Pet School: The Biggest and The Boldest

Chapter 18: Jealousy

Artemis's POV
"Well good morning everyone! Akira stretched and greeted us all. Aina grunted. "Apparently swimming's one of the activities. Hope we're not doing it today." Amber groaned. "What are you talking about? Swimming's fun!" Alaine said. Amber rolled her eyes at Alaine. I looked down at Bree, the cat I'm sharing a bunk with. "Wakey wakey Bree." She slowly opened her eyes. "Good morning." She yawned. Akira left to go to the dining hall while the rest of us just started to get ready for the day. Aina was brushing her fur. So was Camera and Skye. "What do you all think is for breakfast?" Blueberry asked. "Who knows? Hopefully something yummy." Camera said. "We've slept in. So we better get ready soon." Riley said. We all checked the time and she was right! We're meant to be there in like 2 minutes. The brushers quickly finished up and we ran out of them. Aina was in charge of the key and we bolted to the dining hall. The cabin captains were all done and we were let inside. I secured a 10 seater table. I sat down. Arthur sat next to me. Blueberry followed and sat next to Arthur. Cindy and Mishka then came. Atlas, Bailey, Elton, Stewart and Zane also sat at our table. "Hey guys!" Atlas greeted us. "Hi." I said back. "Teachers told us to sit here." Bailey explained. One of the teachers stood up on their table and tapped the glass with a spoon. "Everyone! It is now breakfast! Today we have some selections of, cereal, toast, yoghurt, fruit, and a special item today is scrambled eggs! Only will be getting the eggs today! We want everyone to get 2 things. The drinks available are water, milk and juice. The special drink today is hot chocolate. It's carob as well!" Our table was one of the first three called up. I was at the front of the line. So much to choose from! I got a bowl of Froot Loops and some scrambled eggs. I poured in some milk to my cereal and got a glass of water as my drink. I put everything on a tray and walked carefully back to my table. Froot Loops were sweet and tasted like they should, the scrambled eggs were nice but could've used some seasoning to be honest and the water tasted like water, Arthur came back to the table. "You only got water?!" He looked very surprised. I shrugged. Soon my table came back and I was relieved to find I wasn't the only one who had gotten water. Mishka and Stewart both had water as well. "What cabins are you in?" Blueberry asked the boys, except for Arthur. "Bailey and I are in cabin 2." Atlas said. "I'm in cabin 4." Elton said. "Zane and I are in cabin 6." Stewart said. Zane stabbed at his eggs and took a bite. He didn't look that impressed. "No paprika? Or chili oil? What about sriracha?!" Zane stared down his eggs. "Is the coast clear?" He asked us all. "Coast clear for what?" Cindy asked. Zane whipped out his phone and sent something to someone. "Zane! You brought your phone? You know how much trouble you get in if the teachers find out." Mishka said to him. He put it away. Suddenly Chief Diego came out of nowhere and handed him some paprika. "I got your message, Zane." Zane nodded. He sprinkled the paprika all over his eggs, fully coated. Zane doesn't do light seasoning. He handed the paprika back. He took a bite. "SPICY MAKE MEH GO CRAZY!" He screamed at the top of his lungs. He gobbled it all down. "You are crazy." I told him. He nodded, "I know." After breakfast Miss Cleo told us to get ready for swimming. "Can't believe we're doing swimming. Out of everything." Skye said. "Stop complaining. I can't stand your whiny voice." Aina said to her. "Like you're not thinking the same." Skye rolled her eyes at Aina. "Don't try me, four eyes." Aina warned her. "Oh Aina, just leave her alone." Akira said. Aina grunted and got her stuff ready. "I'm not sure why you all don't like how we're doing swimming. Swimming's great!" Alaine praised. "You're only saying that because you went to internationals." Amber said to Alaine. Amber is sort of right? Alaine's on the Little Red swim team, captain even. She was so good she went to internationals! Camera's also on the Little Red swim team. "Guys, let's stop arguing about it all. Let's just get ready." I tried to calm them down. "I second that!" Blueberry agreed with me. Soon everyone was quiet and we got everything we needed. We headed to the indoor swimming pool. The water was nice and warm. We all jumped in immediately. "We'll be playing a game of water dodgeball!" Miss Cleo announced. She split us into teams. I was on a team with Blueberry, Bree and Camera and Riley We couldn't cross this black line on the bottom of the pool. Each team was given 2 balls. Blueberry went for the shot. She got Aina out. "NO!" Aina screamed. . "I don't want to hear your whiny voice now." That was the perfect comeback! For sure! Skye hopped in. We started to have strategy time. Blueberry got positioned on my back as I floated and Bree and Camera did the same. Riley went on by themselves. The cats on our team were taking the shots. It was all really fun! After all the pool games we played, we rushed down back to our cabins. I did a little rinse and dried off, I don't have to do much as I have short fur. Aina, Akira, Camera and Skye were doing the most work on their coats than the rest of us. After everyone was done, there was a knock on the door. "I'll get it!" Bree called out. She opened the door. "Oh hello! Can I help you?" Bree asked. I looked and it was Arthur. "Hey! I was kind of uhh looking for Alaine, this is her cabin right?" Arthur asked Bree. "Yeah this is Alaine's cabin. You are...?" Bree started to ask Arthur more questions. "I'm Arthur. Just looking for Alaine, is there a problem?" "So you just need Alaine not your best friends or Ak-" "oh Arthur! You're here!" Alaine butted in. "Yeah I'm here! Want to go for a walk or something? It's free time..." Arthur asked her. "Yeah sure!" She was about to walk out the door when Akira came out of the bathroom. "Arthur?" She called his name. He turned around and saw her. "Oh A-Akira. Hi." He greeted her. "Oh Arthur, is Akira one of your friends?" Alaine asked, sounding totally oblivious, which she probably was. "I'm his girlfriend." Akira said to Alaine. "Oh. Akira's your girlfriend? I didn't think she'd be... oh okay uhh." Alaine seemed lost for words. "Well, Alaine and I are just going to catch up because we're friends, something wrong with that?" Arthur asked Akira. Akira shook her head. "No no! Of course not. She's your friend." Akira sounded a bit upset. Alaine and Arthur left and Bree closed the door. Akira sighed and flopped on her bed. "You okay, Akira?" Camera asked her. "Was I sounding overprotective? Jealous? I can't get upset over Arthur being friends with Alaine or telling him not to talk to her or hang out with her." Akira twisted and turned. "Don't think much of it. I'm sure it's fine." Riley said to her. "But why didn't he tell her I'm his girlfriend? I thought... I didn't even know they were friends! He never even told me!" Akira sighed and dropped her head on her pillow and groaned. Skye sat next to her. "I'm sure he didn't mean it." Skye patted her head. "You're just being jealous, all of his friends are girls." Aina rolled her eyes. "Oh shut up you flea bag." Akira snapped at Aina. Akira sounded like Akira again, confident, sassy and everything cool. "Oh shut up you flea bag." Aina mimicked. "Am I just being jealous?" Akira asked.