Hey Guys. Here is Chapter 2. I Hope you all like it.
Chapter Two
"Maya! Are you awake?" I heard someone shout, while banging their fist on my door. I opened my eyes and groaned, waiting for the noise to end. When it didn't I grumbled, "Yeh, I'm awake," and crawled out of the warm clutches of my bed.
While going through my normal routine of getting ready for school in the morning, I thought back to my dream that had occurred that morning. Majority of it was true, actually all of it was except for Josh and I being together and all the lovey-dovey stuff. In reality Josh and I are the best agents in Buddyguard, however we can't stand each other. I'm not sure what happened between the two of us, we were really close friends, so close that you couldn't separate us. But then one day, about 2 years ago, Josh left for a secret assignment and he came back changed. He wouldn't talk to me he almost seemed broken. We've hated each other since; sure we would go on assignments and that together and fair enough, no one has caught us with capture the principle in forever. But trust me when I say, that those five or less days are filled with awkwardness and absolute silence.
Over the years of being around Josh and with all the time we have to spend together, I have developed a little crush on him, okay maybe a huge crush. But he has made it blatantly clear, that he is not interested in me. So I have had to push down my feelings for Josh and move on with my life.
After I changed, I went to the kitchen to find my mom and Shawn laughing at the dinning room table with pancakes in front of them. "Morning," I say as I sit down in front of my own stack of pancakes. "Morning sweetie," my mom greets me with a warm smile. Ever since she and Shawn got married it's like she is a different person completely, instead of a sad, never here mother, there is a happy women that glows every morning. Shawn gave me a huge smile as he watched me devour my pancakes. "So Maya, what time must I pick you up from school?" Shawn asked me as I washed our breakfast plates. "No, it's okay I will walk home. I should be home by five," I say thinking of the Buddyguard training I have to do after school. "Well I'm going to be at your school anyway, Cory says he has something to show me," Shawn shouts as I make my way to the door. I don't really register what Shawn says but before I closed the door I yelled a goodbye.
As I made my way to school I saw my ex-best friends walk across the road a few meters in front of me. My mood went from happy to sad in a matter of seconds. I missed them a lot but I had to isolate myself from them as it was too dangerous for me to be friends with them. I love my job at Buddyguard, but I really hate the sacrifices. Riley and Lucas walked side-by-side laughing at something Lucas had said and Farkle and Smackle walked hand in hand, looking like one of those couples that go skipping along the beach. I smiled for a moment, and then frowned as I wish I were there with them.
As I walked through the front doors to my school I caught Riley looking at me with sadness in her eyes, I can tell she misses me as much as I miss her, but every time she tries to make up with me I shut her out, just like her father told me to. I walk straight to my locker to see Josh, the one person I was dreading to meet at this time of morning, leaning against my locker. He looked like one of those perfect models posing for a picture. "What do you want?" I question, as I get closer to my locker. "Cory needs us at headquarters, he said its urgent," Josh replies in a monotone and not even meeting my gaze. Not even waiting for a reply Josh pushes of my locker and walks away. After staring at the same spot that Josh occupied only minutes ago, my mind was racing. Racing so much that I didn't even notice a tall brunette occupy that void that Josh had left behind. "Hey Maya," Riley said with a sheepish look, like she wasn't sure she should be talking to me. "Hey," I said without even realizing that I had just spoken. After the words came out of my mouth I jolted from my thoughts and stared at Riley to see her reaction, it was pure shock. It was the first time I had said anything to her in over a year. Before she could say anything else I run in the direction that Josh had headed, running away from a fragile situation that I did not want to get involved in.
After making multiple turns and twists, I reached the Janitors closet. Looking left then looking right to make sure no one saw me I walked through the door and came face to face with Janitor Harley. "Hey Kiddo," Janitor Harley greeted me. "Hey Mr. Harley, how doing this morning?" I responded giving him a quick hug. Mr. Harley was not only the school Janitor, thanks to Cory, but also the guard to the secret door to Buddyguard headquarters, he made sure that no curious teens wondered in. "I'm good thanks Kiddo, Mr. Grumpy is waiting for you in the elevator. Good luck," he said giving me a pat on the back. Mr. Grumpy was our code name for Josh, as he also seemed so grumpy every day. I smiled back at Mr. Harley and headed for the secret door that lead to the elevator, dreading the alone time I would have to spend with Josh.
After punching in a few codes the door opened to reveal a silver box. It was a plain box and the only form of life was Joshua Mathews, who was leaning against the frame by the buttons looking very angry. "You late," he said giving me a quick death stare, like I'm the most disgusting thing to every walk this earth. "Yeah, well, you a jerk," I snap at him. For a second a dark shadow crossed over Josh's face, like that comment actually hurt him. But just as fast as it came it disappeared before I could figure out what it actually meant. Without another word Josh pressed a button that would take us to the main conference room, where Mr. Mathews would speak to us.
After an excruciating minute and a half of silence, but to be honest it felt like an hour, we arrived at the conference room with Mr. Mathews pacing by the projector. "Oh good, you both here, take a seat," he said indicating the two seats that had folders placed in front of them. "Okay, so due to both your successes and that you two are the best agents we have at Buddyguard, the President himself has requested you two for this particular assignment. It is a matter of national security!" Cory finished looking at us with a dead serious look. "You two have been assigned to watch over the presidents children while they are on a boat cruise for the next month." Corey finished waiting for our reactions.
At first I was shocked but when it finally hit me I bolted up from my seat, "Say WHAT now?!" I shouted at him, Josh just remained in his seat looking calmly at a spot on the desk in front of him. "I have to spend a whole month with HIM!" I continue my rant, sometimes switching from English to French to Latin and even to Afrikaans, while Josh just sat there. "Maya!" Mr. Mathews interrupts my ranting, "trust me when I say that is not the only thing you will be worrying about," he said as he pointed to the door to show that the President was standing in the doorway. "Cory! I trust that you have told your agents the news. And from the sounds of it, it seems that someone is not at all happy about it," the President said giving me a pointed look. I sat down very quickly, so quickly that I heard a chuckle come from Josh's direction. Glad to see he finds me amusing.
"Right," the President said rubbing his hands together, "my family and I, my children's closet friends, and now you two are going to be going on a cruise around the world. But, as always, there will be some people that want me and will use any means necessary to get me, which is my family. So you two are going to be looking after my children and keeping an eye on their friends while we travel the seven seas. Got it?" The President said getting right to the point but still looking for confirmation from both of us. I nodded my head and Josh gave a quick, "yes sir." I was half expecting him to salute. "Good," the President responded, "now are there any questions?" He looked at both Josh and I very closely, like he was analysing any potential threats. "Just one, sir," I say looking the President straight in the eyes, " who are your children?" Cause to be honest I thought the President had no children. The President smiled and nodded to Cory, who pressed something in his ears and whispered a few words. Suddenly the doors opened to reveal to dark figures.
I couldn't make out their faces, but one was definitely a girl, as her long hair was a dead giveaway. And the other had the broad shoulders of a boy, with a rather larger build. When they came into clear view, and I got a glimpse of their faces, I dropped the folder I was holding in my hands. I heard it hit something, but I wasn't sure what it was until I heard a scream of pain come from Josh, I must of dropped it on his foot. Good, he deserves it for being such a jerk. But back to the President children, I had to look again to make sure I was seeing correctly, and it seemed that the boy was doing the exact same thing. "No way," I whispered as my brain finally caught up with the situation that had unfolded right in front of me. It all made sense now, why he always stayed clear of big crowds, why he always seemed to know what to say, why he was such a good leader, because his father was the President. The boy and I just stared at each other, in complete shock and as he opened his mouth to say something I stormed past the two siblings and headed to the weapons area. I could not believe that he didn't tell us who he really was, that he didn't tell Riley, how could he do that. I replayed the scene over and over again in my head and his face always seemed to be more focused every time, it was Lucas.
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