Chapter 2
Author's Note: Welcome to chapter 2 and I will be your host for the remainder of the story (feeling theatrical right now). Last when we let our heroine she had just received a message from an unknown (we all know who it is) stranger.
So far the feedback from the first chapter has been very positive and I just want to thank all of you guys that have read my story and reviewed. I've also been getting a lot of character suggestions...you guys rock...your characters are so cool but I can't use them all and I am so sorry to disappoint some of you guys, but enough of my whining...On with the show...#opens curtain.
Blossom's POV
My heart skipped a beat when I saw who the message was from and I held my breath for a moment when I opened and read the message. When I was done reading I smiled to myself and held my phone close to my heart.
"Don't just stand there...read the damn message out loud before I wet myself with excitement ", Kat said eagerly
"Ok, fine", I sighed
"Morning there MissCherryPrinceton
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frighten us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
I was reading this and was thinking about what happens after we let o and be brilliant and talented or when you are good at something that doesn't make you happy. It's because we don't want to let the people we care about down or feel bad for your God give gifts.
Look at Goku, was he ever afraid to embrace the gifts he was given or was he too afraid of what Bulma and Chi-Chi would say?
RedPrincetonPoet"
When I was done Kat looked at me, put her arm around me and said, "It's way too early for all this deep intellectual romantic crap...I'm out".
And with that she was gone, I bet she went to go find someone to take her bad day on. I walked around looking for a quiet place to sit and type and found a tree that was near a fountain and decided to sit there while I replied.
"That is very deep and profound. Only you could put Marianne Williamson and Dragonball Z in the same quote and make it work. I totally understand where you are coming from but there was come a time where you must be selfish and put yourself first. I'm sure your dad will understand.
Why is it that Mr Smith looks like a ghost that's haunting the school today?"
I pressed send, looked up and waved at Mr. Smith and waited for a reply, but I didn't have to wait long because as soon as I had looked down at my phone I had a new message.
"You shouldn't be surprised anymore, you know how I am, Goku is my hero, his story inspired million.
I hope your right about my dad, he is all I have left.
And as for Smith, that's what happens when you spend all your time reaching some historical fact or other."
Before I finished reading the first message another message came through, at first I thought it was Kat but I was wrong, it was him again.
"Boo"
I smiled to myself before replying.
"Ghosts don't scare me, you should know that by now.
If you can see Mr. Smith too, where are you?"
I looked around looking to find someone with a phone, texting , in retrospect was a stupid idea because I was in a high school...high schools are the breeding ground for texters. EVERYONE was on their phone. Then suddenly the bell rang and I sent one last message before going to class.
"Ciao bella, until we meet again in the highways and byways of cyber space"
My next few classes went by very quickly and before I knew it, it was lunch time. As I entered the cafeteria I took a moment to evaluate the hierarchy of the school, the table closest to me was full of artsy people with their clothes stained with paint or charcoal or something, then next to them were the musically gifted, then came the emotional gothic kids, then the foreign kids that didn't speak English, then the girl athletes, then the guy athletes, cheerleaders, the hot foreign kids that spoke English, then the journalism club, then the girls that never ate, then the girls that ate too much, then my table of mixed breeds and finally the nerds table.
I walked over to my table of mixed breeds(the reason I call it mixed breeds was because it was, we had a cheerleader(Bubbles), a girl jock( Buttercup), two nerds(me and Kat) and other random people, sometimes my sisters boyfriends would come and sit with us. When I reached my table I realised that it was a little for full that usual. Buttercup had brought her best friend Danni, her boyfriend Butch and some other guy I didn't know. I hadn't notice Kat walk up behind me until she spoke.
"Aaah I see your Royal Highness Butch has graced us with his presence today", she said in a fake British accent.
I saw Buttercup roll her eyes and take a bite of her burger.
Butch smirked and cleared his throat and said, "Yes you see, even the king must come down from his palace and mingle with the common people"
I smiled and sat down when Buttercup put her burger down and said,"And who exactly are the common people?"
The boy next to Butch laughed and said," Yes tell us your worship, who exactly are these common people of which you speak"
Butch looked a little nervous, probably regretting his earlier statement, he shifted uncomfortably in his seat and I felt so bad for him so I decided to save him.
"So Butch, who is your friend?" I asked him
"Oh sorry, you guys haven't met have you...this is Eli, my partner in crime", Butch said casually
The guy now known to me as Eli stood up walked around the table and greeted me like a proper gentleman.
"Woods...Eli Woods...licensed to torment", he said in a cheesy James Bond kind of way
"I'm Blossom, Buttercup's older sister", I said with a smile
He offered me is hand and when I shook it I realised that he has striking grey eyes and jet black hair like Butch's but he had bangs that cover his eyes a little.
"Yep, if I had a twin brother, it would be him", Butch said proudly
"You do have a twin brother, moron...in fact you have two", Buttercup said casually taking a sip of her juice.
"You know what I mean", Butch said as he stole a few of her chips from her plate
"Speaking of brothers, where are Boomer and Bubbles?" I asked because up till then I had not noticed that they were not there.
"Little boy blue said that he had some project to finish and Bubbles said she needed to speak to a teacher", Buttercup said.
"We all know that that's their code for we are making out by the bleachers", Butch said randomly.
Eli looked at Kat with a questioning look on his face.
"And you are my lady?" he asked bowing
"Kat", she said with a slight smile and went back to quietly eating her lunch
"A shy one ey...don't worry, I don't bite...hard", Eli said jokingly
"That's my boy", Butch said as he stood up and put his arm around Eli
"Your such a freak", Buttercup said, once again in her cool cucumber voice
"That's what she said", Eli said before he and Butch burst into a fit a laughter.
The pair laughed for a while together...must be an inside joke because they were the only two laughing. I was about to take a bite from my sandwich when my phone started buzzing.
RedPrincetonPoet POV
I sat at the table, completely disinterested in what was going on around me. I started thinking about her so I took out my phone and sent her a message.
"It's a jungle in here"
I noticed one of the guys laugh and wondered if maybe I sent the message to the wrong person, so I quickly checked my phone and saw that had sent it to the right person and not a second later y phone beeped.
"You don't even know the half of it, apparently I'm sitting with the king right now, talk about narcissism"
I smiled because it kind of reminded me of Butch, there was nobody on this green Earth who loved themselves more than my brother ...well maybe my girlfriend.
"Are you sure there is enough room at the table for you and the king?"
And as soon as I sent it, the same guy laughed again...this couldn't have been a coincidence...I had to know the truth and not wasting another second I started typing.
"Nathan, is that you?"
I waited for what seemed like forever but in reality it was like 2 minutes for a reply.
"There is barely enough room but I will survive.
Who is Nathan?"
I looked up at Nathan who was eating now and it seemed that he had put his phone away a while ago, but I had to test him quickly, so I sent MissCherryPrinceton a blank message to see if his phone would buzz...and nothing.
"Thank goodness", I said silently to myself and started typing.
"Nathan is a buddy of mine who is sitting across from me, I thought you were him because whenever I would say something funny he would laugh and whenever I would reply to you hi phone would buzz, so I thought you were him"
I sent and checked one for him for confirmation that it was not Nathan. I panicked when I heard a phone beep, I was relieved to find that it was my phone that had beeped. I slid it screen to unlock it and read the message.
"Sorry to disappoint, but I am NOT Nathan"
I smiled at the message for a minute but then another fear dawned on me and I started typing furiously.
"You're not a guy right...coz if you are a guy I am totally gonna kick your ass"
I finished typing and sent the message when I felt a pair and hands cover my eyes and the mystery person said," Guess who"
I sighed in exasperation and said, "If that's you Heidi Klum you are too late, I'm already dating J-LO, you know I can't say no to an ass like that"
"Really...that's your guess?" the mystery person said as they removed their hands and sat on my lap.
"Hey you asked me to guess", I said looking into the eyes of an annoyed red head
"Whatever, the reason I came over is here is because tonight your taking me out on a date", she said in a forceful tone
"No, I'm not", I said with a serious expression on my face
"Yes you are because..." as she whispered the reason I was taking her out on a date
An evil smirk appeared on my lips as I listened to what she was whispering into my ear.
"Ok, fine, whatever I'll take you on a date, I will pick you up at 7 and I swear if you make me wait while you're still getting ready, I will leave your ass at home", I said bluntly
"Ok, fine I will be ready by 6.15pm...happy?" she asked
"Whatever", I said as she kissed me on the cheek and walked away swaying her hips from side to side.
When she was out of ear shot Nathan and the rest of the guys (who I hadn't been aware that they were listening) looked at me and asked, "Dude what did she say?"
I smiled remembering what I was getting tonight.
"Oh nothing boys, just something a girlfriend gives her boyfriend", I said remembering what I was doing before I was interrupted.
I searched for my phone in my pockets and when I found it I had a new message, so I opened and read it.
"Again, no I am not a guy...anymore"
A wave of panic and anger started to wash over me as I texted 1 four letter word.
"WHAT!"
I couldn't stop staring at the phone until a new message came through.
"Relax Mr. Poet, I'm just playing...I have always been a girl and will be a girl until I die...I was just messing with you"
My rage subsided and there were only a few minutes before the bell would ring so I quickly typed a message and put my phone back in my pocket.
"I have to go now, lunch is almost over and my next class is on the other side of school and I am in no mood to run so looks like team rocket is blasting off again"
Before I could leave I heard Nathan call my name and ask me, "Come on dude, what did she say?"
I smirked slightly and said, "Nope, not saying a word, Berserk is a freak and that is all I am going to say"
Nathan stood up with me and said, "Man Brick, you are really lucky.
Author's Note: And that ladies and gentlemen is a wrap for chapter 2. So we finally learn the name of RedPrincetonPoet...as if you didn't already know, we also find out he has a girlfriend and her name is Berserk. I want to send a shout out to Gomez-girl for our little friend Eli...round of applause#whoopwhoop. Stay tuned for the next mind numbing, incredibly awesome instalment of Undercover Cinderella.