Chapter 2: My One Weakness...

9-21-15

The whole school year was a competiton at almost every class. AP Biology, AP History, etc. I won most and Cindy only won a few... Okay it was more of a 60:40 ratio on average, it ultimately depended on the day. Things were going in my favor today until...

I walked out of AP Spanish 1 alongside Cindy. Apparently, we have every class together with the exception of PE. We both were on our way to AP English, the last period of the day.

"Take that! I beat you in Spanish!" I heard her say. "Now I demand the money you have so fork it over!"

"Not so fast Vortex! I still won Biology and we tied in History!" I retort.

"Ah, but you forget. The bet was exclusive to Spanish." Cindy stated in a matter-of-fact fashion.

I was about to give it, but then I thought otherwise. "How about a counter-offer?" I asked. "We have one last class left. It'll be a double or nothing sort of deal."

"Alright, but you better have 40 bucks when I win then!" She said.

"IF you win, which will never happen." I state back.

"I just did in Spanish and I nail English as a subject." I fell silent after hearing that. I'm not ready to admit that I wasn't perfect in English. I was good with spelling, grammar and all that. It's just that my mind doesn't come up with any good stories to write on paper. We walked inside the classroom and I was seated behind her.

The exam started and I didn't want to lose. I struggled to think of a good story, but I couldn't come up with everything. About an hour passed and... let's just say it didn't end well. I had to find some way for Cindy to not find out, to save the emberassment.

"Okay class, trade your tests with your partners." The teacher said. Cindy almost immediately snatched my test and thrusted me hers. "You better not cheat your way out of this one." she said.

I graded hers honestly and she got it 110% correct due to going a page and a half. I barely did it with 3 quarters of a page. I was screwed. I didn't know what'd she would think of my story. "Tsk tsk tsk. Neutron. I knew I was better than you in English, but this is pitiful."

"Ugh... what did I get?" I ask quietly.

"48% according to the standards. Wow, did the genius lose his smarticles?" Cindy said laughing as we were leaving the classroom.

This was emberassing. "OK! OK! STOP IT!" I said in vain.

"Oh is the almighty Jimmy Neutron's ego struck? What have I done!?" She said faceciously all the while laughing.

"Just tell me what you want since you won..." I say in a low seething tone.

"Well aren't you gonna fork over the money or am I gonna have to take it from you?" Cindy asked. I then took out my wallet and gave her $40 as promised.

"I hope you're happy with yourself Vortex," I say still seething.

"Don't get mad at me, you brought this upon yourself. If I'd known better I'd say you did this on purpose." Cindy said smiling.

I was now pissed. We were outside heading to the busses by now. I still had a chance of redemption, so I decided to throw a punch to her. Cindy dodged it and managed to roundhouse kick me in the back causing me to fall on the concrete. Cindy then looked at me still grinning.

"H-How did you know that..." I ask in shock.

"I guess I didn't mention that I'm a black belt." Cindy said in a matter-of-fact form.

"WHAT!?" My anger vanished in an instant. Cindy then laughed.

"Now you know what happens if you try attacking me." She said walking off to our bus.

"Yea..." I say walking to my bus putting a hand to my spine area in the process. She's tougher than I thought.

AN: I know it's been a while. I'll be more often from now on. Every chapter is every month in all of high school. Some chapters will be longer than others though. I'll also update another story of mine every 2 chapters of this story.