"Riding To Victory"
Rated T
Disclaimer: I do not own anything associated with Monster High or any of the characters. Monster High is owned by Mattel and the author of the Monster High books, Lisi Harrison. Anyway, this is another fic that me and my co-author at tumblr, which is fiddlestringsandpianokeys, are writing. Yes, if you're asking, this is an another multi-chapter fic featuring Operetta, Johnny Spirit, and the rest of your favorite ghouls. I bet you can't tell which couples are gonna be shown, but you'll have to find out.
Chapter 3
It had become silent between Johnny and Operetta for a good five minutes. Having to ride inside Johnny's Corvette ScareRay without any music wasn't as silent as the news Oppy had heard from an hour ago. To her, this was like a miscarriage of justice. Highway robbery as she called it. How dare Torelei become team captain instead of her this year?
Operetta took the time sniffling as Johnny began looking at her.
"You okay, babe?" He asked her.
"No." Operetta sobbed into her hands, angry. "Ah'm not tha' team captain this year!" She choked out.
"Aw, that sucks." Johnny sighed, "Who would be that dumb enough to replace you?"
Operetta whimpered, squeezing his hand. "Ah wanna go home with ya an' jus' cry into yer shirt." Big tears ran down her face as she cried, kicking her legs. "Ah never get what Ah want!"
"Was that Manny who replaced you?" Johnny shrugged. "Of course, the ladies coach would be retarded enough to hire him into the team."
"No. It was the durn coach!" Operetta frowned. "Ah jus' wanna go home!" Operetta whined.
Johnny felt depressed. He was always like that when something bad happened to his vehicles or his hair. But he was way more depressed when something bad happened to Operetta, just like what's happening to her right now.
"Look Oppy," Johnny said, placing her hand on her shoulder, "If it that means much to you, we'll go home. Maybe I'll make you those delicious chocolate peppermint milkshakes that you enjoy so much. You know, maybe a nice greasy burger would do the trick. How about that?"
"Mm, Ah love you." Operetta wiped her eyes as she whispered. "Johnny, pull over and hug me. Ah love you so much!"
Johnny loved the hug Operetta gave him. He actually felt a little warm having her arms wrapped him to be honest. Even she was down and out, he knew a hug from Johnny was more than enough to make her feel better.
"Love ya too babe." Johnny said, returning the hug Oppy gave him. "What sounds like a better place to eat? Burger Emperor or McClawnalds?"
"Burger Emperor." Operetta rubbed his back, smiling. "Will ya always make me feel better? Can Ah sleep with ya t'night too?!"
"You can have whatever you wish for, babe." Johnny smirked, "I'm the one buyin', by the way."
When the two went inside the restaurant, Operetta held onto his hand-she hoped her friend's weren't there.
"Sugah pie? Will ya sit with me?" She pleaded with him.
"Sure," Johnny nodded, "Anything's good for my sweet smokin' lady!"
Suddenly, one of Frankie's friends, namely Jackson, stepped up to the counter and greeted Operetta and Johnny.
"Hey guys!" Jackson waved.
Operetta waved a bit, wiping her tears. "Hey Jackson, how's yer ghoul?"
"Not much." Jackson replied, "She's busy trying to get started on her tomato garden. Unfortunately, Venus can't go a day without having her precious tomato plants chewed up like a blender."
Feeling a bit tired, Operetta pressed her face against Johnny's chest, as she was way shorter than him. "Johnnycakes, Ah love you!" She sniffed his shirt. "Mm…"
"What's with her?" Jackson shrugged, "Did she get a cold?"
"It's actually nothing, short stick." Johnny replied, "Operetta's sad about somethin', so I decided to cheer her up by coming here. I'd like it better if we didn't explain it here around the lady."
"Good enough for me." Jackson nooded, "What would you like?"
"Ah want a Coca-Col-AAH with fries and a bacon cheese burger." Operetta smiled. "Brrrr! It's cold in here," Operetta shivered.
"Sorry, the AC sucks in this building." Jackson replied as he typed in their order. "Not even many of the guys in here want to fix it. It's like a waste of their space or something. Anything from you, Johnny?"
However, Johnny started staring right into space. It's like all he was hearing is total silence. Not a peep, and not even a whimper.
"JOHNNY!" Jackson shouted.
"Oh, um, I'm sorry." Johnny said, snapping back into reality. "I'm still trying to get the image of a cross-dressing Manny out of my mind."
"Johnny, come sit with me." Operetta smiled. "PLLLLEASE?" She asked. "C'mere! If ya do, I'll…be nice!"
"Ohh, all right." Johnny smirked as he soon turned to Jackson, "You know, I'm not that hungry to begin with. Just a huge chocolate milkshake will do for me."
"Good enough." Jackson nodded.
After taking their orders one at a time, he began typing away at the cash register. From there, the couple's price was revealed.
"So, what's that gonna cost me?" Johnny replied.
"Only $8.50." Jackson replied.
Hearing that, the greaser managed to pull out a crafty $10 bill and placed it on the counter. Jackson grabbed it and gave the couple around $1.50 for change.
"It'll be just around five minutes." Jackson replied, "If you want, I'll join you."
"Join us!" Operetta nodded. "Johnny'O, come sit with me! Please?"
However, the way Operetta kept clinging on to him made Johnny a little uncomfortable, but he couldn't disappoint her like this. So she had to keep making her happy.
"Sure, babe." Johnny nodded as they managed to find a booth close to the window.
Operetta let go of Johnny's hand, sitting by him. "Sorry," Operetta blushed, scooting away from him a bit. "Ah'm sorry if Ah'm clingy." Operetta wanted to hold his hand, but she resisted. "So, how are you Johnny?" Operetta stuttered.
"Eh, I was tryin' to get more sleep until you called." Johnny shrugged.
"Yeah, sorry about that." Operetta replied. "We'll sleep when we get home."
She then let Johnny have his space, wanting to hold his hand. By then, Operetta started looking at her phone. She shocked when most of her messages came in the form of angry texts from her friends.
"Oh great, they all hate me now." Oppy sighed.
"Relax, it couldn't be that bad." Johnny replied as he played with a toothpick. "By the way, how bad is it?"
"Read the texts."
From there, Johnny checked out the messages.
Lagoona: You just want to be with your boyfriend and get everything you want, didn't you? Oh, crikey! I cannot stand you!
Clawdeen: How could you? You left your own team for yourself!
Torelei: Maybe I can get Johnny's attention while you sob, little slut didn't get her way, poor thing…
"It's awful." Operetta sighed.
"I'm very positive they'll get over it sooner or later, babe." Johnny said, patting her on the arm again. "Just trust me on this. They'll hardly remember what happened come tomorrow."
Operetta smiled up at him, smooching his cheek and leaving a red lipstick stain. "Ah love you. Thank ya so much."
"No problem." Johnny nodded.
Meanwhile, Jackson came out with their meal on a huge tray.
"Okay, we have a bacon cheeseburger for Oppy, a huge chocolate milkshake for Johnny and tasty ten-piece chicken nuggets with ranch sauce for me." Jackson said as he handed out the food to them.
Out of nowhere though, Johnny quickly swiped a chicken nugget away from Jackson.
"Wha-?" Jackson replied, "But I thought you weren't hungry."
"Sorry, I can't help myself." Johnny shrugged with his mouth full, "It's a force of habit."
"Well, I appreciate it if you kept your hands in your pockets while I eat." Jackson warned him sternly.
Operetta sipped Johnny's milkshake, giggling. "Mm, an' Ah returned the favor!" Operetta teased, before biting into the bacon cheeseburger. "Ya can share mah fries."
"Don't mind if I do!" Johnny smirked as he dug into the fries.
"By the way, I'm sorry what happened to you." Jackson said, trying to comfort Operetta the best that he could.
Operetta looked at Jackson and sighed. "S'all right, sugah." She patted his hand.
Meanwhile, Oppy scowled when she noticed that Torelei Stripe had sent Johnny a lot of naughty texts on her phone, therefore making her angry.
"Johnny, whatcha gonna do about that slut?" She sighed.
"If I was a lady, I'd smack her right across her mouth!" Johnny suggested. "But I'd never do that because I wanna stay true to my woman to the end!"
"Ah, you're sweet, sugarcube!" Operetta said, blushing from Johnny's compliment.
"I see you're feuding with Torelei over this team captain thing, huh?" Jackson replied with his mouth full.
Once again, Torelei had sent Oppy another text message. But this one was directed right to her boyfriend Johnny Spirit. He looked onto the message with such disconcern.
Torelei: I love you! We could have everything together…MREOW ;)
Seeing this, Operetta bit into her burger and rolled her eyes. "Thank you so much. And yeah-we don't like her."
"I understand," Jackson sighed while chowing down on his chicken nugget. "I know Torelei's a bit harsh when it comes to her attitude, but I know that she's a softie deep down. She's just too strong to show that side of her. I oughtta know since Frankie set me up with her on that prom date once."
Operetta sighed, "She's kinda mean. Ya know? She's horrible to me." Operetta smiled at the two. "But we'll make everythang okay, right?"
"Yeah," Jackson nodded. "Look, have you ever seen what Torelei did in the sports that she plays? She's phenomenal and she's fast. I bet she could make things interesting as rollermaze captain. No offense, but I think she should be given a chance."
Operetta took this to thought. Of course, she was still upset that she was no longer team captain. But she gave it extra thought. Maybe having Torelei on this team would be pretty much a wise decision, since she's known for her cat-like reflexes. After much thinking, Operetta finally made her decision on what to do.
"Hmmm, you know, come to think of it," Operetta thought, "Maybe having her on the team wouldn't be that bad after all."
"So, you'll rejoin the team?" Jackson asked her.
"Well..." She thought again.
But before he could make that decision, a fat white nerd with fluffy red hair and glasses approached Jackson. Apparently, he happened to be one of the employees working for the place.
"Hey Jekyll, break's over." He told Jackson.
But then, the thick nerd (which was named Scarold, by the way) noticed Operetta and Johnny together. With a smile, he pointed right at her.
"Hey, aren't you the quitting crybaby?" Scarold smirked at Oppy.
Hearing those harsh words from him, Operetta broke out in tears.
"Everyone hates me, Ah really cain't!" Operetta frowned, crying into Johnny's shirt. "Ah wanna go home!"
"Oh, there there, babe..." Johnny said, whispering onto her ear and hugging her.
Suddenly, Johnny looked up to the lanky nerd and cracked his knuckles. From the way that Johnny was staring down at him, Scarold felt his knees shake in fear while Jackson quickly took off for safety (which was probably for the best).
"What did you call my girlfriend?!" Johnny threatened the worker with his teeth gritting.
"Uuuuuum..." Scarold uttered in fear. "F-free ketchup packet, s-sir?"
And just like that, Johnny took the nerd by his work collar and threw him right through the coke machine, breaking it in half. The impact was so thunderous that it caused the rest of the employees to back up in fear. Johnny then approached the broken-down nerd, giving him much more threatening words from his mouth.
"If I ever see you hurt my girl again, I'm gonna make you cry worse than what I just did to you right now!" Johnny exclaimed.
"Sorry..." Scarold muffled.
"You better be sorry, or else I'll have to come back here again!" Johnny told him off once again. "Let's go, Operetta. This place sucks butt anyway."
Operetta grabbed her bag of food, sniffling loudly as she held onto it. "Ah'm gonna keep mah food, cause Ah'm hungry…" Operetta exclaimed.
"Good for you, baby." Johnny nodded as they walked out of Burger Emperor in a huff.
Meanwhile, Jackson looked all around the establishment, hoping that no one was around to see this mess. Luckily, some of the customers were cowering in the corner in fear.
He soon approached Scarold, who was still knocked out from Johnny's toss. Looking around quickly again, Jackson dug into the nerd's wallet, pulled out a $50 bill, and put it in his pocket.
"That was so worth the break!" Jackson exclaimed as he quickly ran away.
Ouch, looks like Oppy got her feelings hurt again. Will she really get past this traumatic experience for real without someone persuading her? Find out next chapter, ghouls and monsters! Until then, feedbacks are welcome!