Chapter 11:
Soon Friday rolled around and, as promised, Angelo and Irma had cooked a pretty good meal for their friends. They made tacos, quesadillas, burritos, fajitas, nachos, Mexican rice, corn on the cob, and even a thing of re-fried beans. They decided to dress in normal clothes. Irma was dressed in a pair of jeans and a pink t-shirt, while Angelo was dressed in a pair of black jeans and blue t-shirt. All that was left was for their friends to come over.
"They should be here any minute.", Irma said as she looked up at the clock.
"Don't sweat it, Irma.", Angelo said as he tool out some ice tea. "Will called ten minutes ago, when Matt picked her up. He had Nigel and Taranee with him. So, they should be hear soon."
Just then a knock came at their door.
"I got it!", Irma said as she went to the door.
Irma opened the door to see Hay Lin standing there with a smile on her face.
"Hey, Irma!", Hay Lin said as she hugged her best friend.
"Hey, Hay Lin!", Irma said as she returned the hug. "Hay Lin's her, Angelo!"
"Cool!", Angelo said as he grabbed some glasses and sat them in the counter. "But I figured Hay Lin would be here first. She lives right across the street from us. It's no biggie."
"Hey!", Hay Lin whined as Irma closed the front door.
"Maybe so, but at least she's here.", Irma said as she and Hay Lin walked towards Angelo.
"So there!", Hay Lin said as she playfully stuck her tongue out at Angelo, getting a laugh out of him.
Just then another knock came at the door. Irma answered it to see Will, Matt, Taranee, and Nigel.
"Hey guys!", Irma said as she greeted the four of them.
"Hey, Irma!", Taranee said as Irma let them in.
Just then, Cornelia, Caleb, and Eric showed up. After greeting them, Everyone took a seat either in a chair or on the two couches Angelo and Irma had in their apartment. Once Peter and Cassidy showed up, they got ready to eat.
"Okay. Here's the deal guys.", Angelo explained to everyone. "We made two of each dish. "One normal and the other spicy. Choose at your own risk."
"How spicy can it be?", Cornelia said not wanting to believe that the food could be that spicy.
"See for yourself, Corny.", Irma said with a smirk.
"Don't call me Corny.", Cornelia said as she grabbed a taco that was made spicy.
Cornelia then bit into the taco. At first nothing happened as she swallowed what she ate. But seconds later...
"Hot! Hot! HOT!", she yelled as she downed a whole glass of tea.
She face then turned red from eating the spicy taco. Seeing that had Irma cracking up as she almost fell out of her chair.
"What did you guys put in those tacos?", Peter asked as Eric and Hay Lin began eating a taco each.
"Diced jalapeno peppers.", Angelo said. "Plus we cooked the beef in the juices of the jar the peppers came in."
"That'll do it.", Taranee said.
"You two are INSANE!", Cornelia snapped as she was able to talk again.
Taranee then felt someone tap her shoulder. Taranee then turned to see Nigel who was looking at Hay Lin and Eric eating their second spicy taco. Soon everyone was looking at Eric and Hay Lin as they were eating the tacos. Hay Lin and Eric then noticed them looking at them.
"What?", Eric said. "We like spicy foods."
"We can see that.", Irma said with a grin.
After having a good laugh, everyone dug into the food. Cornelia of course stayed away from the spicy food. By the end of the meal, Angelo and Irma had the fried ice cream ready for everyone to eat with whipped cream, chocolate sauce, or honey to go with it.
"Now that was some good fried ice cream.", Matt said.
"The whole dinner was good!", Peter said while patting his stomach.
"Oh yeah!", Nigel said.
"Glad you guys liked it.", Angelo said. "Think of it as a last meal before me and Irma have to face the School Board."
"I wouldn't sweat it.", Eric said. "If they try and kick you out, we can get a petition signed to let you two back in."
"That or you can sue the school.", Will said.
"My mom could be the judge at the trial.", Taranee said.
"You'll have a lot of character witnesses.", Cornelia said.
"It would be one heck of a trial.", Peter said.
"Thanks guys.", Irma said. "But I don't think we have anything to worry about."
"Well keep it in mind, just in case.", Cassidy said as they all went back to watching some TV.
Everyone hoping that things would go well for Irma and Angelo when they met with the School Board Monday. Elsewhere, Crimson and his allies were back on the world where the door to his ATZ was at. They had decided to stay there until the time was right to go with their plan that they made with Tony Vandom the night they met him. A smile plays on Crimson's face as they thinks back to when it all happened.
Flashback
"What do you want with me?", Tony asked.
"We're here to make you a very rich man.", Crimson said with a smile.
"W-w-w-what d-d-do you mean?", Tony asked.
"I almost forgot how easy it was to scare people from Earth.", Miranda said while rolling her eyes.
"As did I.", Crimson said with a grin.
"Allow me to handle this.", Miranda said as she stepped forward.
"Be my guest.", Crimson said as Miranda walked towards Tony, who was standing next to his desk.
"Tony? Right?", Miranda questioned as she stood face to face with him.
"Y-y-yes.", Tony said as he backed away a little.
"Here's the deal.", Miranda said. "You're a business man, who is good at what he does. So we want you to introduce us to the world from here in Heatherfield."
At first Tony didn't know what to say. But after a few seconds, he found his voice.
"You want me to introduce you all to the world?", Tony questioned.
"Is that a problem?", Phobos asked.
"No! No problem at all!", Tony said as a smile came to his face. "This is the chance of a lifetime! I pull this off and I'll be running this place in no time! When do you want to do this?"
"Whatever day is good for you.", Crimson replied.
"How about the day my daughter's school end for the school year.", Tony said. "That way we'll get more viewers when we go on the air."
"I can go with that.", Crimson said as he opened a fold.
"W-w-where are you going?", Tony asked as he looked at the fold.
"Back to the world we're staying on.", Cedric said. "Do not worry, human. We'll keep in touch."
"Until then, farewell.", Crimson said as he was the last one to go through the fold.
Tony just watched as the fold closed. A even bigger smile came to his face as he realised that he just landed the deal of a lifetime.
"YYYEEEEESSSS!", Tony yelled as he sat back in his chair. "I'm so going to be rich! Rich I tell you! RICH!"
End Flashback.
"If everything goes well, Kandrakar will be ours for the taking.", Crimson said as he looked at the flames that danced in the fireplace.
"I have to ask, Crimson.", Frost said. "Why didn't we bring Nerissa with us when we went to meet the Guardian's father?"
"She wants to keep a low profile.", Crimson replied. "And I can respect that. Besides, this works well with my plan."
"What is your plan?", Cedric asked.
"All will be made clear very soon, my friends.", Crimson said with a sinister smile. "Very soon."
Crimson then left the room as the others watched him leave with confused looks on their faces.
Monday had rolled around and Angelo and Irma were in the office of Principal Knickerbocker. With them were Irma's parents, Anna and Tom, and Angelo's Uncle John. Angelo and Irma were dress properly to show the School Board that they weren't some bratty teens. Instead of the whole School board it was just one member of the School Board. He was a brunette with green eyes dressed in a gray suit. He was as serious as they come. To be honest, Irma and Angelo wanted to get this over with as soon as possible, seeing as Elyon and Caleb were back after a week of taking care of things in Metamoor. But for some reason, Irma and Angelo knew that this meeting wasn't going to end well.
"Hello. My name is Harry Williams.", the man said introducing himself. "I take it that we all know why we all are here this morning. So, I'll make this as short. As you all know, last week we at the school board heard on the school's radio show that, you, Angelo Vanders and, you, Irma Lair were married."
"Actually, Mr. Williams, it's Irma Vanders.", Irma said calmly correcting Harry. "And if you want proof of our marriage, we have a copy of our marriage licence right here."
"There's no need for that, seeing as you already sent us one in the mail last week, "Mrs. Vanders".", Harry said.
"I didn't like how he said 'Mrs. Vanders' there.", Angelo whispered to Irma.
"Neither did I.", Irma whispered back.
"Now where was I?", Harry said as he was going through his papers.
"With all due respect, Mr. William.", Tom said getting Harry's attention. "All we want to know is if our kids are aloud back into school."
"Cause we already know that you and the rest of the School Board have already made you decision.", John added. "So there's no need to carry this out any further."
"For some of us have important things to do when this is over with.", Anna said getting irritated.
"Well, if that's the case, then I'll get right to the point.", Mr. Williams said. "The actions of young Angelo and Irma have sprung up a few... problems for us on the School Board."
"What kind of problems?", Angelo questioned.
"Mainly most of the parents of some of your fellow students.", Mr. Williams said. "They find your actions unacceptable for children you age and demanded that you two be expelled. Not to mention the fact that, you Mr. Vanders and you Mr. and Mrs. Lair allowed them to do this."
Anna was about to say something, when Mr. Williams held his hand up to stop her.
"But, after talking about it, a compromise was made.", Harry said. "It was agreed that you will not be expelled from school."
The five of them breathed a sigh of relief hearing the good news.
"However.", Mr. Williams said getting their attention. "The parents demanded that a punishment of some kind be made."
"What kind of punishment?", Anna demanded to know.
"It has been decided that you Angelo and Irma Vanders are hereby band from Prom.", Mr. Williams said before placing his paper in his briefcase.
"WHAT?", Irma and Angelo questioned.
"It was either that or be expelled from school.", Harry said. "If I were you two, I'd be grateful for this."
"Do you know what we had to do to get the cash for those tickets, seeing as I can't touch my inheritance yet?", Angelo snapped as he jumped up from his seat. "Not to mention the hotel room for the weekend!"
"We mowed and raked lawns!", Irma said getting just as mad. "Walked dogs! Washed dogs!"
"Painted fences!", Angelo continued. "We worked our butts off to buy the tickets, rent my tux, and get my wife's dress! Do you no how long we looked for the dress she wanted?"
"And now you tell us that we can't go to Prom?", Irma questioned getting madder by the second. "Do you know what I had to go through to fit in that dress?"
"I'm sorry, but maybe you should of thought of this before you decided to get married.", Mr. Williams said as he got up and headed for the door. "And if I must say, that as the adults in this situation, you shouldn't of let this happen in the first place!"
"Why you...!", Anna snapped as she was about to charge at Mr. Williams as he walked out the door.
"Don't do it, Anna!", Tom said as he held his wife back. "He's not worth it!"
"I can't believe this!", Irma said. "We had everything planned out for Prom too."
Just then Miss Knickerbocker came into the office and saw the upset looks on Angelo and Irma's faces .
"I take it Mr. Williams told you everything.", Knickerbocker said.
"Yeah.", Angelo said. "It's stinks, but what can we do?"
"I told them that it wasn't right, but they had made up their minds.", Knickerbocker said. "I'm so sorry children."
"We'll be okay, Miss K.", Irma said. "There's always Senior Prom."
"Well, here's a check for the money you spent on the tickets.", Knickerbocker said as she handed Angelo a check.
"Thanks.", Angelo said as he put the check in his wallet. "Well, I'm ready to go back to class."
"Same here.", Irma said. "Anything to get my mind off things."
"Good day to you, children.", Knickerbocker said with a kind smile. "I wish this could of ended better."
"Same here.", Tom said as Angelo and Irma left the office.
"This isn't right.", Anna said. "After all they've been through, they deserve to go to Prom!"
"I couldn't agree more, Mrs. Lair.", Miss Knickerbocker said. "But, there's nothing we can do. I even thought about doing a petition, but by the time we got all the signatures we needed, it would be to late to do anything with them."
"There might be another way.", John said.
"What do you mean?", Anna asked.
"I have an idea, but I need to see if I can get it done first.", John said. "Don't tell Irma or Angelo anything, but I think there's a way they can go to Prom."
"What are you up to?", Tom asked.
"You'll have to wait and see.", John said as he headed for the door to the office. "I have somethings to take care of."
"Well, I have to get back to work.", Tom said as he put his policeman's hat on. "I'll drop you off back home, Anna."
"Thanks.", Anna said. "Have a good day, Miss Knickerbocker."
"Good day to you too, Mrs. Lair.", Knickerbocker said as she sat in her chair.
'I wish there was a way for them to go to Prom.', Miss Knickerbocker thought to herself. 'Perhaps, Mr. Vanders's idea will work. Whatever it is.'
Later that day, once everyone was together, Angelo and Irma told the other what had happened earlier that day.
"Are you serious?", Cornelia yelled as she slammed her locker door shut. "You guys can't go to Prom?"
"Nope.", Angelo said they headed down the hall to their last class that the seven couples had together. "It's the School Board's way of punishing us and making a statement to other students."
"So, what are you guys going to do?", Elyon asked.
"Nothing we can do.", Irma said as they turned a corner in the halls. "We can't go to Prom and that's that."
"And even if we get a petition signed for you guys, we couldn't get it to the School Board in time.", Eric said.
"Well, this isn't fair!", Taranee said. "You guys should be able to go to Prom!"
"It won't be right without you guys there.", Will said.
"Well, if you guys can't go then I won't either!", Hay Lin said.
"We can get the whole Junior Class to go on strike and not go!", Nigel said.
"That would be kind of fun.", Eric said.
"Guys.", Angelo said trying to get his friend's attention.
"We could hold a picket line in front of the school!", Will suggested.
"And Wreck 55 could provide music!", Matt said.
"Guys.", Irma said trying to get her friend's attention.
"We have plenty of songs!", Joel said.
"We can see if our parents will help!", Elyon said happily.
"The School Board will have to listen to us then!", Cornelia said.
"GUYS!", Angelo and Irma yelled getting their friends attention.
"What is it, guys?", Hay Lin asked.
"Look.", Angelo said. "We're happy that you all are willing to do all this for us, but there's no need."
"But...", Elyon began to say.
"No. Don't.", Irma said with a smile as she held up her hand while shaking her head. "You guys go to Prom and have fun."
"Besides, I already have something planned.", Angelo said.
"What are you up to?", Irma questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"On the night of Prom, I'm taking you to the restaurant in the Heatherfield Grand Motel.", Angelo said as he grabbed Irma in a dancing stance and danced around. "Where there will be dinner and dancing."
"Plus we'll be waiting for the others when the Prom is over.", Irma said with a smile as they danced around.
"Okay, lovebirds.", Cornelia said grin. "We do have a class to go to."
"Sex Ed.", Will said in a dull voice as she spun a finger in the air. "Oh joy."
"Does anyone know what the special project we're doing is?", Hay Lin asked as they neared the class.
"I have no idea.", Matt said. "I just hope it doesn't suck!"
"We're all hoping that, man.", Nigel said as the walked into the class.
A/N: Well, Crimson has struck a deal with Will's dad to go public. Now what's his plan behind that? And poor Irma and Angelo! Banned from Prom! Now that's jacked up! But what does Uncle John have planned? And what's going to happen in Sex Ed? Read on to find out.
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