The next morning at school, things have been really tense for Angelica. Realizing what she's done the other night, she avoided Mike and Brianna to avoid any additional conflict between them. On Mike's side however, he's also wondering if he'll forgive Angelica and Chuck. Needless to say, during the first three periods he's been distracted by his clouded thought of Angelica. One one occassion he asked for permission to use the restroom, and he ran into the door.
"You okay, Mr. Purnomo?" Mr. Nicholls asked.
"I'm okay, sir. Just a little... uh... what's the word?"
"Distracted?"
"Yeah, distracted," he said, some of his classmates chuckling at him, then he carried on to use the restroom.
Angelica's also having trouble concentrating on her assignment.
'I don't know if Brianna or Mike'll even forgive me' she thought to herself. 'I was too stupid to even take him. Now Chuckie's been really steamed at me as well.'
Minutes later, Mr. Nicholls asked Angelica to answer the questions written on the board, but she's too distracted thinking of Mike she just stared down at her notebook.
"Mrs. Pickles?" Mr. Nicholls called out. She didn't respond.
"Angelica!"
That made her snap out of her daydream, most of her classmates laughed at her. She felt embarrased at this.
"Sorry, sir," she apologized.
"I suggest you pay attention unless you wanna end up in detention," Mr Nicholls warned.
"Yes, sir."
Later during lunch break, Angelica was poking at her food, not wanting to eat.
"The only way to lose this conscience is to apologize to Mike and hope he'll forgive me," she said to herself, most of the gang's sitting alongside her.
"Geez, you still feel guilty about Mike, huh?" Susie asked her.
"Why don't you go tell him you're sincerely sorry for what, you've done?" Phil suggested, with his mouth full of spaghetti.
"And how many times do I have to tell you not to talk with your damn mouth full!?" his twin sister Lil scolded him.
"Sorry... Lillian," he apologized in a mocking manner.
"Ugh, you're so immature, Phillip," Lil groaned.
"Can you two knock it out!?" Kimi scolded them both. "What matters is Angelica apologizing to Mike and hope he and Brianna'll forgive him."
"You heard what he said," Tommy reminded her. "It'll take some time for them both to forgive her and Chuckie. Seriously, he's kinda pissed by the sound of it."
"Don't you dare judge Mike's intelligence! He might be pissed at Finster and I but he's a merciful guy!" Angelica scorned.
"Whoa," Phil commented under his breath. "You and Chuckie DID put him in the hospital."
"What was that, DeVille!?"
Phil gulped. "Uhm... nothing."
On the other side of the cafeteria, Mike was with Brianna in a two-person table. He saw Brianna glaring at the blonde, possibly wanting revenge.
"Penelope, if you're gonna get back at Angelica, don't," Mike told her in an attempt to calm her down.
"I'm not," she fibbed. "Just looking at Savannah and her so-called popularity friends."
Mike shrugged and went back to eaing without batting an eye of suspiscion at her.
'Sorry, Mike. But avenging you by using Angelica as a punching bag is the only way to set things even," Brianna thought to her self. She really wanted to make Angelica and Chuck suffer as much as Purnomo has suffered. She just needed to wait for the perfect time to make her move.
Some time later in the afternoon, Angelica was bored in the house so she headed to the park for a stroll alone. Unknown to her, Brianna approached from the opposite side and noticed the blonde there.
"Ah, revenge is imminent," she said to herself, cracking her knuckles. "This is for making Mike suffer in the hospital, so prepare to suffer, Pickles!"
The both of them eventually met up near the bridge.
"Oh, hi, Brianna," Angelica greeted her calmly, hoping things don't go down south.
"Save it, you fucking bitch!" Brianna growled, clenching her fists. "You tried stealing Mike from me, and you put him in the hospital!"
She threw her fists at the blond, but she dodged them. "Brianna... wait! I don't wanna fight you. I'm sorry if I tried taking Mike from you!"
"Sorry doesn't cut it. Now stand still so I can make you suffer as much as he did!"
Knowing she could defeat Brianna, Angelica chose not to, and contnued blocking and dodging her attacks.
Meanwhile, Mike drove his motorbike to Brianna's place to check her anger condition, only to find out she wasn't home. Fortunately, he spotted Savannah passing by across the street.
"Savannah!" he shouted out for her attention.
"What?"
"You know where Brianna went?"
"I heard she's going to the park," Savannah informed him. "Why?"
"Shit's about to go ugly... thanks."
"Yeah, you're welcome."
Mike then accelerated his motorbike at moderate speed towards the park. Minutes later he arrived, and as Savannah told him, Brianna was there along with Angelica, with Brianna pouncing on her in a rage.
Brianna eventually overcomes the blonde and spin-kicks her, knocking her down. There, she lands multiple blows on Angelica's stomach, causing her to vomit.
"Brianna... please... this isn't worth it..." Angelica pleaded in a weakened state. Brianna knew the next punch could knock her out cold. But suddenly as she's about to pull the final blow, her fist was being held back.
"Brianna, what the bloody hell are you doing!?" Mike scolded.
"Avenging you! Now lemme at her!" She tried to break his grip, but he prevented her from doing so. "I must get my vengence!"
"Your vengance!? You think asssaulting Angelica will make things better!? You should be ashamed of yourself, Brianna Penelope!" Mike shouted, releasing her arm.
Deep down, Brianna knew he was right.
"Have you even considered how I'll feel when I find out you nearly put Angelica into a hospital bed? Do you wanna start a vengence spiral? Something which'll devour you and cause you nothing but pain and agony? Do you really wanna lose your friends, who have been there for you for the past few years?"
"No," Brianna replied in avery low voice, not wanting any of it. She looked over at Angelica, who held her stomach and coughed every now and then, suffering pain.
"What happened to you, Brianna? Why did you do this? Where's the Brianna I used to know?" Mike asked in a caring and friendly tone.
Brianna broke down sobbing and he held her in his arms.
"I... I'm... sorry... Mike... I know it was wrong of me..." Brianna apologized softly in between sobs. Then she turned to Angelica. "And, Angelica... I'm sorry..."
"Brianna, it's fine... I know I brought it on myself," Angelica spoke as she got back on her feet. "Thanks, Mike... I owe you one..." she said, then turned home cluching her stomach.
Brianna went back to crying, and took what it seemed like a frickin' eternity to Mike. But he just held her tightly and gently rubbed the back of her head with his right hand. When Brianna recovered, she looked at him and sniffed, tears still watering down her eyes.
"Thanks, Purnomo," she said, kissing his left cheek.
Mike blushed. "It was nothing, mate."
"How did you find me anyways?"
"I was outside your house but you weren't home. I found out where you were from Savannah; she said you were heading to the park, so I immediately drove here on my motorbike."
"Not everyday Savannah does something nice... Either letting Angelica and I kill each other is too much, even for her; or she wanted you to see me killing Angelica," Brianna said.
Mike sighed. "Probably the frickin' latter. I kinda owe her."
"Thanks for saving my life, Mike".
"From?" Mike asked, confused.
"From myself," she said, smiling at him.
