A/N : Meant to update earlier actually, I just got stuck thinking of a name for Sissy's Leadbelly counterpart (took me several days ;w;) I didn't know if there was an official name for him, but since he didn't appear or was mentioned in the episode I based this whole fic from, I assume there isn't and named him myself. The same goes for Gil and Mary's counterparts.
Enjoy the update! :)
Disclaimer : As I stated in chapter 1, I don't own Johnny Test.
EDIT : I changed the name of Mary's counter part to Mark, and Glitter Girl to Glam Glam Girl to make it match with what the wikia says :) Thanks to anon for the info ~! :D
Corrected a bunch of typos while I was at it :))
Chapter 3 : Still Thinking of You
Back to present date... In an alternate universe...
We get a glimpse of life at Leadbelly, more particularly a certain flame-haired girl's current life in Leadbelly.
Who is this girl? It's none other than Joni West of course, the girl that Johnny met during his little accidental visit, the girl that Johnny nearly shared a kiss with.
Johnny and Joni are very much alike. For starters, they both were often described as flame-headed or flame-haired. Second, they both have talking dogs for best friends. Third, they both have genius elder twin siblings who treat them as test subjects. The list of similarities just goes on and on, but there was a major difference between them and that was their gender. The same goes for the rest of the town, nearly everything is the same except for the gender of the residents. Nearly everyone in Porkbelly had their own gender swapped counterpart in Leadbelly. All these similarities were practically screaming alternate universe, but both Johnny and Joni, along with their dogs, were either too blinded by each other or were too stupid to realize this.
Maybe if they knew, they wouldn't develop feelings for each other. Maybe of they knew, Joni wouldn't still be so hung up about him even after Johnny, and his dog Dukey, had went back home. It was sad to think about how after several years, Joni still couldn't stop thinking about him.
She stills remembers the day Johnny came and left so abruptly after being sucked by a dimensional portal. While her friend Dutchy had a confused look plastered on her face, Joni had a look of sadness, hurt, and regret. They had left so abruptly that they didn't get to say their goodbyes to each other. Joni never had the chance to tell him the feelings she had developed after spending the day with him.
It took her a few minutes to process that he was gone, and would possibly never return. Tears threatened to fall from her eyes that day, but crying was so unlike her so she sucked it up and trudged into the house. It was when she was climbing the stairs when she suddenly had a bright idea. Dutchy knew it would ended up badly and tried to coerce her out of it, but she was too determined and immediately switched her course from going straight to her room to going to her brother's lab.
Joni could still remember how she half sprinted and half ran towards her brother's lab with Dutchy still trying to talk her out of it, not that she was listening. How she slammed the door. How her brothers jumped in surprise and nearly dropped the vials they were holding. Most specially, she remembered how she had begged her brothers to open up a portal to where ever Johnny was. She remembers the skeptical and disbelieving looks on their faces when she finished explaining who Johnny was and why she wanted to find him.
"I think that I might like him. So please, help me get to him!" Those were her exact words. Just hearing Joni say she actually liked someone was a shock to them. They were about to refuse when Joni offered to help them with Jill, the girl which both brothers fancied. Upon hearing this they both agreed to help.
It's been years since that day and her brothers have yet to keep their end of the bargain. She on the other hand had set-up her brothers and Jill on several dates already, all of which slowly helped them realize that Jill was a total airhead who was just not suited for them.
One of her brothers, Mark, had already given up after their most recent date. Now, only Simon was still pinning after the idiot blonde. Somehow Joni felt that he was only trying to bear with him in hopes that Eugenia, Glam Glam Girl as she prefers to be called, would finally give up on him. It looks as though that wasn't anytime soon... Poor Simon West.
Today was the start of a new day and Joni West still had high school to attend to. Before she left, Joni went up towards her brother's lab hoping to see at least Simon in there. They did not disappoint, it seemed that they were up there working all night on something, she could tell by the bags under their eyes.
"Morning brainy bros!" She greeted cheerfully as she walked towards a half-awake Simon.
"Morning Joni" Simon yawned facing his sister. Mark was too focused on what he was doing that he didn't even hear Joni greet them a good morning.
Joni started to stare at what they were doing, trying as best as she can to understand as to what it was. She reached out and nearly touched the beaker perched atop a lighted Bunsen burner when she heard their mother yell something about being late. She immediately retracted her hand and looked at her brother Simon who moved to a table on the opposite side they were working on and was starting to fix up two cups of coffee.
Coffee. Her eyebrows shot up at this observation. She knew that they hated drinking coffee. They must be working on something so important and difficult that they needed an intake of caffeine.
She shook her head. It was no time for her to delay any longer, she was going to miss the bus if she didn't hurry it up. So she approached Simon yet again. By now he was already taking a sip at the cup he made for himself. The effect seemed to be immediate as he started to look more awake than he was a few seconds ago. Deciding now's a good time to tell him, she spoke.
"Well bro, I don't know what you and Mark are doing, but I set you up on a study date with Jill this afternoon. So finish whatever it is by then."
As soon as Joni finished what she had said, Simon groaned. It was quite obvious that he wasn't fond of study dates with Jill. He once said that he felt that a thousands of his brain cells died as he tried to tutor Jill.
"You'll have to tell Jill that I can't. Me and Mark would likely finish by the time you get home and we'd like to catch up on some well needed sleep after." Simon said as he finished the coffee in the second cup he made. She raised an eyebrow at this and inquired, "You do realize that you just drank two cups of coffee... Right?" Simon shrugged at this as he was making yet another cup. "I need it more than he does. Unlike Mark, I'm not that well adapted to going on for days without sleep. Anyway, you should get going otherwise you'll miss the bus and be late. You wouldn't want to be failing and repeating high school all over again like Jill." The former object of affection of the genius twin brothers, Jill Nextdor, was so dumb that she failed so bad she was now placed in Joni's level.
Joni laughed at this and nodded at his brothers words. "Alright. I'll tell her that you can't make it today when I see her in school." She then rushed out of the lab and the house biding Dutchy a goodbye as she handed her bag to her before sprinting towards the bus stop.
As soon as Joni arrived the bus arrived as well and she immediately hopped in. Once she was inside the bus, Joni made her way towards her usual place only to see it was already occupied by someone and that someone is Cecilio Vlakely.
Cecilio Vlakely is a half-Spanish transfer student from Spain. He has blonde hair like his father which was messy yet stylish with red highlights and his eyes are blue like the sky. His family moved in to Leadbelly around a month before Johnny's visit. Ever since Joni could remember, Cecilio has always been demeaning her leading up to their rivalry. This all changed though during their middle school graduation when Joni was forced to wear a dress, a rather feminine dress, by her mother. Even her usual flaming hair was changed into an elegant bun which Joni dreaded of course. In fact she kept on yelling how ugly she looked, but Cecilio thought otherwise. It was at that point when Cecilio changed his attitude towards Joni.
The first time he asked her out! Joni brutally turned him down. He didn't give up though and kept on pursuing her. Cecilio became rather friendly around Joni hanging around with her at school and playing video games over at each other's houses during their free time. Joni found that his company wasn't that bad, she actually enjoyed it.
It's been a year since he first asked her out, and he has yet to ask her again. He decided not to rush it like he did a year ago. He was willing to wait for her and will always be there for her and Joni knows this, after all he did say this as he walked her home after their movie marathon just a week ago.
Remembering this fact, Joni felt rather guilty. Guilty because she knows that there is only one guy for her, and that guy is Johnny.
After heaving a heavy sigh, Joni walked towards where Cecilio was and sat beside him. "So... may I ask what you're doing in my usual seat, Cecile?" She asked emphasizing her girlish nickname for him. He laughed and lightly hit her arm to which she lightly giggled.
Giggle. Just hearing it gives warms up Cecilio and makes him smile brightly. His smile in turn makes girls go crazy, except for Joni though. She seems to be immune to his dazzling smile much to Cecilio's disappointment, but maybe, just maybe this is one of the things he likes about her.
"Can't I? I don't see your name on this chair."
Joni raised an eyebrow at this which. Cecilio didn't miss of course. It made him laugh. He loved everything about Joni, her laugh, her smile, her facial expressions, everything. Cecilio couldn't help but wonder if he has liked her ever since he first met her. Perhaps he insulted her just so he could get her attention. But he has matured (that's what he tells himself but that really is doubtful) now and knows that it is no way to get the girl he likes.
Soon his laughter died, and he knew that Joni wouldn't be satisfied without an answer. Cecilio heaved a sigh and looked out the window as he began to speak his mind out.
"I was just thinking about how long will I have to wait till you agree to be my girlfriend."
She was about to speak but was cut off as Cecilio continued what he was saying.
Thinking that what he was about to say was going to be long, Joni decided it would be best to hear him out first.
So he continued, "I know the first and last time I asked you was last year, and that Iyou brutally said no to me, but I just couldn't give up. I plan to ask the question again once I deemed that you've started to reciprocate my feelings, but as it seems right now that'll never happen. I know I told you that I'm willing to wait for you and that I'll always be here when you need me, but sometimes... Sometimes I just feel like there's someone in your heart, someone who isn't me, someone who I'll never match up to." Cecilio paused and shook his head. He then turned to face Joni and smiled. "But I have no plan on giving up. I'll still be here for you. And if you ever begin going out with him, I'll be supportive of you two and remain your friend."
He took Joni's hand in his and planted a light kiss on it to which Joni became flustered and a light pink tint covered her cheeks. Cecilio looked up at Joni's blushing face and smiled. He let go of her hand, grabbed his and her bag, stood up and began to walk towards the bus door. They had already arrived at school and everyone was already making their way out the bus. Cecilio was about to go out with the others before he looked back to Joni and called out to her. "Come on or we'll be late for class."
Upon hearing this, Joni got over the initial shock of what Cecilio just said and did. She felt guilt take over her again as she made her way towards him and made their way to class.
A/N : That's it for chapter 3 :D For those wondering when I'm going to update my other fic, I just want to say that I'll be updating it as soon as I get some DGM in me. It's been a while since I've watched the anime and read the manga so I need a refresher, just to make sure I get the characters sound like themselves and not very ooc ^^" (and I left my laptop in my mother's office where I write the other story at so I can't really update right now...)
As for this fic, I don't plan on making it too long. My next update may be tomorrow since I write this one on my ipad (which would explain the typos you may see...) ;w;
Now, to answer the reviews I have so far :'D
doggy junky, here's the update~ Hope you like it!
Midnight' Dragon Conqueror, not really sure how it ends yet, but here's a little warning, it becomes Johnny x Joni at some point. (This chapter is actually heavy on the one sided Joni x Johnny already...) I'm just not sure yet if it ends that way or reverts back to Johnny x Sissy. I guess it depends on what the reviewers want or how the story flows :)
