the quest | jenzie {on hold}

one

lauren

"i swear, you like him!!" i smirk, pointing at kenzie's beautiful face. we're walking to her locker right now.

"lauren, i don't. don't get the jenzie things in your head. after all, its been what? 6 years? yep, six years since the jenzie ship started. i expect you to control your crazy jenzie brain by now." she laughs, as she's putting the code into the lock of her locker.

"but... jenzie..." i say, pouting like a 5 year old who didn't get dessert.

"i agree."
i turn to see maddie, mackenzie's older sister, smiling.

"cmon kenz, you've never liked him? even just a teeny bit?" she asks, and i impatiently wait for her reply.

"never did. never will." she smiles, poking my forehead.

"not unless we make you." maddie and i say in unison, and we laughed as we didn't plan it.

"and how will you force me to love him, may i ask?" she says with a curios face.

i look at maddie. she looks at me.
"this is mads and laur's new quest: to get jenzie to like eachother." i whisper, and she nods with a mischievous grin.

"why does maddie and lauren look like they're up to something very– i don't know– bad?" johnny asks, popping out of nowhere.

"they're thinking of a way to get us to like each other." kenzie says, slamming her locker.

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"so, do you agree?" maddie asks as she drives her way out of school property. we're in our normal seats – maddie in the driver's seat, me in the passenger's seat and jenzie in the backseat. if we're not in that position, we're probably drunk of apple juice. trust me, it's happened before.

"agree to what?" johnny asks, while mackenzie gives us a confused look.

"making us do things to try and make you guys date, of course." i say.

after kenz and johnny both exchange a few whispers, they turn to us.

"we agree."

maddie and i squeal.

"really?!" maddie and i ask in an unbelievable tone.

"the only reason why we agreed is because we know it'll never work." mackenzie replies.

"it'll never work." i mimic kenzie, while putting up quotation marks with my fingers. maddie and i burst into laughter.

-

"so... what do you think we could do to make them date?" i ask maddie. we are currently in her room, with the door shut and locked. johnny and kenz are just outside, and me and johnny are staying for dinner.

i tap the tip of my pencil on my notepad repeatedly.
on a sheet of paper, maddie wrote 'the quest: jenzie'.

"any ideas?" she asks, and my face lit up.

"a coincidental" i start, putting up quotation marks with my fingers. "starbucks date!" i continue.

"how do you think we could do that?" maddie asks. now i question myself, 'how?!'.

after 3 minutes of awkward silence and thinking, maddie's face brightens up.

"tell her you wanna go to the mall and meet at starbucks, and then we could secretly contact hayden, johnny's guy bestfriend, and tell him to tell johnny to meet up at the mall at starbucks. you and hayden both won't go, for being sick." she says, sarcastically saying the last word 'sick'.

"oooooh." i laugh.

"oh, and i have a friend who works there at weekends. her name's lilia, i could tell her to spy on them, take pictures and send them to us!!" she adds, adding more ideas to the already perfect idea cake.

"yes!!" i squealed.
we high fived and laughed.

"okay, better think of more ideas. done with plan one!" i say excitedly.

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mackenzie

"yes!!" we heard a faint squeal. probably from lauren.

"what do you think they're doing in there?" i say annoyedly. it's been the 43rd squeal we've heard in the past 2 hours.

"obviously thinking of ways to get us together." johnny says across of me; we're playing a game of cards right now.

we both shake our heads and laugh.

"when will they ever learn?" i muttered. oh well.

"how's my favorite ship doing today?"
johnny and i's head turn towards the right.
it's my mom.

"mom, if your gonna fangirl over the jenzie ship, make your way to maddie's room. she's in there with lauren." i say, giving her a fake smile.

she laughs.

-

"uno!" i say excitedly.

"you cheated!!" johnny accuses me.

"nuh huh!"

"yuh huh!"

i grab the bag of flamin' hot cheetos.
we promised whoever won would get the bag.

"oh no you don't!!" he chases me and i laugh.
i run outside to the backyard.
i run faster and faster, around my pool.
we're both on opposite sides of the pool now, and he's trying to get to where i am without me running the other direction.
his funny/angry face was hilarious. he started running the left way, so i went ran the right.
i can't help but laugh. my laughing made me slow down a bit, making him reach to me. he picks me up and i dropped the cheetos.

"okay okay, you can have them!" i say pointing at the floor.

"but i'm still throwing you in the pool for cheating." he said, in between his laughs.

i try to squirm away, but his grip on my body is too tight.

the next thing i know, i'm  in the air, and i'm getting pulled down my gravity. cold water splashes my face, and then my arms, legs, shoulders and torso. my whole body is wet. i swim my way over to the side where johnny is at. he's full on laughing at me.

i stick out my tongue and him and he lets out his arm to pull me up from the water.
once i take his hand, a mischievous grin appears on my face. i know exactly what i'm going to do.

right as he's pulling me up, i pull him down – making half of his body fall on me and  the other half in the actual pool. i laugh and he laughs.

"good one, ziegler."

"good one, orlando." i reply, with the cheekiest grin on my face.

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[ story: 1020 words ]
[ story with author's note: 1071 words ]

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author

enjoy the first chapter?! i enjoyed writing it!!
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