I'm back again, i hope you guys will still review me, I'm probably a little rusty from my years spent away from writing. But please! Let me know what you think...i only own the characters you are unfamiliar with, all rights apart from those are owned by Beyblades etc
Defence
Johnny waited by the green machine for Tia after school. He ignored everyone until he saw her walking around the school hall, approaching the car park. Robert was walking with her. She didn't seem unhappy to be talking to him, but she wasn't exactly having a good time. She saw Johnny waiting by the car and said goodbye to Robert.
"Where have you been?" Johnny asked crudely.
"What's it to you?" she asked in surprise at his tone. "If you must know I didn't hear the bell in the library. If it weren't for Robert you would still be waiting." She unlocked the car and they both got in.
"Book worm," Johnny snickered. Tia through her bag on his lap making him grunt. He smirked at her before throwing it into the back seat. "Oh yeah, no training tonight, the field is saturated after all the rain we've had." Tia reversed the car into the rain as he finished his sentence.
"Coach doesn't even want us to have indoor training?" she asked in surprise.
"Nah, the football federation has already said all games this weekend will be off because most fields are flooded. Better watch our street; it will most likely be the same when we get home."
Tia slowed as they approached their street. Johnny was right; the whole street had about 10cm deep of water throughout it.
"Oh my god," Tia said as she idled the car through the street, staying in the middle where the water was the shallowest. "Does this happen often?"
"Only when we get none stop rain for more than a couple of days, it can be fun though." He looked sideways at her with a grin on his face.
"Whatever you're up...don't even think of putting it into action," she said waving a finger as they neared their driveway. She slowly pulled into the driveway, gunning it once she was clear of the water. "My poor baby!"
"Forget about the baby, we have to try and get to the front door. Ha! And you're wearing a white top!" Johnny said laughing before opening the door and running to the verandah. Tia sighed, looked back at her bag then thought better of it. She opened her door and got out, slamming it shut behind her as she made a sprint for the verandah as well. Johnny was laughing hysterically...with a video camera in his hand!
"Johnny!" she said jumping straight onto the verandah and avoiding all the stairs. She slipped, the floor boards were all wet, and she began to fall. She stuck out her arm and grabbed at Johnny's shirt.
"Shit!" Johnny said as she continued to fall, dragging him down with her. They fell in a heap on the floor.
"Owwww," Tia moaned rubbing the back of her head.
"Thank god you didn't break the camera," Johnny said closing in on her face with it.
"If you don't get it out of my face I will," she retorted making a swipe for it, but Johnny was quicker. "Get your legs off of me."
"Johnny looked down to see his legs were indeed on top of her waist from how he'd fallen and sat up. He also noticed her shirt had indeed gone see through, she was drenched. Bits of her hair clung to her face and neck. Johnny smirked and sat on top of her, straddling her hips while filming her top as she struggled to get him off.
"Johnny! What the fuck dude! Get off of me!" she said trying to push him off. "I will break that camera!"
"Aw, you don't wanna do that! It's Bryan's, he asked me to help him take footage for the year video," Johnny answered switching it off as Tia took a wild swipe at it with her hand. Johnny laughed in amusement until Tia thrust her hips up, throwing him off balance. He fell forward, both hands landing on either side of Tia's head. She winced as one landed on her hair, pulling on her scalp.
"Jesus Tia," he said taking his hand off her hair so she could pull it back away from his hand.
"Well get off!" she retorted, suddenly knocking one arm out from beneath him, twisting her right leg around his and flipping him over so he was now on his back and she was on top. She smirked before taking the video camera that he had dropped and recording.
"So, how many girls have had you flat on your back against your will?" Tia asked, Johnny struggled to move as Tia had his armed pinned down under her legs as well.
"First of all, who said it was against my will?" Johnny answered cheekily. Tia shot off his lap and fell flat onto her backside, causing Johnny to laugh uncontrollably. Tia wrinkled her nose in annoyance, and got up, strolling inside.
"Tia, my, you're all wet!" Rosie exclaimed as Tia walked in and put the video camera down. Tia groaned.
"I know, it's ridiculous out there," she replied heading for the stairs to her room to change.
"Would you like a hot chocolate to warm you up once you're changed?" she asked turning on the kettle.
"Oh, that would be great," she answered brightly, stopping at the bottom of the stairs. At that moment Johnny came rushing in, grabbing the video camera from her hand as he flew by. "HEY!"
"Hi mum, bye mum!" Johnny called as he disappeared up the stairs. Tia ran after him, catching him as he opened his door. She tackled him into his bedroom; both of them rolling onto the floor in a heap, Johnny managed to drop the camera onto his bed before he hit the floor.
"Pay back's a bitch hey," Tia said panting, as she smacked him in the gut with the back of her hand.
"Yeah, well, just you remember that hey," he replied pinching her arm. She gave a shout and sat up looking at her arm. There was a red mark from where he got her. She narrowed her eyes at him then took her saturated singlet off. Johnny's eyes went wide. Suddenly she was twisting it tightly with her hands.
"Wake up Johnny," Tia sneered as she whipped it at his legs. There was a loud 'thwack' as she made a perfect 'crack' and Johnny gave a shout of pain.
"Tia!" he shouted as she ran out of the room, laughing hysterically. Johnny looked down at his shin where she'd gotten him. A nice big red welt was appearing slowly. "I got to admit, she's good," Johnny murmured to himself.
Johnny showered and went downstairs to join Tia and his mother.
"You don't need to worry about her, I have banned her from setting foot in my house," Rosie said soothingly to Tia, who was looking a little glum.
"We talking about Celia?" Johnny asked grabbing himself a drink. Rosie nodded while Tia slumped with her arm supporting her head. "Don't worry about her Tia. I'm sure she wouldn't be game to set foot in this house or anywhere else we go. She's made some enemies for herself in this town."
"Well aren't you just the sweetest?" Tia said sarcastically. Then she gave a cheeky smile. "You're just trying to make me feel guilty for that welt on your shin aren't you?" Johnny gave a slight growl and pegged his bottle cap at her.
"Come on now you two, anyone would think you were a married couple," Rosie joked.
"Ewwww!" Johnny and Tia exclaimed in unison.
Johnny and Tia sat eating dinner at the breakfast counter. Rosie was at her book club.
"So, I hear you got asked by Robert," Johnny said finishing his off.
"Did you now?" Tia answered picking her plate up and taking it to the sink.
"So, I'm guessing you had to say yes because of our little deal?" he asked smirking.
"I guess I did," she sighed. Johnny looked at her curiously.
"Why the sigh?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, cause now I have to go with Robert, I mean Robert is really nice and all. But now everyone is gonna be watching us like we're an actual couple, this is why I didn't want to have a date."
"Oh come on, look on the bright side, you two might end up a couple," he said, but had a strange feeling of disappointment when he said 'couple'.
"Ha, yeah well. I guess you could be right, I'm pretty certain you're wrong again though," she answered as he got up and put his plate in the sink. Tia leant against a counter drinking a glass of water.
"Really? Me? Wrong?" he asked sarcastically, noticing the wet dish cloth hanging over the tap as he rinsed his plate. He grabbed it quickly and whipped around, catching Tia on the arm with a loud 'thwack'
"Ow! You bastard!" she shouted and threw her water at him, it splashed into his face, making his hair sag. He couldn't stop laughing. Tia inspected her arm where he'd gotten her. Sure enough a large red welt was slowly appearing.
"Hehe, told you to listen to your own advice didn't I?" he said snidely strolling past her. She couldn't help but smile behind his back. He got her good; she had to admit it...obviously only to herself and never to him though.
"Well, just remember it," she shouted back as he entered the lounge room.
Johnny sat playing his Xbox, while Tia sat on another lounge reading a book and listening to her IPod. It irked him that she was sitting there with her music up loud. Especially when all he wanted to do was give her shit. He decided to turn up the TV. She didn't seem phased at all. He grinded his teeth with displeasure. Suddenly Tia gave a small jump. She moved around in her seat then pulled out her mobile.
"Nanasi said you're grandfather is on his way here," Tia said getting out of her seat.
"What?" Johnny exclaimed in shock. Tia picked up her things and went to go upstairs. "What do you mean he's on his way?"
"I don't know? Nanasi just said 'Johnny's grandfather is on his way over, get out or hide!' That's all she's said." Johnny grimaced, but hurried Tia up the stairs.
"Maybe if we both hide we'll be ok," Johnny said quietly.
"Johnny...my car is out front," she replied. Johnny groaned.
"You know what, stuff it, you're coming back downstairs," he said and went to grab her arm.
"Oh hell no I'm not. I've heard about your grandfather enough from you and Nanasi to know I don't want to know him," she hissed. "I'll hide up here thanks. But you'd better call your mum."
Johnny raced back downstairs and dialled his mother's mobile number. She answered straight away.
"I'm on my way Johnny. Nanasi texted me too. You and Tia get upstairs and lock the front door. Stay with Tia at all times unless I tell you it's safe to come out," she ordered and hung up. Johnny sprinted back upstairs to Tia's room.
"You have two options, you're room or mine," he demanded. Tia looked at him strangely. He shook his head and grabbed her, dragging her to his room and shutting it hurriedly, locking the door.
"Why are we in your room? I thought you were going downstairs to try and keep him away from up here?"
"Mum's orders, the way she's talking it sounds like something's up," he answered shutting his curtains. Tia looked at him in concern. Johnny noticed and walked over to her, grabbing her shoulders. "Don't worry, I- We won't let anything happen to you."
"Well what are we supposed to do until we can get out of here, as much as I love the Picture magazine jokes, I don't think they are gonna cut it," she said in a bored tone as she dropped onto his bed.
"You could always look at the pictures," he answered slyly. Tia kicked out at his shins which he dodged easily. Tia yawned. "I'll turn the TV on."
"Um duh...my name is Johnny. Dumb ass, he'll hear it," she hissed. Johnny gave himself a mental slap, but glared at Tia's remark.
"Well stop whinging about being bored then. Just be happy I'm keeping you safe," he sneered lying back in his bed. Tia rolled her eyes. "What was that for?"
"Cause I can," she answered doing it again.
"Do it again, and it's on," he warned. She wrinkled her nose and did it again. "I'm warning you." She smirked, before doing it again. "That's it!" he said and grabbed her, pulling her down onto the bed with him and squeezing tight.
"Ow! Johnny! Argh! Take this!" she said managed to get her arms to his waist and began tickling. Johnny began to squirm. "Oh what's this? Ticklish are we?" She continued on until his grip on her was loose enough she could wiggle her way out. But Johnny wasn't done with her yet. Before she could jump up off the bed he'd grabbed her by her shoulders and had her back on the bed, and was leaning over her, tickling every spot he could find available.
"What was it you always say? Payback's a bitch? Isn't it just?" he laughed as she squirmed under his assault. Suddenly Johnny stopped and held Tia down hard.
"Johnny? What's the big idea?" Tia said struggling as he had her arms pinned down.
"Shh! Tia! I heard a car door shut," he whispered. He and Tia froze and dared not to move. Johnny noticed Tia's heart rate was racing. He could feel it through her body, as he was lying on top of her.
"Do you think it's him or your mum?" Tia barely whispered.
"I don't know, but it's probably better if we just stay here," he whispered back. Tia grimaced slightly but said nothing as they both carefully listened for noises outside. Footsteps could be heard on the verandah. It sounded like someone was walking from one side to the other, inspecting the windows, or peering inside to see who was there.
"Um...Johnny? Did you turn off the Xbox?" Tia asked from underneath him. Johnny looked down at her, trying to remember.
"Oh shit."
Johnny felt uncomfortable on Tia; this was the longest they had been with body to body contact ever. He wished he could stop thinking about it or it was gonna get very uncomfortable very quickly! Suddenly there was a screech of tires and a siren approaching shortly after. They could hear Rosie shouting loudly. Tia shoved Johnny off of her and ran to the window for a look. The siren was still a long way off.
"Get away from my house! He may be your grandson but he does not want to see you!" Rosie shouted angrily approaching him.
"Shut up, you vile woman, I will be taking my grandson now and raising him as he should be!" Mr McCloud said as she neared him. Tia saw him raise his hand to her.
"Johnny! Rosie-!" before Johnny knew what was happening Tia was out the door. Johnny followed quickly, fearing the worst. Johnny was catching Tia until she reached the door and reefed it open. He followed, saw her jump from the verandah and run straight at his grandfather. Just as he looked up Tia hurtled Rosie and tackled him into the ground. Johnny ran to Rosie.
"Forget me, get her now!" Rosie exclaimed, struggling off the ground. Johnny hurried to Tia who was wrestling with his grandfather. His grandfather tried to punch Tia but she blocked it and managed to get an elbow into his rib cage. Johnny reefed his grandfather from her and threw him onto the ground. Tia struggled to her feet. There was a red mark appearing on her cheek where he must have got a hit in.
The police car screeched to a halt out the front of the house as Mr McCloud scrambled to his feet. He went to grab Johnny but the police grabbed him before he could.
"Mr McCloud," one said dragging him back to the car. "You're under arrest for breaching the AVO against you by Mrs McGregor."
Johnny turned to Tia, and checked her over as Rosie walked over. Tia had scratches along her right arm, a graze on her left knee as well as the red mark on her cheek and a little blood from her mouth.
"Tia! That was a very silly thing to do," Rosie said fussing over her. "Take her inside Johnny, before Simon or worse, Celia sees her." Johnny did as he was told. Once he was out of earshot of his mother who was talking to the policemen he turned to Tia.
"Thank you, but she's right, he could have done you some serious damage," Johnny whispered as he led her up the stairs and into the kitchen where he made her sit down and got an ice pack for her cheek. He began cleaning her cuts and grazes.
"Well, I might get some cool war wounds," Tia joked. Johnny pushed on a cut firmly proving a point making Tia wince. "Ok ok, I get the point. I'm stupid."
"Is that all I need to do to get you to realise it?" he asked slyly. Tia jerked her leg and kicked Johnny in the shin making him hop around then retreated to her room.
The next day at school Johnny and Tia didn't get a chance to talk much. The school was full of rumour about Tia and Robert. When Tia did try and talk with Johnny he was constantly grumpy about something. Tia soon gave up and sat with Nanasi in one of the spare rooms in the senior study for lunch. Robert, Eddy and Demi soon joined them.
"Good afternoon Tia," Robert said politely entering the room after Eddy. He leant down to give Tia a kiss on the cheek, making her go slightly pink. Nanasi looked ready to explode with giggles as Robert sat on the lounge beside her. He was very careful not to touch her though, to her relief.
"Hi Robert," Nanasi said with a big grin. Tia kept her head down, concentrating on her salad.
"So what's happening girls?" Eddy asked trying to turn the conversation elsewhere.
"Not much, we're thinking of things to do for Tia's campaign," Nanasi explained brightly, motioning towards the brightly coloured posters.
"I don't like pink," Tia said in distaste looking at one of the posters in particular. Nanasi and Demi looked at each other.
"Uh ok, no pink," Demi said picking it up and throwing it into the bin. "Do you have any pictures we can use for your posters?"
"No," Tia said straight away without a second thought.
"What about these ones?" Nanasi asked turning her laptop so Tia could see. On the screen were several photos of Tia, some she was wearing bikinis, others she was wearing short or long dresses. All the photos were professionally done and made Tia grimace.
"Oh yes, those ones," she groaned.
"You didn't really think you could hide them forever did you cuz? I would have given you up in an instance if they'd asked me," Eddy said with laugh.
"Well it was worth trying," Tia said shrugging.
"What are they from?" Robert asked with keen interest. Tia jumped, having forgotten he was there for a moment.
"Uh, just a couple of portfolio shots for a photographer friend," she answered bashfully.
"Well they are perfect!" Nanasi said excitedly.
"Do NOT add the ones where I'm in a bikini, the campaign should at least be tasteful," Tia warned. Both girls nodded hastily, not wanting Tia to disallow them from campaigning for her.
"Well, okay, but keep the source of the photos to yourself, I don't want them appearing all over the school. I might contact the photographer and ask him to take them down for a few weeks," Tia said thoughtfully.
"They're nothing to be ashamed of Tia, I think they're quite tasteful," Robert said pleasantly. Nanasi and Demi tried not to sigh or giggle. But Tia could see it on their faces.
"Thank you Robert, but it's still not very appropriate for someone in high school in my opinion." Robert nodded in understanding as the bell went. Tia looked at her watch. She had no more classes for the day. "I'll speak to you guys later; it's time for me to head home."
"You're not waiting for Johnny today?" Eddy asked in surprised, looking straight at Robert to see if it got a response.
"No, I fixed his bike for him, so he's finally riding it back to school now," she answered picking up her bag. Robert seemed somewhat frozen in his place. "See you tomorrow Robert." He seemed to wake from his trance
"Oh yes, I'll see you tomorrow," he said standing up.
Tia walked into the house. Rosie was nowhere to be seen, so Tia grabbed a can of soft drink and went to her room. When she arrived there was a bunch of flowers on the chest of draws with a note next to it. There was also a card attached to the flowers. Tia looked from the note to the card, and chose to open the note first.
Dear Tia,
These came for you today. I asked Rosie to pass them along for you. Seems you're leaving quite an impression at school. Hope you're doing well.
Love Simon.
Tia growled slightly, and then groaned when she looked at the flowers. They were a mixture of different flowers, all bright in colour. There were a few pink ones in there, but Tia overlooked it, she knew who they were from. Sure enough when she looked at the card she was right. It was from Robert.
Dear Tia,
I heard about what happened at home, just a little something to brighten your day. I cannot express how pleased I am that you said yes to my proposal of being my date to the Prom.
Tia groaned slightly as she put the card down. Rosie had already put the flowers in a vase. Tia thought carefully then took the flowers downstairs and put them on the bench, hoping Johnny wouldn't know they were hers. She sprinted back upstairs and began her homework with her IPod turned up all the way.
She was flying through her Modern History essay when someone grabbed her shoulders from behind.
"Haahahaha," Johnny laughed loudly as she jumped up from her chair, knocking her homework to the floor.
"Johnny, grow up," Tia said angrily picking up the pages of her essay. She shot him a dirty look as he lay on her bed. "Do you mind?"
"Not at all, who sent you the flowers? Robert?" Johnny asked lying on his side, propping his head up with his hand, flexing his bicep as he did so. It caught Tia's eye but she looked away quickly.
"None of your business," she answered and put the paperwork back on her table. "If you don't mind I have homework to do, I'm sure you've probably got some to do as well. So why don't you go and what little brain cells you've got left and go and do it?" She put her paperwork into its folder and went to put it in her cupboard.
"I thought we could talk, you know, about stuff?" he said smirking as she went to put it in her bag, bending down beside it.
"What stuff?" she sighed as she stood up, taking her hair out of its ponytail and brushing it. Johnny watched her as she brushed long strokes through her hair. It shone in the slight light in the room.
"Well, like what kind of guys do you like? Guys like Robert?" he asked in interest. Tia looked at him dully.
"Why would I want to talk about that, I don't even talk to Nanasi about that," she sneered and turned back to the mirror.
"Aw, come on, I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours," he begged slyly. Tia looked at him via the mirror.
"Why on earth would I need to know yours, considering it wouldn't surprise me if your 'type' was any girl who was willing to wear a short skirt and bend over in front of you?" she asked raising her eyebrows. Johnny smirked.
"Well you know about me, time to return the favour?"
"Get out you tool," she said shaking her head.
"Aw, come on! If we're gonna live under the same roof, we should make some effort every now and then?"
Tia turned and looked at him critically. Johnny looked straight back at her, straight faced.
"Fine, you get the popcorn, I'll go for a drive and get the bourbon, daresay this could be a barrel of laughs," she answered making Johnny laugh.
Tia and Johnny sat on Johnny's balcony, eating the popcorn and having a couple of bourbons while they waited for some chicken Tia had put on to cook. Rosie must have been working late as she was not yet home.
"So, come on, you're going first since you seem to think you know what I'm after, you can tell me what you're after," he said snidely pegging popcorn at her.
"Hey, I was just saying what I was seeing," Tia retorted catching it and pegging it back at him. "Okay, so I guess for me as long as he knows what I like and we have some kind of connection is good. I mean it's even better if he is athletic, has great arms, abs and a nice smile. They aren't essential but I wouldn't mind having something to admire." She turned away from him as he raised his eyebrows at her.
"What? So like no bad boys, no army boys, nothing like that?" he said trying not to laugh.
"Hey, if they have abs, hot arms and can make me feel good, why do I care what they get up to any other time?" she went kind of red after saying that and grinned. "So was I right about yours?"
"Not exactly, the girls you described are the ones I seem to attract, I'd prefer to be able to actually converse with the girl of my dreams, not have her giggle or agree with everything I say," Johnny said shrugging. Tia's eyebrows rose. "But of course I won't settle for anything less than stunning. That's why it's so hard to find the perfect lady." Tia couldn't help but shake her head.
"Yes, of course," she replied rolling her eyes.
"Hey, what have I told you about rolling your eyes at me?" Johnny said wagging his finger at her. She looked at him with a raised eyebrow but did nothing more. "So, Robert hey? Are you happy to going with him?"
"Hey, I could have done much worse," she answered laughing slightly. "I mean I could have gone with you right? Much worse." She looked at him slyly.
"Oh, gees, spear to the heart," Johnny mocked gripping his chest. "You're right though, at least I don't have to resort to going with you."
"So you still haven't been asked by someone you deem worthy to go with?"
"Oh I haven't decided yet, I definitely don't want to go with Sammie, she's damaged goods and very annoying!" Tia laughed at that. "Maybe Raein, so I can put Kai's nose out of joint, or even Demi is alright. That would piss her brother off some. Mind you neither of those have asked me yet."
"Tiana? She's asked you already hasn't she?" Tia asked in interest. She'd heard over 30 girls had asked him already, some of them even juniors.
"Yeah, she did, but I've never really found her appealing in anyway. She's a follower, I seem to be more attracted to the girls that lead," he replied looking thoughtful for a moment. "I might just ask Nanasi to go with me, so if any of the girls ends up free and needs a shoulder to cry on, hey I'm right here."
"You're all class McGregor," she said snidely. "And that would look good, show up with your cousin, haha, and let the rumours begin."
"As if, everyone knows not to even mention that to us, they cop it sweet, I mean look at all the girls I have hanging off of me, why would I even consider my cousin," Johnny shuddered at the thought making Tia laugh. She looked at her watch; they were due for indoor training tonight.
"Come on you, we're gonna go play some indoor pumped on bourbon, haha, this should be fun," she said standing up. As she stood up she looked across to her own balcony. "Oh shit." Johnny looked across to the balcony as well.
"I don't think Simon is coaching anymore," Johnny said hastily.
"Why do you say that?" Tia asked whipping her head around to look at him.
"Well, surely he wouldn't want to hurt you anymore?" he suggested.
"I would have thought that a couple of times already," she said walking through to Johnny's room. Johnny followed her.
"You want me to call through and find out?" he asked taking his shirt off to change as Tia put her can in the bin. She turned around to face him.
"Oh Jesus Johnny. Bit of warning next time, or at least wait until I'm out of the room."
"Oh puh-lease! Don't tell me you don't enjoy looking at it," he said stretching his arms above his head. She rolled her eyes and folded her arms.
"Hey, what have I told you about rolling your eyes at me?" he warned reaching into a draw for a singlet.
"That it really annoys you, and yet you wonder why I still do it?" she answered then laughed before doing it again.
"That's it!" he said and went to grab her. She jumped back, avoiding his grasp and went to give him a shove back with a laugh, but he managed to grab her arm as she went to push him and he began tickling her.
"Johnny!" she shouted laughing hysterically. "Stop it!" She went to push back into him, but they tripped over some shoes and fell onto the ground, Johnny landing first and Tia on top of him.
"Ow," Johnny said laughing. He looked down at Tia who had rolled off of him and onto her stomach on the floor, laughing her ass off.
"Double Ow," Tia laughed. "Oh god, I'm not sure what hurt more though, me laughing or us falling." She began to prop herself up on her elbows. Johnny poked her rib making her laugh again. "Hey!" She rolled onto her side and tried to fight him off.
"Come on doll face, I'll go call Michael and find out what the go is," he said standing up and lifting her up easily by her arm. As he turned to pick up his phone Tia stopped him.
"It's fine, forget it. I'm going to have to face him eventually." Johnny watched her walk out of the room.
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