Dark Cloud 2 Fanfic
Chapter 2: We Meet Again----By The Several
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First, a word from the Author:
flabberdegast.
And now, back to our story:
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After engineering/homeroom class, Max heads on to the change room for Physical Education (PE).
"So, she's the one you saw on the bus, huh?" Donny asked as he started changing into his PE clothes.
"Yeah, she the one," Max replied, also beginning to remove his clothes. "Man, her beauty, her grace, the movement of her hair wa—" he stopped. He noticed that he was talking to himself again, and everyone stared at him. "Oh…. I did it again, didn't I?"
The guys around him laughed. "Man, you still don't done doin' that? You've been doing that since I met you!" Donny laughed, remembering his past few years.
"Oh yeah, I forgot to ask," Donny continued. "What sub-activity did you take?"
"I took track this year," Max replied. "I gotta keep my stamina and speed up nowadays," he said, remembering how he almost missed the train.
"Hmmm," Donny said as a yes as he put his shirt on. "You know, that new girl took a lot of extras for a new student. I heard she took basketball, volleyball, track, kendo and archery... And that's just on the first semester!"
"Wow," gasped Max. "She must be an athlete to be able to do all that stuff." He removed his clothes and got ready to put on his gym clothes.
Just then, the change room door opened. Everyone looked to see who it was, and surprisingly saw that it was the new girl. Monica was surprised to see that it wasn't the girl's change room, and even more surprised to see Max stark naked in front of him. "Whoaah!" Max said as he tried to cover himself with his gym clothes.
"AAAAHHH! Sooo sorry!" Monica apologized as she embarrassingly left, slamming the door shut. The guys inside the change room just stared at each other for a minute, then laughed.
"Wow, real smooth, Max!" Donny said.
"W-What are you talking about?" Max said as his cheeks began to grow red.
"She saw you naked, man! So that's how you get the girls, huh? You got her now, lover boy!" another said as they all laughed together loudly.
"It was an accident!" Max embarrassingly said. The other guys just laughed at him as he put all of his clothes on and went outside to prevent more humiliation. "Oh, man!"
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"Haaaaah," Max exhaled. It was after PE class, and he recalled what happened at the change room. "Man, today must be my unluckiest day ever! How could it get any worse?"
"Hey," someone said from behind her. He turned around only to see the new girl staring at him.
"Whaah!" Max said taken aback as he nearly fell backwards.
"Whoa there!" Monica said, surprised at the scream he made. "You look like you've seen a ghost!"
Monica tried to recognize her for a minute and then said, "Hey, I remember you! You're that guy who was the distraction in the subway when those thugs took me!"
"Um, yeah… That was me," Max said laughing weakly, not really thrilled about the thought of someone like her remembering her as only the 'distraction.'
"And you're also the guy who always talks to himself! You're pretty famous ya know!" Monica continued as she laughed.
Max looked like he took a stone in the head, as he nodded down with a sweat drop thinking, 'Man, this is embarrassing! Does EVERYONE in this school know that?'
"By the way, thanks for helping me earlier," said Monica.
"Nah, it was you who helped me," returned Max. "Are you okay?"
Monica then giggled a bit. "What?" asked the confused Max as Monica looked at him funny.
Monica smiled at him. "You're a strange one... You're the one that got beaten up and I'm the one you're worrying about. That's real sweet." Max looked away, the blush obvious in his face.
"And, sorry about seeing you buck naked in the change-room and all that," continued Monica, as Max was now completely red. He wanted to move away from that conversation as quickly as possible to prevent any more humiliation.
"Oh! By the way, I meant to ask you," said Monica as she moved her arms behind her. "Since I'm new here, I need somebody to take me around to familiarize me with the area." She then moved her hands to her shaking head and explained, "I was going to ask somebody else but the guys here are total perverts! They kept asking me about my phone number and what-not!"
"B-But why ask me?" Max shyly said, surprised at her invitation.
"Because I think you're a nice guy. Well, are you going to show me around or not?"
Max stuttered around to look for the answer. Of course, the sane answer would be 'yes,' but knowing Max, he needs a little push to get him starting.
"You idiot!" a voice from the floor above them said. It was the guys in the locker room. It wasn't the push he was looking for, but it sure was embarassing. "C'mon, Max, you've been waiting for this moment! C'mon tiger, you got her now!" they began chanting, laughing, and cheering, as Monica looked at them with a huge sweat drop.
Monica shook her head. "Some friends you got. They're embarassing!" Monica then smiled and looked at him saying, "So… you like me, huh?"
Max took a step back embarrassed and red as a beet. "Ummm…"
Monica took his hand and pulled him. "C'mon! Let's go already!"
Max then went with her and they went off to go around the campus. 'Maybe this day isn't so bad after all…'
To be continued….
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Author: You're probably wondering why I update so quickly. Well, it's because a teacher strike is happening in BC so I don't have school, giving me free time. If you're living in the British Columbia area (Canada), then you probably know what I'm talking about.