A/N: I decided to update this story first because this story has the most reviews! Also I have time on my hands for now since it is spring break for me! Hope all is well and I hope you all enjoy this little chapter :) This chapter is rated T for the use of alcohol this chapter also contains the bad side of Pru.
I'm out again, I'm ridin' my wave.
Crashin' like we got just one day
The harder you go the better you feel,
C'mon and grab somebody
Get ready for the weekend!
-Icona Pop, "Ready For the Weekend."
"We've given you twenty four hours to come forth Miss. Jewel, but instead we looked through the security's tape to find out that it was you who set off the fire alarm." The Principal concluded as he swirled around in his chair.
Jed and Rhiannon were the least bit happy to get called out of work to come down to Topanga and Pru's school. They hoped that neither of the two girls were hurt and rushed to the school meeting up at the parking lot in two different cars. They entered the main office seeing their niece sitting in a chair with her head resting on the wall as she dozed off. The first thing they asked the pre-teen was: "Pru, what did you do?"
Now, let's take this back some it was a day after Pru decided to skip school with Shawn. Pru woke up in a pretty good mood just like the day before, she was glad she caught up with Shawn and enjoyed their little outing. After eating chicken fingers and sharing a milkshake the two left Chubbie's spending the remainder of their day at the lake. The two sat on the hill that slopped downwards towards the lake. At first the two sat in silence staring at the pink sky with their bellies full. Long after Pru found herself laying back on the grass as she watched the sky turn dark, Shawn would sometimes study her or turn his attention back to the lake deep in thought. The two had no problem sitting next to each other and not saying a single word…sometimes that said more than they ever could. Shawn found himself stripping his open button up shirt and jeans to the side running off to the lake. Pru laughed at the boy as he dove into the water and came back up smoothing his wet hair back.
"Come on, the water is pretty warm!" Shawn called to her.
Pru groaned, "But I'm sleepy!"
Shawn shrugged his shoulders before pointing at her, "Well get un-sleepy because if you don't get in this water with me in sixty seconds…I will drag you in myself."
Pru stuck her tongue out at the young boy blowing a raspberry into the warm air, "Gee Hunter, I didn't know you could count that high."
Shawn gave her a playful glare, "Okay now that was rude. I'm definitely coming to get you now," He started trudging his way through the water towards Pru, who groaned holding onto her belly as she slowly got up from her spot on the grass started backing away from her long distance friend. He grinned at her a smirk she's seen one too many times before, finally pulled himself out of the lake as he ran towards her. Pru screamed turning her back to him as she jogged away from him. Pru was not a runner, not because she couldn't challenge herself to be it was because she was as lazy as can be and choose not to run…even as a child she found some way out of running. Whether it was forcing Cory or Shawn to run with her on their backs or having Topanga drag her by her underarms.
Shawn gained up on wrapping his arms around her waist and spinning her around. This was the first time in a long time she actually felt free, she leaned her head back into his chest while closing her eyes. The wind blew the loose strands that fell out of her bun whipping Shawn in the eye. He lost his balance tumbling onto his back with Pru laying on top of him. He's been in this position plenty of times before, but not with girls who mattered.
When Pru opened her eyes they were bright swirling around with teal and greenish yellow. She grinned as she looked up at him through her eyelashes, her cheeks reminding him of a little baby with laughter written on their chubby cheeks. Shawn slowly raised his hand up to brush away the stray away hairs behind her ears and tugged her forehead to rest on his.
Pru decided to ride the bus with everyone else the next morning since she was still a bit upset with her Topanga. At dinner yesterday night Topanga mentioned that there was a fire alarm that went off at school today since the Lawrence's were always making conversation about each other's days. Pru remained quiet during the dinner which was not a new thing since she was always observing everything and everyone. Pru could feel Topanga's eyes trying to gain her attention which Pru did give, her glare was ice cold and Topanga was known for taking challenges and would not back down. The two always had stare offs when they were younger. Most of the time Pru would win, before Topanga could address the issue at school Pru asked if she could be excused since she already cleared her plate. That was one of the rules in the Lawrence's home: Plate must be cleared before asking to be excused unless you have an upset stomach. Pru cleaned off her plate, washing her dish but not without hearing Topanga tell her parents of what was said between the two earlier that day.
Pru rolled her eyes and sneakily made her way up the stairway that was off to the side in the kitchen. That night she slept like a baby and her Thursday was ruined. First period was history with Mr. Feeny which all the pre-teens had, the class only started ten minutes in until the principal decided to call Pru down to the office. The level of maturity was low as most of the kids "OO-ed" at Pru including Shawn and Cory.
Jed looked over at his niece who had no reaction on his face as she sat in between her two godparents. "I'd like to see this tape."
Rhiannon nodded agreeing with her husband. Pru rolled her eyes as the Principal grabbed his remote turning on the VCR, "Certainly."
The four watched a few seconds before as students pass through the halls of John Adams High. Suddenly Pru noticed herself coming onto the scene, from the outside looking in she looked horrible.
"That's Prudence." The Principal clarified.
'No shit Sherlock', Pru thought.
You could see sweat shinning on her face as she held onto her chest breathing rapidly. Her eyes clinched shut as she paused against the lockers hoping they would hold herself up. Suddenly she twisted her body around and led herself over to the door and pushed herself through. The principal paused the tape, folded his hands on his desk and looked at Pru.
"What do you have to say for yourself, Miss. Jewel?"
Pru raised her eyebrows and broke her glance from her lap to look up at her principal, "I think this is a joke."
Rhiannon shook her head at her niece, "This is no laughing matter, Pru! This is a serious act, the police and fire department were involved when they could have been helping people who were in need!"
Pru glared at her aunt, "Seriously?! Did I not look like I needed help right there? Why don't you replay the tape because it's obvious you guys have idea what was going on!"
Uncle Jed shook his head, "Lower your voice please. The way you've been acting lately is unbelievable…did you act out because of what happened with Topanga?"
Pru turned her glare to her uncle, "The way I've been acting lately? I was acting fine until he decided to call me down," She turned her attention to her principal, "If you must know, yes I was acting like that because of Topanga…it's called an anxiety attack okay? Check my records you can see that I have those and night terrors."
The principal looked at Pru's guardians and they both nodded knowing that they put that in Pru's records. Teachers needed to know these things and doctors diagnosed her with both at a young age. It was silent for a moment until Pru decided to cut it, "So are we done now? Can I go back to class?"
"It's shocking that you actually want to go to class this time. Since you and Shawn Hunter took it upon yourself to skip the rest of the day, oh yes I know about that also." The Principal said with a smirk.
What was this guy's problem? The very first day Pru enrolled into her sophomore year at high school this guy has been a major meathead. Mr. Feeny was starting to sound better than ever, maybe he should be principal instead of this guy.
Pru's Aunt and Uncle were now furious, they knew that Pru could not control her anxiety attacks. Over the summer when Pru was on her way to Philadelphia she had an attack because she could not find the Lawrence's at the train station, she also had them a couple of more times during the summer. Her godparents took action taking her to a doctor to see if medication or some type of therapy could be an option. Her doctor concluded that medication is not always the best route to cure anixtey and once you're off the medication it could cause the anixtey to come back even stronger. So medication was out and therapy was in.
Pru blocked out what her new guardians were saying since now she was angry. She kept quiet about her anger knowing that she did not want to hear any more of what the three adults in the room had to say. Adults honestly think they know everything and that's what annoyed the teen. Sooner than later the three left the office with the principal telling the young girl that she would finish up the rest of the week with after school detention and that she better be thankful that he didn't force her here through her weekend. The only reason he didn't give that to her is because he was going fishing.
"What are we going to do with you?" Uncle Jed asked with his arms folded.
Rhiannon looked over at her niece, "I thought you said you were going to try to stay out of trouble. I'm very disappointed in you, Pru."
That's one thing any kid hated to hear, was that someone was disappointed in you. It made you feel like crap but why should Pru feel like this? They weren't her parents. They never would be.
Pru crossed her arms while her eyebrows scrunched up, "Whatever. You guys don't understand what anixtey feels like so you punish me for it. I thought you guys would at least be on my side but my health doesn't mean anything to you."
Uncle Jed frowned at the young girl as Rhiannon gasped.
"We care about your well-being kid, of course we do! You're practically our child. The way you went about it was wrong, that's why we're disappointed. You have to learn how to take responsibility."
Pru laughed bitterly, "Like Topanga right? 'Cause she would of ran all the way to the nurse with nausea, muscles twitching and all! You guys crack me up, really."
The two didn't know how to handle this, they never had to deal with a child that talked back to them. Everything was new they were raising a new child and they didn't have a single clue how to handle this one.
Rihannon reached over to smooth Pru's hair back but she stepped away from her touch, which sent a wave of hurt through the young mother's chest. Maybe she didn't understand Pru enough but she could see her sister staring right back at her.
"Why do you always feel that people are judging you or comparing you to someone else?" She asked quietly.
Pru looked up at her aunt with a tired smile, "Because that's how I've been treated my whole life." She said brokenly.
The two parents were at lost for words and did not know what to say. Pru stared back at them and wanted nothing more than to get away from them right now. She uncrossed her arms and waved them, "So go on give me my punishment since I'm such a problematic child."
Jed and Rhiannon sighed wondering what would be a good punishment. Jed started first, "Well no TV for a week starting today."
"Tv is for the weak minded," Pru replied in her monotone voice.
Rhiannon cleared her throat ignoring the offended look on her husband's face, "Fine! You'll be given chores around the house for a week without pay…you'll be in the house right after school when you don't have detention, and…no piano!"
Pru felt her heart drop, she could not go a week without her piano or music. She wondered if they would take her record player and her Mo-ped also but decided to bite her tongue and not be sassy towards the two. Pru suddenly remembered that she had an old keyboard stored in a floorboard in her attic bedroom, it would need a lot of tuning but it'll have to do.
Swallowing the lump in her throat Pru asked, "Are we done?"
The adults nodded and responded, "We're only doing this because we love you." They both kissed her cheek ignoring the visible flinch from being touched and left the young teen to venture off to her next class.
The bell rung signaling it was second period, Pru left the office not bothering to return to Mr. Feeny's class since she already missed half of the lecture. She shoved her way through the swarm of students rushing to Cory's locker where Shawn, and Topanga were.
Cory smiled at her, "Ah there she is! What could the principal possibly want with you…I suppose you haven't caused much trouble- besides give me looks like that," Cory finished turning away from Pru's death glare.
Topanga patted Cory's shoulder and looked at her cousin, "I…have the notes from Mr. Feeny's class if you want to copy later?" She tried wondering if she'll even get a glance from Pru this time.
"Of course you did," Shawn replied.
Pru chewed on her lip so her hard that she was making her lips bleed, her breathing was harsh and her nails left crescents in the middle of her palms. She simply nodded at Topanga, anyone could see hope flash through her eyes. Shawn was now studied her, he knew anger from a mile away. Shawn looked away from his friends, "Cory? Topanga? I'm sure you two have a lot to discuss. I'll walk Pru to class."
Cory and Topanga stared at Shawn with wide eyes but shrugged, leaving the other two behind. Shawn grabbed onto Pru's forearms, she closed her eyes taking a few breaths telling herself that Shawn would not hurt her like her father's brother did. He ducked his head trying to get her to look at him, "What is it? Are you having a panic attack again?"
Pru felt like her heart was going to bounce out of her chest. Shawn looked around to see if anyone was watching before he gently tugged her down the hallway towards the teacher's bathroom. He pulled Pru in and checked the stalls to see if there were any teachers and was relieved when he saw none. He locked the door and turned towards Pru seeing her hold onto the sink as she panted.
"Pru tell me what me what to do and I'll do it!" Shawn pleaded as she backed herself into the nearest wall.
Pru removed her teeth from her punctured lips, "Hit me."
Shawn's eyes were as wide as Aunt Rhiannon's plates from Italy, "I'm sorry what?"
If Pru didn't feel like vomiting right now she would roll her eyes. "I said hit me you pansy!"
Shawn breathed in response before saying, "I am no pansy, alright? But I refuse to ever put my hands on a girl."
Pru groaned as she felt an electric pain shoot up her back, she was now sweaty and felt faint as she started pulling off her plum colored hoodie to reveal a sleeveless shirt underneath. She was now sliding against the wall trying to breathe, Shawn was now running through all the things he could do to stop this. He rushed over to her and grasped onto her head, he watched her eyes meet his before molding their lips together.
Pru immediately placed her hands on his chest to push him away but once she started to feel release from the attack, she balled up his shirt pulling him as close to her body as she could. Shawn's lips tasted like mint and m&m's and Pru's lips tasted like apple pie and oranges. There lips were moving against each other's at a fast pace that Pru could practically feel their lips start to swell from the intense pressure between the two. Pru's eyes went wide as she released that she was kissing her friend back, the one thing she told herself to do was fall in love with Shawn Hunter. She shoved him backwards hard that he fell backwards on his backside. He stared at her in shock as she leaned her head against the wall and let darkness consume her.
Groggily Pru woke up with her hands pressed together underneath her cheek. A blanket was wrapped against her as she slept peacefully with no hint of a night terror. Shawn stayed right by her side exploring the Nurse's huge office until he just sat down to count the freckles on Pru's nose and cheeks once more. Pru woke to see Shawn staring at her, she jumped backwards with a slight scream with her fists ready to hit him.
"Whoa there!" Shawn laughed as he lowered his feet from the seat.
Pru sat up straight, "What were you doing just watching me?"
Shawn coughed and scratched the back of his neck, "N-Nothing. I uh um, the nurse told me to give you some water." He changed the subject handing over a ice cold bottle of water.
Pru gladly took it, cracked open the bottle and before she took a sip she said, "You're a creep Shawn!"
He laughed as she sipped from the bottle and placed it on the side table beside her. "That's funny because you acted just like a girl when we kissed."
Pru wrapped herself in the blanket since the nurse kept it pretty cool, "What?" She asked as she started playing with her hair.
Shawn smirked, "You heard me. When we kissed you fainted like a little girl. I've never had that effect on any girl before."
Pru's tan cheeks started to tint with a hint of blush, "Oh, please! Someone stop your ego, Hunter. I fainted because I was dying for you get off of me!"
Shawn shook his head, "I don't believe you."
Pru pulled her jet black hair into a bun, "Well I don't care what you believe in." She said scrunching her face up at the young boy.
Amused Shawn decided to let it go, he asked her what happened at the principal's office which she proceeded to tell him everything. Shawn never commented but did make occasional face expressions.
Shawn blew out of a breath, "That blows."
"I know! They're being ridiculous!" Pru yelled crossing her arms underneath the blanket.
Shawn believed she looked adorable with her eyes in slits, lips poking out, and nose scrunched up. Shawn leaned back in his chair wishing he could take a photo in this moment in time.
"At least you won't be in detention by yourself. I had lunch detention today and now I have after school detention with you tomorrow."
"Oh boy," Pru mumbled playfully.
Shawn reached over to pluck her arm, "Hey!"
Pru was silent before her eyes went wide to look at Shawn, "Holy heck! I slept through lunch?!"
Shawn snickered before handing over a bag, "Holy heck? Topanga opened your locker and gave this to me to give to you."
Pru practically tackled Shawn for the bag which he did not mind…at all. Pru sat happily on the bed bouncing as she ate her lunch in peace. After swallowing a grape she asked, "Hey Shawn?"
Shawn didn't look up from the car magazine in his hand, "…Yeah?"
"Want to go to a party with me?"
Shawn rose an eyebrow, "What kind of party?"
"A college party." She stated.
Shawn looked up from the magazine almost dropping it, "Are you out of your mind?"
Pru smiled lazily, "A little bit."
Shawn closed the magazine and leaned on his knees, "Why do you want to go to a college party? Why not just go to a senior house party?"
Pru listened as she sipped on her water bottle, "I will go to one of those eventually, but none of the seniors are throwing a party this weekend and they were talking about it earlier this morning."
Shawn frowned, "Where was I when this was going on?"
"Oh, you were asleep on Cory's shoulder," Pru stated simply.
Shawn was quiet as he thought it over. He's never thought about going to a college party because they party hard. He could easily say no but where was the fun in that?
Pru was now sitting across from him, pout on her lips hands clasped and puppy dog eyes. Shawn slowly nodded but held up his hands to stop her from squealing, "I'll go…but only if you say it's a date."
Pru scowled, "Ew…I don't do dates, Hunter."
"Say yes or I'm not going!" Shawn said as he looked up at her.
Pru chewed on her lips before flopping herself back on the bed yelling, "UGH!"
Shawn laughed, "It's a date then."
Pru rolled her eyes but quickly smiled at all the trouble that was awaiting her. All she wanted to do was have fun and that's was exactly what she intended on doing. Uncle Jed and Uncle Rhiannon were her guardians not her parents so they could buzz off.
Godparents
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Pru
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Pru was so ready for the weekend.
A/N: WHALA! This is the end of chapter three, finally. I got a late start on updating today otherwise 'Soul Meets Body' would have been updated today but now I'm tired and just want to watch season six of supernatural. There are mistakes in this chapter, I will edit later but for now tell me whatcha thinkin'? Tell me a lie ;] but no seriously don't do that. Good night! xXx
