-Chapter 24-

~Skylar’s POV~

Xander and I have gotten a lot closer and have actually hung out without school reasoning. We just played video games mostly when I wasn’t tutoring him. And there had been a few….incidents….involving both of our lips. But no camcorders, thank god.

“Why are you so excited?” Xander asked me during Math. We had another free day.

“Akuma’s cousin is coming to America for a week today. His plane should be landing soon. Oh. And also, I’m not gonna be able to do anything this week. Sorry.” I told him, jutting out my bottom lip. He scowled, his eye twitching in annoyance but I caught the lingering look on my face. Mostly my lips.

“Okay….wait, are you gonna be in school tomorrow?” He questioned and I nodded.

“Yeah. I might just be showing Taru around an ‘American’ high school though and then leaving. Might stay in the Gamer Club. Him and I working on a video game project. Might even transform the idea into a RPG. It would be amazing.”

“Oh….what’s it about?” He asked, his eyes lighting up.

“Secret,” I teased, wagging a finger and he scowled, “I will at least tell you the name. It’s called ‘The Hero Within’. “

He smiled, nodding and then scowled again as the bell rang. I quickly scooped up my bag and called a goodbye from him. Today I was just staying in a little while before skipping and driving to the airport like mom had told me to do.

I waited in the airport, watching as people filed off the plane from Tokyo. Some were drowsy; obviously they had been sleeping on the plane because of the bad jet lag it would cause.

“Skylar!” Taru shouted when he saw me, “Akuma!” He added, seeing his cousin a few steps beside me.

“Hey cuz.” Akuma chuckled, hugging the shorter boy as he came over to us with a backpack on his back.

“You look well. You too Sky. Should we go collect my luggage then?” He asked and we both nodded, heading in that direction. It seemed as if Taru had grown a few inches but was still shorter than me. His hair had grown as well, the tips reaching his shoulders while the glasses he wore complimented his face perfectly. He was wearing a blue v-neck with a black suit jacket over it and dark jeans along with Converse.

Casual. Simple. Hot.

Wait, what?

Haha, whatever.

Akuma and I were slightly normal. Me in black super skinny jeans and he red ones. My shirt was a red wife beater with a black and red checkerboard button up shirt over it that was unbuttoned. Akuma wore a similar shirt and over shirt as me, except his wife beater was black and unlike the red skull stud belt I was wearing his was a black stud one without skulls.

“So….how was the flight?” I questioned as we put his luggage in the back of Akuma’s car. Hanna was waiting in the passenger seat since she had been in the bathroom when Taru arrived.

“Good. Didn’t sit next to anyone.” He chuckled, climbing in my car as I started it and both Akuma and I headed home.

“That’s good. You’ve been to our house before, right?”

“Yeah. Not your high school though. Akuma told me you were gonna take me to show me the Gamer Club.”

“Yep! It’s fucking amazing. We’ll go tomorrow. ‘Kay?”

“Sure.” He said, smiling and I returned it before turning up the radio and turning my full attention onto the road ahead of me.

“Damn.” He muttered, looking around the school as we walked through the empty halls.

“What?”

“It’s huge.”

“Not really.” I chuckled, gesturing for him to hurry up after I checked my phone. I had skipped class and came in around third period with Taru and third was just about to end. And I really don’t want Taru to see this place when there are tons of students around. It’s kind of intimidating.

“Why are you in a rush?” He questioned.

“Because I want to get there before the-” I was cut off by the bell ringing and I sighed, “-bell rings.”

“It can’t be that bad.” Taru rolled his eyes as I led him up a staircase and we leaned against the balcony, watching all the people below.

“Sky? I thought you skipped?” We both looked up as someone spoke to me and I smiled.

“Hey Ryan. Nah, just showing Taru the school. Have you two met?” I questioned as they looked each other over before shaking hands. Ryan was wearing some dark jeans and a brown wife beater with a white work shirt slung over his shoulders but not buttoned. Taru on the other hand had a red v-neck today with the suit jacket and some black jeans again. At least he was wearing black converse instead of the dark blue ones from yesterday.

“Nope. Ryan Shepard at your service.” The man himself said, smiling and Taru blinked before bowing.

“Taru Inuzuka. Pleased to meet you.”

“Oh! You’re the genius who made ‘The Hero Within’ with Sky! I’ve played some of it. excellent graphics if I say so myself.”

“Really? Thank you.” Taru said surprised and I chuckled, looking around then blinked.

“Ryan?” I asked, cutting off his sentence.

“Hm?”

“Shouldn’t you be in class?” He looked around then his eyes widened.

“Shit fuck. Sorry! Got to go! See you at lunch! Ahhhh Mr. Fells is gonna kill me!” He was mostly talking to himself at the end as he ran down the hall quickly.

“Your friends are interesting.” Taru chuckled, smiling slightly and I nodded.

“Ryan is like a little puppy. Now, follow me.” I ordered as I led him to the Gamer Club.

“Why is it we haven’t been stopped?” Taru asked as we sat at my lunch table.

“Because Sky rules this school.” Ryan answered, flopping down on the seat on the other side of Taru.

“He does?”

“No I don’t you idiot,” I rolled my eyes, then turned to Taru, “Seriously, I don’t. Though people insist that I do.”

“Skylar, shut up. You know you’re the king.” Hanna ordered, both her and Akuma sitting down.

“Is this a posse or something?” Taru questioned, raising an eyebrow as Jack and Drake sat down. Wait, were they holding hands?!

“Are you two dating?!” I snapped, ignoring Taru as I pointed at Jack and Drake.

Drake blinked, raising an eyebrow calmly while Jack bit his nails, looking around as our table stared at them.

“Yes. What of it?” Drake questioned.

“Nothing. It’s just weird.” I stated, nodding and Akuma snorted.

“I win the bet.”

“Fuck you.”

“Skylar.”

“No.”

“Skylar Daniel Davis!”

“Dammit fine!” I took out my wallet, handing over two thousand dollars and glared at the new couple.

“You weren’t supposed to be together until Monday!”

“Did you bet on us dating?!” Jack growled and both Akuma and I nodded.

“Why you little….” I smirked as Jack racked his brain for an insult.

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Authors Note

o.o….
Yeah, I cut it off there. At least it’s a chapter. Bleh xP
Sooooo Drake and Jack. Yup.
~Mew