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[color=slategray][sub][@BruatalBx] [@Silver Carrot] collab
Featuring: [color=F5DEB3][b]Lee McCarthy[/b][/color] and [color=2eb82e][b]Madison Weaver[/b][/color]
Location: Lockers
Time: 11:55 am[/sub][/color][/center][hr][hr]

[color=wheat]”See, here’s the thing. No matter how many times I tell you Hayden that gambling just isn’t for you, you still insist on betting and losing. Now I’ve been away for a little while so I understand why you haven’t paid me what you owe. Still, I’m here now so here’s what we’re gonna do: I’ll be at the party tonight, looking dapper as fuck like I always do and more than likely with a hot blonde too good for me and you are either going to bring me the £200 you owe me, something of equal value or Hyde will come to your house and break your legs, savvy? Good boy, now skidaddle freshman”[/color] Lee watched with glee as the tortured youngster he had previously [pinned to a locker hurried off to figure out the best step in his life. Leighton wasn’t a bad guy….ok maybe he was but at least he was charming.

[color=2eb82e]”Not even back a full day and you’re already hustling,”[/color] came a familiar voice from up the corridor, behind Lee. It sounded less than impressed, but not angry. Madison Weaver had been walking this way, having spent her study period in the gym instead of studying, and was now making her way to the cafeteria to try and get there early. When Lee turned, he’d see that sure enough, her eyebrow was raised and her lips were pursed. She’d seen that display.

[color=wheat]”I got a reputation to uphold. Besides you know I’d never really hurt the kid, maybe rough him up a bit sure”[/color] The handsome hustler turned to face the furrowed look of his ex girlfriend/current best friend/next door neighbour  Madison Weaver. She knew him like nobody else did, like nobody else could. Madi knee his biggest secret and he hates himself for it. The last thing he wanted was to burden her with that horrible truth, yet she took it in stride. That was the nature of Madi. Lee smiled the rattlesnake smile like only he could before stepping forward, placing one hand on her warm cheek and kissing the other softly. [color=wheat]”Hey there gorgeous. Surprised to see me?”[/color]

That got a smile out of her and like a leak in a dam resulting in the dam breaking, so too did a small smile become a fully friendly demeanor as she chuckled and punched his arm playfully. It didn’t even really hurt that time. [color=2eb82e]”Damn right! You were in New York yesterday afternoon! I wasn’t expecting you until tomorrow at the earliest! How’d you even get here so fast?”[/color]

Lee leaned back against the lockers behind him and crossed his arms. Of course Madi had to know the goes and the whys. That was just in her nature. [color=wheat]”I played a few games of pool and hopped on a red eye flight direct to LAX. I couldn’t stand being there anymore, plus I had to hurry back and make sure you stuck to your end of our deal and started getting more involved with the world. Please tell you heading to the party. If you’re not I’m going to be very upset with you Miss Weaver”[/color] Even being in New York for months Lee still had his finger on the pulse of Beverly Hills social calendar. If there was a party he knew about it and was probably going to be hustling in the corner.

[color=2eb82e]”As a matter of fact, I am going, and I’m meeting up before the part to get read with, and don’t say anything I might hurt you for, but I’m meeting with Shauna Flynn. She’s gonna help me get ready.”[/color] Madi shrugged and showed that she wasn’t really going to hurt him. [color=2eb82e]”For all her faults, she knows about parties.”[/color]

[color=wheat]”Shauna Flynn? Really?....I mean can I watch? Who am I kidding? I’ve been able to see into your bedroom since we were thirteen of course I’m going to watch”[/color] This was uncharted waters for Madison and Lee knew that. They shared everything and putting herself out there like this: this was a new Madi, a risk taker and heartbreaker. [color=wheat]”Seriously though, I’m proud of you girl. This is like a major milestone for you. Though if it helps you out, I will also be at the party in case we need to make a swift exit...or if you and Shauna want a third wheel if you know what I mean?”[/color] he flickered his eyes brows in a saucy manner, jokingly of course but he wouldn’t turn either girl down.

Madi stared at him, her lips pursed again, before speaking again. [color=2eb82e]”I’m not dating Shauna! First Hana and now you. Why does everyone I tell think we’re going to date? Has everyone secretly been shipping us or something. Shauna IS the third wheel. In fact, there isn’t a second wheel, and if there is a second wheel after the party, you’re not watching. I’ll put a cardboard box in front of the window or something.”[/color] She stuck her tongue out, a gesture that the usually mature senior cheerleader only ever made towards Lee. [color=2eb82e]”But...thanks. This is a milestone for me and I am quite nervous. The last time I went to a party, I was a Sophomore, and it wasn’t a really big deal. Nice, relaxed atmosphere minus the odd bit of drama. Not like these Junior/Senior parties. They can get intense, I’ve heard.”[/color]

[color=wheat]”Its Shauna Flynn, Madi. It’s a date….and yes, these types of parties can get very intense. It’s always worth having back up. I got you tonight alright but sooner or later babe you’re gonna have to venture out solo”[/color]. Lee put his arm around her and brushed a stray hand of hay coloured hair from Madison’s face. [color=wheat]”I’ll hang back tonight, let you do your thing. If you need me, we’ll set up a code word or phrase. Like if you’re in shit, come to me and ask me what they call a group of crows or something. Sound good?”[/color]

[color=2eb82e]”Is that really the best you can do? ‘what they call a group of crows’? That’s the most obvious code phrase ever! Might as well ask about the rain in September, or where swallows go in Spain!”[/color] She scolded. [color=2eb82e]”No, I'll pick the code phrase. Something like ‘Lee, do you have the time?’ would be more subtle. There’s no chance of me asking you for the time sincerely. I never leave home without my Garmin watch. Thank you for looking out for me, though.”[/color] She smiled sincerely. The romance between them may have died but there was more than one kind of love, and Madison and Lee were practically family, they were so close.

Pulling out his little notebook, Lee wrote down their secret code and placed it back in his jacket pocket. He knew he would forget it later or at least he knew that his stupid fucking disease would make him forget. He could feel his muscles tightening, most would put that down to having not had a good work out in a while but he knew different. [color=wheat]”You know I always got your back girl”[/color]

Madison’s smile, immediately disappeared. She knew Lee well enough to be able to read the subtle signs. She put her hand on his arm. [color=2eb82e]”Hey, you ok?”[/color] she asked in a calm yet clearly worried manner. [color=2eb82e]”Wanna go sit down somewhere, or…?[/color]

[color=wheat]”I have Huntington’s, Madi. I’m not dying….oh wait yes I am”[/color] His cheeky grin belayed a heavy heart but the smile soon faded as the thought settles into his muddled mess of a mind. [color=wheat]”I’m fine, babe. Nothing a good old fashion night of booze, cards and girls won’t fix. Stop worrying about me”[/color]

Madi gave him a smile but her heart clearly wasn’t in it. [color=2eb82e]”If I had what you have, and you stopped worrying about me even for a second, I’d kick your ass. Let me worry. It’s just too fucking hard not to.”[/color] she replied, before suddenly hugging him tight. After a few seconds, she started to talk again. [color=2eb82e]”I am glad you’ll be there at the party with me, even if we won’t be joined at the hip. This is just one more good deed I owe you for to add to the pile. Thank you.”[/color]

[color=wheat]”Hey, hey you behave your fine self. I have a villainous reputation to uphold. Keep this good deed thing quiet”[/color] Leighton opened his locker and pulled out a couple of bits and bobs that had been sitting there for the few months he had been away. [color=wheat]”You’re the only person here who knows what’s going on with me, Madi and you’re the only one who needs to know. I’ve got a good few years left in me and that’s all that matters. So tonight, while you’re getting your gay on with Shauna Flynn and I get the foreign kid to video tape it, do not think about little old me. I’ll be too busy catching chicks and cashing cheques”[/color] He placed his hand on her waist and kissed her forehead. [color=wheat]”Love you Weaver”[/color]

[color=2eb82e]”I know,”[/color] she replies in as good impression of Han Solo a girl can make. [color=2eb82e]”But seriously, love you too. Like family. And stop going on about Shauna. We’re not going to sleep with each other tonight! Hell, I’ll put a bet on it! I’ll give you $100 if I bang her.”[/color]

After shaking on it, Madi stepped out of the embrace and smiled at Lee again. [color=2eb82e]”I’m glad you’re back. Beverly Hills just isn’t the same without you. Anyway, I’m gonna go and get lunch.”[/color]

Lee smiles as he watched Madison walk away towards the lunch hall. It was good to be back in the big BH surrounded my friends and memories. Life had already thrown so many twists and turns at him and he had yet to even graduate high school. Madi was the only confidante he had, it hurt him deeply to know that her heart must break a little every time she saw him. 

Enough dwelling on the sad times though, Lee McCarthy was back baby. It was time to bet it all on red...