Acer's POV
(Wednesday)
"Not that many people are talking about it as much, but today is the day, and a deal is a deal." I said as I put my hand out so Rananto can give me my money.
"Fine." He said as he gave me 30 zeni.
"So, now what?" I said.
"Umm…" he looked at his watch. "3rd period is in 5 minutes."
Then, Brooke ran down the hall bawling her eyes out.
"What the h-e double hockey sticks? What's wrong with her?" I said.
"I don't know. But don't pay attention to her. She might be crying so I can feel bad for her and start going out with her. Or… she might want me to kiss her and I'll start going out with her. Either way… she will want me to GO OUT WITH HER!" Rananto stated.
"Uhh, usually you can tell if a girl is fake crying. I think…"
"You thought wrong. They are like masters when it comes to crying."
"I guess you're right." I said, wondering if she was really fake crying or not. "What if she broke up with that popular guy?"
"Brad? Yeah, probably. I was hoping not because she might come crawling back to me."
"Wow, you are not lucky this week."
"Tell me about it! I got a C- in math class!"
"Umm, that's bad?" I said.
"To me it is."
Then, Aggie came over.
"Hey, who else saw a girl crying her eyes out?" she asked. Me and Rananto both raised are hands. "Okay, and who knows that Brad dumped her?"
"Ha! I called it!" I said to Rananto.
Aggie slapped my arm. "Guys! This is serious!"
"How?" Rananto asked.
"Okay, I'll tell you the full story." Aggie said. "So yesterday Brad went to Brooke's house and almost killed her! He punched, kicked, and everything else you can think of, to her. And then he said 'We're done' and walked away. Brooke has been crying ever since." she told.
"0_0" was my face.
"o_0" was Rananto's face.
"Uhh, why would Brad do that?" I aksed.
"I don't know. But it ruined his popular boy reputation." Aggie said.
"Huh. Well that's unsolvable." Rananto said. "But I think I should be heading to class."
"Yeah. Me too" I agreed with Rananto. Then we both ran to find Brooke. We heard crying in the janitor's closet. Rananto opened the door, and we saw Brooke with bruises on her face, which we couldn't see because she was running so fast.
"Hey, you okay?" Rananto asked.
"Go away." She said, kinda in a yelling form.
"But we just want to.." I started to say, but get got up and yelled "GO AWAY!" and slammed the door right in our noses.
"Owww… that actually hurts." Rananto said while rubbing his nose.
"Stop being a baby and open the door." I said. He tried to, but it wouldn't budge.
"She must've locked it." Rananto said. "Okay, I'll break the door."
"Don't break the door!" I quickly said. "Let's just leave her alone."
(Later that day)
"So I'll see you later." I said to Rananto.
"No…. We have to see about Brooke."
"Wait, do you care about her?" I asked.
He grabbed my hand and took me to the janitor's closet.
"You hear that?" he asked me.
I heard crying. It must be Brooke. "Really?" I asked.
"Yep."
"Has she been in there all day?"
"Yes."
"Really?"
"Yes"
"Really?"
"No."
"Seriously?"
"Yes."
"So you are telling me right now that she's been in there all day?"
"That's exactly what I'm telling you." Rananto said.
"So, you're telling me we should help her?"
"Of course. We're not heartless jerks."
"We also don't go in other people's lives."
"Did you pay attention to Aggie earlier? This is obviously major."
"You are overreacting."
"Really?"
"Yes"
"Really?"
"Yes"
"So we shouldn't help her?"
"You can help her. I need to study." I said.
"Come on!"
"Fine!"
"Good, because I'm breaking the door down."
"No, wait…"
He broke the door off before I could say anything.
"I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE!" Brooke yelled.
"Can you at least tell me what's wrong?"
"NO! YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M FEELING! I'M FEELING HEART BROKEN AND USELESS! YOU CAN'T FIX IT!" she said, the she ran away.
"Uhh, ugh wow." Rananto said.
"Well, what are you gonna do?" I asked.
"Nothing right now. Girls are so complicated."
"I'm going home. I need to study for that math test tomorrow."
"Aren't you like a wiz at math?" Rananto asked.
"You have a good point." I said.
(the next day)
I walked over to Rananto, who looked pretty sad.
"You were right Rananto. I aced the test without studying. Get it? Aced? And my name is Acer?" he was just sitting there not paying any attention to me. "You okay?" I asked.
"For some reason, this Brooke thing is killing me." Rananto said, finally looking at me.
"Dude, do you think you like her?"
He quickly got up. "Of course not! I'm with Andrea!"
"I don't know dude. You answered that quickly."
Andrea came over, looking very mad.
Geesh, what is up with everybody and emotions?
"Rananto! The only reason Brooke is mad is because you lied to her!"
Huh?
"That's true. I'm sure Brad took her so it wouldn't ruin his rep."
"Wait, what?" I asked in confusion. "What's going on here?"
"Well, I told Brooke that Brad liked her so it would get her off my back." Rananto told me.
"You could've reasoned with her or something! Nobody likes a lier!" I yelled.
"I know. I'll fix it guys." Rananto said.
End of story POV
Again, I don't have a recap. So, until next chapter.