Lenny left lunch with a knot in his stomach, something wasn't agreeing with him. At this point Lenny was the schools gender fluid fashion diva, like a mini Ru Paul who you did not want to get in the way of lest you be put on notice. In front of him Kyla and Bernard were continuing to carry on as they had all through lunch. They were both nerds, not people he would choose to hang out with but there was something that bugged him about seeing the two of them together. Did she like him? Were they dating? There was something inside of him that wanted to know more than anything, so he followed close behind.
In the before times, Leonard had a crush on Kyla but was too timid to do anything about it and so had friend zoned himself with a girl who seemed to be more interested in math and science than him, at least that's what he thought, but maybe he had been wrong. Bernard, slovenly, overweight, nerdy Bernard seemed to have enough of Biff left in him to have asked her out and she seemed to have liked him enough to say yes, as evidenced by the kiss on the cheek Kyla gave Bernard as they started to part ways in the hall.
The look of disgust and horror on Lenny's face at such a small gesture was palpable to the whole hall way to the point where it seemed like everyone was expecting a show.
"ummm, excuse me, I hate to break up the loving couple but why are you bringing your gross PDA to my hallway?"
Kyla turned around, and for a moment Lenny was shocked, because it wasn't quite the same Kyla that Lenard had known. Apparently when in a relationship Kyla tried a bit harder to be pretty for her boyfriend, so she was wearing make up and had done something more with her hair than a ponytail. It was a small change, but instinctively this just made Lenny madder. He could feel his insides churning.
"Don't get me wrong, it's adorable to watch you try, but nobody wants another Shrek movie." Bernard blushed red at this.
"and you need to stop playing dress up with your kiddie make up kit and Raise Your Standards." Kyla shrunk behind Bernard.
"Nobody wants this, so don't show it, so we don't have to know it." The audience wooped at another classic take down, and the hallway started to clear out for classes.
Unexpectedly, Kyla reached her arms around Bernard's neck and kissed him full on the mouth in front of everyone, with a long deep kiss. The image of it made Lenny feel like his balls were crawling up inside himself.
"How's that for PDA, you bitch?" Kyla responded, having broken the kiss.
"Hey now, what's all this?" They were broken up by Melissa, now a 38 year old vice principal, and the keeper of the peace in the school, you didn't want to end up in her office.
"Nothing, just headed to the rest room." Lenni responded quickly.
"Get to class, you can get to the restroom after you check in with your teacher." Melissa ordered "and you two, no kissing in the halls." Melissa didn't enjoy seeing that anymore than Lenny did, because in her younger more fashionable years she had always had feelings for Biff.
They all scattered to classrooms, Lenni now with a different stride, as she brushed an errant bit of hair from her face.
