It was finally the day. The big day of school before later that night would be Mal's first time at a sports game for school.
"I'll be right there, girls, I just need to get something out of my locker." Mal told her girl friends as they were on their way out the door.
"Okay, but don't take too long." Evie replied as she went on ahead with Lonnie, Jane, and Wendy.
Mal nodded and soon dialed her combination in her locker, then reached inside to get her History book as she recalled "Mr. Thatch" hinting about an upcoming test in a couple of weeks. She reached in to get it only for her locker door to suddenly slam shut and she was then faced with Uma which made her yelp and jump back since the girl was inches away from her face.
"So the party is on this weekend, huh?" Uma asked with a smirk as she crossed her arms.
"Yes, Uma," Mal rolled her eyes as she nodded. "It's on for this weekend. Now don't do anything too crazy. Evie's mom really trusts her."
"Yeah, yeah, I'm good, as long as the party is still on," Uma replied. "Just remember not to tell her anything and be discrete."
"I'm surprised someone like you knows how to use that word correctly in a sentence." Mal murmured as she dialed her combination again to open her locker.
"What was that?" Uma asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh, nothing~" Mal replied innocently.
"Mm-hmm..." Uma nodded sharply. "I'd watch that tone if I were you."
"All right," Mal replied as she soon took her textbook out and put it in her bag. "Listen, I gotta go. I'll see you at the party, I guess."
"We'll just see about that." Uma said with a dark grin and narrowed eyes on her face.
Mal nodded, trying to hide her fear and show nothing but bravery and didn't confront Uma. She was told that that would be very bad. However, as soon as Mal left, Uma had Gil and Harry at her sides.
"The party is still on, boys," Uma told Gil and Harry. "I hope you brought your dancing shoes."
"Oh, Uma, I don't have dancing shoes," Gil spoke up. "Should I rent some for in time for the party?"
Uma groaned and face-palmed him.
"Think before ye speak!" Harry glared as he knocked Gil upside his head, growling and rolling his eyes.
"Oh, Harry, you always know how to make me feel better~" Uma smirked at him before he took his hands and kissed his lips suddenly. "Stay sweet in time for the party."
Harry grinned and nodded, though he seemed to touch his face with a small frown as Uma stalked off away from him suddenly.
"...Should I still rent dancing shoes or should I probably borrow something from my mom?" Gil asked then. "I'm confused."
"In other news: water is wet and grass is green." Harry snarked bitterly.
"Ouch..." Gil frowned. "You okay, Harry? You don't seem like yourself lately."
"It's... It's nothing..." Harry replied softly as he watched Mal leave school and go meet her new friends out the front doors before he put his finger against his chin. "I'm just afraid I've been thinking."
"A dangerous pastime?" Gil gasped.
"I know," Harry rolled his eyes. "I know I do a lot for Uma, but... I dunno... I don't feel as happy around her as I used ta be... I feel like somethin's missin' deep down in me 'eart."
"But you love Uma and she loves you," Gil reminded. "You can't just leave her."
"I-I'm not sayin' I am," Harry said, trying to get Gil to calm down otherwise he would probably tell Uma what was going on. "I just need ta think to myself a little bit... Not that ye would understand what that's like... How did even make it ta 10th grade?"
"Gee, Harry..." Gil shivered as that hurt a bit. "Sometimes your words hurt."
Harry grumbled as he soon stormed off and sighed as he thought about what was going on personally with him. He soon looked out the window, watching Mal as she met up with her girl friends and they soon went off together and he had a small, dreamy smile on his face. "'ello, Fishbait... Ye might be a target and new... But I'd like to get ta know ye better... And... I dunno... Maybe ye would me too~..." he then said as it seemed like he was developing a crush on Mal, but there would be more on that later.
The girls continued to walk on out, talking to each other in anticipation of the upcoming football game while the boys began to practice and get ready for the big game. The girls then stopped as they saw a yellow food truck.
"Rollin' Bayou!" Evie beamed.
"...Excuse me?" Mal blinked in confusion.
"Oh, you've never seen The Rollin' Bayou before, huh, Mal?" Wendy replied.
"No, I haven't," Mal replied. "What is it?"
"C'mon, we'll show you." Wendy giggled as she took Mal's hands and ran with her right away over to the food truck.
Mal shrugged and rolled her eyes at the sudden pulled force. A frizzy black-haired woman opened up the window and smiled, waving over as she saw that she had some customers and inside was a slightly older girl with long honey-colored hair that fans out around her shoulders and big brown eyes lined with gold shadows.
"Hi, girls," The woman smiled warmly. "You look like you could use an after school snack."
"You bet, especially our friend Mal here," Lonnie smiled back. "Mal, do you like beignets?"
"...I guess?" Mal shrugged. "I don't even know what a beignet is."
The girl gasped a bit dramatically. "You... Never heard of beignets?!" she then asked like that was just crazy talk. "Where have you been all your life? Under a rock?"
"No, that'd probably be an improvement." Mal smirked.
"You must be new in town, hon." The woman said to her.
"She is," Evie replied as she wrapped her arm around the dark-haired girl beside her. "Me and Mal are best friends."
"Oh... That sounds very nice, Evie," The woman smiled. "How about I give you a free sample and you can see if you like it?"
Mal blinked before shrugging. "Okay." she then said.
"Sounds good," The woman smiled before looking to the girl beside her. "Opal, let's give this girl a taste of N'awlins."
"You got it, Sister Sabine." The girl nodded and went to get to work.
"...N'awlins?" Mal blinked. "What is N'awlins?"
The others chuckled a bit.
"That's just what we call New Orleans back home," Sabine replied. "I'm from there, you see. My name is Sabine and this is my little helper and goddaughter, Opal."
"Hey, there." Opal nodded and waved as she began to work on the prep for the treat.
"Well, uh, nice to meet you, Sabine," Mal replied. "Do you use this food truck all the time?"
"Oh, yes, usually around town and definitely around block parties or street carnivals," Sabine nodded. "It's a very proud tradition of mine."
"I see," Mal replied. "I wish I could cook."
"Me too." Evie added bashfully.
The others chuckled a bit.
"We should get a batch for the game to wish the guys luck," Jane suggested. "They need that kind of energy you can only get from eating sugar."
"I know that's for sure," Sabine smirked. "So you wanna get some of my man-catching beignets?"
"Not that Mal needs a whole lot, she's dating Ben now~" Evie smirked back.
"Evie..." Mal whispered.
"Wow... Lucky you," Sabine remarked. "The new girl in town and already dating the most popular boy in school. I wish I could've had that chance when I was younger."
"Uh... Y-Yeah... It's cool..." Mal shrugged before Opal grinned, holding out a plate to her with a single treat on it. "Oh... Is that for me?"
"Your free sample, remember?" Sabine reminded. "Go on... Go ahead and try it."
"Oh... Well, what have I got to lose, right?" Mal shrugged and soon took the beignet and sniffed it a bit as the others leaned in hopefully and soon bit into it before her eyes widened and she continued to eat up instantly.
"You like?" Sabine smiled.
"I love!" Mal replied as she nodded. "I love the lack of dirt!"
The others then looked concerned that Mal would say such a thing about a dessert.
"Mm~... There's like fireworks of flavor and sweetness in my mouth..." Mal moaned as she cupped her cheeks before licking the powdered sugar off her fingertips.
"So, could we have some for the boys' game?" Evie asked as she blushed warmly. "Chad deserves the best after all~"
Jane, Wendy, and Lonnie rolled their eyes at the mention of Chad.
"Why, of course," Sabine replied. "Opal, you know what to do."
"Right." Opal nodded and soon went to work.
"So, uh... Opal... Is she your daughter, niece, what?" Mal asked.
"She's my goddaughter," Sabine explained. "Her mother is a dear old friend of mine and we just stick together. Sometimes for special occasions like Mardi Gras, we have a special on these lovely treats."
"I can see why." Mal smiled softly.
"They're nothing like my mom's chocolate chip cookies, but I quite enjoy them myself." Lonnie nodded.
"Oh, yes, nothing beats a chocolate chip cookie from your mom." Jane added.
"Or your father!" Wendy quickly added.
"You guys know my mom," Evie noted as Mal looked a bit distant and sad during the conversation. "Her and her apples."
The other girls giggled before looking over at Mal.
"Oh, Mal, doesn't your mom ever make you chocolate chip cookies or apple tarts or something?" Lonnie asked the girl in concern. "Like, when you're feeling sad, and they're fresh from the oven, with a big old glass of milk, and she just makes you laugh and puts everything into perspective and... Why are you looking at me like that?" she then asked in concern as Mal still looked distant and sad.
"...It was just different where I'm from." Mal said softly as that just sounded like a luxury to her while the other girls just had fond memories of what their parents did for them.
"Yeah, I know... I just thought... Everybody loves their child..." Lonnie said softly.
"It's complicated between me and Mom right now," Mal said softly. "Especially since my dad walked out on us."
"Oh... H-How awful..." Lonnie frowned.
"It's fine..." Mal said, deciding to change the subject. "S-So, we'll hurry home and finish up our homework and head on down to the game?"
"Let's just hope that Jane doesn't snack on too many beignets on the way down there." Wendy smirked playfully.
Jane looked wide-eyed and jaw-dropped, putting her hand to that heart almost like that offended her as the other girls soon giggled. Eventually, the beignets were done and Sabine placed them in a couple of bags, marking them both as Opal gave out the bags and Evie decided to pay for the charges.
"One for you and one for the boys." Opal told the group of girls.
"Thanks, Sabine and Opal." The girls nodded as they accepted the bags and Evie gave Sabine the required money.
"You girls have a lovely afternoon and wish our team luck for me." Sabine smiled.
"We will!" Jane replied. "Bye!"
The girls smiled and soon left with their collected food as Coach Jenkins barked orders at the boys on the team.
"You sure you still wanna try-out for sports?" Mal asked Lonnie. "It looks pretty hectic over there."
"I can handle anything," Lonnie smirked. "It's just me, my big brother, and my uncles at my house right now, so I know better than to let a bunch of boys bully me around on the field."
"Okay," Mal shrugged with a small smirk back. "I might have a lot of guts myself, but you're braver than I am, Lonnie."
"I can live with that." Lonnie nodded as she smirked.
The girls then followed Evie over to the mansion as the boys were doing what they needed to do to prepare for tonight's game.
"Razzle-Dazzle, make 'em cry!" Audrey began to cheer along with Scarlet, Ivy, Coraline, and a few other girls on the cheerleading squad. "Walter Elias Knights, sock 'em in the eye! Yeah!"
"Go, Knights!" Scarlet, Ivy, and Coraline added.
"All right you maggots, listen up," Coach Jenkins reminded his team as they gathered around. "Tonight we're playing against one of our rival schools: The James Barrie Pirates. We need to crush 'em with our defense and dominate em with our offense. Got it?"
"Oh, trust me, I know all about offense," Jay smirked. "You do not wanna be at my house at dinner time."
The other boys chuckled a bit.
"FOCUS!" Coach Jenkins glared as he swiped the football away from Jay as he posed with it. "I need a professional show how it's done. Any volunteers?"
A few hands went up, though Gil looked the most eager and anxious.
"All right, LeGume, show us what you're made of." Coach Jenkins said, tossing the ball to the dark blonde-haired boy.
"Sch-ah-weet!~" Gil beamed as he took the ball and soon took off, slamming right into a tackling dummy and strained against it for a few moments before releasing.
"Killer effort, LeGume!" Coach Jenkins nodded in approval.
"No one tackles like me! ...Except for maybe my dad," Gil replied before gushing. "He's so awesome~"
"Right then!" Coach Jenkins nodded. "The rest of you boys show me what you're made of! Hustle! Hustle! Hustle!"
The team soon did what they could during their practice.
"Do you want those Pirates to win?" Coach Jenkins huffed. "C'mon, ladies! Hit it! Did they send me daughters when I asked for sons?!"
Ben found a beautiful purple flower in the ground and soon plucked it and decided it to wear it on his uniform for luck and placed it on his uniform with a small smile. The color reminded him of Mal as he had a really great feeling and excitement about tonight's game, especially since she would be there to see him out on the field. Chad began to look jealous: not because Ben was going out with Mal now, but jealous that he felt like he was losing his best friend.
Later on, it was getting close to game time as Mal, Evie, Henry, and Regina were sitting down to dinner together before the game. They were having some spaghetti and Mal was slurping the noodles a bit noisily.
"Please don't slurp, Mal," Regina advised. "That's not very good manners."
"Oops... Sorry, Ms. Mills," Mal chuckled sheepishly. "Great spaghetti though."
"I was hoping you'd like it," Regina nodded. "And I'm glad I got to at least get you guys some dinner tonight."
"It's really good, Mom." Henry replied.
"And thanks for letting Mal stay over tonight," Evie beamed warmly. "This is gonna be a great game. She gets to see her boyfriend out on the field."
Mal then gulped down her glass of milk that came with dinner as she looked wide-eyed at that statement.
"I know I'd be excited to see my first school game and seeing my boyfriend out there," Regina smirked. "How fortunate for you, Mal."
"Uh... Yeah... My boyfriend... Lucky... That's me..." Mal nodded wearily and smiled nervously.
"And just think, it'll be the big final game against Sherwood before we know it," Evie beamed. "Mal, you have to come to that. There's a banquet and it's a bit formal dress, but everybody's going to be there and with their parents."
"Oh, well, uh, I guess I'll see if my mom will come or not," Mal shrugged bashfully. "She might be busy, ya know."
Regina looked suspicious of that, but just nodded and played along so that things wouldn't turn ugly rather quickly. "Well, I hope you girls have fun at the game tonight," she then said. "Do you need a ride?"
"No, Mom, that's okay," Evie replied. "Lonnie's dad offered to drive us."
"Okay," Regina nodded. "You girls stay out of trouble then."
Mal and Evie smiled a bit before they finished up their dinner.
"Be good for Mom and Graham while I'm gone." Evie smiled as she soon hugged Henry.
"I promise, Evie, I'll make sure she gets in bed by 9:00 and no soda after dinner." Henry replied.
The two siblings chuckled together as Mal watched softly and quietly. Eventually, after dinner, Regina washed the dishes as Evie got some blue and gold clothes for Mal to wear at the game so that they could show their school spirit. Mal paused to think about it and decided to go with a blue sweater with gold writing on it since she didn't like wearing flat-out yellow since she viewed it as "the opposite of purple" which was her favorite color. Evie beamed, giving two thumbs up and giggled before hugging Mal suddenly. Mal beamed in the hug, hugging Evie right back.
Soon, they came downstairs as they heard a horn honking outside.
"Have fun at the game," Henry said. "Sorry I can't go, but I don't like crowded places and plus, I'd never get my homework done."
"So I took the night off to look after Henry and maybe watch a movie with him and maybe Graham if he comes over." Regina added.
Mal couldn't help but notice that Evie stuck her tongue out at the mention of Graham, but luckily, only she noticed it and not Regina. Looks like Evie doesn't like Graham as much as her mother thought she did. "Thanks, Ms. Mills, we'll see you later." she then told the woman.
"Sure thing, Mal," Regina smiled as she put her arm around Henry. "See you both later."
"Later, Mom." Evie nodded and soon went to go out the door with Mal over to the Hau Li's van where Jane, Wendy, and Lonnie were already inside of.
Regina and Henry waved them off at the door and soon went back inside as Mal and Evie got into the van and shut the doors behind them. Once the doors were shut, the van drove off to get them over to the school for the big game.
"Hey, Mal, glad you could make it," Lonnie giggled. "Want some beginets before the game?"
"Oh... Maybe just one..." Mal shrugged as she took one out of the offered bag before taking obviously more than one. "Or maybe two."
Lonnie giggled as she set the bag down.
"Remember not to eat too many and make yourself sick." Shang warned his daughter.
"Yes, Dad." Lonnie promised.
"Oh, I hope Peter gets this note in time," Wendy beamed as she took out her secret note that she was going to give to Peter to let him know how she felt and hopefully something good would happen after. "I'm so excited~"
"And I'm so excited for you." Jane smiled at her best friend.
Wendy and Jane squealed and beamed from the anticipation.
"What's going on back there?" Shang soon asked.
"Oh, you know, just some girl stuff," Lonnie reassured her father. "Nothing you need to worry about~"
"Mm-hmm..." Shang rolled his eyes with a small smirk as he drove along.
The rest of the ride was filled with shivering anticipation. Many other cars were on their way down to the game and there was a different school bus on its way over to the respective school.
"There they are, Mal," Lonnie told the new girl. "The James Barrie Pirates."
"Ooh, I love their guyliner," Mal smirked. "Super scary~"
The other girls then giggled to that. Wendy looked over, seeing a boy with dark blonde hair and dark blue eyes and sighed dreamily at the sight of him.
"So, that must be your knight in shining armor, Peter." Mal smirked towards Wendy.
"Huh? Oh, yeah..." Wendy nodded and blushed a bit. "Isn't he cute?"
"Well... He seems... Interesting..." Mal shrugged, not sure what else to say, but decided to at least try to be polite.
Wendy and Jane giggled again and soon hugged each other from the excitement. Eventually, the girls came over to the boys' locker room and left a note on the bag, running off after Evie knocked on the locker room door and took off running and hid behind the gym bleachers. Coach Jenkins poked his head out the door, looking around before shrugging and was about to shut the door until he saw the treat bag and soon decided to take it after practically drooling at the sweet smell and brought it inside and shut the door behind them. The girls beamed and cheered as they saw that, laughing together in excitement.
"Okay, Wendy... Your time to shine," Jane told her best friend as she looked at the visitors' locker room. "Go on now."
"Okay... Here it goes..." Wendy said, tingling from the excitement as she was advised by the other girls to leave a note for Peter to invite her to come and see her in private so that she could confess her feelings to him. She then took out the note and puckered her lips as she wore dark red lipsticks and soon kissed and sealed the envelope with a kiss as she then knelt down and slid the note under the door crack.
The girls then giggled as they took off running in excitement as they came to join everyone else to the game outside. Doug was playing his horn as he joined the others in the school marching band as they played as followed while the cheerleaders gave their cheers and chants to the people in the crowd and the mascot who was a knight in shining armor walked by, a bit awkwardly among the cheerleaders. There were plenty of people in the stands right before the game.
"Go, Knights! Go, Knights! Go, Knights! Yeah!" The cheerleaders beamed and cheered.
Soon, the Walter Elias football team bursted right out of their locker room as they took their place on the sideline. Many of them had powdered sugar on their faces.
"And here they come, The Walter Elias Knights and it looks like some of them had a sugary snack just before the big game!" The announcer called with a chuckle as the crowd for their respective school cheered for them.
Right across the field were The James Barrie Pirates who were all getting ready in their own way, glaring and mocking the team across the field from them.
"They don't look so tough," Chad smirked boastfully over to Ben. "I bet even that dorky Doug Clark could sack that quarterback."
"They certainly appear to have superseded the standard growth chart, haven't they?" Ben remarked.
"You guys are in my will." Aziz said as he stood between Ben and Chad.
"Man, this is gonna hurt," Jay warned the others. "Good thing Carlos ain't here. Heh... They're all just a bunch of babies who'll never grow up anyway." he then added with his upper body calm, though his knees were shaking.
"Coin Toss!" Coach Jenkins called out as he blew his whistle to bring Ben right over as he stood with the other school's coach, Coach Malcolm, as his star quarterback, Peter Banning himself, stood there with a cocky and evil smirk on his face.
The cheerleaders made their cheer which Mal mostly tuned out. She stared out into the field before Ben looked over and smiled, waving at her.
"Ooh~..." Evie, Jane, Wendy, and Lonnie oohed once they saw that.
"Heh..." Mal smiled nervously and soon waved right back at Ben.
The game went on for a while and so far, it seemed like The Walter Elias Academy Knights were beating The James Barrie School for Boys' Pirates. Wendy soon got a text on her phone and checked it during all of the excitement and squealed as she saw what it said.
"Dear Wendy,
I just got your note and I was hoping I could talk to you in private and give you a very big surprise after we first met when we were little kids. Come to the school pool alone at half-time to come and get it and don't tell anyone.
-Peter."
"What was that?" Jane asked as she looked over, noticing that her best friend was given a text message.
"Oh, uh, nothing~" Wendy giggled and blushed a little bit.
Jane paused thoughtfully before playfully smirking. "It's Peter, isn't it?" she then asked.
"I was asked not to tell anyone." Wendy giggled as she turned all red in the face.
"Ooh... I know what that means~" Jane giggled. "Did he like your note?"
"Okay, but don't tell the others about this." Wendy said before she showed her phone to her best friend.
Jane took a glance at the text before smirking. "Oh, Wendy, you're so lucky~" she then said. "I wish a boy would notice me."
"Don't worry, Jane," Wendy smiled. "Someone will come for you soon enough."
"I really hope so." Jane smiled back.
"Can I borrow your mom's key to get inside the school?" Wendy then asked.
Jane nodded and soon gave it to her with a warm smile and Wendy soon accepted it. The two best friends nodded and continued to watch the game for a while. Mal, Evie, and Lonnie watched along with them, laughing and cheering with the other students in excitement.
"Look out, girls! Here comes trouble~" Mal chuckled once she saw Peter in action.
Some time had passed and it was soon time for half-time. Jane told the other girls that Wendy had to take a phone call to cover up and let Wendy keep her secret safe from them unless she wanted to talk about what happened, so the girls met up at the concession stand to get something hot to eat as it was quite cold outside right now.
"Hey, guys, isn't that Tilly?" Mal asked once she saw a certain blonde girl talking to a brown-haired and blue-eyed boy with freckles all over his face.
"Huh? Oh, yeah... It is..." Evie replied once she took a look.
"I wonder what she's doing with one of those Pirate boys?" Lonnie pondered.
"So, David-" Tilly began.
"Devin." The boy corrected.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Tilly replied, obviously failing as she was trying to flirt with him as the other girls simply watched her in action. "So, uh, you wanna get pizza and watch a movie with me?"
"Oh, uh, sure..." Devin blinked. "But I think, uh... I left something on the stove!" he then said before bolting off suddenly.
"Wait! Devin!" Tilly cried out as he suddenly took off running. "Seriously! Is it my breath?"
"Here, lemme smell," Lonnie said before sniffing the air a bit. "Oh! Whoop! Yeah, that's definitely it~"'
"Why, I oughta-" Tilly glared as she came towards Lonnie. "That's it, Army Girl! You're gonna get it!"
"Chill, Till, it was just a joke." Lonnie giggled innocently.
"Hmph." Tilly rolled her eyes as she backed off then.
"Trying to get a boyfriend, Tilly?" Lonnie asked.
"Hm... I tried nearly every boy in school, I thought I'd try a boy from outside of school to try to get an adventure out of it," Tilly shrugged as she crossed her arms. "Doesn't seem to be working."
"Aww... Poor Tilly~" Lonnie said, patting the girl on her head.
"Meh... No big deal," Tilly replied. "I don't need a boyfriend."
"They can be a bit overrated in this day and age." Mal commented as she crossed her arms.
"Why don't you come over to the mansion this weekend?" Evie suggested to Tilly. "We're thinking of maybe getting a special get-together. We can eat snacks, watch movies, talk crap. That sorta thing."
"Ooh... Might wanna watch those C bombs before Mama Mayor comes to bust your ass, Princess Evie~" Tilly smirked.
The other girls giggled a bit.
"What the heck? I'm in," Tilly shrugged. "I feel like the only parties I had fun going to were tea parties with me dad or birthday parties with me mum."
"All right! Tilly's in," Lonnie smiled. "This is gonna be a great weekend for all of us."
"I'll be sure to tell Wendy," Jane smiled back. "Speaking of Wendy, I hope that she's having a lot of fun." she then whispered to herself.
Meanwhile, Wendy was walking off in the school hallways, glowing and beaming with excitement and had a very jovial smile on her face. "Oh, just imagine... Me alone with Peter Banning~..." she beamed to herself like one of her biggest dreams was about to come true. "I can hardly wait." she then came to the pool doors and opened them up as they were unlocked.
Peter's voice was heard as he seemed to be talking to someone. Wendy bit her lip as she took a deep breath in and let it out, a bit shakily and all a-flutter. She then looked around as she saw him sitting on the end of the pool as he seemed to be talking.
"Oh, Peter!~" Wendy soon called out once she made it in the room.
"Oh... Hello, there~" Peter smirked as he turned his head over to her. "Hello, Wendy."
Wendy beamed on the inside as he said her name and turned bright red in the face. "I guess you got my note." she then said.
"Yes, and I suppose you've received my text~" Peter smirked as he soon stood up and came towards her, towering over her a bit.
"Um, yes," Wendy smiled and nodded as she looked up at him. "You said that you had a surprise to give to me."
"Why, yes, I did." Peter nodded with a smirk.
"Peter... Who's this?" A voice asked from the side.
Wendy blinked, surprised that they had some company since she was told to come alone, so why didn't he?
"Oh... This is Wendy," Peter replied. "She goes to this school, you see."
"What're you doing here?" A black-haired girl asked as she walked over to beside Peter.
"And in those tacky clothes too?" A redheaded girl added as she came to Peter's other side.
"What...?" Wendy frowned softly. "Who are you?"
"Oh, don't you recognize The James Barrie Piratettes?" Peter smirked as he walked over to right behind Wendy and suddenly pushed her over to the girls. "My school's cheerleaders... Especially my personal cheerleaders?"
"I-I didn't know you had a girlfriend, Peter..." Wendy said nervously. "I thought we were going to talk in private."
"Oh, so you thought you could talk to our Peter just because this is your school?" A blonde girl asked, coming from under the water in the pool, leaning over a bit.
"How very selfish of you~" The black-haired girl added.
"What? N-N-No, I-I-I-I-" Wendy stammered, feeling very scared and uncomfortable right now.
"Come, dearie, join us for a swim~" The redheaded girl said, pushing Wendy right into the pool.
Wendy screamed and yelped as the other two girls soon jumped into the pool after her, splashing about. She was very unhappy right now and felt terribly humiliated. She even cried to Peter for help and all he could do was laugh at her.
"As if!" Peter smirked. "As if I could love a homely girl like you."
Wendy frowned as that hurt her very deep inside and she looked ready to cry.
"Oh, there's no need to cry~" Peter cooed before smirking at her. "They're just having a little fun, aren't you, girls?"
"We were only trying to drown her~" The blonde girl smirked a bit.
"It's all good fun~" The redheaded girl added.
"See?" Peter smirked.
Wendy pouted as she came out of the pool and grabbed a towel that was luckily there and soon dried herself clean.
"Well, she let us in," Peter grinned at the girls. "You know what to do."
"Right, Peter~" The three girls grinned back and nodded at him as they came out of the pool and began to dry themselves off next.
"That'll show those silly knights who the best school is," Peter crossed his arms with a confident smirk. "I'll go round up the boys. We still got a bit more time until half-time is over."
"Oh, Wendy, there you are, we were wondering-" Evie grinned once she saw the girl before frowning instantly. "What... What happened to you?"
Wendy sniffled and shivered as she wiped her eyes, feeling very cold, wet, and deeply disappointed as she shook her head.
"Wendy... What happened to you?" Jane asked her best friend. "You can tell us... Wendy? Wendy..."
"MEN ARE DIRT!" Wendy soon cried out as she hugged Jane right away and broke down into tears as she shivered.
"Um, we'll take a round of hot chocolates," Mal said as she stepped over to the vendor since they were next in line. "Better make it a double."
The vendor nodded, taking her money, and went to carry out her order as Wendy broke down crying.
"Okay, Wendy, just tell us what happened," Mal said softly. "And we'll see if we can help you."
"Oh... The heck with it... I doubt he cares anymore..." Wendy pouted and sniffled as Jane hugged her best friend to comfort her and warm her up. She then told them everything that just happened through the shivering from depressing tears and the shivering cold pool water she was drenched in.
A/N: Please forgive me for what just happened to Wendy, but I promise that it'll pay off later on and I'll let you know when. There's just enough time here, but I swear that I don't hate Wendy, and I'll make it up to you guys later. Just don't hate me or treat me as the scum of the Earth for this chapter.