Cyclone: Ride The Cyclone Unofficial Prequel

Chapter 9

Next day,

Ricky is finally back, but he is wearing a winter jacket above his usual hoodie; his hoodie is yellow and has something in Japanese on one sleeve and a flower and rain cloud on the other. "Lover boy, you are back!" Liam exclaims; he tries to go hug Ricky, but Ricky puts his hand forward and pushes his forehead. "Ow," Liam said. "Ricky just opened his locker." incomes ocean, but she stops and hides behind a trash bin so they don't see her. "Hey, I wanted to try something new; can you hold my notebook?" Liam hands him his notebook and opens his bag. Liam looked around. Ricky looked at Liam's notebook when Liam shot a dart at his shoulder, making Ricky pass out. Liam drags Ricky to a nearby bathroom. Ocean stands, shocked at what she saw, asking, "Guys, did you see that?" Ocean said, she heard no response. She turned the corner and saw them passed out on the floor. "GUYS! You guys slept?!" "Liam just knocked out and dragged Ricky to the bathroom!" Ocean exclaimed. They all just sat there, clueless about what she was saying. "When?" Liam said, walking up the stairs with Ricky behind them, "Am I confused? I just got here." Ricky said. Ocean was shocked, "But how?" Ocean turned into a 360. "I give up; let's get to class," Ocean said, disappointed. They all left. "Who were they?" Ricky asked, "Just people who are in your choir, I should tell you about them." They walked to class. In Ocean's homeroom, "Noel, I swear to you that Liam shot Ricky with a dart, and now he probably erased his memory." Noel rolled his eyes and said, "I know, I hate Liam too, but making a lie like that just because you think Ricky is in danger isn't a good move." Noel said. Ocean gave up; the bell rang, and she left. Ocean arrived at her lesson; Constance was already there, but Ricky wasn't yet. Ocean sat at her spot. "Ricky is late today; that is surprising," Mr. Largo said. The room was quiet; recently, it has been that way. "Guys, you have to look what's going on out here!" someone shouts. Jenny was panting at the door. They all followed her to see what she was talking about. It was Noel and Ricky, and with people around them, they looked like they were about to fight. They all entered the circle, "What is going on?" Ocean said. "Ricky here said I was too preppy and walked strangely." They were both walked like how one is ready to fight. Liam entered the circle, "Come on, lover boy, you don't normally get this angry," he said, "Leave! You are part of this," they all said, including Constance and Mr. Largo. "Umm, Ricky, you never act like this, something has gotten into you," Constance said, "Nothing is wrong with me, just that you guys are all jerks to Liam," Ricky replied, "You don't even like him yourself, how can you randomly just be friends with him? Wasn't he the one who said-" The principle interpreted the fight, "Noel! Ricky!OFFICE! NOW!" He said no one likes the principal. Everyone scattered. They arrived back at the choir room, and Ocean says, "I swear Liam did something to Ricky." The room stays quiet. Ricky, randomly got back, rolled his eyes and sat in his spot. No one dared to speak. Well, except for Constance. "Ricky, I have your story in my bag," she said, pulling out a stack of papers, which Ricky read and placed on the table, saying, "This sucks." Constance's heart broke; she didn't show anything when she put the papers back in her bag. "Harsh Ricky," Mr. Largo said. Ricky sat back down. "Something is up with Ricky, I swear," Ocean said to Constance. She was still processing the fact that she worked so hard on something Ricky asked for, just for him to reject it. Class ended. Now for the main class: Everyone is chatting a little, but when they talked about Ricky, Noel doesn't speak. "So, what even happened in the first hour?" Ocean asked, "Not your business," Noel responded, and at the same time, "Shut up, Ocean," Ricky said. Ocean shut up. The others say something, Ocean bursts in, and then Ricky says shut up, and then she does. At lunch, everyone was already sitting and waiting for Ricky to sit, but when Ricky came walking down, he turned and went to sit with Liam. "Really, who wants to sit by Liam? If he had friends, they still wouldn't sit by him. How come Ricky and Liam are such good friends?"Ocean said, "Whatever he is, he was jerk after all," Noel said. "Yeah, now, but he never was like that," Constance stated. That was true. Ricky would never randomly abandon his friends for someone he didn't like. "That Liam will pay for this!" Mischa started standing and putting his foot on the table edge. They told him to sit down. "You have to believe me when I say Liam shot a dart into Ricky in the morning; that must've knocked him out! And he dragged him into the boys' restroom! He had to be part of Ricky's memory loss!" Ocean stated. They still didn't believe her; lunch ended as Ocean and Constance were still talking about the big change in Ricky. In some random class, "Oh, it's you two," Liam said, and Ocean and Noel glared. "Oh, lover boy might be still getting his stuff." He also stated that Ocean needed to clear her head. "What did you do to him?" Ocean said, "Did what?" "I didn't do anything," Liam said. Ocean wasn't giving up there; she had to get him to admit it. "You know Ricky doesn't like you; he never did; all he talks about is how dumb and annoying you are!" Ocean said, "Ocean stop." Noel said he knew what was going to happen but didn't know how to say it. "Just admit you erased Ricky's memories! And you are just making him do whatever you want!" Ricky starts walking in, and Liam and Noel notice. Noel signals for Ocean to stop, but she doesn't understand the message. "Oh, lover boy! Can you make them stop? They are hurting me!" Liam said, "Do you think I would hurt him? Ricky, knock your brain back into order; this is your enemy! He is probably using you because he has no friends who want to be with him!" She shakes Ricky, "he has you under his spell and you can break it; just remember the times we had as our group," Ocean said, which made Ricky think. She is trying to make him remember the times they all had together, but she gets caught up in it, as in every iconic film. Ricky thought hard; he must have thought of something, but Liam disturbed it by grabbing him. "Lover boy, don't believe them; they are using you because you are good at sports, and they can accept that they are bad at it," Liam said, and Ricky thought hard. Noel processed what Liam said. "Can you tell them to stop bothering us?" Liam finally said, which made Ricky give up. "Can you guys stop bothering us? You are wasting our time," Ricky said. They both walked off. Ocean sat back down. "Ocean, I hate you and think that your theory is stupid, but I believe you," Noel said. This made Ocean happy, "Look, Liam said that we were using him for his sports, but when you think about it, on the first day, Ricky was talking about how much he hates sports and that he only joined them to get out of the house," Noel said, and Ocean thought for a bit. She finally understood, kind of. It was some free time for the class to work on other homework as people checked their grades and how bad they were in that one class. Liam came walking up to Ocean and Noel with Ricky behind him. "So, it looks like I won; Ricky is now mine, and I will get him to ask me out finally" Liam laughed. The bell rang. "Come on, Ocean, we don't hang out with Ricky since Liam is apparently way better than us." Ricky spoke no words. "I feel like I am doing something wrong." Ricky asked, "Nothing, you have me, plus they bullied you for being on the football team, remember?" Liam said, but Ricky couldn't. Ricky passed Noel waiting for Constance; he gave Ricky a weird look, as did Constance when she got up the stairs. Ricky went to his next class, and when he entered, everyone in that class looked at him and then started chatting. Ricky sat in his spot. Near the end of class, he was working on his homework, basically shapes he had to define. He overheard this one girl named Lily talking to one of her friends about rats. He eavesdropped more, and they started a topic about Ricky, but Lily interrupted, "We are not talking about Ricky; he is in this class, and he is low-key weird. I mean he gets every guy to like him yet rejects them, plus I heard from Ocean that he hates rats." Ricky didn't know if any of what she said was true. The bell rang, and it was time for English, a class he is in with Constance and Noel; maybe he can get info, plus Liam isn't in that class. "Constance, isn't it? May I ask you a question?" Ricky asked, and Constance ignored him and looked the other way. He turned to Noel and asked, "Noel, can I ask you something?" Ricky asked, "Sure, what is the question?" Noel asked, "Were we friends at one point?" Ricky asked, "Yeah, everyone in the choir is friends with each other, including Mischa." Noel said, "I don't remember much; all I know is that I am friends with Liam, but you guys were saying I wasn't." Ricky asked, "Well, because," Noel took a breath, "Ricky, to be honest, you despise Liam," Ricky was surprised. "Look, he is a classmate of yours from your middle school, and ever since he asked you out on the first day, you have had this gut feeling that you hate him and he will do something to you," Noel said. You know he is saying something because he still likes him. "Then Ocean believes he shot you with a dart and erased your memory, but that is her theory." Noel looked at Ricky. He blushed a bit but then looked down because he knew Ricky doesn't like him. "That could explain why I can't remember much; I didn't know I had over fourteen cats." They both laughed. "You seem like a cool friend; it sucks that I don't remember you," Noel's heart unlocked. He never heard such words like that from Ricky to him; did Ricky secretly think he was cool but just never admit it because he felt like Noel would do something? Constance still can't forgive him. The class ended, and Liam walked up to Ricky, "So, lover boy, "How was your class without me? You must have been alone," Liam said. "No, but I learned how cool Noel is; why would he be mean to me? He seems soft and nice to me." Ricky said, "That is all an act, lover boy; he wants you back so he can use you just like before, but me, I love you because you are you," Liam said. Ricky felt confused and started to feel uncomfortable with Liam around. They walked out. "If I left something, you go on, I should go get it," Ricky said, and Liam continued walking. On the way, Ricky nearly crushed Ocean, saying, "Oh, sorry, Ocean, I didn't see you." Ocean awoke agitated but also sad. "Are you ok?" Ricky asked; Ocean didn't say a word to him and just left. Ricky feels something is wrong, but he can't get his hands on it. Maybe next week, when everyone is calm, he can get some explanations, but now he needs to get home.

Why is Ricky's name hard to spell! "Zicky" "Ricku" "Riche" and "Eicky" Ricku looks like a Pokémon. With more chapters to go, Chapter 10 might be the last chap of 2022, but I will still post the 12 mini-chapters.