Chapter 42
Fox was walking down the hall headed towards the gym, he didn't usually go this way, but today felt that he wanted to go this way, where he was walking on his own. The hall was nearly void, Fox wasn't really concerned about being late, do gym teachers really know if you're late? As he walked down the hall, he noticed a familiar figure leaned against the lockers. "Hi there Wolf, I take it this isn't a chance meeting either?"
He came off the lockers and followed Fox's pace, standing a few inches taller beside him. "This time it is, I saw you walking this way so I figured I'd stop'n tell you a little something. It'll be soon." Fox's ears flapped at the update so soon, only a few days after the meeting between the two.
"Real soon, I had a plan figured, but Panther'd jump off a cliff if I got into his face about it. Doesn't work with anyone else but it makes things simple, saves your girly from his selfish person. But after that it's up to you." Fox sighed a bit, not knowing what to do when that time came, and how to repay Wolf. "Wolf, man, you really can't understand how-"
The lupine suddenly shoved Fox into the lockers mid sentence and pointed a long clawed finger in his face, "Shut up! Now look, I've heard enough, there's no need to thank me or get sentimental on me over this. I'm doing something good for some people, it's the one good thing I've ever done now don't remind me how much it 'means to you'" He said the last part making fun of Fox's voice, "Now just shut up. Got it?"
Fox couldn't understand Wolf one bit. "Got it, my bad on that." He just nodded along and opened the door for the two of them to go into the gym. "One last thing, can I tell my friends or parents about this? Not that you're doing it, but that they'll be split?" Wolf just rolled his eyes and nodded yes in a fashion that made him look annoyed.
The guys just sat on the bleachers, just a day where the class was sitting around doing nothing really, the guys didn't even wanna play basketball today. Fox looked around the gym, the gym he'd spent two years and the current year in. He's a junior in high school and halfway through his first semester, he felt a little nostalgic. He looked over and saw Krystal and Panther sitting all on their own, away from everyone else in the gym at the top of the bleachers. He couldn't help but roll his eyes seeing that and knowing the information that'd been told to him days before.
"What's eatin' ya?" Falco's voice snapped him out of his trance. 'Right, I can tell them, so I should.' He waved his hands, telling the guys to huddle up. "So listen, I've been informed by an anonymous source that Krystal and Panther are headed south. I've been told it won't be long, and I'm assuming that not long is within a few days."
"Well dude that's great!" Bill said with vigor for his friends. "That being said, we need to welcome her back, it's been a long time since the whole group got together, all of us. And I don't mean each of us paired up. It's been a long time since there's been more than just us the guys, it's either been us four or each of you paired up. So we need to figure out how things used to be, because I forgot…. I know that's kind of a complicated statement now that I say it." They all laughed at the unintentional joke, even Fox did.
Wolf was sitting opposite the gym of Fox, laughing to himself that he really was telling his friends. 'I suppose I shouldn't let him down.'
Later that day at lunch Wolf was already at his seat, and so was Panther. "Can't believe you'd leave your woman behind just for some sloppy school pizza." The cat just huffed, "This pizza is of the highest quality!" He said as he took a bite into it. Wolf saw Krystal walking towards the table with her tray and backpack and decided to start his plan.
"Hey, you hand me that right there?" He pointed to the floor and Panther leaned down to look for whatever it was Wolf wanted. Krystal nearly sat down as Panther leaned back up holding his hand out from whatever he supposedly picked up. "Agh! Panther! That's so immature of you! I can't believe you'd do that when I'm wearing a white pair of pants!"
She stood back up quickly and she sat on a ketchup packet and it was all over her rear end. "Oh my goodness, this is so embarrassing!" She took off her jacket and held it behind her rear end as to conceal it while she went to the restroom to clean herself. "But- no I didn't-" The cat tried to protest but Krystal held her hand up telling him to be quiet as she left without saying another word.
Wolf just chucked to himself as he turned his attention to his lunch.
Later in the day Krystal was talking to Panther outside his locker between classes. "It's okay, I'm sorry that I overreacted earlier, it's funny looking back now. Here, I have to go to the restroom, can you hold onto my journal? Please don't read it though." She smiled sweetly as she handed it to him and walked off.
Wolf came from around the corner and stopped to talk to his friend for a moment. "Hey before I forget, you mind stuffing this in your locker for this block?" "I don't mind it whatsoever, hand it to me" The cat put down Krystal's journal on the floor and leaned in to the locker to put up Wolf's stuff. "There you are then. Look's like my lady is ready for me, I'll see you around Wolf." He grinned and walked off, and Wolf did the same.
"Panther, where's my journal at?" He reached into his backpack to grab it, then took it off to examine closer. "Oh no, it's not in here, well I'm sure I accidentally put it in my locker." They walked back and it wasn't there, nor was it on the floor. "Oh no, that means that someone picked it up and…. Oh my goodness, Panther! Why can't you be responsible about anything! Do you have any idea how personal that journal was! Ugh! You're so inconsiderate sometime!" The vixen stormed off on her own and left Panther on his own, wondering what he was doing wrong.
Finally at the end of the day Fox got a message on his phone. 'Plan's almost finished early, I need you to direct girly out through the front entrance, but don't come with her out the door.' Fox knew who it was from and did exactly as he was instructed. "This day just seems to really be funky and weird. Sometimes he just doesn't make sense and I just feel…" Krystal was talking to Fox about her day as they neared the front entrance, "Well I hope it goes better for you but I gotta go this way, I'll see you around Krystal." The two foxes waved goodbye for the first time since who knows when.
Panther was outside talking to Fara, simply discussing schoolwork. Another person walked by and dropped some books behind them, not paying attention when she stood back up, she knocked Fara into Panther and apologized and left.
"Well, this is an pleasant surprise." Panther said as a joke, and Fara wasn't bothered by the joke. Neither of them were bothered by it, until they saw who was looking. Krystal stood right there, seeing them hold onto each other, and on the inside she was being broken in half. "P-Panther….how could you?" Was all she said before running from the school with tears in her eyes, running all the way home.
'Mission accomplished' Fox saw on his phone and he looked out the window and saw Krystal run from the school. He sighed, 'I wish I didn't have to see this. I'm glad that they're apart now, but I'm upset that she's hurt. But now I have to find a way to fix it.'
'Thanks Wolf, I know I know, I'll shut up now' The message back made the lupine laugh a little bit. 'Not the original plan, but I figured the sooner the better, you're welcome.'
Fox walked through his door and sat down with his parents.
"I'm going to need your help to fix my mistakes."
So I originally was just going to have Wolf intimidate Panther, but I figured this filled more lines and was just better so I did this instead. Wolf pulled t he strings on everything, he took the journal, threw the ketchup packet, directed the girl to run into Fara, I'm sure you guys knew that but if you didn't I made this disclaimer. One mroe chapter of Wolf glory since I play him in smash :D Hope you guys are enjoying, please give me your thoughts on the quality of the writing and levels of excitement or whatever you feel like commenting on about the story :D
