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The halls of Washington High emptied as the students fled the school. Morrigan and I walked to my locker to put away our backpacks.
"I can barely wait to meet your mommy" Morrigan said.
"Bae, stop" I simply said.
"It is nice that I finally get the chance to meet your mother"
"Yeah, I'm bettin' on it" I said, closing my locker.
We walked into the main hall to exit out through the school entrance.
"MORRIGAN-SAN!"
"Not now" Morrigan said.
"Damn" I muttered as the cabinet of girls approached.
"President, could you come with us?" asked Julia.
"I'm sorry but-"
Before she could finish, Julia grabbed her wrist and the girls ran off towards the café. "We need you for a quick second"
"Fuck!" I said as I chased after them.
I entered the cafeteria and saw the girls standing near a table.
"Cabinets of other classes are all participating in a cook off. We're going to win this contest, because losing is not an option. Right, girls?" Rochella asked.
"RIGHT!" said the girls simultaneously.
"What does this have to with us?" I asked, butting my way into the conversation.
The girls looked at me as I approached the table.
"Wow, you actually have the confidence to even speak to us" said Julia.
"It has nothing to do with you" Rochella said, "Just mostly consist of our Presidents help. See, winning the cook off is significant to us due to the fact that the president of whatever cabinet wins an element called Morphonite. It shape shifts into any weapon or item that the President wishes. Therefore, we have to obtain it for the reason being we don't know what forces the other cabinets and presidents work for"
A weapon that can transform into any weapon? Wow, the things I could do with that. It'll be like having the power of Morrigans wings. My suit will be able to transform into anything. But better yet, if I merge with it myself along with the suit, there's no telling the things I could do. But wait…
"What forces do you guys' works for?" I asked, curiously.
I walked on the other side of the table to stand beside Morrigan.
Rochella smirked. "The same one you work for that is. Which is good…right?"
"Of course" I replied.
"Alright then, anyway, all we need from our president" Rochella said, glancing at Morrigan, "is for you to test our cook here, Akena. All you have to do is taste her dishes to see if they past the eligibility test to enter the cook off"
"If you already know or believe you'll win. Why does she have to taste anything in the first place?" I asked.
"It's a written rule" Rochella stated. "You're a good listener"
"Alright, I don't mind tasting a few. But Jay and I will have to leave in a bit" Morrigan stated.
"Oh, this will take just a few minutes" Julia said.
…
I looked at the time on my watch. 4:20.
"Shit, we have to go" I said taking one last bite of Akena's Talapian fish. She was actually the nicest of all the girls seeing she let me try the food that was made for Morrigan.
Morrigan nodded after wiping her mouth of the crumbs from her salad burrito. She sat her plate on top of a stack of sixteen other plates.
"The food is delicious. I give it a ten out of ten. We have to leave now. We'll see you all tomorrow" She said hastily.
"Please sit. We have just a few more plates for you to try" Rochella stated.
Fuck that I thought.
"Morrigan, is that your sister Lillith?!" I asked pointing towards the cafeteria doors.
The heads of the girls all looked towards the door except for Morrigan. We made a run for the school entrance doors the other way. I held Morrigans hand in one hand a taco in the other.
…
It was now 4:45 and we raced against the clock hoping we make it home before my mom does.
We quickly walked down the staircase on the side of my house and entered the basement.
Morrigan walked in first and I walked in afterwards locking the door. As I did I heard the upstairs basement door open. Morrigan walked into the other bedroom as my dad came down the stairs.
"Hey where's Morrigan? And why are you still in your uniform? Hurry up and get upstairs. Your mom's already here"
"Alright" I replied.
He walked back upstairs.
I put on a blue v-neck and black jeans and wore my blue Jordan futures. A few minutes later, Morrigan stepped out of my other room and walked over to me. I looked up after tying my shoes. Morrigan had her hair tied back in a long pony tail and wore a white women's crop top with a midi skirt. Around her neck she wore an 18k gold two tone frontal necklace.
"Wow, you look like an angel" I said in amazement.
"Thanks babe, c'mon, I'm ready to meet your mom" she said.
I stood to my feet. As she walked towards the stairs I grabbed her hand and pulled her towards me. She turned and I kissed her soft, pinkish lips. She stood on her tip toes as her hands grasped my shoulders then sled up around my neck. My hands slowly trailed down around her waist as I grabbed her buttocks.
"Mmm…c'mon, let's get upstairs" she said breaking the kiss.
…
We walked upstairs and entered the kitchen to see my dad preparing the table. I looked at the far end of the table to see my mom with a bright smile on her face.
"Jay! Ooh son, I missed you so much" she said walking up to me. She gave me a hug tighter than I can possibly imagine.
"Grmph, I misshed chu too" my face was stuffed against her shoulder.
She let me free and looked over at the green haired girl beside me.
"Oh my gosh, she is beautiful! Is she the one?" My mother asked in awe.
"Yeah" I looked at Morrigan who had a smile stretching from ear to ear and back at my Mom, this is Morrigan. Morrigan, Mom"
They hugged each other. "I've been on my feet all day, let's sit and eat. I see that you're father has been upgrading his cooking skills. Jaden, who you been cookin' for while I was gone?" my mother asked.
My dad flashed a smile as he washed his hands. "Nobody but you baby"
"I'm just messin' with you, it feels so good to be home" my mom said proudly.
My dad walked over to the other end of the table as he took his seat.
"Morrigan, I never seen a girl more beautiful, well at least I know how our gran kids will look like" My mom said taking a bite of her biscuit.
Morrigan looked down at her plate trying to hide her smile.
My dad chuckled. "I can tell you're happy to be back. You starting those jokes already"
"Mom-" I started a sentence but couldn't finish when I suddenly had a flashback of the dream I had a few days ago. It seemed like everything around stopped moving. I looked around at everyone. Just like in my dream, my mom, dad and Morrigan were laughing and chatting at the dinner table. I snapped out of my trance and grabbed the bowl of fried shrimp and poured a few onto my plate.
"Jay, could you pass me the lasagna?" My dad asked.
I looked at a big silver bowl containing the lasagna sit right in front of me. I stared at it a bit before passing it to my dad.
"E-Excuse me" I stated as I arose from the table. I walked back downstairs.
I went straight for my laboratory room and started obscuring all of my gadgets and suits. Then, I heard someone coming down the stairs. I walked out the room to see Morrigan coming down.
"Jay, what's wrong?" she asked concerned.
I stopped what I was doing. "I had a dream about all this. We were eating, the government showed up, the house was in flames, they take you-"
Morrigan walked up to me and put a finger on my lips. "Bae, calm down, relax. First, how did they find us?"
"I don't know. In my dream, before they came, the door bell rung.
"So-"
DING-DONNNGG
For all the doorbells I've heard, that was the creepiest doorbell I've ever heard in my entire life. Morrigan and I stared at each other.
"Shit!" I said. "Help me hide all this"
Morrigan and I frantically hid all of my technology and mechanics into my lab-room.
"Jay!" I heard my dad call down.
The man in my dream must've asked if I was here.
I walked into my room and put the last few gadgets on my bed and quickly walked over to my pool table. I pressed the center of the 8 ball and in under two seconds the room went from bedroom to lab and back to bedroom.
"Jay!"
"Coming!" I yelled back. "Change your clothes" I said to Morrigan.
Without question, Morrigan changed her appearance into a regular outfit; a white shirt and tight blue jeans.
"I'm definitely sensing a group of men" Morrigan stated.
I looked out the window towards the front of the basement. Black Chevy tahoes were aligned throughout the entire street. I was interrupted by the sound of footsteps as they moved towards the basement door upstairs.
"C'mon!" I whispered to Morrigan.
We quickly bolted up the stairs. I opened the door which immediately hit my dad's foot.
"Ah shit!" he said clenching his foot.
I looked around to scan the room. There he was, a man with slick back hair who looked to be in his forties who wore an all-black tux with a lavender tie stood in the center of the living room.
"How ya doin' son? Are you Jay Lovell?" The man asked.
I hesitated. Wouldn't be a need to alter my name…Fuck it
"Umm…yeah" I replied.
"In that case I'll need you-", the man cleared his throat, "Ahem, BOTH of you to come with us"
I really hated de-ja-vu at the moment…