Hello, this is Awesome Mr. L attempting to redeem himself after a poor first chapter to my CHERUB book. This is a new one and frankly, better linked and planned. Thanks to the same people as before: "We Are All Made of Stars, This is the Real Deal and KidKool101, who has recently changed his name to KidKool". Excuse me if I got the last name wrong, time to introduce 'Theo J'.
1: Chairwoman
Zara Asker knew that being a headteacher and spymaster meant she would have to be dealing with disciplinary issues of both, from kids not doing their homework to kids breaking into each others rooms and stealing homework that they hadn't done. This issue was something she had never dealt with.
'I don't even deserve to be here, miss' Theo said, sitting upright in his seat.
Zara sighed and shook her head, 'When you attack a fellow stu...'
'It was self-defence!' Theo interrupted, 'It's not my fault if I just want to be able to talk a friend'.
'Don't interrupt me Mr. Jameson' Zara snapped, 'If you have something to say I expect you to state it without forgetting where you are'.
Theo leant back against his chair. What happened last night at his girlfriend's, Chloe's, party hadn't even had anything to do with him. It had all been because of his biggest rival, Allen.
'I walked in and went over to say hi to Chloe' Theo started saying 'but she said she wanted to go and change her dress for what was probably the fifth time' Zara smiled at this comment, feeling a sense of nostalgia as she remembered her days as a CHERUB, 'So I went over and started talking to Jenna who is in some of Chloe and I's classes and out of the corner of my eye I felt like Allen was watching us and whenever I looked around for a bit I saw he was there just looking at us'.
Zara quickly knew that Allen Humphrey had a crush on Jenna Torav but let Theo finish.
'I spotted Chloe and I said bye to Jenna and we exchanged a peck on the cheek then Allen just went psycho'
'Before I could reach Chloe he came over and blocked my path, he started pushing me and telling me to back off and give "the girl" ,which was Chloe, a chance to fish for something else '.
'When I didn't move away he pushed me on the floor and started throwing wild punches, I tried to move away so when I couldn't I kicked him' Zara knew that when he talked about punches Theo didn't mean the type of school yard punches and the kick was probably executed by springing off the floor while simultaneously launching a two-footed kick. Probably.
'Eventually some of the carers came to see what happened but because of the context of how things looked and because nobody wanted to sni...' Theo stopped himself because he wasn't sure if Zara was okay with the word, "snitch".
There was a code with cherubs that no matter how bad something is, though it would most likely stop if someone broke an arm or died, you should never snitch so that any punishment can be handed out fairly.
'I see your point Theo' Zara said, 'But you still used an unnecessary approach, you already have gone through some of the advanced martial art course which Mr. Norris taught when he was here earlier, and although Allen is a year older and soon to be fourteen, we expect you to use your defence skills only when you're in dire situations.'
Theo hadn't expected the balance of blame to start gaining weight and dropping on his part. But he made sure he listened up when Zara said, 'If an adult sees you kids using combat skills that most kids wouldn't be able to learn, they start asking questions, although I will have to take heavy disciplinary action on Allen' this had been what Theo was waiting for, 'I'm giving you 50 punishment laps to complete and I'm taking away one week worth of pocket money'.
Theo allowed himself to smile discreetly, knowing that because Zara was unpredictable with her punishments it could have gone either way.
As it was a Saturday afternoon classes were already over and kids were playing around from Red shirts playing games of tag on the field to black shirts having a rough game of rugby over on the fields.
Theo felt good with the smell of Chloe's hair filling up his nostrils while she had her hand resting on his stomach.
'So what did you get from Zara?' she asked.
'Fifty laps and a few quid' Theo said.
'How many weeks of a few quid?' she persisted.
'Two' Theo replied knowing that Chloe would be on the attack for the money he still owed her.
She sat up and crossed her arms, 'What were you doing with Jenna on my birthday?'.
'Nothing' Theo laughed. It didn't matter if he had said it with a halo above his head because Theo knew that there were a lot of girls his age, and some older, who wouldn't mind to be in Chloe's position.
In truth he had his hand on Jenna's bum that night but it wasn't anything that he hadn't done with a few other girls.
'I swear Jameson if you've been messing with other girls ...' she trailed off.
There was a definite sense of jealousy but Theo pushed it a bit by saying: 'Actually before I came to the party I had just bonked Christina and while you were away I had my hand up another girl's blouse'.
Theo couldn't have known that Chloe was so tense over something that she'd over react but she sure as hell did.
'PIG!' she said slamming a fist down on Theo's kidney before storming off.
Theo was clutching his side as he stood up and hobbled after Chloe and groaned more when he reached a few steps.
By the time he had reached the eight floor he heard the familiar sound of a door slamming yet this time it wasn't his mother's.
'Come on Chloe' he said pounding the door, 'I only have eyes for your arse'. A faint laugh came from the other side of the door but didn't last.
'Is what happened with Abby true?' she said through the door.
Theo didn't answer because he was caught off guard at the mention of the big breasted Italian and loved to think there was a dirty rumour spreading about the two of them.
A response though would have softened up what happened when Theo saw Danny coming towards him and Danny blurted out: 'How was it with Abby mate?'.
A distressed moan came from Chloe as she opened the door before kicking Theo up the arse while he was turned the other way and closing the door.
Theo and Danny both took their cue and walked down the hallway a good 5ft out of the way of Combat Chloe and her Kicking Cogs.
'When did you even see me with Abby?' Theo asked.
'Oh I didn't mate, I just thought it would be funny if I said it'.
Theo saw the funny side but still gave Danny a friendly but firm shove, even though he had a philosophy that someone as cool as him wouldn't need a best friend.
'So which girl's leg did you hump that ended up with you in the dog house?' Danny asked.
'I've not the foggiest idea' Theo said as he took his phone out of his pocket and saw a message from Chloe.
'What did she write?'.
Theo opened his mouth to say but passed it over to Danny who laughed before reading out:, 'You cheating, little piece of crap'.
Theo pocketed his phone, 'Was that supposed to be racist?'
'Nah, if anything you're coloured so it's more like caramel toffee'.
'Why did you happen to stumble up here if we're on the sixth floor?'.
'Because, Theo ma boy, Zara wants you in her office, Monday morning at eight for a mission briefing with me and two others'.
'She's being a mission controller?'
'No, assistant'.
The boys had reached the sixth floor by now and were standing in Theo's doorway which was previously occupied by someone called Bruce but nobody knew his surname.
'You think it's a good idea to leave while Chloe's still pissed?'
'Honestly you've had it coming, you're so jammy and every girl seems to be pounding on your door'.
'That's 'cause I'm just like caramel Danny' Theo said grinning, 'Addictive, hard to get over but sweet'.
Please read and reply. Four more chapters coming with one about Theo before CHERUB, one about the mission, one to introduce all the characters and another very secretive one which I don't want to reveal.
Disclaimer: I don't own CHERUB.
Acclaimer: I own the acclaimer but you can just ask me and then use it AND I own every character mentioned in THIS chapter except the aforementioned:
Mrs. Zara Asker, Chairwoman
Mr. Bruce Norris, Ex-Cherub and awesome buttkicker