aN: Again sorry for the extremely late update, writer's block. Well here it it. Thank you for the wonderful reviews last Chapter, I really made my day, I hope you guys are still there Again I'm sorry. And sorry again if I disappoint. I'll stop now…
CHAPTUH 4
The Aftermath…and the boyfriend?
The bright sun hovered above with its resolute warmth as it filled the atmosphere with full chanted glee. The delicate clouds, thin as the night's mist, swept slowly upon the clear blue sky. The perfect sunny day…No matter how obviously cliché these words are used to describe this morning view, his wondering thoughts couldn't justify its warmth any better or maybe his wondering thoughts were currently too pre-occupied, wondering else where, to mind the weather today.
Most…scratch that, all of his thoughts drifted to the events two days ago, with the weather disastrously opposite to this fine day. About an interesting blond girl that left with his prized tiger striped sweater and his unrelenting curiosity and fondness.
How couldn't he stop thinking about it. The best and most memorable day- off or you can say, the best and most memorable afternoon ended in a bittersweet note.
She was there, alone with him, her fragile form enveloped in his arms, her hands clasped around his neck for support. He had her inches away. There were no unfitting awkwardness and uneasiness filling the air. Chad charmed a warm smile, noting her radiating cheeks as the admirable reaction he received from her.
Then the moment was quickly ruined…the sound of a loud honk of a car horn and the revving engine underneath its hood.
Chad stepped out of his trance as Rachel jumped back to her feet. His mind started to register again. He tried to fix the room in lightning speed, starting from all the soda stains on the coffee table, up to the crumbs on the floor and the couch.
Incredible timing…Now his parents are gonna throw at least twenty questions at him. They'll start asking things like where did all the oreos and peanut butter go? Why is there a huge soda spill on the carpet? Who's your little darling friend? Why is she wearing your sweater? Is she your little girlfriend? Maybe later they're gonna tell her embarrassing secrets while they show her his naked baby pictures.
Speaking of her, Chad noticed the lack of her presence. He turned around and saw that she was gone. His parents entered the room and asked him why he was shouting, calling to no one like an idiot. Now that you think of it, the twenty questions would have sounded better. At least if she stayed, he wouldn't be moping around, eating peanut butter alone in his couch.
After that day- off Chad was locked in his office, buried under tons of paperwork, he was too busy to search for her personally. Numbuh 362 as a spy had discreet personal data under her profile, no address, that's why he asked covert op spies, to do the searching, it's a good thing the elite operatives never bother asking questions.
He called her a billion times before he noticed that the annoying beep he kept hearing wasn't just in his head but it belonged to her communicator that she carelessly left downstairs. Now that leads us to the conclusion of this overrated summary.
After he found her available address he cleared his afternoon schedule and went straight to her school. The girl was too sneaky, all the elite operatives could only dish out her school address.
Chad was a patient guy, but two days was enough of a wait. His sparkling blue eyes scanned the location, while he fiddled her communicator in his hand.
It was 3:30, the file said that she would be out by 3:00. The school resembled Hogwarts with its high beautifully structured but bluntly colored walls while every student wearing the same colored uniform and the same snobbish elite attitude on their sleeve. It's as if the place was a place for Delightfulization. He was currently waiting in front of a strict private school for rich kids. He could have never guessed that such a charming, fun, pretty and daring girl like Rachel belonged in this school.
Under a shady tree, along the school's fresh grass grounds, a blond boy leaned casually, sculpting mysterious shadows under his eye catching features. His nimble smile and his football jersey that had the word quarterback stamped on it was enough to win them over. He was attracting a lot of girls as they hounded around him. Some of them tried to gauge his attention to start a conversation, he politely obliged but with much less enthusiasm since he was here for a much more interesting reason.
"my name's Chad Dixon" All the girls giggled and gushed as he flashed a knowing smirk.
"Your cute"
"You have nice eyes"
"Are you really a quarterback?"
"How old are you?"
"Why are you here"
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Are you here to see your girlfriend?"
"What's the name of that girlfriend you've been looking for?"
That last girl shot him a venomous look, Chad was starting to get overwhelmed with all the girls bombarding him all at the same time. He raised his brows at some of the questions but composed himself to answer them calmly and confidently one at a time. He raised his hands to silence their outburst.
"Well thank you for the compliments ladies, Yes, I am a quarterback. I've just turned 12, I'm here to see someone and no I'm not seeing someone…yet" He winked at them.
The girls beamed at him. "Well now that I've answered all your questions, would you mind answering one of mine"
"YES! I'll be your girlfriend!" Three of the delusional girls answered in unison. He chuckled inwardly. He hasn't lost his touch, his boyish devil may care smile left them swooning over him.
"Sorry that's not what I'm asking" He gently smiled reassuringly at the embarrassed girls.
"Do any of you lovely ladies know Rachel Mckenzie" Chad was surprised at the girl's reaction, they were rendered speechless for a moment while they all took a collective gasp.
A brunette with an aristocratic nose asked wide eyed "Rachel Mckenzie as in Rachel Mckenzie"
Chad quirked a brow. Why were they so shell shocked, it's not as if he came to see the principal or the rainbow monkey king.
He crossed his arms across his chest. "Yeah, What's wrong with me waiting for Rachel Mckenzie" Some of the girls whispered with one another. They stopped their girlish squirms. Everyone took a step back except for a beautiful girl with short curly dark hair that touched his shoulder as she leaned close to him.
"How 'bout instead of waiting for her you could go on a date with me right now"
Chad was about to politely decline her offer when the girl linked her arm around his, batting her long lashes and tugged his sleeve.
"HEY!" Suddenly a teenager roared at him and came marching from behind, he was a bit taller than him, maybe 13 yrs old by the looks of it. "What are you doing with my girl?"
Instead of cowering from fear he grinned at the boy. "Oh really is she your girl?" Chad asked nonchalantly, he glanced back at the girl, flashing her the same grin. "Could have fooled me?"
Instantly the boy delivered a mean punch, Chad, with his amazing reflexes dodged it. He detached himself from him as he took his aggressive fighting stance. Despite of the teen's size advantage, Chad was agile. The plan was to take the defensive mode until the stamina of his opponent dwindled in which he found out was quickly approaching. The teen threw a couple more punches and kicks which he easily blocked and avoided. He couldn't help but feel smug about his situation cause by the looks of it he was winning.
Students poured in to watch the debacle.
"left, right, jump, dodge with right arm—" he had the habit to analyze the pattern of his opponent's swings in his head but he lost focus when he saw set of golden straight locks and chocolate brown eyes on the other teens shoulder. The teen took advantage of the momentarily lapse he swung his foot under him. Chad fell to the ground.
The teen straddled him on the ground as he roughly pulled his shirt."Any last words, you arrogant brat" The teen raised his fist, he aimed it straight at his face for a satisfying punch. He glared at the teen.
"Blaise!"
In a blink of an eye. the teen was pulled away from him, his arm twisted behind his back. Chad eyes widened, both his brows disappearing in his hairline. In front of him was Rachel with her blond hair swaying in the wind and brown eyes fierce, restraining the teen effortlessly.
"What is the meaning of this!" The crowd parted to reveal a fuming teacher with a huge bald spot. Rachel and the teen stood primly once again. "Why are you fighting?"
The old man dragged away the teen by the ear and her by the arm. "You young man are in great trouble"
Rachel blocked his way, her face stern "Sir, I believe no punishment should be sentenced before hearing the side of this student" The teacher looked at her curiously somewhat amused with her brave statement.
The man sneered "Nonsense, he was engaging in a fist fight, end of story"
"Sir we should set aside our personal grudges at the moment. He had just mistaken my friend for an intruder and a stalker of one of my classmates, it was a simple misunderstanding, no one got hurt, he was merely meaning to alarm my friend for him to leave…Trust me, I witnessed the whole scene"
All of the students and even the teacher was stunned with her impressive speech. The old man released the teen's ear. "Fine, I believe you since you were the one who seemed to stop the whole fiasco Ms. Mckenzie" The teen slyly grinned. He turned his furious stare from the teen to Chad. "Instead you should get detention, allowing friends in the campus during school hours is strictly against the rules "
She calmly looked at her gold encrusted watch "It's already afterschool hours sir and the manual states that we are not allowed to bring friends in the building not the whole campus"
"Very well then" The old man looked like a glowing red que ball by now. He straightened the lapel of his coat, sticking his nose up in the air. "Your exceptional reputation still precedes you Ms. Mckenzie"
He completed on lest defying glare at the both of them. "I'm keeping an eye on both of you" He turned on his heel and swiftly walked away.
The teen smiled while scratching the back of his head. "Thanks Mckenzie, That jerk really hates m—"
"Owww!" She kicked his shin.
The teen hopped with one foot. He raised his head to glower at her. "What was that for"
"For starting a fist fight Blaise!" A triumphant smirk cracked upon her stern expression.
"hey I thought you didn't believe that! It was that pretty boy who started it anyway" He pointed an accusing finger at Chad. "He's hitting on my sister!"
The girls surrounded him again as Chad dusted himself off the ground. He heaved a deep sigh, definitely tired of this mushy attention. "Oh she's your sister…I thought she was your girlfriend"
Rachel stepped between the two boys to stop Blaise from charging at him again like a crazed bull. "I would have my fist on your face if you weren't one of Rachel's friends" He looked away
He locked his gaze on Rachel, still amazed from her actions. She effortlessly detained his opponent, stood up in front of an adult with a clever argument and earned the loyalty and trust of the teen as if they were friends and equals. "I wasn't hitting on your sister"
Chad smirked. He spoke loud enough for all to hear
"I would have kicked your butt if my girlfriend isn't stopping me right now."
Everyone broke to another set of collective gasps, Rachel choked a bit, all of the color drained from her face.
Blaise was the first to recover, he immediately sent a threatening look at him. "Hey brat…Your Rachel's boyfriend?"
"The name's Chad…Yes do you have a problem with that" Chad cocked his head to the side.
"I thought you weren't seeing someone?" All three snapped there heads around as one of the girls asked.
"I saw… better yet found her now"
If looks could kill Chad would be crawling on the floor by now. "Your lying!"
Blaise was about to start another ramble, Chad was more than ready to oblige him with a fight. Rachel pinned Blaise's shoulder.
"No it's true, I'll be fine Blaise" She smiled with the calm composure left in her. Blaise instantly softened as she saw Rachel. He sighed.
"I'll be watching you Chad" He took one last look at Chad, stressing his name venomously. "Take good care of her"
"I'll always will"
He dug his pocket to reveal her communicator.
He kneeled in front of her and took her hand, clasping the band around her risk. "Oh yeah you forgot your watch at my house, Rach" Chad stood up and flashed everyone his heart stopping boyish smile.
"Let's get out'ta here"
Chad winked at her clutching her hand in his. He dragged her out of the confused emotional booming crowd, rendered speechless, and finding everything that's happening so hard to believe.
aN: It's done! BBBBUUUUUZZZZZZ! NO IT's NOT YET, I'm just messing with you! Haha…so the next chapter involves meatball sandwiches. Please Read and Review. As always comments, suggestions and violent reactions are welcome.
-naSH XP