Chapter 18 Time for Midterms
After solving the mystery of who was destroying the experiments and inventions things were getting back to normal for the gang. Everyone was doing well in their classes and Velma couldn't be happier since Johnny and her hooked up. As for Shaggy he was still upset about Velma having another boyfriend because he was still in love with her. He was even a bit jealous when Johnny found Velma walking in the halls after she managed to escape on her own when Carl's cousin Theodore captured her after Velma found out that he was the culprit. Shaggy kept thinking to himself, "Why could have been me to find Velma?" Shaggy never let anyone know what he was thinking including his best friend and dog Scooby Doo. As for Carl since he and Victor were tied they agreed to split the money and Carl was able to save his family's toy company right away thanks to his invention. One of Carl's other cousins took over after Theodore tried to eliminated the other contestants which his whole family was very embarrass about. Besides his research there was something very special he wanted to get with his half of the prize money but was keeping it a secret from everyone he knew. Things were getting back to normal except for one thing all the students of Miskatonic University were freaking out and cramming for midterms. "OMG I can't believe it almost time for midterms. I have so much material to go over!" Johnny said to Velma while panicking. "Johnny calm down it's going to be ok. Since you and I are taking classes together I believe it would be for the best if we study together. I can tutor you in anything that you're having trouble in that way you'll pass your midterms with flying colors" Velma said trying to calm her boyfriend down. Johnny smiled at Velma and told her, "Ms. Jinkies I appreciate the offer and I'm ready whenever you are."
Velma was happy to hear that Johnny was serious about studying and the both of them headed to study hall together. When they got there Freddy, Daphne, Shaggy, Scooby Doo and Carl were there as well. "Hey Velma and Johnny want to study with us?" Carl asked the couple. "I'm ok with it if you are Johnny" said Velma. "Fine by me. Maybe we'll cover more as a study group" Johnny answered as he and Velma sat down with everyone and opened up their text and work books. As everyone was studying together Velma noticed that tutoring Johnny was harder than she thought it would be because Johnny showed Velma his grades from the test he had taken from his other classes and they weren't great. "Looks like I have my work as your study partner/tutor cut out for me. You really need to bring your grades up if you want to do better but don't worry I'm here for you" Velma assured Johnny as he thanked her. Shaggy looked at the happy couple studying together which made him both sad and jealous at the same time but he wasn't about to let anyone know how he was feeling. Scooby Doo on the other hand figured it out on his own how Shaggy was feeling. For many weeks Velma and Johnny either studied with their friends of just the two of them. Whenever Johnny and Velma studied together just the two of them it made Johnny happy because loved having Velma to himself. Johnny even did some practice worksheets that Velma got for him from the school's website to work on by himself. "Here Velma I finished the work sheets that you gave me so when you can could you go over them with me to see how I did?" Johnny requested. "Of course I'm curious to see how you did" Velma said as Johnny handed over the worksheets for Velma to look over. It took Velma a little while to go over Johnny's work because she gave him a lot to do. "I must say Johnny your actually showing effort because most of these answers are correct" stated Velma which made Johnny happy to hear and corrected the ones he got wrong.
One night when Johnny and Velma were done studying Velma headed back to her dorm while Johnny met up with Carl to do something important. "I really do hope Johnny passes his midterms. I would hate to see him fail" Velma thought to herself when out of nowhere somebody put their hand on Velma's shoulder causing her to scream, "AH!" "Like Velma it's me Shaggy" Shaggy said as he tried to calm Velma down. "Jinkies you scared the living daylights out of me" Velma angrily told him. "I'm sorry Velma I didn't mean to scare you. I just wanted to ask you something." "What is it that you wanted to ask me?" asked Velma. "Well I was wondering if you have the time would you like to study with me? I can sure use your help" answered Shaggy. "Why do you need my help?" asked Velma. "Because you're the smartest person I know and I've seen you tutor Johnny and how well he is doing so I figured my grades can improve with your help" Shaggy told Velma. "Ok Shaggy I'll help you since Johnny had to do something important tomorrow. Meet me tomorrow at the Library" Velma said before she went into her dorm. The next day Velma met up with Shaggy at the Library as planned since Shaggy told her that he needed her help. "Ok Shaggy show me what you're having trouble in that way I can do my best to help you" Velma told Shaggy as he showed her what he was having a hard time with. Velma looked over Shaggy's school work and class exams that he had taken and saw that he really had very little errors in his work. She corrected Shaggy in the problems he got wrong and helped him with his homework as well along with the materials that was going to be on their midterms. "Like thanks Velma I couldn't have gotten all of this done without your help. I really appreciate you taking the time to tutor me" Shaggy said to Velma as he held her hand. "You're very welcome and good luck to you when you take your midterms. I hope you pass" Velma told him. Shaggy wished Velma good luck as well on her upcoming midterms as they both continued to study quietly together.
When they were both done studying Velma met up with Johnny because she got a text message from him requesting Velma to join him for dinner. "Hey Johnny did you and Carl take care of that important thing you guys had to do?" Velma asked her boyfriend. "You better believe we did and you'll be very shocked but in a good way of what you won't believe Carl has planned" answered Johnny. "What is it?" Velma curiously asked but Johnny told her that it was a surprised which is going to happen soon. Velma and Johnny had a nice dinner together and did some studying together because midterms were less than a week away. The gang, Carl and Johnny studied together as much as they could unless they were studying by themselves or with their classmates from their other classes. Shaggy got one more study session with Velma the night before midterms but later on Johnny joined them because Velma invited him. Finally it was time for the students of Miskatonic University to take their midterms which every student including the gang, Carl and Johnny studied really hard for. "Good luck Johnny. I hope you pass" Velma told her boyfriend. "Thanks Ms. Jinkies and good luck to you as well" Johnny said as he winked at Velma. As the day went on everyone took a midterm from each of their classes including the classes they had together. When the day was over all the students were relieved that midterms were over. "I wonder when we'll get our grades?" Daphne asked. "According to the school's website grades for our midterms will be mailed to us sometime within the next three days to our dorm rooms" answered Velma. For the next three days everyone was on pins and needles because they were anxious to know how they did on their midterms. When everyone's grades finally arrived the gang, Carl and Johnny agreed to meet up at the student lounge to look at their grades together. "Ok gang are you ready to see how we did on our midterms?" Freddy asked everyone. Everyone said yes except for Shaggy and Scooby Doo because they were scared to find out. "Don't be nervous Shaggy. If you didn't do well I'll help you with your studies" Velma offered. "Like thanks Velma I appreciate the offer" Shaggy told her. Before opening the envelopes everyone took a deep breath. As soon as the envelopes were opened everyone looked at their grades and were very pleased at how they did. "Straight A's again sweet!" Carl proudly said. Velma also got straight A's which her friends knew would happen since she is the smartest in the gang. Daphne, Freddy, Shaggy and even Scooby did great too. "Ok Johnny it's your turn" Velma said. "I'm so nervous. What if I failed?!" Johnny nervously said. "Listen to me Johnny Bravo. I've tutored you for weeks and I've seen how well you improved in your school work and the work sheets you completed. I believe in you now it's time for you to believe in yourself" Velma said to Johnny as he opened the envelope containing the grades of each of his midterms he took for each of his classes. As soon as Johnny saw his grades he had a big smile on his face. He showed Velma and everyone else how he did. "Wow Johnny three A-'s and two B+'s congrats" Velma told him. "I couldn't have done so well without you as my tutor" Johnny said as he took Velma in his arms and started kissing her in front of everyone as his way of saying thank you. When they were done kissing Velma was blushing a deep red of red and said, "You're very welcome."
"Come on gang let's go and celebrate our success in passing our midterms and hope that we do just as well when our finals come before the semester is over" Freddy said as he and everyone headed out to celebrate their victory on passing their midterms. After celebrating their success everyone left to do their own things except for Johnny and Velma who decided to take a romantic walk together. "Tonight is so beautiful. I can see so many stars in the sky" Velma said as she and Johnny were sitting on a bench together at the campus park. "The stars in the sky aren't as beautiful as the ones I see in your eyes" Johnny exclaimed as he took off Velma's glasses because he loved staring into Velma's green eyes. Velma took off Johnny's sunglasses as well because she adored Johnny's brown eyes. Once again Velma and Johnny started kissing romantically as they held each other in a loving embrace. After their romantic kiss Johnny and Velma headed back to campus. "Good night Ms. Jinkies I'll see you very soon" winked Johnny as he went back to his dorm. "Good night Johnny Boo" Velma said as she left. While she was on her way back Velma couldn't stop thinking about Johnny and admitted to herself, "I believe I love Johnny Bravo and I'm wondering if he loves me too?" As Velma was on her way she saw Shaggy and Scooby Doo in the student lounge talking to each other. She also saw a deep sad look on Shaggy's face because he seemed upset about something. Velma decided to hide somewhere to make sure Shaggy and Scooby Doo didn't see her because she was very curious to know why Shaggy was so upset. "Like I don't get it Scooby I thought that Velma would have felt a spark between us when we were studying together but it looks like I was wrong especially after Johnny kissed her in front of everyone" Shaggy said as some tears fell from his eyes. "It's ok Shaggy I know that you love Velma and want her back even though she has a new boyfriend" Scooby said. "Scooby Doo you're the only one I told that I love Velma and thanks for not telling anyone else" Shaggy told his best friend and dog as Scooby wiped away his tears and gave him a big hug.
Velma overheard everything and was in complete shock. She ran back to her dorm as fast as she could to tell Daphne what she overheard. "Velma what's wrong and why are you out of breath?" Daphne asked as she saw her friend was out of breath and had a shocked look on her face. Daphne asked Velma down and after she gave her friend a glass of water and a bit of time to cool down Velma finally spoke, "I overheard Shaggy and Scooby Doo talking in the student lounge and you won't believe what I overheard Shaggy say." "What did Shaggy say?" Daphne asked. "Shaggy told Scooby Doo that he loves me even though Johnny and I are dating. I know now Shaggy still had feelings for me and I knew he was lying that night when he ended up in the Hospital after falling out of that tree when Johnny and I were on a date at the campus park. He and Scooby Doo were spying on me." After Velma was done speaking Daphne was in shock and couldn't believe everything she just heard. "What are you going to do about Shaggy declaring his love for you?" asked Daphne. "I don't know yet. That is one mystery that is going to take a while for me to solve" answered Velma.
Author's Note: Uh oh Velma found out how Shaggy really feels about her after she admitted to herself that she may love Johnny Bravo. Will Velma ever confront Shaggy about this and does Johnny love Velma back? Well you're just going to have to stay tune for my next update. Don't worry I'll write soon.