Let The Good Times Roll
Chapter 6
Fighting Is Fun
I suppose I should be jumping in joy at the fact that I was right when I said Johnny was going crazy. He had brought Jimmy to the junkyard to fight him for Lola. However the problem I saw with this was simple, why fight over her?
Also, Lexi was always with Petey. And Petey likes to help Jimmy. So where were they? At the junkyard, where it's dangerous. So where was I heading at the moment? The junkyard.
I glared at all the preps and greasers I saw on my way. I also avoided the cops who chased after me. Honestly, I thought this was going too far for a simple high school romance. I mean, I wasn't all in the romance category so I probably would think its stupid either way, but high school romances work in like, one in a million.
"Hal!" I stopped at the end of the alleyway and ran over to him. He was lying on the floor looking quite beat.
"Hey Mara." he chuckled.
"You look like shit, now where's the rest of the greasers?" I asked.
"Junkyard," I snorted, I already knew that, I meant how to get there, "Its down the bike race trail and you make a left, keep going until you reach the jump."
"Thanks Hal." I thanked as I stood up.
"Hey, if this ends, make sure Johnny breaks up with Lola." called Hal. No worries about that, I'd tell him to do that either way.
When I reached the junkyard I almost face palmed. Petey and Lexi were climbing a large crane while Jimmy avoided getting whacked by Johnny who was riding around on a bike. I sighed and ran around the arena. I made my way up the crane and got to the top as Petey figured out how to turn it on.
"This is so stupid." I yelled as I looked down. Johnny, stupidly might I add, rode under the crane and his bike went flying up. Johnny hung on, but eventually fell off.
"At least the odds are even now." laughed Petey. I sighed and watched.
"Yeah, its fair now." agreed Lexi.
"Jimmy is going to win, Johnny is already tired and Lola isn't worth it." I stated as we watched the fight. Eventually, Jimmy kicked Johnny down and straddled him before punching him repeatedly. Jimmy rose, Johnny did not. I slid down the cranes ladder and jumped down into the arena where Jimmy was boasting about how he had defeated 'The King'. Johnny was mourning his loss on the floor.
"Oi, dumbass," I called, when Jimmy didn't respond I added, "Oi, souless dumbass." Jimmy looked over at me.
"Leave before I kick your ass." I ordered. He stalked up to me.
"You think you can beat me?" he laughed. Faster than you'd think I had grabbed the front of his jacket and hauled him up, since I was that much taller than him he struggled for a bit as I held him up.
"Stop being a dumbass, you won here. I will kick your ass, you're tired from other fights and my fighting skills are from street fighting with muggers, I'm going to win either way. If you want to lose your dignity, just say so." I gave him a sickly sweet smile as Petey and Lexi reached us.
"Fine, I'll leave. C'mon Pete." I dropped Jimmy who stormed away with Petey following.
"Go." I ordered Lexi who rushed after them. I kneeled down next to Johnny who was staring at the sky.
"Lola isn't worth this, you lost your dignity to a short moron who kicked your ass in front of most of your gang." I lectured.
"I know Mara, I know. You ain't got to lecture me." he muttered.
"Well I am since you don't understand things; Lola is a cheating, lying, slut whose best interest is to get money from the rich boys and to get status from you. Dump her sorry ass before something stupid like this happens again." I replied.
"You really think I should, dump her I mean?" I gave him a deadpan expression.
"I've been trying to tell you to dump her skanky ass for quite a while, now go do it while I wake the rest of the guys up." I ordered as I stood. I helped Johnny up and climbed up the side to where most of the greasers were stunned or unconscious. I simply kicked each guy a few times to make them wake up, of course Norton I had to pour water on from a water bottle Peanut found. Norton now smells like piss.
"Thanks Mara." grumbled Norton. I gave him a cheeky grin before leading turning.
"I'm going back to the school now, you all do whatever." I then stalked away feeling quite successful. The day had gone well in my opinion.
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I suppose the rumors should have been expected. The one that pissed me of to no extent though, was this one.
"Did you hear? I heard that Johnny cheated on Lola with Mara and that they broke up and now he's pinning after Mara!" I heard someone whisper. I clenched my fist and my pencil splintered. I turned around and the two girls paled upon realizing that I was actually in class. Damn the prefects.
"If you want the real story, he dumped her because she's sleeping around, I did nothing but witness a few things. Now, if I hear this rumor from anyone else's mouth, I'm going to hunt you two down and bash your heads in until they're flat!" I snarled. The two girls nodded their heads quickly. I nodded back and turned around to find a prefect leaded a disgruntled looking Johnny Vincent and Peanut Romano. The prefect scolded them before leaving. They looked around the room before their eyes landed on me. They both came and took a seat on either side of me.
"Ey Mara." greeted Peanut.
"Sup, how'd you guys get caught?" I questioned, leaning back so my chair was on its back legs. I placed my crossed legs on the desk and looked at Peanut expectantly.
"Cops found us in New Coventry while on a drug bust." sighed Johnny.
"That sucks, the prefect saw me sneaking from the girls dorm to the fence to climb out." I commented as our teacher, Mr. Hattrick or whatever, came in. His eyes landed on me and the two greasers on my flank.
"Miss Akuma," a few anime watchers snickered, they knew Akuma translated to nightmare, "Four legs on the ground."
"Meh." I allowed my chair to hit the ground; however I stayed in an impressive stretch with my legs still on my desk.
"Miss Akuma." he growled. I gave him a smirk.
"What? I have four legs on the ground." I gestured to the four chair legs that now rested on the floor.
"Fine, six legs on the ground." he growled. I slid my legs across, almost taking off Johnny's head in the process, and stomped them on the floor with an audible thunk from the metal tips. Mr. Hattrick started his lesson; however this period was like two hours so I decided to make the most of it.
I threw the paper balls, paper airplanes, the paper shuriken, and the paper frogs. However the spitballs weren't mine, they were Peanut and Johnny's. Of course I saw Jimmy in the corner throwing things around the room.
I can't say it was my fault when the spitball hit Mr. Hattrick in the head. He flew around with his face scrunched up in anger. His eyes landed on me, as I had the paper near me.
"Miss Akuma!" he roared. I scowled.
"I don't do spitballs." I replied calmly. So calmly, that it pissed him off.
"Principal's office!" he bellowed, pointing to his door. I grabbed my bag and swung it on my shoulder; I walked towards the door, but not before taking a paper airplane and making an amazing throw that swooped across the room and knocked a large pile of stuff from his desk down. Before he could yell at me more, I slid out the door and sprinted down the hall.
I did go to the principal's office, and Mr. Crabblesnitch wasn't happy to see me. I just got a boring lecture where he threatened to send me to detention next time, as this one was just a warning. Yeah yeah, I didn't really care. I heard detention as shoveling snow or cutting the grass, easy really.
After getting yelled at the bell had rang so I left the school building and made my way to the school gates. I wandered through town before I went through New Coventry. I didn't run into any greasers, which shocked me.
After my walk I went back to the school and decided to goof off in the auto shop, but that was surprisingly void of greasers too. I decided to stay and work on my bike by myself.
Lexi's POV
Gym wasn't my favorite class, nor was it Petey's favorite class. We both usually stayed more in the back of the room rather than in the front where we would be picked off first.
I wasn't very athletic, I was about as flexible as an antique chair and the only thing I could do was run really. Anything else and I sucked.
Petey wasn't very athletic in the first place, but he wasn't good at running because of his limp. And I was starting to get very curious about what caused his limp. I decided that I was going to ask him after gym.
After gym came faster than I expected, it was probably because we were wrestling so I didn't have to participate. I daydreamed the entire period.
I kept thinking up reasons for Petey's limp. Maybe he was attacked one day and it never healed? Or maybe it was a birth defect. Maybe Petey was experimented on by our crazy chemistry teacher, or maybe the cafeteria food tried to eat his leg!
Some of my ideas were not very smart or realistic.
"Hey Petey!" Petey stopped and turned as I ran up to him. Usually we met outside the gym since usually it took him forever to change out of the gym clothes.
"What is it Lexi?" asked Petey, knowing I had a question. We started walking through the gym.
"I was wondering where you got that limp from, it's been killing me." Petey's mood darkened a bit.
"You don't have to tell me." I said after a moment of tense silence. Petey sighed and he grabbed my arm before dragging me over tot eh side. He climbed up over the wall, and then he pulled me over. We landed on the other side and we sat there for a few moments. Then he pulled his pant leg up to his knee.
My eyes widened.
"You have a robot leg?" Petey looked like he was trying to decide between being upset or laughing. He finally decided on laughing.
"It's a prothstetic leg." he corrected, "Not a robot leg." Oops.
"How come you have a prothstetic leg?" I asked after a moment.
"When I was twelve I was in a car accident, it hurt my leg a lot and it got infected. They had to amputate my leg because of the infection." Petey explained.
"Oh, I see…." I trailed, trying to think of a way to brighten the mood.
"I think my sister almost had to get her leg amputated. She was in the hospital for awhile, she got sick. This disease cut off the blood to her fingers and legs, luckily she was fixed in time to save her limbs." I announced.
"You have a sister?" questioned Petey. I nodded.
"A twin, and a little one." I replied.
"Why don't they go to our school?" asked Petey. I shrugged and looked down.
"Um, Mara can explain it better." More like she can lie better.
"Oh, so it's complicated?" I nodded at Petey.
"I see…" We sat there in a calm silence for awhile until we stood and left.
Boy was Mara going to be proud that I managed to ask Petey about his limp! Usually I avoided asking such serious questions.
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I had no idea where Mara was. But I did find the usual note in her diary.
December 12th,
Tomorrow is my birthday. I've decided that I'm going to disappear for the day. I hate my birthday. That's why no one knows when it is!
Anyway, so the greasers are being idiots lately, they haven't been coming to school and they're nowhere to be found in New Coventry, although Peanut and Johnny were caught and brought in today. They left right after though.
Also, I think the schools beginning to grow on me. I'm enjoying myself. There's still a ton of fighting, but I like fighting.
Fighting is fun.
AN
So, this feels like it took forever.
Sorry.
This chapter is also short.
Sorry.