Dorcas
“Whose house are we at?” James asks, getting out of the car. Marlene and Mary sigh at the same time. Did he really ever listen? Well Marlene already knew the answer to that, no.
“You know Dorcas?” Mary asks, turning around to face James, right before the kids walk up the stairs to the door.
“The mean one?” James questions, raising an eyebrow. Marlene was about to strangle him, but thank god Mary just laughed.
“Yeah that one. Don’t worry she’s not actually that mean,” Mary laughs, smiling to herself. Marlene hopes that was true because so far Mary seemed way too nice when describing people. Dorcas was the girl who got suspended after beating up a kid. This wasn’t just once. It happened multiple times.
Maybe Mary was right and Dorcas was….okay. She did ice skating which seems like a calm and nice sport. That was so stupid.
As Mary knocks on the door, a tall boy answers. He looked around Mary’s age.
“Hey Mary,” the boy shrugs as another teen comes running down the staircase behind the door. Also Dorcas. She was in baggy gray Nike pants with a black sports bra. Her hair was in a messy low ponytail and she looked hot, oh um Marlene meant mad. She looked mad.
“SIRUS FUCKING BLACK I AM GOING TO BURY YOU ALIVE IN THE BACKYARD!!” screams Dorcas, not even noticing the kids standing at her door.
“Before you do that Mary is here,” Sirius snickers as Dorcas makes eye contact with Marlene. Marlene could feel her cheeks grow warm.
“Oh hey Mar and other girl,” Dorcas shrugs, breaking eye contact with Marlene.
“Do you have plans on Friday night?” Mary asks, smiling at Dorcas. Dorcas rolls her eyes.
“Does it look like I have friends or plans? Yeah I’m free, what’s up?” Dorcas questions, her eyes finally moving to look at James.
“Would you like to join a band?” Mary smiles as Dorcas stares at her for a moment. Almost at a loss for words.
“The fuck?” Dorcas responds, blankly staring at Mary. Sirius had left.
“Look we need a drummer and you are the only one I know,” Mary explains, smiling still. Wow.
“Isn’t there another loser you can ask? Don’t you have other friends or whatever?” Dorcas raises an eyebrow at the kids.
“No. But that’s besides the point. Please Dorcas!” Mary begs, shouting. Dorcas keeps the blank stare on Mary. “It’s only for a week!”
“Fine,” Dorcas replies.
“YES!” Marlene and James scream at the same time. “Let’s go!!”
“The fuck was that. You both sound like squirrels,” Dorcas stares at Marlene and James. Her eyes went from one to another.
“Eh, we probably have the attention span of one too,” James shrugs.
“Fuck my life,” Dorcas mumbles to herself, leaning against the door frame, rubbing her forehead.
“Also on a side note do you know a bassist player?” Mary asks, giving Dorcas another flash of a smile. Dorcas smirks to herself for a moment before responding.
“You’re down for anyone, right?” Dorcas asks as James and Marlene stare at each other for a moment before both shrugging.
“Yup!” Marlene shouts. Oh lord that was loud.
“Okay good,” Dorcas laughs dryly to herself. Mary’s face drops for a moment as she shakes her head.