Fallout
Chapter One
Mimi was truly in despair.
She couldn't even recall the last time she felt this low.
Getting shot at Greta's coronation was like fluffy clouds, pink bunnies
and a double fudge sundae with a cherry on top compared to the night of the Last
Blast. The coronation was
different, then it was only Mimi who had gotten hurt. Shawn, Belle, Phillip, and Chloe - they left without a
scratch on them. This time, Mimi
felt as if she had taken a gun in her own hand and shot right at her friends.
No matter how much she hated Chloe, she knew deep down that this wasn't
fair, and it was certainly not justified.
"Oh God . . . how could
I let myself listen to Jan? What
was I thinking?" She muttered
to herself. "Of course she's
not my friend. My real friends
would have never left me on the side of the road crying.
Shawn and Belle would never . . . "
Shawn and Belle.
Not only had she probably lost them as her friends, but she had most
certainly ruined their night. Their
first date was supposed to be special and wonderful, not destroyed by a couple
of conniving, selfish bitches.
< I have to find them.
Tell them the truth. I know
they will never forgive me, but I have to finally come clean. > She thought
to herself, < That's right,
Meems. Be strong.
You're going to have to be after this.
Nobody else will want to be your friend now... >
Mimi grabbed her cell phone
out of her tiny pink purse and dialed Belle's house.
"Hello?"
"Mr. Black?
It's uhhhhhm, it's Mimi. Is
Belle home yet?"
"No, Mimi.
I just talked to her, she's at the pub having dinner with Shawn."
"Uhhhh.
Okay. Uhm.
Thanks, Mr. Black....."
"Mimi!
Wait! Don't hang up yet.
I have to ask you something. Did
you have anything to do with what happened to Chloe tonight?"
"Uhm, I .... no, I
really can't talk now. I have to go
see Belle. Sorry, Mr. Black.
I gotta go."
"Listen, Mimi - it's not
fair to let Brady take the rap for this. If
you know something, you need to tell somebody."
"Right, okay, I know.
Ok, uhm... Bye now."
She quickly hung up, not
wanting to press the situation any further. He would find out soon enough, she was sure about that.
She had to tell Belle first though; it wouldn't be fair to let her find
out any other way.
Mimi took one final deep breath for the sake of courage, and marched off towards the Brady Pub.