Royal Woods High...
Colin walked into school on Monday hoping that no one in their right mind would pull off the black beanie that covered his head, even though it was against the rules and stood out like a neon sign.
He sat down in homeroom and silently prayed, a rare sight for him.
"Dear Lord in Heaven, PLEASE don't have anyone ask about my hair! I don't think I could stand the embarrassment! Oh, please, please, please, plE-"
"Mr. Gomez, you know the rules, I assume, so please take off that hat."
"Well, so much for that," he grumbled as he stood up and walked to the teachers desk.
He put his hands down onto the desk and looked his teacher in the eyes, a sense of panic in them.
"Mrs. Brown, PLEASE don't make me take my hat off!" He said in a whisper. "See, my sister was mad at me and she-"
Mrs. Brown stopped him with her hand.
"I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that your sister shaved your head."
He stared at her in awe.
"How did you- oh, never mind. But your right, and it's BAD. And trust me, I do NOT want the whole school laughing at me today."
She let out a sigh as she began to dig around her desk, looking for something.
"Colin, I can't change the rules," she stated. "But what I CAN do is make a judgement on it myself and write a note permitting you to keep the hat on. So, let's see what we're dealing with here. Show me your hair."
"...Do I have to?"
"If you want to keep the hat, then yes, you do."
"Oh, god..." Colin said as he slowly took the beanie off of his head.
"Oh, my..."
Mrs Brown gaped as she looked at Colins hair. Or, a more accurate term, what was LEFT of it. Even after taking out what cornrows he had left, it still looked like a weedwhacker had mauled the top of his head. Bits and pieces of hair were all that remained in some places, and he had no hair at all on the back of his head.
"Ok, that's bad enough," she said as Colin quickly put his hat back on. "Here's a note. Show this to your teachers and they should let you keep your hat on the rest of the day."
"Thank you SO much!" he said as he walked back to his desk, praying that no one would ask about it for the rest of the day.
Lunch…
"This is HORRIBLE!" Colin groaned in exasperation as he sat down at the lunch table with his 4 oldest sisters and Bobby.
"People have been asking me all day about my hair! What am I supposed to do?!"
"Well, MAYBE you shouldn't make Lola mad," Lori said. "I mean, what were you even thinking when you got her a tarantula?"
"Ok, for the LAST time, that was a mix up!" he growled. "But I'm gonna have to wear this stupid hat for the rest of the month, at least! A MONTH!"
He suddenly slammed his fist down on the table in frustration, startling everyone.
"I NEED to get revenge on Lola...but how?"
"Dude, Lola is already grounded for 2 months. What else could you do to her?" Luna asked him.
"Well, that's just the thing: I don't know. But I have to think of something. And when I say something, that something is gonna be GOOD..."
"Wait, what are we talking about?" Leni said as everyone groaned.
4 Hours Later…
"What a day..." Colin said as he got home from school. So far, he hadn't shown his head yet, but he knew that it was only a matter of time before he made the fatal mistake.
"I HAVE to get revenge, but how?"
"I can probably help you."
"GOD DAMN IT!" he yelled as Lucy scared him once again. "How many times do I have to say to not scare me, Lucy?!"
"Sorry. It's a bad habit," she said, her voice not making it clear whether she was being sarcastic or not. "But you shouldn't be getting revenge on Lola."
"Huh? But she cut my hair off!" He said, not sure what she meant.
"She did do that, I suppose. But it wasn't her idea."
"Hmmm...explain, then," Colin said as Lucy told him everything.
"I was sitting in the vents, writing my poetry-"
"Wait. Why were you in the vents?"
"Because it's dark. And I'm alone up there. Anyway, I was writing, and I heard someone knocking on the door below me. I looked down and saw Lola knocking on Luna and Luans door."
-FLASHBACK-
"Luan?! LUAN?! Open the door!"
After a minute, Luan came to the door, tired and weary.
"Lola, what do you want? It's 2 in the morning!"
"I know," she said matter of factly. "I stayed up all night, wondering what I should do to Lincoln and Colin after playing that horrible prank on me! But that isnt the point. I need your help, Luan."
"Wait, you want me to help you get revenge on them?" Luan said, much more awake than before. A sly smile soon crossed her face at what Lola was implying.
"Yes. And it has to be good, too. Something that those 2 will NEVER forget, like how I'll never forget the terror I felt when that, THING, jumped on me!"
"Ok, the first step you need to take is that you need to keep your voice down," she said in a hushed voice. "You don't want everyone knowing, right?"
"Well, I guess not..."
"So anyway, I have a really good idea for you. How about you..."
-END OF FLASHBACK-
"That's all I heard before they went into Luans room. Sorry."
"So I shouldn't be getting revenge on LOLA, I should be going for LUAN!" Colin said, his mind beginning to wrap around the realization.
"Bingo. Just some advice though. Don't tell Lincoln."
"What? Why?"
"Well, he'll probably be even more mad at her than you are. After all, you can cover your hair, right?"
"Yeah, but..."
"Lincoln can't cover his eyebrows, can he?"
"...Good point. Thanks, chica. This means a lot."
"One other thing. This conversation never happened, got it?"
"Oh, I got it, Lucy, I got- Lucy?"
Lucy had dissappeared.
"Well, it least I know who to blame now..."
Luan/Lunas Room...
"LUAN?! OPEN THE DOOR!" Colin yelled as he pounded on the door.
Pretty soon, the door opened.
"Luan, I know it was you who did- wait, where's Luan?" He asked Luna, who with an annoyed look had opened the door.
"Dude, first off, I was in the middle of learning to play an epic guitar solo. And second, Luan isn't here. She's at some open mic night thing at the school."
"Oh. Well, sorry to bother you, Luna. Hope you get that solo down!" He said as he went downstairs to put his coat on.
As he opened the door to go to the school, he heard Luna again.
"Colin, wait!"
He turned to the top of the stairs, where she stood.
"...Good luck," she said after a few seconds, then she went back into her room.
"Ummm, ok?" Colin said to himself as he walked out the door, ready to enact HIS revenge on Luan.
"Whatever happens at the school, Luan is going to pay. Mark my words."