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Night Day One Way, By Night Another
Chapter 14.
"OH MY! If I knew being manger would be this tiring, I would have never signed up." Jinx thought out loud as she shuffled some papers on her desk. Jinx let out aloud groan and let her head fall onto her desk. She slowly lifted her head to glance at the clock that read 9:35a.m. Jinx let out another groan as she grabbed her notebook that she's been filling with information about the play and pulled her pink hair into a high ponytail and got up from her messy desk and walked out of her room into the staircase and walked right over the broken pieces of wall and railing until she reached the main floor to find See-More and Billy playing video games.
"Nice pajamas!" Billy said as he turned to see Jinx in pink shorts and a purple T-shirt that had unicorns all over them.
"Why are you talking, you're supposed to be cleaning that Dork Flash's mess he left all over the staircase." Jinx snapped as the game control in both Billy and See-More's hands exploded.
"Dang, I was about to win," Billy said as Jinx stared dragger at him, "Okay, I'll get to it." With that, Billy multiplied himself to have four more Billy and walked off with his old friends.
Jinx rubbed her temples and grabbed a giant coffee mug and poured the premade coffee from the coffee.
"You look like hell," See-More said as he walked towards the kitchen.
"Thanks," Jinx said sarcastically as she sipped from her steaming coffee and took a seat on a stool.
"What I meant is, y-you look like you haven't been getting much sleep." See-More said a little more subtle.
"Because I haven't." Jinx said as she took another sip of her coffee and opened her notebook and started listing things that had to be done before the play even started, "I'm actually thankful for the 72 hour awake training we had to do back at the Academy, otherwise I think I'd be crazy."
"Yeah, how many hours did you sleep? I heard you come in late last night." See-More said as he picked up a chocolate donut.
"I didn't sleep at all last night, too much manager work. Actually, in the past week, I might have got a total of 6 hours." Jinx said as she yawned, "Hand me one please, I haven't eaten since yesterday morning."
See-More hands her a glazed covered donut, "Is there anything I could help with you?" See-More tried to peak at the long list that Jinx was making.
"I thought you were still mad at me," Jinx said as she moved the notebook closer towards her. "I actually I have to go to the auditorium early," she grabbed her coffee and notebook and slid off the stool.
"I could drive you." See-More asked ignoring her tone.
"I can get there myself," Jinx said coldly as she walked into the staircase.
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"Ivy? Friend Ivy? Are you home?" Kori asked as she opened her front door, "I brought the delightful pastries." Kori said as she held up cherry turnovers.
"I'm in here," Ivy called softly.
Kori followed her voice, which led in the den where Ivy was curled on the couch with four different blankets wrapped around her with tear smeared makeup. "I don't understand. They are so helpless. Why won't anyone help them?" Ivy sobbed. Kori looked up at the TV to fine a sad charity commercial that was displaying puppies in the pound, stuck in a cage, and hurt puppies."
"We are trying our best to save every animal we can, but we need your support. For only 18.99 a month you could help us save these helpless animal." The commercial said.
"What? 18.99 a month? That's more than Netflix!" Ivy sobbed as she threw a pillow at the TV.
"Okay!" Kori said as she quickly took the remote from Ivy's hands and turned off the TV. "No more of that," Kori said as she put down the turnovers and grabbed a box of tissues and handed it to Ivy. "I feel the real reason you are distraught is not for a charity commercial. What is the matter?"
Ivy wiped her face before replying, "Dick, he… likes another girl…" Ivy said as she broke into sobs.
"Uh, Ivy." Kori said as she wrapped her friend into a hug, "It is okay, everything will be okay."
"Kori, I just got dumped. How am I going to believe that everything will be okay?" Ivy said in sobs.
"Because if it is not okay, then it is not the end." Kori repeated a very famous American quote. Ivy let these words to sink in, then pulled away from the hug.
"You're right, I shouldn't be mopping away because some player doesn't want me." Ivy got up from the couch, "Thanks, I'm going to shower real quick, and then we can go to the auditorium so you can Juliet." Ivy said with the best smile she could muster.
Kori didn't mind waiting for Ivy, but she really wanted to get the rehearsal sooner. She desperately needed to talk to someone about Xavier. She couldn't tell Ivy what happened because Ivy was one of Xavier close friends. She decided she'd have the only opinion to tell Jenifer, even though they actually never talked about boys. Kori eventually got bored sitting on the couch and started folding the blankets that Ivy had left on the couch. After she cleaned up the living room, she started walking away, just wondering through the different room.
She came across a fairly lit room that had a small TV and a large desk with filing cabinets on the far wall while all the rest of the wall had large picture frames that had family pictures inside. Kori stopped and looked at a picture that had Ivy in the center while her parents were on her sides. All of them were smiling happily as two mice posed with them, one with a red polka dot dress and bow. There was a giant princess castle in the background. Kori couldn't help to smile at their happiness.
"That was taken last year, at Disney World." Kori turned to see Ivy standing in the doorway drying her ginger with a black towel.
"Sorry, I didn't hear you get out of the shower," Kori said as she exited the room.
"It's fine, it's just my dad's office." Ivy said calmly. "Don't you ever take family pictures?"
Kori just sadly shook her head, "my family, we became separate when I was little. I went with the Gordanians when I was very young. And they never let me see my family." Kori had just simple it down a bit. Okay, a lot. She left out the part where she because a slave to the Gordanians to keep peace in her planet.
"Seems awful," Ivy said softly as she closed the door of the office.
"No more, let's go have that turnover." Kori said as she pushed the memories in the back of her mind.
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"Dick, where's Dick?" Jenifer said she was trying to calmly manage the play.
"Jenifer," Crystal said carefully, "I don't think he's arrived yet. Plus there's a few hours before everyone has to be here."
"Yes, but Dick is Romeo. He needs to be here two hours before everyone else." Jenifer almost yelled. Calm down, Jinx, before you hex everyone in this room. Jenifer rubbed her temples. "You know what, just get in your costume." Jenifer shakily said as Crystal quickly scurried off.
"Hey, Jenn. Sorry we're late. We lost track of time."
Jenifer turned quickly to find Adrienne and Lance handing hands walking towards her. Jenifer would have 'awed' at them, but now was not the time. "Oh good, I need you at the costume display and start handing out costumes right away. Here's a list of whose costumes need to be handed out. If you see Dick or Kori, I need them. Lance, I need you in your Benvolio costume. Go." She said as she quickly handed Adrienne the list and shoved both her and Lance towards the costume display.
"Jenifer, Roy and I just finished putting all the props into place. Need anything?" Garth offered, seeing that she was clearly overwhelmed.
"Yeah, headache medicine. Oh and more coffee." Jenifer said calmly. "Coffee would be great."
"Caffeine? Look at your hands." Garth pointed at her shaking hands, "You don't need any more caffeine. But I'll see what I can find with that headache medicine."
"Thanks." Jenifer said a little too quickly. Jenifer quickly spotted Ivy and Kori walking in through the side door. She quickly waved them over. "Kori and Ivy, I need you two to quickly into your costumes then I need you, Kori, back to me. If you see Dick tell him-"
"- to go to hell?" Ivy finished for Jenifer.
"I like you enthusiasm, but no. That he need costume change then to see me." Jenifer said with the best smile she could manage as they turned to the costume display.
"I actually don't care what Garth says," Jenifer said in mid-yawn, "I need more caffeine." She quickly snuck into the hallway. She quickly walked through the hallways, knowing if a teacher caught her, she'd be sent back into the auditorium with no caffeine and a detention slip. She finally made it to the hall right by the cafeteria, which had vending machines lined up by the wall. She pulled out a dollar bill and clicked the buttons for a Monster.
"Wow, I thought I'd be the only person that would come down here for food."
Jenifer quickly turned expecting it to be a teacher, but instead it was worst.
Wally.
"I'm not coming here for food, I came for caffeine there's a difference." Jenifer said as she grabbed her Monster with slightly shaking hands.
"Caffeine? Why would you need caffeine?" Wally said as clicked a bottom for gummy worms.
"Because I haven't been sle-, wait, I don't have to tell you." Jenifer said as she opened her Monster and started drinking, "Why you do always have to eat?"
"Because teenage boys get hungry."
"And annoying." Jenifer said as she turned down the hall.
"Wait, manager." Wally ran up to her with his bag of gummies, "You're supposed to tell me what to do. Want one?" He offered.
"I don't want anything from you." Jenifer said coldly.
Wally stopped in his tracks and grabbed her forearm. If his plan to convert Jinx to the good guys through Jenifer, he'd first have to get her to stop hating her, and right now it looked as if she'd would ever stop hating him. "What did I ever do to you to make you this mad at me?"
"Let go." Jenifer said as she tugged her arms but he wouldn't budge.
"Not until you tell me." Wally never looked so serious in his life.
"You want to know why I'm mad! You actually want to know. You PLAYED me like a doll and I let you. You're a real jerk. You don't care about me. Or about my home situation. Or my past. You just want to see if you could hook up into you little… little trap." Jenifer screamed as she ripped her arm from his grip. "And I was the idiot that fell for all your crap. It's pretty funny, because I thought you cared. You're damn good liar." Jenifer turned to leave but Wally caught her and spun her to face him.
"I CARE. I do. Why do you think I'm here? If I didn't care I wouldn't be trying. I would be here fighting for you." His voice was ragged as if he was trying to hold back a yell, but it suddenly soften "I've never… ever lied to you. Especially when I kissed you."
"BULL SHIT!" Jenifer pointed her shaking finger into his face, almost of the vague of tears. "You kiss everyone. You flirt with everyone. You lied about everything. You even had that slut Kitten as a girlfriend when you kissed me. "
"She's not my girlfriend!" Wally tried his best to not to yell.
"Oh so you just go on dates with her and flirt with her and suck her face off as, what, friends. You are so unbelievable." Jenifer snorted as.
"I had too. It's complicated. You don't understand."
"THEN MAKE ME." Jenifer said through her teeth.
"I can't." Wally said feeling that he was just making matter's worst and he didn't have another identity to approach Jenifer.
"Why do I even try." Jenifer said.
"But I doesn't matter. I swear. I ended whatever me and Kitten had last night. There's nothing anyone." Wally said but Jenifer was already turning, but he wasn't going to let her leave that easily. He grabbed her arm, this time both of them causing both of them to drop gummies and Monster, and pushed her slowly into the wall. "Believe me, Jenifer. You have to. Let me prove to you I'm more than an asshole."
"Get off," Jenifer said as she tried to free herself but it was no use, but he was surprisingly strong for an average guy.
"Let me prove to you." Wally said in a whisper as he leaned in inches away from her face and lock eyes with her.
"No." Jenifer said but it barely came out as he looked into his crystal blue eyes.
Wally moved even closer where their bodies were touching and his lips were just centimeters from hers, "Let me prove to you." Even though his words hushed, she could feel his breath as he spoke.
"Fine." Jenifer whispered expecting warm lips to touch hers, but instead she felt Wally's body move off of her and let go of her arms.
"Sorry, for your drink." Wally said as he bent down and picked up the now slipped can and his gummies. Jenifer just looked at him speechlessly, but decide it was for the best that she didn't speak otherwise whatever she said was going to sound very… stupid. She simply slowly took back her half empty Monster and started walking back to the auditorium in silence with Wally. "You sure you don't want one?" Wally offered as they reached the auditorium door.
"Yeah, I shouldn't even be having this caffeine can." Jenifer softly said as she opened the door, "I should really get back to managing. The whole play is probably falling apart because of my absence." Jenifer said as she parted ways. Suddenly Wally phone buzzed. He quickly pulled it out seeing it was from Dick asking urgently to meet his in the workshop. He quickly turned away and headed his way. He couldn't help to feel happy. He felt as Jenifer wasn't lying when she said she'd led him prove to him. He carefully opened the workshop door to find Dick standing across the room wearing his Romeo costume.
"Look at my boy, all grown up." Wally pretended to wipe a nonexistent tear as the door closed behind him.
"Wally, this is no time for games. This is serious. I just got an alert." Dick said very seriously.
"What? Why am I still here? Give me the local. I've got this one." Wally said but Dick quickly stopped him.
"It's too late. They already gone. It was the local pawn shop. They seemed to only have stolen small valuables."
"Like gold watched and rings?" Wally asked.
"Exactly, but it was enough to make a fortune and easy enough to carry in a single. I think the same person who rob the pawn shop, attacked the tower as well." Dick explained.
"How come?"
"The security did the same. It stalled for half an hour. Enough to rob and get out of there. Explains why it was small objects." Robin said as he rubbed his chin.
"It can't be." Wally said aloud. Jenifer has been managing the play all morning and he was just with her.
"How are you sure?" Dick asked curiously. "Do you know who attacked the tower?"
"Do you think villains could be at this school? Like attending class? They've never followed the law before, why now?" Wally asked trying to change the subject.
"It's a possibility. Why are you so sure that the two attacks are two different people?" Dick asked.
"I'm not sure. It's just an open suggesting." Wally said with a smile. Suddenly the door opened to reveal Kori in her Juliet costume.
"Oh great. Jenifer says you and I are need for makeup. And she also said if we didn't hurry, she'd make sure we look like clowns." Kori said.
"Go on Dickie, you need you're make up." Wally said as he waved them off dramatically with a smile plastered to his face.
"Let's go." Kori said as she grabbed Dick arms and started to pull him, "I do not want to upset Jenifer, she is already on the edge." Kori said as they reached a small room with two huge mirrors and a bunch of giggling freshman girls with brushes in their hands.
"Sit here, Dick." A tan blonde slurred.
"I'm a guy, I didn't think I would need make up." Dick said as he sat in a black chair in front of a mirror.
"I know, you're too gorgeous for makeup." A girl currently doing Kori's makeup said in giggles.
"Male makeup. Great." Dick said as he let the girls' starts rubbing his with brushes. After what seemed like forever for Dick, they finally finished with both of Kori and his makeup. He looked into to the mirror to find he looked no different than before expect his cheekbones looked amazing. On the other hand, Kori looked nothing like she did before. She now had on very detailed eyeshadow, light peach blush, mascara, and a bubble gum pink lip gloss.
"I think now we need to find Jenifer." Kori said without looking at herself in the mirror and jumped off her chair and headed for the door with Dick on her heels.
"I feel like everything here is so rush. I bet we have a lot of time before the play starts." Dick said calmly.
"We spend half an hour in makeup. And I still need to talk to Jenifer." Kori said as she started looking around for Jenifer's amber hair. "There." She said as she almost took off in sprint in Jenifer's direction. "Friend Jenifer, we just finished put on our makeup. We've done everything, yes?"
"Um," Jenifer said as she cleaned her wide frame glasses on her shirt, "Yeah, after makeup you're just going to have to chill. But don't do anything to mess up your costumes. If you're hungry we have fruit over there."
"Fruit. Because it doesn't stain." Dick said, "That's smart. I'll go see what you got before Wally decides to eat it all."
"Jenifer, I need to talk to you. Privately." Kori whispered as if someone was eavesdropping.
"Kori, I really don't have the time. I still have so much to do."
"Please, it really is important." Kori's face even showed how serious she was being.
"10 minutes, you have 10 minutes. No more." Jenifer gave in as Kori started to pull her into a corner of the auditorium.
"Xavier, I think we are having the problems." Kori still whispered.
"What do you mean? Like abuse?" Jenifer asked seriously.
"No! Never." Kori practically screamed at the thought.
Wow, my brain just goes to the worst, doesn't it? Jenifer thought to herself. "Okay, explain."
"Hey, trying to get really physical with me, and I just can't. And I asked him to stop, over and over. But every time I asked him to, he found it amusing to keep going, as if it was some kind of game. And I don't know if I can trust him anymore." Kori said with her voice cracking.
"Look, I haven't been in relationships or anything close," Jenifer sighed at the fact, "but I say if you feel like he's untrustworthy, you have to dig a little deeper. Find out why you have that feeling."
"I think I understand." Kori said as Jenifer gave her a heartwarming hug. Jenifer might not by the girl with the most friends, but she felt like it was necessary. "Thank you." Kori said softly.
"It's okay. We all have own boy troubles. Trust me." Jenifer said.
"What boy troubles do you have?" Kori said as she pulled away from the hug too quickly and stared at Jenifer, "Do tell."
"It's nothing." Jenifer rolled her eyes ignoring her cheek burning.
"It is not nothing. You are redder than um, um," Kori put a finger on her grin trying her hardest not to speak tamaranean. "Tomato?"
"Was that a statement or question?" Jenifer trying desperately to change the subject.
"Tell. Me." Kori said as she started to poke Jenifer's shoulder repeatedly.
"Kori, you're ten minutes are up." Jenifer said as she rubbed her temples.
"Oh, can you just tell me who these troubles are about?" Kori put on her best puppy dog face and pouted.
"Kori… fine." Jenifer looked both directions to make sure no one was listening. "Both Wally and Vic." Jenifer immediately regretted saying because now Kori had a ten foot smile plastered on her face.
"Wally? You finally came through to him?" Kori said cheekily.
"You said just tell you who." Jenifer said as she trying to hide her blush and turned away and start walking towards the stage. "I have work to do.
Xxx
"Jenifer, have you seem Gar?" Adrienne said as she ran into Jenifer.
"Um, no." Jenifer said as she chewed the tip of the pen in thought. "Everyone's ready? Costumes? Makeup? Props?"
"Yeah, everything is perfect. I think you could now relax just a little." Adrienne felt like she was currently stressing out more than Jenifer. "I need to find Gar. There's less than half an hour left. He was supposed to listen to me one last time before the play. Are you sure you haven't seen him?"
"Actually I did. He was with Wally. I don't know where they are now but if he's anywhere, they are by food." Jenifer said as she was now tapping the pen on her clipboard.
"The fruit stand. Okay. Yeah." Adrienne said as she practically sprinted off to the other side of the auditorium towards the fruit table, hoping they were there. She needed Gar's happy energy to calm her nerves or else this whole room would have a power surge. "Gar?!" Adrienne scream in panic at the thought. She quickly turn around just to bump into someone, sending both of them to the ground.
"This is like the second time we knock each other off our feet." Gar joked as he stood up and offered Adrienne a hand.
"Where have you been?" Adrienne asked as he accept his hand. "We need to practice. Like now."
"EVERYONE IN THEIR PLACES!" Mrs. Fult yelled so everyone could hear.
"Oh, no." Adrienne said as she felt her hands started to shake. "I can't do this. I just can't."
"What are you talking about?" Gar said as he grabbed her shoulders. "Don't worry. You'll do fine. Hey. If you mess up even once, I'll make a total buffoon out of myself as Mercutio and drag the attention off of you. Don't worry about it. No one even pays attention to the narrator, just about Juliet and Romeo being suicidal over two days of love."
Adrienne couldn't help but to let out a quite nervous laugh.
"Adriel, you'll do fine." Gar said as he gave her shoulder a squeeze her shoulder. She felt his positive energy run through her and for a second she actually believe she could do it.
"EVERYONE SETS, NOW!"
"I should… yeah." She said as she curried off and she heard Gar scream good luck. She quickly made it to the edge of the stage, which had its curtains closed, but it didn't stop the soft hum of people talking.
"Oh thank god, Adrienne. Jenifer is up about to open the play. You show stand by her." Mrs. Fult said in exited tone that Adrienne wished could get soak. She walked to the far left of the stage, where Jenifer was standing near a wooden stand that faced the crowd that was seated below.
"Are you ready?" Adrienne asked nervously.
"Does it matter? Rather I'm nervous or not, I still have to do this." Jenifer said, obviously the stress getting to her.
"Good luck," Adrienne repeated Gar's words.
"HA. Luck." Jenifer said nervously as she stepped behind the stand and tapped the microphone to get everyone's attention. "Thank you so much for coming to watch students from Jump City High School too preform the famous classic play 'Romeo and Juliet'." Jenifer said as the crowd started clapping at the mention of 'Romeo and Juliet.' "I'm Jenifer, the manager of this play and the famous Romeo will be played by Richard Grayson and Juliet will be played by Kori Anders. For the rest of the cast list, I suggest you look on the back of your programs. Now, my co-manager, Adrienne, will narrate." Jenifer said as they started clapping again and Adrienne stepped behind the wooden stand, taking Jenifer's place.
"Long ago, two were two families, the Capulets and the Montagues…"
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Ahh, sorry for the cliff hanger with everything. Next chapter the play!
Okay, so I was asked if I could add a few more identity reveal. And I personally think it sounds great, but who? Review who you want to be revealed next and by whom.
Okay, so a lot of people want Kyd and Raven's relationship to go on, and I'm totally okay with that. But if you feel like I don't write about them enough id because of the fact that they are so similar and they love to do stuff like read and drink tea and they aren't that, uh physical, I guess (I mean like they don't go run to the movie or swim at the beach or go to the fair/carnival) so it gets a little difficult to write about them, so I'm sorry if it seems like I'm leaving them out. I trying so yeah.
I am still expecting opinion on whether Raven should end up with Kyd or Beast Boy. I would also like to know who Jinx should end up with, Kid Flash or Cyborg. Flinx is my OTP but I care about your opinion and suggestion too much.
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