Author's Notes: Yes, there is a little bit of romance in this chapter,I couldn't hold it in any longer! And there, of course, will be more to come.
Chapter Sixteen : C/B Combo
"You put Ex - Lax in his coffee?" Connie asked, as she watched Nick rifle through the desk drawers.
"Yeah...was that wrong?" he asked.
Connie arched an eyebrow.
"Look, I just figured, I'm already in detention, so, what the hell...?" he said. Nick then crouched down and tried to open the very bottom drawer.
"...Hey, this one's locked..." he muttered.
"But this'll just get you another detention," Connie pointed out, ignoring his comment.
Nick shrugged.
"Nothin' else better to do with my saturday," he said "...besides, Vernon has no way of knowing it was me."
"Sneaking into his office and putting Ex - Lax in his coffee...who else would he suspect, Nick?" Connie pointed out.
Nick smirked.
"It does show signs of my personal genius, doesn't it?" he said.
"You say 'personal genius', the rest of us say 'twisted mind'," Connie told him.
"Whatever you say, doll..." Nick muttered.
"And what does that mean?" Connie asked.
With a small smile, Nick stopped jimmying the lock on the drawer, and stood up.
"You're saying you haven't been the least bit impressed by anything I've done today?" he asked.
Connie frowned.
"So that's why you do all this...?" she asked. "You're just trying to impress people?"
"Not quite," Nick replied.
"...Then what?" Connie asked.
"You sure ask a lot of questions, don't you?"
"Nick..."
"Just get me a damn bobbi pin, will ya?" Nick requested,trying to force the drawer open.
"...Run that by me again?" Kyle requested.
Sean arched an eyebrow.
"I want to get outta here," he said,"and you're gonna tell me how to do it."
Kyle stared at him for a moment, then he tipped his head back and laughed out loud.
"Oh God, you are stupid," he said, laughing "...you are so stupid..."
"For the record, I already knew that," said Daf.
"Shut up!" Sean snapped at her, then he turned back to Kyle. "Now, what's so funny,moron?"
Kyle finally stopped laughing and looked him in the eye, but after a few seconds, he started to laugh again.
"You actually think...that I would be here right now, if I knew how to get outta here?" he asked.
"He's got a point," said Daf,"that does make you pretty stupid."
"Didn't I just tell you to shut up?" Sean barked.
"Yeah, ya did," Daf told him," but I never actually said I would, so...bite me."
"Ooh," said Kyle, glancing back at Sean "...you been told."
"SHUT UP!" Sean roared.
"Wow,"said Kyle, glancing back at Daf "...that's like his favorite word, isn't it?"
"I think so," Daf replied,"it's either that, or 'hooters'."
"Huh, I prefer 'badonkadonk' myself..."
"Oh my God!" Sean snapped. "is everybody here a freakin' idiot?"
"No, just you," Daf told him.
Kyle smirked at her.
"...And she's spunky,too...!" he mumbled.
"What?" Sean asked.
"What?" Kyle replied.
"What did you just say?" Sean demanded.
"What do you...think I just said?" Kyle asked.
Sean paused for a moment, confused.
"...You're an idiot, Anderson!"he finally said.
"Wrong!" Kyle exclaimed. "I think too much of myself to say that about myself!"
Sean paused again, even more confused.
"What?" he asked.
Kyle laughed again.
"I don't know," he said "..I just love messin with ya, man."
Daf tipped her head back and laughed.
"I can't believe you don't have a bobbi pin!" said Nick.
"Well, why the hell would I have one?" Connie asked.
"Cuz you're a girl!" he said.
"So...?"
"SO...don't most girls carry around bobbi pins and lip gloss and wallet - sized photos of Orlando Bloom?" Nick asked, looking around the office for something that would open the locked drawer.
"If they have a purse, I suppose...!" said Connie,"But did you ever see me with a purse today, Nick?"
Nick rolled his eyes.
"I guess not...please forgive my wrongful judgment," he said, in a sarcastic, monotone voice.
"I will," Connie told him "...just not yet."
Nick smirked, and Connie started to move toward the door.
"Whoa, hey, where ya goin'?" Nick asked.
Connie raised an eyebrow.
"Did you not notice how full Daf's purse is?" Connie asked,"chances are, if anyone's got a bobbi pin, it's her, now come on."
With that, she opened the door and started out into the hallway,Nick about to follow behind her, but then she stopped, and turned around to face him.
"Oh, and FYI," she said,"in case you haven't noticed yet, I'm not 'most girls'."
"Don't I know it," said Nick.
Connie gave him an unreadable look,almost like she was wanting to say something to him, but then she quickly turned around and headed out into the hallway.
Nick followed close behind her, but just before she opened the door to the library, he put his hand on her shoulder, and she turned around.
"You really aren't 'most girls'," he said,"but you are, actually, my favorite kind of girl."
Connie smirked.
"Well, now you're just flirting with me," she said.
Nick smiled.
"Maybe," he said, as he looked into her eyes.
Wow, he's really close, thought Connie.
And was it her imagination, or was he getting closer...?
He's really really -
" - So what kind of girl am I, then?" Connie asked, breaking whatever kind of moment they had just been experiencing.
Nick gave her a puzzled look.
"What?" he asked.
Connie cleared her throat. "Well, you said you knew what kind of girl I was, and that it was your favorite kind, so...what kind of girl am I?" she asked.
Nick smirked.
"You, he said,"are what's known as a C/B Combo."
"...A what?" Daf asked, completely puzzled.
Kyle smirked, and bit down on his bottom lip...which Daf found extremely sexy, but she would never admit that.
"A C/B Combo, that's what Nick calls it," he told her. "It's like, his favorite type of girl."
"Well, I'm glad im in favor with him," she said, sarcastically."But who says I wanna fit into a 'type',anyway?"
Kyle then gave her a look of confusion, and chuckled a little.
"Just what is so funny?" Daf asked.
Kyle shook his head, and smiled.
"So, you're popular, and yet, you don't wanna fit into a 'type'... how does that work, exactly?" he asked.
Daf pondered the question, then, getting frustrated, she glared at him.
"Just tell me what a C/B Combo is, Kyle," she said.
Kyle smirked and leaned forward in his chair.
"C/B ...means Crazy /Beautiful Combo," he told her,"and surprisingly enough, you, Daf Pearson, fit that bill."
Daf opened her mouth to respond, but just then, the library door opened and Nick and Connie walked in.
"Hi!" they greeted, walking over to the desks.
"Hi..." Kyle and Daf returned, confused.
"So, Pom - Poms..." said Nick, resting his palms on the top of her desk "...you wouldn't happen to have a bobbi pin, would ya?"
"I don't see what's so important about getting into a dumb drawer,anyway," said Daf, as she jimmyed the bobbi pin in the small lock.
"It's in Vernon's office,it's locked, that automatically interests me," Nick told her"...hey, y'know, I can probably get it myself if you just wanna - "
"I don't trust anyone with my hair-care products except me, nice try, though," said Daf.
"Ugh, you women are so possesssive,"said Kyle.
"It's better to be possessive than to be possessed, at least, that's what my mom's always told me," said Connie, "...of course, that's before my dad tells her that she IS possessed, and she smacks him upside the head."
"Seems like a lovely woman," said Daf.
"Hey, speaking of possessed - where's Sean?" asked Nick.
"On the second floor of the library trying to get up to the ceiling,trying to pop out one of the ceiling tiles, in hopes that he'll be able to escape the school," Daf replied.
Suddenly,she stopped trying to work the lock, and they all looked at each other.
"...Ya think we should tell him tha he could just walk out?" Kyle suggested,"y'know, since Vernon's still busy crapping in the crapper?"
"Are you kidding?" said daf"...and miss the chance of seeing him get in trouble for damaging school property?"
"...Says the girl who's breaking into the principal's desk with a bobbi pin," Kyle pointed out.
"Hey," Connie suddenly spoke up "...why don't we just leave?"
"Cuz the drawer's not open yet," Nick told her.
"So?" she asked.
"And plus, we'd just get another detention," said Daf.
"Oh, but ya see, Nick doesn't care about that," said Connie, glancing at Nick and smirking"...isn't that right, Nick?"
"I serve no more time than I absolutely have to," he told her.
"Mm...and you absolutely had to spike an old man's coffee with Ex - Lax?" Kyle asked him.
"Absolutely," Nick replied, with a grin.
Suddenly, they all heard a click.
Connie, Nick, and Kyle all looked down at Daf, who smiled, and took the bobbi pin out of the lock.
"I think I got it," she said.
Listen, all I need is you
Won't you tell me what to do
'Cause you drive me crazy
Baby, is it pulling on your heart
Is it tearing you apart
'Cause you drive me crazy
'Cause you're crazy beautiful
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Oh, and the song stanza is from "Crazy Beautiful" by Hanson...which I discovered by searching for Johnny Depp fan vids on youtube.
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- Ace's Buddy