Two
*Hey guys! I totally forgot to insert this into the first chapter. But Review and Follow! I know this book has a small fanfiction fan base but I really want this to be a my sequel to Hoot. There'll be tons of RoyxBeatrice and MulletxNC. So enjoy!*
Thank god, it's finally lunch time Roy thought as he walked out of his World Geography class. He started walking down a set stairs since he was on the second floor of the High School. While he was walking he pulled out his phone and texted Beatrice.
[Roy] – Hey, where are you?
Roy continued walking, following the herd of students rushing to the lunch to be first in line for the crappy school food. He had gone through three classes already and they were a complete bore. Roy's first class was Geometry which didn't appeal to him since it was math and the teacher, Mr. Stockmen, had already assigned seats and homework for the students. So it was a "great" start Roy thought until he got into his second class which was Rec Activities. He didn't pack any gym clothes so he had to sit out as kids were playing a short round of tennis indoors. World Geography on the other hand was like Geometry, boring and annoying because he got homework from that class too. The only exception to that class was Garrett in that class who teased him because Roy wouldn't be able to hang out with him during lunch because he would be his "crush", Beatrice.
Garrett gave Roy a lot of crap for how time he spends with Beatrice, but Roy just shrugged it off. Roy felt his phone vibrate and saw a text.
[Beatrice] – At the tables outside.
Roy walked through the crowded cafeteria where kids sat accordingly to their "groups", there was a table for all the nerds that were all playing card games while the "popular kids" were probably socializing about the latest gossip. Roy didn't really see himself in a particular "group" because he just liked to hang out with his friends. He walked through the front doors of the school and saw the school's outside court where tables were out in the open sun. Roy scanned around and saw Beatrice seated at a table with two other girls, probably soccer jocks Roy thought. He walked over to the table and took a seat across from Beatrice and next a girl who introduced herself as Quinn Nelson. She had a deep tan with long brown wavy hair that was accompanied with her striking ice blue eyes, Quinn had a bright flowery top on with jean short shorts. She struck up a conversation with Roy as Beatrice talked with the other girl. Apparently, Quinn was a sophomore and already a favorite to be on Graham's JV soccer team
"So what do you do for fun Roy?" Quinn asked as Roy began digging into his lunch.
"Longboarding obviously," he joked," But I like going out on boats and just enjoying the wildlife you know?"
"You sound like such a damn hippie,"
"Thanks…?"
"I was joking!" Quinn laughed.
"Oh alright," Roy chuckled along, "So what about you? What do you like do for fun?"
"Soccer, obviously" Quinn teased, "Tanning and reading. But you should totally take me out on a boat sometime,"
"I'll keep the thought in mind,"
"Oh come on Roy!"
"Alright alright, "Roy surrendered, "What's your number?"
Beatrice felt a little bit of jealousy as Quinn was obviously flirting with Roy. She already had bunch jocks hitting on hers, why Roy Beatrice thought. Beatrice shoved these feeling away and said to Roy,
"Hey Roy, you wanna walk around a little bit? We still have a while to lunch ends,"
"Sure, see ya Quinn and you…" Roy said to the other girl.
"It's Regina," the girl said.
"Cool, later!" Roy said as he walked away with Beatrice.
Beatrice and Roy went over to nearby trash can to dump their food away. They began walking through school's big field where the football and soccer team practiced at after school. Roy suddenly stopped and sat down on his longboard. Beatrice walked a little bit till she realized what Roy had done and sat next to him in the grass.
"High school sucks," Roy said.
"You can say that again, three guys kept hitting on me in Geometry," Beatrice agreed.
"You're worrying about guys? I'm gonna die from the school work cause it means no more longboarding time,"
"And what about time with Mullet or me…"
"Bea," Roy looked over at Beatrice, "Of course I'll still hang out with you guys,"
"What about Quinn?" Beatrice said.
"I just met her, no telling what will happen with that,"
Roy sensed a little bit of jealous when Beatrice asked about Quinn. It was a little strange to think of, that Beatrice was jealous of a girl hitting on him.
But after that night on the beach under the stars he thought, she's the one. They held hands and even woke up together, after being cuddled up and spooning all night. It was a miracle Mullet didn't wake up before them and found them like that. Since then, Roy had no idea to do with these feelings for Beatrice but he tried to hide them from anyone. No telling what Beatrice would do if she found out.
"He said to meet at the boat yard, where the hell is he?" Beatrice said.
"Maybe we should check the boat he stays in," Roy suggested.
Beatrice looked over at him and pretended to shoot him with his hands because Roy seemed like he was always one step ahead of everyone. They walked along the trail to the boat yard talking about what Mullet was waiting to tell them.
"He managed to fish up a shark!" Roy said.
"You're so stupid!" Beatrice said.
"Y'all are stupid!" a voice came from the trees.
Like Tarzan himself, Mullet leaped down from the trees still dressed like the day Roy saw him. Same tattered Miami Heat's basketball jersey and cargo shorts, no shoes as usual. Beatrice jumped towards Roy, surprised from Mullet's sudden appearance. Roy had his arms around Beatrice, wrapped around for dear life.
"Mullet! You asshole!" Beatrice yelled.
"Quiet down Bea. Sup Roy!" Mullet laughed, "Let's go!"
Roy let go of Beatrice and ran after Mullet, it took a minute for Beatrice to click back into reality before rushing off with the boys. He held me, it felt nice. NO! You don't need him. Beatrice thought to herself.
The kids ran to Mullet's boat house and sat down for soda Mullet had to offer.
"Where'd you get these?" Roy asked.
"Oh, learned how to make vending machines give free soda," Mullet said.
"Anyways," Beatrice hit Mullet on the head, "What'd you bring us down here,"
"Alright so I was off on my boat, doing some fishing cause I was running low on food. Then all of a sudden a bunch of jet skis come zipping by my boat, almost knocking me into the damn water," Mullet explained, "I regain balance and start paddling towards those jet skiers, they looked like a bunch of trouble makers. So miles away from the boat yard, I see the jet skiers racing which fine. Until I see them harassing the turtles and even the gators!"
"So you want to stop them don't you," Beatrice said, shaking her head in disbelief.
"Hell yeah! And you guys can totally help me in this,"
"How?" Roy asked, both excited and scared
"I saw one of the jet skiers wearing a Graham high school shirt,"
"You want us to help don't you?"
"Yep and I already have a plan for this," Mullet smirked
"Mullet…what's the plan?" Roy asked, both worried and curious.
"We're gonna build a motorboat and chase them down," Mullet explained, "We have all the parts from the boat yard and they need to be stopped,"
Beatrice rolled her eyes from how crazy Mullet's plans were, but Roy saw this as another adventure which would be great because it would take his mind of off high school. Roy looked over at Beatrice and then looked over Mullet.
"Alright, so when do we begin?" Roy said.