Author's Note: I don't own Grease nor Grease 2 or any of its characters. I only own the plot to the story.
Summary: Grease 2 and Stephanie had been best friends for years. Michael had been in love with her for a long time. But he kept his feelings at bay. He was always there to pick up the pieces when shit hit the fan.
Author's Note: Ok here's chapter four again. I rewrote this chapter. I reread this about a month or two ago and I wasn't happy with it. Thank you to those reviewed the last chapter.
Chapter 4
It was second-period Biology the next day. Johnny was sporting somewhat of a sore jaw after I had hit him yesterday. Mr Spear's subacute teacher Mr Stuart had taken over teaching Senior Biology on Wednesday or Thursday it was
"Reproduction. It's very simple, but yet very important. Now what is the best time of month for a woman to conceive? Mr…. Jaworski" Mr Stuart asked Davey who was not really paying attention.
"What's 'conceive' " Davey asked.
" You know to be fertile. What's the best time" Stuart asked again.
"Ask Nogerelli" Davey said shifting the lime light of embarrassment of answering the question to Johnny. Johnny looked up from what he was looking at which was not his textbook. The newest monthly addition of Playboy probably.
"Ask Goose" Johnny said shoving the limelight off to Goose to answer Mr Stuart's question.
"Mr Goose"
"Ask DiMucci" Goose said shifting in his seat uncomfortable behind me.
"Mr DiMucci" Stuart asked Louis.
"What."
"Conceive what is the best time" Stuart said pointing out the question for Louis. Louis was exactly the sharpest tool in the shed so to speak.
"At night" DiMucci answered.
"Well I can see we're not getting very far," Stuart stated. I cleared my throat when I heard DiMucci comment about how he had the same problem.
"Good Morning everybody" Miss Mason said when see walked into the room. I didn't need to look behind me to know the boys where now sitting up and paying more attention since Miss Mason had walked into the room.
Mr Stuart and Miss Mason began having a conversation. I looked out over my shoulder at Steph was sitting in the back row with Paulette. She didn't notice I was looking in her direction as she had her head in her textbook.
I caught Johnny glaring in my direction. I rolled my eyes at him and turned back to look at my textbook.
"Why don't we start at the beginning? Page One"
"Open your book" Miss Mason said to Johnny and the boys.
"Where do babies come from."? Mr Stuart said reading from our textbook. Miss Mason said something to him before going to sit to the side of the room. Goose said something about do we need this stuff for the exam.
The rest of the period past rather quickly. To say that was interesting Biology lesson was to say the lest. The bell rang for Third Period. Most of the class was piling out to go their next class. I waited until the boys left before I walked out of the classroom.
Fifth period was the only free period I had today. I was lazing around or rather attempting to write the paper for English on the book we where studying for English. There was a few other people near where I was sitting under a tree.
"How come you and Johnny anit talking" I heard Delores ask. I looked up from where I had been attempting to write my paper for English which was due Friday. Johnny and the others had already asked me to write their papers for them.
"Woodchuck don't you have class right about now" I said looking up at her briefly before I dug a cigarette from my leather T-Birds jacket.
"What did I tell you about calling me that" Delores said punching me in the arm as she sat down next to me.
"Because I hit him yesterday" I said lighting my cigarette and looking back down at my English paper.
"Why I though you guys where like close friends" Delores asked confused as to why I had hit Johnny yesterday. Paulette mustn't have told her what had happened yesterday. When Johnny and the others had found out that Stephanie and I where together as a couple.
"He and others found out the Steph and I are together yesterday. He was being a blood jerk so I hit him." I tried to explain to her as I wrote down a few more lines on my English paper.
"So let me get this right. Johnny was being an ass and a jerk because he was jealous/pissed that you and Steph are together. He took it to far and you clocked him one" Delores asked. I nodded and wrote down more lines on my English paper.
"I don't understand why he'd be pissed you and Steph are together. He and Paulette are together I think well sort of. Anyway I kind of need your help with this paper I've got to write for English"
"Sure. What's the paper on anyway."? I asked setting down my half finished three-page paper we had to write.
"Some Shakespeare play about this guy who kills two guys to become king or something like " Delores explained.
"You mean Macbeth," I answered. She merely shrugged her shoulders. We spent the next twenty-five minutes writing the paper that Delores had to write about Macbeth for English.
The bell for lunch rang maybe a minute later. I stood up and grabbed my books. Delores and I went our separate ways. I headed off towards the chemistry labs to talk to Frenchy after I dumped my books in my locker.
I shut my locker and was just about to put to the lock on it. When I heard the sounds of someone getting the crap beating out of them. I walked down the hallway and walked around a corner. I stopped when I noticed my two younger brothers Patrick and Will fighting a group of boys probably from the football or baseball team.
I watched as Will slammed his head back against the guy holding him so that another one could punch him. I heard somewhat loud crack as his nose broke. Patrick had one guy up against the wall. He was holding the guy's shirt collar in one hand and punching him with the other hand.
There was fourth member of the gang was going to hit Patrick from behind. I moved forward and grabbed the collar of his shirt and shoved him away from Patrick. Patrick and Will glanced in my direction for a brief moment.
The guy whom I had stopped from hitting Patrick from behind threw a wild punch at me. I ducked under his attended blow and threw a left hook at him. It glanced off his jaw perhaps rattling his teeth a little.
Will had turned the upper hand on the two ones he had been fighting. One of them was clutching his broken nose. The other guy had a nice black forming around his left eye and rather nasty cut above his right eye.
Patrick had seemed to get his point across to the guy he was fighting. The one I was fighting threw a cheap shoot to the kidneys. I was winded for a moment or two. He threw another couple of punches at me before I recovered. I slammed a harsh right upper cut and two quick jabs at him. I heard a large crack as my fist connect with his nose on the last jab.
He glared at me with blood running from his broken nose. He threw another wild punch. I slammed him against the wall. I was about to hit him again.
"What is going on here "I dropped my raised fist and turned to see Mrs McGee standing behind us.
We had been marched to Miss McGee's office to be dealt with. I sat next to Will and Patrick. The boys we had the punch up with where being tended to by the school nurse. Well two of them of them were for broken noses. The other two where sitting across from us glaring at us.
"Blanche send in the Carrington boys" Miss McGee said as she walked towards her office about ten minutes after we had been sent to the office. We all stood up and walked into Miss McGee's office.
"Now would one you please explain what happened." Miss McGee asked. Will and Patrick shifted nervous in their seats.
"Well Miss McGee. I was only stopping one of them hitting Patrick from behind. That was the only part of I fight I was involved in" I explained my part in the fight.
Will and Patrick explained what had happened to start the fight. Something about someone's girlfriend talking to Will and Patrick. It was just a jealous overbearing boyfriend.
We had received a warning for the fight . I glanced at my watch we still had twenty or so minutes of lunch left before the bell rang for the sixth period.
"Thanks' for having my back Mike" Patrick said as we walked down the hallway.
"It's what brothers are for Pat. Can you two try and stay out of trouble until the end of the day" I said before parting ways with them.
I grabbed my books from my locker and was going to head to sixth and seventh period history. I literally ran into someone. I hadn't been watching where I was walking.
"Shit Sorry" I said apologising to the person I had ran into. I looked more closely at the girl I had nearly trampled.
"No damage done. I was the one that should have been watching where I was going" She apologised.
"Whose your friend big brother or should say girlfriend" Will said with his twin brother Patrick following behind him
"For information William. I have a girlfriend. But this girl I just bumped into by accident" I said shoving him playfully.
"Since when" Patrick asked. I guess Rose hadn't told anyone that me and Stephanie where together.
"Friday all right" I said answering him.
"So you three are brothers"
"Yea. Mike's the eldest then Patrick, me, Rose and two our younger sisters " Will explained not taking his eyes off the girl that I had nearly trampled a few minutes before.
"Oh sorry my mother would tan my hide for not introducing my self. I'm Elizabeth Ryan." She said. I tried not to laugh when I noticed how smitten Will had become with Elizabeth .
"It was nice to met yea Elizabeth. I'll see you guys later then." I said before starting to walk off to my History class.
"Hey Mike can you give us a hand with this car we bought on Saturday " Patrick asked before I walked to far down the hallway.
"I am going straight to work after the today's auditions for school talent show finish up for later this afternoon. And I probably won't be home until late" I pointed out as I continued to walk to class.
The girls were trying out for the talent show again. I smiled a little to myself as I watched Steph out of the corner of my eye.
"That will be all for today" Balance said
"Blanche" Miss McGee said in protest.
"No. Wait a minute. We still have two more seasons we haven't done for you yet. We always have to start with winter and fall because Paulette was late. And we'd like to do Summer and Spring for you." Sharon said somewhat in protested.
"Sharon will you stop yelling. You're in the show" Miss McGee said. Those that where looking after the props and such where busy clearing away props and such. I stood up to stretch my legs for a few minutes.
The "Preptones" or whatever they where called where called up for their audition singing Mr Sandman or something like that. The song finished soon enough.
"That was wonderful." Blanche commented.
"Yes" Miss Mason said. I got from my place at the piano.
"The T-Bones" I snorted with laughter when I heard Miss McGee mispronounce the T-Birds.
"Birds. T-Birds" Johnny said correcting her. The boys started to sing their song for the talent show slightly off key and out of tune.
"These are my boys" Miss McGee said to Blanche and Miss Mason as the boys sang their song.
"Thank you" Miss Mason said cutting them off.
"That was just wonderful" Blanche commented to the boys about their performance.
"It was very nice. We'd be working on the harn-omies. Catch you later. Miss McGee" Johnny said as he and boys walked off the stage.
I grabbed my T-birds leather jacket from where I had left it by the piano. I pulled my leather jacket and headed towards where my motorcycle was parked. I was fumbling with my lighter when I walked or rather bumped into someone.
"Watch it Shakespeare" Johnny said sneeringly. Why he was being an ass about me and Stephanie being together. It was none of his business anyway. He was dating Paulette now.
"You want to tell me what your beef is with me today Nogerelli" I said having had enough of him acting like a petillant child about this.
"You know what my problem is Carrington. The fact that you didn't have the balls to tell me"
"Since when did I need your permission to date Steph Johnny. You two broke up over a month ago Johnny. You've moved on. Your dating Paulette. Is it such a crime that Steph has to. " I said cutting him off.
"It anit got nothing to do with that Carrington. You screwed our friendship over" Johnny snarled.
"How did I screw our friendship over Johnny. For being in love with Stephanie. For being there to pick up the piece for her when you fucked things up. " I said still calmly. I clinched my fist up to stop myself from hitting him again.
"Johnny you need to get over yourself. You've moved on. I've moved on. You need to stop being a jealous ass. How about stay out my life Johnny" Steph said most likely then not she also had enough Johnny acting the way he had been the last few days.
"I think you need to decided just who belongs to who around. Because I'm getting tired of you being a jealous jerk just because Michael and Stephanie are together now" Paulette snapped at Johnny. The girls piled into their car and left.
I shook my head at him and walked towards my own motorcycle. I pulled up at McCabe and Sons about half an hour later. It was just after four when I walked out of the locker room.
I grabbed the details of the first call out I had to do from Harriet in the office. I grabbed the keys to the tow truck from here.
Six Hours later.
I pulled my motorcycle up into the driveway. I cut the engine and put the kickstand out on my motorcycle. I pulled off my goggles and unstrapped my helmet. I walked towards my room in the garage when something or rather someone caught my eye.
"Johnny" I said unsure as to why he was here.
"Look ah. I just come to um. Look I anit good at this apologising thing all right. Look I shouldn't of have acted the way I have for the past couple days. I know I've been a bit of jackass" Johnny said rubbing the back of neck sheepishly.
" Just a bit" I said leaning back against my parent's car.
"Ok I've been a complete jackass alright. Apart from that I don't want Steph or you to get hurt. I just want to know what your intentions with her are" Johnny asked.
"I love her Johnny. And I have for a long time. I have no intention of every hurting or leaving her. I'd rather die a slow and painful death then hurt Steph " I said honestly.
"I probably shouldn't have been surprised that you two ended up together. Look I am sorry for being a jackass." Johnny said apologising.
"Alright. I guess I'll see you at school tomorrow." I said accepting his apology.
" Hey Shakespeare are you coming bowling with us tomorrow night "Johnny asked before he started to walk back to house.
"Yea. The boss has given me tomorrow off" I said before Johnny and I went our separate ways.
The next morning rolled around. I walked into the kitchen Rose was cooking breakfast. Will and Patrick where sitting at the kitchen table. But where were the two terrors. Rebecca and Jessica.
"Give me that back" I heard coming from upstairs. Those two where always fighting. I rolled my eyes and went to go upstairs and stop the two of them from killing one another.
"Jessica. Rebecca" I said walking up to the top of the stairs. I should not have been surprised by the sight of the two of them trying to pull each other's hair out.
"Jessica started it" Rebecca whined after I pulled the two of them apart.
"I don't care who started what. Get down stairs and have your breakfast Rebecca" I said with a stern look on my face.
"You always taker her side." She whined again. I rolled my eyes to the heavens.
"I'm not taking anyone's side. Now get down stairs." I repeated trying to get my point across to Rebecca.
After dealing with squabbling siblings. I walked outside to my motorcycle. I kicked it into gear. It was only a twenty-minute ride to school. It was still early. I glanced at my watch. It was only twenty past six.
I still hadn't made up my mind what I was going to do after I graduated in May of next year. I had one of three options. Go to college, get a trade/job or ever join the police force or the Military.