A Dark Cloud 2 Fanfic
Chapter 3: Not so good----By The Several
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The Several: I'm sorry if I haven't written or reviewed ANYTHING in... well, forever. But Biology is killing me (ack!) and I'm going to die. Right this minute (well not really). I promise to review one of these days. Right now, I'll just post this update which was written... apparently a long, long time ago (I just lost it under the pile).
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Max goes on to Botany class after recess. Unable to hide his smiling face, Max felt Cloud Nine after having the luck of being picked by Monica the new girl as the tour guide around the campus.
"Man, I take it back! This is the luckiest day ever in my life! Ever!" Max says to himself (real loudly again) as he sits down and rests on his chair. He rests his bag on the side of his seat and leans back, blushing and smiling.
"Talking to yourself again, Max?" said from someone behind him.
"Hey, Claire!" he greets to her as she sits to the desk directly left of him.
"I forgot to tell you… Thanks for coming over to our house yesterday and so late at night. I can't believe you delivered that expensive medicine to us personally, too." Claire said as she bowed to Max in gratefulness.
"No problem. What are friends for?" said Max while taking his textbooks out of his bag.
Claire takes her books out of her bag as well. "I heard your father was advising you to take that private school again. Are you going to take his over this time?"
"Sounds like you're trying to get rid of me."
"Oh! I'm sorry," Claire sadly apologized. "I didn't mean for it to sound like that..."
"Like I said, no problem! All my friends - like you - are here... I just can't leave them now, can I?" said Max, as he took his hand out of his bag and carried the thick Botany textbook on top of his desk.
Claire hesitated as she looked away. Max looked at her with a confused face, as he waited for what she wanted to say.
"Um, what do we owe you?" Claire asked somewhat reluctantly.
Max shook his head as he waved his hand. "Nah, don't worry about it. You don't need to pay anything. After all, it was for a friend, right?"
Claire blushed and bowed to him again saying, "T-Thank you very much."
Max was about to reply when Mr. Gordon, the Botany teacher came in.
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After class, everyone packed up their backs and hurried off. As Max was packing his bags, Claire came to him.
"Thanks again," bowed Claire.
Max waves his hands disagreeingly. "C'mon, Claire… You don't need to keep doing that! I told you—"
"That's not what I meant," Claire interrupted. "I meant… Thanks for everything." She then took her bag and left. Max just stared at her as she left, his own face blushed as he hurried and packed his stuff.
"Hey, richie boy!" replied Donny as he slapped him on the back. "I saw that! You're such a lady's man, aren't ya?" Donny then laughed.
Max looked at him with a sign of disbelief. "What are you talking about? I was just helping her, that's all."
"Didn't look like that to me!" Donny said doubtingly. "First the new girl, now her! You playin' the field, Max!"
Donny chuckled again as Max took his Biology textbook to his face. "Have you ever been hit by a Biology textbook in the head repeatedly before? I heard it cancels out being dillusional."
"Hey hey now, Max! Don' go blamin' me cuz you're so hot with the ladies!" taunted Donny as he evaded Max's textbook attacks. Pouting his face like he was kissing, Donny taunted him saying ina girly voice, "Oooh, Max! Mwah! Mwah! You're sooo nice! We all lo---"
BAAM! "Gotcha, you nut-bar," Max replies triumphantly as puts a lump on Donny's poor head with his book. Victory overcoming him, he continues on to the library since he has the next period free.
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"Hmmm…" Max thought loudly as he looked through the books on the shelf. "I wonder which book will give me more information on the history of Zelmite?"
"Max, can't you get a book quietly?" a voice from behind him said as quietly as possible. Max turned to look around and found out that it was Mina, the sub-librarian.
Mina put all of the books Max displaced back in their places. "You know, you should have asked me instead of giving me more work," she said, giggling quietly.
"Sorry about that," Max apologized as he helped her put the books back. "But I like the feel of books as I touch them myself... Although my choice of topic for a report might have been a little more than fictional," Max laughed.
"Ssssh! I said quiet... Here, you return what you took," she said as she gave the books to Max sighing. "I'll go look for the book you're looking for. And Max, please... don't talk out loud. You're disturbing the rest of the readers."
"Ahehehe... Sorry about that," Max repented.
Giggling, Mena left. Max eyed her as she went away. "She sure is cute like that…"
"I heard that!" Donny said as he suddenly came right out from above the bookshelf, making Max drop the books in surprise. He looked at Max as he watched him recognized who he was. "My man Max, the casanova! Are you plannin' on hitting on ALL the girls today? Cuz you're on fire! You're burnin'! You're burnin'!"
"What the heck are you talking about!? And more importantly, what are you doing here, Donny? Get down from there! Shouldn't you be in English Class?" said Max as he regained his posture and tried to pick up the books.
"Nah, I was having too much fun watching you, so I decided to follow you."
Max thought for a minute, then said, "Isn't that called 'skipping'?"
Donny waved his hand as a sign of reassuring. "It's not skipping. I prefer the term……… Okay, so it's called skipping. So sue me."
Max sighed. "Get back to class you nut-break, before you fall from there."
Mina returned with a couple of books. "To whom were you talking to?" she asked, not noticing Donny at the top of the shelf.
Donny was about to go down when, "Whooaaaaaaa!" he exclaimed as he fell on the other side of the bookshelf. The books came tumbling down on Max and Mina as they both fell down on the ground. The people inside the library heard the noise, then turned on to the cause of all the commotion.
Max opened his eyes as he realized that he was directly on top of Mina. "W-Whoa!" he tried to get off, but the books on top of him were too heavy to lift with his back.
Mina opened her eyes slowly. She saw Max's face only millimeters from her own as her eyes opened wide. She turned really red and screamed. "Max? W-What are you doing?"
"A-Ah!! I'm really sorry, but—" Max tried to get off of her, but it was only making things worse. Some students came to the scene and removed the stuff from his back. He finally got himself off of Mina.
Max turned away. 'Man, that was so embarrassing… but I can't help thinking I could've used a few more minutes stuck under those books.'
He noticed Mina walking towards him. "A-Ah! I'm reaaaally sorry about what happened! So sorry about th—"
Mina nodded her head. "I saw that the books fell from the shelf and you protected me from them."
Max was confused at what she accused when Mina came over to his cheek and kissed him. "You risked yourself for me… Thank you," Mina said as she blushed.
Max was in heaven for a second or two, when he noticed and looked around. Everyone was watching him. "A….Ahhhhhh….." he stuttered like a confused idiot, and then quickly runs towards the nearest exit (actually there's only one exit, but why argue?).
He rests at a wall, as he feels his cheeks where she kissed him.
'Everybody saw me? Man, why does this always happen to me?'
And like a voice from heaven said (meaning the narrator), "Because if they didn't, there wouldn't be a story."
How true.
To be continued…
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The Several: Well, this might be might update for some time. I promise to update as soon as I can, and I'll review your stories too. For now, HAPPY HOLLOWEEN!