A/N: I'm like, determined to shove everything into one chapter.
Short Story #3: Cole and April in high school, part 4
Cole pulled up to the address he was given by April and parked his car. He got out of his car and looked up at the sign of the business.
'Dareth's Mojo Dojo. Martial Arts Training Center'
'So just a karate school…' he thought, walking into the building.
He saw about six kids following the movements of a man dressed in all brown.
Cole raised a brow, and stood awkwardly, watching the class.
A familiar girl in light blue and white walked out and walked past the children. "Hey. My uncle's having a class." She said quietly. "I have the work in my room." She led him through a door.
She had a small sized room decorated in a variety of light colors; light blue, aqua, mint green, white…
April sat on her bed and gestured to a desk and chair tucked in the corner with a laptop computer on it.
He sat, resting his bag on the floor.
…
They spent pretty much two or three hours filling out the questions, which were done mostly on her part while he, clueless, was lost in his own thoughts.
Demi had already called his cellphone about fifteen times which he stopped answering after four or five calls.
He finally silenced his phone and stuffed it in his pocket.
"Hey…" he said after him and April finished the work.
"Hm…?" she looked up, fixing the papers together and writing both their names on the sheets.
"Do you wanna go somewhere? We've been inside doing work for a few hours…" he mumbled, annoyed to hear his phone vibrate from his pocket as he spoke.
"Right now…?" she froze, holding the papers to her chest.
"Yeah." He smiled.
April smiled back and put the papers on her desk. "Sure." She grabbed a hoodie off her bed and blue sneakers from her closet.
The two left her room, passing the bunch of kids quietly and April simply shouted to her uncle she was leaving. He waved, only paying attention slightly.
When they got into his car, his phone vibrated once again. The teen pulled it out, seeing the caller ID as Demi and flinging it into the back seat.
…
Demi stood inside a clothing store, holding her cell to her ear, trying Cole's cellphone again. When his voicemail came up again, she nearly shrieked and hung up. She glanced out the window of the store and saw a familiar pair of people walking down the sidewalk.
The nerd and Cole…
'SERIOUSLY?!' she screamed in her mind.
Demi went into the changing room area and ripped one of the curtains open. She grabbed Tiffany who was looking at herself in a skirt she tried on. "I just saw Cole walking with that freaking nerd." She hissed and began walking out. She suddenly turned around and examined the skirt Tiffany was wearing. "Cute, but pink isn't your color, it makes you look pale. What are you trying to do? Become Bella from Twilight?"
She rolled her eyes and walked away.
Tiffany sighed and looked at the skirt in the mirror. "I look pale…?"
...
April practically dragged Cole into a video game store, laughing. She gawked at the copies of the game 'The Last of Us'.
"So cool…" she stared.
"Then buy it," he joked.
"Oh ha, I'm broke, you know that."
Cole sighed and chuckled.
"You buyin'?" the man behind the counter asked.
April sighed. "No-"
"Yeah," Cole cut her off. "Yeah, she is."
"Dude I have no money!" she cried.
"But I do." He smiled and pulled out his wallet. He counted the money and pulled it out to give it to the cashier.
April's blue-green eyes opened wide as Cole was handed the video game in a plastic bag, which he handed to her. "Here," he smiled.
She practically jumped him with a hug.
…
About fifteen minutes later in his car April hadn't stopped saying thank you and asking how to pay him back.
He just laughed and pulled up to the front of the dojo she lived in. "Bye." She smiled and reached for the car door.
He touched her shoulder and smiled back. "Bye…"
She turned her head and he leaned in. He pulled off her glasses gently and kissed her lips. When he pulled away, he noticed the deep red blush on her face. "Was that your first kiss…?" he asked.
"…Yeah…"
He leaned into another kiss silently.
…
At home, Demi smirked and signed onto her computer.
She pulled up the video her little bug took for her…
Earlier…
Demi walked down the sidewalk until she spotted Cole's car outside a video game store. She dropped a small bugging device through the slightly cracked window and ran.
…
The next day was assembly for the entire school. Freshmen, juniors and seniors all together, Demi sat in the front row, smiling. She was waiting for the geeks she hired to ruin both Cole and April's high school lives.
Cole sat with Kai, and Jay. Lloyd and Jay were about two rows back with Jayleene and Marceline. Scarlet sat with Tony and Angel.
April sat on stage beside the principal and Zane so she could speak the school's pledge.
Zane was there to give the announcements for club meetings and the principal was there to give regular announcements.
Just when Zane was in the middle of speaking the stage screen turned on and he was immediately alerted by people whispering. He turned and looked at the Tech Club who were nowhere near their equipment.
He turned his attention to the screen and so did everyone else in the room. A video came up…
It was a video, showing Cole and April sitting in his car.
April stood up and looked at the video, shocked.
It showed them talking…
"Bye…"
He reached for her shoulder and smiled… "Bye…"
She turned her head and he leaned in. He pulled off her glasses gently and kissed her lips. When he pulled away, he noticed the deep red blush on her face. "Was that your first kiss…?" he asked.
"…Yeah…"
He leaned into another kiss silently.
A voice came up, which seemed to be edited to disguise the owner of it. "That's right, nerd-alert is a virgin."
Everyone in the auditorium burst into laughter and April stood on stage…Frozen.
She looked in the crowd and saw Cole…She glared at him and ran off stage and out of the room.
Cole stood up and ran right after her.
The principal went up to the microphone, trying to control the intense laughing and talking.
Jayleene frowned…If someone wasn't going to do it…Well…
She got out of her chair and walked up to the stage. She literally pushed the principal from her position and grabbed the microphone. "EVERYONE SHUT UP!" she screamed.
The room suddenly stopped in silence.
"Ninety-percent of this school is virgin! And I'm a part of that percentage." She admitted.
"We all expect that from junkyard trash." Demi laughed.
"Well, we all don't go sluttin' round like you, Demi." Scarlet scoffed, standing up. "I'm a virgin too."
Lloyd jumped up. "So am I!" he pumped his fist up.
Jay and Kai stood up. "So am I!" they shouted at once.
Marceline stood. "So am I!" Even Angel stared at her best friend in shock.
Tony stood. "I am too."
Nya jumped up. "So am I!"
Soon, pretty much the entire student body was confessing their virginity. Nobody was judged, nobody cared.
The principal smiled slightly but settled the auditorium down. "If I find out who made this video, expulsion is an option."
Meanwhile…
Cole chased after April who could run…surprisingly fast. She sprinted down the school steps and ran for her car, fumbling with her car keys. Cole grabbed her arm and she brought her other hand all the way around and slapped him. "YOU BUGGED THE CAR?!" she shrieked, tears filling her eyes.
"No, no, no!" he swore. "I didn't…I wouldn't do that."
She stared him in the eyes. "…Demi…"
"I'm sorry about her…" he hugged April close.
"COLE!" Demi screeched, standing in front of the school.
Cole slowly raised his head and looked at her… "I'm breaking up with you, Demi." He said calmly.
She laughed, walking down the steps. "For what…? Some LOSER virgin?!"
April looked up and smiled. "Yes…Some loser virgin." She rolled her eyes. "Bye-bye."
Demi stood, and watched Cole bring April's head up to kiss her.
"Asshole," Demi scoffed. "I can SO get anyone I want." She walked away. April and Cole continued to kiss.