After Sunday, it was Monday. The start of a brand new week, but also the start of a week of terrifying torture done by Lightning. Mike's eyes sprung open, hearing his loud alarm blurt in the background. He turned his head, staring towards his clock which read 6:30. The sun shone through the window, reaching towards his bed telling that today was going to be a bright and beautiful day. But, not for Mike.
'Come on Mike, out of bed!' his mum yelled from outside of his room. He groaned loudly, sitting up and rubbing his eyes. Mike got ready for the day, feeling a large nervous pit inside his stomach which hung there like wet clothes trying to dry. His back was hunched over and his eyes were as wide as the sun, as he got ready for school. His skin was much more pale than usual, and was ready to walk to school.
'M-mum? I don't, you know, feel well,' he told his mum, faking a sick look upon his face. His mum came over, feeling his forehead.
'Hm, you don't seem sick. Though, you look nervous about something,' his mum replied. 'Are you nervous?'
'N-No! I'm not nervous by anything at all,' he replied in a faked surprised tone. 'It's not like a guy's going to totally ruin my life today or anything... I mean-'
'Honey, if you're nervous about something, you can tell me. You know that, right?' his mum told him. 'Even if I'm not your real mum, you can tell me,'
'Thanks, but nothing's wrong. Well, I better go to school,' he told his mum, darting out of the house. He shut the door and began walking to the destination of pain. It was getting much colder, so Mike seemed to shiver when he walked down the streets feeling the rush of coldness spread through his thin body. He arrived at school, just as the bell rang. He ran as fast as he could through the busy hallways, with his legs jumping higher than he had ever ran before. He got his items out of his locker and arrived in admin, placing a spot next to Cameron.
'Mike! Let me guess, you didn't want to be late for school that's why you're late?' Cameron asked. Mike shook his head and said in a silent tone, looking towards the ground 'Today's the day,'
'I know! Today's the 21st anniversary of the-'
'No! I mean about Lightning!' Mike interrupted his friend. Cameron gasped with shock and his mouth began to tremble in fear.
'But, today can't be the day!' Cameron replied, feeling his whole body shiver with fear.
'We have to avoid Lightning, again,' he groaned with annoyance.
'Mike, you can't go on like this! You need to tell Lightning in a casual form that you're sorry,' Cameron explained leaning forward in his seat.
'Sorry? But, I barely did anything,' Mike complained.
'I know, I know. Saying sorry just makes it better,' Cameron replied with a small smile that got put upon his face.
'I don't know...' Mike trailed off.
Recess arrived, making Mike feel annoyed. Sometime even that annoyed that Chester came out while eating.
'And that! Is how we won the war back in '45!' Mike complained, slamming his fist down upon the lunch table. The whole group laughed and thought, as usual, a joke. Dawn and Cameron did fake it off course.
'Hey guys, where's Zoey?' Trent asked, looking around the cafeteria. Mike gasped, turning back to his normal self after hearing Zoey's name.
'I'm actually not sure. She wasn't here today,' he replied, giving a slight shrug. He was hoping she was okay, hoping that is. Suddenly, someone pulled onto Mike's shirt from the back. This made Mike scream in a high pitched tone.
'Augh! It's Lightning!' Mike shouted, turning his head. But, the person wasn't Lightning at all.
It was Zoey.
'Zoey! You're here! I'm so glad!' Mike shouted with excitement, wrapping his arms around Zoey. Everyone at the table whispered to each other in confusion from when he had yelled Lightning.
'M-Mike, can I see you now please?' Zoey asked, looking frustrated and annoyed.
'Uh, okay then,' he replied, following Zoey off into the distance.
'Maybe that might be kissing again!' Izzy squealed with excitement.
'They were never kissing, gawsh Izzy!' Harold complained, folding his arms across his chest.
'Plus, Zoey looked heaps peeved off,' Cody added, noticing her strange facial expression.
'Her aura looked terrifying. A mixture of blue and red, sadness and anger,' Dawn told everyone.
'Aw, no! Hope it's not anything bad,' Izzy replied sadly, with a giant frown. Zoey travelled through the hallways and outside, near the disgusting bins where they had talked last time.
'Hey, Zoey! I thought you weren't going to show up today,' Mike said to her as they walked past a bunch of bins. Zoey didn't reply, she kept her head down and her fists tightly clenched, showing signs of red through her fingers.
'Uh, are you alright?' he asked, tilting his head to see a better view of Zoey's face. Her cheeks were red and her eyes were shut together. Almost like she was angry about something.
'Z-Zoey? Whatever I did, I'm sorry!' Mike complained, flipping his arms up and down.
'No, nothing was your fault...' Zoey replied, looking up and staring towards him. 'I have bad news,'
'Really? What is it?' Mike asked with curiosity walking towards her, placing his hand on her shoulder. She shrugged Mike's hand off, turning around towards the brick wall.
'M-my mum died on Saturday afternoon,' she replied in a quiet but frustrated tone, holding back all the tears.
'Are you serious! Zoey! I-I'm so sorry!' he replied with concern and stepping towards her.
'I'm just too upset to talk right now. Like, why did she have to die! She didn't deserve this!' Zoey screamed, raising her arms and closing her eyes.
'Zoey, I'm so sorry,' he told her. Zoey just sad down on the ground, holding her legs tightly and holding in all her tears, with her lip trembling. Mike walked over, sitting down next her in the exact same position.
'Zoey, you can cry if you want. No-one's stopping you,' Mike explained with a sad look. 'I'm so sorry about your mum, again,' Zoey turned her head towards Mike, giving a sad expression and small tears began to drip down her cheeks leading from her emotional eyes. Her head dropped onto Mike's shoulder, crying very softly and the tears dropped down onto Mike's shirt. He didn't care at all about the tears, he only cared about the one he loved; Zoey. They continued to sit there for a few more minutes and Mike felt like he was in heaven, feeling Zoey's beautiful red hair against his shoulder. The bell rang in the background, breaking the moment between the two.
'Zoey, you are the most strongest and bravest person I've ever met. I wouldn't be able to cope to anything if I was in your position,' Mike told her, as they both stood up wiping dirt of their pants. 'Just remember, I'm here for you,' Zoey gave a loud sniff, wiping her eyes with her hand and gave a small smile in return.
'T-thanks Mike, you're a true friend,' she replied smiling. Mike gave a small smile back, walking out of the corner with the garbage bins but kicked his foot against a corner of the brick wall.
'Augh! Dang kids! Always leaving brick walls everywhere...' Mike gasped and turned into Chester.
'Mike, sorry, but I'm not in the mood right now for laughs,' Zoey sighed, as they walked inside and down the busy hallways.
'What are you talking about, Missy?' Mike complained.
'You know what I'm talking about, so please Mike,' she replied in an annoyed tone.
'No! You don't talk back to me young lady, back in my day, children were kind to the old folk,' he whined, still being Chester.
'You know what Mike? Just stop. Please! Sometimes your acting skills can be really annoying, especially since now I'm really upset,' she yelled in a frustrated tone. She stormed off down the halls, heading towards her locker. Mike gasped, turning back to normal but stood still in the middle of the hallway being too confused.
'Uh-oh, where's Zoey?' Mike asked himself in a quiet whisper.
'Chester, darn it!' he complained, hitting his head with a sigh. 'Why do my personalities have to ruin everything?' He ran quickly to class but Zoey wasn't in the same classes as he was. At lunchtime, Mike sat down at the table sitting right next to Zoey.
'Hey, I'm sorry about before. Sometimes I get really deep into character that I don't know what I'm doing,' Mike explained, staring deeply into her eyes.
'Mike, don't worry about it now. I'm feeling better, plus it wasn't your fault about before. I know you just wanted to make me laugh,' she replied, staring down at her food while picking at it.
'Why are you so sad, Zoey? Is something wrong?' Trent asked from across the table wanting to know what was the problem.
'N-nothing's wrong, nothing at all,' she sighed, getting up from the table with her tray of left-overs. Mike did the exact same thing, following her towards the bins. While Mike trudged along behind here, he felt something soft get placed upon his head from the back. He gasped, turning into Manitoba Smith.
'G'day! Why, you're a real snapper, aren't you?' Mike said in a fake Australian accent, reaching out and shaking Zoey's hand. Her face was full of surprise and confusion.
'Uh, why are you wearing a fedora on her head?' she asked, noticing a light brown fedora hat that was sitting on top of Mike's dark hair.
'Mate, I wear this all da' time!' he answered back.
'Look Mike, I know you're trying to cheer me up but please, can you stop?' Zoey asked with annoyance. She reached over to Mike's fedora, taking it off his head and giving it back to him in his hands. He gasped again, turning back to his original self.
'Huh? Oh, Zoey, I'm so sorry about going into character... Again,' he groaned, watching Zoey place her rubbish in the bin.
'Don't worry about it,' she sighed in return and started to walk back to the table. In the background, Mike's ears perked up after hearing a slightly small laugh. It sounded some-what familiar…
It almost sounded like…
Lightning. Mike turned around quickly, searching around the room with his two eyes trying to see if Lightning was in the same room as he was. But, there was no sign of him. With a sigh of relief, Mike began to walk back towards the table looking down towards the floor. Mike saw too many people in the way of his path in the cafeteria and for some reason, Svetlana jumped out of no-where.
'Z'there's too many people! Time for Svetlana to show them how to move,' he yelled in a girly voice. He slipped past a few people with beauty, making sure to keep is posture perfect. His arms were above his head and he spun around plenty of times, dodging the tables.
'Now, for the Russian Roll!' Mike yelled out. He bender his knees, jumping forward and turned into a small ball shape, rolling forward in the air and landed on one of the tables.
'There! Perfect!' Mike shouted with happiness, until he noticed what he was standing on.
'Uh... Let ve re-phrase that...' he added. He gasped, turning back to normal. Mike had landed on someone's food, and this someone was Lightning. Lightning's face was covered in his own food after Mike jumping right on top of it. Lightning glared angrily towards Mike, wiping his face and sliding his 'protein' onto the table.
'Oh, yeah, now it's time for the ultimate Sha-payback!' Lightning muttered, glaring towards Mike. Mike panicked, feeling a rush of fear standing motionless on the table while Lightning got out from his seat. Mike jumped off the table, heading towards to where his friends were, pumping his legs faster than he ever had. As he arrived at the table, Mike jumped over the seats and hid underneath.
'M-Mike? What are you doing?' Cameron asked, poking his head underneath seeing only but a crouched, scared Mike.
'Don't ask!' he replied. Mike's ears perked up, as he heard Lightning talk.
'Hey, Sha-losers! Have you seen Mike?' Lightning asked the group.
'Uh, no. We didn't see him at all, heh-heh,' Cameron lied, feeling guilty inside.
'Well, if I don't find him, I'll tell you guys his secret!' Lightning said with enthusiasm.
'Wait, what do you mean by secret?' Zoey asked with curiosity.
'Oh-no... Oh-no, no, no, no, NO!' he thought to himself underneath the table. Mike jumped out from underneath, springing himself up and said to Lightning 'Uh, I'm here. I've been here all along...'
'Oh, good. That means I don't have to tell them your Sha-secret, for now,' Lightning replied evilly. Everyone at the table stared at one another, murmuring the same question; 'What secret?'
'B-but, I don't have a secret...' Mike answered back with a lie.
'Hmm, really?' Lightning asked, tugging on Mike's shirt. This caused his top to come up over his head, making him gasp and turn into Vito. Everyone at the table watched the scene with either shock or amusement. Zoey though felt quite concerned, and suspicious about if Mike really did have a secret. Out of no-where, Anne Maria popped out from behind.
'Hey, baby, you're a sexy beast, aren't ya?' Mike asked Anne Maria, seeing the Jersey Shore standing there with a large blush upon her cheeks. Zoey's eyes began to turn wide and she felt too shocked.
'Did he just call her... A sexy beast?' Zoey thought, feeling too heart-broken.
'Okay! Seriously! What is going on here!' Zoey shouted, stopping the whole scene that was going on.
'Nothing red. If you want me, you gotta make an appointment. But, that'd never happen,' he replied, still staring towards Anne Maria. Zoey's face began to turn red, feeling a powerful pit of rage explode inside her body trying not cry after being heart-broken. Cameron felt too shocked as well, quickly picking up Mike's shirt and jumped from behind, placing it over his head. Mike gasped, turning back to normal having no idea what was going on. All he saw was an glaring Zoey right in front of him, a confused group of friends at the table, Lightning and a blushing Anne Maria.
'Mike... Please tell me, what the heck is wrong! You randomly change characters and you like Anne Maria and...,' Zoey yelled, then took a giant breath after her long sentence, trying to calm down.
'You keep changing your characters to try and cheer me up, but no. It's not working so please stop! You think that this is all a joke, about my mother dying and you flirting with Anne Maria has made it so much worse!' Zoey screamed, yelling straight towards Mike's face. The whole table gasped with shock, even Izzy and then the whole cafeteria became silent wanting to know what all the fuss was about. Mike was in complete shock, he had never seen Zoey that angry ever before. He stood there motionless, with his thoughts jumping around through his mind. An arrow had struck his heart, filling his whole body with pain and sadness.
His characters had ruined his life.
'So, you guys wanna know his two secrets?' Lighting asked, being the next one to talk.
'Well, if it's going to tell me what's going on then, yes!' Zoey shouted, feeling a large rush of anger run through her veins. Lightning gave a smirk, fixing his lips and ready to tell the whole room Mike's secret and waiting until everyone in the room became silent. Mike stood there in complete shock, mouthing the word 'No!' to Lightning but he completely ignored him.
'His two secrets are...'
Mike covered his ears, getting ready to hear Lightning's words. He closed his eyes, waiting.
Da, Da, DA! You'll have to wait until the next chapter to find out what happens next. Sorry for the late update, I've been busy doing... Other... Things. Sorry if this end of chapter may confusing. I just hope you understand what's going on. I kind of went really quickly with the ending of this chapter. Sorry for OOCness :|
To BB (my friend): It's finally up, here you go! I saw your last message. Y U NO BE PATIENT? Nah, just kidding xD