Alright, here's a new chapter. This might look to be the end, but it's not, yeah. There'll be one more chapter after this. I'm glad you all enjoyed it, hope you enjoy this chapter too! And do review if you can.
Chapter 4
One week later...
Jay trudged down the stairs tiredly, yawning. He had slept late the night before, pondering over plans to trap Cronus, but he hadn't been very successful. Although he would have loved to sleep in because it was a Saturday, he wasn't in the mood for it. Lately, for the whole week, he had been having disturbing nightmares of Archie and Theresa kis-... Uhm, doing not-so-friendly stuff together, and just the thought of it made him thoroughly sick.
As he walked into the kitchen, he frowned, displeased, to see Archie sitting down on the table there, eating his own breakfast and looking tired himself.
Archie looked up, smiling a little and waving to his friend to join. Jay almost felt like going up there and strangling him, but he held back. I have more self-control, he had to remind himself.
Jay grabbed a bowl of cereal, poured some milk in carelessly and sat right next to Archie even though he didn't feel like it.
Archie bit into his sandwich and raised an eyebrow casually at him. "Why the tired look, Jay?"
Jay forced a smile and said idly, "Oh, I just stayed up late planning Cronus traps, that's all." He casually left out all mention of his dreams. "How about you?"
Archie sighed and leaned back. "I've been having dreams that leave me drained of energy when I wake up." Archie didn't exactly feel like briefing Jay on the Pan disaster right now, but he was a little surprised to see Jay glare at him when he thought Archie wasn't looking.
Jay subtly fumed. Those were supposed to be his dreams! He could only imagine what Archie and Theresa were doing together, and what Archie dreamt of the two of them together. It made him both angry, jealous and nauseus.
Just then, the girls came down to join them, so Jay couldn't make some smart retort. Theresa gave Jay a sideways look, feeling a little bit hurt and confused when he refused to meet her gaze.
"Odie just told us that Stevie has sent the results of the matchmaking thing to our emails already, so let's go check it out," Atlanta said excitedly, smiling at Archie, who also ignored her.
Jay sighed, feeling none too excited about seeing his own results. Maybe he wouldn't have anyone on his results list. He once again felt like throwing up his cereal all over the purple-haired warrior when he thought of Theresa seeing Archie's name on her list.
Getting up abruptly at almost the same time as Archie, both of them marched up the stairs, not acknowledging the girls' presence, and went to check their email. Atlanta and Theresa exchanged perplexed looks, then headed upstairs as well.
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Archie rushed to Jay's room, pounding on the door. He had just printed out his results slip and he was pleasantly surprised and feeling happy.
Jay opened the door and he was grinning wildly. Gone was the rage he had seen in Jay's eyes just a while ago.
"I got Theresa on my list!" Jay gushed, seeming to go overboard, unlike his serious, calm exterior.
"And I got Atlanta!" Archie exclaimed, grinning like an idiot.
Just then, Theresa and Atlanta rushed down the hall and to them.
"Did you see the results?" Theresa said, winking at Jay, who blushed a little.
"Yeah," Archie managed to get out. Turning to Atlanta confidently, he said, "You know what, Lanta, I've kinda been meaning to say this, but I love you."
Atlanta's eyes widened. "Didn't think you did," she stated matter-of-factly. Then she gave him a cheerful smile. "Yeah, but I feel the same way."
Jay grinned at Theresa. "And I love you."
Theresa promptly threw her arms around him and gave him a hug. "Finally! Anyway, I love you too, Jay."
It was funny how a simple slip of paper could give two not-too-eager-to-profess-love guys the confidence to confess their feelings once and for all.
Jay glanced over at Archie, still smiling but a little confused to why he had gotten such a different answer from the answer he had printed out a week ago. Suddenly, it dawned on him. At that same moment, he saw realisation strike Archie's face.
"Gosh, we exchanged their data!" both breathed at the same time, giving each other a wide-eyed look and mentally smacking themselves for doing something so stupid as that and not even checking properly.
"I took Theresa's! No wonder it seemed so much like you!" Archie grinned like a fool.
"And I took Atlanta's! No wonder it seemed so much like you!" Jay rolled his eyes at his own carelessness.
However, they had both forgotten they were standing before Atlanta and Theresa.
"What data?" both girls said, advancing menacingly towards them with a frown on their faces.
Oops, busted.
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An epilogue to go! Hope that was in-character enough. The epilogue will probably be anything but predictable, which totally contrasts with the summary I included. Haha. Do let me know what you think!
