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THIRTEEN — enjoy the silence
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"BELLA C'MON, PLEASE TALK TO ME." johnny pleaded as he stood next to her locker. bella continued to stay silent as she placed her books in her locker. "bella, i'm sorry."
bella shut her locker door and walked away from the blonde. after the whole incident at the halloween dance happened, bella had been ignoring johnny ; his calls and whenever he came up to talk to her. johnny followed bella down the hall as she made her way to english, which they had together.
"what do i have to do to get you to talk to me?" johnny said as he sat down behind bella and played with her soft light brown hair. bella grabbed her hair and put it to the side to avoid him touching it all class period long. "i'm so sorry, princess. i really am."
bella still didn't say a word to him. she opened her notebook and began to take notes. during the whole class period, johnny did little things to try and get bella to talk to him; he kicked her chair, he played with her hair, he slipped her notes, but nothing seemed to work.
once the bell rang, bella gathered up all her things and walked towards the door. of course, she wanted to talk to johnny, but she was upset that after he promised her that the cobras would leave daniel alone, he didn't keep his word.
bella walked into her history class, in which chrissy was in too. she took a seat in her desk, which was next to chrissy and opened her book.
"still not talking to johnny?" chrissy said as she grabbed her book out of her backpack.
"he promised me he wouldn't touch daniel." bella sighed. "why does he have to keep fighting?"
"it's almost instinct for him." chrissy sighed as she pulled out her notebook from her backpack. "but, i heard something that might put you in a better mood. according to jimmy, the cobras aren't allowed to beat daniel until the tournament."
"you're shitting me." bella smirked as she turned to face chrissy. "they would never agree to that."
"daniel went to the dojo along with the handyman from his apartment complex, who also happened beat the crap out of the guys. after that, they have instructions on not to touch daniel." chrissy said.
"so that's why johnny's got a black eye." bella sighed. "and why tommy's walking around with an arm sling."
"he kicked their asses." chrissy laughed. "they deserved it. also, daniel's gonna compete in the tournament."
"he's what?" bella said as her eyes widened. "does ali know?"
"not yet, at least." chrissy smirked as she began to take notes. bella sighed as she nervously tapped her pen on her notebook. she was trying to figure out what to say to johnny after ignoring him the entire morning.
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"so a little bird told me that you can't touch daniel until the tournament." bella said as she leaned on the lockers that were next to johnny's. "and that you also got your ass beat."
"this old man came out of nowhere and kicked our asses." johnny said as he slammed the locker door. "then he comes to the dojo, asking on behalf of daniel to be left alone. sensei gave us instructions not to beat him until the tournament."
"i'm sorry about the black eye." bella sighed as she softly smiled. "and not talking to you, and ignoring your calls. you did disappoint me though."
"i shouldn't have broken that promise, princess. i'm sorry." johnny said as he walked with bella down the hallway. "i missed hearing your voice."
"and i missed telling you off." bella giggled as she walked down the hallway. while walking around the school, johnny met up with the other cobras. chrissy walked by and stopped to chat with bella and the guys. everything was okay, until ali and daniel walked by.
"check it out." dutch smirked as he pointed to ali and daniel. the guys walked towards them as chrissy and bella stood back, hoping they wouldn't make a move.
"they better not pull any shit." bella said. chrissy and bella slowly approached the guys as they tried to restrain themselves from doing anything to daniel.
"you guys better be careful not to cross in front of anymore buses." daniel smirked as he walked off with ali. johnny was pissed and threw his books on the ground, but was held back by bobby.
"remember what sensei said, not until the tournament." bobby said as he held johnny back.
"it must be take a worm for walk week!" tommy screamed as ali and daniel walked away. chrissy and bella approached the guys and held them back from trying anything.
"you better not do shit." bella said as she held johnny back. "you'll be fine. you can survive without any fights for a while."
"i can't do this." johnny said as he tried to walk towards ali and daniel. bella held his wrist and held him back. once he felt bella's hand on his wrist, johnny unclenched his fists and walked back to where bella was.
"yes you can and you will." bella said as she held her books in her arms. once the bell rang, bella let go of his wrist and grabbed her books. "don't try anything funny, lawrence. you've been warned. i'll see you later."
"see you around, princess." johnny said as he smiled. he watched bella walk away and into the classroom and smiled to himself. the cobras came up to johnny after bella left and teased him.
"you're totally hot for bella." bobby said as he playfully punched johnny's arm. "she touches your wrist and you smiled like an idiot."
"we're just friends." johnny sighed. "besides, i think she has a thing for larusso."
"yeah, friends with benefits." tommy laughed. "she does not have a thing for larusso."
"and how the hell would you know?" johnny said.
"everytime you two stare at each other, you both have this stupid look on your faces." dutch said. "only one way to find out if she feels the same."
"oh yeah?" johnny said as he crossed his arms. "which is?"
