Chapter 23: Make My Day
Our group of 4 lads went to their Science class, which they all had together. If anything, it was going to be the biggest collaboration class. Why? Well, not only do the Eds and Chris have class together, the Kankers are also there, Skylar is also there, and so are the rest of the kids. So it was just a huge collection of everyone from the cul-de-sac, and man oh man... it is gonna be an event. Regardless of that craziness, the lads are the first to arrive, thanks to the bell. And look here! Free seating! The crew immediately went and took the seats to the right, similar to English, expect this time, Double D and Ed sat together, due to the girls not being there yet. Chris and Eddy shared seats yet again, and later the girls themselves come in. Skylar and Marie decide to share a seat together, with Marie telling May to wit on the table behind them, which now meant the right side was full now. The rest of the cul-de-sac peeps came in and Kevin and Nazz shared a table together, with Rolf and Jonny taking the table behind them. The other people in this class also arrive, and the class is all there basically.
"Alright! Everyone in the gang is here!" Eddy said.
"This will be fun." Chris responded to him, laughing a bit.
Meanwhile, May secretly wanted to pair up with Ed again, but she was too shy to ask Double D if she could. But she decided to fight it and walks towards him, and then ask him,
"Double D?"
Double D looks up and sees May, and says, "Hello May, how can I assist you?"
"I'd like to... sit next to Ed."
He quickly realizes that yeah, this wouldn't be an issue normally... if Ed wasn't panic infused like he usually is near her. Double D, although uncertain of how this will turn out, decides to be nice and say,
"Sure thing, where do you sit so I can move?"
May points towards her seat, and Double D proceeds to move. Granted, he got to be closer to his girlfriend, so it wasn't a complete loss, it's just... he can only hope Ed continues to make progress with May, as this will go nowhere if he keeps freaking out. Marie turns around to his seat, and says in, yet again, a seductive tone
"Hiya muffin. I see May wants to be near Ed, but I ain't complaining if you are closer."
Double D has been through this dance, per se, several times, but he still isn't used to it. Nevertheless, he smiles back at her, blushing in the process. Marie kisses him on the cheek as another part of her hello. Double D then gets reminded of the conversation he and the lads had during break.
"Marie, mind if I ask a question?"
Marie turns back to him and says, "One kiss!"
Double D's shock was pretty high when he heard that, but he actually decided to do so, to please his girlfriend in a playful manner.
"Yes?" Marie says.
"Marie, what did your song in English mean? I've been curious about this."
Marie proceeds to say, "Well... are you asking for what I wrote or all three of us as a whole? Because I can't really say for May or Skylar."
Double D kinda realized that she had a point, because yeah, they worked together on it, but that didn't mean they knew everything that went through their minds between each other, did it? Nope. Double D simply says, "I think I'll be fine hearing your part's meaning."
Unfortunately, Marie was unable to speak, as the teacher came in and was about to start speaking. She quickly turned to him and said, "Tell ya at lunch okay?"
And so, the teacher begins introducing himself. "Good morning to everyone here. My name is Ms. Sonya, or just Sonya, and I really hope you guys are ready and prepared for our class of Physics. I shall start class by asking your names so that I can take note of that."
"Huh... no secondary activity like the previous classes." Chris said.
The whole class basically introduced themselves, but not with the same energy as previous classes, as... well there wasn't a secondary activity like favorite song, or something like that. Then again, perhaps the teacher was saving an activity for when they were done. Anyways, the teacher begins speaking again,
"Okay. Now, I have an activity that involves pairs, but first, you will receive a paper that provides five certain scenarios related to physics."
Ms. Sonya proceeds to pass everyone a copy of what she said, and then she goes back to the board and says, "Alright, now you will pick someone to work with. Please take around 3 minutes to do so."
Eddy was poked in the back by Skylar who said, "I know you've worked with him for a bit now, but mind if I work with Chris?"
Eddy snickered a bit, before responding to her, "Sure. Chris! Skylar wants to work with you!"
"Oh! Yeah sure. Hope you don't mind Eddy." Chris said, surprised at what he heard.
Eddy laughs before telling him, "Don't worry. I'll go pair up with lumpy or sockhead."
"Actually Eddy, me and Marie plan to work together on this. You might have to pair with Ed, unless he decides to work with May." Double D told Eddy. Unfortunately for Eddy, May already asked Ed to be his partner, and surprisingly for her, he accepted it. This kinda caused a problem for Eddy, as he doesn't seem to have a partner to join up with.
"Eddy, join us for the meanwhile. I'm sure Ms. Sonya will not mind a group of three people." Double D said to Eddy, and Ms. Sonya tells the group of 3, "Yes, that is fine. No worries."
Ms. Sonya then begins to speak about the assignment itself, "Alright everybody! So, what you are going to do is answer the five questions on the paper, then you will go and find another pair and check your answers with each other. Take around fifteen minutes for this, but if you need more time I will allow another five minutes. Good luck everyone!"
Let's take a look at all of our groups. Wow, we have many sides. Eddy, Double D and Marie are simply asking each other questions about the material, and Double D is the one who is primarily getting down the answers for the group, although he certainly didn't mind answering the questions his partners had. Ed and May were simply lost as to how to get a basis for what the questions even asked, to the point where Ed decided to draw random monsters fighting, what he assumes in his head, the things mentioned in the questions. May would've stopped him, but she actually finds this pretty amusing to watch, as she wonders just what exactly he thinks in order to write what he wrote down. Either way, she decided that it was much easier to let him be silly. Lastly, Chris and Skylar didn't understand much, so they just guessed their way through the whole thing in less than 3 minutes. Yeah... not the best way to get everything right, but those two didn't seem to care about that. Especially, strangely, Skylar. The two peeps decided to just do a game where they would play a song for 5 or so seconds, and they have to guess what song that is. Luckily, Chris had his phone with all songs that they would know, and so they could alternate between any song.
"Wanna try?" Skylar said to him. Chris nods his head in approval. And so, she plays 5 or so seconds of the song "Kickstart My Heart" by Motley Crue. Chris laughs when he hears the guitar intro, before he takes off his headphones and tells Skylar, "That's obviously Kickstart My Heart, or their anthem as I like to call it."
"I would vouch for Shout At The Devil itself, but hey, that works too. Shout At The Devil is my favorite album from them so that's why I say that." Skylar tells Chris, before he says,
"Mine too. Alright, next?"
Skylar plays the first 5 seconds of the Black Sabbath song, "Snowblind". Chris thinks for a moment before saying, "Huh... is that Snowblind from Vol 4?"
"Yep! Man, how often do listen to this type of stuff!?" Skylar says poking fun at him, laughing in the process. Chris blushes a little before saying, "Quite a bit, but... yeah. Next one?"
Skylar decides to change it up by telling Chris, "I'm going to play the song at a random point, just to switch it up alright?"
Chris nods his head as to say yes, and Skylar puts on Metallica's "The Call Of Ktulu", and skips to around 6:21 on the song, and plays the 5 seconds that follow. Chris listens only wonder, before then saying, "I know that's a song off Ride The Lightning, because I recognize that guitar tone."
"Well, you got part of it, but what's the song itself? Huh...?" Skylar said in a sly tone, which makes Chris slightly nervous, but he says,
"It's either The Call Of Ktulu or... uh... actually no, I think it's The Call Of Ktulu."
Skylar claps her hands and says, "We have another winner! You know your things man, I like that."
Those words kinda hit Chris in a strange way, but he keeps it away from her by saying, "...yeah, but ya know."
They go on to do more songs, and then Skylar switches roles with Chris about the whole game. Either way, they spend their time doing that for the whole time until it's time for the pairing up with another two people. But let's see what Ed and May are doing.
"What's the drawing supposed to be Ed?" May asked Ed
Ed simply passes the paper and says, "The Insectoids of Mars are coming down to attack the so called frictions of earth, because they have stolen their fellow friends and now they must be destroyed! It's a civil war between them!"
May simply chuckles a little at his silly imagination, then says, "Huh... who's gonna win?"
"The Insectoids are more complicated than you think, as they sneak in the flowers, they sneak in the bushes, they sneak EVERYWHERE!" Ed said, making his ridiculous scenario, even more ridiculous. Of course May is having a good time, even if it doesn't exactly help either of them understand the physics stuff. May then brings up,
"Let me just guess the questions for us, I hope Ms. Sonya doesn't mind the fact we just guessed..."
And so, they finish their paper, in the same way that Chris and Skylar finished their paper. Again, probably not the best way to get everything right, but did they care? Just like the other two, nope is the answer you are looking for lad. Anyways, since 2 out of 3 groups are done, why don't we see what Eddy, Double D and Marie are doing?
"Sockhead, any updates?" Eddy asked to Double D.
"Almost done Eddy, just reading what it is saying about friction." Double D tells Eddy, which causes the latter to roll his eyes, while Marie watches in admiration. Eddy, bored, stares at the other groups to see what on earth they are looking. He sees Ed is surprisingly getting more and more comfortable with May, which shocks Eddy, knowing how Ed is usually with girls. Then he turns his attention to Chris and Skylar, which he snickers a bit, as in Eddy's personal opinion... Chris is just trying to deny what he feels. But he does respect his decision to wait a bit, after all, he couldn't be a puppy about it. As much as Eddy felt glad for his fellow lads, he kinda realized that he was more of a 3rd wheel in a lot of this. He decides to dismiss this, as Double D speaks up and says, "Alright, the paper is done!"
"Finally. Now we just wait until the teacher says it's time. Can't it just be lunch already?" Eddy said, getting a little impatient with class. Double D rolled his eyes, before saying,
"Eddy, with that attitude class won't progess. Have patience, it will end soon enough."
"Class! Time is up! Here's what's going to happen now. You will find another pair to team up with, and you will revise each other's answers. Take another ten or so minutes for this." Me. Sonya tells the class.
"DOUBLE D ED-BOY!"
Rolf ran to Double D, in order to get assistance from him with the work. Accompanying Rolf was Jonny with Plank, as they all decided to work together on the paper. Naturally, Rolf simply asked Double D for help, and he was glad to help. So, they paired up in the end, but what about the other two groups? Well, funny enough, Chris and Skylar teamed up with Ed and May on this... which isn't a good combo, as they both did the same thing for the paper. So, they all decided to goof about, since... what were they all supposed to do? The time passed by quite quick for everyone, as Ms. Sonya once again spoke.
"Class! I shall now reveal the answers to you all. Please listen closely and I will also explain the reasoning to why the answer is correct."
Surprisingly, Ed, Chris, May and Skylar got 3/5 correct, though each group got a different 3 correct. Still, impressive! Double D, Eddy and Marie got all answers correct, but the reasoning as to why is pretty obvious. Or who. Anyways, after explaining every question to everyone in class, Ms. Sonya says, "Alright. Thanks for your participation in this activity. For the rest of class, you can have it to yourselves. Just don't be crazy now."
The rest of class... well, wasn't very eventful per se, it more similar to what happened in the previous class. Double D and Marie share their moments, Chris and Skylar talk about some more heavy metal, Eddy joins the latter two, Ed and May talk more and more, and it's a generally good time for everyone, even if it's getting slightly too familiar. Regardless, Ms. Sonya says at around 12 PM, "Everyone, it's time for you to go to lunch! Have a good rest of your day."
"Alright! Guys, let's go!" Eddy tells his crew, but...
"Excuse me! Did you forget something!" Marie said out loud.
"What?!" Eddy said, obviously forgetting about the bet from before. Double D shrugged a little before telling him,
"Eddy, we have to get their lunches for them, because we lost the bet. We will share a table with them, I'm sure it will be fine."
Eddy get irritated at this, but Chris comes up to him and says, "Why are you even mad? Your person isn't here. Did you forget?"
That shot Eddy's mood up, as he said, "HA! SEE YA AT THE TABLE!"
And Eddy runs to go claim a table for everyone before anyone else. Chris kinda laughs at that, before he decides to join Skylar and tell her; "So, what's the stuff ya want for lunch?"
"I'll see what they have, and you can bring it. Don't you dare forget now." She says, playfully. Chris responds by saying,
"Don't worry, I won't."
When everyone goes to the cafeteria...
The girls saw that the lunch menu was actually pretty great, but they ordered 3 things each, and told the lads what the specifics of what they wanted were, and so, they got it for them. Minus Eddy of course, who just kept teasing them. Either way, Eddy sat on the edge of a table, with Chris taking the seat in front of Eddy. A few seconds later, Skylar took the seat next to Chris, and Double D and Marie sat on the side Chris and Skylar were on, with May and Ed sitting on Eddy's side.
"Alright, honestly, this whole getting your lunch thing isn't the worst thing ever. Not something I'd do everyday, but it's not the worst per se." Chris told Skylar, turning towards her.
"Ha! Come on man! I'm not trying to hurt you or make life harder on ya!" Skylar barked back at Chris in a joking manner. Of course, he isn't used to this type of stuff; so he had a hard time being neutral about the whole thing. Afterwards, Marie asks her boyfriend,
"So, is this too much for you?"
"To be perfectly honest, it's not too bad. As Chris previously stated, it's not the most detrimental thing in our universe." Double D told Marie, before she then goes in for a kiss on the lips casually. Of course, he returns the quick, yet sweet kiss, afterwards Marie says,
"Glad to hear sweetie. As long as handling food isn't too difficult for you to handle."
Double D felt embarrassed by that statement, but he knows that she's just joking. Right? Right. Anyways, then May asks Ed about it, saying, "Did you get bothered doing it Ed?"
Ed didn't answer the question properly, saying, "It was delicious!"
May of course, didn't really mind this mistake, in fact she kinda laughed at his silly response. Eddy of course, didn't have anything to be asked, since he, again, didn't have to deliver anything. Chris poked fun at him saying, "Someone has their freedom for now."
"Oh be quiet. I'll keep it! Forever!"
Everyone shared a laugh or chuckle, as it STILL seems Eddy won't let this whole thing about him losing the bet go, and it's pretty obvious that he is going to deliver the food tomorrow, because god knows what the girls will do if he doesn't. The rest of lunch was more samey for the rest of the group. Everyone simply talked about the joyous things in life, made fun of certain things, and everyone enjoyed the company really. It was becoming more normal for everyone involved really. For example, and most importantly as a matter of fact, Ed seemingly has little to no fear of May. Granted, he's probably more used to the fact that she isn't attempting the whole absurd romantic advances of before. Another example was Eddy, he wasn't really having his feuds with the Kankers. Well... at least with Marie and May. Granted, Eddy doesn't quite consider them FRIENDS friends yet, but at least he's cool with them. Lastly, Double D and Marie were getting more comfortable showing the relationship in public. But to their surprise, no one really raised an eye at them being together. Which, hey! Helps them both out, so neither of them were complaining about it. However, it was now 12:55 PM, and class was about to start, so the bell rang to help students be earlier than normal.
"Ah great. Lads, it's time to go. Eddy and Skylar, we have the same class, which is Spanish. Let's get going." Chris said.
"Alright. Ed, May, Double D and Marie? See ya all later." Eddy told the other 4 peeps.
"Take care you three! Everyone, let's go to Math!" Double D said to his crew.
Well, to sum up the classes for the two crews, it was basically the same experience for both, with some differences. Such as, Chris ended up helping Skylar and Eddy with Spanish speaking, spelling, understanding, and many other things, which surprised both of them, but to Skylar's admiration. In Math, since there was no assignments for actual Math work, it went similar to when Eddy, Skylar and Chris had it, although Rolf, Jonny, and Nazz were there that time. So, in general, it seemed mostly the same for them, that is, until they all went to History. While seating was similar to Science, as before, Ed sat with May, Marie with Double D, and this time, Chris and Skylar sat together, with Eddy siting behind the two. He didn't mind this, so it wasn't a problem really. Along with the other kids of the cul-de-sac sitting on the opposite side of class. The thing is, when they all arrived and sat down, the teacher was already there, unlike their other classes where they simply waited for the teacher, he was already there.
"Good afternoon everyone, my name is Mr. Wayne and today is the beginning of your tenth grade history year! To start our introduction, I will ask you your name, and your favorite history period to learn about."
Everyone just introduced themselves, and the time periods most people mentioned were the eras of the two World Wars, or usually, for easier context, eras that were 1900 to now. Mr. Wayne then says to the class, "Thank you for introducing yourselves. I will mention a couple things to know for this class, and your other classes. When you get your work during class, yes you will get homework, but the way it works is, if you weren't able to complete it in time, it will be added as more homework. You won't lose any credit of course for that, but finishing the work earlier will help you out. Aside from that, work will usually be done in here. For right now, I will allow you free time to have conversation, and get to know each other better."
"Well, that wasn't very eventful. I suppose we can discuss a couple things, right Marie?" Double D told his girlfriend.
Marie turns to him, and says, "Sure. But remember, I'll talk to you about... the secret stuff at your home, okay?"
And so, Double D and Marie spend their time telling each other several things, meanwhile...
"Man... this day has been going for forever honestly." Chris said out loud, due to boredom.
Skylar elbows him and tells him, "Whatcha plan to do once you get home dude?"
Chris kinda gets caught off guard by this, so... he simply said, "Probably play some racing games, or go take a listen to some metal."
"You actually like racing games?" Skylar said, excited, which surprised Chris.
"Umm... yeah. Been playing them since I was a little kid really. How come?" Chris asks.
Skylar kinda shrieks in excitement, but Chris is still confused.
"Skylar, uh... what does that mean exactly?"
"Dude! I like racing stuff too!"
At that point, Chris's energy shot up DRASTICALLY, but he quickly cooled down, in order to not sound too excited. Little did he know, Skylar was doing the exact same thing. Either way, he says, "Ahh... really? What's your favorite?"
"Probably the Gran Turismo series of games honestly. The first one is iffy to me, honestly, but the rest are awesome for me."
Chris and Skylar then proceeded to talk about racing games, along with any metal they noticed in any of the games. Unbeknownst to them, Eddy was hearing everything, and in his mind, he was pretty confident that his friend wouldn't really have an issue. As, they connect like two correct puzzle pieces. Speaking of connecting...
"May! What's your favorite ruler of the... lands?" Ed said, randomly, not fully knowing how to ask her something like that. May chuckles before saying,
"I don't really have one honestly. They all seem the same!"
May then went on a whole tangent of the whole thing, with Ed surprisingly listening, expect when he made a joke or two about something May said about a ruler or whatever. Before everyone knew it, it was time to go home!
"Alright everybody, please enjoy your rest. See you all tomorrow!" Mr. Wayne said to the whole class.
Everyone basically ran out to the front of the high school building, and some went to go get things from their locker, but most already had their supplies. Eddy tells everyone in his crew, "So, what's the plan? Hangout at someone's place?"
Chris offers and says, "We can do my place if you want. Play some games or watch some stuff."
"Perfect! Ed and Double D! Later on we are going to Chris's house." Eddy tells his two pals. Before they all went home, Chris went to say his goodbyes to Skylar for the day.
"So... I guess this is bye for now, eh?"
"Yeah. Don't worry. I'll see you tomorrow." Skylar says to him.
"Alright then. Hope you take care." Chris says, smiling a little. Skylar then gets an idea, but first says,
"May I?"
Chris, not understanding what she is implying, says, "Not sure what you mean... but sure?"
To his COMPLETE surprise, Skylar darts toward him and hugs him. Although taken by surprise, Chris, deciding to be nice and all, gave it back. After about 6 or so seconds, Skylar lets go and says, "I'll see you and everyone else tomorrow then. My parents are waiting for me at the parking lot, so yeah. See ya all!"
Everyone waves their goodbyes, and Chris is seemingly shocked beyond belief.
"Ha! I can already sense what you're thinking!" Eddy says, teasing Chris.
"Eddy please! Have some respect for their privacy. For all we know, they could just be really great friends." Double D said, annoyed at Eddy's assumptions. Marie whispers in his ear and says,
"He seemed like his happiness shot up though. Well, it's his and her choice though, not mine. Oh yeah, Double D? 7:30 PM okay? I have things to do aswell. See ya sweetie." Marie then leans in and kisses Double D, and of course, he returns it. Meanwhile with May,
"Ed, it was nice being with ya most of the day."
Ed says, in a really goofy tone, "Fun it was, a pal and pal had their fun!"
"So, I'll see you tomorrow then?"
"Tomorrow, will see!" Ed says, while doing a classic military salute, where he puts his hand over his head, and raises it in the air. May laughs and responds,
"Okay. Bye!"
And so, the two sisters went onto their homes. Eddy goes to Kevin, who was outside, and says to him, "Hey Kev! You joining us on the way back?"
"Nah man, I'm waiting for Nazz and Rolf. They are taking a bit. I'll catch you and the others soon!" Kevin said to Eddy. Since that was the case, the boys decided to wave goodbye to him, and onto the cul-de-sac they went. Double D then says, to his crew,
"So when are we meeting up exactly? Because I cannot accompany you at around 7:30 PM."
Eddy then asks Chris, "Is 5 PM good for us to meet up?"
Chris doesn't even respond, as he keeps walking forward. Then, when it hits him, the fact that Eddy asked a question, he says. "Yeah, yeah, that works for me."
"Alright! Be sure to bring the snacks and everything guys!" Eddy tells his comrades.
"Eddy, we can't be settling into school like this. We have our obligations to do our duties for school, and-" Double D got interrupted by Ed, shouting randomly,
"COOKIES AND MILK!"
"Dismiss what I was going to say." Double D said, obviously slightly disgruntled at the ideas the lads were sharing.
"Hey, calm down. We haven't started our work yet, so we can do stuff until then. When it does start, I promise we will take it seriously. Right guys?" Chris said to Double D, with a response from the other lads simply being, "Right on!"
Double D simply chuckles a bit at the whole teamwork thing going on. Although, he was hoping that what Chris said wasn't just a "reassurance", and was more of a truth. He could only see once the actual work started anyways so... he'll have to wait.
Everyone arrives at the cul-de-sac, and the crew split for now to rest a bit before they do their whole little party/hangout at Chris's house.
But... many, many things remain to be answered. Oh yeah...