First Time

Mr Brightside

Chapter 3: Mr Brightside

It was gym time for the seniors at Jump City High School. Now that they were all together, Alain decided to tell his friends about his situation with Isaiah. Him and the rest of the boys in his group wandered off to the side so they were not within hearing distance of the girls who had made themselves comfortable on the bleachers. Although he would have liked to include the girls in on his woes, he was a bit embarrassed and worried that they might go to Toni with the information he was about to reveal, and he couldn't risk that happening. Toni was happy to have Isaiah back in her life, he didn't want to be the one to ruin that for her by being a tattletale.

Now that the boys had gathered together in a circle, Alain told them everything starting from the moment Toni told him they were going to go to the mall with Isaiah. He told him about their private moment in the living room and what Isaiah had said to him and how cool he acted around Toni as if nothing had happened. By the end of his tale Wally, Roy, Vic, Gar, and Joey looked at him perplexed.

"Um... Okay," Gar said, breaking the moment of silence as he scratched the top of his head and looked away.

"Okay?" Alain was now the one who was baffled, but he shook it off and clenched his fist, fuming. "Isaiah is evil!"

"Man, are you sure you're not just being paranoid?" Vic asked.

"Yeah, you were acting differently yesterday because of him," added Roy. "Maybe you're jealousy caused you to think he said that when really he didn't."

"I'm not making this up," Alain insisted, a little hurt that his friends didn't believe him. "Isaiah said he was still in love with Toni and that he was going to take her away. I wouldn't make something like that up, not when I see how happy Toni is around him."

"So then what do you want us to do?" Vic asked.

"I don't know... some advice would be appreciated," Alain replied as he ran a hand through his hair and sighed. "I want to get him to back off without Toni finding out."

"Ohohoh!" Wally jumped up and down excitedly, a huge grin plastered to his face. "I know what you have to do!"

Alain was almost afraid to ask. "What?"

Wally snapped his fingers. "You have to impress her."

Gar raised a brow. "Say what now?"

"It's simple. You just have to make sure Toni's eyes are on you at all times. Show her that you're a cool catch."

Alain looked at the other guys for confirmation on this, but they looked just as confused as he was.

"Look, I'll give you an example," Wally said, pausing a moment to look around before spotting Jenn sitting on the bleachers with the rest of the girls. He cupped his hands around his mouth and called out to her. "Jenn! Jenn!" He jumped up and down, waving his arms. "Jenn!"

She turned her head to look at him, a look of annoyance crossing her face as Kori, Karen, Toni, and Raven giggled around her.

"Look at what I can do!" Wally said as he took the necessary movements to stand on his hands. Then he started to take steps. "Babe, are you watching?"

Jenn smacked her forehead, shaking her head and grumbling to herself. The girls around her were in hysterics.

"Okay, I'm going to show you why what he is doing is a bad idea," Roy said before turning to Vic. "Basketball please."

Vic passed the ball to Roy. Once the ball was in his hands Roy took two steps forward, the boys following his every move. He bounced the ball a few times, and then glancing at Wally he sighed... Then he smirked and threw the ball at Wally's back. It hit, and the red head lost his balance and fell flat on his face.