Graduation night. First FanFic. Enjoy! (I know it might not sound very Cass-ish or Yo-Yoji-ish, but I like it this way!) SPOILER ALERT: For those who haven't read "You Have To Stop This", only minor details are revealed. Such as Cass' dress disguise, her manicure and her and Yo-Yoji's slight romantic connection (Which I exaggerated a lot in this story!) I'm planning to make another FanFiction out of this one, if it turns out okay. This one's telling the story of how Cass and Yo-Yoji admit their feelings for each other and decide to start a relationship.
Cass' POV
I refused to let my mother dress me for graduation night. The dress from the whole Las Vegas fiasco wasn't looking its best, and even if it was, I wouldn't be caught dead wearing it.
"Come on! I bet Yo-Yoji would enjoy seeing you in a beautiful dress." Said my mother, holding the dress in front of me. She'd attempted to hide the rips and grease marks from the motorcycle ride by sewing on some lace. It looked even worse this way. "No thank yo—What did you say about Yo-Yoji?" I asked, feeling my ears turn red. "I said he might like seeing you in a dress!" My mother replied, winking at me and setting the dress down on the kitchen table. "He might, but he'd also like seeing Amber in a dress, or Max-Earnest in a dress. That would be a sight!" I started laughing and headed towards my room. "I'll wear a skirt, but no heels." I yelled in the direction on the kitchen, where my mother was still laughing along at the thought of Max-Earnest in a dress. She tried to yell back a reply, but ended up screaming a laugh at me. It sounded pretty scary, which made me hurry up and get to my room quicker.
I found the skirt I was going to wear: a light green one than came down about 3 inches above my knees and was a lot lighter than my current manicure colour. For a shirt, I decided on a dark green spaghetti strap top that puffed up around the chest. I wore a half cardigan to cover my arms that was the same shade of green as my skirt. I turned to the mirror and was shocked with the girl I saw in it.
This wasn't Cassandra. This wasn't me. I looked…for lack of a better word, pretty.
"I sure hope Yo-Yoji likes this…" I whispered, surprising myself. I don't like him, do I? I thought.
"And I..uh… hope Max-Earnest doesn't make a joke about it in his graduation speech." I added, nodding with approval, just in case my mother was listening. "Cassandra!" I heard her yelling. Right on cue. I thought, laughing. "Come to the kitchen and I'll do your hair!"
Oh dear. Mom doing hair?
Max-Earnest's POV
"Don't worry, Max-Earnest, you'll do fine." Said my dad, smiling. As he did, his eyes crinkled and he laid his hand on my left shoulder.
"It's OK, Max-Earnest, you'll do great!" Said my mom, smiling and showing all of her pure-white teeth. She laid her hand on my right shoulder.
Both parents squeezed hard. It's pleasant and comforting when on one shoulder being done by one parent, but not so nice feeling when receiving one on each shoulder. I cringed and shook myself free from their grasps. "Thanks mom, thanks dad." I said, turning to each parent. I took my speech off the kitchen counter and held it firmly in my hands. "Can I read my speech, just one more time?" I asked, looking hopefully at both parents. "Of course you can, honey." Said my mom, clapping her hands together and sitting down on a kitchen chair at the same time that my dad did. He replied with, "Sure thing, champ."
I cleared my throat and began to read:
"For the last few months, I've been racking my brain trying to find the perfect joke to open this speech. Well, I think I came up with something that's really, really going to shock you." I paused for dramatic effect, looking from my mom to my dad. Both had wide smiles on their faces. "I'm not going to open with a joke at all."
"Hilarious, Max-Earnest!"
"Absolutely brilliant, Max-Earnest!"
Just as I was about to continue, I heard my cell phone buzzing from upstairs. "Um.. I'll be right back. I might not be able to finish my speech, but you've both heard it enough times." I said, dashing up the stairs.
"Alright, honey!"
"Not a problem, Max-Earnest!"
I came into my room and saw the screen on my phone blinking with a new message from Yo-Yoji. Dude, what's up? Read the text. I sat down on my bed and replied to the text. Nothing much, going over my speech. U? My phone buzzed almost instantly with a reply.
Y: Trying 2 figure out how 2 tell Cass.
M-E: Tell Cass what?
Y: That I LIKE her! Dude, keep up.
M-E: Oh rite, srry. How r u going 2 tell her?
Y: Tht's what im trying to figure out! :/
M-E: Well… u could just tell her how u feel?
Y: *snorts* That wouldnt go well. "Hi Cass, I rlly like u. asdfghjkl." Perfect!
M-E: asdfghjkl?
Y: Yeah, cuz I get so nervous when I tlk 2 her.
M-E: Oh, OK. You could make it subtle?
Y: Subtle…?
M-E: You know, subtle. Not noticeable. Hidden. Kind of.
Y: How would I do that? Dude, im so nervous.
M-E: Hey, ive never had to tell a girl I liked her. In fact, ive never liked a girl. Im sorry but ur gunna have 2 b on ur own.
Y: Ah, its OK dude. Ill figure it out. Thanks man :-)
M-E: Anytime, dude :-P
Y: …dude, don't say dude :-P srry but its just funny comin from u
M-E: LOL, I understand :-P c u soon!
I sent a text to Cass saying "See you at grad 2nite! :-)" and shut off my phone. My parents didn't want me to have it on during graduation, so I was going to keep it in the pocket of my robes, powered off until afterwards.
I wondered how Yo-Yoji was going to tell Cass he likes her. I didn't have much time to think about it, because a second later I heard yelling from downstairs.
"Max-Earnest, honey, come downstairs, we're about to leave!"
"Some on down, my little graduate, we're leaving!"
There was the usual squabble about who was going to drive me to the school. To settle it, I took out my phone, powered it up and texted Yo-Yoji to ask him if he could drive me. I hated asking him for such a favour, seeing as it was graduation night, but he gladly accepted and came by to pick me up around 5 minutes later. He opened his parents car door, pulled me in, said goodbye to my parents and pulled away. They obliviously waved and smiled, both yelling "See you at school!" and got into their cars.
I turned to Yo-Yoji and smiled. "Thanks, Yo-Yoji." I tossed my phone from hand to hand before switching it off and slipping it in the pocket of my suit. "Anytime, dude. Just… talk to me about Cass. I'm going to tell her after we graduate. I'm still figuring out how, but I'm going to." He played with his hands and sounded nervous as he spoke. "Just relax and let the words flow. Kind of like I do. You know I never stop talking. It's been kind of hard to talk tonight, both of my parents wanted my full attention. All this advice about accepting my certificate and stuff, the proper posture, handshake, etiquette, blah blah blah. I mean, I love them, but I don't need all the advice. Okay, maybe it helped a little bit, but I was so bombarded with it that, you know, I didn't know what to say. Ha, me, Max-Earnest, not knowing what to say. How 'bout that?" I said, looking hopefully at Yo-Yoji. He only looked more nervous.
A couple minutes later, Yo-Yoji's parents pulled the car into the school parking lot.
Yo-Yoji's POV
I looked across the parking lot and saw Cass getting out of her mom's car. My breath caught in my throat. I blinked a few times to make sure what I was seeing was really there. Cass looked stunningly beautiful. Her hair was curled and done up in a high ponytail with two pieces of hair hanging down in little ringlets. From here I could see that her fingernails were manicured once again with a deep green colour. And there was something else too that I couldn't quite put my finger on.
"Dude…" I said to Max-Earnest, not taking my eyes off Cass. "Hm?" he replied, with a small chocolate bar hastily half shoved in his mouth. "Cass… She's not wearing her backpack."
How was that? For the next chapter it'll be more in Cass and Yo-Yoji's POV. This probably won't be very many chapters long. After he admits he likes her, I'll end this story and continue with a sequel. Or, try to at least :P Thanks for reading!