After thinking about her choices for a while, “Zoey” sighs, ‘sod it,’ she thinks, ‘I think the person I can trust the most is Riley. I am sure he won’t do anything, the news really hurt his feelings. Besides, I heard that he has a other girl in sight.’ The “girl” nods to herself, ‘I’ll wait until my body, “former” friends and “new” friends have left, for lunch.’
A hour later the bell finally rings, signaling the end to the period, the students all stand up and stretch before heading out to get some lunch. “Zoey” watches her former body leave with HER friends, she notices a bulge in the right back pocket of “John’s” pants, which she assumes is the device. She then turns to see Zoey’s friends leave and Riley is still sitting at his desk. Once the class is cleared and only “Zoey” and Riley are left, the “girl” walks over to the boy’s desk, “Riley?”
The 14-year-old boy, who was deep in thought, thinking about a certain small blond girl, jumps as he hears a voice behind him. Riley turns, and his eyes widen in shock, “Z-Zoey,” he asks, “y-you scared the he-hell out of me,” he says in his still high voice for a 14-year-old.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you,” “Zoey” says, “I need your help.”
“F-first of all,” the shy boy says, “h-how come are you talking to me? You always ignored me and are always ru-running after that… Ki-Kiyoshi guy. Who, by the way, is w-way to old for you.”
“Zoey” sighs, “I am 18,” she says, “I know I look much younger. That’s because I seem to be a late bloomer.”
“If you say so,” Riley says, not really believing her, “wh-what do you need my he-help for?”
“You see, John took something that belongs to me,” she says.
“And what?”
“It looks like a mobile phone, but with special effects,” the “girl” says, “I heard you are a pro in picking pockets.”
Riley hushes her and looks around, as if to make sure thar they are truly alone, “n-not so loud,” he says, “how come you know about that.”
“Don’t worry, Riley,” “Zoey” says, “I’ll keep it a secret. Now, will you help me?”
“What is in it for me,” the boy asks, “and what do you mean with ‘special effects’.”
“Get my device back and I’ll explain what I mean, also I’ll think of how to thank you for retrieving my belonging,” she says, “please Riley, the device is important to me.”
Riley looks at the “girl”, then he sighs, “meet me behind the garden shed in thirty minutes, no one will be there,” and with that the boy stands up and heads out of the classroom.
“Zoey” looks after him, ‘I hope I can trust him,’ she thinks before heading out herself and heading straight to the school gardens.
Riley walks down the halls of the school, ‘where is he,’ he asks himself, then he spots John down the hall, talking to that perv Kiyoshi. The boy cracks his knuckles, ‘here it goes,’ he then starts to run towards “John”. As Riley is a few feet away from John, the boy causes himself to trip over his own foot, causing him to bump into the much larger boy, knocking both of them over. As Riley bumps into John, the boy quickly and swiftly sticks his hand into John’s back pocket and pulls out the device, quickly hiding it under his body as he falls to the ground. “Off…,” he says as he lands on the floor, he quickly hides the device in his pants, before turning around and standing up. “S-sorry John,” he then says, helping the older boy up, “I w-was in a r-rush and d-didn’t see you.”
“John” rubs his sore bum, “that’s okay, Riley,” he says, “next time, just be more careful.”
Riley nods and quickly hurries away, ‘I got the thing, now to meet Zoey,’ he thinks to himself, disappearing around a corner.
As the boy disappears, Kiyoshi walks up to John, “hey J-Man,” he says, “you okay?”
“Yeah, I am fine Kiyoshi,” he says, still rubbing “his” bum, his eyes suddenly widen, ‘wh-where is the device?!’ “John” looks around, but can’t seem to see the device, ‘must have fallen out of my pocket,’ he thinks to himself. ‘John will kill me if he knew I’ve lost it,’ he then thinks to himself, ‘I hope I’ll find it, I don’t want to be left stuck as John.’