J is for Jokes

Beck's car was too hot.

Beck's car was too crowded.

Beck's car was too loud.

Why did he have to give these fruity smelling girls rides to school every single day? Today the car was filled up to bursting with Beck in the driver's seat, a pert blonde cheerleader with a skinny redhead on her lap in the passenger, and three cheerleaders and one aggressive Asian girl in the back.

They were all chatting loudly into his ear, flipping their hair, and snapping their too sweet artificial strawberry smelling bubble gum.

"So Beck," the Asian girl chatted as she chewed her gum. "It's April Fool's Day, does that mean your going to give me a kiss?"

"No, he's going to give me a kiss!" the redhead on the blonde's lap argued vehemently, before turning to Beck. "Right, Beck?"

"No, he's going to kiss me!" piped in a random cheerleader.

"No me!"
"Beck's going to kiss me!"
"I'm not going to kiss any of you," Beck sighed wearily. He wished he could use the "I have a girlfriend" excuse, but ever since he broke up with Jade that excuse had been a lie, and Beck tried not to lie. "But we're at school, so hop out."

He watched as they all unloaded themselves from his truck, giggling and flipping their hair again. He locked the car, and walked into the school. Half of the people who showed up to get rides from him to school didn't even go to Hollywood Arts…

Beck wasn't too happy when he finally got in the building, and he definitely wasn't in the mood for jokes. But, Tori Vega had spread the April Fool's Day prank bug around HA, so he couldn't walk three feet without people trying to spray him with silly string or holding out lame gags like electric gum or something.

"Happy April Fool's Day, Beck!"

Beck turned around just in time to be hit with a pile of something Cat threw at him out of a gold paper cup.

Glitter. That's what was in the cup.

"Cat," he groaned, spitting a mouthful of sparkles onto the ground. He couldn't see, it was all in his eyes. He clamped them closed as they started to water and sting.

She giggled. "You're a sparkling, Beck!"
"But Cat," he protested. "I can't see."

"Oh! I'll um…take you to the nurse."

Beck felt Cat take his hand and she led him forward. He let her take him to the nurse's office, giggling the entire way.

"What's so funny, Cat?"

"I'm pulling a joke on you," she said. "With Jade. Sit down."

She pushed a door open and he felt the back of a chair hit his knees.

"Wait, what? Cat, no I don't want-"

"Nurse," Cat laughed. "This boy has glitter in his eyes so he can't see anything!"

"Cat," he heard a voice whisper. "You weren't supposed to tell him about the joke!"

Beck impatiently brushed the glitter out of his red, irritated, stinging eyes just in time to see Jade standing over him with a pair of scissors.

"Cat," Beck leapt up. "Why'd you help Jade try to murder me?"

"I thought it'd be funny," Cat shrugged.

Beck sighed and rolled his eyes angrily as he stomped out of the room. He met Robbie in the hallway.

"Beck, why are you sparkly? Is it a new look? Should I do it?"
"No Robbie," he sighed. "It was just Cat…"

"Oh. Well, here, I fixed your Pearphone."

He handed Beck his phone, and he studied it.

"My phone wasn't broken," Beck said, staring down at it. He tried to turn it on, but the screen remained black. "Robbie, how'd you get my phone?"

"You left your locker open," Robbie shrugged. "And it wasn't broken, but it is now! Happy April Fool's Day!"

"That's not even funny! Jokes are supposed to be funny!" Beck cried desperately. "Really, Rob?"

Robbie shrugged, and skipped off. Beck tried to remain calm by taking deep breaths.

"Hey, Beck!" It was Tori this time. Beck looked up with a smile, genuinely happy to see her.

"Hey, Tor. Happy April Fool's Day!"

"So I have great news. Trina's leaving Hollywood Arts! She's going to be going to Los Angeles Academy for the rest of the year! Cool right?"

"That's the greatest thing I've ever heard!" Beck smiled. "So we never have to hear her sing again?"

"Probably not!"

"Yes!"

"…Just kidding. Good April Fool's Day prank, huh?"

"Okay, this sint even funny," Beck sighed. His phone was broken, several girls were now arguing about who got to kiss him, Trina was going to stay at Hollywood Arts forever, he was sparkly, he'd had a murder attempt, and it was only eight in the morning.

Jade, Cat, and Robbie came out of the classroom where Cat had led Beck to see Beck upset and Tori looking as though she had just set off a bomb.

"This is not a good day!" Beck shouted. "I hate April Fool's Day, and all of you are irritating!"

Tori's face fell, and Cat looked like she would burst into tears. Robbie was shocked, and Jade was amused. He saw the hurt in the girl's faces, and sighed.

"Fine, you're not irritating. And April Fool's Day isn't bad…It's just the jokes are a little much."

A tear slid down Cat's cheek.

"But you can proceed with them," he said resentfully. "I don't mind…"

"Good," Robbie said cheerfully. "Because there are three baby turkey's in your locker. Happy April Fool's Day"

Did they even understand humor? Beck tried to smile.

"Happy April Fool's Day."

Note: Sorry it was so lame! Review anyway? 143!

MariaLuvsYew: Yeah, that was the original title for Thirty Days!

ThePhantomFox: That's so cute!

Sshaw101: Haha, that's so funny!