Chapter 2: A trip to the nurse's office
After going off the air, Shaggy made his way to his first period class, which was history class.
"Shaggy, great idea playing 'Hey Jude' on the radio network!" One of the students commented as Shaggy entered the classroom with his textbook, binder and pencil case.
"Like, thanks W.W." Shaggy nodded as he shook his friend's offered hand before making his way to his seat.
During the class, Shaggy heard two students seated behind him chatting and laughing.
"Yeah, nothing but a spoiled rich girl." One of the two students were heard commenting as Shaggy turned his head back in time to see two students laughing about that last remark by one of them.
Glancing around, Shaggy spotted Daphne seated at her usual spot not paying much attention to the class.
Immediately, he shot the two students a glare just as a voice whispered, "Hey! Cut it out!"
The two students, hearing the sharp whisper and spotting the glare Shaggy shot at them (Which was a warning from Shaggy to them to not to get onto the wrong side of him), immediately stopped their joking around and focused back on the lesson being teached by their teacher Mr. Jameson.
Glancing around, Shaggy spotted the source of the sharp whisper that prompted the two students to put a stop to their joking around.
It came from the familiar-looking blonde-haired boy, who winked at him.
Nodding back at Fred, Shaggy turned back to focus on the class.
His next period class was his favourite class: Gymnasium.
After the bell rang, Shaggy made his way back to his locker to put his belongings away before proceeding to grab a pair of brown shorts for gym class.
The gym teacher Mr. Takamoto liked Shaggy the most as his student, due to the latter's role in helping the school win first place in various athletic competitions in the county and state.
(For those of you that know the franchise, does the name Takamoto sound familiar?)
After the warm-up, the class proceeded to play a game of basketball with the whole class divided up into two teams.
As usual, half the class teams up with Shaggy while the other half teams up with Fred, both are whom are selected to draw the ball from Mr. Takamoto.
"Be prepared to face the music, Rogers." Fred smirked as he and Shaggy stood at the middle of the basketball court facing each other with Mr. Takamoto standing between them and holding the ball.
"Like, game on!" Shaggy replied evenly before Mr. Takamoto tossed the ball into the air, leading him and Fred to jump up high to try to grab it.
While Shaggy may be able to jump higher than Fred, Fred was able to effortlessly grab the ball away from Shaggy.
The ball game was an exciting one to watch, with Fred's team mainly playing on their wits while Shaggy's team mainly plays on their ball skills.
However, the game came to a halt when Daphne, who was on Shaggy's team, got herself tripped over by one of the students on Fred's team and gashed her knee and leg.
"Look! Danger-Prone Daphne did it again!" One of the students shouted as Daphne exclaimed in pain.
Just as the students from both teams started to make fun of Daphne and laugh at her misfortune, Shaggy cut in and shouted crossly, "Like, stop making fun of Daphne, guys! This isn't funny!"
You can hear a pin drop when the students heard Shaggy's sudden angry outburst. Shaggy was always an easy-going person who gets along with people well and at times have a reputation as a class clown who always have ways of making his peers and even the strictest of teachers laugh, but making fun of someone who couldn't help himself/herself is capable of getting onto the wrong, serious and stern side of him, a side he rarely displays.
"Ms. Waits, get off the basketball court, right this instance!" Mr. Takamoto said angrily as Shaggy crossed his arms crossly. Both of them had witnessed the girl purposely tripping Daphne over during the encounter.
Turning to Shaggy, Mr. Takamoto added, "Mr. Rogers, will you be kind enough to escort Ms. Blake to the nurse's office?"
"Like, certainly Mr. Takamoto." Shaggy nodded before motioning Daphne to come over.
The walk to the nurse's office was painful for Daphne as she has to limp on one foot.
"Like, are you alright?" Shaggy asked as Daphne held onto him for support. "I don't think it's a good idea if you keep limping like that."
"Don't worry, I'm alright." Daphne replied as they continued on.
A brief silence went by before she added, "By the way, thanks for standing up for me, Shag."
"Like, not a problem." Shaggy nodded. "I just couldn't stand the way those guys kept making fun of you."
"Well, I guess that's because they're jealous of my being from a wealthy family." Daphne replied.
"Yeah, everyone knows that, but making fun of someone like you just because you're from a wealthy family is inexcusable. And calling you 'Danger-Prone Daphne'? Like, unless you don't mind the nickname, I can't stand people calling you that." Shaggy said.
"Calm down, Shag. I don't want your usual cheerful, funny reputation being damaged by an incident like this. In fact, I like it better when you're in your goofy, easy-going self." Daphne said calmingly.
Shaggy calmed down alright as he nodded thoughtfully. "Good point, Daph."
Daphne glanced at him before Shaggy added, "That is, if you don't mind me calling you that."
"Oh, no. It's okay." Daphne smiled shyly, and Shaggy smiled back.
There was an awkward silence before she continued, "I like your green shirt, by the way. It looks like it matches my purple dress."
"Like, it does? In that case, perhaps I should start wearing purple pants, then." Shaggy replied, causing Daphne to laugh at his remark.
"Ah, no, it's fine. You look great in your usual look, Shag." Daphne smiled.
Shaggy nodded as he replied, "Like, you sure have a good sense of fashion."
By the time he made the remark, they've arrived at the nurses office.
The nurse on duty smiled when she saw Shaggy and Daphne entering the office. "Hello, Mr. Rogers."
"Like, hello Ms. Kasem." Shaggy nodded. "Daphne got tripped over during a basketball game and, like, hurt her knee and leg."
"Alright." Ms. Kasem nodded as she motioned Daphne to take a seat for her to examine the wounds.
Noting that it's a graze wound, Ms. Kasem said, "Norville, can you get the alcohol bottle and the dressing?"
"Right away." Shaggy nodded before proceeding to make his way to the supply cabinet. In addition to the mentioned items, he also grabbed two pairs of gloves.
"Now, I suppose you know how to do this, Norville?" Ms. Kasem asked as Shaggy returned.
"Like, I've helped clean enough similar wounds to know what exactly to do, Ms. Kasem." Shaggy smiled.
"You've done this before?" Daphne asked.
"Yes. Norville is certified in first aid, and he has helped out at the nurse's office plenty of times before." Ms. Kasem nodded as she and Shaggy snapped on their gloves.
The next five minutes was spent on applying the treatment cloth, soaked with alcohol, on Daphne's wounds, and both Shaggy and the nurse kept in mind to be gentle while cleaning the wound. Once that was done, the wound was dressed.
"There, all done!" Ms. Kasem exclaimed.
"Thanks for taking care of me, Ms. Kasem." Daphne smiled as she got up. Turning to Shaggy, she added, "And thanks for bringing me to the nurse's office, Shag."
"Like, it was nothing, Daph." Shaggy smiled as he and Ms. Kasem took off their gloves and tossed the garbage into the garbage bin.
After Ms. Kasem wrote down the treatment in the daily visitation log, Shaggy and Daphne made their way back to the gym.
When Shaggy and Daphne returned from the nurse's office, Shaggy's team was leading by a dozen points.
"Like, looks like our team is leading fast." Shaggy remarked as he motions Daphne to take a seat on the benches.
"Yeah." Daphne smiled as she sat down before watching Shaggy racing back onto the basketball court.
"Is everything alright, Miss Blake?" Mr. Takamoto asked after exchanging nods with Shaggy.
"Yes, Mr. Takamoto." Daphne nodded. "The nurse and Shaggy both fixed me up."
"Glad to know." The gym teacher smiled. "Shaggy is really excellent in first aid, and he has helped out at the nurse's office plenty of times, as well as helping escorting students to the office when they get injured or fall ill."
Daphne nodded as she watches the game resume.
The class ended with Shaggy's team winning the basketball match, and five minutes prior to the bell, the students made their way back to their gym lockers to change back into their normal clothes.
Daphne was back in her usual attire of a purple dress with a green ascot as Shaggy came up to her. The only change in his outfit was him wearing his usual brown pants instead of a pair of shorts.
"Hey." Daphne smiled as Shaggy came to her.
"How's the knee feeling?" Shaggy asked.
"Better." Daphne replied as they made their way to their lockers. "Thanks to you and Miss Kasem."
A brief pause went by before she continued, "So Norville is your real name?"
"That's right. Like, I don't really mind my nickname 'Shaggy'." Shaggy replied.
"'Shaggy' sounds like a good name based on your hair style." Daphne commented.
Shaggy nodded as they reach their lockers to grab their lunches.
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