Two:
"New York n---gas are the craaaaziieesst. Atlanta n---gas are---craaaaazziieesst." Tidus found himself considering everything that Squall told him. His confidence even had him singing along to the CD player more often just like him and he borrowed both System of a Down and Nature's Finest:Greatest Hits CD's. As he pulled into the parking lot, and stepped out to mozey along to the courtyard where the usual gatherings happened.
" Vacaction's over. How ya'll doing?" He slapped hands with Wakka and Auron who was hands down, one of the slickest teachers around
" Practice tonight. I'm glad to see that last time's 'incident' hasn't scared you away from school yet." Wakka laughed
" Pleeeeze. These people haven't forgotten who the new Micheal Jordan is around here." Tidus looked around as he assured him."
" You are reffering to MJ in his prime of course?" Auron asked " That's the proper way to refer to him. Nowadays I feel depressed going to Wizard's games.
" Why do you still buy tickets though?"
" I always get something like kissing my wife on the big TV or one of the T-shirts they fling up there. Some of the people who already go to the games start yelling. NOT HIM AGAIN. Then I kiss, and flick everybody off. So I figure with good luck, why stop you know? Next time it cold even be a game ball or something."
" True true." Tidus nodded
Seifer panted as he jogged up to meet with the rest of the guys, and held up his hand in desperation trying to gather enough words to speak.
" Sir is there an exam today?"
" I suppose with what you just said, that I should assume you did NOT study Mr. Almasy."
" I uhh..." Seifer's eyes searched around frantically. The answer was made very clear.
" Beeeeaaatch, you know I'm pulling your leg. It's next week, but since I let you in on such valuable information I'll be
expecting payment in the sum of at least five G's." Auron cleared his throat.
" For information that I could've gotten from any one of these schmucks standing next to me? Is that robbery or WHAT!?"
" Well who says I would have told you?" Tidus crossed his arms.
" Protection payments remember? I-WILL-KILL-YOU. That's right I haven't forgotten at all." Seifer told him bluntly as he tousled his hair and shoved him with one hand onto Wakka. " Gotta run. See ya in class bro."
Squall ran up soon behind, and breathing hard.
" You just made it Mr. Leonhart. The bell's about to ring. You may still want to hustle into my room to catch your seat in order to avoid getting your 5th tardy I'm sure." Auron reminded him
Squall groaned as he ran off to get inside. One of the administrators who always stood outside to watch the school buses coming turned to laugh at him. He couldn't simply hold up his middle finger as usual, but ignoring was hard as he went inside.
" Does this mean I should be on my toes running too?" Tidus wondered
" Don't worry. Every teacher likes to pick on Squall. I was just seeing if it would work. You've got time. he really doesn't remember which classes he's actually arrived late in the most."
" You are a devious one indeed."
" Whoa. I was right." Auron looked at the courtyard clock "You might wanna hustle. I'll still take off points. it's school policy."
He was a good teacher, but Tidus sometimes could never tell the difference between his jokes, and when he was serious
Coming inside he gave a heads up to the usual group of girls from the field hockey team who never missed a day of greeting him. At least someone put them on their love status of 'hunk'. He knew he could do better than that though.
Then there came the prep bitches. He would only refer to the term of 'bitch' towards them because their attitudes were as cold as ice, and the way they walked so haughtily in their school unifoms and skirts swaying to the side woth their ass-walk. They loved to tempt men with their sexiness, but gave eyes that said you couldn't have them. Tidus thought it was a shame that they were still caught up in a very old Briteny Spears video, but that was them, and it would always be them. Even though he knew all of them were ace students he just wanted them to take heroin and fail so that would be them for the next five years as senior, and he would be drafted to play for the Timberwolves right out of high school. Then they would see who was at the low point of life. Their insults really got to him. The group consisted of Rinoa, a good girl but one who really needed to get off that crack, Tifa, one hell of a trashtalker, Beatrix the big scary bitch who you always had dreams about, and they were the dreams in which you were beat into an inch of your life. You basically were oblivious to the fact that she was sexy by now, there was also Belegmine and Dona who were Beatrix's lackeys for life, and always repeated what the master said. Then there was the team informant Rikku. It never failed. She always had a story.
He was looking at his locker the entire time, but as he felt the heavy shadow come over him from behind, he began to talk without even looking, all of a sudden his hidden ego resurfaced on him once again.
" Wait. You don't have to say anything girls. All of you shameless girls came for cock right? I'm pretty busy with other stuff for the week but if you can show me you're desperate enough I might be able to fill in a spot for each one of you."
He turned around and got just what he had been expecting. A bunch of confused people staring at him.
" Well I mean let's be honest right?"
They giggled in front of him. A sign that they knew something he didn't. It was always annoying.
" Honest about what?" Beatrix snapped
His ego hit proportions that he would dare never climb to before.
" Pardon me your highness. I just figured that the only reason you bullies pick on me is that you're proabably attracted to me, but I'll keep it a secret if you feel ashamed."
He felt himself shoved onto his locker by forceful hands. One of them grabbing his neck. He struggled to speak.
" I take it back!!!...I take it baaaaacck!!!"
" Tell 'Jimmy' down there to control himself around us or we'll humilate you into exile you understand me?" Beatrix threatened " Smile and nod."
Tidus smiled and nodded his head as best as he could.
She let go of him, and called the rest of her girls to follow. Rikku raspberried him before she was about to run off but an arm grabbed her.
" Hold one on second you hyperactive little squealer." Tidus dragged her back.
" Hands off." She warned him.
" No. We talk first. I hope you don't mind my asking but WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!"
" You know how it goes with me and a new story. The process of shutting up is an art I simply cannot master." She gave him a smile to top off her sharp response.
" Learn how please."
" Why should I?"
" I know where you live. How's that for starters?"
" Beeeaaaattyyy!!!" Her scream echoed down the hall. Tidus let go of Rikku instantly, not wanting to deal with the monster Beatrix again
" Thank you. See ya in class asshole." She walked off in a huff.
He didn't pay much attention to her as she walked off except for the ass. He just had to watch it swish as she walked.
Then continued onwards to government class. Auron was not one that you meant to keep waiting at all.
He saw her as she came towards the door. Running the courtyard hoping to get in before the bell. For some reason she wasn't wearing a uniform. Perhaps she wasn't exactly attending classes yet but only came for a tour, and she was looking more lovely than ever. It was in the way her neck length brown hair flew in the wind. Her little peasant shirt flew up and the tiny sleeves seemed to come down from her shoulders. As her khaki skirt flew up, the slit revealed her legs. She had the legs of a dancer, and as the world fell into slow motion, her clumsiness became grace. He kept on watching until she ran up and pounded on the locked door begging for his help.
As soon as he opened it, the force of the door sent him to the ground in seconds. He didn't even hear her breathe out the words thank you.
"How many fingers am I holding up?" Came the echoing voice.
" Uh...fifteen?" He said. Eventually the multiple views became centered, and his sight became normal.
" Oh crap we are going to have to take you to the clinic. I'm soo sorry."
" No! No clinic!" Tidus bawled as she dragged him up. If it happened then the nurse would finally catch the drugs in his system. The sadistic woman was itching to give piss tests. He crawled to get up on his own and shook his head though he lost his balance for awhile and she had to hold him up.
" You sure you okay?" She smiled but her face showed a confused expression.
When he saw her up close he could confirm that he was in the presence of a true angel. Her smile, and every bit of her face simply said the word 'goddesse'. Cuter than any of the girls that he imagined in his fantasies. She outclassed them. Her eyes were weird. Almost as though she woke up and put on the wrong pair on contacts or decided to make a fashion statement. Maybe the left eye had a infrared scope hidden in the lens.
But who really cared about that when he was in the presence of a pretty woman. There was no doubting her ravishing beauty, and her awesome little smile. He finally snapped out of fantasy land when he heard the first warning bell, and straightened his shirt.
" Sorry I'm just really out of it today. Stuck in traffic, running to class you know the deal? Sorry but I didn't quite get your name?"
" Yuna. Nice to meet you." She said sweetly as she grabbed and shook his hand " I'm looking for the room C-204."
" Oh that's my class. Come on. If we run we can make it."
The final bell rang on them.
" Aw shit, that's a whole letter grade down." He felt like kicking the wall but trudged his way down over to class. Following behind Yuna. Yet as he watched her he began to forget about what upsetted him just watching her. A good thing he hadn't said anything too dumb, or that she didn't take him for a total fool. Though he looked like a complete klutz. That sway in her walk she had was amazing. The way her whole body moved had him watching in slo-mo again. He hoped that no administrator would knock out a visitor student just because she wasn't dressed properly on a day she wasn't officially attending.
The rest of the class laughed again when they saw him come in with ruffled hair, and a posture that simply said 'someone had vbeen in an accident. Tidus couldn't think of any words to explain his case.
"I won't ask how it happened, but I'll excuse you this time okay Tidus?"
"I needed that." he breathed out as he walked over to slump into his seat. As the laughter continued, he noticed Yuna was
joining in the chuckles. She patted her warm hand on his shoulder. A sign of sympathy, but he was starting to take it as something else. Was she just a nice person or did the touch mean something else?
" New student huh?" Auron smiled " What's your name ma'am?"
" Yuna. Nice to meet you Instructor Auron."
" Your uniform didn't come in the mail I take it? That's okay people are planning to appeal the rule so things are getting lax. I'm sick of this place looking like a private school just because were world renown good teachers."
" No it didn't come. She sighed. " I drove over here in a fury wondering what I was going to do. Everybody told me that Tuesday was the first day. I got up and came here on a hunch." Her eyes widened as she pleaded her case with wide eyes, and a smile of suprise.
" That sucks. Well don't let formalities bother you right now. Besides, you look awesome to say the least."
The entire class laughed again at the shock of Auron's honesty
" Hey I'm not going to lie." He argued over the commotion as he tried to calm them all down " Now did everyone read the chapter-no wait why should I ask. We usually get all the notes from either Squall, Lulu or Tidus. So you three hit us up with a review while I serve everyone else detention. Heh heh heh." He reached into his desk while the class spoke up again.
Yuna searched around her environment in suprise. Glad that she was innocent
" That means you too newcomer. It's not me it's just school policy."
Yuna pointed to herself in total wonder as her large eyes stared up at Auron who only shrugged.
" Well I guess these boards could use a good erasing."
" There really is no phasing you is there?" He asked
She returned a shrug
" All right everyone I was just kidding around. So let's review."
What could he say? He tried to pay attention but he couldn't help looking at her siting next to him. After he traded a few glances, it became dangerous as he heard Rikku snickering at the back of the classroom. The woman even had eyes, but for awhile he began to not care about her as he continued to look at Yuna's face. trying to keep his head forward and divert his eys to look less suspicious. The pressure came upon and he was about to blow again. What he feared most was that if he made a new freind it would probably stay that way or that she already had a boy friend somewhere. Maybe the guy had a Bentley or a truly funky new Ferrari. He still ahd to ask, and he remembered what Squall had told him. Speaking of Squall....
He felt a punch in the back as Auron continued on with his lesson.
"I heard you talking shit by your locker. Don't forget what we went over 'playboy'. You musst be kiiinnd."
Tidus nodded quickly as he turned to face Auron who already discovered them talking
" Anything you boys wanna share?"
" You mean a show and tell? Kick..ASS! Hold on I've got this decapitated rabbit head that I found in the woods-"
" Just tell me how this is significant to government class?"
" You'll see. Come on. Lemme teach for today."
Squall had been begging for a chance to instruct the class using scary forms of political symbolism ever since last year, and Auron never submitted. This was only one of his levels of crazy. Many people were worried about Tidus since he was beggining to hang out with who they reffered to as a crackpot. A remarkably (pardon me for saying it) nearly 'god-like' intelligent crackpot, but a crackpot nonetheless. He could make anything make sense, and though some people were silent, giving him the 'eye'. Yuna sat back and giggled to herself.
" Your friend?" She asked
" He's not like this everyday."
" I think he's funny."
So she was that one girl that you met. That one girl who was so permissive about they way some things worke in the world, and didn't X you from her circle just because you were a bit of an oddball. Currently she had not circle, and with the feelings that Tidus had inside him, he swore that he would make her a part of his friend group before he lost another potential friend. Why was he so desperate? He never really experienced love but it was shamefully grabbing him by the balls right then and there. He tried to hide the beads of sweat coming down his face, laughing along with Squall's jokes to appear as though everything was cool when it really wasn't. Auron was stunned at the accumulation of knowledge the boy had and how he had followed the exact lesson plan even getting student feedback, and managing to wise crack on his ex girl Lulu whenever he had a chance. It looked as though Yuna was becoming interested in him. People with vibrant personalities tended to do that to others with ease. That was encouraged him to work hard to stand out. If he could manage that then possibly he could get....her.
He was dreaming.