Chapter 2: Fat Chances
A/N So here's chapter 2 Fat Chaves, and to those who were confused last chapter Nikki got a concussion and sprained her ankle, I guess sending her to the hospital was a little to dramatic but, I couldn't have her e at the tournament cause Jack needed motivation to win a belt and if Nikki was there she would have won a belt and then Jack wouldn't have needed to do the awesome kick flip thingy.
At school I was hanging out with Jerry, Eddie, and Kim by the lockers when Milton came running out "Guys! Guys! Wane knows who just won the district wide spelling bee?"
I shook my head no along with Jerry but, Milton continued anyways "Here's a clue: M-E"
"Meh?" Jerry answered confused.
"It's me you toad" Milton told us rolling his eyes at Jerry's answer
"What is that?" Eddie asked pointing to the tiny trophy in Milton's hand.
"The trophy I won" Milton said proudly "It's a bronze bee"
I leaned in squinting my eyes as Kim told him "I got fillings bigger than that" and we all nodded in agreement.
"I rode a little filly called perspicacious all the way to the finish line" Milton's said while he pretended to ride a horse.
I put my hand on hi shoulder and stopped him "Don't ever do that again"
"Now come on who's the man, who's the man" Milton asked us
As Jack came down the hall with a huge crowd behind him shouting "Jack ids the man!"
Jerry, Eddie, Kim, and I walked over hollering and chanting Jacks name.
"No thanks to Jack" The principal (A/N I think that's who he is I don't know) started "We've won our first gymnastic trophy in 15 years" we all cheered.
"It wasn't really a routine, I was trying to move fast enough so no one would notice I was wearing a unitard" jack explained with a disturbed look, Ooh. Just then two boys came walking over wearing a unitard quite proudly and gave Jack a thumbs up, which Jack returned with an awkward smile "When you're wearing one of those things, even when you win, you lose"
I heard someone talking but, it didn't quite register as I asked Jack "Why don't you show them what you did to win" then I turned to the rest of them "It was awesome" and everyone agreed, everyone backed up to Jack some room. He backed and took off doing a round off and an extra flip at the end. The whole crowd in the hallway cheered.
"Jack I hope this means that you're going to stay on the gymnastic team" He asked excitedly.
"I told you, it was a onetime deal. I win you a trophy and you get a visit from the wedgie wizard" Jack told him gesturing to Jerry.
"I guess a deals a deal" He agreed as Jerry came up behind.
"Just go with it" Jerry told him as I coated his hands with baby powder. He rubbed his hands together and clapped letting powder go everywhere. And gave a huge wedgie and everyone laughed.
"Is that all you got punk" He asked Jerry in a high-pitched voice.
I laughed as he walked away "That was sick" I praised Jerry as we did our handshake.
"All right let's go" Jack told us and we all followed. He turned back to Milton "Milton are you coming"
He smiled "Yeah, I'll catch up with you" then we left, leaving Milton.
After school we were walking to the dojo while Milton was telling us about his run in with the custodian, "Huh? I've never noticed him before" Jack told us.
I turned to him "So you didn't notice a 600-lb custodian, but you did notice when Donna Tobin changed her ponytail from left to right"
"okay, first it was right to left and second it wasn't a ponytail it was a French braid" He explained copying my hand motions. "and third maybe if the custodian had legs like Donna Tobin , I would've noticed him too"
"you are ridiculous" I told him with an eye roll
"You're just jealous Jack likes Donna's legs better than yours" Jerry said while smiling.
I could feel myself blush "That is not true!" I denied.
Lucky for me Rudy came over "Hey, big news, everybody the magic shop across the mall went out of business, they have to sell everything for half price. I feel so bad for them. I think I'm going to cry, it's a good thing I have this Handkerchief" He said fake crying as he pulled a handkerchief out of his sleeve
"Yo, I don't know how he's doing that man, but it's freaking me out" Jerry said as he hid behind me and Rudy kept pulling handkerchief out after handkerchief.
Rudy grabbed his wagon handle and led us inside "Anyway, a storage space opened up in the basement directly below us. I finally have a place for all my stuff" He explained to us
"It's about time" Eddie said shaking his head " this place is getting cluttered."
"No it's not" Rudy denied.
"Rudy, this place looks like an old cat lady lives here" Kim Explained backing Eddie up.
"Okay that is a bit of an exaggeration" Rudy told Kim.
I raised an eyebrow "Oh, really?" I walked over to the cabinet and opened, I took a step back and watched as everything came toppling out, and a cat came out crawling over everything.
"Okay, that is not my cat" Rudy denied as he started to walk away with his wagon. He stopped and turned back to the cat "Are you coming tip-tip" He whispered. The cat jumped down and into the wagon, I laughed as I watched Rudy walk away with his head held high.
As soon as he was gone Jack turned to me with a smirk "So jealous huh?"
"I am not jealous" I yelled exasperated, okay maybe I was but, I wasn't going to admit it.
At school the next day we were all walking down the hallway with Milton so he could bring the custodian a cake "Brining presents to custodians? That's not cool. What's next asking the crossing guard to the prom?" Jerry asked Milton, I let out a small laugh.
"I already tried that, but she just wants to be friends" Eddie told us.
I turned to look at him "Really?" I asked crossing my arms.
"I think its sweet Milton bought his new friend a cake" Kim told us, of course she would, whatever.
"Thanks, Kim" we started walking again "See when someone does something great, you know save a life or win a spelling bee, they should get some recognition" we stopped in front of the door and Milton knocked, he waited then knocked again.
Jerry stepped forward and opened the door and we all froze looking around the room "Whoa" we all exclaimed
"Do you know what this means" Jack asked us all.
"I know exactly what this means, our custodian is king of the babies" Jerry shouted in awe.
When we went to lunch we saw Nakamura and Milton thanked him. We got him to do his victory dance he does and ended up getting him fired. Whoops.
Later on I was walking with Milton and Jack around the Mall "Milton what were you thinking?" Jack asked Milton.
"I don't know, I thought that if I stood up for Nakamura I could be a hero for once" He explained "Like you" He gestured to Jack.
"Hey, I'm not a hero" Jack said modestly, and is if on cue a robber came running by with a stolen purse. Jack gently nudged Milton and I out of the way and tripped the robber. Which cause him to flip over and drop the purse, I caught it and tossed it to Jack then he tossed it to the woman who it was stolen from. Jack turned back to Milton "Uh, what were we talking about again"
"Oh, you were just going on about not being a hero" Milton said sarcastically before storming off.
"Milton!" I called after him as me and Jack followed him into the Dojo.
Rudy came walking out of his office "Guys, group meeting" he called out us so we all gathered around him "Uh why is weepy mchugie still here?" He asked us.
"Weepy mchugie? Really?" I asked Rudy and he just shrugged.
"The guys been through a lot, Rudy" Milton told Rudy "We found out why he gave up Sumo and left Japan in shame"
"65 wins in a row, then some rookie struts in and throws him out of the ring like a moldy pear" Eddie continued.
"You guys hiding pears over there" Nakamura called to us.
"There's no pears darling" Kim answered him.
"As if that wasn't bad enough he lost his whole life savings" Jack finished what Eddie and Milton were saying.
"Wow, how did he do that" Rudy asked us with a confused look.
"He went on a game show called 'called are you willing to lose oyur life savings'" I told him.
"Fix this" Rudy started to walk so we followed "Once the food runs out were going to look tasty to that guy. Fix this" Rudy told us one last time before he left.
Jack then got this idea to get Nakamura into his Sumo spirit again and gave this huge motivational speech and got him to try. During the training I sat at a table with some fries watching Jack train him. I almost chocked on my fries when I saw Nakamura running laps with Milton strapped to his chest like a baby kangaroo. When Rudy saw this we explained how we were training him for his comeback. And Rudy had this great idea to have the match there with another Sumo wrestler he met on the beach. He left to go give him a call when Jerry can out dressed in one of those suits that make you look tens times bigger than you actually are.
"all right Nakamura time for your real workout" Jerry told him as they got into the middle of the room. "Let's belly up"
"I am embarrassed to be related to you, Jer" I told him through laughs.
"Jerry how is this thing going to help" Jack asked with a disturbed look on his face. I feel you Jack, I feel you. "You look like a bloated turkey in a thong"
"It's going to make him quicker. I'm scrappy and wiry" We all backed up a little "Now come on big guy" Jerry then charged at Nakamura and with one push, Jerry was on the ground. And watching him try to get up was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. "Little help here" We all jumped forward and helped him up. "I'm good, I'm good" He looked at Nakamura for a second before he ran to the bathroom.
It was the day of the match and Rudy and I were passing out tickets, Nakamura was waiting on the matt while everyone took their seats. And it turned out the Sumo wrestler Rudy was talking about was the Rookie that caused Nakamura to flee Japan in shame. When Nakamura saw him he ran and hid in Rudy's office. And Milton took it upon himself to wrestle him, that didn't end to well. Eventually he came out and saw Milton getting beat, so he stepped into the ring to take him down and save Milton. And it was awesome, Nakamura ended up winning and did the Nakamura stomp.
All of us except Kim were walking around the school talking, "Thanks to Milton Nakamura is heading back to Japan to regain his title" Jack told us.
We stopped at the bottom of the stairs when Jerry started talking "I could be a Sumo wrestler I just need to gain like 5-600 pound"
"Your mom did it pretty easily" Eddie said with a shrug.
"That's It!:" Jerry yelled and chased Eddie down the hallway.
WE laughed at them "Jack have you seen my spelling bee trophy?" He asked "I thought it was in my locker, but I can't find it anywhere. I know it's small but, it means a lot to me"
"Don't worry Milton I'm sure it's someplace safe." He told him as he guided him away. He turned back and looked up which made me follow his gaze to the trophies where I saw Milton's.
"That was really sweet of you Jack" I told him with a smile.
"Thanks" He smiled and paused "So jealous huh?" He said with the smirk returning
"I am not jealous1" I denied once again he nodded his head "I'm not!" I called after him, he just kept walking away "I'm not jealous!"