Ch 2: Dances and Exes

          "Wake up sleepyhead!" I heard a cute, high-pitched voice say. I awoke to find Ray, our personal alarm clock, hovering over me. It was nice waking up to her, her sky blue eyes sparkling. I smirked, she smiled. I looked over to Tweak, just like I left her, sprawled out on the old 80's red couch. I laughed.

"Hey Ray, I'll warn you. If you keep hovering over me like that I'll pull you down right here." I pointed to my lips, she giggled and blushed. Then she moved over to Tweak and shook her awake. I reached over to my drawer and put on a fresh black shirt, basket ball shorts, and an orange hoodie. After I smoothed out my shaggy green hair I headed to training....taught by Seth today.

          Seth was our stealth trainer. He was also the coolest guy at the Institute. He's got two girls who are on his arms constantly: Ray and Chanel. I hated him, and he hated me to for flirting with "his girls". He sat on the stair railing texting someone...probably Chanel. He looked up at me for a sec, then hopped off of the railing. He took off his black hood, shaking his pale blond hair around.

"Sup Reject?" He sorta-greeted me.

"Nothing much. Almost got a kiss from Ray today. Cute girl, huh?" I intimidated him. I liked to toy around with Seth...he's a jackass and deserves it. His face reddened, but he didn't lose his cool (like he really has any). But that got me into rope climbing for four hours straight.

          My arms were killing me when I headed back to  my room. Tonight was also the dance....in which I DON'T have a date too. I found Tweak looking at a black dress.

"Lemme guess. Chanel made that for you?" I asked. Chanel was the big fashion queen of the Institute. She makes all of the spy outfits and designs comfortable Runner clothes.

"Yeah. That chick is FAST!" She said, showing me the very sexy dress.

"Who's your date?" I asked. Hoping that she said that she wanted ME to take her....that would be....awesome.

"Don't have one; Don't want one." She emphasized "Don't" and "want". I laughed and dug through my drawer to find the outfit Chanel made for me: a white shirt, black tie, and black slacks. Also a pair of black sneakers to match...because Chanel knows me.       


          I arrived at the dance....alone. I saw Ray and Chanel on both sides of Seth. Ray wore a short, cute yellow dress; Chanel wore hot pink. Seth wore a jacket with both yellow and hot pink in a pattern to match them. I looked at Ray like "Really? Him?" and she mouthed out "Sorry".  I had asked Ray to go with me a few weeks before, but she told me that Seth had asked her already. I shook my head and stood with Zeus, Ray's older brother; and Jubilee, who was Zeus's girlfriend.

"Sorry that my sister is too stupid to realize that you like her." Zeus apologized.

"It's alright Zeus. Not you're fault." I said. Zeus was a great guy. Although he had a tough exterior. He was about....6'3 and Ray is 5'2. I'm only 5'7, so I'm short compared to him. Jubilee kept giving me a look like "Go away and let me and my boyfriend have some privacy." She's pretty viscous about that...so I let them have their time alone. I looked over at Ray again, and she looked at me. I shook my head and walked away.

          The weird thing was that I couldn't find Tweak anywhere. I guessed that she decided not to come. I sat outside of the auditorium in the darkness and thought. I had a lot on my mind. But as I got to my peace and quiet, the Alarm went off. The Alarm is when we have an emergency message to deliver.

          I was the one stuck with the mission. I leaped, building to building, to get to my location. The rush of Parkour was feeling good. I crawled through a window to the building I was told to go to. When I hit the floor, I saw a figure...a female figure. I hid behind a file cabinet and waited. She gracefully flipped and rolled around the old office, her shadow's hair was in long pigtails...very familiar pigtails.

"F-faith?" I stupidly blurted. The girl stopped dead in her tracks. The moonlight shining from the windows captured her pink running shoes.

"Live? Is that really you?" Her soft voice asked. I came out from the shadows as she flipped the light switch. She was as beautiful as I could remember. Her pale blonde hair, blue eyes, and rosy cheeks. She wore a pair of denim shorts and a pink tank-top. Her face lit up as she saw me. Faith was my girlfriend forever, but we broke up because she left the academy. She raced towards me and hugged me tightly, and I was just in pure shock.

"What are you doing here, Faith?" I asked, still in shock.

"I was practicing....because I might come back to the Institute!" She announced proudly.

"That's...That's great!" I exclaimed. I was super excited about her coming, I really did miss Faith...but what would Ray think?
 

Author's Note

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