Jess was walking through some shops when she saw somebody familiar, but she couldn't remember who he was. "Hey, this is going to sound like a really stupid question, but don't I know you from somewhere? You look really familiar."
James
James looked over at Jess.
"Probably. Party or something?"
Jessica
"MAybe. Did you know Adam Richardson? He used to throw a lot of parties," she asked, remember her ex boyfriend.
James
"Yeah maybe. I don't always know the people when I show up to the parties," James replied, shrugging.
"I'm Spearo, and you?"
Jessica
"Jessi," she said,shaking his hand.
James
"So Jessi, what are you doing up here today?"
James looked around slightly.
Jessica
"Buying neice and nephew gifts. I have a big family, so I always try to start getting ready for Christmas & birthdaysway in advance. You?" Jessi asked, absentmindedly playing with her jelly bracelets.
James
"Wanted to get some CDs, maybe some vinyls, depending on whether I can find Sex Pistols and Kennedy's."
James shrugged.
"Wanna hang out some?"
Jessica
"Sure. You like the Sex Pistols? I love them. And the Ramones. Real punk, not this watered-down, 'I want something to be angry at but I don't have anything to rebel against' modern punk. Some of it's so awful. I love Sum41, though, and Alien Ant Farm," Jessi said, as they walked into HMV. "I'm actually going to see Slipknot and Slayer at Six Flags in New York at the end of the month."
James
"So am I," Spearo replied, saluting to a girl behind the counter. The girl had black hair with white blonde streaks through it. Her nose, tongue, lip and eyebrow were all pierced.
"Spyro, you still having a bash tonight?" she asked, sorting through some CDs.
"Yeah, it's gonna be hectic," Spearo replied.
"You coming?"
The girl nodded.
"I'll be round at 8. I'm gonna go get pierced again."
"Groof. Tell me about it tonight."
"Yeah, will."
Spearo turned back to Jess.
"Yeah, if you felt like coming tonight, we might work out how we know each other."
Jessica
"I could use a party. I also need another piercing, although, Mom still hasn't noticed this one," she said, sticking out her tongue. She looked up at the wall, and saw a really old Hanson poster, and had to laugh. "God, Tay hates that one. Said it makes his nose look fat or something."
James
"Oh yeah, you're the Hanson chick. I've heard about you."
Spearo chuckled and rifled through CDs.
Jessica
"Yeah, that;s me, the 'rebellious' Hanson," she giggled. "Mmm, this album is liquid pleasure," she said, holding up a David Bowie cd.
James
"Yeah, that's what I heard. Ha."
Spearo went over to the counter and leaned on it, his tall frame more evident in that position.
"K-dog? You have the Sex Pistols I've been looking for?"
The girl he'd been talking to shook her head.
"Nah, we have Anarchy in the UK though."
"Got it. Damn."
"Go get your tongue pierced."
"I might actually."
Jessica
"Mmmm, gotta go with 'Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols'," Jess said. "I like to blast it and drive Mom crazy." She looked at the girl at the counter. "Do you have the Ramones tribute album?"
James
"Yeah, check out the back," the girl replied.
She waited until Jess had left and lowered her voice.
"New girlfriend?"
Spearo shrugged.
"Nah. Met her at a party. Ran into her today."
"Interesting. Can I borrow your Keppers?"
"They'll be huge on ya, but ok."
Jessica
Jess went flipping through the vintage punk cds, looking for ones she didn't own, and then moved onto glam rock, grabbing some Iggy Pop and the Stooges, and Placebo.
"Brian Molko is a god," she said, definatively, as she walked over to where Spearo was. "Protege Moi is my favourite song, but I prefer it in French than in English, it just sounds better,"
Spearo
"Things usually do," the girl behind the counter said.
"That it?"
Spearo stepped back to let Jess pay.
"So I'll see ya tonight Kit?"
"Yeah. That'll be $52.75," she said to Jess.
Jessica
"Groovy groovy," Jess said. "I think I'm going to get my labret pierced. Wanna walk to the piercing parlour with me?" she asked him.
Spearo
"Yeah, I might get my nipple done."
James started walking in the direction of the piercing parlour.
Jessica
Jess grinned, catching her tongue post in her teeth. So far she had six in one ear, 4 in the other, her tongue, and now she was getting her labret. The next piercing would probably be her eyebrow. She was also seriously considering getting inked.
"Are you inked? I've been thinking about it for a while, but I haven't gone through with it yet" she asked Spearo.
Spearo
"Yeah, I'm inked."
James pulled the waistband of his pants down slightly to show the tattoo of the Chinese character for 'fate' sitting low down on his hips.
Jessica
"That is cool," Jess said. "I did this myself." Jess reached down and rolled down the cuff of her sock to show a small purple star. "I carved it in with a razor blade, and then I rubbeed dye in it to keep its colour. It probably hurt more than a real tattoo, but what can I say? Sometimes I do really stupid shit. By the way, what's the character on your hip?"
Spearo
"It's Chinese for 'fate'."
James shrugged.
"Yours probably hurt more. And you didn't get awesome chapped nipple cream to rub on it."
They walked into the piercing parlour.
"Hey Spearo," the girl at the counter said.
"Yo yo ma, Gin."
Jessica
Jess surveyed the selection of rings ang gauges. She decided to put a 14-gauge bar through two of the holes in her right ear. She also decided to move down a size to her ear spacers, moving them to a 10.
"Now, I want to start my labret at a 14, of course, but which do you like better, the purple one, or the emerald?" she asked Spearo.
Spearo
"Purple."
Spearo waved at someone in the backroom.
"It'll look better."
Jessica
Jess selected the purple one, and got settled down with the piercer. She flashed her fake ID, and waited a moment while the piercer set everything up.