WiR:High School Edition - Chapter 5!

-After Class-

"Looks like Rogers made some new friends." Says Calhoun, obviously surprised that someone would actually hang out with him. She certainly didn't excpect it to be that Transferree.
"O-oh. Yeah." Felix says sadly, remembering how he had to end his friendship with Ralph just to be with Calhoun. (Yeah, yeah, i know, OOC, Just bear with it.)

"He's heading our way. No words, remember." Calhoun says sternly to her boyfriend.
"O-okay." Felix replies gloomily.

"Hey, old buddy." Ralph says to Felix.
"Not a word." Calhoun whispers to Felix through gritted teeth. She never did get along with Ralph. She was stern, strict and commanding. And popular. Ralph had a hard outer shell but he's kind, caring and, well, good.
"H-hey, old friend" Felix says, conflicted.
"I just wanted to... umm..." Ralph started.
"What he means to say is reconcile your friendship." Vanellope finishes.
"Yeah, that." Ralph says.
"Oh. Really?" Felix says happily. "You're not mad?"
"O-Of course not, brother!" Ralph says, smiling a little.
"FELIX!" Calhoun says, outraged that her plan had failed.
"Oh. Right." Felix says, returning to his gloomy mood.
"Okay, I've had enough of this!" Ralph says, really angry at Calhoun.
"From 7th Grade, you've been keeping my best friend away from me, but now im going to take a stand!" Ralph shouts at Calhoun.
"He doesn't need you, pussywillow, you only bring him down. He needs to be popular! Unlike you, you big o-" Calhoun starts until she is interrupted by Felix.
"Ralph's right." Felix says.
"Looks like they don't need our help." Vanellope whispers to Joseph.
"Hold on, just stay here in case this escalates." Joseph whispers back to her.
"WHAT?!" Calhoun shouts at Felix.
"He's right. Real friends are more important than lovers that end friendships." Felix says, siding with Ralph. "I don't need to be popular to have real friends." He continues, nudging Ralph.
"Good to have you back, brother!" Ralph says happily.
"Why you little... You... Aghhhhh! DAMNIT! Fine! I'm sorry, Ralph" Calhoun reluctantly says, defeated before she could make a move.
"Check... and, Mate!" Joseph says. "Ralph wins this round!" Joseph chuckles.

"Let's start over, then." Ralph says. "Ralph Rogers. Nice to meet ya." Ralph says, holding out his hand. "Felix Monroe," Felix says, shaking Ralph's hand. "Tamora... Jean... Calhoun..." Calhoun says, still cooling off. She then proceeds to shake his hand reluctantly.

"And you two are?" Calhoun asks, changing attitude.
"Oh, i'm Vanellope Von Schweetz." Vanellope says with a smile.
Damn, she's cute. Joseph thought. "Oh, wait. I'm... Umm... Joseph Butterscotch. Nice to meet you." He says, hoping he wasn't thinking out loud.

"You two make a cute couple" Calhoun said. Hehehehe... Someone to pick on... They obviously like each other... Calhoun thought deviously.

"What? O-oh, r-right. W-We're not dating." Vanellope says both nervously and sadly.
"Y-Yeah" Joseph says, backing up what Vanny just said.
"Whatever you say..." Calhoun trailed off mischievously.

After talking for quite a few minutes, they headed home. For some weird reason, their houses were all up north. They decided to walk home together.

Ralph was the first to go. He went to his single-room bungalow. (Ralph's parents are divorced, his dad died but left him some stuff, his mom just left him.) Felix was next, then Calhoun.

Right as Joseph was about to go, Vanellope spoke.
"I wanna see what your place looks like,"
"Wh-what? It sucks. It's too sucky for royalty like you, princess" Joseph replies, half-serious, half-jokingly.
"Hey! If you're gonna start calling me princess, i'd rather be called president!" Vanellope says, not fond of her new nickname.
"Sheesh, it was just a joke. Anyways, my house sucks." He replies
"I still wanna see it." She says flatly. "Please?" Vanellope says, giving him the "puppy eyes" look.
"Fine. But you've been warned." Joseph replies, defeated.

They enter the apartment block.

"Ey!" Says a man with black hair wearing a white coat and red belt.
"Who's that?" Vanellope asks sweetly.
"It's old man Ryu. He taught me to be patient in fighting and counter when the time is right." Joseph replies nonchalantly.
"Oh." She replies, suddenly remembering that kiss.
"Well, here's the door to my apartment." Joseph says, both him and Vanny arriving at his door.
"Well? Open it, dummy." Vanellope says playfully.
"Yes, m'lady." Joseph says politely.

He opens the door.

Vanellope gasps.

Everything is in one room. Kitchen and dining is within 10 feet from the bed, the TV set was facing the bed, board games were stacked up on a side, A doghouse made of pizzaboxes housed Whitey, and junk was scattered around the room.

"Oh. My. Gosh. You live in this dump?" Vanellope asks, shocked.
"Look, this is all I got okay? I have no parents, i earn my own cash, this dump is my only place of rest. Now if you're just gonna insult my home, then i'm sorry, but you have to go." Joseph says, angered that Vanellope insulted his house.
"S-sorry." Vanellope whispers softly, realization slowly creeping into her brain. He had nothing else. Nobody for comfort except Whitey. And here she is, making him feel bad.
A tear rolled down her cheek. "I'm really sorry!" Vanellope says, her voice cracking.
"O-Oh." "I didn't mean to make you c-" Vanellope cut him off and hugged him tightly.

They just stood there, enjoying each others comfort for a whole minute.

"You have me now." Vanellope says softly.
"I know. Thanks. I needed this. Sorry for being a little mean a while ago." He replies
"It's okay. You're right. This is all you have. I understand."
Vanellope pulls away from him and smiles.
Joseph wipes a tear from her cheek.
"Sooooo, let's clean up your house." Vanellope says, perking up.
"Sure."

They clean for two hours straight.

"Phew. Who knew i had so much useful stuff lying around." Joseph says happily
"I'm still wondering why you need a gun." Vanny replies, holding up Joseph's double-barreled shotgun.
"For intruders. It's loaded with rock salt. It's meant to make people feel so much pain. Not death."
"Oh." Vanellope says. "So this is your house when it's clean." She says.
Before Joseph could say anything else, Vanellope cuts him off.
"Look, i know you said you weren't ready to date me yet but promised you would when you were ready, but i can't wait any longer. What if something happens to you before we even get the chance-" Vanellope starts.
"My turn to cut you off. I'm ready. Come with me." Joseph says, pulling Vanellope by the hand.

He leads her to a shed. He pulls out key and unlocks it.
Inside, Vanellope sees a dusty, old, Honda sport-bike.

Joseph brushes the dust off the motorcycle, gets on it, starts the engine then motions Vanellope to ride behind him. She does as she's told.

-Ten minutes later-

After getting off the motorcycle, Joseph leads Vanny up a ladder going up an abandoned gasoline station. She sees a small tower with a sign that reads; "Joseph's mini stargazing tower. KEEP OUT!" Joseph drags Vanny to the top of the tower.

"Wow." Was all Vanellope could say as she was taking in the AMAZING view.
"Vanellope." Joseph says, taking each of Vanellope's soft, warm and gentle hands into his rough, firm ones. "Yes?" She replies, looking radiant as moonlight lit up her face, the gentle breeze blowing her ponytail softly sideways.
"Will you be my girlfriend?" He asks, giving her a nervous look."
"Yes." Vanellope says, smiling. "Do you think that after all this, i'd have rejected you? This is the single most romantic thing anyone has done for me. ever." Vanellope says.
"Well then, i guess i can do this now."
Before Vanny could ask what that was, Joseph pressed his lips to hers with his hand caressing her cheek and his other hand gently stroking her hair. Vanny leans in to deepen the kiss, causing both of them to feel butterflies in their stomachs. They just stand there, melting into each other, kissing for exactly twenty-seven seconds. "I love you, Vanellope" Joseph says, out of breath. "I love you too, dummy." Vanellope says, overjoyed. "C'mon, let's get you home." He says, smiling at her.

-On the way to Vanellope's house-

Joseph turns on the radio of his bike. The song "On Top Of The World" By Imagine Dragons plays.

-If you love somebody, better tell them why they're here cause,
They just may run away from you/ You'll never know quite when, well,
Then again it just depends on, how long of time is left for you/

"Quite a fitting song, huh?" Vanny asks sweetly, tightening her grip on Joseph.
"I had no idea i had that song on my MP3 player." He replies, chuckling.

Joseph suddenly goes faster, the wind blowing through their hair. Vanellope happily screams

Take it in but don't look down/'Cause I'm on top of the world, hey

I'm on top of the world, hey/Waiting on this for a while now

Paying my dues to the dirt/I've been waiting to smile, hey

Been holding it in for a while, hey/Take you with me if I can

Been dreaming of this since a child/I'm on top of the world

Vanellope happily takes in all the sights we pass by, gazing intently at the stars.

She has all she needs now.

-30 minutes later, 7:12 PM-

-Song:" It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock n' Roll)" By AC/DC-

Joseph shuts the door to his house. (he had dropped Vanny off a while ago.)
He punches the air multiple times. "YES!" "I DID IT!" He exclaims, overjoyed.
"Rowf, Rowf!" Whitey barks in agreement. "This calls for pizza and music!" Joseph says happily. He orders 3 Extra large pizzas and 1 plate of lasagna. He then proceeds to turn on his stereo.

-Ridin' on the highway!/Goin' to a show!-

-Stop in all the by-ways!/Playin' Rock n' Roll!-

-Gettin' Robbed!/ Gettin' Stoned/-
-Gettin' Beat-up/ Broken-Boned!-

-Gettin' Had/Gettin' Took!-
-I Tell ya folks, it's harder than it looks.-

The pizza arrives. He invites his neighbors; Ryu, Mr. Bison, and old man Yoshi.

They all sing along. "It's a long way, to the top if you wanna rock n' roll!"

The night ends peacefully... And Whitey eats an entire pizza. Seriously.

One whole extra large pizza. No Joke. I'm rubbing it in. Muwahahahahaha!.

A/N: I have nothing to say for this chapter. You tell me about how i did.