A/N: Hello readers, I've read a few Recess stories and I like the idea of TJ becomes king in sixth grade, and I wonder how will it be different from fourth grade. A lot of the fanfics are dramas so I think sticking to adventures like the canon cartoon may be an interesting approach. Special thanks to Dracoisalooker76 for the inspiration.
And so, these are some one-shots about fun stories they have while in 6th grade. There will be hints of TJxSpin throughout some of the stories, but not full on romance because they're 12, obviously. This both can and cannot be the same universe as Robinhood6 group from my other fic, depend on your preference, and can be read independently.
Chapter 1: First day as King
"I hereby promise I will do everything to my power to keep order and justice in this playground." Everyone cheers and chants TJ's name as he's about to finish his speech. "Now, let's not waste anymore time, please, enjoy your recess my people!"
After everyone has dispersed, his five friends start climbing up Old Rusty to his place, which now besides from his throne (the old armchair that King Bob used to sit), there is another sofa to the left. The gang sits down to the chairs, Gus, Mikey, Vince, Gretchen squeeze into the sofa that can barely hold four kids, while Spinelli sits next to TJ on his throne. The four friends see their other two look a little bit cramped, but both don't seem to mind. Gretchen notices TJ and Spinelli look uncomfortable, both blushing a light shade of red, but decides to not mention anything, considering their seats are also tight themselves.
"First day of school as royalties. This is going to be our best year ever!" TJ begins the conversation and leans down to rest his back, his right shoulder touches Spinelli's left, both looking comfortable in this position.
"Yeah, we get to boss others around, overpower the Ashleys, can have as many candies as I want. I mean, as we want." Vince continues.
"And best of all, Yeoman, Lawson, and his gang have now graduated." Gus chimes in.
"Not to mention, TJ will be a much better king than Freddy. I still hate that guy for what he treats the first and second grader." Gretchen remarks, remembering the memories in fifth grade. Freddy was a decent king, but he's quite unfair towards the lower grades, which irritated her the most.
"Don't worry about that Gretch, I'm still the good ole TJ, and I'll treat everyone fairly." TJ tries to comfort his friends, though he knows one thing for sure, he has changed.
In the last summer, after TJ had gone to soccer camp with Vince, he spends the last 2 weeks of summer at home, while Vince gets to stay longer as their coach chose the 5 best players to play a small tournament against other camps, and TJ wasn't in it. At the same time, Spinelli was also back from her wrestling camp, and since they're practically neighbors, Spinelli came to his house everyday to play video games, watch TV, and read Senor Fusion comics. They were also very interested in Robin Hood stories for some reasons. Spending so much time with Spinelli, TJ feels in his stomach he might have a crush on her, learning from the symptoms back on Spinelli's crush on Johnny V, and recently, Gus's crush on Cornchip Girl. He's now trying his best to ignore it, as he doesn't want to ruin their friendship.
While TJ is deep in his thoughts about her, the very same girl continues the conversation. "One problem of Teej being king, he'll likely have to spend less time playing with us, with all his responsibilities hooey."
"Not just that, now that I think about it, with Lawson gone, there are no true opponents for us in kickball, or baseball anymore, what would be the fun now? Oh, our nemesis is gone, suddenly there is a hole in our heart." Mikey begins his flow of poetry as always, the group rolls their eyes smiling.
"Don't worry guys, I can still be king and deal with everything while on the playground playing, just like King Jack (their king when the gang is in first grade). With Lawson graduated, we can split into different teams, though Vince's team will probably win anyway, it'll still be fun." The gang chuckle.
"Just don't go mad over power when you're up there." Spinelli smirks, reminding him the when he's the Principle for a day, or the time he monopolized the playground's economy. This makes the other four worried.
"She's right. What if you become mad with power like I did, and you force everyone to make a chocolate statue out of you." Gus is practically screaming now, remembering when he and Randall took power briefly in fourth grade. Some try to calm him down, while the others add in to scenarios that he might become corrupted.
"Guys, guys, settle down! If I fall too deep into power of being king, I know you guys will be there for me to pull me out of it." TJ gives them a reassuring smile as always, destroying their fear completely.
"You're right TJ. And I think to solve the problems you guys just said, I propose we share responsibilities among each other, so we'll help TJ with his work, like a royalty title or something." Gretchen makes a very good point, everyone shares glances at each other and starts agreeing to her idea.
"...I guess if everyone agrees, we can do it." TJ responds, seeing everyone are happy with that idea. "Okay then. Vince, you can be…the Sport Adviser, the kids will come to you for problems with conflicts relating to game rules and similar stuff."
"Then they have nothing to worry about!" Vince cheers proudly.
"Gretchen, you can be the Rule Advisor, dealing with questions relating to the playground rules. You should probably be around so I can ask you about it too."
"I'll start typing the rulebook." Gretchen says.
"Gus, let me see...you'll deal with problems caused by kindergarteners and first graders, considering your good relations with kids."
"Safety man helps everyone!" Gus chants.
"Mikey, you can be the mediator for fights, especially Spinelli's." TJ gives a smirk while Spinelli glares at him.
"Peace is the way for everyone to live their life the fullest." Mikey comments, putting his hands to his heart.
"And Spinelli..."
"You'll be the queen." Vince jokes, which makes TJ and Spinelli' faces now as red as tomatoes. She jumps out of her chair screaming "I'm gonna kill you Vince!"
TJ immediately uses his two arms to hold around her stomach. Spinelli stops right away, but still screams "Let me at 'em Teej! I'll make him regret it!"
Vince still smiles, knowing for a while now, when TJ holds her back, she never continues her attacks. He likes to tease TJ and Spinelli due to how close they always are, he can always find her by his side since fifth grade.
What Vince (and TJ) don't know is that Spinelli likes it when TJ touches her. Her crush for TJ has came and gone multiple times since their experiment in fourth grade. It has gone away during the summer but spending so much time with him makes her crush come back again. She's not that good at hiding her emotions, but the boys are too oblivious to recognize it anyway. Spinelli eventually calms down, and sits back to the throne.
"Anyway… Spinelli, you can be my bodyguard, I think it's an obvious choice. With your strength, no one would dare to oppose me. As for me, I guess I'll deal with the rest. You all okay with that?" TJ ignores Vince's joke and continues. His assignment to Spinelli is a slight bit of hope that she can spend more time with him during recess when the gang is not playing. He secretly hopes she doesn't feel too uncomfortable with that. Obviously, Spinelli doesn't feel weird at all. In fact, she feels somewhat happy with this role.
"Fine by me." Spinelli shrugs, trying to hide how her stomach feels like it's flipping inside like a spinning wheel right now.
"Everyone else ok too?" They all give TJ a reassuring nod. "Great! I feel like playing a game of kickball now. Everyone in?" And so with that, they all come down from Old Rusty and start the game.
A/N: This one is just the introductory chapter, the next few ones will hopefully be longer and have more plots to it. I made reference to a lot of episodes in this chapter, namely The Experiment, King Gus, The Economic of Recess, Prince Randall, Principal for a Day, apology if I put the names wrong or forgot any. The episodes are in Youtube if you like to revisit.
