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Chapter 17: School Trip Part 1

Clarence and the others were having fun at the back. They stood and walked back and forth the minibus, not minding how dangerous it was. Rapunzel stood and walked back and forth once or twice while Jack, of course, just sat and continued to watch movies in her laptop. He sat by the window because she was talking to Jenny about art stuff and…. More stuff he didn't understand. When he got bored of watching movies, he ate chips and cookies as Rapunzel and their club mates laughed and teased each other. They played games and sang songs. That time, the entire club was singing to No Boundaries (Kris Allen version) with emotions but a bit off-key they kind of made fun of it. Instead of saying "There are no boundaries," they said…

"There are no BROWN TREEEEES!" Jack's club mates sang in chorus. It made him turn his head and laugh. He looked up at Rapunzel who was kneeling on the seat, looking back at their club mates and singing along with them. He smiled when he heard her repeat the 'brown trees' for the final note. Everyone cheered and Clarence gave Rapunzel the guitar. She looked at him, "Sing along with us, Jack!" she smiled cheekily and folded up the armrest so she could rest the guitar on her lap. She began to pluck the strings. The notes were familiar to him. He just waited for the others to sing so he could remember what it was.

The boys started to sing, "Ohh wooah! Ohh wooah!" they sang a bit out of tune, "What time is it where you are?"

The girls started to sing, "I miss you more than anything!"

Jack was still trying to grasp the title of the song. He waited until the chorus.

"Back at home you feel so far" the boys continued.

"Waiting for the phone to ring." The girls clapped to the beat.

Clarence started to sing solo, "It's getting lonely living upside down. I don't even wanna be in this town." Then this time, the rest of the boys sang with him, "Trying to figure out the time zone's making me craaazzyyyyy!" And with that last note, Jack finally figured out the song and hesitatingly started to sing along with the boys, "You say good morning when it's midnight! Goin' out of my head, alone in this bed! I wake up to your sunset and it's driving me mad. I miss you so bad and my heart, heart, heart is so jet lagged. Heart, heart, heart is so jet lagged! Heart, heart, heart is so jet laaaagged… IS. SO. JET. LAGGED!"

The boys almost screamed, "Ohh woooaahh!"

The girls started, "What time is it where you are?"

The boys, "Five more days and I'll be home."

"I keep your picture in my car."

"I hate the thought of you alone."

Rapunzel sang solo; "I've been keeping busy all the time, just to try to keep you off my mind." All of them sang, "Trying to figure out the time zone's making me craaaazzzyyyy!"

Jack sat back on his seat and tapped his lap to the beat as if he was the one playing the drums. He bobbed his along with his tapping and didn't hesitate to sing. All of them were having a great time. They continued to sing songs until they reached Spring Cabin and no one cared if they were a bit off key at some notes. When they reached Spring Cabin, they all settled down but some still said jokes about what happened while they were singing and all of them laughed. They checked in and went to their cabin. They had two—one fore girls and one for boys. Their cabins were just beside each other and were with three other cabins. Trees surrounded them but there was a pathway that led to the center of the entire premises.

Jenny looked around, "This place is so beautiful."

Rapunzel stood behind her and also looked around, "Yeah. We're surrounded by nature!" she squealed. Jack glanced around the place.

Clarence came from behind them and placed his arms over their shoulders, "And I smell adventure!"

Ms. Claire chuckled, "We're not here for camping."

He pouted, "We might as well have a little adventure while we're here."

"Campfire's allowed but not in the forest."

"But aren't we already in it?"

Ms. Claire sighed and shook her head at the same time, "You know what I mean, Clarence. You're the president, you know better."

Clarence squeezed Jack and Rapunzel together, "I know, miss! We're just going to have ghost stories every night and have a look around is all. Besides, they should've put an electric fence as borders." He grinned, "Right guys?" he turned to the others and they nodded.

Ms. Claire shook her head and just smiled curtly, "Alright, alright. Guys, you'll be with my brother. Girls, let's go." The group divided. Rapunzel was the last to follow Ms. Claire. Jack called her before she could step inside their cabin. She looked at him, "What's wrong Jack?"

He was frowning down at the dirt, "I don't know how to get along with them." He muttered.

She smiled, "Don't worry about it," she tipped his chin with her finger, "You'll be fine. Just do what you did to me."

He arched a brow, "Freak them out?" he smirked.

She chuckled, "Oh, you…" she pinched his cheek. He smiled at her and pinched her nose, "Alright." He said and then, they parted ways.

Rapunzel went in the girls' cabin and went to one bunk bed and decided to have her place at the upper bed. Jenny settled at the lower bed, "Hey, Punz, do you want to share cabinets and drawers?" Rapunzel nodded and opened her bags. They decided that the two upper drawers and the left side of the cabinet were for Rapunzel and the two lower drawers and the right side of the cabinet were for Jenny.

Jenny smiled at her, "How are things with Jack?"

She smiled and blushed at the same time, "Great!" she tried not to sound too happy.

Meanwhile in the boys' cabin, Jack threw his bags at the top bed. He opened one bag and got his clothes and placed them in the drawers beside the bunker bed. Clarence settled his bags under their bed. "You can just put your bags under the bed too," he said. Jack looked at him and made a one-sided smile, "Thanks but, no thanks." He continued to put his clothes inside the drawers.

Clarence sat on the bed, "So," he started, "How's it going between you and Rapunzel?"

Jack stopped for a split second but continued, "Smooth." He said with a small smile.

Clarence smiled teasingly, "Has anything happened between you?"

This completely made Jack stop on his tracks and turn red, "What are you talking about?" he asked as casually as possible and pretended to continue fixing his clothes in the drawers.

"You know what I'm talking about." Clarence shrugged his brows, teasing him more. He swallowed, "Nothing happened." He replied.

"Are you sure?"

He glanced at Clarence slowly, his lips tight together. The boy laughed with a bit of nervousness, "I'm just kidding! So Jack, how is she as a girlfriend?"

If you guys only knew, he thought but answered anyway. He smiled, "Perfect."

Clarence smiled also, "I'm glad Punz finally has someone who can take care of her." He said and lied down, "She's always alone. Her parents aren't home. I'm glad you're stay with her, man." He grinned, "And I'm glad you're her boyfriend and not some drunk asshole."

Jack inhaled abruptly and looked at the drawer. For him it was a very big deal. They've only met a few times but this guy trusts him that he'll take care of Rapunzel. Clarence was like a big brother to her and he could see that. To be trusted by someone whom Rapunzel regards as a family was indeed a big thing. He thought about his fake relationship with Rapunzel. If he knew about it, would he still tell me that?, he asked himself.

"Jack… Jack?" Clarence called him. He snapped back to reality and looked at him. "Ms. Claire is calling us. Let's go." The boy said and went ahead of him. When they got out, everyone was gathered around the campfire stones.

Ms. Claire looked at all of them, "Today we'll be going to the museum so bring your sketchpads, charcoal pencils and money. If you have lunch, bring it along." As soon as she finished speaking, all of them went back in their respective cabins and got their things. They went to the parking lot and inside the minibus. It took them fifteen minutes to get to the museum. When they were in, they were allowed to search around and draw whatever they feel like copying for an hour and a half. Jack and Rapunzel settled on drawing Rembrandt's painting of Delilah betraying Samson. As they sketched, they had a conversation.

"Why do you like this painting?" Jack asked.

Rapunzel smiled as she continued to sketch, "Aside from the details on Samson's sash around his waist, the message is portrayed marvelously. You can sense betrayal because of the way Delilah holds up his hair." She smiled some more.

He smirked, "You're such a nerd." He finished putting the details on Samson's sash.

She nudged him, "Oh shut up." She smiled, suppressing the laughter building up in her.

He laughed a bit, "Nerdy Punzie." He teased.

She poked his side with the back of her pencil, "I said shut up." She tried to stop smiling wider but she couldn't control it.

He was just so wicked to her that he leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Nerdy Punzie." He teased again.

She raised her sketchpad up in the air and threatened to hit him. He raised his hand to 'cover' and defend himself. It felt very much like their first meeting. He grinned widely and chuckled, "Okay, okay! I'm stopping! I'm stopping!" Rapunzel put down her sketchpad and was about to draw but Jack just couldn't stop being mean to her, "Nerdy Punzie." He whispered again.

She frowned at him, "Jack!"

He only grinned at her. She hit his arm with her sketchpad, "Let's go." She walked ahead of him. They decided to sketch The Thinker next… at least Rapunzel did. Jack was only staring at the statue. He looked at her. She was concentrating on her drawing. Her eyes back and forth from the statue to her sketchpad, strands of her hair were hanging down her temple, her lips slightly open. He smiled gently and opened his sketchpad and started to draw. After ten minutes, Ms. Claire's brother passed by them and told them that they'll be having lunch in the nearby local restaurant. They told him they'll be on their way and continued to draw.

While in the restaurant, they were talking about how awesome in real life the paintings were. Some showed their works and compared each other's drawings. Jack was still eating his parfait while Rapunzel was sipping from her glass of red tea. They just watched their club mates praise and argue with each other about how better others were.

"Well, I want to see what Rapunzel made!" Catherine blurted out. The others looked at her. She looked at all of them and blinked once, "What?"

"We want to see what you drew!" Catherine and Clarence said in unison.

She gave them her sketchpad. They scanned the pages in awe. The others were tempted to look at it and they peeked. Ms. Claire smiled, "Look, bro. This is how good my student is."

Ian, Ms. Claire's brother, looked over her shoulder and smiled when he saw Rapunzel's drawings, "Wow! They're awesome! She's very talented."

Ms. Claire smirked, "Of course she is! She's one of my best students."

This made Rapunzel blush. Jenny smiled at her, "Also," she glanced at Ian, "She's a triple threat."

Ian's eyes widened a bit in delight, "Really?" he looked at Rapunzel, "What else do you do?"

Rapunzel squeezed her hands on her lap, "I-I dance and sing…" she was blushing more.

"Very talented…" Ian smiled at her. It made her want to hide her face.

Clarence looked at Jack, "Can we see yours?"

Jack handed him his sketchpad. He just kept quiet and looked at them as he continued to eat his parfait. They flipped the pages of his sketchpad. Jenny's eyebrow raised, "Not bad..." she smiled. Ms. Claire nodded as she looked at his drawings; "It's actually pretty good…" she said and smiled at him, "Good job, Jack." He smiled back. Clarence flipped the page and was a bit surprised at what he saw but smiled, "You're really good at drawing, man." The others smiled. Catherine couldn't help but squeal, "That is so sweet!"

Jenny looked at Ms. Claire, "This is valid right?"

Ian looked at her sister, "She was inside the museum."

Ms. Claire neither looked at them. She was too busy looking at the details of Jack's drawing, "Very good." She muttered.

Rapunzel became curious. What are they looking at?

Catherine snatched the sketchpad and showed it to Rapunzel, "Look at what your boyfriend did! It's awesome!"

Her eyes widened. It was a portrait of her. She felt a blush creep up her cheeks. She couldn't look at him even if she wanted to. Catherine gave Jack's sketchpad to her. She examined the portrait. He even did the shading!, she thought. She closed the sketchpad and gave it to him without looking at him, "That's… v-very nice, Jack." She was blushing again. When he grabbed his sketchpad back, their fingers brushed against each other and it made her blushed even more.

Clarence (kind of) whispered, "Kiiiiissss"

Jack almost choked on his saliva while Rapunzel squeaked.

"Come on you two." Catherine grinned at them. The others were teasing them with 'yiiiee's and 'kiss'es. Ms. Claire arched her brows teasingly, "Are you shy that I'm here? Don't worry. I won't tell. You're both grown up and we're not in school premises." She smiled cheekily.

Clarence kicked on Jack's foot slightly. Jack looked at him. He winked at him, "Come on, Jack. Don't be shy!"

"You too, Punz!" Catherine smiled teasingly at Rapunzel.

They continued to tease them until they gave up. Rapunzel lifted her face and as soon as she did, Jack kissed her cheek. Their friends cheered and commented on how cute they were. Rapunzel told them that they should go back to the museum but it only made them tease her and said, "So Jack could take more portraits of you."

She jerked back, "O-of course not!" she bowed her head and looked at Jack with her eyes, "Not that I don't want you to do that…" she mumbled to herself.

They returned to the museum and continued to sketch. They returned to Spring Cabin by sunset and had a campfire after washing up. All of them gathered around the campfire and roasted marshmallows. Clarence was playing the guitar and was singing with a few other friends. Jack and Rapunzel shared a stick of marshmallow by Catherine's request. The girl wasn't a wacko fan girl of Jack but she likes him enough to admire everything he does and find everything he says amusing…but she was more of their fan.

"I wish my powers work right now." Jack mumbled. The marshmallows stung his tongue.

Rapunzel chuckled, "You should've blown first." She said and blew on the side where he took a bite, "There!" she grinned at him. He took a bite and munched on the glorious thing. Rapunzel also took a bite.

Ian stood, "I'll be going now. Good night guys." He smiled at them and left. Ms. Claire followed, "I'll be going to bed too. Good night."

The students looked at each other with mischievous grins, save for Jenny, Jack and Rapunzel. Clarence was the first one to speak, "So, who's up for truth or dare?" he asked and the others agreed with him. "We're not going to be using bottles to be fair. We start with Mariah then go clockwise." He said as he gestured his hands. Some chose truth, some chose dare. Those who chose dare were told to dance, do ding-dong-ditch to the other cabins (well, they knocked because there's no doorbell), eat burnt marshmallows and some other stuff. When it was Rapunzel's turn…

"Truth or dare?" Clarence narrowed his eyes at her.

Rapunzel thought first, "Hmm… Dare?"

Clarence had an evil smile plastered on his face, "I dare you to… do a sexy dance on Jack." Everyone burst out laughing and giggling. Catherine's squeal stood out. Jenny smacked Clarence's back hard, "Clarence!" she frowned at him. He looked at her, "What? It's just for fun! Don't be such a kill joy." He pouted. She just rolled her eyes as she sighed. Jack and Rapunzel both had a horrified expression.

I'm going to what!?, Rapunzel thought in horror. Sure she danced but… a sexy dance?

The two of them avoided each other's gaze. Clarence smiled teasingly, "Well? Do it!" he laughed. The others cheered them, except for Jenny, who was just staring in disbelief at the both of them.

Jack stood up and offered his hand to Rapunzel. She took it and stood up. They were still avoiding gazes. Rapunzel pouted at Clarence, "Can't I do a different dare?"

Clarence shook his head, "That'll be unfair to the others." He smiled, "Go on, Punz!" he started to play a song in his phone on loudspeaker. The song was on the chorus and it was Love, Sex and Magic (Justin Timberlake). Some whistled, some teased, some cheered them.

Rapunzel swallowed, "I am so sorry," she whispered and looked at him apologetically.

Jack couldn't frown but he couldn't smile either, "I-it's fine. Just do it so it'll be over."

As what she was dared to do, she danced around Jack, sliding her hands on his arms, shoulders and back. There was a point that she had to slide her body against his side. On the other hand, Jack was just standing there like a post—straight and stiff. He didn't want to move any part of his body because he might touch something he didn't want to touch on her. He had to lower his head and bite his lower lip because he was feeling reluctant at what has happening to them. When the song finished, they both sat down.

"There! Are you happy?" Rapunzel grimaced.

Clarence grinned, "Satisfied." It's Jack's turn. "Jack," he started, "Truth or dare?"

Jack gulped. He sure didn't want to do dare but his daredevil side got the best of him, "Dare." What the hell!?

Clarence smiled at him, "I dare you to…"

Everyone anticipated for his words, even Jenny.

"Well, I just want to see this so…" he grinned, "I dare you to kiss Rapunzel—lips to lips."

Jack and Rapunzel sighed in relief, That was close, they thought.

"By lips to lips, I meant French kiss."

Well shit…

End of Chapter


-o- I really wanted to continue but I have to go. I promised a chapter so, here. I'm sorry if it wasn't as good as the other chapters. D: I'm really sorry! I'm also sorry about posting late. For those who haven't read Our Song yet, please do. I really want to know your insights about it. Thank you!

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