Chapter 22:
There they were Matt Olsen fighting with Neil Roberts. Seeing this surprised Irma, Hay Lin, and Cornelia as they ran up to the scene.
"What the heck?", Cornelia questioned as they ran up to the others. "Why is Matt fighting with Neil?"
"Long story!", Eric said as Peter was holding Matt back, while Neil was being held back by one of his friends.
Cornelia, Irma, and Hay Lin also saw Will standing with Taranee with tears running down her face. Just then Mrs. Knickbocker came out.
"Enough!", Knickerbocker yelled. "I don't know why this happened but, I will not have fighting here! Both of you in my office, NOW! The rest of you, into the school!"
Grumbling, Matt and Neil followed behind Mrs. Knickerbocker as she headed into the school. The other students headed into the school as well. Irma, and Hay Lin caught up with their boyfriends while Cornelia caught up with Elyon to find out what happened.
"So, what happened?", Hay Lin asked Eric.
"Well, it started when Will showed up.", Eric began to explain.
Flashback, a few moments ago...
Hoping to see Matt and talk to him, Will walked through the school gates and saw Taranee, Nigel, Peter, Eric, and Elyon hanging under a tree across from the Dark Guardians.
'This is all their fault!', Will thought to herself as she glared at them.
Seeing this, Angelo simply waved at Will with a smile. Will turned her head and walked towards her friends.
"Hey guys.", Will said as she sat on the other side of taranee after she and Nigel scooted over to give her room to sit down.
"How you doing?", Taranee asked.
"I've been better.", Will said. "I take it you know about me and Matt and the whole Neil situation."
"Nigel and Eric told me about what Joe told Matt about you and Neil.", Taranee said.
"Plus, Mat called and told me about you telling him about you and Neil going to the movies one time.", Nigel said.
"Grrrrrreeeeeeeaaaaaaaaat.", Will said as she rolled her eyes.
"Not to judge, but why did you do it?", Taranee asked.
"Part of me liked that there was another guy that liked me for me.", Will said. "I really care about Matt. And I know he cares about me. But, I guess part of me liked the attention Neil was giving me. So, I flirted back with him."
"And going to the movies with him?", Taranee questioned.
"That was during Spring Break, when Matt and the band was rehersing for a gig they had coming up at the time.", Will said. "I wanted to go to the movies but Matt was busy practicing. So, I called Neil up and asked if he wanted to go to the movies with me."
"Okay. Now I have something to say about that.", Nigel said getting Will and Taranee's attention. "That gig, was a gig that paid well, for our services. And when I say paid, I mean paid enough for us to get the parts we needed for that old van, Matt's dad let us use to haul our equipment to future gigs. That's why it's running so well now."
"Ain't that the truth.", Eric said. "That's also why we're getting better gigs as well. With the van fixed, we can get to our gigs on time."
"I knew it was a mistake to ask Neil to the movies,", Will said. "I never should of done it!"
"Now why talk bad about something you know you liked doing?"
Will and the others looked to see Neil Roberts standing behind the bench with one of his friends.
"Neil?", Will questioned in surprise. "What are you doing here?"
"Last I checked, I go to school here.", Neil said as he walked around the bench until he was standing in front of Will.
"No, I mean what are you doing here? By me.", Will said as she stood up to face Neil better.
"Well, I saw how sad you were looking when you were walking through the school gates.", Neil explained. "So, I figured that I'd come over and see what was the matter."
"Well, I'm fine.", Will said. "So, you can leave me alone now."
"Normally I would.", Neil said. "But, I can tell that the reason you're sad is because you and Olsen are having some kind of troubles."
"And what makes you say that?", Will said.
"I overheard you talk about how Olsen found out about you and me and the flirting we've been doing.", Neil said.
"Well, hear this!", Will said as she glared at Neil. "I'm with Matt! Not you! So, you can forget about there being any chance of you and me hetting togeth..."
Will was cut off when Neil grabbed Will and pulled her towards him and kissed her! Seeing this surprised the others! But what surprised them the most was when Matt came from out of no where and yanked Neil away from Will! This caught the attention of other students as they slowly gathered around the two.
"Matt?", Will questioned as she looked at Matt, who didn't look to happy.
"Bad enough you flirt with her!", Matt snapped as he glared at Neil. "But you have the balls to kiss her against her will!"
"Well, the way I see it, she needs a real man to show her some attention.", Neil said with a smirk. "I mean if you two are so happy together, then why, when I was flirting with her, she ended up flirting with me as well? Huh, Olsen?"
"Aw, heck no!", a male student yelled. "I wouldn't take that, man!"
"I wouldn't take my girl flirting with another dude, either!", another male student yelled.
"If you ask me, I think Will is getting tired of you.", Neil said with a smirk. "I mean, why be with a singer, when you can be with an athlete?"
"Bust him up, son!", a male student yelled to Matt.
Matt had his fist balled up, ready to deck Neil across the jaw. But he stopped himself. He then looked at Neil and smiled.
"You know what, Neil? You're not even worth fighting.", Matt said.
"Oh really?", Neil questioned as he looked at Matt with a smirk thinking Matt was scared of him.
"Yeah really.", Matt said with a smirk. "Guys like you are a dime a dozen. You think you're all big and bad, but in the end it's guys like you who end up without a girl because of how you act. So, I'm not even going to waste my time on you."
Matt then walked away from Neil as the other students were laughing at him. And Neil didn't like it one bit. He took a quick glance at Will, gave her a small smile which she returned, and kept walking. He cares for Will. He really does. But the pain is still there. It was going to be a while before things would work out for them. As for Will, she was glad Matt didn't get into a fight with Neil. She knew he would of held back his Regent powers, but Neil wasn't worth fighting. But Neil wasn't going to let this go.
"You know what, Olsen. You're right.", Neil said with a smirk as Matt was walking away from him. "I think I'll stop trying to get with Vandom. I mean why try to get with a girl that's so easy!"
Two things happened after Neil said that. First Matt stopped walking and looked at Will who was insulted and hurt as her eyes began to water! Seconded, it made Matt mad as he turned around and walked up to Neil who was ready as he swung at Matt! But Matt saw it coming and blocked Neil's punch and hit Neil with a punch of his own! Soon, the two young men were duking it out as other students were hooting and cheering on the one they wanted to win. As they fought, Matt made sure to hold back his power so not to hurt Neil to badly.
"Matt! Stop!", Will cried hoping he would hear her.
But, with all the other studnets yelling, Matt couldn't hear Will at all. But thankfully, Peter was there to pull Matt away from Neil, while Neil's friend was pulling him back. Just then Mrs. Knickbocker came out.
"Enough!", Knickerbocker yelled. "I don't know why this happened but, I will not have fighting here! Both of you in my office, NOW! The rest of you, into the school!"
End Flashback.
"I know it's not nice to say, but part of me is glad Matt clocked him!", Hay Lin said. "Neil is a real jerk!"
"Here! Here, Hay Lin!", Irma said as they were walking down the hall. "Some people can be so... so..."
"Mean and cruel?", Cornelia questioned.
"Yeah!", Irma said. "What you said!"
"Poor, Will.", Elyon said. "First, it's what happened yesterday. And now what happened today. Who knows what else she can take/"
"So, are you girls going to see Will?", Peter asked Irma, Hay Lin, and Cornelia.
The three of them looked at each other and shook their heads.
"No.", Cornelia said. "Don't get us wrong. We feel for Will."
"It's just that we need to do what we have planned.", Irma said.
"And to do that, we need to keep our distance from Will and Taranee for a while.", Hay Lin said. "But we could use some help from you guys. As well as Nigel and Caleb."
"Well, I can get Nigel.", Peter said knowing what was going on.
"And leave Caleb to me.", Elyon said. "Being his queen has it's advantages."
"Thanks, Elyon.", Cornelia said to her friend as they headed for their Homerooms.
Watching them from a distance were the Dark Guardians. Each had saw everything that had happened outside and were now wondering what their enemies were planning at the moment.
"Now what could they be up to?", Yan Lin questioned.
"Whatever it is, we can find out later.", Nerissa said as they were walking down the hall.
"As for you.", Angelo said as he held Cassidy's hand. "That was some peice of work you did with Neil."
"All I did was have him flirt with Will a little.", Cassidy said. "The kiss and everything afterwards was all him."
"Looks to me like this Neil guy showed his true colors.", Joe said as he and Kadma were holding hands.
"And they were some ugly colors.", Kadma said.
"Womder what punishment Knickerbocker will give Matt and Neil.", Nerissa said.
"They'll be suspended.", Halinor said. "That's what always happens when students fight."
"So, that means that his parents will ground him!", Cassidy sais.
"Which means that they'll be down one warrior.", Kadma said.
"And with little Irma in detention for the next four days, we can really have some fun with them!", Yan Lin said.
"This job just keeps getting better.", Angelo said as he and the Dark Guardians headed for their Homerooms.
As for Matt, him and Neil were suspened from school, just like Halinor said, and were picked up by their parents. Both were made to apologize to each other by their parents before they were driven home.
"Well, young man, I hope you're proud of yourself!", Mrs. Olsen said as Mr. Olsen drove the car home. "What were you thinking, getting into a fight?"
"It wouldn't of happened if he didn't say what he said about Will!", Matt said.
"So, you did it over your girlfriend?", Mr. Olsen questioned. "The same girl who you said had been flirting with the boy you fought?"
"Yeah!", Matt said. "But..."
"But nothing!", Mr. Olsen said. "Look, Son. I understand what it's like to fight to defend a girl's honor. I did the same thing for your mother when some guy kept hitting on her one to many times."
"So, what happened?", Matt asked.
"My parents grounded me for a week.", Mr. Olsen said. "They had me do chores during that time as well."
"Which is what we're going to do with you.", Mrs. Olsen said. "During your suspension from school, you will do chores around the house as well as do some studying. You will not leave the house, unless it's if we send you to the store or to your grandfather's pet store to help there. Which means no practicing in your band, hanging with friends, or going on any dates."
"But, Mom!", Matt began to complain.
"No buts, mister!", Mrs. Olsen said. "You do wrong, you get punished. Oh! And no phone or internet unless we say so!"
Matt then turned off his cell phone and gave it to his mother as his dad just drove to the driveway, of their home.
'This is just great! Matt thought to himself as he got out of the car. 'Bad enough I get suspended from school and get grounded. But now I'll be to busy doing chores and studying to help the others when the Dark Guardians pull an attack. Well, I can send Huggles to help them out.'
Once inside their home, Matt was sent to his room until further notice. Once in his room, Matt tossed his backpack in a nearby chair and then flopped down on his bed.
"Great.", he said in a dull tone as he looked up at the ceiling of his room. "This is just great."
A/N: Well, this is a fine mess! Bad enough Irma has detention for the next four days. But now Matt has a weeks suspension! And is grounded! Things are looking bad for our heroes! They're down one Guardian and down one Regent. But then again, they'll have Huggles to help. Hopefully that will be of some help. Hopefully.
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