Chapter 2: Plots and Schemes and Secrets, Oh My!

Jaden, Jesse, Alexis and Syrus were sitting on the ground that was filled with soft grass. They all had a free period and they decided to spend it by relaxing and chatting a little.

The trees around them were providing a perfect shade, hiding them from the heat of the sunlight. The air was filled with a light scent of saffron.

"I think I'll try out for the soccer team" Jesse stated.

"You play soccer?" Jaden asked.

"And tennis and volleyball."

"Wow, is there something that you can't do?" Syrus asked in amazement.

"Heh" Jesse blushed and scratched the back of his head.

"Why don't we go right now?" Alexis proposed.

"Good idea" Jaden smiled and stood up. His friends did the same and they all headed towards the sports field where Jaden had Gym class the day before.

They found a bunch of boys already kicking the ball around and a tall, dark haired man, holding a whistle, standing at the limits of the field. They walked over to him and Jesse spoke up. "Hello."

"Hm?" the man hummed and turned around. He was greeted by the sight of three boys and a girl, all of them having different hair colors. "How can I help you?"

"Well I was hoping to join the soccer team" the bluenette smiled.

"I see… Well I'm sorry, but all of the positions are already taken."

"What?" the four friends said in unison, astonished.

"Are you sure?" Alexis asked with a frown.

"Yes, I'm sure."

"Damn it…" Jesse frowned and looked down.

Jaden saw the look, which was full of disappointment, on his blue haired friend's face and decided to step in. "How about your four best guys against us four?!"

"What?" everyone asked.

"Me, Jesse, Syrus and Alexis will play against four of your best players. And if we win, Jesse gets to play for you!"

"Jaden!" Alexis shouted. She grabbed her best friend by the shoulder and dragged him over to herself. "Have you lost the last bit of your tiny brain? We don't know anything about soccer!"

"Come on! We have to do it! For Jesse!" Jaden demanded.

The blonde kept looking at him and then put on an evil smirk. "Oh, I see. You're trying to suck up to him, aren't ya'?"

"Wh-What?" the brunette blushed. "I am not!"

Alexis snorted and put her hands on her hips. She walked over to the coach and spoke up, "Fine. We'll do it."

"We will?" Syrus, Jaden and Jesse all said in unison. Although, Syrus' voice was the one with the least of excitement.

The blonde nodded and waited for the man's answer. "Hah!" he laughed. "You're on!"

"You four go change and I'll go over to my team" he continued and then blew his whistle, which caused everyone immense pain in their ears. The coach walked away and left the four friends alone.

"Jaden, Alexis, what are you doing?" Syrus asked in panic.

"Oh, just shut up and let's go get our Gym uniforms!" Alexis put her hand around Syrus and they all started walking towards the school to get their uniforms.

"Hey, Jaden" Jesse said while walking.

The brunette looked at his friend.

"Thanks" he said with a soft smile.

"N-No problem" Jaden blushed and quickly looked away, trying to hide his blush from the bluenette.

After changing into their sports uniforms, the four friends walked onto the field. They were awaited by four boys, all with well-built bodies.

"Crap!" Syrus said and slightly ducked his head, as if he was trying to hide his head in the shirt.

"What is it?" Jesse asked in confusion.

"The four guys, one of them is my brother" Syrus stated.

"And one of them is mine, too" Alexis gulped.

The four boys were Zane Truesdale, Chazz Princeton, Atticus Rhodes and Andrew Richfield.

Zane Truesdale is the older brother of Syrus. He's a Senior and considered the hottest guy at school. Girls want to date him, boys want to be like him. Well some boys also want to date him as well.

Atticus is the older brother to Alexis Rhodes. He often tries to set Alexis up with his guy friends, which irritates his sister. He's also a crazy, tree-hanging, surfer. He also takes crazy, embarrassing pictures of his sister whenever he gets the chance.

Andrew Richfield is the son of Jackson Richfield, a powerful businessman. His father always tries to get him into business and commerce, but Andrew wants to be a professional athlete. He is also the older brother of Isis Richfield.

"Hey, sis!" Atticus cheered with a goofy grin from the other side.

"Hi, Atticus" Alexis gulped. She knew this would be a tough challenge.

"I'm still not sure about this, guys…" Syrus shyly said.

"The match between Team Yuki and Team Domino High begins now!" the coach blew his annoying whistle and the game started. The ball was quickly lost between the kicks and passes between the 6 teens.

The goalkeeper on 'Team Yuki's' side was Syrus. He himself had no idea as to why, though; he wasn't really the fittest to be in the goal, but his three friends were faster than him, so they of course would have a better chance at winning with him being there.

On the other side, 'Team Domino Highs' goalkeeper was Chazz Princeton. Chazz is an arrogant snob from a rich family. His father and mother are both important and powerful business people, so they buy their, only, son everything he wants. Some people see him as the 'Male Kayla'.

"Jaden!" Alexis shouted. The brunette looked at his friend. "Pass it here!"

Jaden nodded and quickly avoided Andrew who was trying to take the ball away from him. He kicked it to Alexis and she proceeded towards their opponent's goal.

Zane charged himself towards Alexis and the blonde gulped. "Alexis!" she heard a familiar voice shout. She looked to her left and saw Jesse. Knowing what he wanted, the blonde kicked the ball at the bluenette.

The bluenette accepted the ball and continued his way towards the other side of the field. Suddenly the ball disappeared and a figure ran past him; Atticus kicked the ball away from him. "Damn it!" Jesse cursed.

Atticus swiftly evaded Alexis and Jaden. Syrus panicked when he saw how close the tall brunette was getting. He kicked the ball with all his force and sent it flying towards the short bluenette. "Help!" Syrus cried out and tried to catch the ball, but alas, he failed. The black and white ball went past him and hit the net behind him, bending it in it's doing.

The coach blew the whistle and added 1 point to Team Domino High.

"Oh they're good" Jesse said in between a few pants.

The coach blew the whistle, signaling the end of the game. The teens were all sweating and panting from the exhaustion. The end result was 8:23, for Team Domino High.

"No!" Alexis cried out.

"Damn it!" Jaden growled.

Syrus just sighed and ducked his head.

"How could we lose?! Damn it, damn it, damn it! To Hell with everything!" Jaden kept shouting from anger.

Jesse approached him from behind and put a hand on his shoulder. "It's okay, Jaden. We did our best" he tried to cheer his friend up.

The coach approached the four friends and stuck out a hand for Jesse. The bluenette raised an eyebrow but decided to shake the man's hand anyway. "Welcome on board, Anderson!"

"WHAT?!" the four friends all shouted in unison.

"B-But we lost!" Syrus pointed out.

"Yes, that is true. But I've seen the passion in your eyes, kid. I'd be happy to have you on my team!" Mr. Morrison, the coach, said with a grin.

"Really?!" Jesse's eyes started to sparkle with joy and happiness. "Thank you so much! I will not disappoint you!"

"Hah" the man laughed, "Good to hear! See you tomorrow at 4pm!" he said and walked away.

Jesse turned around and his friends were surprised to see tears in his eyes. "You guys are the best. Thank you" he said with a smile.

"Awww!" the three best friends blushed and all hugged Jesse.

"Especially you, Jaden! If it wasn't for you, we would have never even competed!" Jesse grinned and gave the brunette a bear hug.

They all laughed when Jaden was pleading Jesse to lead go, so that he could breath.

Unknown to them, though, was the fact that they were being watched from afar, by a certain skinny blonde. "Jaden…" she said to herself and stood up. She picked up her purse and walked away.

The final bell rang and all the students made their way out of the facility. Jaden, Jesse, Alexis and Syrus, of course, walked together again. They soon came to the point where they had to split up, but this time, Jesse was headed towards a different direction. "Huh? Aren't you coming to my place?"

"Sorry, Jay'. I'd to love, but… um… I promised my parents to help unpack some boxes. There's still some stuff left" Jesse said while scratching the back of his head.

"Oh" Jaden said simply, but you could hear the disappointment in his voice. "Well… I'll see you guys tomorrow!"

"See ya'!" Alexis and Syrus said in unison and walked away.

"Bye, Jaden!" the bluenette said and waved goodbye to his friend.

"Bye, Jesse!" Jaden waved back and also walked away.

Jesse was walking through his new home town with his hands in his pockets and his thoughts in the clouds. He was thinking about how cute Jaden was for helping him out. It was a really sweet thing to do. He couldn't remember the last time someone did something so nice for him.

He soon reached his destination; an 8 story apartment building. He walked in it through the main gate and stopped at the mailboxes. He took his small mailbox key and unlocked the little container. His expression changed to one full of disappointment when he saw that it was empty. He sighed and closed the box. The bluenette then put the small key back into his pocket and walked into the elevator, pressing the number 7.

Once the elevator stopped, Jesse walked out of it and pulled out a different key, a bigger one. He stopped in front of his apartment door and unlocked it. When he stepped inside, he threw his shoes off and shut the door behind them.

The apartment wasn't that big, but had just enough room for everything; a small kitchen and dining room combine, a decent bathroom, a living room that and even a balcony. The only thing missing was a bedroom! Jesse had to put a bed in the corner of the living room due to this. It didn't really bother him since he lived alone and didn't need that much space. Yes, you read correctly; Jesse doesn't live with his parents, but he lives alone.

The bluenette put down his school backpack and walked over to his kitchen/dining room. It was directly connected to the living room without any walls, so you can't really say that he walked into it.

He opened the refrigerator and took out a cup of instant ramen. He quickly warmed up some water and poured it into the cup, the ingredients in it mixing with the transparent liquid, finishing the instant meal.

He sat down and started eating. After a while, a blue cat with soft red eyes came walking up to Jesse. "Meow!" the little animal meowed and snuggled up to the bluenette's leg.

Jesse looked down and smiled. "Ruby!" he said and petted the cat on her head. "How are you doing, girl?"

"Meow!" she meowed in a happy tone.

Jesse smiled at his friend. He got Ruby when he was 14 and he loved her since the first day. He didn't know what he would do without her! She was always there for him when nobody else was.

The boy finished his meal and threw the little cup in the trash. He sighed and then opened the door of his porch and stepped out onto the balcony that was attached to his apartment.

The view was amazing. Living on the 7th floor really paid off. You could see the red lights shining from the airport. The sky was slowly starting to get darker, which made it even more ambient and serene.

Jesse leaned against the fence and smiled when a sudden image of Jaden appeared in his head. What he did today… It was so sweet…

Then images of Jaden in those short, tight, red short appeared in his head. He was all sweaty and panting hard. And that ass! Wait! What am I thinking?! T-this has to stop!

The bluenette shook his head and tried to process what just happened. He gulped and decided to head back in.

Once inside, Jesse closed the porch door and headed into the bathroom. Maybe a nice hot shower would make things better. And change his direction of thought!

The next day was a day like any other; the sun was shining brightly already, which caused the people Domino city to wake up pretty early. One of them was Jesse Anderson.

The bluenette was still sound asleep when the light of the sun started to gently shine across his face, even though he had curtains. He flinched slowly and stirred a little before sighing and opening his green, almost Emerald, eyes. The direct sunlight caused his pupils to shrink a little, letting in a smaller portion of the light.

He looked over to his nightstand to look at the clock; 6:58 the digital display said in bright red numbers. School starts at 8 so he still had an hour of time left.

He stirred some more in his bed before sitting up and stretching out his arms and yawning in the process. He stood up and walked into the bathroom to get ready to start the day.

It was now 7:31 and Jesse was racing down the stairs to go to school. He stopped in front of the mailboxes and quickly opened his, but sighed in disappointment when he noticed that it was still empty.

He quickly made his way out of the building and started running towards his school. Because the sun rose only a while ago, the clouds were still a mixture of soft orange and bright pink. The warm wind was gently rustling the trees, sending soft dead leaves crumpling to the ground.

The bluenette soon came the facility and saw Jaden, Syrus and Alexis all standing outside, talking and laughing. It was 7:48 so they still had some time left. He quickly made his way over to them, but was stopped halfway when a certain tall blonde girl stepped in front of him with a big smile. "Jesse!" she cheered in a happy tone.

"K-Kayla?" Jesse said in confusion. Why was she talking to him?! Has the world gone mad? "How can I help you?"

"I just wanted to congratulate you for making the team! You'll be an excellent asset to it!" she grinned happily.

"Thanks" he smiled.

"Wow!" the blonde said in amazement. She jumped next to Jesse and started touching his upper arm. "You're really fit! Do you go to the gym?!"

"Um… Rarely" he laughed nervously.

Jaden, Alexis and Syrus were still all laughing when Jaden turned around and saw Kayla with her hands all over his-I mean… all over Jesse! "Why is Kayla touching my-I mean, Jesse?!"

Alexis and Syrus also turned around and saw the scene. Kayla was touching Jesse's upper arm and the bluenette looked incredibly awkward and uncomfortable.

"Hey, Jesse, come over here!" the brunette shouted and waved to his friend.

Jesse and Kayla both noticed this and looked at the brunette. God damn it, Jaden! Kayla thought.

Thank God! Jesse sighed. "Well, I have to go now. My friends are waiting for me. See ya', Kayla" the bluenette smiled and waved goodbye to the blonde.

"Bye, Jess'!" Kayla waved back and then turned around, an angry expression forming itself immediately.

"Hey, guys" Jesse said when he came over to his friends.

"Why were you talking to Kayla?" Syrus asked in confusion.

"And why was she touching you?!" Jaden asked right after him. He slightly blushed after realizing how he asked it; it was in a very jealous way.

"Um… She sort of appeared in front of me and started talking to me. I don't know, she seems nice" he said while scratching the back of his head.

"KAYLA IS NOT NICE!" Syrus and Alexis shouted. Jesse sweat-dropped.

"Kayla's parents found her in a cave while exploring a forest, you know. She was wrapped in a towel with a letter on it, saying 'Please take care of my baby. Love, Satan'" Alexis said.

"What?" Jesse asked in pure confusion.

"She's joking" Syrus said. "But seriously; don't hang out with Kayla, no matter what."

"She's a life ruiner! She ruins people's lives!" Alexis continued.

Jesse noticed the sudden change of expression on Jaden. It was… confusing. It looked like he didn't like the mean comments about Kayla. I wonder what that's about…

The bell ran which meant the end of the first period. Kayla and Isis walked out of the classroom. The blonde was wearing a light blue shell blouse with a black belt around her waist. She also wore black leggings and black high heels. She carried a white purse in her right hand.

Isis on the other hand, wore a tight black tank top and a blue jacket with white stripes over it. On her legs she wore dark blue skinny jeans and a pair of black high heels. She carried a black purse in her left hand. The whole outfit looked very much navy inspired.

"You should've seen the look on Jaden's face when I was all over Jesse" Kayla said with a smirk.

The two best friends were walking down the hallway, headed for their next class. "I thought you're going to leave Jaden alone. I mean, you two m-"

Isis' sentence was cut short when Kayla quickly spoke up. "Shut up! It's true… We made a pact that we would leave each other alone, but the pact never said anything about leaving a love interest alone!" she smirked.

"True… Wow, that's a good loophole."

"I know!" Kayla smiled. "I'm so cute!"

Jaden, Jesse, Alexis and Syrus were sitting in the cafeteria, each of them enjoying in the food and conversation.

The cafeteria always smelled nice, unlike a lot of schools Jesse's been to. The place smelled like freshly made food and always had a warm atmosphere to it. The walls were in a soft light yellow, the floor was light gray linoleum. The tables were all made from metal but the desks where light brown wood, covered with some chemicals to protect it and that it would last longer.

And the food was always delicious! A lot of schools Jesse went to had the worst food, ever! But this school had eatable and really good food! You would have to be stupid to say no to it! Well, it's not a surprise actually; a lot of children from rich families go to this school, so their families also pay a lot of money to the school so that they can offer a better atmosphere.

But most people going to this school weren't rich; a lot were, but not the majority of them.

Kayla and Isis were sitting at a table that was specially reserved for them. They were eating their lunch while the blonde kept glaring at the brunette, Jaden, sitting on the other side of the cafeteria. "Do you have a plan to get Jesse yet, Kayla?" Isis asked while she took a sip of her water.

"Have we just met? Of course I have a plan! Come closer" she said with a smirk. The brunette leaned in closer and started listening. "First, we start acting friendly to Jaden and his two loser friends…"

"What?! But we can't be seen with those losers! They're… losers!" Isis said.

"Ugh!" Kayla growled. "Could you listen? Then we get Jaden's trust back. Then, when the time comes, we'll crush him like the bug he is!"

"And how are we going to do that?" Isis asked in awe.

"Leave that to me."

Jaden was currently in Biology class. The classroom always smelled like ethanol and other chemicals, since it was also used for Chemistry. It also felt cold. The walls were white, the floor was gray and the tables were in a shade of gray as well. It just felt… depressing.

The brunette just sat there twirling his pencil in his hand while starring out the window into the now darkening sky. More rain? Ugh… He mentally growled.

Jaden then looked up to the blackboard to see what the teacher was doing. They had Mrs. Verdel as she teaches both Biology and Chemistry. She was writing some… whatever those were, on the board while holding a textbook in her hand and explaining the material from it.

He missed Jesse. The bluenette had a very similar schedule as Jaden, but there were some differences. One of them being this period; while Jaden was dying from boredom in Biology class, Jesse was, probably, having fun in Gym class. Scratch that; he was definetly having fun in Gym class! His Gym teachers Joanne Fisher, a quite energetic and fun loving middle-aged lady. Her classes were never boring, unlike Mrs. Verdel's Biology class. Well it was boring for Jaden, at least.

Like said, he missed Jesse. The bluenette always made him smile, no matter what. Yes, they've known each other for a short time but Jaden just felt this sort of connection to the boy. And those weren't his hormones, it was his heart. He knew Jesse was something special, something different. He couldn't really label it, but he just knew it in the bottom of his heart.

Some hours later the final bell rang. Alexis and Syrus were waiting for Jaden to come from his last class. "Where is that idiot?" Alexis pouted and placed her hands on her hips.

"Probably looking for Jesse" Syrus snickered. The two of them looked at each other and started laughing.

"Dear Gods… It's probably true though" Alexis said while covering her mouth with her hand, partly hiding her smile.

Just as soon she finished her sentence when she felt something light hit her chin for a fraction of a second. "Huh?" she looked up and saw billions of transparent small orbs falling from the sky; it finally decided to rain. "Fuck! My hair!" she whined.

"Come on, let's go under the school roof!" Syrus quickly said and the two of them ran under the roof above the giant entrance door.

"If Jaden doesn't show up in the next 10 seconds, so help me God I will-"

Alexis' sentence was cut short when she heard a loud thud. The two friends looked behind them and saw Jaden lying on the floor on his stomach and his limbs spread wide out.

"Jaden, what are you doing?" the small boy asked with a sigh.

The brunette looked up at his two friends and started laughing nervously while patting the back of his head. "Guess I tripped."

"Come on, let's go already!" Alexis said.

"Wait" Jaden protested and stood up. The two friends turned around to see what he had to say. "Wha-What about J-Jesse?" he asked with a light blush.

"Jaden!" Syrus said with a smirk as he leaned closer to his friend.

"Is that a blush?!" Alexis asked with a smirk. Her voice was slightly lower, due to the gasp she added to the end of her sentence.

"N-No! Stop looking at me!" the brunette flailed around.

"Jesse already left, Jaden" Syrus said.

Jaden looked at his friend with slightly wide eyes.

"While someone was taking their time coming out of the school, Jesse already came out and told us he had to be somewhere" Alexis said. There was a hint of sorrow in her voice. She knew Jaden had a crush on Jesse, and she hated seeing her friends sad.

"Oh…" Jaden responded in a simple and monotone voice, while looking at the ground. "Well we better get going…"

"Why does it have to rain though?!" Alexis cried out.

On the other side of the town though, a certain bluenette came rushing into his apartment building. The automatic door closed behind him while he was gasping for air from all the running, although the rain still got him soaking wet. Great…

He then proceeded to the mailboxes and opened his little box. A small gasp escaped his body when he saw an envelope in it. He quickly grabbed it and turned it to the other side to see who it was from. A sad aura suddenly surrounded him when he realized it was just some junk mail. "Fucking advertisements!" he quietly growled and crushed the piece of paper in his hand. He closed the box and looked down at the ground, now disappointment written all over his face. Just fucking great…

Yay new chapter! I'm SOOOOO HAPPY with your reviews, guys! They are so sweet and just argh you're gonna make me cry. I'd respond to them but I just can't form my happiness into words so sorry :c

Anyway, before I address some important things here, tell me what you guys thoughts of the chapter! CRITICIZE EVERYTHING! What do you of the plot? Is it moving too fast, too slow? What do you think about the chapter titles? I try to make them sassy and fun, but I don't know; am I succeeding, am I not?! Tell me! Okay, on with the addressing!

Firstly; as you can see, Jaden and his friends are here sophomores, not seniors. I also changed that in the first chapter; nothing drastic, just a few words changed here and there. The reason this happened is because I needed Zane and the other guys to still be in school, and if Syrus was a senior, and Zane being his older brother, that just wouldn't make sense.

Secondly; I hope the soccer part is okay! I literally have no idea about that game (I mean, besides the basics) because it just isn't interesting to me so I have no idea how these things are played. I watched a few when I was waaaaaaaaay younger, but who the Hell could remember something so unimportant like that?

Anyway, WHAT IS KAYLA PLOTTING? I SMELL TROUBLE! And why is Jesse so obsessed with his mailbox? Hmm… I now smell secrets as well! Guess you're going to find them out in the later chapters!

And I also reached another word record with this chapter! Yay, these things keep getting longer and longer!

So thank you again for your lovely reviews, and my thanks also goes to everyone who followed and favored this story! YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!

Keep your eyes open for chapter 3!

With love, Electra xoxo