"So..." said a tanned skin girl. Her long brown hair falling in her face without her broch for her usual ponytail. "I wanted to ask you something..." The girl's brown eyes were glancing from the boy she was talking to and the ground. Her face as red as her sneakers.
"Yeah, sure, go ahead," spoke Riley. "What do you want Valerie?"
"Will... Will you go out with me...?"
XXXX
"*yawn*..."
"Riley, stop talking!" spoke the teacher.
"I only yawned!"
"Detention!"
"Whatever..."
The end of school bell rang out soon afterwards. A 16-year-old boy walked in almost immediately. His sandy-blonde hair covering slightly his green eyes. His gray shirt matching his pants. John Trails spoke, "Hey, Rainbow, you up for a game?"
"You're on!" she immediately responded, up for a challenge.
"The usual?"
Rainbow grinned and nodded. Riley was confused, since they both didn't have a ball of any sport. "What type of game are you talking about?"
"Me and Rainbow head to the front of the school grounds, and we race," John said. "I don't think I've seen you before around here."
"I just transferred in, I'm Riley."
"Nice to meet you, Riley. John." He held out his hand. Riley stood up taking it. "You wanna join us?"
Rainbow spoke for him, "He has detention."
Riley looked over, "I'll be back before she realizes. Anything with activity, I'm in."
"Alright, let's go." John led the way.
XX
Outside of school, John told Riley what normally happened. "Now, I'm not gonna deny, Rainbow is kinda fast, but it's still gonna be a challenge for her."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because, she runs around the school, but I don't."
Riley was looking where John was. Their traceur minds already active, seeing paths to run in. "If you don't run around the school, and you aren't fast, how do you expect to beat Rainbow in a race?"
"By going up the side of the wall. It's not as easy as you'd expect, so if you think you're fast, I'd suggesting running with Rainbow."
Rainbow performed a fake yawn, "Are we gonna race or what?"
The two met up to Rainbow, John saying the only rule to be known, "First to the other side wins, you got that?"
"Good enough for me," said Riley.
Rainbow began counting down, and started running before saying, "Go!"
"That cheater," comment John, running as well.
Riley was right behind him. John expected that Riley was going with Rainbow, but he was far off. John ran up the front monument of the school, using it to latch onto the side. Though Riley didn't need to, and immediately landed on his feet from jumping.
As John climbed up, he noticed Riley vaulting over the fence on top of the roof. "You too, huh?" he said running once more, following his actions.
Not knowing the roof of the school, Riley jumped onto a small ledge. His foot stepped on the end of it, thinking there was more ground to it. Slipping off, his arm skidding across the gravel of the roof. "Arg!" he screamed.
John vaulted over the same ledge, instead of stepping up. "Hey, you alright?"
"Yeah, yeah..." he stood up slowly. "Let's continue." He started running almost right afterwards, his forearm bleeding.
John was right behind, and saw Rainbow already at the end as they approached the edge of the school. Riley stood on the edge, not knowing what to do at the time.
John jumped down to a lower level, then immediately jumping down to a barrel roll. As Riley tried to do the same, he stood up from his barrel roll grabbing his left arm. "Alright, that wasn't a good idea."
"What took you guys so long," asked Rainbow, walking up.
"Riley kind of... fell," John said motioning to his friend's arm.
"Dude, you should go to the infirmary."
"Nah, I'm good," blood dripped onto the pavement.
"You sure?" asked John.
"Not the first time I fell. Anyway, I should get back." Riley waved off, heading back into the school.
XX
Riley left the restroom from cleaning up his wound, and getting the gravel out. A bandage in place of it. Looking at his bandage, making sure it's pressed, he bumped into somebody, "Oh, sorry. I wasn't watching."
He looked up to a girl saying, "It's fine, I wasn't-"
The two saw each other. "V-Valerie..."
"Riley...?"
"You transferred here to... huh?"
"Yeah..."
"So, how have you been?"
"Good, you?"
"Good..." Riley bit his lip. Last time he saw her, she was running off crying.
"Anyway, see ya." Valerie walked off without another word.
He saw her off. "She's, really grown in two years..."
As Riley walked into the classroom, his teacher started biting his ear off about leaving the classroom.
XXXX
Twilight's face blushed as she responded, "W-What?"
Donte spoke, his heart slightly beating hard from the many back-outs of this trick. "Trust me, it'll work."
"I-I don't think I sh-should..."
"If it makes you feel any better, on the cheek then, at least." Donte turned his head.
"A-Alright..." Twilight slowly, and obviously hesitantly leaned towards him. Donte noticed her eyes closed and turned his head, kissing her lips.
She backed away immediately, her blush getting redder. "I'm sorry, but I had to do that. Just watch." He fanned his cards out, kissing the faces of the cards. Slowly rubbing her hand with the card fan. "Open your hand."
Twilight slowly opened her hand. Turning over the - previously - 9 of Hearts, it changing into her 4 of Spades.
"Doing magic once more, huh, Donte?" Donte heard a voice and turned his head.
"Valerie. Long time no see. Didn't know you transferred."
"Yeah, just ran into you know who."
"Oh, him? I remember you telling me something about not caring about him anymore, how'd it go?"
"Good, nothing really happened."
"That's cool, Dylan went back to the apartment."
"He's renting an apartment?"
"Yeah, me, him, and Riley are sharing the rent of the apartment."
"How are you guys affording it?"
"How do you think? We had to get jobs."
Twilight's memory triggered, "That reminds me! I gotta go!" she ran off the school grounds.
"Guess that just leaves you and me," said Donte, fanning out the cards.
"You ain't getting a kiss from me."
He chuckled it off, "Alright, fine." He put the cards away as he made small talk.
Note from the Author: Wow, not even two days and I have a few OC submissions already. John Trails belongs to Sanity07, and Valerie to Blackbolt45. Now, I've done something (since FF doesn't like double line spacing) As you could have guessed, XXXX has meant change of scene/change of time. However, instead of spacing, XX is meant for a change of time, but in a similar area. For example, like John, Riley, and Rainbow walking from inside the school, to outside, as you saw.