Chapter 11
A Favor
Point of View: Sora
I dumped my heavy navy blue backpack on the wooden planks with a heavy thud. Sighing exasperatingly, I fell back against my bed and shut my weary eyes tight. College sucks... My literature professor, Randley, was a pain in the ass. He assigned us impossibly hard homework that none of us have any hope of comprehending or accomplishing. Or at least for normal people.
I swear, I was thrown into the wrong class. The kids are so frickin' smart! They know just about everything Randley throws at us, and apparently to them, I'm the dumb one, and I'm holding the class back from going any faster. Seriously, like this isn't fast enough. To make matters worse, the stupid teacher always gives me a hard time during class for absolutely nothing! He just likes picking on me because I'm not as intelligent as the others. ("Intelligent is a far better word than smart," he said) Above all that, I hate his stupid British accent.
Then come second class. Mrs. Hedland is the worst woman teacher I've ever had. She is so ignorant and acts like she's still a slut-y teen. ("Okay, like, how am I, like, supposed to, like, know that?") For the love of God, she is a professor who is supposed to know what subject they're teaching, and she is not young, she is not even close to being youthful. She is an old woman in her late forties, who has dyed streaks of unnatural color into her dark brown hair, and has grayish white strands amid all that.
The only aspect that makes her slightly better than Mr. Randley is that she doesn't single me out in her fun. Of course I've been her target once, I mean, it's impossible not to make a smart comment on her "teachings," but that's all, and I'm not the only one doing the talking, there are a lot of guys, and one bold girl, no it is not Janice, she's too goody-goody.
Naomi. She really came to join me at Laguna. It's been a lot of fun catching up with her; after all, it's been at least five years since I've seen her. Naomi's gotten really pretty since I last saw her. She's not as cold and quiet as she used to be, though she still contains some of those traits. She has attractive bright blue eyes, and very short jaggedly cut burgundy-ish colored hair which goes to about her chin. We have the exact same classes, which is great.
My last class of the day is Professor Yu. She has got to be the only good thing about these classes we have. Mrs. Yu is far more accepting than the other two of my teachers. She is calmer in her teachings, and seems like quite the expert in her division. Professor Yu is a Korean woman in her mid thirties at the most, without a hint of an accent. She is tall with sleek raven black hair up to her shoulders. She makes learning actually fun for a change, and I'm not the only one who thinks so.
Janice has all the luck. All her teachers, including Professor Yu, are nice to her. She is definitely the ideal teacher's pet. Perfect grades, perfect scores...gosh, is there an off button to this girl? She carries home a huge bundle of homework, and acts like it's nothing. That is just...bizarre. She likes going around, and "lecturing" me about being a good student, and "If I just gave Mr. Randley a chance, he could be a great teacher!" That is just wrong, that teacher is a big softie to girls, while he tortures me on the side.
During the first week of school, Janice had encouraged, or perhaps what would be more accurate, forced me to get a job. So now, we both work at Hamburger Haven. It's okay, actually, we work in the afternoon during our breaks from school, and our payment supports us with more than we need, mainly because Janice is very thrifty with money, or at least you'd think so.
Being often seen around campus with two girls, I've often received unintentional teasing. Of course I'd never think about either of them as my lover, since one, Naomi's my childhood friend, even if I used to have an incredibly large crush on her...
"Umm...Naomi?"
"Yeah?"
I shifted uncomfortably.
"I've always really, really liked you since we've met last year..."
"Aww, Sora, that's so sweet!" her face just lit up as she said that, "No one's ever liked me before! I'm glad you do!"
Then, she hugged me tight, and planted a light kiss on my cheek. I blushed uncontrollably. Little did I know Riku was hiding in the bushes, camera in hand...
But that was a long time ago when I was eleven. We both set our "feelings" aside, and decided just to become friends. In the end, that proved to be the better solution. Now secondly, Janice, I'd never date. You know why? 'Cause she's Kairi's friend, and I like Kairi, not her.
But it's really hard to go on like this, I mean, I've been wanting to talk to her for so long now, and we haven't have the chance to talk since the boat ride over. I guess our schedules are pretty different, since no one's ever home when I try to call, and they haven't installed an answering machine yet, so she'd never know I called. I guess you can say I've given up trying to call her. Emailing her doesn't work either. I guess she's been really busy lately, and hasn't checked her email for a while. She's never logged on when I try to instant message her, and I'm really too busy to actually go over there myself and talk to her. That kind of eliminates all my options, and I guess I'll just have to depend on her to try to reach me. Having said that, I guess I'll be waiting for quite some time. She probably forgot about me by now, and has a boyfriend, and is happy and content with her college life, which is not for me to disturb.
I opened my eyes.
Maybe it's time for me to move on...
Rayne scowled, annoyed, at the little boy who just wouldn't shut up. He was persistently jumping up and screaming, "Is he your boyfriend?" "Do you love him?" "Is it true you're insane, like all the elders say you are?" But now, he knew her secret. "You'd better do my chores and clean my room and buy me all the toys I want, or else I'll tell everybody!" She glowered maliciously at the child only the age of seven. She smiled wryly, a hint of evil in her smirk. "Okay, follow me..." He followed her into the room she was currently resting at. His never-ending questions continued on. He jumped onto her bed, bouncing up and down, cheerfully. Without realizing what she was doing, Rayne pulled out the dagger she hid in her sleeve and stabbed the poor child. His pupils deepened, as his mouth dropped, and let out a merciless scream. Blood poured out wildly, soon painting his clean white shirt crimson. She gasped, horrified at what she just did. The child fell back, unconscious. The life was slowly draining out of him. Without a second thought, she snatched her pack, and sprinted out, still aghast at what she done...again. She wiped the blood on her sleeve, then slipped it back into its hiding place. She ran away again. Who knew what the village elders would sentence her to when they discovered what she had committed. She was already on the official's top ten most wanted list, but never had her picture taken, so therefore no one ever recognized her, the only reason she was still alive. Tears streamed down her pale cheeks. Her crimped raven hair flew behind her wildly as she stumbled out the parish. The black silhouette of a girl disappeared behind the hills as she once again fled for her life.
Janice wept as she read the next chapter of Constrictions of a Woman. She couldn't believe how a thirteen year old girl could be so malevolent and cruel. She slipped her homemade bookmark into the page as she shut the book. She glanced over to the cover. No author. She flipped a few pages into the book to the publisher's note.
"...the last remaining original copy of this book was severely damaged, and I and others could not make out the author's name..."
Janice groaned. How could they not make out the author, of all people, -'s name?! So who was supposed to claim the credit given to this book? The publisher?! Janice snorted in disgust. Ugh...greedy people who just want all the recognition..."
As you can easily tell, Janice was a strong opinioned and strong willed person. She could be really cool and funky during her social life, but she was dead serious when it came to school and her education. She had gotten a scholarship to Laguna from playing basketball, and she didn't intend to stop any time soon. As Sora did say, she was practically perfect. She was MVP on her team; she had a perfect grade point average, which meant she had perfect test scores. But she didn't just get them by pure luck. Oh no, she spent hour after hour studying, as much as she detested doing so.
The phone rang. Janice leaned over to pick it up. The annoying ringing and rumbling of the cordless phone halted as she picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Hey Janice?"
Her eyes lit up. She knew exactly who it was.
"Ohmigosh, Cara?!"
"Yup!"
Cara was her best friend before she had to transfer away to the Destiny Islands.
"How are you and everyone else doing?!" Janice said excitedly.
"Great! College life rules! We all wanted to visit you this weekend, since none of us have any plans or homework, and we all totally miss you!"
Janice burst into smiles as she heard this new information.
"That is so great! Who's coming?"
"The whole gang!" Cara exclaimed, "You know, me, of course, Emily, Natalie, and the guys, Sean, Kenji, and Daniel."
"S-Sean?" Janice stuttered.
"Yeah!" she started, "Oh! Is that alright with you? I mean, I know you're probably not over it yet, but I can ask him not to come, if that'll help..."
"No, it's okay," I replied softly, "I'll be fine."
"Okay, but just to let you know, he's bringing his new girlfriend, so yeah."
"Okay then," I almost whispered, "I'll see you...Friday?"
"Yeah, we'll be there. 'Kay, later, girl."
"Later."
She plopped the phone back on the table. She fell back against the bed, releasing an anxious sigh. Oh, Sean... There was a time they were perfect for each other. She liked him, and he liked her. They were so close to becoming something more than friends. Cara had encouraged her to confess to him her feelings, but she was shy and timid back then, so she just wrote him a love letter, but things went horribly wrong...
(Janice's POV)
"So did you do it?" Cara asked me excitedly.
"Yup!" I answered cheerfully, "I wrote him a letter, and I just put it in his backpack!"
"You wrote him...a love letter?!" Cara questioned, raising an eyebrow, annoyed.
We started to walk home, when I realized I had left my social studies book in my locker back at school.
"Shoot!" I cried as I started running back, Cara close behind, as I explained to her why I was going back.
As I marched down the empty corridors, I heard snickering coming from one of the classrooms. I slowed down as I peeked into the classroom.
"Ooh Sean, she really LOVES you!"
"What're you gonna do about it?"
"You don't actually like her do you?"
"Well, we get along really well, and we talk a lot, but we're just friends, I'd never like her like that. Getting a letter like this doesn't change any-"
Now, he just spotted me. His expression showed shock and surprise. I just stood there, completely shocked, but mainly horrified at why he'd do such a thing. Anger flowed through me as my legs found their strength again and just took off.
"Janice!" he called.
I ran until I found myself short of energy. I wandered around in the park, finally sitting down on a green bench.
Just friends...
Well, that's okay...
I stared at the sky as tears lingered on the edges of my eyes.
But you didn't have to joke about it with your friends!
Tears erupted from my dark eyes.
How could I have fallen for you...?
(End Janice's POV)
I heard a knock on my door. Pulling myself roughly from my comfortable position on my bed, I called out a gruff, "Come in."
Janice walked in, looking a little unsure and timid.
"Hey Sora," she started, seating herself on a chair.
"Okay, what do you want?"
"Well, it's just that a few of my friends from back home are coming to visit this Friday."
"That's nice." I stated, not really paying attention.
"Listen Sora!" she pleaded, her eyes big, making herself look like a Kairi clone again, "I really need you to do me a big favor."
I sighed. Well, it's just one little good deed. She really looks like she needs some help, might as well do whatever she wants me to. Sighing again, I turned myself completely to face her.
"What?"
She hesitated a second before speaking.
"Will you...will you pretend to be my boyfriend?"
Author's Notes: gasps Ohmigosh, what's going to happen next? Wasn't that totally evil what Sean did to Janice?! Okay, the people are real, but the events are not! Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, the book, "Constrictions of a Woman," yeah, it's not a real book, I just made it up 'cause I thought the last chapter needed to be longer. But it turned out to be a fun little mini-fic to add in. Hedland is the last name of this slut that goes to my school. I was really surprised how many people answered my little question! I really didn't think you guys would pay attention to it! Okay, I've listened to "Leave" way too many times; now, I'm kinda addicted to "Pieces of Me." It was kinda cool to learn a little about my reviewers! But anyways, thanks to everyone who reviewed!
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