H2O-love, life and far from peace

H2O: love, life and far from peace (part one of five)

Chapter 1: Cafe- graduation party

"If we just got back together things would work out, and I know you feel the same way as well" Zane said
"Look, Zane I don't want to argue, we are just friends and I'm just here to have a good time, it's graduation" Rikki says and walks away but Zane pulls on her arm and she gives him a stern look.
Zane stays silent and let's her slip out of his grip. He decides this is too much for one evening and she was right, this was graduation, we were all here to have a good time.

Nate walked up to Zane and gestured for him to join the group at a table in the cafe. Zane followed Nate but he couldn't keep his eyes off Rikki.
"Dude, forget her" Nate said
"Yeah, your right.. It's just..." Zane was cut off
"Forget it mate. look she doesn't want you and it's not like she is ever going to have any reason why she would ever need you again. Right?"
"Right" Zane said warily
"What are you waiting for, I'm about to perform! Let's go guys!" Nate said as he brushes past Zane who is still frozen in his spot. He didn't take in a lot of what Nate just said.

Once Zane had come out of his trance he decided to go and watch Nate perform. As he was standing there he felt someone tap on his shoulder and he turned abruptly hopping it was Rikki but his heart sank. Unfortunately it was only Sophie.
"What do you want?" Zane asked rather grumpily
"Not much, but we need to talk... In private" Sophie whispered
"Why? I don't want to talk to..." Zane was cut off half way through his sentence
"Zane... Now" Sophie said urgently
"Fine" Zane walked off in Sophie's direction towards his office
She opened the door and sat herself down on the red couch in the room. Zane remained standing in his spot expecting her to start the conversation, as it was Sophie who wanted to talk to him.
"Zane, I've been meaning to say this for a while but um... I don't know how to put this..."

Rikki had followed them towards the office to spy on what Sophie wanted. She wanted to see if Zane was really in love with that wining airhead.
"But what?" Zane said impatiently
"But I'm going away for a while... And I want you to come with me" Sophie said
Rikki's mind was spinning. What did this mean, was Zane going to be leaving forever, and more importantly with Sophie?
She listened in once again.
But before she could hear his answer Cleo came up behind her. She stopped and gave Rikki a weird look as if to say why are you standing outside Zane's office when you could be doing literally ANYTHING else.
"Shhhhhhh!" Rikki whispered to Cleo as she dragged her outside

"What was that..." Cleo was cut off by Rikki
"Sophie and Zane where talking and Sophie said she was leaving" Rikki said
"Well surly that's a good thing, right?" Cleo replied
"Yeah, except she asked Zane to go with her" Rikki said
"Again, shouldn't that be a good thing?" Cleo said confused
"No! What happens when they get really close and Sophie starts to ask him questions about us? What happens when he thinks he can trust her?" Rikki explained
"I think your over thinking this Rikki" Cleo said "besides did he even say he was going?"
"I don't know, I didn't get to hear but knowing Sophie, she probably found some way to bribe him. Sponsorship? Money? A kiss?" Rikki said
"A kiss?" Cleo asked sarcastically
"Well nothing stopped him before, it got him money from sponsoring Will" Rikki said deviously
"Ok, fine, so what are we going to do?" Cleo said but at that moment they where abruptly interrupted by Nate.

He walked over to them and put one arm on the wall by the girls and leaned on it.

"Hey ladies!" He said
He put his arm on Rikki's shoulder but her ninja reflexes shoved his arm of before it could even reach her shoulder.
"Oh, feisty huh?" Nate said
"Go away Nate! Haven't you got someone else to bother?" Rikki said
"I see how it is, playing It hard so the Nate train will follow you?" Nate said
"Nate train? Really?" Cleo chimed in laughing at his new expression.
"Fine, but trust me, you don't know what you've lost" Nate said walking away
"I think we do! And it's not looking to good" Cleo called after him
"We better warn Bella" Rikki said and both girls nodded and laughed. Nate was never one to impress the girls.
Rikki slipped her phone out to text Bella when she noticed she had a text from Zane. She read it and her eyes widened.