Chapter 5: Back to School

"Aww man, what a way to start off the first day of school," I whined.

It was raining heavily outside and the one umbrella I had wasn't doing me any justice.

"Where are the frigin taxis?!" I cursed. "Oh how I wish I had my license right now."

I stretched out my hand again to stop another taxi I saw approaching. However, the driver ignored me, drenching my clothes in the fucking process. Not to mention my umbrella finally gave up on me.

"Just fucking great!!!" I screamed. "Curse this frigid rain."

Just as I was about to turn around to head back inside, a black Cadillac Escalade cruised to a stop right next to me. The window on the passenger side of the vehicle rolled down to just a crack.

"Hey Bra, jump in."

Not questioning who it was, I elatedly dived into the backseat of the vehicle.

"Jeez, look at my hair," I whined. "Boy am I gonna make a first impression today."

"You sure are."

"Goten is that you?" I asked.

"So you're telling me you would willingly jump into a vehicle of a stranger?"

I moved myself up closer and propped my hands up on the front seats.

"Actually, I thought it was my bro to the rescue," I replied.

"So where's Pan?" I added switching conversation.

"Pan's already in school," he answered. "Just dropped her off actually. Was now on my way to school, when I saw you standing in the rain looking hopeless."
Goten burst into shameless laughter seeking joy from my moment of discontentment.
I growled as he snickered brazenly furiously whacking him at the back of his head.

"Hey, that's not very funny you know!" I shouted.

"Calm down," he squirmed. " Now let's get you to school ok."

He tossed me a small hand towel.

"And dry yourself up."

We drove in silence the rest of the way.

****

"Okay, well this is your stop, Goten alerted. "See you later after school."

I looked at him puzzlement, a bit confused by his last statement.

"Don't you want a ride back home?" he invited.

I couldn't help but smile. "Sure," I replied.

"Plus, I have something planned for us later," he continued.

"Oh really?"

"Uh... yeah." he mumbled. "I'll tell you about it later."

"Now get to class." He quickly added rushing me off.

"Thanks for the ride."
I jumped out the backseat and watched as the vehicle sped off.

"Great! The rain stopped," I said to myself overjoyed.
I then turned around and walked excitedly through the school gates.

****

It was lunchtime and I was sitting in the cafeteria all by my lonesome. I couldn't find Pan anywhere.

"Hey Bra, do u mind if I sit here with u?"
I looked up to meet the stare of a tall, cute guy with a long red pony tail smiling uncertainly down at me.

"Sure," I replied.

"All those other guys over there wanted to sit here with you as well," he continued making conversation. "But they were too chicken to come over."

I looked over to where he was pointing and saw a group of guys grinning their stupid asses off at me.

"Oh brother."
I shook my head sadly.

"Well, aren't u gonna ask me my name?" he inquired.

"Excuse me?"

"Okay, never mind, I'll tell you anyways. My name is Jason. I'm the captain of the school football team. I'm well known all over the school actually."

"Oh I see."

"I never saw you around the school or this town before," he continued. "Are you from around here?"

"Ummm..."
Surprisingly, I didn't know how to reply to that question, because I was born here but I hadn't been around in a while.
"Uh... yes, I'm from around here," I responded awkwardly. "But I only started going this school from today."

"Oh, ok," he said. "Well I'll see you around then Bra."
He got up and pushed his chair in.

"Nice meeting u Jason," I said chivalrously.

I watched him walk away...

****

The school bell finally rang to end the last class of the day.

"Phew," I sighed in relief.

I packed up my things and left class. I exited the school gates and took a seat on a bench outside the school compound. I couldn't believe I hadn't seen Pan in school for the entire day.

"I hope Goten arrives soon," I lamented to myself.

"Hey Bra!"
I turned around to see Jason hollering at me from across the street. He ran over blissfully and took a seat next to me.

"Hey," I said. "So what's up?"

"Just thought I'd offer you a ride," he replied winking at me.

"Uhh..." I looked away to hide my embarrassment.

"Are you waiting on someone?" he asked.

"Actually... yeah," I replied. "But I can't understand why he hasn't…"

"He?" Jason cut in a bit stunned.

I turned around to look at him.

"Oh, I'm sorry," he quickly replied. He got up and stared at me with an awkward expression.
"Silly me for thinking you were single," he mumbled.  "Uhhh, here's my phone number anyways. You can call me whenever you wanna hang out."

Soon after Goten arrived with his car, disturbing my now perplexed attention.

"Hey Bra, come on. Let's go," he called out.

I waved goodbye to Jason and jumped into the front seat of the vehicle.

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Chapter 6: A Night by the Waves