(A/N: This chapter was inspired by the iCarly episode "iDon't Want to Fight." Enjoy! I hope...)
We Meet Again
Ch. 9
On a morning in early March, Shenzi was bright and cheery. She changed into teal acid-wash jeggings, a black tie-front cropped tank, classic Converse high-tops, a black sugar skull-embroidered cardigan, a yellow extension, and red rose earrings. "Ooh, someone's happy," Frankie remarked when her sister sat at the table. The blonde was wearing her favorite monster hood hat, a white Hello Kitty cupcake tee, a blue and green plaid flannel shirt, green jeggings, black and white checkerboard Vans, a gumball machine charm necklace, and matching earrings. Her hair was actually all the way down.
On the 19th of February, shortly after the Valentine's Day dance, Frankie had turned 12. Shenzi on the other hand had to wait until August.
"I am," Shenzi shrugged.
"What about?"
"Well, as of today, it's been exactly 6 months since I reunited with Chuckie. On our first day at Jim Jr. High, when I was late for history class."
"Oh yeah, you're right! It has been!" Frankie exclaimed in surprise, "Boy, time flies doesn't it?"
"Yep," Shenzi nodded, "It feels like it was only yesterday when we had that déjà vu sense nagging our brains."
"Right?"
Soon, they were on their way to school in the bus like every morning, except weekends. Shenzi was almost bouncing in her seat, eager to surprise Chuckie with what she had in mind. As soon as they arrived and the door was opened, Shenzi bolted out like the Road Runner on caffeine. Frankie giggled and shook her head in amusement as she calmly walked out along with Maxie, Matt, and the twins. "Chuckie! Chuckie, where are you?!" Before long, she crashed in him from around the corner. "There you are," She giggled.
"Is this how we're going to start every special day?" He laughed, fixing his glasses after regaining his posture. "So, what's up?"
"You know what's up!" She exclaimed happily, "It's the anniversary of when we first met here! It's been 6 months!"
"O-oh yeah!" Chuckie exclaimed, "Um, ha-happy anniversary!" The two shared a tight embrace that lasted several seconds. "I got something for you."
"Ooh, you got me a present?"
"Yep," He nodded, before opening his locker and digging into his backpack. He then pulled out a short, but wide box, and held it out to her. "Boom."
Shenzi calmly took the box, and pulled off the top, revealing a black v-neck t-shirt with the Jim Jr. High logo on the front. "Ooh, a Jim Jr. High logo t-shirt?" She smiled, "I didn't know they sold these here."
"They don't," Chuckie shrugged, "That's why I borrowed Dad's computer and printer with his okay, and the logo from the school website. With the principal's permission, of course. It's no big deal."
"No big deal? This is wonderful!" Shenzi held it up by the shoulders to admire the front, "Thanks!" She tightly hugged him again. "You know what I'm going to give you?"
"Oh, you don't have to..."
"Tickets to the Emica concert this weekend. Just you and me, Finster."
"Thanks, but how will you get tickets for that concert? They sold out in seconds."
"Don't worry about it; I have ways, Chuck Finster." She didn't know where that came from; Since when was she this confident? And how was she going to get the tickets she promised him?
"You want what?"
"Concert tickets."
"What do you think I am? A ticket tender?"
"N-no, but..."
"Well, I do have some." Angelica took them out of her backpack. "I have the Sulky Boys, the Pouty Girls..."
"Emica, two, this Saturday."
"Alright." Angelica took out two tickets for the appropriate concert on the correct date. "100."
"Dollars?!"
"Each."
"Alright well, never mind; I'll find some other way to get them. I don't have $200." Shenzi went to walk away, but was stopped.
"Wait!"
She walked back up to Angelica. "Yes?"
"How about a trade?" The blonde offered.
"What do you want?"
"That shirt."
"My shirt?" Shenzi raised an eyebrow, although it wasn't seen, "Why do you want it?"
"Because they don't sell school merchandise here," Angelica explained, "It can be worth a lot if the faculty produces more of them." She held out the tickets again. "What do you say?"
Shenzi hesitated for a few seconds, before she made her decision.
"Kimi, have you heard from Shenzi?" Chuckie asked his sister in their home. "We have to work together on a geography project for school."
"No," She shook her head, "But I hope she comes soon. We both have shifts at the Java Lava today." She walked up into her room to get ready for it.
"I'm here, don't freak!" Shenzi burst in hurriedly.
"There you are! Why were you late?" Chuckie asked her in concern.
"I'm late, because I got... these!" Shenzi held out the two tickets.
"Emica tickets?!" Chuckie exclaimed in shock.
"Yeah, Chuck!"
"How'd you get these?! They're sold out!"
"I got them from Angelica," She shrugged.
"Angelica? She must've charged you a fortune!"
"Not a cent!" Shenzi exclaimed happily, "I traded the shirt you gave me for the tickets."
Chuckie's smile faded away. "You traded it?"
"Y-yeah," Shenzi shrugged, her smile fading as well.
"Ho-how could you trade the shirt I made you to some self-centered diva?"
"We have two minutes 'til we go, Chuckie," Kimi told him from the stairs. She was in a white t-shirt, a light pink camisole over it, a purple skirt that reached just above her knees, white socks, and brown combat boots.
"I'll be ready in a minute," Chuckie told her. Kimi sighed, before walking outside to where Kira was waiting in the car.
"It was for something that we can do together," Shenzi tried to explain.
"But that shirt was special," Chuckie told her, "It was the first shirt to feature our school logo. I spent about a week making it."
"I thought you said it wasn't a big deal."
"Pfft!" Chuckie scoffed, now angry, "People always say that when giving a present. "Ah, it's no big deal!" It's always a big deal!"
"Hey!" Kimi burst in again, "Can you save the fight for later? We have to get going now!"
"I can't believe you!" Chuckie didn't hear her, however.
"Just make another shirt if you want, after the concert!"
"I'm not going to the concert now!"
"Oh, now you're being ridiculous!"
"Better than being a gift-trader!"
"Just forget it!"
"Fine!"
"Don't go then!"
"I don't care!"
"I care less than you do!"
"Chuckie! We're going to be late for our shifts!" Kimi screamed after bursting in yet again.
"Alright!" Chuckie shouted as the Asian girl shut the door. But as he walked out, his and Shenzi's argument continued. "I can't believe you just gave it away!"
"I can't believe we're having this conversation!"
"Don't talk to me!" Kimi groaned as she listened to them.
"I'm not!"
"You're technically talking to me!"
"Chuckie, stop!" Kimi finally shoved him in the backseat of the car, kept Shenzi away, and closed the door.
The next day at school, Shenzi and Chuckie encountered each other again, since their lockers were side by side. Lil sighed in annoyance when she saw their angry looks. Kimi had told her about the fight, and how she already had enough, so Lil offered to take care of it. "Would you two stop fighting, and make up already?"
"Alright," Chuckie shrugged, "As soon as Shenzi apologizes."
"I have nothing to apologize for," Shenzi retorted, before slamming her locker shut.
"Then neither do I," Chuckie slammed his shut in turn. They then proceeded to slam their lockers repeatedly to outdo one another.
"Okay, okay," Lil tried to get their attention, "OKAY!" She screamed, finally getting their attention. "This is ridiculous, you guys are best friends!"
"Were," Shenzi retorted.
"Bleh!" Chuckie stuck his tongue out at her angrily.
"Bleh!" Shenzi repeated his action in retaliation.
"Bleh!"
"Bleh!"
"Bleh!"
"Bleh!"
"HEY!" Lil screamed again, making them stop. "What about everything you guys have been through together? You're just going to give all that up? All the 6 months, and the adventure in Manhattan will just go down the toilet?"
The two stayed silent for a second. "Maybe she's right," Chuckie admitted.
"Yeah," Shenzi agreed, "This whole fight brewed up from our attempts to do something nice for each other. So..."
"If I say I'm sorry, will you?"
"Uh huh."
"O-okay. Look Shen, I didn't..." Chuckie was cut off by Nicole Boscarelli rushing up.
"Shenzi, thanks so much for taking me to the concert!" She yelled happily, as Shenzi looked a bit irritated at the interruption. "It was the best concert ever! I can't believe we were invited to sing with her! I have to go to class, later!" She then dashed off.
Chuckie turned to Shenzi, looking angry yet again. "You went to the concert with Nicole?"
"Oh no," Lil whined in despair.
"You didn't want to go! I wasn't going to waste the tickets!" Shenzi retorted.
"They were so close," Lil whimpered to herself.
"I can't believe I almost made up with you!"
"Back at ya!"
"They were about to hug," Lil vented. After slamming their lockers again, the former friends stomped away. The brunette girl left the scene before she could be framed for the slamming.
As the day went on, the Sheckie fight only grew worse. When they started disrupting their classes, Lil finally had enough. She was going to settle the stupid argument once and for all.
"Shenzi, can you meet me in the school auditorium during study hall?"
"Alright, what for?"
"Ummm... it's for a uh... a scene!"
"A scene? Like for a play?"
"Uh huh! It's for Ms. O'Keats' class. I need a second person to practice with, but my partner is... unavailable."
"Sure, I'll help you."
"Awesome, thanks."
"Chuckie, can you meet me in the auditorium during study hall?"
"Sure, what do you need?"
"Uhhh... I'm doing a song! And I need an audience for it. I need a second opinion on it."
"Alright, I'll do it."
"Thanks, Chuckie. I knew I could count on you."
When study hall began, Lil hid out in the auditorium for the two quarreling former friends to come. Luckily for her, Chuckie had to use the bathroom, so Shenzi came alone first. "Hey Shen, glad you could come," Lil ran down to her. She led the emo girl up on the stage from the side stairs. "You stay here, I'll get the scripts."
After she went backstage, Chuckie walked into the room. "Lil I'm here! When are... Shenzi, what're you doing here?"
"I'm helping Lil with a play scene for English class," Shenzi explained sneeringly, "What're you doing here?"
"Lil's going to sing a song, and she wants my opinion on it," Chuckie told her with narrowed eyes, as he walked up the stage to confront her. "She said nothing to me about a play."
"Yeah well, she didn't say anything about a song to me."
"Ah, you're both here," Lil smiled, "Good."
"Where are the scripts?"
"Or your mic?"
"I lied to both of you," Lil crossed her arms.
"Why?" They both exclaimed, before glaring at each other.
"Because this fight has gone on long enough!" Lil glared at them, getting their attention, "You're best friends! Not to mention the perfect couple! Do you really want to..."
"See? She doesn't trust you!" Chuckie cut her off.
"She lied to you as well, genius!" Shenzi retorted.
"STOP IT!" Lil screamed, "Instead of me singing a song or practicing a scene for a play, we're going to have a little intervention. Now, go put your hair in ponytails."
"What?" Chuckie raised an eyebrow questionably.
"Ponytails! Both of you!" She snapped.
"Okay," Shenzi and Chuckie both raised their palms up in defense, before they headed backstage.
"I have scrunchies back there for both of you."
Later, Shenzi had her hair in a high ponytail, while Chuckie's was low. Plus, their hair was tied to two ropes hanging from a rack on the ceiling. "Okay guys, you're going to tell the whole story from your sides."
(A/N: Chuckie's ponytail is like the one he had in his hair during "Chuckie's in Love.")
"And we had to tie our hair in ponytails, why?" Chuckie raised an eyebrow.
"I'm GETTING to that," Lil growled through gritted teeth, "Anyway, if either one of you interrupts, your ponytail will be yanked. Hard."
"Pft, this is stupid," Shenzi scoffed.
"I'm not doing this," Chuckie agreed.
Lil retorted by pulling the ropes down, effectively yanking their ponytails. "OW!" They yelled in pain.
"Very good," Lil nodded, "Now Chuckie, you may go first."
"Thanks," Chuckie nodded. "See, it started when I gave Shenzi this school logo t-shirt that I worked very hard on. It was special, and she traded it for concert tickets."
"You wanted to go to that concert! OW!" Shenzi interrupted, but her ponytail was yanked.
"It's Chuckie's turn!"
"Alright, I'll be quiet."
The redhead continued telling his side. "I put a lot of thought into the present, but she just traded it away. And then she took someone else to the concert." "But..." "A'AH!" Lil cut her off. "And she still hasn't apologized," Chuckie finished.
"Alright Chuckie," Lil nodded, "Okay Shenzi, your turn."
"Okay," Shenzi cleared her throat a bit, before she began telling her side. "Well first of all, Chuckie said the shirt wasn't a big deal, and the tickets were for Emica. So yeah, I traded the shirt, but it was for something he really wanted, and something we could do together. But he refused to go to the concert..."
"I would've gone with you if you had just apolo- OW!" Chuckie was cut off by his hair getting yanked.
"Shenzi's talking, Chuckie!"
"But I-'ipe!" Chuckie tried to reason, but his hair was getting yanked repeatedly, "I wa- Just let me- I'll shut up."
"Anyway, Chuckie had refused to go to the concert, so yeah, I took Nicole. She was actually willing to come with me."
"Okay Shenzi," Lil nodded, "Thanks for sharing your point of view. Now..."
"You got those tickets for us!" Chuckie interrupted.
"You refused to go!" Shenzi grabbed the rope out of Lil's hands, and yanked on Chuckie's hair with it.
"OW! You're not the rope-keeper!" He grabbed the rope, and yanked Shenzi's hair with it.
"OW!"
"OW!"
"OW!"
"Guys, stop it!" Lil yelled, "You're stressing your ponytails!" When they didn't let up, she groaned in frustration. "Ugh!"
(A/N: Sorry for the lame ending. You know the disclaimer.)
Random Fact About BxB
I'm not interested in a lot of adult-targeted material, despite almost being an adult myself. Although I like The Big Bang Theory, Seinfeld, some shows on truTV, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and The Breakfast Club.