I'm not sure why I do this to myself. This is not even a real holiday, per se. But every year I try to write something for this day. Why? What's wrong with me? Or maybe it's because I think that it's something that Rex would really get into? Maybe. Anyway, hope you like it.
Rex vs. Noah (Guy vs. Guy Revisited)
Rex's alarm went off. Groaning he slammed his hand against the snooze button. Slowly, he sat up in his bed. Looking over to the bed next to him, his roommate was still huddled under his blanket. Rex glanced at the calendar before shutting his tired eyes and leaning his head on his knees. A second later his head snapped up. Wide awake now he looked at the calendar than back at the sleeping boy. A wicked grin spread across his face. Looking around the room, he threw his covers off quietly and snuck towards Noah's wardrobe. Opening the door, it creaked. Rex quickly looked over at the bed. He rolled over but stayed asleep. Rex grabbed all his shirts and pants and pulled them inside out. He then got to his drawer. All his underwear and socks were neatly folded and rolled. Rex shook his head. Noah was seriously a neat freak. He pulled all his socks apart and pulled his underwear out. He stuffed the underwear into his desk drawer. Finally done, he went into the bathroom. Congratulating himself, he smugly started to brush his teeth. A few brushes in, he felt that something was wrong. He looked at his toothbrush. The foam was red. Alarmed he looked in the mirror. His reflection showed that his teeth were no longer white.
"Ugh!" He spit out red dye from his mouth. Spinning the handle on the facet, green water sprayed all over the place. Someone had pulled out the aerator and somehow managed to dye the water as well. "What the?" He sputtered. He went to grab a towel. But when he pulled on it, the bar it was on fell on the floor making a deafening clatter. The round bar rolled under Rex's foot just as he bent to pick it up. Slipping, he fell forward. A bright flash filled the room.
Rex looked up to see Noah with a smile and a camera.
"That was for Christmas." He said. "And by the way, hiding my underwear?... Lame!"
"It is not!" Rex pushed himself up. "I know it's driving you crazy that it's crumpled up right now."
Noah's eye twitched but he said, "Nope. Not at all." He turned around and left. When he reached his drawer he pulled all his underwear from his desk and began meticulously folding them.
Rex, meanwhile, got himself cleaned up the best he could. His mouth still had a red tinge and there were green flecks in his hair.
"What happened to you?" Circe asked him at breakfast.
"Do you know what day it is?" Rex asked.
Circe looked puzzled for a second before realization dawned on her. "Oh, no… It's that day again, isn't it?"
"Yes." Rex growled. "And this year, I'm going to get the best of him."
"No, Rex." Circe pleaded. "You told me the last time didn't end well."
"Yeah, but I've been studying up." Rex said enthusiastically. "I've found three different websites with a plethora of pranks."
"Plethora?" Circe raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, it's the word of the day." Rex said dismissively.
"Since when do you do words of the day?" Circe asked.
"Come on, I'm in college now. I have to brush up on my vocab." Rex declared.
"You had to sign up to get onto the website, didn't you?" Circe asked knowingly.
"Yeah." Rex conceded. "But that's beside the point. Look at this great prank…" He pulled out a paper from inside his jacket.
"Oh no!" Circe held up her hand. "I refuse to be apart of this. Leave me out of it." She picked up her tray.
"Where are you going?" Rex asked.
"I have classes. And you do too. Besides I think it would be smart to stay away from you today." Circe replied.
"Oh, ye of little faith…"Rex called out to her. He watched her wave and leave. Rex looked at his paper and grinned.
0o0
Noah and Claire were in the library studying. Suddenly, obnoxious music started playing from Noah.
"What's that?" Claire asked looking up.
"I don't know." Noah fumbled in his pockets finally pulling out his cell phone. By now several people were glaring at them from the other tables.
"Well, stop it." Claire hissed.
"I'm trying!" Noah tried to stop it. He tried turning it off; he tried turning down the volume; he tried pressing some of his apps.
A security guard came up.
"Excuse me, young man. You can't have that noise in here." He said sternly.
"I know, I know. I'm trying to… ugh!" Noah in frustration banged the phone on the table. The battery fell out and the phone fell silent. The security guard left and the students went back to their studying. Noah picked up his now ruined phone. Picking up the battery he saw in tiny words on the back cover: April Fools.
"Rex." He said through clenched teeth.
"What?" Claire asked startled.
"Uh, nothing. Listen, I need to go… get my phone looked at. I'll see you later." Noah gathered his things and left.
"Okay." Claire said confused watching him leave.
0o0
Rex snickered to himself in the classroom. He had dialed Noah's number. He and everyone around him should be getting an earful right now. After the bathroom fiasco, Rex swiped Noah's phone and using his technopathy reprogrammed the phone to play the world's most annoying song… nonstop. He sat back satisfied. Not even his boring Chemistry class could ruin this moment. As his mind drifted to what else he could do, a chill went down his spine. Noah was the best pranker, even Bobo admitted that. But that was a while ago. Rex had gotten better… but maybe so had Noah. He nervously glanced around. What if he was here plotting to prank him now? His back straightened up and he became vigilant. He felt a tap on his shoulder. Rex jumped out of his seat, grabbed the hand, and flipped the person attached to the hand. A scared boy looked up from the floor at him.
"S..s..sorry, I just wanted to ask if you dropped that pen." He stammered. All eyes were on Rex.
"Oh, hehe… yeah, sorry. You… uh… startled me." Rex helped the kid up. He brushed him off but the boy backed away from him. Grabbing his things he fled.
"Young man, you seem to have a habit of disturbing my class." The professor said sternly from the front. "Please see me after class."
"Yes sir." Rex slumped in his seat but he still gave furtive glances around the room.
0o0
Noah and Rex's dorm room creaked opened. A broom handle appeared into the room first. It waved up and down. When nothing happened, Rex's head poked through. Checking quickly to see if anything was out of place, he turned on the light and jumped back out. When nothing exploded, he cautiously peeked back in. He walked in. Slooosh!
Rex looked down. There were hundreds of cups of water on the floor blocking his way to his bed.
"Noah!" He grumbled.
It took him a while to pick up every cup and clean up his original spill. There will be payback.
Noah came back to the room a little while later. Noticing that the cups were gone, he snickered. Then he stopped in his tracks. How did Rex booby-trap the room? He approached his wardrobe. Flinging open the door, he jumped back. Nothing. He checked his drawers. Nothing. Under the bed. Nothing. Maybe Rex gave up. He went to the bathroom. As he was opening it, he realized his mistake. He was hit in the face with dozens of balloons. All of them had April Fools written on them.
"Rex!" He spatted.
0o0
Rex ate in the cafeteria with his back against the wall. Noah will be looking for him. He was sure. Well, he was going to make sure that he didn't find him. Suddenly, he felt something against his leg. Jumping up, he overturned his table accidently. Looking down he saw a cat. Everyone was looking at him.
"I'm allergic?" He grinned apologetically.
Everyone went back to their meal.
"Shoo," Rex said to the cat. It meowed and darted away. When he looked up, he was hit by a cream pie. Rex wiped the cream from his eyes so he could see.
"Ha, got you!" Noah smirked.
"Oh yeah?" Rex picked up the mash potato from another person's plate and tossed it at Noah. Noah ducked and the mash potatoes hit the person behind him. It was the dean of the school.
He did not look happy.
"He started it." Noah gulped.
"Um, April Fools?" Rex said sheepishly.
0o0
The boys left the dean's office.
"Man, we're lucky we got off with only a warning." Noah said with relief.
"You got off with a warning. I have community service." Rex grumbled.
"That's because you keep disrupting your Chemistry class." Noah replied.
"I was not disrupting it. I was livening it up." Rex sniffed.
As they stepped outside, a truck drove past running over a puddle in front of them. Both boys were soaked from head to toe. Rex and Noah stood sputtering, trying to get the dirty water out of their eyes.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Who's King of Pranks now?" Bobo 's head stuck out of the truck. The truck then peeled away.
"I say we kill him." Noah said flatly.
"Agreed." Rex nodded.
"Truce?" Noah asked sticking out his hand.
"Truce." Rex grasped his hand.
He formed his Rex Ride. Noah hopped on and they drove after the truck.
Rex: 3 Noah: 4 Bobo: 1
Last night on behalf of my daughter I made jello and put my son's keys in it. I have to watch my back today. Haha. Happy April Fools.