Part 2: Heidis By Sky 'What is your damage Vanessa?' Heidi Richmond asked. 'Yeah Vanessa, what's your damage?' Heidi Swanson asked. 'I'm talking to somebody!' Vanessa exclaimed. She was offended and embarrassed. 'Are we going to do this poll, or what?' Heidi brown said. 'Hey, you're in my American History class. Aren't you?.' Heidi brown said to JD. 'I believe so.' JD replied. 'Might I get better aquatinted?' he said. 'oh I'm sorry.' Vanessa said. 'this is Heidi brown in yellow, Heidi Swanson in green, and Heidi Richmond in red.' 'Vanessa we are going to go right now to my office!' Heidi demanded. 'I gotta motor.' She said, 'later'. She walked off with her friends. I don't believe it. Am I in love with Veronica? Or is she just another clone of the school yard society? JD went outside, and lit his cigarette. He sat on his Harley, and thought for a while. Then, he rode home. He got a baseball cap, and some sunglasses, and put on a pair of cargo pants, and a Nike T-shirt. He rode back to Sherwood. He rode all the way to Westerburg high. He parked his bike, and just sat in the school cafeteria for a while. He was incognito. Nobody would recognize him now. He just sat there. He waited and waited. He had his headphones on. He was listening to Hot Probes on the radio. The Hot Probes DJ was taking requests. JD got up, and walked over to the pay phones. He called Hot Probes, and he requested 'Gold' by Spandau Ballet. He went back to his seat. He sat in the spot where he was sitting when he met Veronica. He sang the song in his head. He listened to the song that he loved so much. No body knew that JD was quite a romantic. Nobody knew that JD had a heart. He listened to the song. 'After the rush has gone, I hope you find a little more time, remember we were partners in crime, it's only two years ago, the man with the suit and the pace, you know that he was there on the case, now he's in love with you, he's in love with you. And my love is like a prison wall, but you could leave me standing so tall. Gold, always believe in your soul, you've got the power to know, you're indestructible, always believe in, coz you are Gold, glad that you're bound to return, that's something I could have learned, you're indestructible, always believe in.' He sat there listening to the song, and the lyrics that reminded him of Veronica, when he looked around the room. Then all of a sudden, who walked in? It was Veronica. She had a big smile on her face, and she was with Martha, talking to Peter and Dennis. She went and sat down, and Martha and Dennis went with Peter to the foodless fund table. Well, it had only been a couple of months, but nothing had changed. JD watched Veronica, and then she sat down. She looked around happily. She couldn't miss me one bit. Why was I feeling the way I did? Why did this hurt so much? She didn't look in the lest bit sad. Then JD was about to get up and walk out, when he noticed her all of a sudden drop her head, and start sobbing. Nobody was watching her, except me, and she was sobbing. Why was she sobbing? Was it because she missed me? I continued watching her, until after about 20 minutes, she got up wiping her eyes on her sleeve, and she left the cafeteria. I had to find out if I was really in love with her, or was I just fooling myself! I got up, and walked out of the room. Got on my Harley, and rode home and got changed. I dressed in my usual attire. Jeans, black T-shirt, and black coat. I had left my gun at home, since Veronica thought that it was such a horrible thing. I just loved her so much. Or at least, I wanted to find out if I did. I went back to Sherville. It wasn't far from Westerburg. It was only a few miles. Vanessa was outside the human biology rooms. She waved to me and ran over. 'hi' I said to her. 'we need to talk' I said. 'what about?' Vanessa said. 'will you do me a favour?' I said to her. 'well what?' she asked. 'you know that poll I mentioned earlier? Would you do that for me? Would you ask the other kids what they would do in the situation? I would really like you to do that for me.' I said. I was confused. 'that should be fun. A nice change from the usual alien and popularity questions. I will have to run it by Heidi though.' 'why?' I asked. 'either you will do me the favour, or you wont.' 'I will try that poll then. It should be fun. Hey, that reminds me of my favorite song.' She said. 'what song is that my dear?' I asked her. 'teenaged suicide. Don't do it, by big fun' I cant believe it. Is this girl Veronicas twin or what? I don't believe this. 'What kind of a question is that?' someone said. 'I'd kill my guidance councilor' 'I'd frame the cops, rather than make it look like a suicide, and then I would ring murder she wrote, and get that funny old woman to solve the mystery, and make off to Rio with my millions of dollars worth of cardigans.' 'I'd kill that new kid, JD, coz he wears a coat, and I don't like coats' 'I'd kill you, coz you asked me that stupid question, and I would use a knife, that used to belong to Arnold Schwartzenegger. Wait? Does he even use knives?' 'I would get Steven Segal to shoot you, and then I would write a suicide note, and I would ring the cops, and say, 'hey, I've suicided, do you want to see my note?' 'where did you get that question?' 'I'd get a lion, and a bomb' 'well, I would want to call the police, and turn myself in. I would do it with poison, because that is the cleanest murder, and then I would make sure that someone else could take over my foodless fund. I would of course get the death penalty. Its wrong to lie. I would not do it again.' 'I would kill my science teacher, with the schools pet iguana. I don't know how I'd do it. Do iguanas bite?' "I don't know where I would get the lion from' 'isn't it obvious why I would want to kill my science teacher? He wont acknowledge marijuana as one of the periodic table.' 'can you please rephrase the question?' 'are you writing some new plot for days of our lives?' None of the answers were exactly what I wanted to read. I didn't know what to do. Was I losing my killer abilities? The extreme wasn't making an impression. Someone actually said that they would kill me. Can you believe the nerve. 'who was it who said they wanted to kill me Vanessa?' 'it was Heather Richmond' 'was it now? Would you like a slushy?' 'I would love one, perhaps we could catch a movie later?' 'that would be just perfecto' I said to her. 'do you play croquet?' I asked her. I just thought, perhaps she was more like Veronica than I thought. I did not have feelings for Vanessa. At least, I wanted to find out if I had any. Things were not working out though. 'no I don't' she said. This made me glad. I didn't want my precious Veronica to be just another clone of an stereotype American teen. I bought her a slushy. No we did not go to the snappy snack shack that I went to with Veronica. We went to the one on the north side of town. She didn't like cherry slashes either. She had a banana flavour. The other snappy snack shack didn't have banana flavour. 'why did you ask me to do that poll?' she asked me. I was having trouble answering that. I didn't know why I did it. The answers I got though, were even worse than the answers of any poll Heather chandler ever conducted. 'I don't know. I guess I was bored.' I said to her. 'who would you kill, how and would you do it again?' 'I would kill all of your little Heidi friends.' I said to her. 'what?' she said. 'how could you say such a thing. They are my friends. And all though I don't like them, I still love them. I don't want them dead.' 'do you think people actually answer those things seriously honey?' I said to her, sounding a little sarcastic and superior. 'I guess not, I'm sorry.' She said. 'lets go see Heidi' I said. 'I should really go home and study, I'm trying to get into Remmington university. Heidi says that's where everyone goes. She also says that grades come second to makeup and hair, so I don't know, perhaps we should go see her.' 'lets go' I said. I pointed to my Harley, and I got on. She got on after me. ************************************************************************************************ She directed me to Heidi's place. Heidi played chess. This was quite funny when I found this out. The Heather's played croquet, and the Heidi's play chess. Heidi's place was much the same as Heather's. 'Let's give her breakfast in bed.' I said. 'how thoughtful of you. Did you know though, that she doesn't think much of you. I like you though, considering you wear a coat. She doesn't like coats ya know. How about bacon and eggs?' she said. I was just really offended. This girl was not Veronica. She was shallow. She was absolutely shallow. 'if you could just join the football team, I may be more happy to be your girlfriend' she said. 'hey, I never said anything about going steady. A date does not make us girlfriend and boyfriend. Nor does a slushy!' I said to her. 'don't be so rude.' She said to me. We made the breakfast. I had decided then, that since I was trying to repeat history, as my little experiment, Heidi would have to die. She was Heather chandler all over again. I did not want to kill though. I did not want to hurt Veronica again. 'How about, we make Heidi spew red white and blue. Wouldn't you like that?' I said to Vanessa. She looked at me with a grin. 'that would be a bit of light hearted entertainment, at Heidi's expense, on this Saturday morning, that I could really get into to.' Vanessa replied. I didn't think that she would agree, but hey, the world is full of surprises. 'What if we go a little bit further? I said. 'We could kill her, and make it look like a suicide. How would we do it? Poison! Poison has a better upchuck factor than anything else this side of the equator. How about hull clean! I said. 'don't be stupid! That stuff will kill her. You know, you have a serious attitude, and I don't favor it really. Grow up, or ship out honey.' 'you are no different to Heidi? Are you!' I said to her. I could not believe I had ever compared this girl to Veronica. My heart was beating so fast. 'what about detergent and heaps and heaps of onion! That would be a good flavor for her eggs, and give her nice breath to boot!' 'I say we go with big blue here.' 'I'm just gonna ignore you now.' She said to me. She was actually ignoring me! I used codeine. I used heaps and heaps of codeine. I put it in her coffee, and we went to her bed room. 'what do you think you are doing in my room, in my house, on my weekend?' Heidi said! 'you've got green grass stains, on my red carpeting you creep!' she said, looking at JD! 'is that any way to thank someone who has made you coffee?' I said to her. I wanted to see Vanessa's reaction. 'well, I could do with coffee' she drank it, mumbled the words 'corn nuts' and fell straight through the coffee table. 'well, what a coffee! Drink coffee, fall through coffee table!' I said to Vanessa. 'oh no! you were not joking were you! Did you put that sink drainer in her coffee?' 'well, this was like a suicide thing! 'my life was terrible. I had a myriad array of problems.'' ''I died knowing nobody knew the real me.' How's that for a suicide note!' I was slowly realising that Vanessa was nothing like Veronica! I was realising that I was in love. Wait! No! being in love was something I had always promised myself I would not do! Why now! Why Veronica! 'are you crazy?' Vanessa said. Her reaction was totally different to Veronicas. I could not believe that two girls who seemed so similar, could be so different. 'I'm calling the police right now! Your gonna have caters with criminals all next year!' she said to me. She was so like Heather chandler. I thought that it would be best to leave Sherville as soon as possible. I would just keep low I n the bushes. Vanessa would look a right proper idiot when the police arrive and find out that Heidi was just drugged. 'you don't really have any strength, do you?' 'what! you've just killed someone and all you can do is call me weak!' she started crying hysterically. She was so weak! I could not believe it! I drew my gun. I threw my gun at her. I wanted to see what she would do with it. 'ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh' she just screamed. She ran into the corner, as if the gun was going to attack her. Veronica shot my finger off, and this girl runs away from a gun crying! No matter how hard I tried, I could not play cat and mouse with this girl. Not when the mouse is already dead! I picked up my gun, and put it back in my pants. I thought about killing Heidi for real, and vannessa. Then I thought, what would Veronica want? Would she want them dead? Well she did like practical jokes. I drew my gun. I turned around. I faced Vanessa. BANG! BANG! I shot her with blanks. No they were not fake blanks as in real bullets like with Kurt and Ram. These bullets really were fake! Vanessa had passed out. I had just enough time to wipe my finger prints off everything that could show that I was there. I got on my Harley, and began my short journey back to Sherwood. First I had to go back to Sherville, to let the guidance councilor know that Vanessa was suffering serious hallucinations, and that she may try to drug her friend. I became a regular listener of Hot Probs! I was requesting songs almost every day. I just wanted to think about Veronica 24/7. I thought about what songs would remind me of Veronica. I would request them, and then tape them when they were played. If I was home at the time, anyway. If I wasn't home, I would just go out and buy the record! I parked my Harley outside Veronicas place. On the other side of the road. Behind some bushes. I watched her house from a distance. I waited there until Saturday night. The light in her bedroom went on. Would she be listening to Hot Probs now? I know that she did like that DJ. There was only one way to find out if she was listening. There was a pay phone near where JD had parked his car. He got on the phone and rang the Hot Probs DJ. 'what would you like to request?' Said the DJ. 'Poison Arrow, by ABC' JD replied. 'and is there anybody you would like to dedicate the song to?' asked the DJ. 'Veronica' then I hung up the phone. 'well Veronica, if you're out there listening, here is Poison Arrow, from a special guy, just for you honey!' JD just sat back on his Harley, with his headphones on, listening to the radio, watching Veronicas window. Now that I know I'm in love with her, what am I going to do about it? I guess the first thing to do, is let her know that I'm alive. The song began playing. 'who broke my heart? You did, you did bow to the target, blame cupid, cupid you think you're smart, stupid, stupid right from the start when you knew we would part shoot that poison arrow to my heart shoot that poison arrow shoot that poison arrow to my heart shoot that poison arrow' Veronica sat up in bed all of a sudden. She had been lying on the covers, listening to the radio. She recognised JD's voice. How could he be alive? How could he be on the radio? She was sure it was a prank from Dennis or somebody at school. She rang Heather Duke. 'Heather, did you just hear Poison Arrow on Hot Probs?' 'well, what do you think? You know I listen to that show every single night!' 'did you hear who requested it?' 'yeah! Some guy requested it for a girl named Veronica. Wait! Was that meant to be you? I didn't know you were going out with anybody!' 'I think it was JD' 'what?! Veronica pull yourself together! It's not JD. He's dead. How could it be him?' 'I don't know what's going on Heather. But I know Jason Dean isn't dead. And I'm scared and relieved at the same time.' 'why scared, and relieved?' Heather asked. 'I'm relieved because I'm in love with him, I think. I'm scared because, well you don't know what I'm like when I'm with JD Heather! I go crazy!' I watched Veronica from the street below. Who was she on the phone to? Was she upset that I wasn't dead? Did she even realize it was me? Is she going to try to kill me again? I don't know how to show her that I really love her. I don't know how to show her how much I really care.