Ch. 13 Lunchtime Meet-Up
A/N: Hey guys! What's up? It's Bambi and I'm back for another chapter. This time around, Vinnie and Amara are meeting each other up at Buchanan for lunch. Let's see how it goes. As always, I do/have not ever/probably never will own the rights to Welcome Back, Kotter or any of its characters. I do however, own Amara. Now onto the chapter! Please enjoy.
Tuesday had arrived and Amara had just gotten out of school on a half day. Now, she's on her way to James Buchanan to have lunch with Vinnie, Rosalie, and their friends. She made sure to stop at the deli across from school just as Keke told her to do. And, she's dressed very nicely in sleeveless yellow top that ties in the front, bell bottoms, and a pair of platforms. Now she's finally in Buchanan. "Amara!" Bambi calls out smiling. "Hey Bambi!" Amara greeted as they exchanged hugs. "Are you ready?" Bambi asked. "Yup! Where's Vinnie?" Amara wondered.
"Down the hall by the lockers on your left. Good luck!" Bambi directs. "Thanks! See you later." Amara walks off to find Vinnie. Amara follows Bambi's exact instructing, finding Vinnie, Rosalie, and his friends by the lockers. "I'm telling ya, Vinnie. She ain't gonna show." Juan bellowed. "She'll be here alright?" Vinnie snapped as he paced back and forth. She walks up. "Vinnie!" Amara beams. "Sweetheart!" Vinnie exclaims. He walks over, scooping Amara up in his arms, and spinning her. She giggles wrapping her arms tightly around Vinnie's neck. "Sorry I'm late. I stopped to get you and I food." Amara apologized.
"Thank you, Sweetheart. That's real nice of ya. You alright with sitting on my lap?" Vinnie checked. "Fine by me." Amara grinned as she's pulled into Vinnie's lap. "You remember everybody right?" Vinnie gestures to his friends. "I do. Hey guys!" Amara greets trying to be friendly. She's met with two he's. "You two made it past the first date." Horshack points out. "We did. It was really nice." Amara replied. "Well I think you two look so cute together." Verna Jean admits. "They're not together though." Rosalie snaps. Causing Amara to eye her strangely.
Did Rosalie forget her own plan? She's been acting so weird lately. "Not yet." Freddie warns cutting out the awkwardness. "Hopefully not until we full trust you." Juan points at Amara. "Uh okay." Amara sighs before taking a bite of her sandwich. "Cool it, Epstein. I don't need you to trust her cause I trust her. We ain't none of your business. This is between me and her got it?" Vinnie shouts. After that, lunch is spent in tension filled silence. Amara feels terrible about it. She doesn't want to get in between Vinnie and his friends. The bell rings and they all go their separate ways, leaving Vinnie and Amara alone to talk.
"Sorry I ruined lunch." Amara apologized. "Don't apologize. Epstein's being a jerk who needs to get over it." Vinnie assured. "I don't want to get in between you guys." Amara admits. "You ain't getting between nothing. Like I said, this our business. I'm sure you feel the same way." Vinnie assumes. If he only knew. "I do feel the same." Amara promised. "Listen, there's this dance thing Saturday night. You wanna go with me?" Vinnie asked "I'd love to. I should probably warn you that I'm not much of a dancer." Amara cautioned. "Don't worry about it. I'll be there to help." Vinnie promised.
"Now how can I say no to that" Amara teased. "You can't." Vinnie pointed out. "Well then I'll see you Saturday." Amara confirms. "See you Saturday." Vinnie agrees and then goes to class.
Amara goes to meet up with the girls in a girl's bathroom nearby. "Rosalie, what was that back there?" Amara asked demanding an explanation. "What? You two aren't together. It's not like I lied." Rosalie shrugs. "Hey can you two finish this later? We're running a meeting." Judy reminded. "Sorry." Rosalie and Amara apologized in unison. "Do we have a third date" Keke asks. "It's a dance thing." Amara warned as Rosalie laughed. "You're a horrible dancer. This plan will be done by Saturday" Rosalie sneers. "Cool it Rosalie." Judy remarks. "Perfect! The plan is almost done!" Bambi cheers as Amara gets sad. She feels so close to Vinnie. Her feelings keep growing for him with no sign of stopping
In a few weeks she'll be forced to break his heart and she'll be so ashamed. "So we'll meet you at Rosalie's and you can get ready there again. That alright with you, Amara" Judy asks as Amara started to pay attention again. "Okay." Amara accepts as she gets eyed by Rosalie. "You okay?" She asks. "Oh yeah! I'm great. Uh I gotta go before I'm late to the ferry. I'll see you girls Saturday." Amara waves off before rushing out of Buchanan. She needed time alone with her own thoughts. How much longer can she keep this up? This wasn't part of the plan.
A/N: There is it, Chapter Thirteen. I've come to the conclusion that this story will have 21 chapters. So, were kind of at a countdown to the end sort of situation. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this nice long chapter. Next time read in as Amara gets ready to be a Dancing Queen. I will see all of you next time. Thank you so much for reading and bye!