Chapter 3

James sat in his room, reading a Superman comic book on his bed as Vixy was in the shower. He still had his shirt and jacket off, but he had his pants back on.

Vixy came out of the shower into James's room with a towel around her. She then took her towel off and it drew James's attention. Vixy wasn't paying attention to James as she put her clothes back on.

"You wanna spend the night with me?" James asked, after Vixy was dressed.

"Yeah." said Vixy. "I'd like that."

James smiled.

"You hungry?" asked James.

"A little bit." said Vixy. "Why?"

"I'm taking you out on a date." said James.

"Jamie, you don't have to spend a lot of money on me." said Vixy. "After all, I'm not hungry enough for a big meal like that."

James sat up and kissed Vixy.

"But I want to." said James.

"Don't." said Vixy. "At least not tonight."

"Okay." said James.

"Why don't we cook?" asked Vixy.

"We?" James asked.

"Yeah." said Vixy. "Just me helping you."

"We can do that." said James.

So, James and Vixy walked back down to James's kitchen.

"You got any ideas on what you want to eat?" asked James.

"Would you go for tossed pizza?" asked Vixy.

James looked confused.

"You toss it up in the air." said Vixy.

"Oh." said James. "I thought you grabbed it out of the trash."

Vixy laughed.

James and Vixy got to work and made the dough.

Vixy then tossed it the air and tried to catch it, but it landed on James's head.

The 'oops' face Vixy had just previously had then turned into laughter.

James then smiled, took a piece of dough off and pressed it onto Vixy's cheek.

Vixy then smiled and threw the pizza sauce from the can and it went all over James's chest.

"You're gonna get it, girl!" James joked, then scooped pizza sauce off his chest and threw it on Vixy's neck and face.

Vixy then laughed and threw mushrooms onto James's chest, then laughed even harder because the mushrooms stuck. James only smiled and threw all the cheese on Vixy. Then, to their surprise, there was a ring at the door.

"Who could that be?" James said, a bit angrily, then answered the door to see Peppy.

Peppy then had a 'that's odd' face.

"What the hell are you doing?" asked Peppy. "Making a James pizza?"

"No." said James. "Vixy and I got into a food fight."

"Wait. She's here?" asked Peppy. "You two are dating already?"

"That's not important." said James. "What's important is what the hell are you doing here?"

"You know the tank simulator at the academy?" asked Peppy.

"What about it?" asked James. "Is there something wrong with it? Is someone hurt?"

"It malfunctioned." said Peppy. "There was an event tonight that most of the academy was there for. Pepper got on it and he's severely injured. He's at the hospital."

"Oh shit." said James.

"What?" Vixy asked.

"I'll be there as soon as possible." said James and closed the door. "Take another shower and get on clean clothes."

"Why?" asked Vixy. "What's wrong?"

"My best friend is hurt bad." said James. "He's in the hospital."