Chapter 2: Upside-Down, Inside-Out
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THE SCHOOL BELL RANG ~ indicating the-next period After the SHS’ Award Was-Recess. Students flocked-Out the Main-Door to the canteen. The winner-Champ, Peter WAS hugging Jane, who held-On to the-Trophy, with Cheering-Students exiting the-Gym…
… the jilted-Soulmate Looked-on From Afar…
He WAS Brokenhearted with his-Kneecaps Turning-Jelly – Paul sat-On at the-Bottom of a breacher-seat… sighing Deeply… (to his-Fate-Of being in the-RPL-realm ~ that WAS More-Bad-Luck than the-Previous POST-TREETON realm) …
‘… my-Jane is ‘gone’… what DO-I-DO…!?’
He sat-Sad, and-Quiet. The passing Bullmastiff supporters Acknowledged him, by-Lending sympathy to ‘Losing’ the-Award in-the Vote-favoring Popular-contest… Paul nodded when their pats ‘touched’ His-shoulder, for His-Sporting LOSS…
… in-Fact-at that-Moment, He Doesn’t CARE About Paul-Messi’s Sporting LOSS à the ‘only’ LOSS he-Cared at that-Moment WAS-Jane…
‘… the-Devil HAS my-Jane…’
He saw his teammates FROM the Northside breachers Coming-Towards him. Paul decided to-Not ‘show’ his-Depression-Face to-Them. Before the soccer-Team came-To-him, Paul ‘got’ on his-Feet, and-Responded…
“… that-Devil is 2nd-Time Luck ~ but I’ll GET-HIM by-His-tail next-Year…!”
His Teammates Cheered On-&-Hi5ved…
Paul ‘needed’ them à Unlike-Tennis, an-Individual-Sports ~ but-Soccer WAS A-team-Sports He-Played ~ Also, to NOT-Sabotage…
… Paul-Messi’s ‘football’ Dreams-&-Goals…
… even-though-Aware à that Paul-Messi WAS a-Clone soul-Of-the Devil-twin, WHO-WAS Obsessed Himself-with-Tennis, in-Every 3-Perth Multiverses…
‘… I NEED to Put-a-Leash on-Messi…’
That WAS the First-Positive Action that He Should-DO (… ‘after’ Arriving a-DAY in RPL) à Cos’ He Had to-First ‘Find’ his-PURPOSE in the ‘clueless’ Realm à before the The-Mission(s) reveal-Itself…’
‘… what is my-Mission-then…!?”
The Abel-bodied Paul DOESN’T ‘have’ a-Clue:
* In PERTHLAND à he Didn’t have that problem when He ‘reincarnated’ into a 16-year-Old Abel-bodied teen, ‘when’ he-Came from the OTHER-PERTH. He didn’t Have complications (as a-HOST) when he TOOK-Over the ‘new’ Guest-Body
[Paul DIDN’T have a mission back-Then-TOO – BUT-it-WAS a-Short-Stay (of-Less-than 10 Days) … where he WAS Later Shot-Dead @Stamford Hotel, ‘when’ he INFILTRATED the suite-room… where the devil-Twin WAS]
* In the Current RPL à he is SHARING the Body-&-Mind Of-the-Variant Paul-Messi ~ who WAS-posing ‘resistance’ to Paul’s Body-Invasion. As a-HOST Paul WAS ‘struggling’ TO-Control the ‘new’ 13-year-Old Guest-Body
Messi WASN’T cooperative with Delayed ‘intel’ à Paul ONLY ‘got’ Access to-MESSI’s MIND ‘when’ he WAS Face-to-Face TO the individuals he-SAW (personally) …
Despite ‘not’ Having-supe Abilities, Paul WAS ‘amazed’ at-Himself ~ that he WAS ‘processing-Intel’ FAST From Messi’s Brains… Like an-Ai (to get ‘familiar’ in RPL-Realm, where people-&-circumstances WERE ‘reversed’ Upside-down…
… That-made Him NOT KNOWING ‘what’ Threats Lay Ahead to ‘surprise’ him…
‘… I Don’t LIKE Surprises, Messi à You ‘better’ Cooperate…!’
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The score-Of-the Bullmastiffs Soccer-Team (Main-players-&-Reserves) walked-along the-Other hungry-students at the Westwing corridors, to beeline in the Cafeteria @Southwing-Of-SHS…
… the teammates were ‘jovial’ into-Their Teasing-One-another with their puerile banters-&-nonsensical jokes ~ while in-the Group… Paul WAS ‘downloading’ intel Of-MESSI’s Bullmastiff-Team:
* Soccer WAS the Least popular Sports in SHS (… the team WAS in the bottom-of the table, as whipping-Boys) ~ but it Changed 3-years Ago, when the-Team-Substitutes players (the ‘current’ YEAR-8, A-Class’s Irish backbenchers) à took the field, and played well, and entered the finals for 2-years in a-Row, defeating the former-Champion, St George Anglican-High
* The 3 Irish-Backbenchers were hailed as Heroes ever-since by the Bullmastiff’ fans à they were the 3-Pillers Legs of the-Team à with a 4th-Piller Leg of YEAR 10 student, (the team’s midfielder)
The 13-year-Old Irish backbenchers Trio Compromise-Of:
* Paul ‘Messi’ Walker (#10) à the Attacking Midfielder ~ the winner Of-Best Player (… scoring a Hattrick) in the Finals…
[… SLAYING the St George Dragons for the-2nd time]
* Raymond Donovan (#9) à the Center-Forward, main-Striker…
[… but facing-A Goal-drought, with his recent Final’s Poor-Performances]
* Jorge ‘Churros’ McFly (#1) à goalkeeper… (and a-Good-One) in the Finals…
[… that-evening, he WAS in an-MCU’s panther-Mode Superhero-Goalie ~ the Irish-&-Spanish Mix-Parentage WAS able TO ‘FRUSTRATE’ the Dragon-Strikers with ‘daring’ boot-To-face SAVES, in Front-of-the Goalpost]
The 4th pillar WAS a 16-year-Old, YEAR 10 student:
* Nate Xaviers (#6) à the hardworking Centerback Defender… cum Midfielder…
[… who toiled forward in-Attacks, and fed ‘perfect’ Long-balls for Paul-&-Raymond to SCORE]
* The rest-Of-the Team WAS mediocre (… Of-Senior students Who-WERE injury-Prone) à but they HAD the Bullmastiff ‘spirit’ To-Get-IT DONE, with the game-Plan…
[… By-feeding balls to the 4-PILLARS ~ where the Fantastic-4 ‘would’ deliver the GOALS in each Winning match]
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When the-Team reached the Canteen ~ Paul ‘felt’ the Place ‘being’ awkward-&-different …
… when he entered the cafeteria-Before in the Other-Perths à ‘where’ he felt the ‘radiant’ cosmic-Energy combustion of the ‘presence’ of the Cursed-Trio à the Golden-yellow illumination WAS Jane ~ while the-devil Glowed-RED…
But HERE, in the REVERSE-PERTHLAND à where-As a 13-year-Old, Able-bodied… BUT with NO-Superpowers ~ WHERE there WERE NO Glows…
… ‘made’ him-naked… to ‘external’ threats…
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The 2 Canteen-Staff in the-food Service-line WERE Fans of the Bullmastiff-team – so, the boys Don’t-Have to beeline… with 20 preordered-&-prepacked Beef sandwiches For-3 tables Awaiting them à with Raymond footing the-Bill…
Raymond LOST the bet with his team that he WOULD ‘win’ the GOLDEN-BOOT Award to be-Top Scorer in the District-tourney ~ beating his-Rival, St Georgian-Dragon’s dangerman ROY-KENT in the final … where Ray-&-Roy WERE tied with 5-5 (… Paul-MESSI scored ‘only’ 4-goals) …
… that-Changed ‘when’ the-Finals-came à MESSI scored-a-Hattrick… bringing his-gold tally to 7 à thus, winning the Golden-Boots, and the tourney’s Golden-medal…
… Raymond (the Main-striker) WON ‘only’ the Golden-medal ~ and, Lost-the-Bet ~ (FREE Canteen Lunch for-a-Month) … FOR ‘NOT’ Winning the-Golden-Boot…
Paul WAS Going through-MESSI’s memories-Files à and detected ‘rivalry’ between the-2 Irish-backbenchers à with Raymond who doesn’t Like MESSI’s ‘winning’à there WAS the jealousy of MESSI’s skillsets-TOO, that ‘raving’ Bullmastiff-Fans WERE ‘rooting’ for the Hattrick scorer (… in Ray’s Disastrous-Finals, WHERE he under-performed) …
Paul Analyzed à with a-Comparison to the POST-TREETON’s B-Class with the-Bully Raymond variant ~ (‘not’ A-nice fellow) à but-HERE In-RPL ~ Paul NEEDED Him (and the-Rest Of the soccer teammates TOO…) ~ as-Football WAS-a Team-sports…
Since MESSI ‘was’ a-Clone Of-the-Devil-twin… Paul Learnt-Peter’s Mistakes…
…where-Back…
… in POST-TREETON’s A-Class, Peter isolated Himself – Ever-since he WAS ‘gifted’ with Kimura-Star’s Robotic-Arm … the egoistic Peter changed desk and went forward to-Middle of the classroom… since-Then, the Irish Backbencher ‘too’ Boycotted him, with Terry Taking-Over As-their new-Leader…
‘… yea, Can’t-Have that… tennis is An-Individual sports… I won’t ‘join-In’ Any-human Politics, of rivalry-&-hate to Jeopardize my-Relationship with my Teammates…’
Paul WAS ‘also’ Aware that Raymond WAS the Leader-of-the Irish Backbenchers in YEAR-8’s A-CLASS…
At the Long-Canteen-table, He Looked at the ‘irony’ at-Comparisons-Of-Change-Of-Guard in Leadership in-A CLASSà from the 2-Donovan-Brothers ‘across’ the Perth’s Multiverses…
… Terry the A-Class’s Class-clown motormouth ~ wasn’t a nice-Fellow either (Like his-Brother) à where he Made ‘handicap’ Tarzan-&-Jane’ Nasty-Jokes…
‘… Karma is a-B****…’
Seeing … the polio-stricken TERRY-variant-Of-RPL à Who-sat-Too in the 4-Pillars’ table (he WAS ‘close-friends’ with Churros) …
But the team Liked-him Despite he WAS Handicapped ~ while Terry ‘possessed’ Good-PR Skills in his Socializing ~ motor mouthing puerile-jokes ~ ‘before’ his-elder Brother GOT-Back with the-Food (where-Ray Doesn’t ‘Like’ the Coocoo-Jokes of-HIS ADHD brother) …
…and the gimp-WAS a quiet-Gump, in Ray’s PRESENSE at the-Table…
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Paul WAS waiting for his food (along with His-teammates) at the-main 4 ‘pillar-Table. He wanted to Look-out ‘where’ Jane-WAS… among the scores-Of-canteen tables, that Accommodate To-feed over-2000 SHS students…
… he Couldn’t ‘spot’ her in the dizzy-&-busy Noisy-cafeteria ~ and, IT MADE him To-become-Anxious…
Every student Sat-in-Cliques in the Long-tables Of-10… it’s either he-Or-she SAT with their classmate members (… or ‘other’ activity-Clubs members) ~ or Sports-cliques (Like Paul WAS, who sat with Bullmastiff team-members) …
He received several Pats On-his shoulder ~ they-Cheered Him-Up as-he was-Quiet at the table (… unusual for the ‘braggard’ Paul-MESSI, ‘who’ was-VOCAL at-the-Table). Even Churros asked ~ if he WAS okay… Paul replied, “I’m fine…”
Raymond returned ‘after’ He-paid for the-Sangers… along with 2-Other substitute players – as They brought Food-&-Energy drinks, to the-3 Tables…
… Paul ate the-Foil wrapped beef-sandwich ~ that mixed with his earlier Mc D’s Big-Mac, which he Ate in-the-Uber…
In his-tummy ~ The 2-cows Locked-horns ~ Paul’s bowels ‘finally’ Moved…
‘… sweet Cavendish bananas… as Mighty-Catalyst…’
… before he farted ~ Paul ‘excused’ Himself from the-Table of his-Teammates ~ and with his unopened can-Of-Gatorade – and-RAN to the-Boys Room.
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The nearest Male washroom WAS in the-Ground floor Foyer. Paul ran-Over as he observed the Handicap-Elevator (that the wheelchaired-Paul took TO-GO-TO his 2nd-Floor Classroom in-POST-TREETON) ~ and he WAS mentally-Thankful, that he WAS Abel-bodied in the-REVERSE PERTHLAND…
… IN the Emergency-Situation, the teen barged the door-Of-the Boys-room à nearly knocking-Over the janitor-Quigley, coming ‘from’ cleaning the-Bathroom… the Oldman dropped his-Mop, ‘when’ he WAS thrusted-Back…
The 59-year-Old Irish ‘cursed’ to-Himself beneath his breath. Paul apologized, “… sorry, Mr. Quigley…” But the big-Sized Adult stared-BACK with Angry-Eyes, picking his-Mop, before stepping-Out from the Boys-room…
Paul ‘noticed’ that there WAS an-Animosity ‘between’ the Janitor-&-MESSI… but He didn’t know-WHAT Was-it ‘about’ …
… but Emergency-First… (before He s*at IN his-Pants) à he Ran into a-Stall… and sat-On the dunny ~ and deposited a-Landslide into the-bowl…
… with his-Good Bowel movement ~ his head-Cleared as he WAS processing MESSI’s memories … pertaining to the Angry-Janitor…
Apparently, there WAS a home game where Bullmastiffs played the-Defensive Thames-High team in the Quarterfinals ~ the score WAS nil-nil at Halftime. During the interval in the Westwing Locker-room, the 16-year-Old Nate-Xaviers WAS vaping to take the edge-Off in the game During 2nd-Half à the janitor Quigley caught-&-confronted the midfielder, that vaping in the Locker-room Was-Prohibited… and, wanted to-Report to Coach-Jonah (who Was-Also the Disciplinary Teacher) in RPL’s SHS…
… the Argument ensued with Nate ‘telling-him-Off’ that Quigley was-A Smoker himself ~ smoking his cheroot (in-secret) ‘behind’ one-Of-the canteen’s exit-Door. But Quigley DENIED…
The relentless argument escalated ~ with Quigley’s Verbal-threats of Reporting to Principal Burnell. Then, the 10-minutes HALFTIME break ‘was’ almost-Up, but Quigley WAS ‘still’ Confrontational à Captain-Paul Messi Stepped-Up and joined the-Argument (… to ‘get’ back the-Team’s Centerback to-Continue their-Quarterfinal game) …
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… the-Angry Quigley grabbed Nate’s #6 jersey sleeve, and yanked Him. In retaliation, #10 jersey-ed-MESSI pushed the Oldman’s chest ~ and Quigley fell-On the floor. In-numbers, Messi-&-the Rest-Of-the soccer Squad Verbally-Cursed-&-Rebuked the-Stubborn Senior-Adult ‘sitting,’ on the floor-In-pain… and, the-Bullmastiffs then Continued on the pitch, In-their-Winning Of-their 2nd-Half match against Thames…
Despite the victory, with Nate-Xavier’s solitary goal ‘against’ the defensive-playing Thames ~ the 16-year-Old was ‘suspended’ for a-Week for-Vaping in the school’s vicinity, as ‘punishment’ ~ and he should-Further attend Anger-Management Counselling…
Paul-MESSI too HAD to attend the-SAME Anger-Management Counselling à for ‘pushing’ the Big-sized janitor-On the floor…
[SHS’ Principal Burnell was ‘friends’ with the Perth’s inspector-mother Caroline, and the 2-Women ‘kept- an-Eye on-MESSI so-That He-Went for the twice-A-week Counselling sessions] …
Apparently, Paul-MESSI had ‘been’ skipping his Counselling-sessions à where in the-Last session, he Argued with the school-Councilor (in-Defense-Of Centerback Nate) à that soccer’s-Greatest players Like Paul Gascoigne, Carlo Ancelotti, Wayne Rooney-&-Zidane WERE occasional-Smokers (to control-their edge) …
[A few Days-Ago, Principal Burnell notified the-Inspector-mother that Paul WAS ‘refusing’ to-Attend Any-More (… to his Opinion, time-Wasting) sessions] …
Taking-action… Caroline WANTED to hold an-Intervention with Paul-Messi regarding to his anti-Social ‘behavior’ in school, due TODAY (Monday-evening @home) à she HAD-Also invited her Long-Lost estranged eldest-Son, Peter to the-Table…
‘… f***kkk… Messi Don’t Like-Peter ~ just-As I Don’t Like the-f***ing devil-Too…’
On the dunny, Paul cracked the-tab of-the-Gatorade can, and drank the energy-Drink, and strategizing the-Intervention meeting à that Would-BE ‘more’ Like inspector-mom’s Interrogation-Room ~ ‘witnessed’ by-the-devil Himself…
‘… you Better behave, Messi ~ I Don’t-Like Surprises…
‘… anyways I’m ‘with’ You ~ I LIKE your-Solid 6 pack-Abs… Good-job…! I’m Keeping You, Okay…!?’
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He Left the Boys’ room, dropping the empty can into the recycle-bin ~ and looked at the time in his Timex wristwatch… it WAS 5-minutes for the Bell To-ring-For Recess over. Paul decided TO-GO-To his-Classroom on-the 2nd-Floor…
… habitually-Like in POST-TREETON, he walked to the Handicap-Elevator. He chuckled to himself to realize-That he WAS-an Abel-bodied teen in REVERSE PERTHLAND. He Looked-Up and saw the Foyer’s marbled staircase, with students coming up-&-down the stairs…
Paul hadn’t ran-Upstairs or ‘any’ stairs, for 3-years (‘being’ crippled in the ‘other’ earths) à so-he decided to Go-all-MESSI… and he Ran zigzagged along the students, using the foyer-stairs…
… someone behind ‘chanted,’…
“MESSI! MESSI! Go-MESSI!”
… the-Stairs ‘running’ brought ‘superhero-esque’ PERSONAL memories, WHERE…
… the-jealous devil ‘SPARTA-Kicked’ Douglas ‘Doogie’ Zimmerman, the Tennis-Rival (who WAS Also eyeing Jane, with his Country-Club rich-Boy’s antics-&-tactics) … but Paul ‘made’ a Daring-Save from the wheelchair, to Prevent the-Neck breaking fatal fall, by-Catching Doogie at the foot of-the-Foyer stairs…
Soon he WAS in the 2nd-Floor … and walked to his Classroom…
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The A-Class WAS 2-doors Away. Paul stumbled-Upon the glass-showcased SHS’ NOTICE BOARD ~ that ‘notified’ the senior-students’ Examination results. It surprised him that the-Scores WERE Of-the first-Term (where-else, it WAS final-Term in ‘bad-Luck’ POST-TREETON) …
… he Looked at the pined paper of YEAR-8 ~ of-the A-CLASS’s ranking:
* #1 – CHARLOTTE THOMPSON
* #2 – MARGARET WONG
‘… huh… where is Jane…!? Isn’t She’s Top-student…?’
He then Looked at the Below-rank(s), reading it-TO the-Top…
* #20 – PAUL WALKER (he WAS ‘not’ surprised that Messi WAS Last…)
* #19 – RAYMOND DONOVAN (the-Leader Of-Irish Backbenchers, pipped-him…)
* #18 – JORGE MCFLY (everyone Loved the friendly-natured Churros…)
* #17 – TERRY DONOVAN (impressive that the polio-&-ADHD variant Led the Backbenches in the class-Education…)
* #16 – BETTY WHITE (who Paul Didn’t know…)
* #15 – JANE WINSTON (spelling error…?)
* #14 – ZOEY WILLIAMS (the Girls’ tennis champ…)
Paul’s eyes ran with the List-Thrice on the-Boardà there WAS-NO-Other Jane ~ other than ‘spelling-error’ #15…
‘… huh? … so, Jane is a-Mediocre student Like the-Rest of-US in-RPL… no-Wonder she DIDN’T ‘receive’ Any-awards Just-now…’
Paul shook his head-&-sighed, and Walked-over to his-Classroom…
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He Didn’t use to Backdoor ~ instead entered the-Front door… the Classroom WAS Empty à until Paul ‘heard’ a-Robotic voice arguing… and the chucking Chinese girl replying…
“… Hehe… its ‘not’ Like-that Boyyo…”
Paul WAS surprised to-SEE Maggi-Wong…
… the Last-time he SAW the visually-impaired BFF-of-Jane, WAS in Chinatown-Of-POST-TREETON à where he Left the newborn Demigoddess Apolonia, WITH Maggi ‘before’ his misadventure-Turned-tragedy Mission (… trusting the Ai Pete2.0’s, ‘devil-Twin-rescue-Ruse’) …
Boyyo shushed-&-alerted the Blind-Chinese girl…
“… shush… ‘we’ Got Company…”
“… huh… who?”
“… Paul-Messi…”
Paul WAS flabbergasted that Maggi ‘named’ her Ai Boyyo (… just-Like Jane DID in the Other-Earths). Paul too HAD dying-Questions in-the Tip-Of-his Tongue ~ but couldn’t say-It…
‘Maggi, is APO-Okay…!? Is she ‘lost’ à John-See TOLD me to Find-Apo’s Timeline…?
‘… huh… is that my-Mission in RPL…?’
Maggi Acknowledged him ~ something-ODD in Paul-Messi’s Memories that ‘read’ that MESSI didn’t speak to the-Minorities (cos’ he’s racist) …
“Hiya Paul, I heard you Didn’t ‘win’ this year’s Award… no-Worries, better Luck-Next year… your-Brother ‘Would-BE’ Graduated, and BE-Gone Next-Year…”
“Duly noted, Thanks… better Luck, Next-year Then…” Paul replied-instead, TO-BE ‘polite’ …
He was ‘glad’ that she Addressed-Him as-Paul, ‘not’ Messi. Boyyo-THEN joked…
“At-Least you ‘behaved’ YOURSELF ~ and, didn’t create a-Riot ‘like’ Last-year’s Award…”
Both Maggi-&-Paul Laughed nervously at the Ai’s Inappropriate Humor-Angle ~ the Chinese girl covered-Up for-Boyyo saying…
“… hahaha… I Didn’t Win-Anything ‘either’ this-Year…”
“… whose-Fault WAS That!? ~ you’ve Every-Right TO-BE on-Stage TODAY, and receive Awards ~ but you Held-Back to Let your-BFF win Year-after-Year à Tell me WHY is that-Margaret Wong… my Ai-Program-Design Is-for WINNERS, ‘not’ TO-BE #2!!? à it HURTS my Algorithms in My Kimura-Star Product Review, that I’m SEEN as-An Incompetent moron As-your-Tutor…”
More nervous laughter as Maggi ‘enjoyed’ the banter…
“… I’m OKAY ‘being’ #2! At-Least I’m #1 in-Church, yea…hahaha!”
“What, That’s your-Plan, Mags…!? #1 in-Playing violin in-Church… Oii-B-Girl, can Make-Money-Or not in the Long-run…!?”
At the rear-Of-the classroom, Paul sat in his desk, listening to their Banters… when he HEARD Church…
… it Reminded him Of-his Holy-Confirmation ceremony in St Michaels Church ~ where Jane, MAGGI, and her sister Alicia Came-that-Day @POST-TREETON…
Reading more-Intel from Messi’s mind – that indicated that the-Maggi In-RPL, WASN’T BORN in Malaysia, but an ABC ~ Australian-Born-Chinese…
… even-back in-POST TREETON, Paul didn’t Actually-KNOW the Malaysian Maggi well WHEN he WAS demoted to B-Class (… but Maggi ‘became’ BFF-to the ‘equally’ visually-Impaired Jane) …
… but Paul ‘knew’ HER-Sister Alicia-Though à his First Girlfriend (where they ‘both’ WERE Like Soulmates, in the OTHER-PERTH) ~ till Death-Do-Them Apart… when Paul ‘rescued’ her-Soul from the realm-Of the-dead, in Diyu…
… then in the realm-Of-POST-TREETON, Alicia WAS Ken-Chan’s girlfriend à and his ‘friendship’ with Alicia Then-declined when he WAS the-ACCUSED Tarzan à the shameful 13-year-Old SHS student, WHO Made-Her-BFF Jane preggo…
Paul sighed, and the school-Bell RANG.
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It WAS History lesson-After recess. The A-Class WAS filling-Up with the Irish Backbenchers coming from the classroom’s Backdoor, to fill-Up the rear-Desks, with the seated Messi…
Then Paul SAW the History-teacher coming-In… and the students settled. Paul haven’t seen the Lecturer ‘before’ ~ but Paul-Messi ‘knew’…
… the Intel Paul HAD ‘received’ WAS ~ the man’s name ‘was’ MR HARRISON FORD ~ that Made Paul chuckle… that the man’s ‘looks’ Doesn’t resemble the-Actor at-All… nor Built-like the beloved-Indy-Jones…
‘… the names they came-Up with THIS realm Of-RPL’s ‘Lazy-written script’ is a rip-off, hehehe… Indy’s alter-ego WAS an Archeology-Lecturer in the movies… and, my history-teacher’s Name is Harrison Ford, hehehe…”
The short-&-plump Mr. Ford was scribbling on the Chalkboard…
‘The Code-of-Hammurabi’
It WAS Middle-eastern Ancient Civilizations (Mesopotamian, Egypt, etc.) of the First-Term ~ that Paul HAD-paid attention (and interest) in class in POST-TREETON realm (cos’ he WAS dealing as the ‘supe’ GEMINI-BLUE, fighting with Asmodeus’ demon-&-monsters of the Middle-east, Back-THERE) …
Mr. Ford was Lecturing ‘about’ the principal-of-Lextalionis à the Law-Of-Retaliation ~ of An-Eye-for-An-Eye… Paul ‘finished’ the-Idiom in-His MESSI-head…
‘… makes the World Go-Blind ~ speaking ‘Of-which’ ~ where’s Jane…!?
He saw Several empty desks in the Middle-of-the classroom ~ where-Paul presumed that one-Of-it WAS Jane’s ~ where blind-Maggi SAT at Jane’s desk (… as per-POST-TREETON’s classroom Arrangement) …
Jane, Zoe-&-Betty then made a ‘grand-entrance.’ as the-Trio catwalk-ed into A-Class (wearing makeup) ~ as the ‘distracting’ Latecomers ‘interrupting’ the History class, after their 10-minutes tardiness of missed-Lecture…
Paul ‘downloaded’ Messi’s intel After-seeing their Faces, that:
* Jane WAS the A-Class’s Leader-Of-her Girl-gang ~ the-Laydettes… Of-spoilt, Rich-&-White privileged wayward girls (… that have a ‘network’ both in-&-out of SHS)
* The Laydettes were the rivals of the Irish-Backbenches In A-Class
* Even Paul-Messi HATED Jane, in REVERSED-PERTHLAND
Paul observed Mr. Ford questioning them…
“… why are you-3 Late…!?’
The girls Couldn’t respond ~ then, from the rear-Of-the class, Terry Donovan the-Class clown rejoindered…
“… they Late-cos’ they have to-Washup ‘after’ the Threesome Lesbo-Action in the Girls’-Room ~ and, apply Powder-&-Lipstick to All-of-Their 6-Lips!”
The rest-Of the class Laughed (… except Paul) ~ noticing that Jane’s complexion ‘was’ RED, and she walked halfway to Terry, berating him…
“You f***ing gimp! Go drop a soap in the Boys-Room, and LET those brainless Bullmastiff Fan-b*****s bugger-you in-Your a**hole!”
It drew MORE Laughter (… but Paul WAS shocked that the Abel-bodied Jane-Of-RPL ‘was’ pottymouth, WHO ‘cursed’ derogatory-slurs At-the disabled…
… but Terry WASN’T an-angel either ~ he-too WAS a rich spoilt-Brat (Himself) despite ‘being’ a-Handicap. Both Terry-&-Jane WERE blowing up, in Belittling One-Another… and the Laughter in the A-CLASS ‘grew’…
Paul SAW Jane in-Close proximity, as she stood a-Meter away from his-Desk ~ in heated disparaging. He noticed that her diamond-shaped scar WASN’T at her-Forehead, like-In the Other earths. But she HAD a Gang-related-Tattoo of the-Gothic-font Letter ‘L,’ on the side-Of-her neck…
Mr. Ford-Then intervened…
“JANE! TERRY! Don’t LET me drag you-BOTH to the Principal’s Office!”
The angered Jane Settled-Down, and sat at her desk (… flanked by her Laydettes BFFs). The Lesson of the ‘Code-of-Hammurabi’ continued…
… but Paul wasn’t paying-Attention to the History-subject à but On-Jane…
‘… this-Variant is ‘definitely’ NOT my-Jane…’
He sighed-in-regrets That he WAS ‘stuck’ Clueless – in ‘this’ confusing Upside-down realm… thinking…
‘… where is my-Jane…?’
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THE FINAL-BELL RANG ~ the Monday’s school WAS-Out. Paul followed Jane (and her BFFs) from a-Distance. The-Trio ended-Up with ‘other’ Laydettes members from the-Other classes (Paul guesstimated there WERE more than 20-Of-SHS uniform girls (BOTH seniors-&-juniors gang-members ~ by their ‘similar’ tattoos on their side-Of-necks) …
… they WERE Loud-&-Vulgar that made other students cringe-&-fearful of their boisterous Nature – when they stepped-Out of the school’s Main building... a group of-them WERE gathered at the marble-Statue of the school’s Founding-father and-his Bullmastiff dog ~ while ‘another’ group WAS in the secluded bicycle-bay (where the Senior-Girls were On a Looked-Out, As-they secretly vaped on their e-Cigarettes ~ while in-Discussions) …
Paul gathered ‘intel’ from MESSI that the Leader-Of-Laydettes, named Kelly Van-Ryan WAS there vaping. She WAS a Year-12 student. After satisfying their nicotine-urge, Kelly Led her 8 members to the statue-Front to regroup with the other-Laydettes…
… there WAS a dispute among the junior-Members. Kelly WAS the intermediator and she Questioned 2-Of the juniors (… where one girl WAS Paul’s classmate, Betty White). After yelling on the 2-girls’ faces à Kelly slapped them-BOTH…
… it was ‘noticed’ By SHS Head-of-Security Sylvester, at the guardhouse. He blew his whistle ~ indicating THEM to disperse. The insubordinate-Girls did-So ~ before a convoy of Uber cars arrived at school… drove By-women drivers…
Paul counted more-Than 30 of the gang-Members (were Leaving-in-4s per-Car) as the-Pack ‘left’ the SHS grounds ~ Jane-Too WAS in the-Convoy…
‘… where ARE they going? It’s ‘certainly’ NOT their-Homes…’
He Thought-Of the Wilson-Residence in the ‘other’ Realms, where Jane Lived with her-Parents-&-Baby brother… but according to MESSI’s intel ~ Jane WAS the ‘only’ ‘spoilt’ Daughter in the household…
‘… huh!? Where is Samuel-Jaheem…? Is he dead? ~ Child-blood-Sacrificed in this Realm…?’
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Paul sat at the school stone-steps, waiting for his Uber (… after Francis texted that he WOULD be Late, as he WAS driving his father Gary, home after his chemotherapy). Paul sighed-More ‘when’ he thought of RPL’s despicable Laydettes-Jane… who WAS mean-&-belligerent…
‘… I’m shortchanged for-My Mistakes… Of-Dying for-In POST-TREETON, By-going After-the jet à the-Universe is-NOW punishing-Me by REPLACING my Beloved-Actual-Jane ‘with’ this-disgraceful One…
‘… how Am I to survive in This Awful place à where the rapid-fire Of-Bad-Lucks are MORE Frequent too…!!?
‘… ooo… s***…’
… he Grew anxious Thinking-Back the toxic-people he Came-Across earlier in the Monday-Morning à Messi’s Soccer-mates, Bullmastiff-fans, Irish-Backbenchers, Laydettes, etc-etc à but the Only Good-Person he Came-across WAS blind-Maggi Wong, (but-Even ‘her’ Ai-BOYYO, WAS ‘mean’ too) …
He Looked-Up and saw his Uber ride Coming. Paul got-Up, and grabbed backpack and Walked-down the stone-steps. He got into the passenger seat, with Francis-Morrison ~ who-WAS apologizing for being Late. The teen replied, “… no-worries…” The driver Gave his takeaway Lunch of Double-Big Macs (which Paul-MESSI Normally ate-In the car On-the-Journey) …
… but Paul Didn’t have the Appetite… and WAS gloomy-in-Thought mode. Francis thought Messi WAS-feeling Down ‘after’ Losing the-Award ~ So-he cheered him-Up…
“Cheer-Up, Champ à there is-Always ‘next’ year, that YOU can-Win the Best-Sports Award, once Peter graduates… Then ~ you Can ‘have’ the NEXT 3-years WINS, until you-Yourself graduate, hahaha!”
Paul forced a-smile, thinking…
‘… that WAS ‘what’ Maggi said just-Now… and, also à she Don’t mind ‘being’ #2… I guess I’LL DO the same-Too, to Keep a-Low profile, to ‘get’ out-Of-Messi’s trouble…’
Francis Asked a-Question that stumbled-Paul…
“Was the fight-Bad… did Anyone ‘get’ hurt?”
“… huh… what Fight…!?”
“… the fight between Your-Bullmastiff Fans, ‘with’ Peter’s Tennis Supporters…”
“… how Did you KNOW ‘that’…!?”
Francis Said à that Fans HAD posted Instagram-&-WhatsApp Videos ~ Of-the GYM-scuffle By-the Junior students that ‘happened’ that Morning. Francis gave Paul his-OPPO cellphone of the-VDO… saying…
“… some-Of-it HAVE viral-ed with more than 10-Thousand LIKES, and the SHS-Brawl Is-Trending Like-crazy in Perth, hahaha ~ Thank-God you-WEREN’T Involved… or-Else your-Inspector mother Wouldn’t-BE pleased, yea…!?”
Paul read the Comments that WERE Of-Messi’s ‘true-Fans’ à who hated Tennis, the SA exchange-student Peter, and his ‘glorified’ reputation THAT ‘won’ him the popularity Contest Sporting-Award, 2-years in-A-row à instead Of-MESSI…
He switched-OFF the device…
Paul sighed to the-Toxicity of sports, that the Rest-Of-Perthians WERE consuming. He felt Ashamed that he WAS part-Of-it, as-A-player – and returned the-OPPO to Francis. Paul WAS back-Quiet… Looking-out the window…
… some Landmarks ‘caught’ his Attention ~ it WAS his ‘familiar’ Old-Suburbs neighborhood, that the Nissan passed-By… he WAS curious…
‘… is Dad’s-House-Of-Walker ‘still’ standing? The Last-I SAW the house WAS ‘bombed’ ~ and Later Fell à on-Top my-Dead Jane…’
He WAS Curious ~ and WANTED to check-the-Place Out-Later That-Evening, ‘riding’ his-BMX bike…
… Paul then remembered the family-Intervention, that Caroline WAS planning to have that-Monday-Evening… and sighed more, with silent groans…
‘… never Ending Bad-Lucks ~ the story-Of-my ‘pathetic’ Life’…’