High School Mayhem

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Chapter 88: Date
~Travis~

"House arrest?" I raise an eyebrow.

"Home and school, no entertainment whatsoever, and for a month. I would have been longer but Mom got him to soften up on us a little bit." Zerenity sighs as she lays her head on her desk. "This sucks, I literally have nothing at all to do."

"You'll get through it." I pat her back.

"We'll see." She sits up and turns to me. "So, what's been going on in your life?"

I look away and scratch the back of my neck. "Um... n-nothing much." I don't want to tell her that I have a date, Dante's plan really doesn't seem like it'll work. Unless it's true about what he told me about it making her jealous.

To be honest, I wasn't even trying to follow the plan but a girl came up to me and just asked me out. I'd never talked to her before but I couldn't just turn her down.

"Really? Are you sure?" She pesters. "Your voice just went up, like, 6 octaves."

"What? Really?" I question as I turn to face her again. "T-That's super weird."

"You just did it again!" She points out. "Whatever it is, you know you can tell me right?"

Suddenly, Lyrvanna plops herself into a seat. "Please, pretty please, don't tell me you said 'yes' to her."

"To who?" Zerenity and I both wonder.

"The girl who asked you out yesterday, obviously." She scoffs. Wow, Lyrvanna, you have such perfect timing, don't you? I turn to Zerenity and she just stares at me in shock. "I gave her advice so she could ask you out but I didn't want you to say 'yes'." Lyrvanna looks at Zerenity then leans over the table to mumble to me. "For obvious reasons."

"I couldn't just say 'no'." For some reason, I'm whispering back to her. "Do you not remember that entire awkward week of freshman year?"

"Point taken." She nods and sits up. "Good luck on your date because if this one doesn't go well, you have a lot more coming your way. For some reason." She shakes her head playfully and I jokingly roll my eyes. "No, seriously, look at all the love letters people have asked me to give them feedback on, it's literally a whole stack. Just for you." Lyrvanna digs into her backpack and holds up a bunch of papers and envelopes. "That's not all either."

"That's a joke, right?" I laugh.

"Apparently, people heard you sing, in the talent show and in one of the musicals," she stuffs it all back into her bag, "they think you're a hottie with nice vocal chords and a-- I can't believe I'm going to say this--" she opens a love letter and reads it-- "a super delicious swim bod that I want to stuff into a body bag and pin to my wall."

I let my head drop onto the table. "I'm about to be kidnapped by a psychopath."

"I'd love to stay and help but I need to get to my homeroom now." Lyrvanna says. As she begins walking off, she pats my back and mumbles, "Good luck, buddy."

"Wow..." Zerenity mutters. I sit up and turn to her. "'A super delicious swim bod that I want to stuff into a body bag and pin to my wall'? That person is a, uh-- They're a keeper." She laughs.

"Please don't repeat that phrase ever again." I groan. I do not want to be pinned to a wall, does anyone want to be pinned to the wall? Someone should report that person to the cops before they become a threat.

Zerenity laughs again. "Alright, fine, instead... let's talk about your date tonight. Where are you two planning on going? What do you plan on wearing?"

"Wait." I blink at her. "It doesn't bother you?" Isn't it supposed to bother her? Is she just hiding it well? Wait... it's Zerenity... she doesn't hide anything well.

She shrugs. "No, only the fact that you didn't tell me sooner. Is this why you were so nervous? Oh my Irene, this is your first real date since you and Lyrvanna decided to pretend that week in freshman year never happened."

My eyes widen. "You're right! I don't know what to do!"

"Just relax, breathe, and be yourself. You'll be fine." She assures. "She's the one missing out if she decides to call it off, okay?"

"Right, okay." I nod.

"Now, question time! Where are you going? What are you wearing? What's her name? When did you meet? Babies or no babies, in the future of course?" My eyes nearly pop out of my head. "Aw... I wish I wasn't on house arrest so I could get a picture of you two right before you go. How come I can never be there every time you go on a first date?" I just sigh and lay my head on the table once again.