Same Time...
"A favor, huh? What is it?" Lio asked.
"Well... Hold on. Love, come. Explain to Lio what we're doing." Paige told Shane, motioning for him to come take the phone.
She put the phone on speaker, and he took it. He then greeted his friend that he hadn't seen or heard from in months.
"Hey, Lio. How's life been?" Shane asked.
The so-called, Man Of The Hour was completely shocked by the sound of the boy's voice.
"Nah... Shane? Shane Price?" He asked in disbelief.
"Yup, that's me." Price responded, happy to hear from an old pal.
There was no sound for a few seconds... until Lio let out a loud laugh. (So many goddamn L words.)
"Ha ha! Well, I'll be damned! The funny man has finally returned! Thank God, I missed the hell outta you, homie!" Rush exclaimed excitedly.
Shane chuckled.
"Likewise, Lio. Yeah, I'm staying down here at Paige's for a few days. Thanksgiving break and all that."
"Okay, okay, I see you. If you were worried about Paige while you were gone, there's no need, funny man. Yours truly has been takin' gooood care of her." The undersized teen proclaimed smugly.
Price looked over at Paige, who just rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"I appreciate that, man. How's everything been with you since I left?"
"Oh, you know the 15 year old piece of gold. I've been on the grind, makin' money, talkin' to honeys. The usual stuff. What about you, my man?" Lio responded.
"I've been alright. These past few months have been pretty insane. I joined the football team and won the state championship for one."
"Yeah, that's what I'm talking about! Shane out here catchin' big Ws!" The overconfident boy complemented.
"You know it, bro. Let's see, what else? I made some friends, and ended up getting caught in the middle of a love triangle. That in turn, caused me to get my first girlfriend." Shane summarized.
"Oh ho! My man's got a girl now?! Now that's definitely what's up. Tell me, is she valid? I bet she's smokin hot."
Shane glanced at Alexa and laughed.
"She's alright." He joked.
That, uh... That didn't sit well with Little Miss Bliss. She folded her arms and raised one eyebrow.
"Um, excuse me? Alright? What the hell is that supposed to mean? Price, I am a friggin goddess! You couldn't find a better looking girl than me if you tried!" She ranted, much to the amusement of her boyfriend.
Lio was taken aback by the sudden sound of Alexa's voice.
"Yo... Is that your..."
The petite princess cut him off.
"Yes, I'm his girlfriend. Alexa Bliss, nice to meet you. I came all the way down here to help his ass out with this, because I love him. But maybe I shouldn't have, considering I'm apparently average enough to be described as, alright."
The blonde haired boy at this point was this close to exploding with laughter.
"Babe, babe. Chiiill, I'm only messing around with you. You're waaay better than just alright. Come on, you know that."
Bliss pouted.
"I do, but it still hurt."
"Aww, don't be like that. Hey Lio, by the way. To answer your question truthfully, yes. My girl is ridiculously attractive. To put it in layman's terms, I'm one lucky bastard." Shane told his friend with a smile, somewhat directing that answer at Alexa as well.
Her facial expression softened after hearing that.
"That's better." She said approvingly.
Paige smirked, and Lio's laugh could be heard after that little back and forth between Bliss and Price.
"Sounds like a feisty one." He said.
"You know what's funny? I said the same thing when Price was tellin' me about her a couple months ago." Paige pointed out.
"Eh, I wouldn't say feisty. More like... really passionate about stuff." Shane countered.
"Sounds like you're sugarcoating stuff." Rush said, not convinced.
Alexa groaned.
"Oh my God, can we please just get to the reason why we need this guy's help now?"
"Okay, Okay. Alright, Lio. So, it's about that shit that went down at the Halloween Party last month." Shane began to tell him.
Rush's demeanor went from playful to dead serious as soon as he brought up that incident.
"You mean when those hoes did what they did to Paige? Me, Zack and few other guys threw their asses out after that happened, so you know."
"Paige already told me, and again, thanks for that. But, that's not enough. I need them to really pay for what they did." Price told him.
"Basically, we're gonna beat the shit outta them. Or at least Carmella, since she's the main slut in charge." Paige chimed in.
"I'd like to see that happen. But, how do I fit in this equation? I can't just punch them in the face if that's what you're asking me to do." Rush said.
"Oh no, I'm not saying that. You see, we need a way to know exactly where they're gonna be and when they're gonna be there so we can actually confront them. Since you're one of the most popular kids in the school, we figured you could post something on Instagram or Snapchat. Almost like an advertisement, you know?" Shane explained.
"I got you, I got you. You want me to let everyone know that you're all calling them out. No problem, I can do that. How you wanna do this then?"
This is where Lio gets smug again, just a heads up.
"Well of course ya came to me. Not only am I the Man Of The Hour, but I'm also the Man With The Plan." He said.
Paige and Alexa both rolled their eyes when they heard him say that.
"Okay, Man With The Plan. Whaddya got?" The British girl asked.
"Umm... How about this? I can be at your house within the next hour. I'll record you guys with my phone, and post it. You say whatever you want. I guarantee, you being back will get everyone's attention."
"Yeah. All those fake fucks that turned on him will be sooo happy to see him back. "Oh, it's so good to see you again, man." Fake motherfuckers." Alexa chimed in, visibly annoyed.
"Princess, it's fine. I don't plan on making nice with that many of them. Just a select few. Not everyone in my old school was fake. Look at Paige, look at Lio. I still had some friends left, thank God." Shane clarified.
"Exactly. I'm like, the realest guy of all time." Lio gloated.
"A real pain in the ass." Paige countered.
"Oh don't be like that, Brit. You know you love the 15 Year Old Piece Of Gold."
"Uh huh, right. In your dreams, little man."
"I'm not little... Anyway, are we on with my idea or..." He asked, obviously hit hard by the name he was just called.
"I'm okay with it. It's a good plan of action. Ladies, what do you say?" Shane questioned.
Paige shrugged.
"Whatever you wanna do, love."
Alexa nodded.
"Let's do it."
"So, I guess this what we're doing. Lio, get over here as fast as you can, man." Price told him.
"You got it. Ha ha! Can't wait to see you again my boy!"
"Same here, same here."
Shane hung up, and handed the phone back to Paige. He chuckled.
"Glad to hear he hasn't changed at all since I've been gone."
"You're right, he hasn't. Not in personality... or physical size. I'm still taller than him, it's hilarious." Knight said while laughing.
"He... He sort of reminds me of Enzo." Alexa admitted.
"Eh, that's understandable. That's understandable." Shane also laughed.
42 Minutes Later...
"Alright, Lio just texted me. He's waiting outside the door." Paige let her two guests know.
"Great, now we can do this." Shane said.
The trio of teens left Knight's room and headed downstairs to meet with the guy who's help they enlisted. Paige opened the front door, and there stood Lio Rush, smiling ear to ear.
"Man! It's been way too long since I've seen you." He happily proclaimed.
Shane outstretched his arms and motioned for a hug.
"Bring it in, bro. Bring it in."
Lio didn't hesitate to oblige. As the two teenaged boys caught up with each other, Alexa was looking Rush up and down. Honestly, she was confused about something.
"Hey, you guys said that this kid was little. He isn't." She pointed out.
"Ha! She gets it! I told you I ain't small!" Lio gloated, his ego being inflated by Alexa's words.
Paige smirked.
"Oh, he is, love. You're just... Ya know."
Alexa folded her arms.
"I'm just what? Go on, say it."
Knight looked over at Shane, who realized that he was gonna have to shoulder some of the burden on this one.
"Well, princess? Let's just say, there's a reason why I call you Short Stuff."
"In other words, you're so tiny, you make Lio look like a bloody giant!"
Paige was laughing now, which caused both Alexa and Lio to become annoyed.
"I'm not that small." They respectively grumbled.
"Well, vertically challenged people aside, should we get this thing started?" Shane asked, desperate to change the subject. He could feel his girlfriend's death stare boring through him for his comments.
"Yeah for sure. So y'all, this is what I had in mind. I'll start the video by recording the couch for a few seconds, and then Shane walks into the frame, sits down, and says whatever comes to mind. Then, when he's done, Paige comes in and says the time and place you want them to show and face you." Lio explained.
"Wait, how do we know they'll actually show up though?" Alexa asked.
Lio, Paige, and Shane all looked over at her and then shared knowing looks with each other.
"Love, let me explain somethin' to you. Carmella Van Dale is the biggest attention whore you will ever meet in your entire life. And on top of that, she's more shallow than a dried out kiddie pool in the middle of the bloody desert. If she doesn't show up, her image will be ruined. So, trust us, she'll go wherever we say." Paige stated.
"Couldn't have said it better myself, Midnight. Now... I think it's time we start rolling." Shane said, with a somewhat mischievous smirk on his face.
And they were... until Price felt his phone vibrate in his right pocket. He nervously chuckled while pulling it out, a little embarrassed that his epic line had been ruined.
"Sorry, give me a sec... Hello? Becky? What's up, Lassy?... Dean did what?!... He said he didn't know they were mine, how?! I left those things in my room on top of my dresser!... Man, Imma kick his ass when I get back... Okay, for you, I won't hit him too hard... Thanks... Alright, thanks for letting me know... Bye, Lynch."
After that short conversation, Price hung up and shoved the phone back in his pocket. The two girls and Lio all looked at him with confused faces.
"Dude, what happened?" Paige asked.
"Oh, um, nothing. Dean somehow managed to break my 300 dollar headphones I paid for with my own money... Goddamnit it. Anyway, not important, not important. Now! Let's start rolling, for real this time."
AN: One step closer to revenge for Shane and the gang. First off, I wanna say sorry for the month long hiatus on this story. Writer's Block mixed with me being busy as shit caused that. Still though, I apologize. Getting that out of the way, I have a little question for you guys. Which side couple would you like to see focused on more in the story; Dean/Becky, Seth/Bayley, Big E/Sasha, or Xavier/Emma. I ask cause I realize I'm kinda overdoing it with the side characters, and it's hard to think of ways to incorporate them all at once, so I'd like to only give major screen time to a few of them at a time. Don't get me wrong though, side characters will still be around since it's a High School AU, and there's bound to be a lot of them in a story like that. I just wanna know who you're most interested in seeing, so I can make this story more enjoyable for you. That's pretty much it. Hope you all liked this chapter, and like always, you're the best. See you in the next chapter. Peace out.
