New Bot on the Block
Chapter 9: Actions Speak Louder
Leo walked to the front entrance with Brad on his second day at school, still in awe of the infrastructure; he was interrupted when he was hit on the back of the head with a thrown football, exclaiming "OOWWW!" He then heard deep laughter from behind and turned to look, in a narrow leer, Don and his jocks laughing and pointing at Leo. Leo then gripped his fists furiously, wanting to march over to Don and punch him, but decided that he wasn't worth the trouble.
He then headed inside with Brad, wanting to get as far from Don as he can; he then suddenly bumped into Jenny near his locker and the latter turned around before he quickly said "Sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you!" Jenny looked at Leo and made a genuine smile before replying softly "It's okay Leo… Is something wrong?" She noticed Leo's left eye twitching every few seconds, which Leo felt he might as well tell her; he said, placing his hand over his left eye because it was irritating him "Don threw a football at the back of my head… I swear, he's pushing his luck with me." Jenny sighed; her optics closed with her mouth facing down as she thought "Don… I hate you so much now… Hurting Leo like he was your personal punching bag…"
Jenny then looked at Leo, who is rubbing the back of his head and continued, with a small smile "He's such a sweet guy, even though I met him like yesterday. He's also so shy of me whenever I'm around him—Wait a minute… does that mean… he has feelings for me?!" Jenny smiled more broadly with her optics closed and slight blushes on her cheeks, as Leo blushed with an awkward smile; their tender moment was short lived when the school bell rang for assembly, so they went to the hall as Leo thought to himself "Good news, Jenny and I shared a tender moment; Bad News, Melodie and Tucker knows what I really am."
After assembly, Leo and Jenny went to Social Studies and sat side-by-side, much to the latter's joy. The teacher put the class on the basics of relationships for the day's lesson – How it works, the types of relationships and the stages. The class then went to work on the subject, with Leo blushing when he thought of Jenny and himself in a relationship. Half-an-hour into the lesson, Leo started to feel like he was being hit by something small every 30 seconds; he then heard a familiar voice snigger and knew in an instant it was Don. 20 paper pellets later, Leo began to shake slightly in tension; his eyes glaring in anger, which was noticed by Jenny, Brad and Sheldon.
They then turned to see Don putting something in his bag innocently, but also a page torn from his book; the teacher then raised her head to see the scene and made a sigh before she stood up and went over to Don's desk and inquired him to empty his bag. Don innocently asked why, when the teacher suddenly grabbed his bag and emptied it onto the floor; aside from a couple of library books and writing utensils, a white and red striped straw fell from the bag, confirming the teacher's suspicions. She then said to Don firmly "Don Prima, I'd like to see you after class." Don looked astonished, but he's really ticked that he was ratted out by Leo; Jenny then looked at Leo, who looked at her back with his eyes widened slightly and mouthed at her "Thank you." Jenny rested her chin on her hand, pretending to think when she made a wink at him with a slight blush. Leo blushed too before he looked back at his book, looking at the handwriting as he thought "She winked at me… she really winked at me…"
When lunchtime came, Leo grabbed a sandwich and a bottle of fruit juice and turned to face the tables, thinking on which table to sit at; he then saw a familiar hand gesturing him to sit at the same table he sat yesterday, so he walked over to it. When he arrived at the table, he saw Jenny waved at him with a cheery expression and said "Hey Leo! Come sit down next to me!" Leo blankly looked at Jenny with a slight blush, blinking twice before he shifted his expression into a sweet smile and nodded before he sat next to her.
Jenny then asked Leo as the latter drank the fruit juice "So about your mother… What was she like?" Leo mis-swallowed and sputtered out his juice, coughing hard as Jenny rubbed his back, before Leo said after making a gulp "Well… Like I said, she's rather brutal and views me nothing more than a tool. Most of the time, she puts me on a strict schedule that it's not even a joke."
Jenny looked down and nodded, before replying "I know how that is… prior to meeting Brad and Tucker, she only lets me out to save the world from various threats, even C-Class Asteroids." Leo looked at Jenny and said "Seriously? What's the point of defending a planet from a C-Class? They ALWAYS burn up in the atmosphere until it's nothing but the size of a hackey sack." Jenny then replied, looking at Leo "I KNOW. It's been getting to the point that I just hover above the atmosphere and watch the eventual rock just land harmlessly on the ground."
Jenny sighed in annoyance as Leo nodded, understanding Jenny's ire before he asked "Brad told me that you don't own a Musique…" Jenny nodded slowly, the events of her taking the Limited Edition Musique still lingering in her head, when Leo continued "If I ever get one, I'm more than willing to give it to you." Jenny perked up almost instantly before she looked at Leo to see if he was joking; Leo looked at Jenny with an affirmed smile before the latter hugged him with a broad smile and repeatedly exclaimed "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
Leo widened his eyes in surprise, before he patted Jenny on her back with a small smile; Jenny opened her eyes endearingly and thought "Smart: Check. Sweet: Check. Similar Background: Check. Kind: DEFINITE check!" Leo then thought of something that came across his head and asked "Jenny? What kind of music do you like?" Jenny looked up at Leo and was about to reply, when Don's voice exclaimed harshly "THIS IS YOUR FAULT!"
Both Leo and Jenny jumped in surprise, before they saw Don, red with fury, marching towards them and ranted "I've been sacked from the football team AND I'm not allowed 20 metres to the Debutante because of you!" Don pointed at Leo, who widened his eyes in surprise before Leo replied "What did I do? I didn't do anything wrong!" Don then threw a punch at Leo, but it was caught by the PE teacher, who said "Don, detention! Come with me, no exceptions." Don then leered venomously at Leo before he went with the PE teacher out of the cafeteria; Leo made a nervous gulp before he said "I'm certain it's only going to get harder from here on out." Jenny nodded, her optics widened in shock before they returned to have their lunch.