Sorry about the late update. I've been busy with my singing and coursework. I hope you enjoy this chapter. This chapter is dedicated to one of my Akkas. Even though she has no idea about this and never will. It's her eighteenth today. So Happy 18th Birthday Akka.
Disclaimer: I don't own Zoey 101!
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Chapter 14
Ray-Ray's P.O.V.
The bell was about to ring and so I headed to my homeroom. I knew that I was going to have to face the kids, I had to.
I walked into the room, with a smile on my face and said, "Good morning! Welcome back to PCA. I'm sure we'll all hit it off. I'm Ms. Reese, your homeroom teacher."
I saw a few jaws drop, mainly the guys ones. I heard one boy mutter to his friend, "I'd like to hit that." I gave him a very dirty look and said, "You wish you could hit this."
I set my stuff down on the desk as Logan, Dana, Chase, Zoey, Nicole and Mike tried to sneak in the room. Like I'm letting them get away with that. "Reese, Cruz, Brooks, Matthews, Bristow, Barret. My desk now!"
They marched up to me. Logan looked shock, while the others just grimaced. "I told you six last night that you would not be excused for being late. I'm not gonna give you detention, but we can talk about this at lunch."
"We were thinking we all go to Sushi Rox. Cruz's treat," said Dana. I nodded to them and sent them back to their seats.
I was calling role, when there was a knock at the door. In walked a delivery guy holding a single white orchid. "Sorry, to interrupt, but I have a delivery for a Ms. Ray-Ray Reese."
I blushed and said, "That's me. Just set it on the desk, thanks," as I reached in my purse to tip him.
I didn't even have to read the card to know who sent it. It was Bryan. He was the only guy, apart from Logan and my brother, who knew I loved white orchids.
A loud shout of 'Who's it from?" came from the class. I ignored them and carried on calling role. After I finished I said, "I know that Kunju, Dana, Chase, Zoey, Nicole and Mike already know. The smiles prove it. And as for the rest of you, it's none of your business."
Then I realised what I had said. "Kunju? Who's Kunju?" asked Vince Blake
I was about to answer when Logan stood up and said, "I am. If any of have a problem with that you can deal with me."
"I guess I forgot to mention the fact that I'm Logan's cousin. And screw what Logan said, if you have a problem with that then you can deal with me." I said.
Fear entered the eyes of Vince. I was about to say something, but the bell rang. I said to them, "Nice to meet all of you. I'll see you around."
As everyone walked out of the door, the gang came up to my desk. "The flowers are so pretty! Aren't they pretty you guys? Oooh, a card! What does it say Ray? Who's it from?" babbled Nicole.
I smiled at her. I picked up the card and read it aloud to them, "Ray-Ray, I'm sorry that I was such a jerk. I know that it'll take a long time to repair our friendship, if ever. I hope that you can forgive me. Keep this orchid, it's just like you; perfect. We need to talk. Lunch at Sushi Rox? Bryan."
He was trying to soften me up so that I would forgive him. I knew this would happen. I told myself that I wasn't going to let myself sink into this. But I already am, and I can't help myself.
The girls were cooing over the message. "Guys, we are so gonna be late for first period. Come on!" said Chase.
"Who do you have, I explain to them." I told him. I heard Mr. Bender come from Mike's mouth.
We took off to their Media class. We walked in and Mr. Bender was about to yell at them when he noticed me. He dropped his folder, and the gang took this as their cue to take their seat.
I said to Mr. Bender, as I picked up his folder, "I'm sorry Mr Bender. I was talking to them about something that happened in our dorm last night. I thought it would be best to come and explain to you considering that I'm not teaching right now."
He looked shocked. I don't think he believed that I was a teacher. "Y-yo-you're a teacher?" he stuttered.
I nodded my head and said, "One of the two new music teachers. I'll let you get back to your lesson, sorry about the kids being late."
I handed him his folder and I was about to walk out the door when I heard Logan say, "WHAT?!" I shot him a look that said 'We'll talk later.' And continued walking out the door.
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Lunch rolled around to quickly for my liking. I taught my first class here, just before lunch. More seniors. A couple of the gang were there, Chase and Nikki. Some of the guys thought I was a new girl and tried to hit on me. They got shot down, like Vince Blake. I have eyes for one guy only. Always have, always will.
I was kind of dreading seeing Bryan. I asked Chase and Nicole to wait for me so that we could head down together. I didn't want to walk in on my own. I was still a bit mad at Bryan. I loved him so much, but I was seriously pissed at him.
As we walked in the door of Sushi Rox, I realised that we were the last to arrive. The second I saw Bryan, I froze. Chase and Nicole carried on walking and kissed their respective partners and said hello to the rest.
I was still standing there in the middle of Sushi Rox, staring at Bryan. All of a sudden, I realised what I was doing. I smiled at everyone and walked up to them all, said my hello and sat down.
"So what are we eating today?" asked Mike. Everyone else knew exactly what they wanted, they were all waiting on me.
"Guys, I don't feel so good. I'm just going to skip lunch. I need some air, I'll see you guys later." I told them. As I got up from my seat next to Mike, I felt someone grab my wrist. I turned to see who had the guts to grab me like that. They all knew I was pissed.
It was Bryan. I'm not that surprised, he was always daring. "Ray-Ray, wait. We need to talk. I'm coming with. Here's 50 bucks for the food, Dana. I want all the change." I wasn't going to stop him from coming with me.
"Okay. But don't forget. Open Mike Night, tonight. We signed you up Ray-Ray. Logan said you wouldn't mind. And plus, you have to come and see us perform!" said Zoey.
I shot Logan a look. He was right about me not minding, but he could at least have the courtesy to ask me first.
I walked out the door that was being held open for me by Bryan. I mumbled a thanks. I didn't want start anything. So I just walked along in silence. We were headed to wards the beach.
Bryan broke the silence. I knew that he would. "Ray-Ray look I'm sorry. I know I owe you an explanation. Just speak to me. Please?"
I stopped dead in my tracks and faced him. "You just disappear into thin air for three years without an explanation then reappear and expect everything to go back to normal? Bryan, I said it before. I'm not doing this. I can't do this. Not any more. I've been through too much pain. I'm not gonna let you break me again."
I was about to run off when he grabbed my wrist again. He had gotten stronger. He pulled me down to the ground. He was practically laying on top of me, pinning me down.
"You know why I didn't come back. UCLA took me out of the uni exchange program! That's why. I didn't get in contact with you because I couldn't. My phone and laptop got jack at UCLA. I lost everything, especiallywhenIlostyou" he told me. Well he said the last part so fast it almost didn't register.
I really wanted to kiss him but I couldn't. Not now. I didn't want to ruin everything. "Bryan, I forgive you. You could have told me that earlier. Scratch that, I was so pissed I wouldn't have believed you."
We both laughed at my stubbornness. A quality we both possessed. "Well seeing as you forgive me, how about we go to open mike together?" he asked me.
"I'd love to," I replied to him with a smile on my face. We just stayed like that for a while gazing into each others eyes. "Erm Bryan? As much as I would love to do this all day, we have to get back to work in like five minutes. And you're pinning me down."
He got up, and helped me up. We ran off to our classes. Good thing I had a free. I needed time to think of a song for Open Mike Night. As if I didn't have enough to think about.
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I was just sitting at my desk, thinking of a song to sing at Open Mike. I wanted a song that I could sing that would hint to Bryan that I liked him as more than a friend. At least that way I'd be able to figure out his feelings for me.
Then it hit me. I knew the perfect song to sing. "If We Were A Movie" Okay , so it's so cliché. But the chorus describes us perfectly.
Sometimes, I think it would have been easier to tell him when we were back in UCL. Then other times I feel glad that I didn't, there are things that you can do together as friends but can't when you're 'together' together.
I knew that I need to email Eddie, Remy and Nish sometime today, and so I figured that today would be the perfect opportunity. They are really protective of me, especially now that my brother is here.
I will always mention TT5. That was Eddie, Remy, Nish and my brother, Louie. They were the best of friends. They ruled the streets of London, the clubs and all the dance floors.
If I don't contact them every couple of days, one of them will turn up to check on me. They didn't want me to get hurt in university so one of they made me dress down and one of them was always shadowing me.
I wrote; "Heyya Eddie Annah, Remy Annah & Nish Annah! I'm good. Hope you guys are too. Logan says Hi. Met his girl. Beautiful. A lot like me. Dumped Danny. Bryan is back. Missing you so much. Come to visit me soon. Love you baby sister, Ray-Ray."
I didn't want them too much, but they had to know about Bryan…and Danny. The amount of times I held them back from coming to kill him for hurting me, they deserved to know.
I knew that the second that they read that Bryan was back and Danny was gone that they would be coming to visit soon. Logan would be so happy to see them. Bryan was a different story…
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