over her heart, and read in a dramatic voice.

"Ram and I died the day we realized we could never reveal our gay forbidden love from an un- understanding and misaproving world. The joy we shared in each other's arms was greater than any touch down, yet we were forced to live the lives of sexist, beer guzzling assholes."

JD threw his gun in the air.

"It's perfect!"

He took out a feminine bag with flowers on it and placed it on the bed.

"Now let's take a look at the homosexual artifacts I dug up."

Vannessa grimaced. In the present-day it would be really bad to talk like that... But it was the 80s.

He took out a magazine.

"An issue of studd puppy-"

He pulled out a heart shaped box of chocolates.

"A candy dish-"

"Some mascara."

He then chuckled darkly.

"And the one perfecto thing I picked up."

He reached into the bag and pulled out- a bottle of mineral water.

"Oh c'mon a lot of people drink mineral water-resistant it's come a long way!"

JD smirked and looked back at the water bottle.

"Yeah but this is Ohio, if you don't have a beer in your hand you might as well be wearing a dress."

Vannessa smirked.

"Oh your so smart..."

She laughed and said in a mock sarcastic manner-

"How about a little heterosexuality before we go?"

JD laughed and they kissed-

The next morning everything was ready.

Vannessa was tucking a gun into her skirt when kurt and ram came around.

"Hey... Veronica.."

Vannessa tried to act Happy to see them.

"Hey guys. Glad you could make it!"

Ram looked around at Kurt and shrugged.

"Should we just whip it out or what-?"

Vannessa tried to look flirty.

"Strip for me."

They both started to strip.

"What about you?"

Vannessa tilted her head and tried not to gag.

"I was hoping you could rip my clothes off me sport."

Kurt and ram laughed with each other.

"Oh... Good idea."

When they were done they stood still.. quivering with excitement.

"On the count of 3...1.....2"

JD's voice came from behind a tree.

"3"

BAM BAM

JD shot Kurt and vannessa shot ram, unlike Veronica.... She didn't miss.