Chaos | A Ninjago High School AU

Chapter 19

*two weeks later*

Kai's POV

"How are you holding up?" I ask Cole. He had to sit through and watch practice yet again. He's been on the bench for every practice, just watching. I know it's torture for him, but there's nothing else for him to do. I make sure to include him in all the team talks, and he still waits for me to put the gear away after practice like he use to.

"Not too good," he admits, grabbing my bag for me. "But I found a silver lining."

"What is it?" I ask, fairly shocked. Not to be a pessimist, but I can find nothing good about Cole's situation. He's too scared to go to parties, which are a ton of fun. He also can't play football anymore.

"Nya," he says with a little smile on his face. We start to walk to our trucks. "Now that I'm not doing drugs anymore, I'm hoping she'll give me a chance. This is the longest I've been off them before, and I have no intention of getting back on them soon."

"I hate to crush your dreams, but even if I don't like it, she's head over heels for Jay," I try to deter him before he gets his hopes up that she'll say yes. Typically, I'd totally try to get him to go for it, but he doesn't need any more heartbreak any time soon.

"Oh I know," he tells me, confusing me even more.

I furrow my eyebrows,"Then how do you..."

"Expect to get her to say yes?" he finishes for me. I nod. "Well, I just need to convince her that Jay doesn't like her that way."

"How are you going to manage to do that? If anyone's more obvious about their emotions than Nya, it's Jay."

"I might need a little help," he admits, looking over at me.

"What do I need to do?" I'll do practically anything to help Cole.

"I need you to tell Nya that you saw Jay flirting with that new girl who transferred here several weeks ago from that little village in the middle of nowhere. They bonded over their humble uprisings in the middle of nowhere, and now he wants to ask her to homecoming," he tells me, and although I totally want to, there's a flaw in his plan.

"She'll never believe me. She knows I don't like Jay," I mess up his plan. He doesn't look at all worried though, which is a bit unnerving.

"Can't you do your 'I'm not lying' sibling handshake you guys used to do all the time?" the suggestion makes me widen my eyes.

"I'm not going to fake a super shake," I tell him sternly.

"It's for her own good. You said it yourself, you don't trust Jay."

"If she were to find out, she'd be pissed," I reason.

"Which is why she won't find out. You'll tell her tomorrow morning. She'll be upset, and I'll ask her out, and she'll say yes. Jay will be a thing of the past," he talks with complete confidence as if there aren't several variables in his plan that could go totally wrong. 

"Look Cole..."

"Please Kai. I'll owe you, big time," he pleads. I sigh

"If she finds out..."

"She won't."

"I'll do it."

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Lloyd's POV

I sit on the couch, my leg bouncing. My gaze is set on the coffee table. Atop it there's a picture. I'm five at the time. My mom is behind me, and my dad is behind her. Uncle Wu took the picture while we were at the park. Even since my dad got arrested, my uncle has tried to shift my dad on a more moral path. It's worn off on him a little, but I can still tell the man who got arrested is dominant.