High School Mayhem Chapter Seven

"The Date - Part One'

A/N: I know, I don't update. Not even going to try and give an excuse, coz I don't really have one. Merry Xmas everyone (few days late, but eh) and have a happy New Year when it comes around. Just one warning: my laptop's keyboard is stuffing me around a little bit, my 't' and 'u' keys don't always work, so if there's a lot of spelling mistakes, I'm sorry, blame the keyboard. And the last thing I want to say: I' VE FINALLY READ THE ENTIRE TRILOGY! The first six chapters of this story were written whilst I had only read the first book. Yay for me...

Also I broke the chapter into two parts (hence The Date Part One) because otherwise this chapter would have taken even longer to write, and it would have gone on forever too, and I'd rather make it easier by breaking it. Tory and Maelgwn are in this half, the next will be about Brian and Katren. Also, to anyone who speaks French, if there's a problem with the minimal amount of the language I included in the chapter, I'm sorry, it's been a month since my last class, and I may have forgotten a bit. I apologise for any language-slaughtering I may have inadvertently written.

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Nothing at all, except the plot from about half way through chapter one and onwards.

As Maelgwn brushed his tongue across Tory's lips, seeking entry, the doorbell rang. Both looked to the door, at each other, and closed the distance between their lips again, silently agreeing to ignore it.

Outside, on the doorstep of the Alexander's house, Ione waited patiently. She'd rung the doorbell quite a few times now, and was still being ignored. She knew Tory was home, because the lights were on. She also knew that there was somebody else in the house, because of the car parked in the driveway. A car she knew very well, in fact a car belonging to one of her friends. Maelgwn's car. 'So that's why she's not answering the door. And we thought she didn't realise how much she liked him...' Ione decided that there wasn't much of a chance of the door being answered, and she didn't want to stay outside when there was a storm brewing, so she tried the door handle. Finding that the door was unlocked she let herself in, on the assumption that Tory would be too busy to notice, and when she did she'd be too flustered to care.

Ione continued into what looked to be a lounge room. Here, her suspicions were confirmed, as she saw her two friends locked in a passionate embrace. After clearing her throat loudly to get their attention failed to break them up, she asked 'So, um, how long's Maelgwn be here, and how much longer are you two gonna be? 'Coz I kinda need help with my French, and I came coz I was told I could get some help, and I'd really rather not watch you helping Maelgwn with a completely different kind of French...'

At this Tory and Maelgwn sprang apart, each looking mildly guilty. Maelgwn however still managed to have a huge smile on his face, whilst Tory did indeed look flustered like Ione had thought she would. 'Oh um, I was just, looking at Maelgwn's teeth...yeah, he had a toothache, and he asked me to look at it, so I was just seeing if the tooth looked ok' At this point Tory trailed off, looking even more embarrassed if possible. 'That wasn't even half way believable, was it?' she asked.

At this both Maelgwn and Ione both cracked up laughing. 'Which of us will tell her?' Ione asked Maelgwn.

'I'll do it. Tory, hate to break it to you, but I've heard my four year old neighbours come up with better excuses than that one. How about you go grab your French books and me and Ione will get started on studying.'

Whilst Tory was out in the kitchen she heard Maelgwn say 'Oh, I'll be right back, I want to ask Tory where her bathroom is. I'll send her back in here, you two start without me.' As Maelgwn walked into he found Tory leaning against the bench grinning at him. 'I take it you don't believe that I want to find the bathroom then,' he said, trying to look hurt and failing miserably.

'You know, those puppy eyes your pulling at me don't work, Brian does it too often. I'm immune to them,' said Tory, laughing at the ridiculous face Maelgwn was pulling. 'And no, I didn't believe your bathroom story, though admittedly it was better than my toothache story. Care to tell me what you really wanted?'

'Well, ideally I'd like some kind of private Jacuzzi that only you and a guest can get in to, with lots of candles lit and soft piano music playing in the background, but that might be a bit too much to ask for right now, so I'd settle for some way of losing Ione in your house later on, just for a little while.' He grinned, not thinking that she'd agree to locking her friend up somewhere in her house, and wondering what kind of response he'd get. Tory however, just looked thoughtful for a minute or so.

'Well, we do have a basement. It's where I leave all my old school books. It also has a second door that Ione could find if she looked hard enough...We could always send her down to find one of my French dictionaries.' At this thought Tory got a purely evil grin on her face, before reverting suddenly back to a look more innocent than an angel could pull.

'You know, now I see what Brian meant when he said you're not that sweet. You'd seriously lock her down there? I mean I would, but I never expected you to agree.'

'Hey, what's Brian been saying about me? If he's been whinging about that time I broke his nose, it wasn't really my fault, he shouldn't have been standing near me when I got angry at him!!' Tory said all of this very fast, as though it was a statement she said a lot.

Maelgwn couldn't help but laugh at this, saying 'No, he hasn't said anything about you breaking any of his bones, though I'll make a note to ask him about that now. No, he just said that you might look all cute and innocent, but at times you act like some evil devil-spirit takes over. He also said you're twice as much fun when the devil side comes out, if that's any consolation. And I can see what he means about that, though I hope you don't lock friends in basements so that you can make up with your brother...'

At this Tory looked revolted, before getting a cunning look upon her face. 'Who says we're locking her down there so that we can make out? I'm only doing it so that you can have one on one help with that French homework due tomorrow.' With a look of evil glee she bounced out of the kitchen, books in hand, back to the lounge where Ione was waiting. Stopping at the doorway she turned and said, 'Oh, bathrooms the third on the left down that hallway. Do hurry back, I wouldn't want you to fall behind.'

Maelgwn walked down the hall, searching for the bathroom. As he walked he thought 'That is one helluva girl. What have I got myself into?' After thinking about the basement idea though, he also thought, 'Meh, maybe a little evil, but hey, works for me.'

Maelgwn walked back into the lounge to find Tory and Ione revising French verbs and the present and past tense. Ione was looking incredibly frustrated, while Tory radiated calmness and patience. 'Ok, so then what would you spoke to me be then?'

Ione kept her frustrated expression, but also appeared to be thinking quite hard. Eventually she hesitantly answered 'Tu me parles?'

Tory sighed, but kept the calming smile upon her face. 'Your close, but you've still got your tenses mixed up. Think about what you said, Tu me parles, and tell me what it means. Then try and get you spoke to me again."

Ione was silent a few minutes, before saying 'Tu me parles would mean you speak to me, not you spoke to me, because it's present, not past tense. But I still can't get the past tense. I hate this stupid subject, why did I take it in the first place?'

At this point Maelgwn spoke up, a cheeky grin on his face, saying 'You took it coz I took it, and you couldn't bear to be separated from me for one period."

Tory couldn't help but laugh at this, as Ione, already upset from the French, looked ready to slap Maelgwn. Then Ione smiled, and Tory relaxed a bit. 'Well Maelgwn, if you're the expert at French that you claim to be, then tell me, what's you spoke to me?'

Maelgwn's cocky grin quite shower that he did indeed know the answer, but she let him give it and show off anyway, so that Ione would then know the answer. 'The past tense, you spoke to me, would be tu m'as parlé, right Tory?'

'Yep, that's right. How 'bout we take a break now, I've got some old dictionaries and stuff in the basement that we could get, and we could grab some food. Ione, how about you go get the dictionaries? The basement's the second on the left down the hallway.' Tory had quite an evil look on her face as she said this.

As Ione left, Tory urged Maelgwn after to sneak after her and lock the basement door. Their hallway was carpeted, so as long as he was careful, Ione would have no idea she'd been followed, and would think the basement locking was just an accident, something Tory forgot to tell her.

Maelgwn came back a few minutes later, an ecstatic grin on his face. 'So Tory, where were we?'

Ione dutifully put in a few minutes of screaming and banging on the door before she fell silent. She'd heard Tory and Maelgwn planning to lock her in here before, so she wasn't exactly shocked to find herself her. Nor was she shocked that they'd do this to her, she'd seen the way they looked at each other, they weren't going to just be some temporary fling, she knew it. After she'd let them know she was stuck down here she found a chair and sat down, looking at her watch. She'd give them 15 minutes before finding her way out, it only seemed fair since she'd overheard their plan. And meanwhile, she'd search for those French dictionaries; it couldn't hurt to try to spend the time productively.
To Tory and Maelgwn, the time passed in a flash, being off in their own little world. Tory whispered to Maelgwn 'She's gone quiet, maybe she's given up. We should probably go and let her out soon, it was kinda harsh. Though, undoubtedly worth it.'

Maelgwn looked into her eyes, before answering 'How bout we let her out in another five minutes, hmm?' To this Tory nodded, engaging him in another passionate kiss.

Suddenly, a voice from the corner said 'Let who out, there's nobody down there.' Tory and Maelgwn both turned around to find Ione standing there looking at them, the expression on her face none too pleased.

Tory glanced at Maelgwn, looked back to Ione, then reached for Maelgwn's hand and shouted, 'To the basement!', running for it and dragging him along after her. When they got to the basement they collapsed on the ground, laughing hysterically. 'Well at least she managed to get out eventually' said Tory, gasping for breath.

That was when they heard the clicking noise of the key being turned in its lock. 'So Tory, where's that second door you mentioned?' Maelgwn asked, looking around.

'It's over there, behind that hanging sheet. C'mon, lets get out of here.' Tory walked over to the door and twisted the doorknob. It turned, but she couldn't push the door, it felt like it was stuck. 'Hey, come give me a hand, I think it's jammed or something.' After Maelgwn had tried to help her and their combined efforts to open the door had failed, realisation struck Tory. 'She barricaded it from the other side. We really are stuck in here. Ah well, she'll let us out eventually.' Sending a sultry look Maelgwn's way, she asked 'So, uhh, where were we?'

A/N: That's it, you'll find out what happens to them in the next chapter. Reviews would be good, there's no incentive to go on when they don't come. I may not have gotten to nine like I'd hoped to, by new year, but I've updated much more regularly that I was at least, and I'm planning to try and go on this way, or better. So Review, and tell me your opinions on whether it's worth me going on with this or not.

Mel