April fools

Onion

Sunday, April 1st 2012

{Year 8}

 - 11:05 am -

My body immediately rejects the awful taste of soap on my tongue. I begin to retch, and grab one of the napkins under my sandwich. Coughing desperately I scrub my tongue and teeth with the napkin to get rid of the terrible taste. Emma passes me my can of soft drink with a worried glance. I take a giant swig from the can and swish it around my mouth. Without thinking I spit it directly into the fountain behind me, not wanting to swallow the awful liquid.

The family sitting beside us let out gasps of horror at my actions, and glare at me like I had just committed a heinous crime. Guilt fills my stomach and shame makes my ears hot as I mumble an apology. They shake their heads at me as they leave their table. Emma passes me a second napkin which I use to rescrub my tongue. Jungkook and James are laughing at me hysterically which only causes the heat to flush from my ears to my cheeks. I take another sip of soft drink, to cleanse my now scrubbed clean mouth, and try not to look as mortified as I feel.

"Was there something wrong with your chocolates Audrey?" Jungkook is smirking at me from across the table, and I know that he was behind this.

"What. Did. You. Do?" I glare at him, clenching the napkin in my fist so hard my nails begin to bite into my palm.

"Well I was food shopping last week when I saw Jack, that kid you babysit, and he was looking for a present for you," I glare at him from across the table, and he shrugs smugly, "I just helped him with his choice."

"You didn't!"

"I did." 

I cannot think of anything to say in response to this, so I sit silently fuming. My half-eaten sandwich sits on its wrapper and I take a big bite, knowing that it will help rid the soap taste from my mouth. James, noticing my discomfort, starts a conversation about our history assignment due this week. I take a chocolate chip cookie from its packet, and take a big chocolate filled bite. Before I can take a second bite Jungkook reaches over and snags it. I watch, horrifed, as he brings it to his lips and takes a massive bite from the cookie. His eyes never leave mine the entire time, and a challenge dances in his dark brown orbs.

"Oh, I am sorry. Did you want this?" Jungkook asks, raising his eyebrows in mock surprise.

"No, that's perfectly fine." My smile is as sickly sweet as my voice.

My eyes scan the area in front of him, and stop on the Maccas soft serve sitting beside his donna kebab, ice-cream melting down its cone. I reach forward, keeping my eyes on him the whole time, and take the soft serve ice-cream. While he watches, I bite the entire top off. My teeth are aching from the intense cold but the shocked look on his face is worth it.

"Oh, I am so sorry. Did you want that?" I flutter my eyelashes at him and place the soft serve back in front of him.

James and Emma's eyes flicker between the two of us as we have a massive stare down. I refuse to back down so it is Jungkook who averts his eyes first and crosses his arms over his chest. His eyes trail from my face to the chocolate sundae sitting between my sandwich wrapper and James' white takeaway container. He picks up the sundae and scoops up the top of the ice-cream swirl. His eyes are filled with challenge as he shoves the spoon inside his mouth.

"Hey, that was mine!" James reaches forward and snatches it from Jungkook with a wounded expression.

"Oh, sorry man." Jungkooks cheeks heat as he passes James the spoon.

Emma nudges my arm and nods down to the backpack at my feet. I nod at her. It is time for my revenge. While James teases Jungkook a little more, insisiting that he should have Jungkooks ice-cream too. I reach down under the table, open my satchel and dig around for the container with toffee apples and one toffee onion. When I find it I place it on top of the table.

"What is that Audrey?" James asks, peeking over my shoulder.

"Emma and I made toffee apples for our sleepover tonight, but there is plenty to share around. Want some?"

"Hell yeah!" James takes the toffee apple that I hold out towards him, and Emma takes hers too.

"Here," I smile and offer the last toffee apple to Jungkook.

He takes it from me with a great big smile and I try not to give away my building excitement as he brings the toffee covered sphere to his lips. I am itching with anticipation as he opens his mouth wide and takes a massive bite. The loud 'CRUNCH' is incredibly satisfying to hear and the horrified look on his face when his taste buds pick up on the horrible mixture of raw onion and toffee is just as satisfying. His face twists into a grimace like he had just bit into a lemon, or an onion, and he spits chunks of toffee and onion onto the tabletop. He reaches over and takes my can of drink, taking a massive gulp and swallowing with a grimace.

"What the heck was that?" James looks between the two of us before taking the toffee onion from Jungkook and inspecting it.

"Oh my gosh, it is a toffee onion," James looks over at me and grins, "classic!"

Emma and I exchange high-fives while James inspects the onion closer murmuring "fantastic, just fantastic" under his breath. Jungkook chugs the rest of my can of drink and wipes his mouth with the back of his hand. His eyebrows knit together in anger, and he scrunches his nose, like an angry little bunny rabbit. He would look adorable if his big brown eyes weren't shooting daggers in my direction.

"Good one Audrey," He stands, holding his hand out towards me and I shake it awkwardly.

James stands up beside him and collects the wrappers from the tabletop before taking them to the bin. As he walks away he gives me a discreet wink and thumbs up which I return. I look back over to see Jungkook who isn't glaring at me anymore but the fire still dances in his dark amber eyes.

"I can't wait to see what you come up with next year." He reaches out and takes the remainder of my sandwich from my wrapper before sauntering off after his friends.

"Likewise." 

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Hey reader,

To be honest, I never really liked toffee apples as a kid or toffee in general really. 

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Love, B xx