A/N: to clear up any confusion- the first part of this chapter is foreshadowing events before the scene left off on in the last chapter. Also I started thinking about doing messy sketches for my chapters now :)
"I told you I'm fine Ray!"
◇ Continuation to a few weeks ago. ◇
The petite blonde girl dragged the bruised deliquent with her to the infirmary- Nurse Catherine Ward's Office. Rachel ignored his complaints and slid open the door.
What a fucking pain.. Zack groaned to himself. Rachel heard this and turned over to him, "Its not that big of a deal. But you know you can't go to class looking like a stray mutt." She glared.
Zack caught onto her insult then scoffed, "Real bold of ya t' assume I'd even go to class like you goody-two-shoes." He knew it was petty but he had to get back at her some how. She rolled her eyes as they were abruptly greeted with a preppy,
"Hiii~ ♡ "
A busty blonde nurse with hot pink highlights rolled her chair out to reveal herself.
Part 5 - Protection!
Rachel pinched the hem of Zack's black jacket. "There's someone who needs your assistance." "Ah! ♡ How are you today Ms. Gardner.." She had noticed the tall beaten-up boy in her office, "Who's your boyfriend?" Both of their eyes widened but before they could muster out a word the nurse cut them off, "Oh I'm just playing with you!" She chaffed as she gestured her hand in flapping way as if she was telling them not to take her seriously.
"Or unless.. Was I not mistaken?" She titled her head as she placed a finger on her cheek looking at them. "I'm not her boyfriend." He panned his stare away and huffed. "Aww too bad.." she pitied then changed the topic back to what Rachel was talking about, "So what brings you two here?"
"I hope you weren't causing any trouble...I'd possibly have to punish you severely for it." She sadistically giggled. "Im playing again! ♡"
Rachel and Zack both rolled their eyes in annoyance to this woman's constant blabbering and joking. "Zack here got into a fight.." Rachel told her truthfully, Nurse Cathy sighed. "Nothing less I'd expect from a delinquent." She scotted her chair over to the bed and pointed to Zack. "I'll have to check you! ♡"
Ugh..why the fuck is she so preppy all the time... "I'm fine," He groaned with irritation. "Well we can't have a student on campus leaving a blood trail you know," She yawned.
"Whatever, Im outta here-"
"No stop Zack!" Rachel said firmly. "You think that pipsqueak really hurt me? I told ya this was nothing." Her doll eyes narrowed at him and she pulled him closer to the nurse. "Hey!"
Zack sat on the bed eager to leave as soon as possible. "This might burn a bit, Zack." She rolled her chair over to the cabinets and grabbed some cotton balls and rubbing alcohol. "Psh." He highly doubted it'd be more than a little sting. Cathy removed a couple of his face bandages out the way to clean the bleeding scratches. "Ah! Shit!" the sting caught him off guard a bit, the nurse captured the swear that slipped from his mouth and laughed it off.
"I did warn you."
"Shut it I know.." He crossed his arms.
"Um, Nurse Ward." Rachel got her attention, "How long is Zack going to need to be here?"
"I'm feeling better so not much longer, Ray." Zack answered for her. I wish this lady would hurry up..
"Zack you seemed to be in a brutal fight, I think you should rest a bit before jumping back into something like that." Nurse Cathy suggested. "Huh?!"
"You should run along Rachel, Zack might be here for a little while.." Cathy informed her. "What?! There's no way I'm stayin' in here!" "Oh now really??" Her glossy red lips smirked. "Wait what are you-" She touched a few pressure points on Zack's body and knocked him unconscious.
"When I said you'd be staying here. That's what I meant."
The nurse harshly glared.
Rachel shuddered a bit from seeing how swiftly Zack went down. "Are you sure he'll be okay?"
"Yes. It just put him asleep for a little, He'll wake up soon." She smiled. "Don't worry about him too much Rachel ♡" She winked. Rachel lightly blushed but stayed silent. "I think I'll be going now. Tell Zack I went to class." She nonchalantly said as she hurried out the infirmary and shut the door.
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Isaac's slowly blinked back awake. Huh? He moved his head left and right then saw the nurse tampering with needles and medication. He sluggishly groaned, "You're awake finally! ♡" the nurse grinned estastically.
"..Where's Ray..?"
For some reason thats the first thing that caught his mind. Was he worrying about her? That pint-sized shit better not be trying to flatter her again while I'm not around-! Even had just meeting Eddie as well, he couldn't help but think about the ginger head and Rachel. Maybe it bothered him seeing her with another boy besides him..Weird. He hasn't felt this way before. Jealous over the squirt? How ridiculous.
"Oh, Rachel left out awhile ago. She wanted me to tell you she went to class." He narrowed his eyes, that eyeball freak too... It made him shudder thinking about him ever putting a finger on Ray.
"Are you thinking about something?" "Rachel's a cutie isnt she?" The nurse began to blabber again. Zack just seemed to stare at her, he didn't feel comfortable answering that but he did scratch his cheek from the thought, Yeah...she is pretty cute..
"Anyways, would you mind telling me what this brutal fight was all about?" Cathy batted an eye at him expecting a answer,
"Just..uh..over a title..?" He tired to think of anything to dodge the clear answer; it was about Ray.
"Hmm, you and another boy fighting over who's going to be Rachel's..
"loverboy?"
She playfully gushed. "Ah that girl has spunk doesn't she!? ♡"
"It ain't nothing like that!!" He flusteredly yelled out. "I have no interest in having a girlfriend."
"Oh C'mon Zack, you seem so flustered over this, it's okay to admit you have a soft spot for the girl you know." She scotted her chair back to the cabinet. He bitterly grumbled from the fact she was possibly right. He wouldn't deny it but he wasn't going to admit it either.
"It's only a matter of time before you get that urge when you're alone her...♡" Cathy cheekingly smirked. "What are you talking about..and aren't you the nurse?! Why are you so worried about me and Ray anyway."
"Aww a woman can't just be curious about puppy love?" She said in a gloomy tone.
"Ughh..I told you its not like-!"
"You shouldn't raise your voice Zack, you'll give yourself a headache." She came back over with pain reliever medicine, "This is acetaminophen. It'll reileve any pain you feel." "Now...take it all." She said firmly.
"I feel fine! You can let me go now, all you talk about is weird shit. And you didn't tell me what you meant by urge ." He bluntly said. He was getting rather annoyed with this woman. "Have you been alone with Rachel?" She asked curiously.
"Well yeah, I went to her house a few times this week.." Zack normally wouldn't tell others this information but he was so desperate of leaving this infirmary he had no choice but to please her and tell her what she wanted to hear.
"Well a boy like you with such a innocent looking girl like Rachel is just waiting opportunity for you to try something with her." The woman winked suggesting something subjectively naughty.
"What type of guy do you take my for? I haven't tried any of that shit with Ray..and I dont plan on it either." He turned his glimpse away as he took the drug. Tch.
"Hmm..♡ " She smirked her glossy crimson lips again and went into a cabinet. She came over and gently snuck something in his pockets. "Whoopsie me," she snickered as she put her finger on her lips.
What the fuck...?
"What is this supposed to be used for?" He raised his brow at it. The object now in his hand was something in a plastic wrapper. It was in a quadrilateral like shape, Zack was foreign to this. He tried to rip it open, the nurses hand stopped him.
"You should save this for a special time."
"Huh??"
She placed a hand on his shoulder, "I guess you really are pure aren't you?" "I'll give you a scenario."
"I shouldn't encourage students to do this but I did give you that right so it should be safe.." She sternly told him. "Floor 3, Storage closet. It'd be more thrilling to risk getting caught in the act." She winked.
"..huh.."
He slowly began to come to realization. He began to cover his face from the intense blushing. His body temperature was rising significantly.
"So..This that I'm holding in my hand..its.."
"Protection~! ♡ "
The woman clapped her hands together to congratulate him.
Fuckin...gross.
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Present time.
Swoop!
Zack was pulled back by the jacket into a dark stuffy closet. It was a very tight spot probably meant for certain equipment. It was a storage closet. As easy as Rachel could slip in there, it wasnt a breeze for Zack.
"Shh!"
"What the fuck are you doing?!?" Rachel covered his mouth and harshly glared.
"Be quiet."
He paused. Caught off guard by her tone he didnt make another outburst. It was so tight it in that closet they were almost overlapping each other. There was no personal space whatsoever. "Damn its fucking tight in here!" He spoke uncatiously as he tried to stretch out. "Zackk.." Rachel sighed exasperated.
They heard the footsteps of Principal Gray coming closer and closer. Oddly his steps got slower...Had he already known?
"Shit its so cramped-" Rachel had no other choice but to smash his face down into her chest to keep him quiet. "This is for your own good, Zack..." It's not like there's much cushion anyway.. As embarrassing as it was being this cramped close together they couldn't risk getting caught by the Principal.
His face was flushed. Zack had never been this close with Ray before , not even in her house did they even think of being this close. This is humiliating.. Rachel thought to herself as she held Zack's head down. She knew as soon as he got up she'd lose her eardrums for sure.
Shit.. What's Ray doing? Outta all things.. here?! He was just too flustered to stay in that position. He huffed and started to struggle out of her grasp. "S-Stop it Zack!" She whispered. He groaned in frustration that she wasn't letting him go. He didnt know what he was grabbing or reaching for but he couldn't stand being smushed up in this storage closet any longer.
He reached his hand and it grabbed hold of some fabric,
"What the fuck??"
He yanked on it and Rachel yelped. She released her hands from around him and covered her mouth quickly to catch the rest of it. "W-What Ray?!" He adjusted to a whisper-yell now so it wasn't as loud as before. The petite blonde kicked and tried to push him away from here but it was no use- the space was just too small. Her face was flushed red, steaming. She was embarrassed.
I'm so glad it's dark right now... Zack hadn't noticed but the fabric he pulled was her long pleated skirt. There was no point of telling him ; Don't look! She would just have to pull it back up with him right on her.
"What is it Ray??" He was very confused and began to reach his hand around again in the dark cramped closet. She silently dodged his question. It should be clear now, Where's the doorknob? Zack felt around but only felt objects of shit that obiviously wasn't what he was looking for. "Dammit.."
He felt something on the wall-
"A Switch??"
"Hey Ray, I think I found a light.."
"Wait Zack!-"
The light flickered on.
" . . . "
He looked down to see Rachel's navy blue skirt was pulled down past her bikini line. Her lower half was practically exposed and her face was flustered from embarrassment. "D..Don't look.."
He swifly turned his eyesight away. "Idiot! Why didn't you tell me you were like this?"
She timidly spoke, "You yanked the hem of my skirt... "
"You're acting like you didn't just smutter my face in your chest.." He shot back at her.
"So that's your way of getting back at me? You intended to do that Zack?"
"N-NO WAY I AIN'T A PERVERT DUMBASS!" He shouted at her for even suggesting he'd do something like that on purpose.
He paused as he gazed at her face. She was blushing so intensely that she tried to hide her face away from him. She's never like this... So worked up.. "Hey Ray..." She looked at him with her rosy pink face,
"Why are you acting so off right now?"
They both had forgotten they were supposed to be quiet in this closet but began to speak as usual. "T..This is just really humiliating for me Zack.." "Scoot over so I can adjust my skirt." She blushed as she reached down. She couldn't see where her hand maneuvered but it reached clothing. This isn't my skirt... she pulled her hand out with something in her hand.
"Hey Zack..."
"What's this?"
She was more curious to why'd it had been in his pocket in the first place. "You didn't tell me you were seeing someone.." Her gazed panned down a bit sadden. Why was she bothered by this assumption?
"Huh?! What the fuck are ya talking about?!?" He turned back around to her. "I thought you were gonna fix your skirt not go through my fucking pockets-" he realized what she grabbed.
The shit that perverted nurse gave me.. fuck. He began to sweat. "Look it wasn't meant for anyone! That preppy ass nurse gave me it for.." Hechanged his sentence mid-way, "Ahh..just toss it I ain't gonna use it anyway.." He scratched his head in embarrassment.
Rachel no longer felt as embarrased now that it was clear he wouldn't dare do it but she really couldn't help but mess around with his emotions a little, seeing him all flustered was just enjoyable.
"So you want to do it without protection...?"
Her doll eyes gazed at him as she spoke nonchalantly.
"W..what do ya mean.." "Ray.." He felt a bit tense. No..she can't be implying she actually wants to do that with me..
He remembered how Nurse Cathy had told him about this very storage closet they were in..she's bluffin'... Zack wanted to convince himself she was. He felt Ray's hand get ahold of his cheeks and reel him in, she secretly wanted to see how much she could tease him before he would give in to that vulnerable side hidden in him. "Hey Zack.."
"You can be more than just my watchdog.."
She teased as she whispered in his ear.
Rachel knew not to go further than this though. She didn't want to go any further with this type of tension. She would feel shameless doing something like that.
"Really?"
His expression hadn't changed the way she expected it to, it was cooly serious. "Seems kinda half-assed. If you wanted something like that from me try to be less dull." He shrugged.
Her eyes widened then she huffed, "I.. I wouldn't have done it anyway. I was only kidding.."
"Oh?" Zack had caught on to how she likes to tease while at her house, why not have a shot at it here? He could play that game too. "But you were making such a good face earlier Ray.." He playfully smirked. Zack's hands gradually started coming closer..
"W-WAIT ZACK!--"
Unknowingly, they had forgotten about their Principal that would roam the halls had now stopped at the door hearing the racket coming from inside. The principal closed the book he held in his hand. Then turned his view to the small storage closet door, he shook his head in disappointment. "Childern.."
The storage room door flung open. Principal Gray stood there revealing Zack and Rachel in the closet together. "Stop ittt!" Rachel whined agitated as Zack snickered at her. He was playfully pinching her cheeks as she beat her tiny fists on his chest in desperate attempts to make him stop. They slowly came to realization- the door was opened.
Ah shit...
Zack let go of Ray's cheeks and they both stared at the tall man formal wear possibly in his mid-to-late sixties.
"Isaac Foster....Rachel Gardner.."
He addressed them then began his sentence,
"What is the meaning of this?"
...Dammit.