It's a new term at WWE High, what will happen to the gang in the countdown towards Christmas?
Edge, Christian and Rob Van Dam assembled around their lockers, it was the first day of the new term. Edge and Christian had forgiven Rob for stealing Torrie under their noses and now Rob and Torrie had become the hottest couple in WWE High, yet the gossip of the school was that of Chris' accident on Jeff's motorcycle at the Fall Ball.
"Man, I heard he had a lucky escape, could of easily have died if the ambulance didn't get there so quickly." Rob sighed.
"He deserved it, I heard he started those rumours about Stephanie, he had it coming." Said Edge.
"What do you mean?"
"For Gods Sake, it's so obvious, someone tried to kill him." Said Edge quietly.
"No fucking way, you mean there's a killer in the school?" asked Christian worried.
"Yeah, the high school killer, he's just like one of us you know, you can't tell him from a normal student, but he's always watching, watching the outcasts, like Chris, like male cheerleaders!" Edge said menacingly as Christian looked on frightened.
"Hey man, stop playing with him." Laughed Rob. "You know Christian can never handle ghost stories." He added laughing at his own joke.
"Whatever Rob, at least I didn't spend my break holding Torrie's shopping bags at the mall!" Christian shouted.
"At least I have a girlfriend, the one who chased around for the whole term." Rob smirked.
"Ok give it a rest Rob, me and Christian, we make quite a tag team so if you mention Torrie again, we'll make your head the shape of a saucepan."
"Oooo, I'm so scared."
"You betta be!" said Christian up to Rob.
"Look guys I'd love to stay, really I would, but I promise Torrie I'd see her before class, maybe give her a good-morning kiss?" smirked Rob before walking away.
"Torrie will dump him." Said Christian confidently.
"Yeah, they won't last long, Torrie's too good for him."
And then she will come running into my arms, thought Edge.
"So Edge, how long do you think Chris will be out for?" asked Christian.
"I don't Know, accident like that at least two weeks, broke his arm and ribs I think, thrown off the motorcycle onto the bonnet, up into the air and SMASH…Chris' mangled body all over the…"
"Edge, shut up." Christian nudged him as Edge looked up to see Chris' best mates Matt and Jeff Hardy walk up, their eyes staring threateningly at Edge and Christian.
"Hi ya guys, how ya doing?" Christian waved nervously.
Matt didn't answer instead he slammed the locker next to Christian shut making him jump.
"Don't think you can get away from it, as soon as Chris gets back, your pay."
"What are you talking about?" asked Christian nervously.
"Don't act all innocent, the brakes on my motorcycle were cut and we know it was one of your lot."
"Us? You think Edge and me did that? No way, we'd never do a thing like that."
"Yeah, you got the wrong guys." Edge smiled weakly.
"You can't talk your way through this one, so tell your friend Rob and your "leader" Hunter that we'll watching, we'll not going to let you out of our sights."
"Don't you have anything better to do than watch us?" asked Christian.
"Shut it Cheerleader!" Matt said angrily.
"Hey don't speak to him like that!" warned Edge.
Jeff grabbed Edge's throat and pushed him up against the locker.
"We'll be seeing you round." Jeff laughed spitting in Edge's face before walking away with his brother Matt.
"I hope no-one saw that." Said Christian looking scared.
"Yeah, we got reputations to keep." Said Edge wiping away Jeff's spit.
"They were pretty scary, do you really think someone cut the brakes?"
"Don't be fucking stupid, you know Matt and Jeff, there crazy." Edge said, not allowing Christian to question back. The bell suddenly rang and they both collected their books and walked off, trying not to think about Matt and Jeff's warning.
It was Drama Class and the class waited for the teacher to arrive, anticipating their new project that came every year before Christmas. Hunter sat at the back waiting for Stephanie to arrive. He hadn't spoken her since the argument at the Fall Ball and desperately wanted to explain that he really liked her and it wasn't because of some stupid bet.
He had saved her a seat and hoped that she would come sit next to him.
The door suddenly opened and Stephanie walked in, her long brown hair swayed against her shoulders, Hunter felt butterflies in his stomach watching her walk in, her short blue skirt and tight blue top showing off her curves.
"Hi Stephanie, I saved you a seat." Said Hunter hopefully.
Stephanie looked up and stared at him coldly before taking a seat at the front next to Kurt Angle.
"Stephanie, you don't normally sit here." Said Kurt surprised.
"Well, I am this term, I like drama."
"Me too! Wow, you know we have a lot in common." Said Kurt smiling.
"Erm, yeah." Said Stephanie rolling her eyes at Kurt before turning around to talk to someone else.
The teacher then walked in and began handing a piece of printed-paper with a script on it.
"This year the drama committee have decided to do a school production just before Christmas and we have decided that the seniors, meaning you, will do a performance of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet."
Several groans went up around the room apart from Stephanie and Kurt who both secretly like Shakespeare.
"Do we have too? Shakespeare boring." Moaned Hunter.
"Maybe for an intellectual challenged person like you." Sneered Stephanie, Hunter looked hurt by Stephanie's comments whilst Kurt burst out laughing trying to impress Stephanie.
"Good one Steph, your really funny."
"Oh please." Hunter said rolling his eyes.
"Auditions will be held all this week in the auditorium for the main parts for example Romeo and Juliet, you each have a sample script, if you would like to audition for these parts please revise the script."
"You know I really like Shakespeare, I hope I get the part of Juliet, I played it in 4th grade so maybe ill be just as good this time." Laughed Stephanie to Kurt.
"Well Shakespeare has always been a passion of mine." Boasted Kurt.
"Really?"
"Oh yeah, last year I was in the school production of Macbeth…."
"I remember that, weren't you a servant?"
Kurt blushed, he had wanted to pretend that he was one of the more important parts.
"But I was the best servant of them all, I had three lines and I did them perfectly."
"Well maybe your get to be someone better this time…like a knight." Suggested Stephanie.
A knight? Thought Kurt.
Kurt Angle would be no knight, he thought. With Stephanie as Juliet, I will be the star of the show…Kurt said looking to the sky. I will be the valiant…Romeo.
Jeff sat throwing soda cans against the wall and smoking one of his Dad's cigarettes, he had been stealing them everyday now and his Dad had yet to notice. Well he was a stupid bastard.
Trish and Lita walked over to meet him.
"Jeff, do you want to come out tonight, we'll going up town and spray paint all the buses, plus trash the letter-boxes in the rich neighbourhood, see how they like it." Trish laughed.
"Trish, don't you remember, I'm grounded."
"Grounded, when has that ever stopped you going out, your brother's coming."
"The motorcycle was completely trashed after…you know…the accident, Dad's making me stay home and work on it, and I'm not allowed to go out."
"Come on Jeff, stop being such a wimp, just sneak out."
"I don't know, if my Dad catches me…"
"Live a little Jeff, Chris may not be around but we can still have fun." Said Lita.
" Yeah, what are you, one of these geeks like Kurt Angle who stay at home and work on their science projects."
"No." said Jeff.
"So are you coming out?"
"Yeah sure, I mean, what his he going to do?" shrugged Jeff.
"Yeah and there's no way he'll catch you anyway, you're an expect at jumping off those rails." Laughed Lita.
It was lunch time at WWE High, Stephanie grabbed a tray and walked along to the counter, she spotted Hunter laughing away with Edge and Rob, he looked in her direction and she turned away, she didn't want to give him eyes contact.
Kurt suddenly came bounding up joining the queue next to Stephanie.
Oh no, thought Stephanie. Not him again.
"Practising those Juliet lines yet?" asked Kurt.
"A few."
"Cool, I tell you, this year I'm aiming a lot higher than a servant or a knight."
"Good." Said Stephanie, picking up her apple.
"A apple? That's good, apples are good to build healthy bodies, I mean, you look like you eat a lot of apples if you know what I mean." Said Kurt.
"I'm have to go now."
"Oh Ok, keep practising those lines, your be great I just know it, your certain to be Juliet."
"Thank you." Said Stephanie looking at Kurt strangely. What was up with him today?
Stephanie spotted Torrie and Stacey talking quietly together in the corner. She sighed deeply, she missed her two best friends, she didn't mean the things she said about them and it was time to make amends.
She walked over and put her tray down.
"Can I sit here?" she asked quietly.
"It's a free country." Said Torrie coldly.
"Look I'm really sorry about what I said, I didn't mean it, I love you two, and we do everything together…"
"Yeah and then you go stab us in the back."
"Please I've really missed you over the last few weeks."
"More like you've missed my dad."
"No, I wouldn't care about your dad or what he look liked…"
"I don't want to hear it Stephanie, it's going to take a lot for us to forgive you."
"Well my Dad got these shopping coupons, 50% off at Whispers, so if you want why don't we go on a huge shopping trip tonight, it's on me."
Torrie and Stacey looked at each other and then at Stephanie.
"Ok, we forgive you!" laughed Torrie and Stacey as they went to hug Stephanie.
"Did you really get those coupons?" asked Stacey.
"Yeah."
"Good, I was planning to get his jacket from there anyway, but it was like $200."
"Are you only friend with me again because I got Whispers coupons?"
"No!" Torrie exclaimed.
"Of course not, we love you I mean your beautiful, rich, head cheerleader, rich…"
"Anyway.." said Torrie trying to drift away from the subject. "Have you forgiven Hunter yet?"
"No and I'm not going to."
"Come on, he's the best looking guy in the school."
"Well sometimes looks aren't everything…." Said Stephanie looking at Hunter from across the room.
Jeff walked slowly down the stairs with his brother Matt. Their Dad is sitting in front of the telly watching wrestling.
"Maybe we should just ask him when he's had a bottle or two?" asked Jeff.
"No I assure you, this plan will work, it's better than sneaking out, this way we have an excuse."
Jeff and Matt walked over and stood by his chair.
"Err Dad can we speak to you for a sec."
"Why don't you two go into wrestling, there's a lot of money in that business." He said pointing to the screen.
"Erm, maybe not." Said Jeff.
"Dad, there's a meeting at school for erm…Drama..Yeah, we'll going to do a performance of Romeo and Juliet and their holding auditions tonight."
"Ok." Their Dad not taking their eyes off the screen.
"So me and Jeff are just going to go then."
"Jeff, aren't you suppose to be grounded?"
"Yeah but dad, this is really important, I promise Ill work on the bike all weekend, drama compulsory you see."
"I suppose it's for school."
"So can we go?"
"Yeah whatever just don't be too late."
Jeff and Matt grabbed their jackets and walked out, bursting into laughter on the front porch.
"Wow, that was too easy."
"Yeah maybe he did have a few drinks after all."
Matt unlocked the car and jumped in.
" Come on then Jeff, got the spray cans."
"Yep and in a variety of colours." Jeff added.
"Got the axe for the letterboxes."
"Yep."
"Good then lets get this show on the road."
"Woooo!" Jeff screamed as Matt started the engine and they drove off into the night, little knowing of the trouble ahead…
In the Next Chapter.
Matt betrays his brother plus Hunter tries to win back Stephanie's affections.