Bittersweet Revenge - Shelby (open)

[Shelby Grant]

Shelby took in a deep breath as she walked through the park. She was dressed in a pair of skinny jeans and a fitted top. It wasn't anything fancy but she doubted she'd run into anyone she needed to impress here. Her long hair was pulled into a loose braid that fell down her back. Shorter ends had fallen from it but instead of messy it almost looked as if it was intended to be that way.

Tomorrow was prom and while she had been able to secure a date last minute, she'd purchased her dress more than a month ago and had even made hair and makeup appointments in advance. She'd done all this before she had a date because she'd been very confident that she'd be asked. She was actually a little annoyed that she'd had to ask someone who was old enough instead of the other way around, but she was going and that was all that matter.

Everything for prom was all settled. There was another issue that weighed on her mind and that was Roxy and Sawyer's locker room haunting. In the past when people had pranked the cheerleaders, Aly had always taken charge of the revenge. But Aly's step-sister hadn't been involved and also the pranksters were freshmen this time. This was on Shelby. It was almost like a test. Could she possibly compare to Aly? No. The answer was a big fat no and that was what was troubling Shelby.

She sat down on a bench at random to think. Aly was the girl who'd successfully gotten the principal's car on the roof and got her step-sister blamed for it! There was no way that Shelby could pull that off. She kind of just wanted to throw slushies in the girls' faces but she knew that that sort of prank was too juvenile. Whatever she did had to be smart.

She knew that totally cute but apparently real big jerk Jasper guy had helped Aly but Shelby didn't know anyone like that. And she couldn't go to Jasper because Aly hated him now. Shelby obviously didn't know what happened, but Aly wouldn't talk about it. But who else had the brains to pull something like that off? Shelby didn't know but whoever it was, she was going to have to find them. She had to pull something off and she had to do it soon or her reputation would be a stake.

Still sitting on the bench she let out a sigh and pushed some gravel from the pathway around with the tip of her sandal. This was going to be hard.

[Brandon Zouvelekis]

Brandon had gone to the park cause he liked the park. He liked to swing and his parents dropped him off. Which was fine by him. Brandon was always independent enough to find ways to get around by himself. He was good about getting rides from his parents, siblings or anyone else he might find that he knew. Rides from strangers were a big no. Especially ones with big white vans. Brandon caught the beautiful long blond hair and it reminded him of Shelby.

But why would Shelby be here, so for a moment Brandon thought he was imagining things until she didn't go away. He stopped swinging and watched her for a moment. She seemed kind of down. Maybe it had to do with the two people who pulled that prank. Which brought a smile to Brandon's lips. He could help with that. He jumped off the swing. Brandon was fairly popular for a freshman. Everyone knew him. He might not be a jock but that didn't matter cause his sister hung out with Tyler Durnham.

Just like Shelby was popular due to her brother Lucas. At least thats how Brandon saw it. So he walked over and cleared his throat. "Hey Shelby." Brandon said. "I heard about what happened in the locker room and thought to offer my expertise." Brandon said taking a seat next to her. Although for some reason he had a much more slow and graceful conversation in his head then just coming right out and saying it like that.

[Shelby Grant]

Shelby inwardly groaned when she saw Brandon coming toward her. Okay...he wasn't the worst. After all, he was popular within the freshman class, however the way Shelby saw it, she was popular outside of the freshman class...yes, she was that snobby. The truth was, Shelby walked around like she was too good for the other people in her class most of the time. Maybe some of them would manage to be cool in a few years but for now, Shelby was only interested in hanging out with sophomores or older.

But then as Brandon opened his mouth, it was almost as if he'd been reading her mind. Help with a prank was EXACTLY what she needed. And she had to admit that a lot of Brandon's antics were pretty damn funny, even if she acted like she was above it all.

"Well, yeah. I do need to get them back," Shelby admitted. "The cheerleaders have concurred that someone must do it and as I'm the only freshman and they're all preoccupied with prom, the task has fallen on me. Although I'm going to prom too," she had to point out. She wanted him to know that she had scored a date as a freshman. She wanted everyone to know. As far as Shelby was aware she'd be the only freshman there. She had no idea that any others had been asked.

She let out a sigh. "Fine, what have you got, Zouvelekis?" she asked giving him a look. "Nothing immature," she warned. It was sort of odd actually sitting there and talking to a boy her own age yet at the same time it was actually a little nice because Shelby felt as if she didn't have to put on her normal act.

[Brandon Zouvelekis]

Brandon's offer of help would have come no matter what Shelby was thinking. He heard about her troubles and Brandon wanted to help his current crush. he already had a few ideas rolling around in his head, but he wanted to get facts straight about what these girls did to the locker room cause that would help in the pay back actually. He wanted to know just how these girls thought. Brandon didn't like the idea of Shelby going to prom but he couldn't stop her, although he wished he could see her in a prom dress. Perhaps in two years.

"I can think of something to pull off before the end of the school year. Send you out with a bang and make sure its remembered through the summer." he offered. "But first tell me what the did exactly to the locker room and exactly who it was. I will help with the pranks and trust me none of my ideas will be childish." Since she requested as much he would be happy to come up with something else.

Brandon needed details. The best part about a prank was not to let the other people know about it. Which could be tricky hence why he needed to know what these girls did and who they were. Then he could do some recon. Brandon had basic ideas but when he got more information he would have much better ideas.