She threw the phone onto the seat of her car. Where could he be, she thought. She left her driveway, leaving tread marks on the hot pavement. He was either at the pool hall or "sick" at home. She would find him either way and break up with him for the final time.
She walked into the pool hall and searched every table. Her heels clicking on the floor made an echo that could be heard over the balls being hit on the tables. Everyone knew who she was, she was always one to cause a scene for Puck.
"Where is he?" Jessica asked Pucks drunk friend as he hit the 8 ball into a pocket and won the game.
"Who?" he asked, knowing exactly who she was after.
"PUCK! PUCK! PUCK!" She growled through her teeth and stomped her heels on the floor.
"Don't have a tantrum, he's not here." He said as he started a new game.
"He's here, I know he's here. I know you would hide him. Did he hide in the bathroom?" She asked as she walked over to the bathroom. "PUCK??" she screamed, and a man rushed out of the bathroom zipping his pants.
"If you see him, let me know he owes me some money." the drunk guy said laughing. He breaks the balls on the table. "Maybe he's with my ex, the bitch that she is." He says as she looks at him with a mean look.
"Maybe I should just check this house. Maybe he is asleep...or maybe??" She stopped and started to leave. If he was with another woman...
"Wait, take me with you. If there's going to be a catfight, i wanna be there." he said drunkenly.
She stares at him and shrugs, and he follows her. "No funny stuff." she tells him as they walk out the door.
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Chris stared at the empty cars outside of the old house. He knew his sister would go without him to meet up with her ex, he wasn't too upset. He had knocked on the door of the house a few times, but no one answered. Maybe it was the wrong house?? He peered into her car, and found nothing out of the ordinary. He looked in the other cars, and almost stepped on a pager. He picked it up and put it in his pocket.
He moved his own car into the driveway and decided to wait and see if his sister showed up.
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Jessica arrived at Pucks house and ran full speed into his bedroom, expecting to catch him in the act. To her dismay, she found nothing. The house was empty of people, the only noise was from the ice in the freezer being made.
"SHIT!" She yelled as she finally gave up searching.
"Did you look under the bed?" The drunk guy said as he took a beer out of the fridge.
"I'm going to page him again. Maybe if he sees his own phone number.. " She started to say as she dialed in the number.
"Why don't you leave him alone.. if he wanted to call, he would call." He said as he gulped down the beer and wiped his mouth off with the back of his hand. "You are acting all crazy, I wouldn't even call you back.
She flipped him off and left the room.
He started laughing and tripped on the couch, spilling beer on his shirt.
"You are disgusting." Jessica said as she sat by the phone.
"Thanks." he said and burped long and loudly.
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Chris almost screamed when the pager went off in his pocket. Maybe this was the owner, he thought. He pulled out his cell phone and dialed the number.
"PUCK?" WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?" A womans voice yelled.
Chris held the phone away from his ear and could still hear here screaming. "UM this is Chris...." He started to say, but she interupted him.
"Get Puck!! NOW!!" She yelled even louder, if that was possible.
"Um, I found this pager on the ground. I guess you aren't the owner?" Chris said, regreting he had called the number.
"Oh you are such a liar, just go get him." Jessica snapped at him.
Chris' temper started to flair, atleast what he had of a temper.. "LOOK, I didn't have to call you! I found this pager laying next to a car at this old house I came to. If it is your friend Pucks, I suggest you come get it!!" he said and started to hang up.
"Where are you?" She asked in a more normal voice. "If you send me on a wild goose chase, you and Puck are dead meat."
Chris gave her directions to the house, and he almost feared what he was going to meet up with. He put the phone away and got out of his car to stand at the end of the driveway to meet the woman.
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Jessica hated to be the butt of jokes, especially if it was a "PUCK PRANK". If it was , she would get the drunk idiot to her right to pound his face in. Her anger was driving her to make her go faster in her car. The car shuttered and moaned from the force of driving to the limit.
"Shouldn't we slow down??" he said, starting to look green.
Jessica only pushed the peddle down farther, and turned the next corner on two wheels.
"I think i am going to be sick." He said as he put a hand over his mouth.
"Not in my car!!" She yelled, as she came to a halt in front of the old house, barely missing Chris by inches. She jumped out of the car, forgetting she still had on her seatbelt. "PUCK!" She yelled as she saw his car. She ran past Chris and up to the house, still yelling Puck's name.
"He's not there." Chris yelled up to her.
"Who are you?" She asked in frustration.
Chris looked at the man she had brought with her. It was his sisters ex. The two men started at each other for a minute, and anger began to well up in Chris.
"Look you guys, there will be time for romance later.. WHO are you and WHERE is PUCK!!?? She says to Chris.
" I don't know where anyone is, i came and found my sisters car parked here." He said pointing at his sisters car.
She walks over to Puck's car and kicks the door. "I'm going into that house!!" she said brushing past the two men.
"What are you doing here Bryce?" Chris asked as Bryce pushed him aside to follow Jessica.
"Puck get out here!" jessica yelled as she opened the door to the house, shocking Chris as he followed her in.
"wierd." He said to himself.
"She's mental." Bryce said to Chris as he came in the door.
"And you're drunk as usual." Chris said walking away from him.
"You guys need to shut up. Do you hear music, I hear music." Jessica said as she ran into a different room.
The guys look at each other and shrug. Both of them start to yell Rachel's name.
"Hmmm maybe they aren't here..."Jessica said, and Chris rolled his eyes behind her.
"Maybe we should leave." Bryce said as he walked back to the front door. He tried the door, and it wouldn't open. Just as it wouldn't open for the others.
"Whats wrong?" Jessica asked as she too tried the door. "I can't believe this, this has to be a joke!!" She said through her teeth as she pounded on the door.