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Jaden's POV
(A/N: Their swimwear is the same color as their dorms, except Atticus and Chazz. His are purple and Chazz is black. Everyone else is the same.)
"That was a really long tour!" Chazz complained as he fell into a tanning chair at the pool back at the hotel. We all just got back from the tour and decided to go hang at the pool. Crowler didn't want to go so he put Zane in charge, much to Atticus' dismay. The pool was surprisingly empty when we got there.
"Ochi City is a big city, Chazz. Of course the tour is going to be long." Mindy said, sitting in the chair next to him.
"I'm just glad the bus was air conditioned or I would have died!" Jasmine said, sitting on the edge of the pool with her feet in the water.
"It wasn't that bad, Jazz," Alexis said. She set her stuff down next to Mindy's chair. Atticus walked over to where everyone was and jumped into the pool, splashing all over Jasmine, Mindy, Chazz and Alexis.
"ATTICUS!" they all screamed. His head popped out the water. He was laughing.
"Yes?"
"You're so dead!" Mindy said, jumping into the pool. Jasmine jumped in after her. They started chasing him around the pool, making sure not to hit Blair who was already in the pool. Syrus and Hassleberry walked over to where Atticus just splashed everyone. Chazz shook his head, trying to get his now flat hair back to normal. Alexis just sat down where Mindy was sitting, ringing out her hair with her hands.
"Aren't you going to kill him, too, Alexis?" Syrus asked. She shook her head.
"Nah, Mindy and Jazz have it covered." Bastion and Aster went over and joined them also. Zane and I stayed where we were.
"Something's bugging you," he said, quietly so only I could hear. I looked at him confused.
"Nothing's bugging me, Zane. Honest." I was lying threw my teeth. Hopefully he wouldn't notice. But he did. He looked at me, his eyebrow cocked because he didn't believe me.
"I didn't agree with Syrus before because I believed him, Jay. I did it because obviously you don't want everyone to know why that lady knew your name." He was still speaking quietly. Damn it. Zane was worse than Alexis. She can read me like a book but he can read between the lines.
"I don't know what you're talking about, Zane." I began walking away to join the others but he caught me by the arm. I looked back at him and his eyes were serious. He wasn't going to let me get away that easily.
"Don't think I can't tell that you're hiding something, Jaden. When Carla mentioned the tournaments on the bus, you seemed like you didn't care." He was still gripping my arm, afraid that I might make a dash for it the second he released me.
"I do care, Zane." That was the first truthful thing I said this entire conversation. He could tell I was telling the truth.
"I also noticed that you weren't paying attention at all during the tour," he noted, releasing my arm. I didn't move though. I just stood there.
"I didn't need to pay attention," I said quietly. Zane had me backed into a corner and there was no way of getting out of it. He looked at me closely before speaking again.
"Why didn't you need to pay attention, Jaden? How did that lady know your name? Why have you been so quiet lately?" He looked at me closer with each question. I raised my gaze to look at him. This was bad. He was going to keep asking me these questions until I finally told him. Rather than keep trying to worm my way out of it to no avail, I sighed in defeat.
"Alright, Zane, I'll tell you but on one condition." I said, holding up my index finger. He continued to stare at me, waiting for me to continue. "You can't tell anyone." He looked me in confusion.
"Why don't you want them to know?"
"It's just…," I began but he cut me off.
"You just don't want them to know. You don't really have a real reason. You just don't want them to know." I nodded. "I understand."
"You won't tell them?" I was just making sure. He nodded. "Alright…," I began to tell Zane what I've been hiding from my friends since I first met them.
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Narrative POV
Alexis was talking with Bastion, Aster, Syrus, Hassleberry, and Chazz about the tour.
"I can't wait till we get to go to a tournament!" Hassleberry said excitingly.
"Yeah. The best dueling team in Japan should be something to see," Bastion agreed. Aster nodded.
"I've only been to one of their tournaments and it's something I'll never forget. They're really good." Chazz looked at him like he was an idiot.
"Of course they're good. They're the best team in Japan! I figured it was obvious they were good," he said. Aster glared at him. Mindy and Jasmine swam over to us and leaned on the edge of the pool.
"Hey guys! Enough talking. We want to play a game," Mindy said. They all looked at her.
"What kind of game?" Syrus asked a little scared. They shrugged.
"Depends on who wants to play," Jasmine said, smiling.
"Well, you can count me in," Hassleberry said.
"Me, too," Bastion said. Aster nodded.
"Might as well," he said. Mindy looked at Alexis.
"Sure," she said, standing up from her seat. Jasmine looked at Chazz.
"Fine," he sighed. It's like he knew he had to. Mindy and Jasmine both looked at Syrus. He slumped a little.
"Do I have much of a choice?" he asked sadly. Mindy and Jasmine shook their heads. "Then I guess I'm in." He sounded defeated. Atticus swam over to the group, Blair just behind him.
"So everyone's game?" he asked. Mindy and Jasmine nodded. Blair looked around.
"What about Zane and Jaden?" she asked. They all looked at her.
"Good question," Aster said. They looked around and noticed Jaden and Zane were sitting on the opposite side of the pool in two chairs like tanning chairs. Zane would nod once and a while but Jaden appeared to be doing all the talking. They were talking so quietly that no one could hear them. Sometimes Zane interrupted Jaden and it looked like he'd ask a question. Jaden would nod or shake his head then answer.
"What are they talking about?" Chazz asked, standing next to Alexis. She shrugged.
"No clue." Atticus swam over to them. Zane stuck his hand up to stop Jaden from talking. He noticed Atticus was coming. They looked at the pool. Atticus popped out of the water. Then they began to talk.
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Zane stopped Jaden when he noticed Atticus swimming over toward us. He was trying to be sneaky. He thinks he's a ninja but he is no ninja.
"Atticus is coming," he said, noticing the confused look on Jaden's face. They both looked at the pool and Atticus popped out of the water. He folded his arms and rested them on the edge of the pool.
"Hey, guys," he said.
"Hey, Atticus," Jaden said, leaning back against his chair.
"What cha talking about?" he asked.
"It's nothing, Atticus," Zane said. He looked at him confused.
"Well if it's nothing, feel like playing a game? Everyone else is already on board." Zane shook his head.
"No thanks, Atticus. I'm not in the mood for games right now." He shrugged.
"Fair enough." He looked over at Jaden. "What about you, Jaden?" He looked at Zane out of the corner of his eye. He still wasn't done telling him everything. He shrugged, telling him he could do whatever he wanted. Jaden looked at Atticus.
"Not right now, Atticus," he said. Atticus looked confused or shocked. Maybe both.
"Zane, I can understand but you…" His voice trailed off toward the end. Jaden shrugged.
"I'll play next time. I need to tell Zane some things." Atticus looked at him closely.
"Fine." He sighed in defeat and swam away. Zane looked back at Jaden and vice versa.
"You could have gone and played the game, Jaden. I can wait." He just shrugged again.
"I know but I just wanna finish." Zane nodded. Jaden then continued to tell him everything.
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Atticus swam back toward the others. Jaden and Zane went back to talking, well Jaden did. Zane went back to nodding and listening. Atticus rested his arms on the edge of the pool next to Jasmine and Mindy.
"They game?" Syrus asked. He shook his head. His eyes looked puzzled.
"Zane said he wasn't in the mood for games, which I can understand. It's Zane after all but Jaden said he wanted to tell him some things and would play later." It looked like he was trying to solve a murder mystery the way he was staring into space as he spoke.
"What did you hear?" Chazz asked. He looked at him.
"Absolutely nothing."
"I wonder what they're talking about," Blair said. They all looked at Jaden and Zane. Zane was now talking and Jaden was answering some questions.
"I don't know," Alexis said. Something about what Jaden was telling Zane gave her a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach.
"Well, forget them!" Atticus said, gaining everyone's attention again.
"Yeah!" Mindy and Jasmine screamed in unison. They swam off toward the other end of the pool. As they passed Jaden and Zane, they stopped talking, waiting for them to pass then they went right back to talking. When Alexis saw that, the feeling in her stomach only got worse. Hassleberry and Syrus jumped into the pool, splashing her, Chazz, Aster, and Bastion.
"You idiots!" Chazz screamed. Water dripped from his now drooping hair. He just got it back up after Atticus splashed them.
"You're going to get wet anyway, Chazz," Aster said. He then jumped into the pool also, splashing Chazz only. He was now boiling angry.
"Aster you bastard! You're so dead!" Aster swam off towards the others laughing. Chazz jumped into the pool and began swimming after him.
"You alright, Alexis?" Bastion asked. She looked at him and smiled.
"Just fine, Bastion." He smiled and jumped into the pool. She followed. Whatever the feeling in her stomach was she brushed it off as nothing. Or at least, she hoped it was nothing.
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Jaden finished explaining everything to Zane and it wasn't what he was expecting to hear.
"Is that everything?" he asked, leaning back against his chair. Jaden did that same.
"Yeah." Zane looked at him closely. He looked depressed.
"What is it?" He sighed.
"I just feel…weird." It sounded like he carefully picked his last word.
"That's understandable. You've been hiding this from everyone since year one." He nodded but didn't look convinced.
"True but that's not it." Now Zane was confused.
"Then what is?" Jaden looked at him.
"I feel that by telling you this, I'm betraying Alexis." Zane sat up in his chair and looked at him.
"Why?" He sat up also and looked at him.
"She doesn't know anything about what I just told you." Zane could tell he did feel like he was betraying her.
"Then why don't you just tell her?" he asked. Jaden shook his head furiously.
"No way!" He looked him in the eye. "She'd flip if I told her about HER!" It took him a minute to understand who he was talking about.
"I thought you said that she was on vacation?" He shrugged.
"She might. I can't be one hundred percent positive."
"Listen, Jaden. Alexis will understand and if you don't tell her and she isn't on vacation and she sees you…," Zane began. Jaden's eyes got as wide as dinner plates when he said that. He fell back on the chair, rubbing his eyes furiously with his palms.
"Argh! What a disaster that would be!" he screamed. No one looked at him. Zane stood up and Jaden looked at him. His arms were resting on the arms of his chair.
"Listen, Jay. I'm not saying you have to tell her. I'm just saying it's the wisest thing to do." He gripped the arms of his chair tightly.
"I just don't know how to tell her anything let alone about HER. It was hard enough to tell you but Lex…," he began but Zane interrupted him.
"I understand." He looked up at him. "I've never been in your situation and with a little brother like Syrus, I never will." He smiled and chuckled. Zane smirked at it, too.
"Thanks, Zane. I'm glad someone else knows." He stood up, looking more relaxed.
"You're welcome, Jaden." Syrus swam over to them and looked up at them from the pool.
"Up for a game now, Jay?" he asked. Jaden nodded.
"You bet!" He got a running start then jumped into the pool. When he landed, he splashed Chazz, who was still in the pool. He came up and Chazz was coughing up water.
"Why is everyone fucking splashing me!?" he screamed. Jaden shrugged.
"Because you're always in the way?" he offered. Chazz didn't like that.
"You're so dead, Slacker!" he screamed. He then lunged at Jaden who was already swimming away. He swam after him. Everyone was laughing at them. Atticus swam over to Zane, who continued to stand on the edge of the pool.
"What did you two talk about?" he asked. Zane looked at him. He was looking at him with curious eyes. "Jaden's back to his normal self." Zane shrugged.
"We talked about nothing of importance." Atticus shrugged and swam off. 'Nothing of importance to anyone but Jaden. I sure hope he's right. I hope that girl IS on vacation or this vacation will be a real disaster.'
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There we go! I hope you guys liked it. Next chapter they go biking and me and my friend, who's also like my idea partner, came up with some hilarious ideas for it. Hehe…it will be awesome. I'll try to post it soon but I'm not making any guarantees. Anyway, review! I love reviews! (Broken record: )
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