So, this is my first story here. I hope you'll enjoy it. This story will probably be a three-shot... maybe a four-shot.
Btw, this story is not beta-ed and I would really like to have someone who looks over my stories before I post them since English isn't my first language. So, if there's anyone who would like to be my beta, just send me a pm. Enjoy the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything!
Kismet Connection
Chapter One:
Fortune Cookies
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There was no doubt that Macy Misa was an extraordinary athlete. The grace she demonstrated on the basketball-field was just short of amazing. Nick was actually glad that Stella had managed to convince him (force him) to see Macy in one of her games.
"Macy, you were amazing!" a very excited Stella gushed, hugging her beaming friend. "Didn't I tell you that she's amazing?" The blond girl asked the Lucas brothers.
"You were awesome," Joe agreed with a grin.
"Yes, you were like this bear in this new cartoon in this one episode where he had to play a basketball game and he won the game and his bear-family didn't need to live on the streets," Kevin explained with a big smile. "What?" the oldest Lucas brother asked bewildered when he noticed the weird stares his brothers were giving him. "It was a great episode!"
Stella rolled her eyes and turned towards Nick. "And what do you think, Nick?"
Nick raised his eyebrows at Stella but immediately turned back to the lithe brunette. "You were really great, Macy." He complimented.
"Thank you!" Macy spoke happily, a slight blush was covering her cheeks when she looked at her friends.
Joe threw his right arm around Stella and his left arm around Macy. "This definitely calls for a celebration, my friends."
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"I love this place!" Kevin exclaimed. The Chinese restaurant happened to serve the Orange chicken he loved so much. He even brought his own chocolate syrup to pour all over it. Chocolate Orange chicken was as good as a chocolate taco.
They all smiled at Kevin's enthusiasm but even Nick had to admit that the fried rice and Mandarin chicken were too good to pass.
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"Fortune cookies! Joe smiled happily as the waitress approached them after they had finished their meals.
"Awesome!" Kevin said. He thought the little strips of paper were fascinating, and he collected them. For his birthday, Macy had found him a sort of scrapbook to keep them in. The oldest Lucas brother had over two hundred from previous trips to Chinese eateries.
"Mine says: 'You will be victorious on the field of battle'," read Joe. "Ha," he exclaimed pointing at Kevin. "I'll so beat you in Guitar Hero today."
Kevin rolled his eyes ignoring Joe's exclamation he read his paper. "Today is the perfect opportunity to visit someone special," he read. "Hmmm, maybe I should visit the ducks in the park. I haven't been there for a long time. I'm sure they are already missing me…" Kevin mused out loud and he didn't seem to notice the strange looks he was receiving from his brothers and their stylist.
Nick shook his head. Only Kevin could connect a fortune cookie saying to ducks.
"Anyway," Stella spoke looking away from Kevin who was still muttering about ducks. "A good friend is the best lover you can find," the blonde stylist read her saying and blushed immediately when she registered the words.
Strangely enough, Joe blushed as well.
Nick couldn't resist any longer. "I really ask myself what that could mean. Do you have any idea, Kev?"
Kevin grinned deviously. "No clue! But maybe Joe can tell us what to make of that saying."
The middle JONAS shot an angry glance at his brothers and gritted out angrily. "I don't know anything!"
Before Nick and Kevin could tease him a bit more, Stella spoke up. "Whatever, it's just a stupid fortune cookie," she flicked her blonde hair back and directing her attention towards her best (female) friend she said, "What does yours say, Macy?"
Macy, who had been very quiet until now, looked down at the strip of paper in her hand. "Nothing! As you said, it's just a stupid fortune cookie saying. They don't mean anything," she replied, slipping the strip of paper into her pocket and Nick was sure that a slight blush as covering the petite brunette's cheeks.
But why would she blush?
Nick couldn't really invest more time on his trail of thought because his brother interrupted his musing.
"What about you, Nick?" Joe questioned.
Until now he hadn't really bothered to look at his strip of paper but when he did his eyes narrowed slightly. "Just something stupid and pointless," Nick muttered, counting out money to pay the bill.
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The next day in school, Stella was dealing with a fashion emergency, Nick looked around the halls of Horace Mantis Academy to make sure that none of his brothers and friends were near-by. Joe was trying to find Stella, Kevin was at a cheerleader-meeting and who knew where Macy was. He carefully opened his biology book, shaking it slowly so that the thin strip of paper fell onto his palm.
Your true love has always been closer than you think.
Nick scoffed at the slanting red script, slipped it into his pocket, and walked towards his locker, trying not to think about it. He still hasn't given Kevin his fortune for his collection because Kevin would no doubt take the fortune seriously and insist that he looked for his 'true love'. Nick groaned inwardly.
"Nick!"
Nick turned around and saw Macy jogging up the school-hall. He nodded at her. "What is it, Macy?" he asked.
Macy shifted her weight nervously from one foot to the other. "Well, I was looking for Kevin because I wanted to give him my fortune to add to his collection. I wanted to know if you know where he is."
The curly-haired boy looked at the petite brunette and he could see that she was nervous. "He has a cheer-meeting. If you want to I can give it to him later."
Macy looked hesitant for a moment before she shook her head. "No, it's ok. I have to go to volleyball practice anyway. I'll see him in the gym and give it to him there."
She turned around to head to the gym.
"What does your fortune say anyway, Macy?" Nick asked suddenly, remembering that she had also avoided answering Stella's question.
Macy turned around and Nick could clearly see a tinge of pink gracing her cheeks and she held the paper out to him. "Don't laugh, ok?" she warned.
"I won't," he replied. For some reason his stomach gave a violent, involuntary lurch that had nothing to do with the Sloppy Joe he'd had earlier. There, on the slightly crumpled strip of paper, were the words:
Your true love has always been closer than you think.
Yep, that's it. I hope you guys liked the first chapter. Reviews are very much appreciated.
Thank you for reading!
Next chapter: Magic 8 Ball
