A/N: 'MY CANDY LOVE' AND THE GAME'S CHARACTERS BELONG TO THEIR RIGHTFULL CREATORS, I ONLY OWN JESSICA BONBONIÉRE
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The second day of school didn't start as good as the first one. Well, in the beginning at least.
The first thing I did that morning was painfully hitting my toes on the bedside table. Second was putting on the first clothes I got in my hands (which were grey tank top, black baggy pants and White sneakers). And I tell you, when I get any clothe without even glancing through my closet, I AM in a horrible mood. And to complet that lovely beginnig of day, when I got to school, I got completly displeased with what I saw.
Somehow, some unhappy soul got hold of my student ID Picture, drew a disgusting mustache on it and spread i through out school. Why someone would go thorough such trouble was beyond my knowledge. Specially 'cause the worst thing I did the last day was giving a nickname to the class rep.
Getting hold of my temper, I picked a random picture that was laying next to me, stared at it and ripped it. Who could be the one who dared to mock me? The poor soul must not be aware of who it's playing with, I guessed.
"Hey, Jessica, nice pic!" yelled someone behind me.
With probably the scariest look of the world, I turned to see who was. I found myself staring back at Castiel, waving and smirking at me, though he stopped in the sight of my murdurous glare. There was someno beside him, but I didn't bother to observe him. However, I did notice that the boy had brains, for he tugged at the false redhead's collar so he would leave me alone and enter the school.
"You are not very pretty, right?" asked an annoying voice behind me.
For my grief, when I turned, I found it was the blond snob, again with her stupid designer clothes and her followers/friends.
"What's your deal, dwarf?"
"Hm... Nothing..." and ignoring her new nickname, she pushed through me, laughing about anything special at all.
The blood boiled inside my body. I could feel my vains pop with anger. I couldn't know about my look at the time, but I suppose it was quite scaring, 'cause everyone around me was scooting away with fear.
I was trying my hardest to get my emotions under proper control. For real. But them... I saw the stupid snob pushing Ken to the floor, getting hold of his wallet, and then tossing it at him after getting her hands on the bills of his pocket money.
At that, there was no way I could control myself, and I exploded towards her.
"YOU DWARF!" I yelled as I approached. The blond, clueless, turned to see who was yelling, and she screamed when I grabbed the collar of her blouse and lift her a few milimeters from the floor.
"Who do you think you are, lil' twerp?!" I yelled at her face. She was so awestruck that all she could do was stare at me and tremble while her face went pale. "What's your deal, bullying people like that? Who gave you the right to mock me and rob my friend of HIS money?". And I shuted, waiting for an answer, though there was none. The snob could only open her mouth a few times, but she was completly speechless.
"ENOUGH!" someone yelled, suddenly, from somewhere behind me.
Turning my head, I saw Nathaniel marching angrily towards our spot in the middle of the hallway. I noticed that his face was red with annoyence.
"What's happening here?" he asked, crossing his slender arms over his chest, while he stoped the march. Just then I noticed how tonned were his arms.
Then, I saw the snob opening her mouth, threatning to explain what happened (probably in her own version though). However, instead of speaking, all that she did was yelp when I let her go and she fell on the floor, making some students around us laugh. The one who talked, in the end, was me.
"What happened, you ask?" I started, walking towards the class rep with my hands on my hips. "I suppose you saw the pictures, right? I know you did, and I also suspect that the culprit is this little brat here." And I pointed to the blond. And before Nathaniel could even start to lecture me about my reasons, I continued, helping Ken to get up. "Also, do you really expect me to do nothing while this lady here pushed my friend to floor and robbed his pocket money? Of course not!" And breathing in, I let my vocal chords rest.
After finishing me little speech, Nath massaged his temples, still angry and red of nervousness, and then, he looked at the blond snob dwarf, still miserably on the floor.
"Amber." He started with a stern look and a (forcefully) steady and calm voice. "Come with me."
"Brother, I..."
"Come. With. Me." And grabbing her thin wrist full of accessories, he hoisted the brat up and lead her towards the Classes Representatives Room (CRR for short).
After that, everyone who was standing in the corridor disperssed, going to their own classrooms, leaving me and Ken all alone in the hallway.
"Jessy, I... I'm sorry..."
"Ken, shut up. She's the one at fault. You are innocent." I said, putting my arm over his small shoulders, leading him to our own classroom.
"Y-you... Saved me once again..." Ken whispered, depressed, visibly upset with the outcome of the morning ruckus.
"As I always do with friends in need. Wanna sugarless cookies?" I asked, randomly and suddenly, surprising him with my lunch box right in front of his small nose.
Relieved and happy once again, Ken laughed at my offering, refusing sternly, but kindly, the desserts. Of course I laughed at that, 'cause that was exactly the reaction I was expecting since the moment I offered the sugarless cookies. Couldn't wait less from the kid that loved sugar so much that he couldn't figure why existed sweets without sugar.
And like that, we marched towards our classes, laughing and picking at each other.
But then, I remembered something. Did the stupid blond and snob dwarf (Amber, was it?) call the class rep... Brother?
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After everyone forgot about the morning ruckus, the classes dragged on and on and on... Until the last cheerfull chiming of the bell of that day.
Sighing in relief, I stretched, got up, and ran toward my new locker to put away all the unnecessarie books away. Man, I'm strong and all, but those were too damn heavy!
"Jessica." Someone called me suddenly, snapping me out of my complaints towards big and mostruous school books. I recognised that voice as being Nathaniel's.
Remembering the happenings of the morning, I awkwardly turned to face him. He still lookd a bit tense, but he was smiling sweetly at me, as if nothing had happened at all, which brought a silent sigh of relief to my throat.
"Hello, Nath." I answered, as sweetly as I could. It was a bit hard to talk to him at that moment.
"Hi. So, how school have been?"
"Fine, I guess. I still get lost though."
Chuckling a bit at my comment, he handed me two papers.
"And... This is...?"
"Club forms" He answered, widening his smile. Talking about something related to burocracy seemed to light his mood. "Every student should be into one." He looked at me, waiting for an answer. I just nodded, though, and he continued. "There are vacancies in Gardening and Basketball. Which Will be...?"
"BASKETBAL!" I yelled, suddenly excited, scaring the poor guy in front of me. But who could blame me? I'm a sports freak after all.
"... O... K... Here's the form, then. You know where the gym is, right? The captain should be there by now."
Nodding and smiling, I thanked the class rep, and when he entered the CRR, I started skipping like a little girl towards the gym while humming a giddy music to myself. I swear, if this was a manga/anime, people would be able to see flowers surrouding me... Well, to tell truth, some people WERE staring at me and my sudden weirdness.
But who cares?
After all, Basketball was my second favorite sport, only behind my beloved japanese martial arts.
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Actually, I expected the gym to be a bit more crowded. However, there was only one girl there, practcing some amazing shoots that always went through the net.
She was tall, taller than me, and her skin had a soft chocolate color. Her hair was shoulder lenght and pitch black. She was wearing a turquoise tank top, a jeans newsboy cap, jeans shorts, sneakers, and a yellow scarf thingy.
If you wanna know, I found her pretty stylish. More than Amber.
Someone intelligent would just approach her and nicely ask about the captain's whereabouts. I, on the other hand, just yelled (as always).
"Hey there, girl! Nice shoots!"
Surprised, the girl turned to face me, revealing sharp, deep green eyes.
"Ah, the weirdo of this morning." She mumbled, quite audibly. "Hello, lil' girl. The name's Kim."
"Hi, me Jessica!" And I offered her my hand. Grinning, the cool girl shook hands with me while we stared in each other eyes.
I don't know what about Kim, but for me, we were buddies already.
"So, nice to meet ya'." I Said, ever so happily, while looking around. "Where's the captain?"
"Ah, brother is currently down with the flu. I'm the vice captain, though, so you can talk to me instead."
"Sweet." I mumbled, and I offered her all the paperwork filled with all the informations asked. Though I didn't like to write down my weight. "There's still place for me?"
"Waa, now, that's lucky! We were needing one more person for the game next week. Right in time, gal! Welcome to the club, lil' girl!" And with a friendly grinn, she outstretched her hand.
Grinning back, I shook her hand again.
For the next few minutes, we had a friendly one-on-one match to check each other skills.
Kim was an awsome player! She could shoot from almost anywhere in the court, and almost always get the ball in! Also, her dribbling was way in much higher level than mine.
But I'm not bad, though. Me, on the other hand, was able to steal almost every ball from her hands, and I could run in a umbelivable seep. My pass was also very good, but since it was one-on-one, I would have to show it another time.
After what seemed like 1 hour, we were resting on the bench, talking randomly about ourselves and laughing. I was having a great time when someone, a boy I guessed, yelled.
"Hey, Kim! The basket balls are missing!"
"Oh, darn it, again?!" she yelled back, looking annoyed, while staring at the door of (what was probably) the storeroom in disbelief. "Oh, why you guys HAVE to lose them?"
From the storeroom, I could a hear rather sheepish 'Sorry'.
Kim, by my side, had a sour face, and massaging her temples, she murmured something about the club members irresponsanilities and how she was tired of looking for basket balls.
"Hey, I'll go find them, if you want. As a temporary captain, I guess you have a lot of work to do yet. Right?"
Giving me a gratefull smirk, the girl patted my head gently and walked off with all the papers I gave her earlier.
"OK, let's work!" I murmured to myself, getting up and feeling stupidly fired up. I started my little quest after refreshing and fixing myself (more or less) in the toilet.
I hurriedly looked around, expecting to spot any orange spheres anytime soon. Kim told me it was five in a total (or so said one of the other members), so I guessed it wouldn't take much time. I found my way to the patio, thinking that there would be at least one of the missing balls there. Well, there was one, and getting high, I went to the backyard, that was close by, thinking I'd find basket balls there.
Found none though. But the travel was worth it. On my way back to the patio, I spotted my classmate Iris (I saw her flame coloured hair) talking with a charming and handsome boy by the rosebed. They were laughing heartedly, and my (real) redhead friend had her cheeks tinted with light pink while the (kind of) green haired gentleman put an iris flower on her hair.
Smirking creeply, I walked away in silence.
Oh, I would so much tease her the next day!
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Dude, the balls were spread all around the school! They were everywhere and there were much more than five, and in the end, I had to ask Ken to help me out. Luckly, he willingly helped me, which I was glad for.
After some good time looking around and searching for orange balls, I was sitting in the hallway, next to my locker, resting, with na almost empty bottle of soy apple juice in my hands.
"Excuse me, Jessica" someone called. I recognised the voice as being Nath's, not only my class rep, but also my classmate. And it indeed was him when I looked up.
"Hey, dude. What's up?" I asked, ever so friendly, while getting up. He seemed a bit troubled, averting his eyes and scratching the back of his blond head.
" Hm... You see. You met Castiel, right?"
Confused with the question, I nodded. The (false) redhead was also in my class... Though I only saw in the first two periods.
"Well, me and Castiel... We don't really get along, and we could kill each other at anytime when we are close. So, could you please give him this absentee note?" and he handed me (yet another) paper.
In the beginning, I wanted to refuse. After all, it was HIS work. However, Nathaniel looked at me with such (accidental) adorable puppy eyes... I couldn't bring myself to say 'no'.
And once again I was off to look for something... Well, someone in this case.
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For my bliss, Castiel was in the patio, sitting on a bench, peacefully reading through a comic book.
Not resisting the urge to tease him, I approached from behind and stretched my neck so my head was beside his. He (somehow) didn't notice me though, and holding in the giggling, I asked "Whatcha reading, red boy?"
Not expecting me at all, Castiel yelped in surprise. Actually, he got so startled by me that he fell from the bench, letting go of the comic.
"Haha... Oops, my bad Cast!" I said, trying my best to not laugh.
"Stupid brat, what were you thinking?" He grumbled, ever so grumpy and angry, while patting the dirt off his sore butt.
"My bed." I said once more, this time serious, while I showed him the absentee note.
By the sight of the paper, Castiel corked his eyebrow, visibly annoyed already.
Oh grief.
"Look, Nath asked me to ask you to sign this stupid paper. Do it and this talk is as good as finished."
For a long time, the silence reigned. Castiel just glared at me and the paper in my hands, the word 'annoyed' written all over his grumpy face.
"Go back" he said suddenly.
"Ha?"
"I'm not signing that stupid thing. Tell the stupid blondy to come here himself, as a true man. If not, I'm beating up the next unfortunate messanger he sends to me."
At that, the one who stared coldly at the other was me. I was OK in doing something simple for someone else. But I was tired and starting to get hungry and I wanted to go home. It was NOT some stupborn false redhead and an insecure blond boy that would ruin that wish.
"OK" I saterd saying, very coldly. Then, I firmly grabbed his wrist "But you are coming with me!" And just like that, I pulled him towards the CRR, not giving him room for his complaints.
Gee, damn these boys!
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Nathaniel first looked at me, then at an angry Castiel, then back at me again, and sighed. He seemed unpleasantly surprised apon seeing the rebel boy being dragged into the CRR by a girl whose height was not above 1,60 meters. And also, he seemed pretty much annoyed. Well, I guess it can't be helped. My special ability to annoy people is quite ultimate, after all.
"The brat here refused to sign, so I brought him here. He has something to tell you, right Castiel?" I said, patting at his back. And without another word, I put the note on the table and left the two boys alone. They were big enough to discuss that problem without beating each other to a pulp.
Or so I thought.
I had just got ready to leave for my beloved house's kitchen when a huge noise, near the CRR, reached my ears.
"Oh, shoes, no..." I mumbled, annoyed. I really wanted to leave...
"A man should properly face his responsabilities!" yelled someone. I assumed it was Nathaniel.
"A man should properly face his enemies!" yelled someone else, probably Castiel.
Sighing griefully, I let my rucksack near my locker and ran towards the place of the ruckus.
Some later students were there also, staring in awe at the scene before them. I pushed through the teenagers, and I also stared the scene before me in awe for some time.
Nath's necktie was loose on his neck, and his shirt was half opened, revealing quite a lot of his surprisingly tonned abs. Cast, on the other hand, had lost his jacket, revealing strong arms through the sleeveless shirt.
I got petrified for some seconds until Nathaniel moaned in pain 'cause of rather cruel punch on his stomach.
Snapping out of my awe, I entered in the shower of punches, and succesfully pulled them apart. Well, at that, of course, every one looked at me with surprised looks.
I ignored it though.
Mumbling some harsh curses, I put Nath down in a corner and Castiel at another, and I randomly started yelling at them. For our luck, the principal and teacher were on the Teacher's Lounge, way on the other side of the school.
"Are you some lil' kids or what?" I started, making both flinch at my loud voice. Poor guys, they would get such a horrible lecture in that moment... "Can't you discuss your issues in a more diplomatic and mature way? You have to resort to violence to solve such a small problem? Aren't you adults? Do you really think that defending your point with punches is something a MATURE MAN would do? And...!" And I kept blabbing on, and on, and on, and on, and on... Well, for quite a while, and my speech was so harsh, so harsh, that by the end of the lecture, both boys had their faces burning with embarassment, and they sheepishly stared down at the floor (maybe wanting to creat a hole to hide themselves), regreting what they ended up doing. REALLY REGRETTING IT.
"... So? Don't ya' have anything to say to me and to each other?" I asked, finally, completly out of breath.
"Sorry, ma'an" they said in the same time, only loud enough for me to hear. Then, they looked at each other, anger still burning in their eyes, and averting their gaze, they mumble their apologises in union.
"Sweet. Now, off to home you two. Everyone's gone already." Indeed, our watchers were all gone, probably bored 'cause of my almost endless lecture. Also the, I could see the sun setting by a window nearby.
Nodding, both boys started getting up on their feet. However, Nathaniel lost his balance, probably 'cause of the sudden lack of adrenaline, and I had to help him up...
... However yet again, a bit (actually, a lot) of sweat was splattered on the floor, right where I was standing, making that spot really slippery, and I kind of also lost my balance. What made Nathaniel feel really heavy, although he wasn't. And shrieking, I fell under his weight.
In normal situations, after falling, I'd get up and (probably) help the other party up without a problem. But in the moment we fell... Well...
Nathaniel's lips somehow fell righ on mine. And 'cause of that, we were, like, completly actionless. Therefore, we stayed like that, lips glued to each other, our eyes wide and staring into each other. I could feel his heartbeat under his (kind of) shirtless chest. And he probably could feel mine too.
I guess that we would have stayed for much more time ('cause of astonnishment of 'course) if Castiel, probably unconfortable with the weird situation, hadn't pulled Nathaniel off me.
Breathing hard, I got up, my hand uncousciously on my mouth. Then, I looked at the blond in front of me, his face tinted a cherry red colour (I probably was too), and without thinking, I ran to my locker, got my things, then ran towards my house, completly embarassed.
Geez, what I a way to get a kiss!
A/N: So? How did you find it? I think I'm getting better at this ^^
I'm holping for your (construtive) critics! You don't have to hold them to yourself!