One Too Many

TWHACK

Linear slapped the tennis ball over the net and towards Matilda at an incredible speed. Matilda returned the hit, almost tripping in the process. An orange haired female with glasses wrote down some notes from her examination of the pair. She cupped her mouth with one hand and yelled, "Alright you two, you can stop for now!"

Linear, who had stopped after her last launch, turned towards the female that shared her hair color, but with less intensity. Matilda had already hit the ball right back by the time they were called to stop. Her eyes widened in horror, "Linear! Watch out!"

Linear turned, only to be socked back by the speeding tennis ball.

"Oh my gosh!" Yelled Matilda. Dropping the racket, she raced towards the fallen Linear's side. "Are you alright Lin?! Speak to me!" She screamed as she shook Linear's half-conscious form. Linear made some incoherent bubbling sounds. The female with the glasses ran to their side, "Mattie! What did you do?!"

"It's not like I meant it Emily! Linear! Linear! Wake up!"

But Linear stayed motionless, the red round bump on her forehead growing with each passing second.

Emily stared at the fallen female worriedly, "Maybe you should take her to the infirmary…she's not looking too good."

Matilda paled at the thought; she had sent her best friend to the nurse, what if it was serious? She was already an enigma to society; she didn't need to make her the alien from another planet.

"Hey! What's going on here?!"

The two conscious girls turned towards an elderly looking teacher, her light hazel hair turning gray with age.

Emily stood up instantly, "Uh…Mrs. Short…umm…well, you see…Mattie accidentally knocked Lin unconscious here. I was just finishing suggesting that she take her to the infirmary when you showed up."

Mrs. Short crouched down and stared at the disfigured Linear, "Mmm-hmm…you might just want to, seems like its K.O for the girl. Hopefully it doesn't affect her swing, we still have to help her improve on it."

Mrs. Short and Mattie helped Linear stand on her feet. "You think you can handle this on your own Mattie?"

Matilda nodded her head, and slowly walked towards the infirmary, Linear leaning her weight on her the whole way.

Kai came to a running halt at the drinking fountain, his forehead dripping with sweat from the mile run he had just returned from. He bent down and took a long drink. He wiped the water from his face with the back of his hand when Linear came stumbling out of the school. He raised a brow before cupping his mouth with his hands and yelling out, "Linear!"

Linear's head perked up, she smiled at Kai while waving her hand. She slowly stumbled her way towards the male. Kai met her half way.

"What's up with you? You aren't trying to find different ways of walking again are you?"

Linear shook her head, "Nope! Mattie knocked my brains out, so I'm kinda dysfunctional right now!" Linear flashed him a grin.

Kai nodded unsurely, usually people wouldn't be too happy to be in a dysfunctional state, but Linear isn't like most people. "I see, how did she do that?"

"Tennis"

"Ah…" He mumbled, shoving his hands in his sweat pockets. Kai glanced around as the rest of the other students from track came into view, "Looks like the others are almost done."

Linear turned and nodded her head as well as she watched everyone come closer towards them.

"Are you doing track again this year?"

Linear turned towards Kai and nodded her head, "Yup! I'm also doing swimming! What about you? Are you gonna do swimming again this year?"

Kai shrugged his shoulders, "I might, I'm not too sure yet."

"There's a meeting on Monday"

Kai rubbed the back of his head, "Yeah, I heard about that…I'll probably go and tell Bradford that I haven't decided yet."

Linear furrowed her brows in a serious manner, "You do know that if you go, Mr. Bradford is gonna force you to join by giving you a HUGE lecture as to why you should join."

Kai smirked, "Yeah…I'll just walk away before he can get started."

Linear folded her arms, "Walking won't help you, you gotta run like your life depends on it!"

Kai let out a chuckle, "Yeah…I guess…" He watched as the rest of the track team huddled around Mr. Crawford, "Guess I better go, I'll see you tomorrow Lin"

"Kay! Have fun Kai!"

Kai rolled his eyes and ran towards the group. Linear turned, a goofy grin plastered on her face. When she was far enough, she let out a high squeal before running towards her home, she'd have to thank Mattie for hitting her with a tennis ball.

Raul jumped over the last two steps of the stairs, his hands motioning as if he were playing a guitar. His earphones pumping out the beat of the music he was listening to. Julia watched her twin dance into the kitchen, sliding towards the fridge and shaking his booty as he scavenged for something to eat. All through this time Julia brought her glass of ice cold water towards her lips, allowing the liquid to quench her dry throat.

Raul turned, a bowl of left over lasagna from the other day in his hands. His eyes were closed as his head moved in tune with the beat. He used his foot to close the fridge. He boogied on over to the microwave and placed his food in it. He did a turn, his hands motioning once more as if he were holding a guitar when he spotted Julia staring at him in an amused manner. Raul dropped his hands, "What are you looking at?" He asked, his expression serious.

Julia smirked, "Quit acting all manly Raul, you're embarrassing yourself."

Raul grunted and turned to take out his lasagna. He grabbed a seat and sat down, shoving a spoonful of lasagna into his mouth.

Julia rolled her eyes, "Are you guys doing anything fun tonight?"

Raul shrugged his shoulders, "Not that I know of, why?"

"Just asking…I was hoping you'd make my Friday night fun."

Raul smirked, "You can't always rely on me to help you out. Take Linear for example, she finds ways to amuse her self."

Julia let out a sigh, "But it's Linear, it doesn't take much effort to amuse the girl."

"True, but still…you could learn something. And speaking of Lin, where is she?"

"Don't know, she didn't come home yet."

"Hmm…probably over at Mattie's house"

"Probably"

The twins stayed quiet after that, Julia drinking her water and Raul eating his leftover lasagna. The twins both simultaneously turned their head in the direction of the door when it slammed opened and a loud obnoxious voice rang through the house:

"I'M HOME!!" Sang the voice of Linear. The pair watched as she skipped into view a silly grin plastered on her face. They glanced at each other before standing up and heading towards the foot of the stairs.

Julia called out, "What are you up to Lin?"

Linear spun around, her grin still plastered on her face, "I ma goin' up ter ma room!" She said in a country accent. Raul chuckled but instantly stopped when Julia gave him a stern look. He coughed into his hands, "Ahem…why do you have a silly grin plastered on your face? You didn't do something bad did you?"

Linear shook her head, "Nope! At least…I don't think so…"

Julia rolled her eyes, "Whatever Linear, we'll find out soon enough"

"Find out what?" She asked, tilting her head to the side.

"What you're up to!"

"Oh! I can tell you!"

Julia gave Linear a deadpanned look.

"Well, I'm going up to my room to get my experiment set that mom and dad bought me and heading towards the basement to do some experimenting!"

Raul let out a meek laugh, "Remember what happened yesterday at school Lin? You don't want to set the house on fire, mom's going to kill you!"

"I won't!" She replied in a sure manner before skipping the rest of the way up the stairs. Julia and Raul exchanged looks, this wasn't going to turn out very well.

--

Raul was lying on the long red sofa, a comic book in hand when the doorbell rang. His head perked up, after about a second he threw his comic book aside and headed towards the door when Linear came running into the room screaming at the top of her lungs: "I'LL GET IT!!"
Raul had to step aside in order not to get mauled by the hyperactive girl. She had on her goggles and lab coat when she came rushing out.

Linear panted as she opened the door. The male outside raised an amused brow.

"Uh…do I even want to know Lin?" Kai asked as he examined her attire.

Linear grinned at Kai, "Not really. What are you doing here? Raul said you guys weren't planning on doing anything tonight."

Kai smirked, "Yeah, but we changed our minds" Kai leaned forward, "Between you and me, Raul doesn't even know me or the other guys are showing up."

Linear made a silent 'oh' sound before placing her pointer finger onto her lips to make a quiet motion. Kai rolled his eyes and stepped into the house. Raul's head popped out, a brow raised.

"What are you doing here?"

Kai held up the DVD in his hands. Raul looked around, "When did we plan this?"

"Now" Replied Kai as he walked towards the living room, dropping the DVD on the coffee table as he took a seat on the red sofa, grabbing the comic book in the process.

Julia came down at this time to see who had showed up, and when she spotted Kai she began yelling at Raul for lying to her. Raul made a poor attempt of defending himself. Linear waited patiently for Julia to stop her tantrum before addressing Raul.

"Can I invite Mattie?"

Raul stared at her, "Why are you asking me? I'm not your mom."

"I know that. But since it's your movie night, can I invite Mattie?"

Raul watched as Linear widened her golden eyes, jutting her bottom lip in the process. Kai watched the siblings in amusement, waiting to hear Raul's response. Raul pursed his lips before letting out a defeated sigh, "Sure Linear…go ahead…"

Linear grinned and punched the air, "Score! The powerful pouty face of Linear Ferdinand has never failed! I'll go call Mattie right now!"

As Linear ran into the kitchen a loud booming noise shook the house. Raul and Kai looked around, a look of shock on their face. Linear poked her head slowly out of the kitchen archway, a look of a culprit getting caught on her face.

"Oops…" She mumbled out, the phone clutched in her hands. "I forgot I had left the fire on…"

Raul and Kai's eyes widened in shock, they both replied simultaneously, "WHAT?!"

Linear held her hands up in defense, "Don't worry! I don't think I set anything on fire! In fact! I'll go check on it right now!" Linear ran back into the kitchen in order to head towards the basement. The two males followed suit. When Linear opened the door that lead to the basement a cloud of smoke came stampeding in. The three teens covered their face, their eyes watering as their lungs constricted in response to the smell. The two males rushed to open every window they could get their hands on. Linear had a look of disgust on her face as she headed into the heart of the cloud.

When she reemerged she had a gas mask on. The two males looked at her in disbelief.

Raul gaped at his sister, "What is this?! You leave us to choke to death?!" he coughed out.

Linear ignored him, "I believe using Raul's socks don't give good results."

"What?!" Exclaimed Raul. Linear turned towards him, "I was trying to invent a deodorant to cure the smell in your feet…but it seems using your socks only makes it worst. Thus, the smelly cloud of smoke."

Raul didn't know whether to be mad or amused. Kai on the other hand had escaped to the outside of the house. When he looked back, he shook his head; he didn't understand how the Ferdinand house still stood with Linear doing experiments in the basement. He heard a screech come from inside.

"WHAT IS THIS SMELL?! LINEAR!"

Kai flinched, Julia was pissed. He let out a sigh, maybe he should just call the guys and head home…he didn't want to be there when the parents came home. He flinched at the thought. He shook his head and walked directly towards his home with his hands in his pockets. Life in the Ferdinand household was never boring, he'd say that much.

The weekend had passed by in a blur and Kai found himself reluctantly headed towards the swim team meeting. Maybe he could be manager this year.

"Kai!" Kai turned and waited for Julia to catch up. Julia flashed him a grin, "Are you planning on joining the team again this year?"

Kai shrugged his shoulders, "Don't know, what about you? Are you going to actually swim this year?"

Julia rolled her eyes, "You know for a fact that I'm a poor swimmer. I plan on being manager again this year."

Kai nodded his head, well there goes his plans for manager. But it wouldn't matter, Mr. Bradford probably wouldn't give it to him. Kai held the door open for Julia. When the couple arrived there were already about ten people waiting; Matilda, Linear, and Tala included. Kai nodded in acknowledgment towards Tala as he took a seat next to them, Julia following his lead.

Tala went to talk to Kai when he felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned to find Linear's outstretched hand. Tala let out a sigh, "That's not fair Lin! Kai came in with Julia so that doesn't count!"

"Give me" She stated simply. Tala let out a 'tsk' as he fished his book bag for something. He pulled out a bar of chocolate and handed it to Linear. "I am never betting against you anymore. You always win."

Linear grinned as she opened the bar of chocolate, when she went to take a bite a hand came and snatched the bar away. Linear blinked in surprise, did she make it vanish? She looked at her hand, opening and closing it.

"Hn"

Linear looked towards Kai who held the chocolate in her face, Linear reached out to grab it, but Kai retracted it away. "No chocolate for you just yet. I'll give it back to you after the meeting."

"B-b-but Kaaaaiii…I like chocolate…"

"I know you do, but not now." And to solidify his statement, he placed the bar in his own book bag. Linear watched with a sorrowful expression as the bar disappeared from her view. She felt Mattie place a comforting hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry Lin, look at it this way, it's in his book bag." Instantly Linear's face brightened up at the thought. Matilda was right, there was a plus side to Kai taking her chocolate. He was blessing it with his amazing-ness. Matilda let out a sigh as Linear vanished into her dream world where everything is laid out in a fairytale.

"Alright team!" Mr. Bradford stood in front of the teens a look of approval on his face, he was a tall man reaching about 6'5 with short, balding, dirty blonde hair, "I'm glad to see some old faces," He winked at Kai; Kai let out a low groan, this was what he hated about joining; Bradford relied on him to win everything. "and some new ones" Continued Bradford, "This year I'm hoping we'll make it to Nationals, and place a few more people in the top five. I just want all of you to know that practice starts this Wednesday." Bradford stopped and nodded his head at Linear who had her hand raised, "Go ahead Lin."

"Do we get new swim suits?"

"Probably; why, don't like the old ones?"

Linear shook her head, "The girl's uniform was nice, it's just…do the guys have to wear the Speedos? It looks funny…"

A round of giggles from most of the girls could be heard. Kai rolled his eyes, another reason why he didn't want to join. He hated the guy's swimsuit.

"Calm down ladies, let's be adults about this. And yes Lin, the guy's have to wear the Speedos. It helps them swim faster. And boys, I highly recommend you shave your legs, the hairs slow you down for those of you who don't know."

Kai smirked at Linear's comment, "I hate guys with hairy legs…it looks weird…and it probably feels weird too!"

"If you want Lin, I'll let you feel mine" Tala offered, pulling his pant leg up.

"Ewww! Gross Tala! I don't want to feel that! Put it away, you're going to traumatize me!"

Kai chuckled, but didn't give his two cents on the conversation.

"Alright, well, that's it." He turned towards Julia, "I'm guessing you want to be manager again this year right?"

"Right"

"Okay, you're manager. I need you to stay after school so I can give you the draft of the schedule. I need the hard copy typed and turned in to me by the end of this week."

"Got cha!"

"Okay, team dismissed."

As the students filed out, an excited chatter followed them. Kai pulled his book bag towards him, guess he was going to swim again this year. He felt a tug on his sleeve, he turned and found Linear staring up at him with her large golden eyes. He raised a brow, "What?"

"Gimme" She stated as she extended her hands out. It took Kai a while to realize that he had taken her chocolate at the beginning of the meeting. He fished it out of his book bag and placed it on her open palm. A smile broke out on her face, she turned and headed out the door, the chocolate bar between her teeth. Kai shook his head, he felt bad for the teachers she had next.

Linear examined her half eaten chocolate bar. "Hey Mattie?"

"Yeah"

"Wouldn't it be cool if I could have two chocolate bars?"

"Not really, why…oh no! You are not allowed to duplicate that bar! You don't even have the degree that says it's legal to do those things!"

Linear grinned, "But magic doesn't need a license…I think…oh well! Now, ahem…"

…

Matilda stared at Linear, who stared at the bar of chocolate, before smiling sheepishly at no one in particular, "I can't think of a rhyme…"

If Matilda had expected that, she probably wouldn't have fallen on the ground in exasperation, "Well, I'm not the magical person…witch…whatever you are! You come up with something."

"Umm…something that has two in it…"

Matilda let out a fake yawn, "Anytime Linear, I do have a life to live ya know?"

"Okay! Okay! I got it! I have one, but I want two! Let's duplicate this chocolate…for me…and you?" She rhymed uncertainly. Matilda raised a brow as she stared at the chocolate bar. The two friends waited but nothing happened.

"Ummm…well, that didn't work" Stated Linear as she took a bite of her chocolate. After she took a bite, the same piece she bit off reappeared again. Matilda leaned away in surprise. Linear's mouth fell open, her chocolate falling to the ground in the process.

"Did you see that Mattie?"

"I think so"

"Did I actually do something that worked?"

"Technically…you asked for two…not a chocolate that regenerates itself…"

"Whoa…" Linear took another bite and watched as the bitten piece reappeared. "That…is…so…cool…"

Matilda couldn't help but agree, a never ending chocolate bar sounded pretty good.

--

"Too…much…choco…late…ugh…" Groaned Linear as she slumped down, her back slouched against the fence, the same half eaten chocolate bar in one hand, while the other rubbed against the aching stomach. "Ugh…I don't feel too good…" Linear slid more towards the ground until she was flat on her back, her bar of chocolate sitting loosely on her palm.

"Ugh! Lin?! What is it this time?! Last time you had to sit out of practice because you got knocked out with a tennis ball, what could be wrong with you this time?!" Emily yelled in agitation as she approached the collapsed girl. She stared at Linear's pained look and towards the chocolate bar in her hands. Emily raised a brow, "How many did you eat?"

"Ugh…"

"I can't believe you!" Emily looked around and spotted Matilda coming out of the girl's changing room, swinging her racket. "Mattie! Come here for a sec! We've got an issue!"

Matilda raised a brow but approached Emily, understanding the "issue" as she spotted Linear sprawled on the ground, her arm raised up in the air clutching the bar that Emily tried to pry off the girl's fingers.

"Let go Linear! This is the cause of your stomach ache!"

"Ugh…"

"Let go!"

"Ugh…"

"I said let go!"

"Ugh…!"

Matilda stood towering over Linear, shaking her head in disappointment. The girl was clearly in pain but she still managed to hold a firm grip on the bar.

"Linear!"

"Ugh…"

"I am team captain! I can take you off the team!"

"Ugh…!"

"Fine! Maybe I won't take you off but I'll do something much worst if you don't let go the bar!"

"Ugh…!"

Matilda took hold of Emily's hand, "I'll handle this Em; you just go check on the other girls."

Emily huffed but took Matilda's advice and marched towards the other girls. Linear's hand dropped limply back down towards the ground. Matilda looked pityingly at Linear.

"Maybe a never ending chocolate bar isn't as good as it sounds."

"Ugh…"

"Maybe you can undo it"

"Ugh…"

Matilda blew on her bangs, "Come on, I'll help you to the infirmary…again…"

"Ugh…"

Matilda bent down and carried most of Linear's weight as they walked slowly towards the infirmary. On the way there they spotted the track team warming up.

"Ugh…"

Matilda rolled her eyes, "Not now Lin, besides I don't see him"

"Ugh!"

"What?!"

"What happened to you?"

Matilda spun around, ignoring Linear's groans. She smiled sheepishly at Kai who stood arms crossed in a manner full of authority.

"Umm…well…you see…"

Kai raised a brow and lowered his gaze towards the chocolate bar in Linear's hands.

"Is that the same chocolate bar Tala gave her?"

"Uh…no…it's…it's another one…yeah…another one"

Kai raised a brow, "No it isn't." He took hold of the chocolate bar, yanking it but in vain. Linear wouldn't let go the bar.

"Linear, give it to me."

"Ugh…"

Matilda rolled her eyes, "Not again, look Kai, Lin's not feeling too good. I'm taking her to the infirmary."

Kai stared at the small girl in doubt. Linear's petite form almost matched Matilda's except for the fact that Linear was a head taller. "I don't think you two will make it"

Matilda glared, "Well then why don't you take her!"

Kai snorted, "And have her puke on me? No thanks"

"Whoa!" Yelled out Matilda, bending her knees in order to support the rest of Linear's weight; "Lin! A little help here?! You don't weigh like a feather you know!"

"Ugh…"

Kai watched on amused, a smirk on his face. He shook his head and took hold of the orange haired female, carrying her bridal style. Matilda gave him a grateful look.

"Ugh…" Linear mumbled something else but the pair couldn't decipher it.

Kai let out a sigh, "Since I'm already holding her, I might as well take her."

"You go and do that! Thanks a bunch Kai! Feel better Linear!"

"UGH!"

"Quit complaining Lin, Mattie couldn't have made it without collapsing. Man, how much do you weigh?"

"Ugh…"

Kai shook his head and walked towards the infirmary, the pained female in his arms.

--

When the pair had arrived, the nurse was out. Kai placed Linear on the bed and tried to take the bar away from her but Linear held on.

"Lin, give it to me."

"Ugh…"

"I just want to see if it expired."

"Ugh…"

"Linear Ferdinand"

"Ugh…"

Kai let out a defeated sigh and took a seat on the provided chair. Linear rolled up into a ball, securing the chocolate in between her body and hand. Kai leaned on the chair and stared around the room, he didn't want to leave the girl in the condition she was in just in case she needed to go to the restroom to puke.

"…Kai…"

Kai turned his head to the girl and smirked, "So you can talk now huh?"

"Hmm…can you leave?"

"Why?"

"Just because…"

"Why?"

"Because…"

"If you don't give a better excuse I ain't budging."

"Please?"

"Hn"

Linear let out a defeated sigh and closed her eyes, mumbling something that Kai couldn't catch. Linear took the bar out of its hiding place and placed it beside her, Kai went to reach out for it but retracted his hand when the bar began to glow. Kai furrowed his brows before rubbing his eyes.

When he looked back he nearly fell out of his chair, the bar of chocolate had morphed into a small chocolate blob monster that was snarling at him.

"What the—"

"Ugh…" Groaned Linear; that was not what she wanted the chocolate to do. The chocolate blob turned towards its creator, its small chocolate mouth opening to let out a feeble roar. Kai placed his hands in front of him, getting up slowly.

"Don't move Lin…that thing could be deadly."

Linear ignored him and let out a low groan, followed by some incoherent rambling. The next thing he knew he was inhaling a puff of smoke. The door to the infirmary opened and the nurse walked through. By the time the nurse had noticed the pair the smoke had cleared so the nurse was staring at Kai as if he had lost his mind. He was swatting the air as if fighting off a hoard of flies. She stared at Linear on the bed and back towards Kai.

"Is something wrong?"

Kai turned and let out an embarrassed cough but quickly diverted his attention towards Linear and the miniature chocolate monster. He stared confusingly at the melted chocolate bar and towards Linear who was sleeping soundlessly. He turned towards the nurse and gave her a confused look. The nurse in return gave him a stern one.

"Excuse me sir, but I don't allow eating in the infirmary. I have to ask you to clean up the chocolate mess you made."

Kai opened and closed his mouth and pointed at the puddle. He let out a defeated sigh and walked towards the cabinet to grab a paper towel.

What just happened?

TK: Well, after an unanimous review...I've written the next chapter! Well...I've had this sitting on my computer for a few days now, but I wanted to post a chapter for WIN and LOBC first...but I'm lacking in the inspiration department...sadly...

But other than that, I hope you liked this chapter!

Thanks to:

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GoddessPhoenix3173- I don't know if I will do pairings...I was kinda thinking so and I was also thinking to just leave it as it is, with Lin having a crush on Kai...but I don't know yet, I might do pairings...hmm

niki-the-polkadot- yeah, it is different. i wanted to try something different and work from there. So I hoping this will turn out good!

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And to the other readers out there! Thanks for taking the time to read it!