Sunday, 5:25 P.M...
"Jeez, I was expecting at least somewhat of a challenge. What the hell was that?" Seth gloated.
The football team won in dominating fashion, leaving their opponent on zero, while they scored 49. It was a big game for the resident clown, Cody Rhodes. He scored 2 of the team's touchdowns and rushed for a total of 153 yards. He may have liked to have fun and cause a little trouble, but there was no denying that he was an integral part of the team. He was the starting running back for a reason. The boy was fast. Shane did pretty well also, catching a 60 yard pass from Seth to score a touchdown himself. Big E did his thing on defense, recording 4 tackles and 3 sacks. All in all, the boys took care of business. Right now, Seth, Shane, and Big E were waiting in front of the school for the two cheerleaders to come out so they could head to the big man's house for their own little movie night.
"Dude, a win's a win. I don't care if we scored 49 or 9. That's another W in the column, boy!" Shane responded happily.
Seth chuckled at the new kid's enthusiasm.
"Did the workout from yesterday help out at all?"
"Hell yeah it did. I felt loose out there. Lighter even."
"That's what all that running was for. We still gotta work on your cardio though. You get tired to easily."
Shane nodded.
"You're right."
While Seth and Shane had their discussion about training, Big E looked around confused. He butted in the conversation.
"Hey guys? Where's Dean? Wasn't he supposed to come with us today?"
Big E's observation made the other two teens think for a second before Shane facepalmed.
"Fuck! I forgot!" He yelled.
"Forgot what?" Seth asked.
"I only asked Alexa. I didn't even mention it to Dean. Goddamnit."
"Wait, how does that even work? You asked the girl who hated you up until a few weeks ago before you asked your best friend? That's a dick move, bro." E said.
"I'm aware of that, Ettore. That's why I'm upset about it."
"Was he even at school today?" Seth inquired.
"I don't think so, but I still should've asked him when I was supposed. I fucked up."
As he was kicking himself over his mistake, Shane's phone starting to ring. This time, he looked at the caller ID. He groaned when he saw who was calling him.
"Hello?" He asked annoyed.
"Hi, Price-y!" Alicia's shrill voice answered. He cringed hard when he heard it.
"Hey Alicia. What's up?"
"Oh, nothing. I just called to say that I followed that advice you gave me a couple weeks ago and it worked! I've never been more calm! Thank you!"
"Doesn't sound like it." Shane thought, before responding to her appreciation.
"That's great, Foxy. Hey, I got a question."
"What is it?"
"You know where Dean is?"
"Yeah, he's asleep in my bed right now. We spent all day fuc-"
Shane cut her off.
"It's okay! I don't need to know what you guys did! Just, tell Dean I said hi. See you later."
"Okay, by cutie!"
He hung up the phone and groaned.
"Why? Why did I answer the phone?"
"Dude, why do you have Alicia Fox's phone number?" Big E asked.
"Cause she randomly called me one night."
"How did she get your phone number?"
"I don't know, and I'm not trying to find out. Anyway, Dean wouldn't have gone with us even if I told him. He and Alicia had... other plans for today."
"Ohhh, Goddamnit." Big E and Seth said at the same time.
"My thoughts exactly."
"Hey! What are you morons groaning about?"
The three boys recognized Alexa's voice as soon as they heard it. They turned around to see the girls they were waiting for, along with an extra person, Sasha Banks. Alexa stood with her hands on her hips, Bayley was smiling like usual, and Sasha looked kind of confused. Of course, Bayley ran up to all three of the boys and hugged them.
"I hope you don't mind, we brought Sasha too. More friends!" Bayley exclaimed happily.
"H- Hey guys." Sasha greeted while waving meekly.
"You okay?" Shane asked the girl while walking up to her.
She hesitated, looking at Alexa before answering.
"Oh, uh, yeah. I'm fine."
"Cool. I don't think we've met before. I'm Shane."
He offered his hand to her and Sasha returned the kind gesture.
"I know you. We're in the same Global class remember?"
Shane thought about it for a minute before he realized she was right.
"Oh yeah! You were the girl who got detention for flipping off Mr. Henry. That was hilarious."
Sasha blushed in embarrassment.
"Yeah, that's me."
"Eh, I don't blame you. I don't really like him either. Dude's crazy intimidating. He looks like Rick Ross though. I'M A BAAWS."
She laughed at his joke.
"Yeah he does."
"Great! Everyone knows each other! Now, Big E, onward to your house! We're all gonna have a blast!" Bayley said enthusiastically.
Ettore's House, 45 minutes later...
"Alright, people. Welcome to my humble abode."
"Ettore, that accent was horrible." Shane said.
"Shut up, Cash. What would you know?"
Shane glanced over at Alexa.
"I'm pretty well versed in the art of the British accent, thank you very much." He said his own accent, which was way better than Big E's.
The big teenager waved him off.
"Whatever. You guys just wait here in the living room. I'll go get the flicks."
The gang had settled down in the big guy's house and prepared for their movie night. Big E went to find his stack of DVD's so they could pick what they wanted to watch. Meanwhile, everyone else sat on his couch. Sasha sat next to Seth, who sat next to Alexa, who sat next to Shane, who sat next to Bayley. Alexa strategically placed herself next to Shane, for... reasons. She hadn't forgotten how cuddly him and Bayley had gotten with each other and frankly, she felt left out.
"She thinks she can just keep him all to herself? I think not! If anyone's keeping him, it's me! A- As a friend of course. He's not my boyfriend... But neither is Bayley!"
"Ay yo, Seth! This is gonna be great, trust me. You're not gonna regret coming with us." Shane said.
Seth just shrugged.
"Yeah, we'll see. Just know if I fall asleep, don't be surprised."
Bayley pouted when she heard this.
"Seth. You're being a meanie again. Stop being a meanie. Tell him, Shane."
"Yeah. Stop being a meanie."
Seth put his hands over his face in annoyance.
"For the last goddamn time, I am not a fuckin meanie! I'm one of the nicest people you'll ever meet!"
Shane saw this as an opportunity to mess with his two toned haired quarterback.
"No you're not. You're a meanie. Meanie! Meanie! Meanie! Come on everybody! Meanie!"
Sure enough, everyone else joined in the chant, driving Seth mad with rage.
"AAAAHHHHHH! Call me that one more time, and I swear on everything I love, I will leave your asses! I'm not my bluffing, I will haul ass!"
Shane laughed at his outburst.
"Alright, alright. Everybody stop. Jesus, man. We're just having a little fun. No need to get all worked up over it. Chill out."
Seth crossed his arms.
"Good."
At this moment, Big E came back with the movies.
"Alright, here are the movies for tonight. We got Deadpool, The Room, and The Spongebob Squarepants movie from 2004."
Seth crinkled his nose in disgust.
"Spongebob?! What are we, 7?!"
Big E sighed.
"Seth, just shut up and enjoy yourself. Now, time to pick what we're gonna watch. Everyone who wants to watch Deadpool first, raise your hand."
Seth, Sasha, and Alexa raised their hands.
"Okay, The Room?
Only Shane and Big E raised their hands, which caused them both to shake their heads in disappointment.
"You guys don't know what you're missing." Shane said.
"He's right. Anyway, last one. Spongebob?"
Bayley raised both of her hands in the air. When nobody else did, she got sad. Seeing this, Shane felt bad and raised his hand so she wouldn't feel alone. In response, Bayley laughed happily and gave Shane a tight hug. When she let go, he smiled at her and ruffled her hair a little bit. You already know Alexa wasn't a big fan of this. She didn't react outwardly, but on the inside...
"You fucking- Oh come on! She acts like a little kid and you help her out?! I don't care how childlike she is, she should know how to deal with having an unpopular opinion! And... You always mess up my hair like that. That's our thing."
"Alright, Deadpool's up first. Let's get this baby started."
The ripped teenager popped the DVD in the DVD player, (Seems like a foreign concept at this point, right?), and sat down next to Sasha. All the kids laughed at the nonsensical antics of the Merc with a Mouth, from the stupid fart jokes to the over the top way he killed his targets. Bayley cringed at the more violent parts of the movie and once again buried her face into Shane's neck to shield her eyes. Not to be outdone, Alexa did the same, obviously faking her discomfort. Shane didn't notice, however, and allowed both girls to use him as a shield. Sometimes at the same time. Big E was busy telling jokes in between the down points of the film, cracking up Sasha, while Seth genuinely enjoyed himself. Before they knew it, the movie was over.
"Aw man. It's over already?" Seth asked disappointed.
"I'm afraid so, QB. Looks like you had fun after all, huh?" Big E said gloating.
"Yeah. You got me, I liked it. Hanging out with you guys is great."
"Does that mean you'll do movie night with us every night?" Bayley asked with hope.
"Sure, why the hell not?"
"Yaay! Seth's on board!" She yelled before going over to Seth and hugging him.
"Am I still a meanie?"
Bayley thought about for a moment before shaking her head.
"No, you're not one anymore. You're Nice Seth now."
He laughed at that.
"Nice Seth? I'll take it."
Big E took out his phone.
"Alright guys, as much as I'd like you to stay, we have school tomorrow, and it's 9:50. You don't gotta go home, but you can't stay here. Accept for Seth. His parents said he spend the night. Everyone else, see you tomorrow."
Alexa waved bye to the big kid, Shane have him a hi five, and Bayley hugged him.
"Hey, Big E? My mom's picking me up. Is it okay if I stay here until she comes?" Sasha asked.
"Of course, Boss. I wouldn't throw you out on the street. What do you take me for, a monster?"
"Well... Technically yeah. You're the biggest kid I know."
Big E laughed.
"Yeah you can stay here until your mom comes."
Alexa winked at Sasha.
"Good luck, girl. Get your man."
Sasha blushed.
"Shut up, Alexa! Go home!"
The blonde girl laughed then made her way out of the house. Bayley and Shane followed, and the trio walked together in the cool Sunday night.
"So, Shane. Did you have fun?" Bayley asked.
"Oh, definitely. No way I'm not doing this again. I gotta say though, I had trouble getting comfortable half of the time."
"Why?"
Shane chuckled.
"Maybe because you two decided to use me as a human shield for a lot of the movie." He said, pointing at both Bayley and Alexa.
Alexa flipped her hair back.
"It's rude to point. Just so you know."
Bayley felt bad.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable. I just really don't like a lot of violence at once. It's scary."
"You don't have to apologize, Smiles. I like helping out people I care about. You and Alexa needed me, and I was there. Simple as that."
The girl with the side ponytail smiled brightly.
"Did you call me Smiles?"
"Yeah. Just came off the top of my head I guess."
"I like it! I'm Smiles!"
"Yeah you are."
Again, Alexa hid her feelings but thought them out.
"Nicknames?! Really?! You gotta be kidding me!"
The three teenagers stopped.
"Alright guys, I'm gonna get on this bus. See you tomorrow!" Bayley said.
Now, it was just Shane and Alexa.
"Well, Short Stuff? Now it's just you and me."
Unfortunately for Shane, the petite princess was not in the mood for teasing right about now.
"Don't call me that."
"Oh, we're going back to when we first met? Ha, ni-"
She cut him off.
"No, just don't call me that. Let's go so I can sleep."
Shane was confused by her cold demeanor but followed her regardless. They sat the entire train ride in silence. When they got off, Alexa was still giving him the silent treatment.
"Oh, come on. What did I do?"
They were at their block by now. In response to his question, Alexa just scoffed and walked to her house.
"You didn't do anything, Price. Not a damn thing. Good night."
She went inside her house, leaving Shane alone. Safe to say, he had no idea what was going on. He was somewhat hurt by the way Alexa acted. He stared at her front door.
"Short Stuff?"
