CHAPTER 5: AFTER SCHOOL
It was 2:30 in the afternoon and the bell rang for school to end, Damion and Gabe were in the chemistry lab cleaning up.
"Cant we go Mr. Hebel?" whined Gabe with a puppy dog look on his face.
"That won't work on me Mr. Gillette….you boys need to clean up your mess" sighed Mr. Hebel "Oh and the puppy dog thing doesn't work on me, im not on of your silly fan girls Gabriel"
"Its Gabe sir, Gabriel makes me sound as if im holy or something he-he"
"Whats the rush anyway Mr. Arrow and yourself don't have jobs or anything needing your urgent attention"
"Well sir we have dates waiting for us at the flagpole and we don't want them to think we stood them up sir" Gabe said apprehensively
"THAT'S YOUR EXCUSE?!" Said Mr. Hebel getting up from his desk.
"Uhh yes sir, Damion back me up here bro…" said Gabe backing away from his teacher slowly.
"It's True Mr. Hebel but don't worry about it, we can clean this up…"
"What are you doing!?" Gabe said looking stunned at Damion.
Truth be told Damion had had butterflies in his stomach all day, he was very nervous about going to the movies with Jenny, he had been reassured several times by Gabe that he would be there if he needed help but Gabe's advice didn't always work. There was one time when Damion hadn't studied for a test because of training with Dante so Gabe told him that he would give him the test, well it turns out when Damion finished filling in the bubbles that he drew a giant smiley face, needless to say he didn't pass the test.
"Well boys, it seems that you need to be leaving..." said Mr. Hebel smiling
"Excuse me sir?" Damion said looking shocked. Mr. Hebel never ever smiled, it was a rare sight indeed, Damion looked over at Gabe, and Gabe was too stunned for words.
"Well I may not look it boys but I was young once too you know….i had a girl stand me up when I was younger really changed me for the worst."
"You sir? I never would have guessed a woman would stand up a man such as you" Gabe said.
"Very funny Mr. Gillette" Mr. Hebel said instantly losing his smile. "Now run along you kids, ill have my assistant take care of the rest"
"You're the best Hebes!" Gabe said running out
Damion quickly followed but jump over several desks, Mr. Hebel saw this and was shocked.
"That boy is amazing; I better call the track coach..."
Outside it was daytime and there wasn't a cloud in the sky Damion and Gabe walked out feeling refreshed, they both disliked school, Gabe because he was so bad at it and Damion because it distracted him from training, but another thing distracted him and she was waiting at the flagpole for him. It was Jenny the candy shop girl and he was about to go out with her! He felt more amazing then the time that he had been able to land a direct punch to Dante's face in a training session.
"Where were you guys, I was beginning to think you weren't coming" Said a blonde haired girl.
"Oh, yeh sorry about that, Old man Hebel kept us after class just because I spilled some silly acid, um Susan this is Damion, he's my best pal, Damion this is Susan." Gabe said
"Nice to meet you" Said Damion softly "uh where is Jenny?"
"Jenny? Oh you mean the other girl, I think she started crying and ran off somewhere…I don't know why she was fine on minute" Said Susan concerned.
Damions heart sank "She probably didn't want to come and was upset that she had agreed to, im so stupid for ever thinking she could like me dude, im going to go home, you guys have fun."
"Wait dude don't go, I set this all up for you man, im sure it was something else"
"WHAT?!" Said Susan instantly red with anger "You only wanted to date me to hook up your friend"
"No, no it's not like that its just I wanted to go out with you and Damion really likes her so I used our date to kind of help him out a bit, you know its what bros do for each other..
"Well, I don't like being used" Susan said pouting
"I-is that true Damion?" said a Soft voice from behind Damion.
Damion turned around and saw Jenny; her eyes were red like she had been crying.
"UHH…Jenny, I mean um what uh…I thought you had gone home or something I uhh…" Damion said, he was blushing wildly, she had found out everything, so he may have well come clean. "It was Gabe idea! I um didn't want to fool you or anything its just i…"
"D-Damion its okay, I wasn't tricked into the date, I could have said no, but I
W-Wanted to go" She said staring at her toes "W-What I mean was, is it true that you umm…like me..." she said looking up at him slightly.
"Yes it's true…" Damion said looking away blushing madly.
"To say he likes you is an understatement, every time he looks at you he almost passes out the blood goes to his head faster than you can say peaches" Gabe said excitedly
"Dude…be quiet, I um well…" Damion said with a sheepish grin on his face, he was so embarrassed he would rather be anywhere but there at the moment.
"D-Damion?" Jenny said looking up and blushing wildly
"You don't have to say it, I know you don't like me, its okay, we don't have to go on the date if you don't want…."
Damion felt something warm on his lips, it was wet too, he opened his eyes and Jenny was kissing him. Gabe's Jaw dropped
"WAY TO GO DUDE!" Gabe shouted instantly breaking them apart and ruining the moment.
"I-I like you too, for a while now, I was crying because I thought you weren't going to show because you were late so I hid in the bathroom" Jenny said sounding somewhat ashamed
"I wouldn't ever do that…give me some credit" Damion said half laughing.
"Uhh not that this isn't all good and shit but um, we are going to be late for the movie" Gabe said looking at his watch.
"Right, shall we?" Damion asked Jenny
"Yes" she said smiling up at him.
"So dude, where is your Car?" Gabe asked Damion
"Uhh, I didn't take it today" Damion lied
Damion had always told his friends that he got to school by driving because they knew he lived far from the school; if he told them he flew they would have looked at him like he was crazy.
"That's cool man, we can take mine" Gabe said casually
They walked out to the parking lot when Damion felt something warm on his hand, it was Jenny's hand. They walked hand and hand to the car.