A/N:That review though... (OOF)

Where The Fun Begins Part II

Woodland Park

Tuesday 15:05

Iris's P.O.V

"Hold it steady!" I shouted at Jay as we tried lifting our boat from the rack.

"Well excuse me, you're shortness isn't making this any easier you know." He groaned as we finally lifted our duo's shell from the third rack.

"Short?! Are you delusional? I'm less than an inch shorter than you!" I snapped at him.

"Short is short!" He snarled back at me.

I said nothing in response then without warning my partner, I proceeded to drop the boat to my left shoulder, letting the rear end of the boat smack Jay in his face.

"OW! What?" He asked, acting totally clueless.

"You and I are enemies now." I replied then lead us out of the large shed.

"Why did I have to get a girl like you to be my partner again?" He protested, purposely trying to piss me off.

"Why did I have to get a boy like you to be my partner again?" I shot back at him.

"Because your grandfather feels you can't handle certain tasks alone." Jay told me, sounding a bit too smug.

"That's a lie, he knows I can take care of myself." I stated as I lead us out of our boat shed.

"Really? How sure are you?" He asked me, throwing me off. "W-what's that supposed to mean?"

"Oh I don't know, try asking him yourself." Jay told me. 'Lies.' I thought. We carried our boat down to the jetty and set the boat onto the water.

"Who's bringing our oars?" I asked him. We looked at eachother for a brief moment then put our hands down.

"Rock, paper, scissors."

I had scissors, Jay had rock. He smirked at me then shooed me away, treating me like a peasant. I groaned while I marched back up to the shed letting the hot concrete surface burn my feet.

As I approached the entrance, I heard the gates of the park opening for a new bus entering the park. 'I swear there's more schools than usual coming in today, that's the sixth one this afternoon.'

I walked up to the oar racks then noticed how most of the good ones were already taken.

"Wow, karma really is a bitch." I said to myself then took two of the best ones for myself and two of the damaged but usable ones for Jay.

I carried two oars underneath each arm then proceeded to walk out of the entrance. I walked out of the shed only to see more buses rolling in every minute.

"Three more buses..." I said to myself. I jogged down to the jetty and brought the oars to Jay.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Jay asked me as he finshed rigging the oar riggers onto to our boat.

"Let's get out there and make the most of the time we got before the dam gets over crowded." I told him as I put down the oars on the ground.

"Coach hasn't given us a training program yet."

"We'll... think of one as we go on." I told Jay as I put down our oars. He just sat there and tilted his head.

"You aren't very good at following instructions are you?" He laughed at me.

"Come on, just take your oars and let's go on!" I snapped at Jay.

"Damn, you're in even more of a hurry than I thought..." A voice told me. The voice that bores me half to death.

"Well shit..." I cursed under my breath.

"I heard that Iris." Coach Holtzman told me. (Shiiit, and I came up with that name on the spot) (No, I didn't actually)

"Why are so many schools coming to practice at Woodland Park today? It's practically an invasion! We row for this dam so doesn't that mean we own this training ground?"

"Calm down Iris, that's not even close to how it works. Haven't you heard of The Games?" He asked me.

"Yeah but what does it have to do with all this colonization?" I asked Holtzman, pointing at the eleven buses parked outside.

"God, you can't be this dumb, Iris." Jay said as he stepped onto the boat.

"What...?"

"Beauwolff's High, Jasper High and the Kingsman Boys College are the three schools you see that train here often, yes?" Holtzman asked me pointing to the three buses with their schools livery on them.

'That's not really explaining anything. You're just telling me what I know I seen very day.'

"Yes..." I nodded my head slowly.

"Well you see, all these'invading schools' will be here for the practice and qualifying periods of The Games." The coach told me. I looked back at Jay as he snickered behind me.

"What's so funny?" I asked him. He stopped laughing then shook his head.

"Iris, the coaches told us to expect this through the group chat." Jay explained to me.

"I'm guessing you don't check your messages often?" Holtzman chuckled.

"My phone's broken." I told them, shrugging my shoulder's casually.

"Again?" Jay asked me, sounding totally surprised.

"Oh...kay. With that being said, try rowing for at least four laps around the dam. Use full slides all the way because I want to see just how much power you can pull." Holtzman concluded before walking off. I waited until he was far enough then turned around to face Jay once more.

"What?" He asked.

"You still owe me a new phone." I told him, eyes stern on his stupid face.

He raised and eyebrow then seemed to think back on it for a moment.

"Eh, it's just a piece of tech with a screen, you can get a new one." Jay shrugged it off then started rowing.

'Just a piece of tech?! I lost so much on that phone!'

Blazin' Blitz: You ever hear the tragedy of Iris's phone, the Fangsung?

Humphrey: No, does it blow up? I mean, it's supposed to be a Samsung right? Or maybe since there are spies in the story all of a sudden, do they use it as some kind of gadget hand grenade?

Blazin' Blitz: Don't be ridiculous, my young apprentice. The older phones could explode with or without spy tinkering. You'll find out what happens to the phone soon enough.

23 February 2019

Paris, France

Quai de Conti, Pont Neuf

Saturday 11:05

Jay's P.O.V

It was a bit of a chilly morning here in Paris. This was my first ever mission where I had to go incognito and case a VIP A.K.A Trevor Heinz before bringing him to Marcus Zephyr. Of course this was also, my first time working with someone, not to mention a girl.

"It's so cold." Iris said, shivering as we walked across the bridge. She had her collar up to her nose and her hands deep into her pockets. I shook my head then stopped walking.

"I did say you could stay back in the hotel suite, I can do recon on my own." I told her, trying to get her to leave. I know, it wasn't really a great first impression but I wasn't trying to be mean.

"I'll be fine." She told me without looking back at me. 'Damn, she hates me already.'

I walked with her for a bit then sat down on a side bench. Iris realized I wasn't next to her then walked back to me.

"What are you doing?" She asked me.

"Enjoying the weather." I replied, looking up at the grey, cloudy sky. "It's three degrees Celsius (37.4 degrees Fahrenheit), are you mental?" Iris asked me.

"I would be mental to not enjoy this." I told her. She rolled her eyes and sat on the far end of the bench.

"Bonne journée couple heureux. (Good day happy couple)" An elderly man waved at us as he walked across the bridge.

"Passez une bonne journée aussi monsieur. (Good day to you too sir)" I smiled and greeted back. He then tipped off his hat to us and walked away. Iris shifted closer to me after he left.

"What did he say?" Iris asked me. "He said 'good morning'." I lied. She then shook her head and pinched my arm.

"Ahh-ow! What did I d-OW!!" I said then she started pinching harder, her nails now starting to dig into my skin.

"That's not what 'couple heureux' means, is it?" She asked me then pinched even harder, her eyes fixed on my eyes begging her to let me go.

"Happy couple, happy couple, it means happy couple! Please, stop!" I told her.

"Lie again, make dirty jokes or even try to get me to take interest in you and I swear, I will skin you alive, ça va?" Iris asked me in a very calm manner. I took a deep breath then masked the pain.

"Yes... now please, let me go." I said to her. She smiled then released her hand off of my arm. Her nails had a bit of blood on them... my blood.

"Guess I went a little overboard with that, sorry." She said half-heartedly.

"You're a sadistic nightmare..." I said, shifting further away from her.

"Only to my enemies, if that's what you see in me then... so be it." She told me as she cleaned my blood of her nails. 'I heard Iris Zephyr could be a really twisted cold-blooded teenage assassin but her grandfather told me the complete opposite! Managing to stay on her good side is gonna take more than a fucking miracle! This bitch is crazy!' I thought as I rubbed my sore arm.

5 Minutes of awkward silence later

I and sat quietly and read the notes of the VIP on my phone, Iris pulled out a pair of black, fuzzy earmuffs with red accents out of her bag. They even had her name on it, knitted in red.

"Aww, that's cute." I said as she put them on. She ignored me then took out her phone. I saw her swiping and tapping until I was eventually curious enough to take a peek at the phone.

I saw the bluetooth pairing tab then sighed after I realized what she was trying to do.

"Iris, you do know that your earmuffs don't really look like the type that would-" I stopped after Iris tapped the screen once more then I heard music playing from the earmuffs in no time. I was surprised because they didn't really seem like music muffs at all.

"What? Didn't CSE make you your own custom earmuffs? Aww, that's sad." She mocked me. I shook my head then went back to reading. I read for two more minutes then put the phone away.

"Can we go now? We haven't really done anything here except-" Iris said.

"Shh." I stopped her from speaking further. "Excuse me?" She asked a bit too loudly.

"Quiet, Iris. Trevor Heinz, three o'clock." I waved my hand to the left of us. Iris immediately stood up from the bench and looked for him. "Sit down!" I told her.

"We have to atleast report back to the CSA and tell them we have eyes on him." Iris said and started dialing on the secure CSA service. (Classic Swift Agency)(Yes, I know I'm scraping the bottom of the boat on this story)

Heinz was standing by the really far end of the bridge and I noticed how he was looking at us.

'Shit.' I cursed mentally. "Iris, put the phone away. I told her.

"Wait..." She said as she kept dialing. And yeah, she's a slow typer.

Heinz began edge-walking up the bridge with his hands deep in his pocket as he approached us. 'Get killed by a sketchy German wolf in France or get killed by your unusually attractive and sadistic partner? Fuck it, I'll take my chances...'

I made the decision in less than a split second. I grabbed Iris's arms and put my lips against hers. Her phone fell out of her hand and landed on the railing of the bridge.

Trevor Heinz saw this action then quickly walked away from us because who would kill a couple in their moment on a snowy winter's day in Paris, not to mention a bridge above the city's renowned river and not feel guilty about it?

Iris bit my lip then pushed herself away. "You're so dead!" She told me. "Ain't that a way to treat someone who saved your life." I said to her sarcastically.

We then realized her phone was still barely balancing on the railing of the Pont Neuf. Iris reached out to the Fangsung only for the unpredictable to happen.

A bird flew over and shat on the edge of the phone, tipping it over the bridge and into the River Seine.

Iris and I stared at the river for quite some time, trying to understand what just happened. 'I will never hear the end of this...' I thought.

"You owe me a new phone." Iris said, breaking the silence. "What?" I asked, startled by her question.

"I said..." She started. I tilted my head to the side then her hand slipped into my pocket.

"You owe me..." She continued after pulling out my TY-Phone. "Wait, wait, Iris..." I said but she didn't show the slightest signs of interest.

"A new..." She added then started aiming. "IRIS!" I shouted at her.

"PHONE!" She exclaimed as she yeeted my phone off the bridge. Now we just stood there on the bridge again... in the awkward silence and stared at the river once more.

"Je te déteste (I hate you)." I said to Iris in French.

"Je te déteste aussi (I hate you too)." She said back. "Iris after this mission, let's promise we will never be paired again, on any assignment, deal?" I proposed with my hand out.

"I literally couldn't agree more." Iris said then we shook hands.

Present Day

"And look how well that turned out." I said out loud as we were rowing. "Huh, who are you talking to?" Iris asked me.

"It's nothing." I told her. I looked over to my right and saw Humphrey and his partner rowing beside us. An idea flashed through my head.

"Hey Iris, your crush isn't rowing too far from us, wanna say hi?" I asked her jokingly but also kinda seriously.

"Just shut the fuck up and row." She told me then started started rowing crazily, causing water to splash all over me.

"Stop, you mad woman! Stop!" I exclaimed. She laughed then calmed down to taking normal strokes.

"You're gonna be the death of me." I shook me head. "And I still have the scars to prove it." I said, looking at the claw marks on my arm.

"Scars? Oh right." She said then started giggling. 'Oh crap, she just giggled! She's finally changed!' I thought.

"Sorry about that, I can make more if you want." She looked back at me seductively while we rowed. 'Fuck, she hasn't changed! She's just horny!' I thought as I stared into her eyes. Her scarlet irises looked so gorgeous, nothing compared to Lilly's lavender eyes. I started sweating and couldn't tell if I was sweating nervously or if it was just the workout. Either way, I was totally caught in the moment that I couldn't hear a nearby duo shouting out at us.

"WATCH YOUR BOAT!" Iris and I finally heard the voices and held down our oars to steer our shells out of the way. We turned around and saw Humphrey and Lilly feathering their oars.

"Jeez watch where you're rowing lovebirds." Lilly told us.

"Lovebirds...? Oh no, I'm about to lose my bet to Garth..." Humphrey said to himself, sounding stressed. (Chapter 21, I think that's the number of The Big Announcement. Humphrey and Garth wagered on whether or not Iris and Jay would get together)

"We aren't in love, Iris is just horny." I blurted out.

"Ye-what?" Iris asked immediately sounding confused.

"I know how you feel, wanna answer what happened the last time you were horny, Lilly?" Humphrey said, earning a nudge to the ribs from his partner and laughed it off. I laughed at how those two got along, it makes me wish Iris and I were like that from the beginning.

A/N

: Ahhhhhhhhh, why can't I get Where The Fun Begins, right? Both chapters seem to be missing that 'thing'. Anyway, this the end of the chapter and stay tuned for BCSR (If you're interested). Comment on what you thought of the Paris Flashback. It was an idea I was carrying since the very first chapter of this story.

Blitz's Comedy Shorts And Recaps:

Another Special Chapter, Or Is It?

Humphrey: So you unlocked the lounge halfway through the chapter this time?

Blazin' Blitz: Oui.

Lilly: You speak French now?

Blazin' Blitz: Like Jay said "I was in the moment".

Humphrey: So the moment you wrote Paris/France, you became French.

Blazin' Blitz: The dark side of fanfiction is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be... UNNATURAL.

Kate: You used that line the last time, stop it.

Blazin' Blitz: Shu'up. I can use it whenever I want.

Jay: Hey, I'm new here.

Humphrey: Hey new, I'm dad!

Kate: I fucking hope not for your sake.

Iris: Wait, aren't you with Lilly?

Garth: I'm confused. Who's paired with who in the Backstage?

Blazin' Blitz: I don't know. You pick, I won't judge.

(Jay and Iris hold hands)

Blazin' Blitz: Wait! You know what, maybe I'll pair you up.

Iris: What the hell?! Aren't we paired up in the story already.

Blazin' Blitz: Not officially! *Probably never* (whispers)

Iris: What?

Blazin' Blitz: Nothing.

Shakey: How many special chapters has this story gotten, goddamn Blitz! What's a Fangsung anyway?

Blazin' Blitz: I wouldn't call this one a special chapter though.

Garth: Any chapter with a decent to story driven flashback is called a special chapter. This chapter seems to have a decent flashback so therefore it's a special chapter.

Blazin' Blitz: Mate, are you hustling me into making this chapter count as a special chapter?

Garth: I'm not a hustler 'mate'.

Lilly: Stop saying mate, it sounds weird now.

Garth: You're the one who said it's weird, plus Blitz started it.

Blazin' Blitz: This isn't over...

Shakey: You still haven't answered my question in what a Fangsung is.

Blazin' Blitz: Google it then autocorrect will tell you what it really is.

Kate: Big-Brain Blitz.

~~To Be Continued~~