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Author's Note: Mmkay, this one, predictably, is another Mac/Rammer plus a surprise fake paring (You will see XD), but it is going to be different! Yay different! This will also be a two part one shot (Yeah, like that really makes any sense, not), which goes along with the theme of differentness! Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and please review! Peace!
Hey Rizzo?
It was days like today that made Robbie McClanahan smile, which in turn made everyone think he was undoubtedly up to something mischievous. Now, they wouldn't be completely wrong because Mac did have something in mind to do today, but it wasn't considered necessarily mischievous per say, just a crazy idea thought up by someone who just might have been dropped on his head one too many times as a child. That aside, Mac thought it was a pretty decent idea.
He didn't have any plans to pull pranks or disrupt the general public, he wasn't planning on tee-peeing anyone's car/house/dog, or prank calling the police again. It wasn't that sort of crazy, it was the 'I-can't-believe-I-talked-myself-into-this' kind of crazy. You know, the kind that made Mac, for once in his life, actually hesitate and think before doing something reckless, but only hesitate because Mac was still slightly insane.
He was looking for the one person that could give him rational advise without judging him and not get freaked out. And NO, he did not mean either of his coaches. What he had to talk about would probably give them both heart attacks and that wouldn't be a good thing if this team wanted any chance of winning the gold. So he chose the next best guy, Rizzo.
He admired Rizzo for being able to take the reins and lead the team. Bringing us all together under one common goal was a lot harder than it might have seemed and Rizzo was the only one who, in Mac's mind, could have done it. He also had some really great advice for almost any situation in life. He was like Yoda, except not short, green, and totally not real, but the wisdom part. Even though Rizzo was good with advice, Mac was pretty sure his situation was a lot different than anything Rizzo would ever expect. However, this was Mac and he was always full of surprises, much to the annoyance of many of Mac's friends. All he had to do was find Rizzo.
Finding Rizzo was a lot harder than Mac had originally thought, but then again walking around/through the dorm room over and over might have been the problem.
"Okay, new game plan. Leave the building to search for Rizzo because he obviously isn't here."
It was a bright sunny Sunday, so it should have been obvious that the players wouldn't waste it by spending the day at the dorms, but no one ever said Mac was all that bright. He left the building after putting a note on Rizzo's door saying, 'Rizzo, I Need You! Luv Mac', which, now that he thought about it, was probably not that great of an idea.
"Oh well." He shrugged and continued walking down the sidewalk toward the middle of town where the park was, which was probably where many of the players would be. Playing Frisbee and whatever else they did. He was partially correct, there were a few of the guys there, but they were mainly lounging around on the nice green grass and chatting lazily. Unfortunately, Rizzo was not there with them. He walked over to Mark, who was talking with OC and Pav.
"Hey Mark!" He plopped down next to the boys and got a wave or nod from each of them.
"Hey Mac, what are you up to?" Mark asked.
"Well, not much." This raised some eyebrows skeptically, "What?"
"Your always up to something." OC pointed out. Even though the team had only been together for a few months, it was quickly realized by everyone that Mac was a trouble maker.
"Well, I'm not really up to anything right now, but don't worry I'll be back at it by tomorrow." OC face palmed and Pav punched his shoulder.
"Why did you say anything?!"
"Anyway, I just wanted to know if any of you had seen Rizzo lately."
"Oh yeah, he just left for the dorms like ten minutes ago. I'm surprised you didn't see him on the way." Mark said.
"Well, I was in a hurry and I had something on my mind so I must have missed him."
"What'cha got on your mind?" OC asked while trying to look like he didn't care. Mac rolled his eyes.
"Nothing I'm gonna tell you." OC glared, but it didn't have any sting to it, not like it would have about a month before. Unfortunately, OC realized that the little moron was growing on him.
"Whatever."OC dismissed.
Mac huffed and got to his feet.
"Well, I gotta go talk to Rizzo. See you boys later!" He waved goodbye and headed back to the dorms. When he got there he looked down the hall and noticed someone standing in front of Rizzo's door, no doubt reading the sign he had left. When he got closer he realized that it was Rizzo. Rizzo turned at the sound of footsteps.
"Mac, what the heck?" He asked pointing to the sign on his door.
"Oh yeah, about that. I really needed to talk to you and I couldn't find you."
"I walked by you on the way here."
"Huh?"
"Yeah, I waved and everything. You didn't notice me?" Mac looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Nope!" Rizzo rolled his eyes and took the note off the door.
"Well, what is so urgent that you had to put this on my door for everyone to see?"
"Well, ya see...I kind of have this....crush, and-"
"Whoa man, I'm not interested in you like that." Rizzo held out his hands in front of him and waved them around a bit. This confused Mac.
"What! No! I don't have a crush on you! What would give you that idea?!" Rizzo let out a sigh in relief before cocking an eyebrow.
"Well, that is good, even if it is a little insulting." He opened the door and gestured for Mac to follow him in. "So, what about this crush? Why do you need to talk to me about it?" Mac gulped nervously, it was now or never.
"Well, y-you see, my, ah, crush is...out of reach. There is no way my feelings would be returned." Rizzo creased his brow in thought.
"Don't tell me you fell for a married woman."
"Uh, no thats not the problem." Rizzo went back to thinking. He always liked brain teasers and guessing games. They kept his mind sharp, which would be good for it, considering how many times he has been checked into the boards.
"Is she...underage? Please tell me you aren't stupid enough to go for jail-bait!"
"Uh, not the issue." Rizzo was starting to run out of ideas.
"Is she really old and your worried about the maturity level? If that is it, I should just tell you now. You have the maturity level of a ten year old." Mac huffed indignantly and crossed his arms.
"That ain't it either! Yuck! An older woman!" A shiver of disgust went down Mac's body.
"Well, I'm out of ideas, so unless your gay, you better tell me what the problem is." There was a silence where Mac gulped and Rizzo's eyes widened. "Y-your-"
"I'm not gay! I just like a guy!" Mac snapped. Rizzo was having a hard time taking this in. Mac was-LIKED a guy. He took many deep breathes trying to think straight. 'Why do things like this always happen to me?'
"W-well, I wasn't expecting that."
"Your disgusted aren't you? I knew it was a bad idea to even THINK about asking you about this!" He started to mumble to himself and shake his head.
"No, I'm not disgusted, just...just surprised, is all. I never saw it coming, but its nothing to be ashamed about, I know a few gay people."
"I'm not gay!" Mac snapped quietly.
"Um, Mac, you like a-"
"Thats it! I like A guy. Not guys in general! I still really like women, but there is just ONE guy that I can't stop thinking about." Rizzo thought about what Mac just said carefully.
"So you only like this one guy? You haven't ever looked at another guy the same way?" Mac nodded his head in answer. Mac didn't want to interrupt his train of thought. "And you still think women are attractive?" Mac nodded his head vigorously. "Hmm..." Mac waited patiently, well, as patiently as Mac was capable of. "How deep are your...feelings?" Mac thought for a second, a slight red tint coming to his cheeks at the thought of the other guy. Rizzo smirked and waited for the answer.
"Well, I think about him almost all of the time, except when I sleep. I don't have dreams about him or anything cliché like that, but pretty much whenever I'm not focusing on something, I'm thinking about him." Rizzo nodded at the answer and went back to thinking.
"Yup, definitely a crush. You probably won't get over it very easily, but that is what you'll have to do. I'm not sure, but the chances of the other guy returning your feelings is almost non-existent. It would be better for you to just moved on." Mac nodded his head dejectedly.
"Well, I figured that was what I was gonna need to do, after all, what are the chances ya know?" Rizzo nodded and patted Mac's head sympathetically.
"It'll be alright. Now, not to pry or whatever, but who is it that you have a man-crush on?" Rizzo tried to lighten up the mood that had taken a more melancholy vibe. It worked because Mac laughed chuckled.
"Nah, its fine. Its...its Rammer." Rizzo's eyes went wide and a smile started to slowly crawl across his face. Mac noticed but took it differently. "Yeah I know, right?"
"No! Mac this is great!" Mac's eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Rizzo didn't hear, he was lost in how ridiculous the situation was. The irony! He took Mac by the shoulders and gave him a shake.
"Mac, he saw the sign!" He said happily. Mac raised an eyebrow and measured out the distance and calculated how long it would take to get from where he was sitting to the door. Rizzo was starting to scare him a bit.
"So?" Rizzo released Mac and threw his arms up and let out a whoop.
"He saw the sign you left on my door, he was standing right next to me. Now I know what that look was for! He was jealous!" Mac was officially lost. What the hell was he rambling on about!
"What are you talking about?" Rizzo immediately stopped and turned to Mac.
"Rammer likes you, too." Mac snorted.
"Yeah right. This is RAMMER we are talking about! He is annoyed at my mere PRESENSE!"
"Don't be so sure! Rammer has the playground syndrome!" Mac was just getting more and more lost with everything that came out of Rizzo's mouth. He came here for wise Rizzo and his great advice and instead he ended up with a brain dead moron spouting ridiculousness. He didn't want it to continue, but his idiocy got the better of him.
"What is the 'playground syndrome?" He asked making bunny ears around 'playground syndrome'.
"You know, when a boy teases a girl he likes by being mean, like in middle school, on the" "playground!" They both finished.
"Well, I guess it kind of makes sense. He does like to hit me and stuff, especially during practice." He rubbed his sore shoulder in memory of the last practice. "You really think that is it? Maybe he just hates me?" Rizzo rolled his eyes.
"Fine, I will prove to you that he likes you." Mac raised an eyebrow in question.
"How are you gonna do that?" Rizzo smirked.
"We are gonna make him so jealous he'll want to kick my ass, then that will prove he likes you." Mac still didn't get it and voiced his confusion. Rizzo just rolled his eyes.
"You and I will start hanging out a lot. After reading that sign and seeing us hanging out so much, he will think we are ya know...together or whatever, and he will get jealous."
"Your willing to risk getting your ass kicked to help me out?" Rizzo just grinned.
"I won't get my ass kicked because when you see him getting jealous, you WILL step in and stop him. Then you can tell him how you feel and stuff and everything will work out."
"What if he isn't jealous and your just an idiot?"
"Mac, I'm not you. I have a brain and I'm not blind to everything that goes on around me."
"Hey!" Mac shouted offended. Rizzo just waved him off.
"Just trust me okay?" Mac thought about it for a second. Rizzo had never led him, or anyone else for that matter, astray.
"Alright, but I'm not gonna kiss you, no matter how much I like Rammer." Rizzo face blanched.
"Trust me, I'm on the same page, well, except the whole 'liking Rammer' thing." Mac just rolled his eyes.
"So how are we gonna go about this?"
"Just pretend I'm a girl and go from there." Mac nodded his head in understanding. "You probably won't have to do too much though. Rammer probably won't be able to keep his anger in too awfully long."
"Alright, when shall we start?"
"Soon as possible I guess. So, tonight you and I will watch a movie in the common area. Most of the other guys will probably be at the bar so that takes care of anyone else seeing and Rammer is too young to drink. He usually hangs out here at the dorm and works on homework and stuff. He'll see us being all flirty and stuff and get jealous. Its as simple as that."
"Alright, once everyone is gone-"
"I'll come get you. We have to make as much noise as possible to get his attention."
"Wait, but that makes me the girl!"
"And your point is?"
"I don't wanna be the girl!"
"Well, to bad. Do you think Rammer would be the girl?"
"No probably not, I just thought it would be an equal type thing."
"Well, I'm not Rammer and I will not be the girl, so be ready at 8:30." Then he promptly pushed Mac out of his room and shut the door in his face. Mac just shook his head and headed to his room to wait until 8:30.