A/N: hahaha I'm back!!! I am really really really really sorry it took me exactly (what?) 32 days to update… and since classes shall start once MORE next week (ghaadheemmhheett) I decided maybe I should update now coz obviously I won't be able to anywhere next month… but unfortunately this fic is almost going to end this time… coz I sort of figured out a long time ago that when I made them reveal their feelings and kiss and stuff I'm going to end it there… I am just soooo BAD… but I've run out of ideas… but if you would like me to continue it… suggestions please??? But for now I'm already PENDING the thought of finishing this fic… soreeehh… don't worry… I will continue FIC #2… I will make it even better!! For now… I'll continue from this POINT…
Thanks by the way to:
Badlee
Coffee Luv and MORT
Hermione Baudelaire (I know… that sucks… it shows how obsessed I am of HIM! oh whatever…)
phred doesn't like you
angelcrystalgrl1
BlackCherry667
Gerlox
smilies (hey! Haha… I luv this chick… anyway… yeah I know, Victor is sooo gago… I hate him sooo much… hahah… what dance would you be doing?? Hey! Bring it on! Ahaha nice!!! I like that movie sooo much… you should also do their first cheer… the "I'm sexy, I'm cute! I'm popular to boot!"… hahahah… check my LJ… hahah… oh whatever… flip rulz…)
Lilana Novakovich (aaww… that's all right… :D)
KlausBaudelaire
Yukiru foreveranime rulz
Mahoro-san
Pretendingtobesane
pyscoticXander
SpiderSquirrel
SakuraAngel623 (I agree… he didn't focus much on the Violet/Duncan love affair… that's what we want right?!?!?)
Chrisoriented
and
Tidus'luvr99
for reviewing chapter 19 and 20… thank you soooo much for whacking me in the head and saying "WRITE MORE!!"… well… that was actually my broken heart telling me… but… whatever…
Disclaimer: A Series of Unfortunate Events is never mine… ever… ever… ever…
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Chapter 21: The End Is Near
"Don't you think we should be going back?"
Duncan looked sideward. Violet was looking up at the sky, her hand resting on top of Duncan's. The two were still at the back lawn, now lying down at the grass. Earlier that day, something extraordinary happened to both of them. Yeah, it was true. They were finally together. After all that holding back and pretending, Duncan and Violet was finally able to straighten out their feelings for each other. That was a start.
"Nah… I don't think so…"
"And why?"
"They can manage…"
Violet laughed. Duncan smiled and took her hand. She willingly gave it and looked back at him.
"What time is it then?" Violet asked squirming in place.
"Uh…" Duncan raised his arm. "6:00…"
"6…" Violet paused. "Wait, 6?!?!" She quickly stood up and took Duncan's other arm. "Oh man you're not kidding right???" she added.
"Why?" Duncan asked, raising himself up.
"We've got S.O.R.E.s remember???" Violet exclaimed standing up and brushing the back of her dress. Duncan stood up as well and straightened his shirt.]
"C'mon…"
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Violet pushed open the cafeteria doors and sulked inside. The next day, the Baudelaires were dead tired after having to run laps once more last night. Violet looked around and finally saw Duncan and Isadora sitting in one of the tables.
"Over there…" Violet mumbled sleepily. As they got nearer, Duncan immediately saw Violet and quickly stood up.
"Hey!" he said, running over to her side. "There you guys are…"
"What time is it?" Violet said inaudibly.
"7:30…" Isadora replied as they three finally sat down and slump their heads on the wooden table. "Are you guys all right?"
"He made us run until 2 am…" Klaus muttered through his arms.
Isadora scoffed.
"How could he make you guys do that??!?!!?" she cried.
"I don't want to think about Olaf for a while… I might have nightmares…" Klaus added as he peeked over at Isadora.
"Do you want something to eat?" Duncan whispered over at Violet.
"I'm too tired…" she replied. "Thanks anyway…"
"Gada…" Sunny muttered after looking up. She slumped back beside the trays and closed her eyes.
"What is it Sunny?" Klaus asked after yawning.
"Carmelita!" Sunny cried her back facing them.
"Carmelita Spats?" Violet suddenly said lifting her head up. "Don't tell me she's coming again!"
"I'm afraid she is…" Duncan said.
"Hello cakesniffers!" Carmelita said as she suddenly appeared behind Isadora, a sickening tone in her voice. "I have two messages for you!"
"Oh another burden to add to the pile…" Klaus muttered.
Carmelita rolled her eyes.
"Whatever cakesniffers, so anyway, message number one is, as usual, Coach Genghis will be seeing you tonight."
Klaus groaned.
Carmelita scoffed.
"And message number two is, Nero wants you in his office now."
Carmelita then smirked.
"Hahaha the cakesniffers are in trouble!" she laughed poking her finger at the Baudelaires direction.
"Oh grow up Carmelita!" Isadora exclaimed flashing a dirty look at her. "Go and bother someone else who's actually interested…"
Carmelita stopped laughing and raised her eyebrow at Isadora.
"Mind your mouth Quagmire… I'm older than you…"
"Oh yeah and I care?!"
"Why you—"
"That's enough! Thank you Carmelita…" Violet suddenly said, cutting short Carmelita's obnoxious response.
Carmelita looked at Violet annoyed then at Isadora dirtily before turning around and storming off.
"Oh yeah! Go and cower behind your Victor!" Isadora shouted after Carmelita.
"Isadora." Duncan said, a stern tone in his voice. "Knock it out…"
Violet stretched up and ran her hand through her face, obviously aggravated.
"Well, you heard what the brat said…"
Klaus groaned again as Violet hesitantly stood up and pulled at her brother's arm. He finally stood up after a few pushes and slaps from Violet.
"We'll be back soon." Violet said, yawning. She picked up Sunny, who had already fallen asleep, and tugged at Klaus. She gave one last nod at the Quagmires before finally pushing herself forward and walking back again towards the cafeteria doors.
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Duncan fiddled with his notebook and pen. Half an hour already passed and still, the Baudelaires haven't arrived. Flipped through his notebook vigorously and closed it back again.
"Have they arrived?" Duncan asked Isadora, who was busy eating her soggy mashed potatoes and scanning through her own notebook.
"You've asked that same question for over 6 times this past 3 minutes and you're still getting the same answer: now they haven't arrived…" Isadora replied an irritated tone in her voice. "Why are you so worried?!" she added looking over at her brother.
"Well… What if Coach Genghis—I mean—Olaf already did something to them???" Duncan said, twirling his pen in his fingers.
"Impossible…" Isadora replied looking back down at her notebook. "And besides, it's to early for Olaf to be awake at this time. He might as well been tired after staying up late last night, remember???"
"You're…you're right…" Duncan said nodding. "But what if—"
"Oh knock it off Duncan!!! They've only been gone for 30 minutes!!!" Isadora cried. "And besides, it's not like Violet's your girlfriend or anything and you're all jealous she might be seeing Victor…" She laughed.
Duncan froze. He flashed Isadora a how-did-you-know look.
Isadora stopped laughing and dropped her fork.
"Wait… you mean…" she paused. "No way! Violet's your girlfriend?!"
"Shut up!!!" Duncan hissed, covering Isadora's mouth with his hand. A couple of students from the other table looked at their direction with curious glances.
Isadora stared back at his brother with an I'm-shocked/you're-not-lying/how-did-it-happen look.
"You've got to be kidding me!!!" she finally said, slapping her brother lightly on the face. "Is that you Duncan?!?!"
"It's not yet formal or anything…" Duncan said punching Isadora back in the arm. "We just… uhh… well… we… yesterday… uhh…we…"
"Did you kiss her???"
"NO!!!" Duncan said, his cheeks going red. "How… how can you say that???"
"Well, you're blushing… That would mean its true…" Isadora laughed. "Duncan and Violet sitting in a tree… K-I-S-S-I-N…" she stopped and smirked. "Oh… They're here…" (A/N: thanks by the way to BlackCherry667 for that… got that from her review… is it okay? :D)
Duncan looked up at the cafeteria doors and, true, the Baudelaires were standing by it, obviously just arriving.
"K-I-S-S-I—ouch!" Isadora winced as Duncan kicked her from under the table. "Shut up!" he hissed again as Violet, Klaus and Sunny started walking towards back their table. Isadora cleared her throat and started eating again. Duncan, on the other hand, picked up his notebook and played with it once more. When the three arrived, Isadora suddenly coughed out loud and snickered over at her brother.
"Ohhoh sorry about that…" Isadora said as Klaus sat down in front of her. "Potato went down the wrong way…"
"So… what happened???" Duncan asked as Violet sat in front of him after placing down Sunny beside her.
"Well… incidentally, me and Violet were flunking our classes…" Klaus replied with an exasperated tone in his voice.
"And Sunny hasn't been able to answer to Nero's commands as a secretary…" Violet added leaning her head over at her open palm.
"And now we have to take comprehensive exams—meaning having to have to get an A on an exam tomorrow…"
"And Sunny has to staple papers with home-made stalpes since Nero is too lazy to buy at least another box…"
"That's pathetic!!" Isadora cried throwing down her fork at her tray. "Doesn't he know you've been doing S.O.R.Es?!"
"We've tried saying that but he just mocks us… nice hobby he has…" Klaus muttered.
"And here's the bad part…" Violet added. "If we flunk, Coach Genghis will be taking care of us!!!"
"NO way!!!" Duncan and Isadora said at the same time.
"That was his plan…" Violet said, burying her face in her hands. "He made us run laps because he knew we would be tired! He knew we won't be able to attend classes properly! He knew we would get expelled…"
"And now it's too late…" Klaus said.
"It can't be too late!" Duncan said reaching over at Violet and taking her hand. "You could still study tonight…"
"How can we??? We still have S.O.R.E.s right???" Klaus said rubbing his hair and taking off his glasses.
Distant laughing suddenly rang through the cafeteria and when the four looked up to see who it was, Carmelita and the rest of her group were looking at their direction, pointing and bickering at them. Isadora flashed them a "loser" sign on her forehead and turned back to Klaus and Violet.
"Don't mind them…" Isadora muttered.
"How I'd like to see them in our shoes…" Klaus muttered back. "See if they'd be laughing now…"
Duncan suddenly perked up.
'That's it!!!!!" he suddenly cried. The three twitched from their seat and looked back at Duncan with great shock. Sunny, who fell asleep minutes ago was raising herself up, obviously awaken by Duncan's voice. Loud laughs rang through the cafeteria once more. Duncan smiled and reached for his notebook.
"Why didn't we think of this earlier???" he said scribbling down on his notebook.
"What?? Think of what Duncan???" Violet asked, confused.
"C'mon maybe we should go back to the Orphan Shack for a while…"
Duncan raised himself up and took Violet's hand. He smiled at her and nodded.
"I have a plan…"
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A/N: hahahah!! Finally!!! I finished it!!!!!!!!!!! alleluia!!! Rejoice!!!! Well, actually this chapter is sort of like a part in book 5… right??? The 'them knowing Olaf's plan'… and it's sort of going back to the books original plot… sorry about that… but I made a little different so you can say it's nowhere like book 5… whatever… and the chapter title was kinda cheesy I know… I couldn't think of anything… oh and sorry if the format kinda sucks... grr... i don't know what's happening... so anyway… I promise chapter 22 would be a bit longer… and the Viloria duo would make an appearance… well sort of…oh whatever… hope you liked it though… hehe don't forget to review all right?!?!!? i'll continue this tomorrow… for now I have to eat!! I'm starved!!! Okei then… cya all!! Ciao!!!!!!!!