It was monday and zoey and mike/mal just got on the bus in the clothes they slept in. Neither said a word about last night as they were pelted with sandwiches and juice boxes. He told zoey to go ahead of him, after zoey got off and another kid was about to throw his own lunch at him, he grabbed his arm and gave him a tight indian burn. "You oughtta think twice before throwing that lunch of yours at me or your gonna really regret it!" He twisted the poor kids arm tighter then put his hand to the kids forehead and made sure everyone could see and slammed it into the window, cracking it. He quickly sneered at the rest of the kids with his hair flap over his eye and everyone just stood and stared in fear. "MIKE! C'MON!" He flipped his hair back up and did mike's voice, "COMING!" He gave one final sneer then ran out of the bus to zoey and they started picking banana peels out of each others hair and laughed together as they walked into the building. After they entered the school the entire bus of kids flooded out. The two sat together but remained silent while they both were thinking about the dramatic events of the night before...though not precisely the same thought, zoey was thinking and blushing at the kiss they shared and mal was thinking about wether he really murdered D or not. During social studies, the teacher had the class watch some videos on the history of America and mal finally had the chance to fall asleep and find out what was actually happening, zoey was too enveloped in the video to notice. Mal found himself laying in the bed in his room of the subconscious, he jumped off the bed and wondered if that was all a dream or not. He couldn't pull up a mirror to tell because he had exhausted all of his power in making the door to get out of the darkness, the room's lights turned on all of a sudden and mal looked around slowly, there was another chuckle and he got afraid again. Quit bein' such a wuss… 'ya panzie! Mal gasped and turned to where the voice seemed to be coming from which was the mirror…. There was a light silhouette close behind him and it started to become more and more clear as the outline got distinct, the color showed up, and the face appeared. "BUE!" YEAH! Don't gotta yell! NOW I see wha' the otha's were talkin' 'bout! "Huh?" The otha's! 'ya know, 'ol svet, vito, chester, manny! Mal looked down when he heard "manitoba". AYE...wha's wrong? "Manny…, he said that 'I brought something with me' and apparently that's bad…. Was it you?" At first bue's expression was pity then turned to annoyed and she tried to hit him in the head but her hand went through. GAAAAHHH! BEIN' ALL 'PHANTOMLY' SUCKS! My body...is still in the darkness so I can't take a REAL physical form! Bue looked down depressed but then a thesis came to mind and she didn't like it, mal could tell by her see through body that she was upset about something. "Was it what I said?" Shuddup for a sec…. You DID kill D...didn't you? "DON'T TALK ABOUT HIM!" Mal yelled impatiently, bue floated back with a worried look on her face. OK...hold on… she put her hand to the mirror and showed mal what time it was….on the clock in the classroom. "IT WASN'T A DREAM?!" NO, GENIUS! IT WASN'T! "I can't let mike take control this time, I can't be accountable for all the questions that-" The jerkin' redhead might ask?! Bue floated over to his left and once again tried to thump his head but failed. I'm comin' with 'ya so hurry it up an' ge' back in the driva's seat! Mal grunted, pouted, then snapped his fingers and found himself at the table in class with zoey poking him. He shot up with surprise making zoey fall back then looked around and the classroom was empty. "Sorry" "It's fine, anyway C'MON WE GOTTA GO!" "huh?" She grabbed his hand and the two ran to the cafeteria as fast as they could, mal was confused. When they finally made it, the line had just closed, "MAN! Dang it!" "sorry zo…". "It's fine, let's just go sit down." They did so and they were pelted with food again, zoey tried to ignore it by talking to who she assumed was mike, "so, P.E. is after lunch, we're doin' an obstacle course." Mal's head popped up from the news. "Yeah 'mike', which personality thingy are 'ya gonna switch to? Since we all know you can't do anything on your own!" Guess he wasn't on the bus was he?...LEMME AT 'IM! "shut up…" "huh?" zoey and the random boy asked, mal turned back to them with embarrassment. "Oh...umm...well, I'll take you on!...shut up…..". "Why are you telling me to shut up when YOU'RE the one talking! And...I accept your challenge!" Zoey just sat down and listened with concern. Mal seemed nervous all of a sudden, "I'll be right back...just gonna go to the bathroom." "Kay", zoey told him and he ran out. When he made it to the bathroom he made sure to check wether he was alone or not, when he turned around he saw bue in the mirror floating beside him. "What the hell were you doing?! NO WAY! Am I gonna let you take control to a bet I made!" C'MON! LEMME DO IT! I'LL SHOW THA' LOSA' WHO'S BOSS! "I don't need 'ya to, nor do I want 'ya to so...DON'T!" I've been trainin'...you should see how much I can bench press! "What 'training', I've never seen you work out or anything!" I trained with…-...uh I mean in the-...". I DON'T WANNA HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THAT SOCIOPATH! AND YOU'RE NOT DOIN' THE OBSTACLE COURSE!" He heard someone take a breath and felt a presence as he turned around slightly to see a group of kids with weirded out looks and he gasped with shock. But he recognized the faces, They're the kids from the bus! Bue reminded him as he shook his head and his signature hair flap came down perfectly over his left eye and he gave them a dirty look followed by a sneer, they screamed and ran away. He turned back to the mirror and chuckled quietly under his breath along with bue who tried to contain her laughter with her hand over her mouth but then they heard a tiny breath. "Mike?" Mal turned to face the person and it was zoey, when she saw his face, she got scared and stepped back a little. He was stunned, zoey began to hyperventilate and mal saw her about to faint from shortness of air and he caught her.
….SHE was the one with asthma….
He shuffled through her pockets and finally found the inhaler and he gave her the medicine. "So the inhaler WASN'T for mike to stop his transformations. It was...HER'S!...". Mal held her in his arms with a scared and deeply concerned look, his body was shaking with fear for what could happen to her. He lifted her up and ran out of the bathroom carrying her in his arms to the nurse in a panic. Bue just looked down in a little guilt for the insults she said to her. They were coming close to the nurses office when zoey started to wake up, he stopped and flipped his hair up. Zoey smiled and reached her hand toward his hair, when she touched it it fell down but she wasn't fazed nor did she start hyperventilating again, mal set her down and got on his knees with a worried look. Zoey looked fragile and shaky with a weak smile, then she shot up from the ground swiftly as well as mal with a big smile on her face. "Hey! I'm zoey, you're mal aren't you? Nice to finally meet 'ya face to face!" She held out her hand and with the other, grabbed mal's and shook it, mal was dumbfounded. "HUH?! I left you at the bus to get beat up and let you tough out the past week alone, don't you hate me?" Zoey looked to her side with a pause and a focused look on her face, worrying mal. She turned back to face him with a warm smile, "'forgive and forget' my mom says plus...I don't tend to focus much on the past nor hold pointless grudges." Mal slapped his forehead with a frustrated look and zoey was simply puzzled but then giggled and kissed him on the cheek and blushed. She looked away while mal held the side he was kissed on and blushed as well and there was a short pause, bue gagged and a small chill went down her spine. Mal and zoey both simultaneously looked at the clock and gasped, "GYM!" The two said in sync, zoey grabbed his hand again and they dashed to the gym which was on the other side of the school. Mal isn't quite as fast as bue but very close while he felt like they were practically walking, mal took the lead and started pulling HER to the gym. Though zoey knew he didn't know the school all that well so she became the 'map', "LEFT!" And they made a sharp turn, zoey slid but laughed because it was rather fun. "KEEP GOING STRAIGHT!" He did as directed without question and bue giggled a little. "RIGHT!" Zoey slid again with a big smile and a nice laughter, making mal smile to. They finally got to the door and mal piled on the brakes...they both slid and crashed into the near wall with an earthquake like sound and a huge impact, zoey and mal laughed again and got up unharmed with only slightly bruised butts and they ran (at normal speed) into the gym, right on time, in fact….they were early. It was actually the middle of lunch in the cafeteria. The gym teacher saw them when he walked out of the office, "what're you two doing here? isn't it lunch time for your grade?" The gym was completely empty, zoey was nervous trying to come up with an excuse then...mal gasped. Out of habit, zoey quickly went through her pockets for the inhaler but remembered how he'd change to someone else in his mind. A smirk came onto his face and his eyes were gleaming with confidence, zoey was surprised but had a bit of a hunch of who it might be, her suspicions were confirmed when she heard the voice. "Well mate! Sorry if we disturbed 'ya, this lovely sheila an' I just wanted a private place to talk an' we both knew this here gym was empty 'round this time so…-" Zoey once again blushed at the word, "lovely". The gym teacher knew what was going on and decided to let them stay as he went back into his office and closed the door. "Manitoba?" "The one and only!" "Did you REALLY want to talk about something or was it just to get rid of the teacher." He looked away slowly and squinted his eyes seeming like he was deep in thought, before zoey could ask anything manitoba answered. "Mike's fine, you don't gotta worry about that." He looked her in the eye and managed to work a smile, zoey wouldn't fall for it. "But….what are YOU worried about?" He looked surprised, then sighed with a better warmer smile, then he ruffled her hair. "Nothin' just protecting you that's all." He giggled under his breath but zoey looked concerned, manitoba just thought for a little while and there was a small pause before he giggled once more and zoey looked back at him, a little confused. "'ya know…. 'Ya got two others in this head that like 'ya a lot besides me, zoey." She was bright red and looked down as manitoba patted her head and she smiled. She looked back up at him and despite being in a dusty old gym, there was still a scent of blooming romance.
Bue had been sent back to the mind, same as mal when manny took over and she had her hand on the mirror while mal stood beside her and watched, pouting. Bue saw them starting to lean in closer and she turned away with a sickened look on her newly green turned face and got on the bed facing the wall, mal just looked at her reaction and chuckled quietly. Must be traumatized.
I HEARD THAT!...,a little bit. Bue shivered then turned around and out of the bed to face mal, when she did, they were kissing….she ran over to the trash can by his desk and threw up ghost vomit. "Mike told me you two sucked face…". She threw up again. Yer startin' to sound like 'im, 'ya little evil! When mal didn't deny it she got scared then she noticed his shadow behind him. A smile was on it. Mal….? Bue asked, his eyes glowed….red, she screamed at the top of her lungs. In the board room everybody heard her and oddly enough, this snapped everyone out of their spells and they ran toward mal's room. Bue noticed the door open and tried to leave but he snapped his fingers and the door slammed shut, she continued moving since she could go through walls with her current form. There was a small flash of light and bue flew back to the bed. Mal?! MAL?! MAL?! She heard the sinister voice coming from mal and another chill ran down her spine. "Nope haha!"
