Above the Clouds

Foolishness (p. 7)

"Come on, Theo! You never do things like this! I'm glad you came... now jump!" Lilac laughed and pushed Theo in the pool. He shamed himself for not expecting it because knowing Lilac, he knew better than to let his guard down near her. He struggled to swim to the top where the blurry sky view was, and he refused to open his eyes because opening your eyes underwater is just... there's something off about it.

His hair became glued to his forehead when someone pulled him up from being almost completely suffocated by the cold, chlorine water. "You know I can't swim!" Theo yelled with his eyelids closed aggressively. Lilac laughed, moving his hair out of his face.

"Hey, Bestie! I didn't think you'd come!" Sam dramatically jumped in the pool and made a huge splash. Theo got out and dried off. "You guys are annoying." He smiled.

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Mr. Marrs heard an aggressive knock on his door, "come in." He said calmly. It was Heather. She had a disappointed look on her face and took it upon herself to sit in one of his office chairs in front of his desk. "You said I had another year." She spoke, firmly. "Lower your tone, Simpson. He's was my only choice." The man behind the desk replied.

"And you didn't care to give me a heads up??" Her tone grew annoyed.

"All you need to worry about is keeping it a secret. I'm not asking you for anything else." Marrs said, not looking up once.

"Are you serious??"

"I'm busy, and I have no time for foolishness... if you can't do it, I'll find someone else." He finally looked up at the woman. Her long red hair styled into a bun and her sharp burgundy suit wrinkled as she crossed her arms.

"Fine."

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Hot water ran down Theo's back, rinsing the suds off his body for the last time. He turned the shower off a grabbed a towel.

"Somebody in here?" A bubbly voice called, assuming it was Flinn, Theo replied. "Yep! Just heading out actually." He stepped out of the shower stall with his towel around his waist with a smaller one around his shoulder.

"How'd it go with the book?" The bright blue light asked, with a toothbrush shoved in his mouth. "Oh uh! Cade wrote the first note?" Theo prepared his ears by covering them and clenching his eyes shut. "YOU LET CADE WRITE THE FIRST NOTE?!" Flinn yelled, his eyes were wide and his mouth was wide open. He was shocked that Theo trusted the meanest person in the school to write his first note in his book. First impressions are everything, he would always tell himself. 

"Kinda?" The red light spoke, unsure. "We HAVE to see what she says, right??" The blue one suggested. "Yeah!" Theo responded, now curious to see what Cade had put in his journal.. He hoped that he could trust her throughout this year. She didn't seem as bad as Flinn put her out to be. 

The boys rushed to Theo's dorm room and sat on his bed as soon as they entered. Theo grabbed his book from beside him and opened it.

hi?

Hi! I'm technically your diary.. you could ask me for advice, rant to me, anything but asking about my identity! Of course, you could always ask questions like "How is this happening?" "Why is this book talking back to me," "Why is your handwriting ugly, ew, I don't want you writing in my book," and many many more! I'm open to any questions you have! I know this is weird so let's try to understand together!

Theo's eyes skimmed through the words, letting out a sigh of relief that she didn't say something to embarrass him, he froze realizing there would be a response to the paragraph. "Oh cool! She wrote your original lines! Looks like we got all worried for nothin'" The boys laugh, and not long after; Flinn went back to his room with a sleepy mentality and an insanely complicated conversation in his head. 

Cade didn't write something to embarrass him?? She'd jump at any opportunity to humiliate me or Azim! Eh, maybe it's because he's new to this side of the school and she doesn't wanna freak him out too early? Or... HAUHH she could be someone else pretending to be Cade!!! Oh my! that makes so much sense now!

The blue boy made it to his room and slept, relieved that he solved the "mystery." 

Down on Earth~ (Two days later)

"Popcorn??"

"Check!"

"Blankets??"

"Check!"

"No parents or brothers so we're home alone all weekend??"

"Check?" Kindle laughed.

Jackie fake coughed, "Ladies, I think we have ourselves a 2-day sleepover. With nothing but Unwanted love, might I add" She smirked, referring to the show, and hopped on the couch like it was a trampoline?

It was 7:45 pm on a Friday night, the girls had been looking forward to the opportunity to binge 'Un-wanted love' together for a whole two weeks. But it's always interrupted by plans, grounding, or- "Hey baby sis!" ...that. "Are you serious right now?" Kindle and Jackie look back to see both their brothers with snacks and family-friendly games. 

"I know you guys aren't still trying to watch that corny shit." Kindles brother says. He's 5'7, brown long dreaded hair that gets lighter by the inch. "It's not corny, Kyle, it's interesting." 

"Well, you guys aren't watching it while we're here." Kyle smiled, teasing.

"Oh come on, Ky!" Jackie whines.

"Guess what?" Ray asks. "TJ and Brandon make out and Ally catches them and breaks up with TJ. Oh and TJ's dating Brandon now." He says quickly, earning a light tap on the should from Kyle while he laughed. 

Kindle's jaw dropped while Jackie rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Fine. What did you guys have in mind?" She looked down at the games and looked back up at them. She and her best friend were gonna get something in return for being spoiled, starting with a game bet... and ending with a joy ride on her brother's new motorcycle.