Celestial Romance

Chapter 10

     The lunch bell rung. Everybody rushed out of the classroom. Ms. Sun, still had not found the sheet. Distraught, she searched the room with no luck. Who could've took it?

     In the cafeteria, Phobos avoided Mercury with her life. First, he walked into the lunch line right behind her. Why did she have to be tortured? When she finally got to her table after standing in line for what seemed like an eternity, she ate. Why was her table so near Mercury's? This was going to be a long day. 

     Phobos told Luna and Miranda about the Mercury update. She was careful to be quiet so he wouldn't hear them talking. 

     Venus, after a relaxing nap in class, was very refreshed. She stayed up late finishing the book she was currently reading, The Constellation Code. It was a good book. Her friend Callisto told her about Jupiter's futile attempts to get her attention.

     Jupiter, meanwhile, had finally mustered up his already-existing courage. He strutted over to where Venus sat, and stood there. Then he grabbed his hair, and stuck his over hand in his pocket.

     "Hey, I was wondering if you wanted to go to prom with me. I was going to ask you during class, but I couldn't get your attention." said Jupiter, almost as if he was bored. Venus was flattered. She thought this moment would never come, and she didn't catch his dry tone or very causal position as if he was asking her what she was eating for lunch. To her, it was all the same. Venus couldn't even bring her turkey melt sandwich to her mouth.

     "I, um... would l-love to!" she jibbered out. She couldn't believe that he finally had asked! She was so relieved that he was finally hers! 

     " Okay, I will see you there then?"

     "Yep!" she beamed at him. He shrugged, pulled his hand out of his hair, and suffered away. He felt like he just won the Sun Bowl. As if what had happened finally set in, he let out a whoop and punched the sky. Right now, he was higher than the exosphere. With his overload of cockiness with him, he figured he would teach Mars a lesson for getting in the way of his plans.

     Mars was sitting at his own table, facing Pluto's table. She sat there with Neptune and Uranus, Eris and Pan, who sat next to each other, and in hand. He smiled at the thought of joining them, when he remembered that no one will accept him. He couldn't take a risk. As he turned around to dump his tray, Jupiter was behind him, sneering.

     "Daydreaming Mars? Don't tell me you have a crush on Eris's sister? Ha! You'd never get her! Now, let me teach you a lesson. This is what I do to the people who get in the way of my amazing plans!" Jupiter yelled, as he pulled his curled fist back. His arm still hurt from when Saturn punched it yesterday.

     Jupiter's fist made contact with Mars's face. Mars had put his tray back on the table. He didn't even flinch when the red-head's punch hit him. He just feel to the ground. He made no effort to get up. If he didn't fight back, Jupiter would loose interest and leave. This didn't happen. Then came the bombardment of kicks. As Mars was repeatedly slapped in the face, he didn't try to stop it. Even as his nose began to bleed, he didn't flinch.

     If Pluto had not ran from her table, and hit Jupiter on the back with her Geography Textbook, Mars would have been pulverized. He was already bloody and bruised, but he didn't move. 

     "GET THE HELL AWAY FROM MARS!" Pluto screamed with all her confined fury, that she had saved for a moment like this. The entire lunchroom fell silent. No one had heard Pluto talk over a whisper, until now. Yet alone swear. Everyone began to crowd around the scene. 

     Jupiter, still shocked by the attack, turned around with a face of more confusion than when he was in Calculus this year. Pluto glared at him the entire time.