Chapter 5 The next morning, Ricky came over to pick me up. "Hey Rikku." "Hey Ricky." He kissed me lightly on my lips. "Ricky, that ended yesterday." "I'm sorry I can't help it. You look nice." "Thanks." Today I was going to turn heads. I was wearing my tight flare jeans and a sleeveless shirt that showed my stomach. My blond hair was hanging at my shoulders and I was wearing my contacts. "You will never believe what happened," I exclaimed. "Riku called me telling me that he is going to help me get with Roscoe." "Are you serious?" "Totally." "This is going to make it easier." "Easier?" "Yeah, Riku will be hanging out with us so I could always leave you two alone and stuff. We can make him think that we're hooking you up with Roscoe when we're actually hooking you up with Riku. Plus, you can trick Roscoe into thinking that you are going to try to be with him and blow it all up in his face." "Excellent idea! But, how are we going to do that?" "Trust me, we'll find a way." As we arrived at Madison High, the halls were crowded with students. Everyone was surrounding a table. I could see Roscoe and Melissa standing near the table, Melissa holding a hammer in her hand. Ricky and I approached the crowd until we reached the site. "Okay everyone, behold as we place this necklace on the table. I could see Melissa holding a familiar necklace. "Isn't that the necklace you gave him, Rikku?" "It is!" I watched in amazement as she took the hammer and smashed it into pieces. Roscoe was just there... doing nothing. "Last night! What about last night?" I whispered to Ricky. "I told you they were planning something." "But I didn't think it would be this cruel." I couldn't take the anger that flourished inside of my body. I wanted to hit him so badly for doing this to me. "Ricky, could you tell Roscoe to meet me in the Janitor's closet during second period?" "Isn't that where you two...?" "That doesn't matter, we have to talk." "Okay." Ricky left my side and almost immediately there was Riku. Today, he was wearing glasses. Damn, he looked good in glasses. "Hey Rikku." "Hey Riku. I didn't know you wore glasses, I wear glasses too." "Oh, you never asked. What's all the commotion?" "Roscoe and Melissa." "What'd they do this time?" "She smashed the necklace I gave him." "Are you serious? What's her deal? She must know about you two." "There is nothing going on between Roscoe and me." "No, I mean she must know that you are trying to get him back." "How would she know?" "You know, sometimes it's just something that people can feel." "I think she's too stupid to think like that." "That's not nice." "I can't be nice to her. She has taken the one person who I thought I would be with for the rest of my life." "You're going to get him back don't worry." "Thanks, Riku." After the first bell rang, Riku and I parted ways and Ricky approached me with a worried look on his face. "What exactly are you two going to do?" "I am not sure yet but we have to talk." "Why are you going to talk to him there?" "What do you mean?" "That's where you two made out last year and got caught by the janitor." "We weren't making out. That is what everyone thinks but I'm not a slut. Everyone seems to think that just because my best friend is a boy and every time people would see me they would see me kissing my first love that I am a slut." "No one said you were a slut." "Whatever!" "This isn't a big deal I just asked you a simple question. What is your problem?" "My problem is that no one seems to understand. You said you were going to help me Ricky. What happened?" "I'm going to help you, just calm down. Look he said he's going to talk to you during homeroom to find out what the deal is." "Fine." I sat at my seat and Roscoe sat right next to me. The way he sneakily settled into his seat reminded me of all the good times we have had together. "Hey Rikku." "Roscoe." "Ricky told me about the closet. What do you want to talk to me about?" "Why did you let her do that my to the necklace I gave you?" "I didn't know." "It was your necklace." "..." "You don't know how mad you make me. What is wrong with you?" "What's wrong with me? I am in love with two people." "Well you have to choose someone, Roscoe. I will not be waiting for you forever." "But I will always wait for you, Rikku, because I love you." "Yeah, I love you too." I replied sarcastically. I got up and left the room just as the bell rang for first period. During second period, Ricky came into my class and left a paper on my desk. Then he walked out into the halls to get ready for his next class. I opened the note and read it to myself.

Dear Rikku,
I am sorry about this morning. I know that sometimes I get on your nerves but that's what friends are for. Anyways, I heard your conversation with Roscoe today. You're doing a great job by acting like you still love him. You even made Riku believe that you still like Roscoe. Anyways, we have to come up with a plan so I am calling our secret operation: "Operation Triple Threat" because the three of us are going to kick Roscoe's ass. What I mean is that we are going to trick him so badly that he will not know what hit him. I know this is going to work so we'll we just have to make sure that we keep this a secret. Don't tell Riku or Roscoe! Gotta jet, Mrs. Lambert is going over the third conjugation in Latin today. Bye!
Love,
Ricky C.(

Operation "Triple Threat"... interesting. I wonder what Ricky's big brain is coming up with this time. I can't wait!