It had taken a while for me to get used to the new group of boys we were now hanging out with. Afraid to leave my comfort zone of movie nights, safe rides home and predictability to embark upon spur of the moment cross country road trips, loud screamo and people you never could quite figure out. The thing that scared me most was the fact that these people were often to be taken at face value, and were unfortunate enough to make very bad first impressions, they were also very vain, very judgmental and very exclusive. It was everything Id sought to avoid in a group of 'friends' and finding myself forced into being in their cirlce, in their company was shocking and something I instantly shyed away from.
It started with Immie's new boyfriend. Finally finding somebody who would replace the strange hold she had on her ex boyfriend Joe (leaving the poor bastard floundering after her at being ditched again by the only girl he would ever love) We all knew who Scott was, lead singer/screamer of 'The Over Dramatics' and reckoned arsehole over an incident involving their past band mate Chris who had left after being taunted and bitched out of the band, who had become friends with Immie because she flirted with him shamelessly (she does tend to spread her 'charm' around) and a boy with many myspace fans of both gender (Boys wanted to be him, girls wanted to be with him) At first I hated it, I hated the very thought of leaving everything comfortable behind to hear about her gush and coo about her new boyfriend, at first we all thought it may not last, that she could keep both lives seperate but when I was informed by Hollie (my one confidon...but not for very long) that he was actually a really nice guy who hated his reputation blah blah blah, I decided to give him a chance. He himself was a nice guy, perhaps he was that shovy, pushy vain person he used to be but after a few breakups some harsh bringing down to earth and chronic weed smoking, he'd become a shaky, nervous guy who just wanted people to like him. Confessing one day to us he said "My friends are arsholes, you don't want to be with friends with them," He was right, and to this moment right now he's right about one of them, one which I shal not mention because to be honest he's not important, not part of the story really...yet anyway.
Now Joanna idolised Immie, she wanted to be her, she wanted everything she had and short of wanting Scott she wanted to be there when Immie needed someone to agree with her on everything (something I would not do, afterall what good is a yes friend when your facing a serious decision in life?) somebody she would invite everywhere she went, whenever she went out with Scotts 'cool' friends. After a couple of trips out, some alienating of both of them from our other friends Joanna would hold parties just for us and them to try and merge the two groups. We were harder to convince than expected and there was much in fighting, silent fueds and various rounds of bitching once everyone got home and on msn. The parties would consist of them taking over the room with their ignorant confidence, loud music, cool friends and the bitchy 'girls that would also hang around with them (that were invited purely because Joanna knew that you kept your enemies close, or so she could at least see what threat they posed to her plans of seducing one of the boys)' and then there would be us in the corner, who were too afraid to talk to them, too afriaid to approach the ones who were soo cool and confident and seemed to walk in and decide to own a place. It was too bolshy, it was too sudden and instead of embracing it we pushed it away, we made life difficult and decided we needed them to give something that they ultimately wouldn't.