THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY CHP 2

MARKSMEN ROCKAFELLA STORIES: THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

CHAPTER 2: ANNOYANCE IS LINGERING

"Ok, so what we will do for today is for you to pick your own desired club, please write them on a piece of paper…" Mr. Arft said, their homeroom adviser, Slate immediately jolted and asked Zen, "Zen~, what club would you take?", "all of them…" Zen said, "WHAT? Seriously?" Slate said, Zen  looked at Slate with eyes that would murder someone immediately, "YES…" Zen said, Slate got scared, Zen brought out a piece of paper and wrote all the clubs that would fit her, Slate, would do anything just to be with Zen, he also wrote down all the clubs that Zen wrote, later on, all of them passed their papers, "ah, I forgot to mention, I'll be handling the archery club…" Mr. Arft said, later on, their free period came, Zen got bored just drew, while Slate was just watching her, "how long are you gonna do this?" Zen asked, "until you become mine…" Slate answered, Zen placed her pen down and said, "Impossible!" Zen said, "hmm?" Slate said, Zen looked at Slate, but then turned to her paper and just drew, "mysterious you are…I like it!" Slate said, later on, the bell rang, Slate stood up, and so as Zen, she grab hold of Slate's shirt and said, "can we just be friends?" Zen said, "of course!" Slate said…

Later on, Zen went up the school's rooftop, there she wondered, after, Slate went in, "oh! Ze---" Slate stopped, "hey isn't it weird? Zen asked, "Weird?" Slate mumbled, "a guy like you spending time with a girl like me…" Zen said, Slate went on silent, after a while, "that's what I thought…." Zen murmured, Zen stood up, and took her leave, while she was walking, she saw her childhood friend, Jared, but then she just passed by, later on, she arrived inside her classroom, she looked out of the window, "impossible…" Zen whispered…

After classes, she ran off to see the club activities, she first went to art club, there she noticed that someone is there, alone, she thought of intruding but instead, before she walked in she politely asked if someone is there, "Is someone in here?" Zen asked, the guy stood up and said, "yes…", Zen took a seat and began to draft, "Zen, do you still remember me?" Jared asked, Zen got startled and nodded, "good to hear!" Jared said, later on the two got silent, they suddenly heard loud footsteps, Jared quickly made finishing touches and bid farewell to Zen, as Jared was opening the door, Slate got shocked, the door was half open and saw Zen, she didn't mind him, instead, she stood up and went on ahead, after, Jared followed, Slate continued to go in and saw the master pieces, he got jealous and got angry…

Next day, Jared stopped over to the classroom of Zen, later on, Slate passed by, still lingering the anger he keeps inside him, "who are you?" Slate asked, "I'm Jared, the childhood friend of Zen, have you seen her?" Jared answered, Slate avoided the question and said, "she's mine and I won't let any guy near her besides me…", Slate continued on leaving Jared alone, he was heading towards the rooftop, Jared couldn't resist the confusion and secretly followed Slate, Slate knows that this time Zen is early, meanwhile, "hmmm, Jared…." Zen mumbled, she woke up early just to go to school and feel the wind, "ZEN!" Slate shouted, Zen startled, "ah Ja---" Zen got interrupted, Slate hugged her, Zen didn't do anything, later on, Jared came, "Z-Zen!" Jared said, "oh great another one…" Zen murmured, Slate still hung onto Zen, "hey! How're you doing Jared?" Zen said, "great!, its only now that we've seen each other…" Jared answered, later on, Slate was still hugging onto Zen the whole conversation of Jared and Zen, after, the bell rang, "ah, first period…" Zen said "oy! Slate…get off me!, we have to get to class!", Slate snapped and went around Zen, like a piggy-back ride, "GEEZ…well then Jared, You too have to get to class!, see you later, well then bye!" Zen said, Zen flashed out like the wind leaving Jared alone, meanwhile, "Z-Zen…t-take me to the clinic!..." Slate whispered, "hah?" Zen said, without noticing Slate fell of Zen's back, "Oy Slate!, don't make fun o---" Zen stopped and checked out Slate's forehead, "you're burning hot! Come up my back again, I'll take you there!" Zen said, instead of helping himself, Zen picked him up and placed him at her back, later on, they reached the clinic, "miss nurse! Help!" Zen said, "hmmm? Fever?, take him to the bed, and I'll check him out…" Nurse said, after checking, "you might wanna stay here for a while, I wont be around until today and afternoon " Nurse said, Zen nodded, "don't worry I'll tell your adviser to excuse you, well then bye…" Nurse added, the nurse left, leaving Slate and Zen alone, Zen took a close look at Slate, "hmmm, you're quite c-c-cute when you're asleep…" Zen said and smiled, she stoked his head, "all this time…this morning, you didn't made that up, didn't you…its like you're looking for warmth, but why me?" Zen mumbled, she didn't notice that Slate heard her, "b-b-because, I love y---" Slate stopped and went back to sleep, Zen held his hand and said, "I'm sorry for all this time, being cruel, not realizing every word you say…"…

Later on, Slate woke up and noticed that Zen was sleeping, he took a look outside the window and noticed that it was late, he thought that everyone went home except for the clubs, he tried to wake Zen up, "ZEN! WAKE UP! WE HAVE TO GO HOME! ITS ALMOST THE EVENING!" Slate said, Zen quickly jolted and said, "HAH?!?!, Oh no!, I have to go!", panicking Zen dashed out, leaving Slate all alone…

Next day, Zen saw Slate heading towards school, she thought of approaching him, instead she stayed behind him acting like his shadow, later on, Slate noticed someone following him, he turned around and saw Zen, "good morning Zen!" Slate said, Zen looked down she thought of smiling, Slate walked towards her and suddenly saw Frank, "oh no! I'm in big trouble…" Slate said, "hmm did you say something?" Zen said, "let's go! Here ride with me!" Slate said, he put down his skateboard and dashed in the streets of the city, Slate skated as fast as he could, "hey could you slow down?, its like we passed the path to school!" Zen shouted, "ah, I'm sorry, " Slate said, they slowed down for a while…

The two reached school, luckily at the gate, Jared waited, "ah Jared!, here's that number you wanted…" Zen said, she handed over the paper and Jared brought out his phone, "hey, sorry disturb, but whose number is that?" Slate said interruptly, "mine" Zen said, she glared at Slate, "tch! You're mine but still…" Slate murmured, "hmm what was that?" Zen angrily said, "a-ah, nothing! Well then I'll go on first then…bye!" Slate said, leaving the two alone, he felt something in his chest, "ouch, my heart's feelings…" Slate whispered…

Later on while class was going on, Zen brought out a piece of paper and wrote something, she passed it on to Slate, "hmm? What's this?" Slate asked, "open it!" Zen whispered, Slate jolted and got happy inside,  after classes, Slate asked if who else is going to come, "hmm, let's see, ah! My cousin whom I'm very close with, my neighbours, father, Jared and you…" Zen answered, Slate noticed that none of their classmates except him are invited, "hey, only me you're inviting?" Slate said, Zen looked down and said, "You're my only friend inside the classroom, everyone thinks of me as weird, I won't be like this if my mom wasn't gone…", "ah of course! Every daughter's first friend is their mother!" Slate said in his mind, "I'm so sorry…, well then see you tomorrow!" he added, "a-ah! About the addre---" Zen stopped as she tripped over, Slate quickly caught her, "hey are you alright?" Slate asked, Zen blushed and nodded, "come on let's go home!" Zen said, "yeah…" Slate whispered…

=WILL ZEN KNOW THAT INSIDE SLATE THERE IS CRUELITY IN HIS HEART, A HEART OF A TRAITOR, OR WILL ZEN PROOVE THAT HE HAS A DIFFERENT ONE…FIND OUT!=

+IMAGINATION took FLIGHT+