Moonbay and Fiona skidded through the door at just the last moment as the
bell rung to signal the beginning of school. "Wow. We just barely made it,"
muttered Moonbay as she tried to catch her breath after the running that
they had just done. They quietly walked to their seats. A rough voice
stopped them though. "You're late," came the cruel voice of Prozen Moonbay
audibly groaned upon hearing his voice. 'Oh no. Not him,' thought Moonbay
with a groan as her head dropped. Moonbay turned around quickly to see
Prozen with his eyes glaring at them with a smirk on his face. "Actually,
we got here right before the bell rang. So we weren't late as you put it.
Or do you have another version of late then the rest of do?" asked Moonbay
intentionally trying to get on his nerves. Moonbay smiled because of her
short victory over him "By the way. What are you doing here?" asked Moonbay
with a skeptical glare as she looked at him. "The old man had some business
to take care of, so I am going to be taking over his classes," said Prozen
in an angry voice. "Now sit down before I send the both of you to the
office," growled Prozen at Moonbay and Fiona. The two of them quickly
walked to their seats and sat down in them without a word because Prozen
would try and find any way to get them in trouble. 'We can't give him that
pleasure, can we?' thought Moonbay with a smirk on her face. She just
stared at the clock waiting for it to ring so that she wouldn't have to
spend another moment in that room with their substitute. "Come on, come on.
Ring already!' Moonbay mentally yelled at the clock. A minute later the
bell rang and Moonbay immediately ran out of the class with Fiona right
behind her.
"Ten bucks says that our class will be much larger today," said Moonbay with a sad look on her face. "I already knew that. He is combining all of his classes that he has the periods that Dr. D had," said Irvine with a sigh as they walked to their first class. That just earned an even louder groan from Moonbay. "That means that Amy is going to be stuck in our class until the old man comes back," complained Moonbay feeling like she was going to go crazy. "All hell will break loose in that classroom with Amy there and Prozen teaching," said Irvine with a sigh. "It will be worse for Fiona because now she has to deal with Van and Amy at the same time and not be able to do anything because Prozen always favors Amy," said Moonbay knowing that it wasn't going to be a very pleasant week. "Well at least the projects are done so he can't flunk us despite how good we do," said Irvine with a small smirk on his face. "Listen, I need to go to my locker so I will meet you in class," said Moonbay with a slight wave of her hand as she rushed down the halls to make she wasn't late for the worst class for the day.
All Fiona felt like doing was falling asleep. She hadn't had much sleep the night before because there were a lot of things on her mind at the time. She also knew that she couldn't do it here with Prozen around. 'Why is life being so cruel to me today of all days?' Fiona asked herself as she listen to Prozen make a boring speech that she had heard far too many times while she was in his classes. He was a very boring teacher compared to Dr. D. Dr. D added a little fun while he taught. Prozen however just talked away while writing things on the board. Everyone in the class at that moment was a little timid about him being their teacher for the day. looking around the now crowded room Fiona saw a sight that disgusted her. Amy was sitting right next to Van with her arms wrapped around him. It disgusted her in a way. Yet there was something else she felt when she saw that. She felt a strange type of jealousy building up just by watching it all happen. 'This is disgusting. How could she do that to my Van? AH! What the heck am I thinking? Van and me are not like that," Fiona mentally yelled at herself. She was shaking her head to try and clear herself of those thoughts. "Do you have a problem with what I am saying Fiona?" asked Prozen from the front of the class as he stared up at her with his creepy eyes. "No," muttered Fiona as she sank into her seat blushing with embarrassment. "What a loser," said Amy with a role of her eyes. The class remained silent. No one wanted to be the next target for Prozen by doing the smallest thing. Fiona wished for anything to just die right there to get rid of all of the staring eyes. As if on cue the bell rang and Fiona immediately got up and ran out of the class.
"That was embarrassing," muttered Fiona as she walked home alone after school. 'Also, what the heck was I thinking? I have no feelings for Van besides friendship. Stupid Moonbay for putting those thoughts in my head,' thought Fiona as her head dropped. "What up?" asked Irvine making Fiona jump because of how quietly he had snuck up on her. "Don't do that. It seems like you and Moonbay are both trying to sneak up on me today," said Fiona clutching her chest. "That is because it is so much fun to see your reaction when we do stuff like that," said Irvine with a laugh. Fiona got a little annoyed and purposefully stepped on his foot as hard as she could. "Ouch!" yelled Irvine as he jumped into the air clutching his now sore foot. He remained jumping until it felt a little better and by that time Fiona was long gone. "Where'd she go?" asked Irvine not even noticing that she had left. Van came walking up at that exact moment. "What's up with here?" asked Van looking in the direction that he had seen Fiona walk off in. "No idea. She has been acting a bit strangely all day according to Moonbay," said Irvine with a shack of his head. "Something was bugging her last night as well. She called me to talk about something but she wouldn't say what it was," said Van with a curious stare. Upon hearing this, one thought flew into Irvine's mind. It also managed to cause him to smirk. "I think I may now have an idea on what is going on," said Irvine with the smirk still present. "What's that?" asked Van wanting to know what was wrong with his friend. Irvine continued to smirk as he walked off without saying a world to the now annoyed Van. "Hey! You didn't answer my question,' yelled Van as he ran after the smirking Irvine. "Why should I have to when with all the information we both know makes it all obvious," said Irvine looking behind him at Van. "What the hell is so obvious about it? I don't know what the hell you are talking about," yelled Van at the top of his lungs. "If you don't know that then I am not even going to bother telling you," said Irvine with a smirk before he ran off leaving a fuming Van.
"What the heck is wrong with me?" asked Fiona as she laid back on her bed. "Why have these thoughts been coming to my mind all day? It is just driving me nuts," muttered Fiona into her pillow. "Don't tell me that. No! I cannot have fallen for Van," yelled Fiona. "Fiona, Van is on the phone," called Fiona's mother through her door. Fiona immediately sat up straight and grabbed the phone quickly. She just realized how she had just acted and mentally slapped herself. "She nervously put the phone to her ears and said, "Hello." "Hey Fiona," said Van in a cheery voice. "Hey Van," said Fiona with a voice that was the complete opposite of Van's. "Is something wrong? You have been acting strange all day. I thought that maybe something might be wrong," said Van in a worried tone. Fiona was slightly flattered that he was worried about her. She put it aside though. "I am ok. I just have a lot on my mind today. Sorry if I worried you," said Fiona in an apologetic tone. "You have absolutely nothing to be sorry about Fiona. I hope that whatever is bugging you will go away soon," said Van nicely. "Oh listen. I have to go. I will see you tomorrow," said Van in a nice voice before Fiona heard the phone line go dead. Fiona carefully placed the phone back down. "How can I get over it if you are the problem?" asked Fiona to a fake Van.
Van hung up the phone when he heard his dad yelling that he needed to use the phone. "I wonder what is bugging her. She isn't telling me something. That is strange because she usually tells me if something is wrong because I can usual help her with it," said Van to himself quietly. "Maybe it is something serious that she is having a problem with," said Van in a worried voice. "Maybe it is me that she has a problem with," said Van with a laugh. "Nah. Even if she had a problem with me then she would have told me she had a problem with me. She has done it so many times before, but she has never acted like this. So I wonder what is up with her," Van said to himself. Unknowingly he ended up hitting the nail on the head. "Maybe tomorrow she will be more up into discussing what is wrong," said Van as he laid down and closed his eyes to go to sleep.
"Um Fiona. Do you think I can maybe talk to you?" asked Thomas in an embarrassed voice once he had approached Fiona at school the next day. There was something that he wanted to ask her and this time he felt that eh would be able to do this. "Sure. What is it Thomas?" asked Fiona more like her normal self or at least she hoped it was more like her normal self. "Um. well. you see," said Thomas not knowing exactly what he was going to say. "Yes?" asked Fiona curious as to what he wanted. "Well I was wondering. Will you go out with me?" asked Thomas blushing greatly once he had managed to get the question out. Fiona was quiet for a while and Thomas was afraid that she was going to say no and never speak to him again. "Well. I guess I can," said Fiona in an unsure voice but Thomas didn't even notice it. "Great! How about we make it for Saturday? I will pick you up at six," said an excited Thomas. "Um, sure," said Fiona with a weak smile. Thomas then walked happily away. 'I guess this would be a good chance for me to get my mind off of my problems,' thought Fiona with a sigh. "What was that about?" asked Moonbay suddenly appearing out of nowhere. "Thomas asked me if I wanted to go out with him," said Fiona in a calm voice besides the fact that Moonbay's sudden appearance startled her a great deal. "So he finally got up the guts to actually ask you?" asked Moonbay laughing a little. "What is so funny about that?" asked Fiona turning to look at Moonbay. "He has wanted to do that since you first moved here. It took him that long just to get those words out of his mouth," said Moonbay laughing even more. "Really?" asked Fiona a little shocked. "Yeah. So where are the two of you going?" asked Moonbay with a smirk on her face. "I don't know. He didn't tell me," said Fiona with a shrug of her shoulders. "Oh well. Come on let's get to class. We don't want to be late if Prozen is still there," said Moonbay shuddering a little at the mere thought.
"Take a look will you," whispered Moonbay when her, Irvine, and Fiona were right outside the classroom. "What are you nuts? He will try and get something on me for doing that," Irvine whispered right back to her. "You are the gentleman. You are supposed to look after us ladies," whispered Moonbay with a scowl. "The only lady I see here is Fiona," whispered Irvine back for the fun of it. That earned him a hard whack in the head from Moonbay. Suddenly the door opened and the two of them fell face first into the room. "What are the two of you doing?" asked Dr. D with a confused look on his face. "Um, nothing," said an embarrassed Moonbay as she stood up and ran into the room with Irvine right behind her. Dr. D then looked at Fiona for an answer to his question. "They were trying to see if Prozen was still the substitute but neither of them wanted to be the one to look because they are afraid of him," said Fiona with a small smile knowing that her favorite teacher was back. "I see," said Dr. D. "I thought that I told them that I didn't want that man to be teaching my class," muttered Dr. D as he headed towards her desk. "Sorry for leaving all of you with him," said Dr. D. "Why were you out Dr. D?" asked Fiona as the two of them walked into the classroom. "I had some important business that I desperately needed to take care of," said Dr. D as he took a seat in his desk. Fiona then walked towards her desk as she tried to not laugh at the embarrassed look Moonbay had on her face.
"I never thought that I would be so glad to see the old man again," said Moonbay happily as they ate their lunches. "So am I. Now we don't have to put up with him as much anymore," said Irvine with a sigh of relief. "What are all of you talking about?" asked Thomas as he walked up to the table and took a seat near Fiona. "We were talking about how Dr. D is back," said Moonbay happily. "That's good, because I have that class next and now I don't have to worry about Prozen being there," said Thomas shuddering at the mere thought. "What do you think about it Fiona?" asked Thomas with a smile. Fiona could tell that he was still a little too excited about her saying yes. "I am glad that he is gone as well," said Fiona with a small smile. "I'll say. Anyone is better than that," said Thomas but Moonbay covered his mouth before he could say anything bad because at that moment Prozen ended up walking by their table looking at them all with a suspicious eye. He then walked by without a word to either of them. "Whoa, that was a little too close for comfort. If I hadn't covered your mouth then he most likely would have heard and tried to get all of us in trouble. I don't know about you but I am definitely starting to have enough pf all the detentions that he seems to love to give us," said Moonbay sighing a little. "I agree with you there. my parents are mad about last year because of the detentions. Although they aren't mad at me completely. They are mad at Prozen because he gave nearly all of them out. Every year that I have been here they have hoped that the school would get some brains and actually decide to get rid of him once and for all," said Irvine with a small laugh. "If only they would," said Moonbay happy about just thinking of a school without Prozen in it.
"Why is it that I am not too thrilled to be thinking about this date?" asked Fiona as she got ready that Saturday. "I say that it is because you do love that one friend of your," said Moonbay with a smirk on her face at the small blush that crossed Fiona's face. "We are not like that," said Fiona shyly. "Say what you want but the blush on your face says it all," said Moonbay smirking even more. "I swear we aren't," Fiona nearly yelled. "So who is this guy? How come you won't tell me who he is? We are friends aren't we? Friends can tell friends anything," said Moonbay with a smile on her face. "I told you before that I can't tell you who he is," said Fiona quietly. "And once again I ask you, why not?" said Moonbay a little annoyed that Fiona was keeping things from her. "It is very complicated like I said. Now please just drop the subject. I really don't feel like talking about it," said Fiona quietly. "Some friends you and Irvine are. You two can't tell me this one simple thing," said an upset Moonbay. "I am sorry," was all that Fiona said before turning away. "Fine! See if I tell you anything from now on," said Moonbay crossing her arms and turning away. The strange thing was that at that moment all she felt like doing was laughing. The ringing of the doorbell cut the silence that was between them. "Listen. I have to go," said Fiona getting up and walking towards her bedroom door.
"You look great Fiona," said Thomas once Fiona had opened the door. He then held out some flowers for her. "Um. Thanks," said Fiona in a quiet tone as she slowly took the flowers. "Something the matter? Are you feeling all right? Because if you aren't then we can always reschedule this," said Thomas in a worried tone. "No. I am fine. I just have a lot on my mind. So, come on. Lets go," said Fiona with a weak smile. 'Come on Fiona. Forget about him. Try and have a little fun today to get your mind off of your problems,' Fiona told herself as the two walked out to a car. The only people who had licenses at the moment were Irvine and Thomas. Van had one but his family only had one car that only his dad could use. 'Forget about Van!' Fiona mentally berated herself. Both her and Moonbay were going to be taking their tests soon. Fiona knew that Thomas didn't have a car so he must have borrowed it from his brother or someone in his family. "So where are we going?" asked Fiona a little curious as to what they were going to be doing that night. "I have reservations for us at a restaurant," said Thomas with a smile at Fiona. 'Wow. I am going on a date with Fiona. Today is going to be great. I am going to make sure of that,' thought Thomas with a smile.
"I have a reservation for two under the name Shubaltz," said Thomas when they had reached the restaurant. "Ah, yes. Right this way sir," said the waiter once he had found the name. Thomas and Fiona quietly followed the man as he led them through many tables towards an empty one in the back. "This place is nice," said Fiona quietly as she took a look around the place. "Yeah, it is," said Thomas in response. His attention wasn't on the restaurant but it was on Fiona. A waiter then came up to them and handed them their menus. "Thank you," said Fiona when she took it. She then looked up and smiled at the man. "You are welcome," said the man nicely as he handed Thomas a menu and he just mumbled a thank you while he opened it up to look at it. They took a good look over the menus until the waiter came back asking for their decision. After giving him their choices, the man took the menus and walked away from the table. "Enjoying yourself so far?" asked Thomas looking at Fiona with a smile on his face. "Yeah, I guess," said Fiona quietly. Thomas was about to speak again but the doors to the restaurant opened and in walked two people he didn't want to see.
"It is so boring tonight. I wonder how Fiona's night is going," said Moonbay in a bored voice. "I am sure that about now it is not going too good," said Irvine with a smirk on his face. "Why? She is finally going on a date after all of these years," said Moonbay a little confused by what Irvine said. "I happen to know that Van and Amy are going to go to the same place that Thomas was going to take Fiona," said Irvine with a small smile. "Boy isn't that Ironic," said Moonbay in an astonished voice. 'No, I am just giving them a push in the right direction. Fiona refuses to admit it and Van doesn't think about it but I think that they would make a good couple if they were to get together,' thought Irvine with a smirk. "What's with the smirk it is almost like you don't want them to be going out and that this is a good thing," said Moonbay in an astonished voice. "Thomas is fine and all but I don't think that he is the right person for Fiona," said Irvine calmly. "Who do you think is right for her? That unknown friend?" asked Moonbay calmly. "He is a good person, give or take a few minor problems with his life," said Irvine after thinking it over a little. "Why is it you guys won't tell me who he is?" asked Moonbay sadly. "There are a lot of problem with it all. Most of it is best left unknown," said Irvine in a sympathetic voice. "Like what?" asked Moonbay curiously. 'The whole friendship,' thought Irvine with a small chuckle. "It doesn't matter. Fiona will tell you when she is ready. Not until then though, so don't get your hopes up of it being anytime soon," said Irvine making Moonbay pout a little. "Listen, there is something that I need to go do. So I will see you later," said Irvine as he got up and walked to his car.
"What are those two doing here?" asked Thomas in an annoyed voice upon seeing Van and Amy walking through the door. "I don't know," said Fiona looking away. Thomas watched as they walked up to the person they had when they first walked in and watched as he led them in their direction. 'Oh no,' groaned Thomas realizing that the closest open table was only two or three tables away from them. 'What are they doing here? I thought Van might have mentioned something like this to me. I guess not though,' thought Fiona with a frown on her face. When they got close to their table Amy noticed the two of them and an angry expression crossed her face. Fiona nearly laughed when Amy turned around and as far as she could tell she was yelling at Van for something.
"What are they doing here Van? Didn't you even check to see if this place was even clean?" yelled Amy annoying every waiter within the area. Van was trying hard but was having a hard time to get her to calm down. "How was I supposed to know that they were going to be here?" asked Van with an embarrassed face with all the attention she was giving them. 'Besides the fact that Irvine told me,' thought Van afterwards. He didn't know why he wanted to come just by hearing this. Jealousy, or wanting to make sure that no one ruined it. He really didn't know why it was that he came here in the first place. "Well I want to go somewhere else now," growled Amy in Van's face. To say that she was angry was an understatement. 'man, she really hates Fiona. Must be from all that Fiona has done to her precious reputation since she first came here,' thought Van with a nervous smile. "Why not just try to ignore them. That way the night won't be ruined by a fight?" asked Van trying his best to calm her down. "I guess you are right," said Amy calming down a little but anyone in the restaurant could tell that she was still upset. The two then walked the rest of the way until they were at their table instead of taking her seat though Amy decided to use Van's lap as a seat. Fiona felt like throwing up at that moment. Then Amy went and kissed Van.
Fiona saw this and she felt something strange inside herself. She couldn't quite place what it was exactly. No, wait forget that. She knew what it was. She was jealous of it all. Fiona didn't know what came over her but she quickly got up from the table and ran out of the restaurant before Thomas could do anything. All that she left him was an, "I'm sorry," before she left the place. Thomas was a little shocked by what had just happened that he wasn't able to do anything for another minute. He quickly put down some money and then ran out of the restaurant right after her. By the time that he got out of the place, she was nowhere to be seen. "Where is she?" Thomas asked looking around the place. She wasn't in the car. The streets were empty. She wasn't anywhere to be seen. Thomas angrily ran to his car and got in so that he could go and look for her.
Fiona ran and ran until she was a good distance from the restaurant. 'No! I couldn't have,' Fiona yelled at herself. It did no good though. her mind was yelling the complete opposite at her. She finally stopped a few moments later. "No," was all that Fiona could say. A car then pulled up right next to her. the window rolled down to show Irvine. "Hey. Need a ride?" asked Irvine with a small smile. Fiona gratefully accepted the help since she didn't know where she was at that moment or even the way back to the restaurant. "Thank you," said Fiona quietly as she got into the car. "Why are you out there and not with Thomas?" asked Irvine with worry in his eyes. "Did he do something?" asked Irvine right after. "No. He didn't do anything. I saw something I couldn't take and I ran off," said Fiona quietly. There was a silence that went on between them after that. Fiona then spoke and broke the silence. "I have, haven't I?" asked Fiona quietly. "You've what Fiona?" asked Irvine although he already knew what she was talking about. "Fallen for him," said Fiona quietly. "Fallen for Van," she continued. "I've known it for a while. You just refused to accept the truth," said Irvine as if it was a mere fact. "How did you know before I knew?" asked Fiona in confusion. "There were many things that you did when you were around him that gave it away. There was always a certain happiness that you had when you were around him then you had when you are around your others friends," said Irvine in a calm voice. "This is something that I shouldn't be feeling for him. He has a girlfriend that he seems happy with at times," said Fiona quietly. "She is also a girlfriend that he is forced to stay with. You shouldn't fret about these things though. Everyone will most likely fall for someone at some point," said Irvine as he kept his eyes on the road ahead of him. "Like you and Moonbay," said Fiona with a small smile. Irvine sent a playful glare at her. She laughed a little and it made Irvine happy to see it. 'A depressed face doesn't look good on her,' Irvine noted with a small smile. 'Who knows? Maybe someday the two of them will end up together. At least once Van gets rid of that other girl. Then he can be with a woman like Fiona. Amy is a spoiled Brat that doesn't deserve anyone. Somehow I have this feeling that she is the one behind Van being forced to stay with her,' thought Irvine grimacing at the thought. 'It definitely wouldn't surprise me,' he thought. "So where to? Your house or back to the restaurant?" asked Irvine with a smile. "Just take me home. I need a little sleep to think over all that I have learned," said Fiona. "Right," was all that Irvine said before driving in the direction of Fiona's house.
Irvine's car pulled up besides Fiona's house and Fiona quickly got out of the car. "I'll see you later," said Irvine as he drove the car off. Fiona walked into the house and up to her room without talking to anyone about anything. She fell down upon her bed and closed her eyes while thinking about all that she had just learned. "I have fallen in love with Van. The feeling feels so good. Yet it is so wrong at the same time. Why is it that I had to have had this happen to me?" Fiona asked herself. "Why did I have to fall for him? I know one thing for sure. I can't tell him I have to keep this to myself or he might not talk to me again," said Fiona sad at the mere thought of that even happening. She calmed down a little and fell asleep soon after.
"Ten bucks says that our class will be much larger today," said Moonbay with a sad look on her face. "I already knew that. He is combining all of his classes that he has the periods that Dr. D had," said Irvine with a sigh as they walked to their first class. That just earned an even louder groan from Moonbay. "That means that Amy is going to be stuck in our class until the old man comes back," complained Moonbay feeling like she was going to go crazy. "All hell will break loose in that classroom with Amy there and Prozen teaching," said Irvine with a sigh. "It will be worse for Fiona because now she has to deal with Van and Amy at the same time and not be able to do anything because Prozen always favors Amy," said Moonbay knowing that it wasn't going to be a very pleasant week. "Well at least the projects are done so he can't flunk us despite how good we do," said Irvine with a small smirk on his face. "Listen, I need to go to my locker so I will meet you in class," said Moonbay with a slight wave of her hand as she rushed down the halls to make she wasn't late for the worst class for the day.
All Fiona felt like doing was falling asleep. She hadn't had much sleep the night before because there were a lot of things on her mind at the time. She also knew that she couldn't do it here with Prozen around. 'Why is life being so cruel to me today of all days?' Fiona asked herself as she listen to Prozen make a boring speech that she had heard far too many times while she was in his classes. He was a very boring teacher compared to Dr. D. Dr. D added a little fun while he taught. Prozen however just talked away while writing things on the board. Everyone in the class at that moment was a little timid about him being their teacher for the day. looking around the now crowded room Fiona saw a sight that disgusted her. Amy was sitting right next to Van with her arms wrapped around him. It disgusted her in a way. Yet there was something else she felt when she saw that. She felt a strange type of jealousy building up just by watching it all happen. 'This is disgusting. How could she do that to my Van? AH! What the heck am I thinking? Van and me are not like that," Fiona mentally yelled at herself. She was shaking her head to try and clear herself of those thoughts. "Do you have a problem with what I am saying Fiona?" asked Prozen from the front of the class as he stared up at her with his creepy eyes. "No," muttered Fiona as she sank into her seat blushing with embarrassment. "What a loser," said Amy with a role of her eyes. The class remained silent. No one wanted to be the next target for Prozen by doing the smallest thing. Fiona wished for anything to just die right there to get rid of all of the staring eyes. As if on cue the bell rang and Fiona immediately got up and ran out of the class.
"That was embarrassing," muttered Fiona as she walked home alone after school. 'Also, what the heck was I thinking? I have no feelings for Van besides friendship. Stupid Moonbay for putting those thoughts in my head,' thought Fiona as her head dropped. "What up?" asked Irvine making Fiona jump because of how quietly he had snuck up on her. "Don't do that. It seems like you and Moonbay are both trying to sneak up on me today," said Fiona clutching her chest. "That is because it is so much fun to see your reaction when we do stuff like that," said Irvine with a laugh. Fiona got a little annoyed and purposefully stepped on his foot as hard as she could. "Ouch!" yelled Irvine as he jumped into the air clutching his now sore foot. He remained jumping until it felt a little better and by that time Fiona was long gone. "Where'd she go?" asked Irvine not even noticing that she had left. Van came walking up at that exact moment. "What's up with here?" asked Van looking in the direction that he had seen Fiona walk off in. "No idea. She has been acting a bit strangely all day according to Moonbay," said Irvine with a shack of his head. "Something was bugging her last night as well. She called me to talk about something but she wouldn't say what it was," said Van with a curious stare. Upon hearing this, one thought flew into Irvine's mind. It also managed to cause him to smirk. "I think I may now have an idea on what is going on," said Irvine with the smirk still present. "What's that?" asked Van wanting to know what was wrong with his friend. Irvine continued to smirk as he walked off without saying a world to the now annoyed Van. "Hey! You didn't answer my question,' yelled Van as he ran after the smirking Irvine. "Why should I have to when with all the information we both know makes it all obvious," said Irvine looking behind him at Van. "What the hell is so obvious about it? I don't know what the hell you are talking about," yelled Van at the top of his lungs. "If you don't know that then I am not even going to bother telling you," said Irvine with a smirk before he ran off leaving a fuming Van.
"What the heck is wrong with me?" asked Fiona as she laid back on her bed. "Why have these thoughts been coming to my mind all day? It is just driving me nuts," muttered Fiona into her pillow. "Don't tell me that. No! I cannot have fallen for Van," yelled Fiona. "Fiona, Van is on the phone," called Fiona's mother through her door. Fiona immediately sat up straight and grabbed the phone quickly. She just realized how she had just acted and mentally slapped herself. "She nervously put the phone to her ears and said, "Hello." "Hey Fiona," said Van in a cheery voice. "Hey Van," said Fiona with a voice that was the complete opposite of Van's. "Is something wrong? You have been acting strange all day. I thought that maybe something might be wrong," said Van in a worried tone. Fiona was slightly flattered that he was worried about her. She put it aside though. "I am ok. I just have a lot on my mind today. Sorry if I worried you," said Fiona in an apologetic tone. "You have absolutely nothing to be sorry about Fiona. I hope that whatever is bugging you will go away soon," said Van nicely. "Oh listen. I have to go. I will see you tomorrow," said Van in a nice voice before Fiona heard the phone line go dead. Fiona carefully placed the phone back down. "How can I get over it if you are the problem?" asked Fiona to a fake Van.
Van hung up the phone when he heard his dad yelling that he needed to use the phone. "I wonder what is bugging her. She isn't telling me something. That is strange because she usually tells me if something is wrong because I can usual help her with it," said Van to himself quietly. "Maybe it is something serious that she is having a problem with," said Van in a worried voice. "Maybe it is me that she has a problem with," said Van with a laugh. "Nah. Even if she had a problem with me then she would have told me she had a problem with me. She has done it so many times before, but she has never acted like this. So I wonder what is up with her," Van said to himself. Unknowingly he ended up hitting the nail on the head. "Maybe tomorrow she will be more up into discussing what is wrong," said Van as he laid down and closed his eyes to go to sleep.
"Um Fiona. Do you think I can maybe talk to you?" asked Thomas in an embarrassed voice once he had approached Fiona at school the next day. There was something that he wanted to ask her and this time he felt that eh would be able to do this. "Sure. What is it Thomas?" asked Fiona more like her normal self or at least she hoped it was more like her normal self. "Um. well. you see," said Thomas not knowing exactly what he was going to say. "Yes?" asked Fiona curious as to what he wanted. "Well I was wondering. Will you go out with me?" asked Thomas blushing greatly once he had managed to get the question out. Fiona was quiet for a while and Thomas was afraid that she was going to say no and never speak to him again. "Well. I guess I can," said Fiona in an unsure voice but Thomas didn't even notice it. "Great! How about we make it for Saturday? I will pick you up at six," said an excited Thomas. "Um, sure," said Fiona with a weak smile. Thomas then walked happily away. 'I guess this would be a good chance for me to get my mind off of my problems,' thought Fiona with a sigh. "What was that about?" asked Moonbay suddenly appearing out of nowhere. "Thomas asked me if I wanted to go out with him," said Fiona in a calm voice besides the fact that Moonbay's sudden appearance startled her a great deal. "So he finally got up the guts to actually ask you?" asked Moonbay laughing a little. "What is so funny about that?" asked Fiona turning to look at Moonbay. "He has wanted to do that since you first moved here. It took him that long just to get those words out of his mouth," said Moonbay laughing even more. "Really?" asked Fiona a little shocked. "Yeah. So where are the two of you going?" asked Moonbay with a smirk on her face. "I don't know. He didn't tell me," said Fiona with a shrug of her shoulders. "Oh well. Come on let's get to class. We don't want to be late if Prozen is still there," said Moonbay shuddering a little at the mere thought.
"Take a look will you," whispered Moonbay when her, Irvine, and Fiona were right outside the classroom. "What are you nuts? He will try and get something on me for doing that," Irvine whispered right back to her. "You are the gentleman. You are supposed to look after us ladies," whispered Moonbay with a scowl. "The only lady I see here is Fiona," whispered Irvine back for the fun of it. That earned him a hard whack in the head from Moonbay. Suddenly the door opened and the two of them fell face first into the room. "What are the two of you doing?" asked Dr. D with a confused look on his face. "Um, nothing," said an embarrassed Moonbay as she stood up and ran into the room with Irvine right behind her. Dr. D then looked at Fiona for an answer to his question. "They were trying to see if Prozen was still the substitute but neither of them wanted to be the one to look because they are afraid of him," said Fiona with a small smile knowing that her favorite teacher was back. "I see," said Dr. D. "I thought that I told them that I didn't want that man to be teaching my class," muttered Dr. D as he headed towards her desk. "Sorry for leaving all of you with him," said Dr. D. "Why were you out Dr. D?" asked Fiona as the two of them walked into the classroom. "I had some important business that I desperately needed to take care of," said Dr. D as he took a seat in his desk. Fiona then walked towards her desk as she tried to not laugh at the embarrassed look Moonbay had on her face.
"I never thought that I would be so glad to see the old man again," said Moonbay happily as they ate their lunches. "So am I. Now we don't have to put up with him as much anymore," said Irvine with a sigh of relief. "What are all of you talking about?" asked Thomas as he walked up to the table and took a seat near Fiona. "We were talking about how Dr. D is back," said Moonbay happily. "That's good, because I have that class next and now I don't have to worry about Prozen being there," said Thomas shuddering at the mere thought. "What do you think about it Fiona?" asked Thomas with a smile. Fiona could tell that he was still a little too excited about her saying yes. "I am glad that he is gone as well," said Fiona with a small smile. "I'll say. Anyone is better than that," said Thomas but Moonbay covered his mouth before he could say anything bad because at that moment Prozen ended up walking by their table looking at them all with a suspicious eye. He then walked by without a word to either of them. "Whoa, that was a little too close for comfort. If I hadn't covered your mouth then he most likely would have heard and tried to get all of us in trouble. I don't know about you but I am definitely starting to have enough pf all the detentions that he seems to love to give us," said Moonbay sighing a little. "I agree with you there. my parents are mad about last year because of the detentions. Although they aren't mad at me completely. They are mad at Prozen because he gave nearly all of them out. Every year that I have been here they have hoped that the school would get some brains and actually decide to get rid of him once and for all," said Irvine with a small laugh. "If only they would," said Moonbay happy about just thinking of a school without Prozen in it.
"Why is it that I am not too thrilled to be thinking about this date?" asked Fiona as she got ready that Saturday. "I say that it is because you do love that one friend of your," said Moonbay with a smirk on her face at the small blush that crossed Fiona's face. "We are not like that," said Fiona shyly. "Say what you want but the blush on your face says it all," said Moonbay smirking even more. "I swear we aren't," Fiona nearly yelled. "So who is this guy? How come you won't tell me who he is? We are friends aren't we? Friends can tell friends anything," said Moonbay with a smile on her face. "I told you before that I can't tell you who he is," said Fiona quietly. "And once again I ask you, why not?" said Moonbay a little annoyed that Fiona was keeping things from her. "It is very complicated like I said. Now please just drop the subject. I really don't feel like talking about it," said Fiona quietly. "Some friends you and Irvine are. You two can't tell me this one simple thing," said an upset Moonbay. "I am sorry," was all that Fiona said before turning away. "Fine! See if I tell you anything from now on," said Moonbay crossing her arms and turning away. The strange thing was that at that moment all she felt like doing was laughing. The ringing of the doorbell cut the silence that was between them. "Listen. I have to go," said Fiona getting up and walking towards her bedroom door.
"You look great Fiona," said Thomas once Fiona had opened the door. He then held out some flowers for her. "Um. Thanks," said Fiona in a quiet tone as she slowly took the flowers. "Something the matter? Are you feeling all right? Because if you aren't then we can always reschedule this," said Thomas in a worried tone. "No. I am fine. I just have a lot on my mind. So, come on. Lets go," said Fiona with a weak smile. 'Come on Fiona. Forget about him. Try and have a little fun today to get your mind off of your problems,' Fiona told herself as the two walked out to a car. The only people who had licenses at the moment were Irvine and Thomas. Van had one but his family only had one car that only his dad could use. 'Forget about Van!' Fiona mentally berated herself. Both her and Moonbay were going to be taking their tests soon. Fiona knew that Thomas didn't have a car so he must have borrowed it from his brother or someone in his family. "So where are we going?" asked Fiona a little curious as to what they were going to be doing that night. "I have reservations for us at a restaurant," said Thomas with a smile at Fiona. 'Wow. I am going on a date with Fiona. Today is going to be great. I am going to make sure of that,' thought Thomas with a smile.
"I have a reservation for two under the name Shubaltz," said Thomas when they had reached the restaurant. "Ah, yes. Right this way sir," said the waiter once he had found the name. Thomas and Fiona quietly followed the man as he led them through many tables towards an empty one in the back. "This place is nice," said Fiona quietly as she took a look around the place. "Yeah, it is," said Thomas in response. His attention wasn't on the restaurant but it was on Fiona. A waiter then came up to them and handed them their menus. "Thank you," said Fiona when she took it. She then looked up and smiled at the man. "You are welcome," said the man nicely as he handed Thomas a menu and he just mumbled a thank you while he opened it up to look at it. They took a good look over the menus until the waiter came back asking for their decision. After giving him their choices, the man took the menus and walked away from the table. "Enjoying yourself so far?" asked Thomas looking at Fiona with a smile on his face. "Yeah, I guess," said Fiona quietly. Thomas was about to speak again but the doors to the restaurant opened and in walked two people he didn't want to see.
"It is so boring tonight. I wonder how Fiona's night is going," said Moonbay in a bored voice. "I am sure that about now it is not going too good," said Irvine with a smirk on his face. "Why? She is finally going on a date after all of these years," said Moonbay a little confused by what Irvine said. "I happen to know that Van and Amy are going to go to the same place that Thomas was going to take Fiona," said Irvine with a small smile. "Boy isn't that Ironic," said Moonbay in an astonished voice. 'No, I am just giving them a push in the right direction. Fiona refuses to admit it and Van doesn't think about it but I think that they would make a good couple if they were to get together,' thought Irvine with a smirk. "What's with the smirk it is almost like you don't want them to be going out and that this is a good thing," said Moonbay in an astonished voice. "Thomas is fine and all but I don't think that he is the right person for Fiona," said Irvine calmly. "Who do you think is right for her? That unknown friend?" asked Moonbay calmly. "He is a good person, give or take a few minor problems with his life," said Irvine after thinking it over a little. "Why is it you guys won't tell me who he is?" asked Moonbay sadly. "There are a lot of problem with it all. Most of it is best left unknown," said Irvine in a sympathetic voice. "Like what?" asked Moonbay curiously. 'The whole friendship,' thought Irvine with a small chuckle. "It doesn't matter. Fiona will tell you when she is ready. Not until then though, so don't get your hopes up of it being anytime soon," said Irvine making Moonbay pout a little. "Listen, there is something that I need to go do. So I will see you later," said Irvine as he got up and walked to his car.
"What are those two doing here?" asked Thomas in an annoyed voice upon seeing Van and Amy walking through the door. "I don't know," said Fiona looking away. Thomas watched as they walked up to the person they had when they first walked in and watched as he led them in their direction. 'Oh no,' groaned Thomas realizing that the closest open table was only two or three tables away from them. 'What are they doing here? I thought Van might have mentioned something like this to me. I guess not though,' thought Fiona with a frown on her face. When they got close to their table Amy noticed the two of them and an angry expression crossed her face. Fiona nearly laughed when Amy turned around and as far as she could tell she was yelling at Van for something.
"What are they doing here Van? Didn't you even check to see if this place was even clean?" yelled Amy annoying every waiter within the area. Van was trying hard but was having a hard time to get her to calm down. "How was I supposed to know that they were going to be here?" asked Van with an embarrassed face with all the attention she was giving them. 'Besides the fact that Irvine told me,' thought Van afterwards. He didn't know why he wanted to come just by hearing this. Jealousy, or wanting to make sure that no one ruined it. He really didn't know why it was that he came here in the first place. "Well I want to go somewhere else now," growled Amy in Van's face. To say that she was angry was an understatement. 'man, she really hates Fiona. Must be from all that Fiona has done to her precious reputation since she first came here,' thought Van with a nervous smile. "Why not just try to ignore them. That way the night won't be ruined by a fight?" asked Van trying his best to calm her down. "I guess you are right," said Amy calming down a little but anyone in the restaurant could tell that she was still upset. The two then walked the rest of the way until they were at their table instead of taking her seat though Amy decided to use Van's lap as a seat. Fiona felt like throwing up at that moment. Then Amy went and kissed Van.
Fiona saw this and she felt something strange inside herself. She couldn't quite place what it was exactly. No, wait forget that. She knew what it was. She was jealous of it all. Fiona didn't know what came over her but she quickly got up from the table and ran out of the restaurant before Thomas could do anything. All that she left him was an, "I'm sorry," before she left the place. Thomas was a little shocked by what had just happened that he wasn't able to do anything for another minute. He quickly put down some money and then ran out of the restaurant right after her. By the time that he got out of the place, she was nowhere to be seen. "Where is she?" Thomas asked looking around the place. She wasn't in the car. The streets were empty. She wasn't anywhere to be seen. Thomas angrily ran to his car and got in so that he could go and look for her.
Fiona ran and ran until she was a good distance from the restaurant. 'No! I couldn't have,' Fiona yelled at herself. It did no good though. her mind was yelling the complete opposite at her. She finally stopped a few moments later. "No," was all that Fiona could say. A car then pulled up right next to her. the window rolled down to show Irvine. "Hey. Need a ride?" asked Irvine with a small smile. Fiona gratefully accepted the help since she didn't know where she was at that moment or even the way back to the restaurant. "Thank you," said Fiona quietly as she got into the car. "Why are you out there and not with Thomas?" asked Irvine with worry in his eyes. "Did he do something?" asked Irvine right after. "No. He didn't do anything. I saw something I couldn't take and I ran off," said Fiona quietly. There was a silence that went on between them after that. Fiona then spoke and broke the silence. "I have, haven't I?" asked Fiona quietly. "You've what Fiona?" asked Irvine although he already knew what she was talking about. "Fallen for him," said Fiona quietly. "Fallen for Van," she continued. "I've known it for a while. You just refused to accept the truth," said Irvine as if it was a mere fact. "How did you know before I knew?" asked Fiona in confusion. "There were many things that you did when you were around him that gave it away. There was always a certain happiness that you had when you were around him then you had when you are around your others friends," said Irvine in a calm voice. "This is something that I shouldn't be feeling for him. He has a girlfriend that he seems happy with at times," said Fiona quietly. "She is also a girlfriend that he is forced to stay with. You shouldn't fret about these things though. Everyone will most likely fall for someone at some point," said Irvine as he kept his eyes on the road ahead of him. "Like you and Moonbay," said Fiona with a small smile. Irvine sent a playful glare at her. She laughed a little and it made Irvine happy to see it. 'A depressed face doesn't look good on her,' Irvine noted with a small smile. 'Who knows? Maybe someday the two of them will end up together. At least once Van gets rid of that other girl. Then he can be with a woman like Fiona. Amy is a spoiled Brat that doesn't deserve anyone. Somehow I have this feeling that she is the one behind Van being forced to stay with her,' thought Irvine grimacing at the thought. 'It definitely wouldn't surprise me,' he thought. "So where to? Your house or back to the restaurant?" asked Irvine with a smile. "Just take me home. I need a little sleep to think over all that I have learned," said Fiona. "Right," was all that Irvine said before driving in the direction of Fiona's house.
Irvine's car pulled up besides Fiona's house and Fiona quickly got out of the car. "I'll see you later," said Irvine as he drove the car off. Fiona walked into the house and up to her room without talking to anyone about anything. She fell down upon her bed and closed her eyes while thinking about all that she had just learned. "I have fallen in love with Van. The feeling feels so good. Yet it is so wrong at the same time. Why is it that I had to have had this happen to me?" Fiona asked herself. "Why did I have to fall for him? I know one thing for sure. I can't tell him I have to keep this to myself or he might not talk to me again," said Fiona sad at the mere thought of that even happening. She calmed down a little and fell asleep soon after.