"Wakey wakey." I heard a voice say and when I opened my eyes I found a familiar face grinning down at me.
"Morning Berto." I said as I sat up. It then I discovered that he was wearing a black hoodie and his usual red shirt. "What time is it?"
After pulling back his sleeve. Berto studied his watch. "It's 12pm now." He answered and it took a moment for my mind to catch up. When I realized what he'd just told me my eyes went wide. Seeing the shocked look on my face he chuckled. "Relax you have plenty of time."
"I really didn't mean to wake up this late." I said as I climbed off the couch and stood. Walking into the hallway I asked where Shock had disappeared to.
"Well he's been waiting for you to wake up." Berto answered and when I looked a little guilty he shrugged. "Relax would you? You were pretty exhausted yesterday so I'm not really surprised that you've only just woken up." Seconds later Shock flew into the hallway and almost collided with me.
"Oops sorry Jessie." He said and I smiled at him as he righted himself and hovered in front of me.
"No problem. Is anything wrong?" I asked him and a smiley face appeared on his face.
"Not really. I was on my way to find you actually. So are you ready to go?" He asked me. When I gave him a nod, Berto coughed.
"What's up Berto?" I asked and he pointed to my Base suit." Oh right I forgot." I answered and he smiled. Rolling his eye, Shock linked with me and within moments there was a burst of green light. When it vanished I was wearing something new. "Whoa where'd this come from?" I asked. Instead of my usual hoodie and shirt I was wearing a purple top with Shock's outline on it and a black hoodie as well as my usual green sneakers and jeans.
"Just something I came up with recently. What do you think?" Shock asked as he detached.
"Wow it's wonderful. Thank you." I said as I admired my new look, not noticing that Berto was doing the same.
"You're welcome. I think Berto likes it too." Shock commented his arms folded and that's when I noticed Berto staring at me.
"I believe you're right Shock." I said looking over at him and the instant he realized he'd been caught he coughed.
"Um oops?" He said and I laughed. "I guess you caught me…."
"Admiring the view?" I finished for him and he blushed. Curious Shock asked me why Berto was blushing. "Because what I said means that he likes what he sees." I explained and this time he face palmed. "Hey he did ask." I said with a cheeky smile on my face.
"Thank you for that." Berto muttered, looking up. "Can we head out now or do you want to make fun of me some more?"
"No I'm good." I replied and he seemed relieved. "Besides I can do that anytime." I added and he rolled his eyes at me. Before we left I remembered to grab my backpack and Shock flew inside. Pretty soon we were standing just outside the front doors of Copper Canyon High School.
"So what do your friends look like?" Berto asked as we waited for my friends to arrive.
"Well Sydney has blond hair that she keeps tied back and Kirby has brown hair and he's usually wearing a beanie. Oh there they are." I said as my friends spotted me.
"Hey Jessie." Sydney said as she and Kirby walked over. "So is this the boyfriend you were telling us about?" She asked looking at Berto. "Hi I'm Sydney and this is Kirby. Nice to meet you."
As Berto introduced himself, Sydney whispered something to me.
"You were right, he is pretty cute." She said and I grinned.
"So where's Max?" I asked and that's when Kirby answered.
"He left the moment class let out. Something about having to take his cat to the vet. "He told me and I blinked.
"Anyway," Berto interrupted "where should we go?" Less than half an hour later we were standing in the park.
"So just how good are you at skateboarding now?" Kirby asked and I raised an eyebrow.
"Max told us that Berto's been teaching you and you've gotten pretty good." Sydney explained and after a moment I smiled.
"I guess I have." I replied as I set my bag down carefully and took my skateboard out.
Grinning I jumped on it and took off. Picking up speed I shot towards a bench and at the last second I leapt into the air. As I jumped I cleared the bench and landed on the skateboard as it shot out from underneath. Now moving at top speed I raced around the park, dodging trees and leaping over anything in my path. Then, as I headed back to my friends, I had an idea. Racing over to the bench from earlier I leapt into the air, still holding the board, and grabbed the bench with one hand. Lifting myself off the ground with one hand for a few seconds I then let go of the bench and landed back on the ground. Returning to my friends I jumped off the board and tapped my foot against it, stopping it.
"Awesome!" Kirby shouted and with a grin, I gave a bow.
"I have to say that was pretty impressive." Sydney commented.
"Thanks but I had Berto's help. If it wasn't for him, I'd never be able to skateboard like that." I said as I smiled at my boyfriend.
"Hey I may have helped but you've improved a lot since your first attempt." Berto replied as he handed me my backpack.
"Yeah that was a disaster." Max said as he walked over.
"Whoa when did you get here?" I asked as he stood beside me.
"A few minutes ago. You should have seen Jessie when Berto first tried to teach her. She almost fell off the board just stepping on it." Max explained and I frowned at him.
"Did you have to remind me? Anyway that was ages ago." I answered and he gave me a grin. "You wouldn't?"
"That's not the best part. When Berto tried to stop her from crashing into a wall, she fell on him." Max finished and I stared at him. "What? It's pretty funny." He added. Apparently Sydney and Kirby though so too when they burst out laughing. Annoyed I stepped over to Berto.
"We so have to get him back for this." I whispered and he gave me a nod, frowning at his friend.
"I think so too." Shock said, speaking telepathically. Rolling my eyes at my so called friend I waited patiently for my other two friends to stop laughing.