"Someone" Chapter 7 was definitely my favorite to write...so far
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"You gotta calm down Spin." Tj dragged Spinelli into study hall against her will.
"They had it coming!" Spinelli growled back at him.
Tj had just stopped Spinelli from attacking the Ashleys after a confrontation with them in the hallway. They were still teasing Spinelli because she "fell" during one of the cheers at the football game. Spinelli was ready to prove that she could fight them one handed, but as always Tj was there to stop her from getting into too much trouble.
Tj put his hands on her shoulders and stared into her eyes.
"Don't get into trouble, don't get kicked out of school or off the squad. If you want to get revenge on them then the prankster prince is at your service, but you gotta play by my rules and calm down. Kay?"
Spinelli broke eye contact, looked down, and nodded. Tj smiled back. He walked over to his seat and started on his homework. Spinelli took out a notebook and started jotting down notes. Tj looked up just as Gus walked in and handed the teacher a late pass.
"Okay I came up with a few ideas to get..." Spinelli stopped mid sentence when she saw Tj's jaw drop. She followed his eyes which led to Gus finding an empty seat in their class.
"Yo Gus!" Spinelli took her stuff and settled into the seat in front of Gus. Where have you been man?"
"Oh hey Spinelli, I've been around."
Obviously she wasn't satisfied with that answer, she was about to rephrase her question when Tj moved next to her and greeted Gus.
"I thought you transferred out of this class?"
"No, I transferred out of our history class, but not study hall I've just been busy." There's that infamous excuse again, Spinelli and Tj rolled their eyes. "Um how have you guys been?"
"We've been keeping busy too, but we miss the gang. Are you able to hangout some time?"
"Well... I could probably fit you guys in sometime."
"Cool, Spinelli and I are trying to get the whole gang together to hang maybe Saturday afternoon?"
"Possibly... I'll get back to you guys when I look at my schedule."
"Is model U.N really that demanding?" Spinelli wasn't actually interested in the question she just asked. She dozed off when Gus replied, and she found herself jotting more revenge plots down in her notebook while Gus and Tj conversed.
"Oh yeah Teej I had some ideas to get the Ashleys back." She handed Tj her notebook, he was instantly confused and couldn't figure out where the list began and where it ended.
"Dude what is this?" He finally asked.
"A list of revenge plots for the Ashleys."
"In what language?"
"What language do you think I'd write it in?"
"English would make sense, but this is definitely not English. You do know Italian, though it kinda looks like those hydro-pics that Gretchen told us about."
"Okay It's definitely not Italian and don't you mean Hieroglyphics? I don't know anything about those... It's just a little messy cuz I'm not that good at writing with my left hand."
After the accident at the football game Spinelli ended up with a sprained wrist. Over the weekend her parents took her to the doctor where she got a brace to help it heal. Unfortunately she's right-handed and that's just the wrist she sprained.
"So this what all your notes look like from today?" Tj laughed
"Um Maybe..." Spinelli shot him a dirty look as he continued to laugh. He did make an attempt to conceal his laughter, but it was just that- an attempt.
"Okay we can just make copies of my notes later." Tj crumpled up her notes and slam-dunked them in the trash can.
"You didn't take any notes today did you?"
"Nope."
Spinelli shook her head and the two of them laughed.
"Hey where'd Gus go?"
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"Yo Vince can we talk for a sec?" Spinelli tapped Vince's shoulder.
He excused himself from the football players lunch table and followed Spinelli out to the hallway. She stopped once they were out of sight and sound from any other student.
"What's going on Spinelli?"
"You busy Saturday?"
"Well Lawson and I..." She stopped him by putting a finger to his mouth.
"Yeah we gotta talk about that but first, Tj and I are trying to get the gang together to hang just for a couple of hours."
That's all Vince could stand to hear.
"Nuh-uh no way am I hanging out with him after what he did to me at the game on Friday!"
"He didn't do anything Vince."
"He was showing off!"
"How? By being a leader and coming up with a plan that led the team to victory?"
"Of course you would side with him." Vince walked away.
"What's that supposed to mean?" She shouted after him but he kept walking. "Vince! Vince!"
"So that didn't go too well huh?" Tj said from behind her. She jumped, startled at Tj's sudden appearance.
Tj tried not to laugh but couldn't help it. Spinelli rarely ever got scared so seeing her in this state was a real treat. He saw her cheeks flush with red, he wrapped his arm around her shoulders to show he apologizes.
"He's mad at me for sticking up for you."
"Yeah I caught that part, and he's not the only one mad at us."
"What're you talking about?
"I caught up with Gus while you were talking to Vince. I asked him why he ditched the rest of study hall, he said he couldn't stand listening to us plan our childish pranks."
"WHAT? What childish pranks?"
"Oh and get this, he thinks you're jealous of the Ashleys."
Spinelli looked at him confused, then started laughing.
"That kid's braces must be too tight! Why would I be jealous of the Ashleys? And why on earth would he care?"
"He didn't say."
"Ashley Q has been jealous of me ever since I beat her in drill team tryouts." Spinelli was starting to get angry, she had her fists clenched ready to put the hurt on someone. "That's why the Ashleys dropped me at the game and THAT'S why I want revenge."
Tj put a hand on her shoulder to calm her down. "Hey you don't need to tell me, I support you."
They started walking back to the cafeteria, they couldn't help but notice everyone staring and pointing at them.
"What the heck are you monkeys laughing at?" Spinelli yelled at no one in particular.
Tj shrugged. The cafeteria became silent at the ringing of the intercom.
"Will Theodore Detweiler and Ashley Spinelli come down to the principal's office, That is Theodore Detweiler and Ashley Spinelli to the principal's office. Thank you."
"Ugh now what?" Spinelli rolled her eyes, she and Tj turned around and walked to the office.
The cafeteria started cheering "Oooooooooo" mocking the two as if they were in trouble.
"My first trip to the principal's office at this school." Tj smiled slightly.
"And me without a camera."
"We haven't pulled any pranks yet this year so I can't imagine what he wants."
"Maybe Prickly tipped him off."
"Nah he and I left on good terms."
They arrived at the principal's office and knocked on the door. A tall balding man greeted them and told them to take a seat. When they entered the room they saw a familiar face sitting down.
"Mikey!?"
