Good but with a sense of tension

So now that Fred was done thinking about how to handle Daphne at school with his plan being getting a meet set up with her without Velma founding out so she couldn't ruin it. Not much of a plan, Fred knew that, but he was in uncharted territory as he hadn't exactly been in his right mind for years considering the **** his mother had been putting him on, so with no actual experience to draw on, he would have to play it by ear.

So he got up and made his way down to the family dining room, where his dad and his stepmother were waiting for him. They hadn't been locking lips, unlike last time he had come for breakfast, but if the lipstick smudges were anything to go by, they had been before he got there. Which he supposed meant one of the staff he passed must have given them a heads up on his arrival.

"Good morning, Fred. How are you doing this fine morning?" Fred's senior said he was clearly trying to start a conversation that would lead to something the two of them had planned as both his parents kept glancing at each other as he spoke. Fred looked at one parent, then at the other, wondering what exactly they were planning.

"I'm doing fine." Fred said, giving both a suspicious look as he began to eat the breakfast the kitchen staff had prepared for him. The two noticed his clear suspicion and figured they would go forward with what they had planned. Diya signaled to Fred senior that she would lead the charge on this one, and he nodded as he felt this conversation might need a delicate touch that he didn't have.

"Well, Fred We've noticed you've been a bit stressed about school lately. So we were hoping to see if you might consider some type of club at school to help deal with that." Diya asked in a quiet and gentle voice before turning to Fred senior, signaling for him to add his support to her point. He quickly nodded and began to add his vote of confidence to her suggestion.

"Yes, son, it is not healthy to be so stressed as you are about school, and having something such as a club will hopefully relieve some of that tension from you, which will only be for the better." Fred senior said he was hoping together he and Diya would have convinced his son before the stress caused him any health complications.

Fred had been eating as they talked to him, so just as they finished their presentation, Fred downed a glass of lemon juice and then answered them. "Well, I guess your right, I have been stressing out lately. I'll try and see if the motor club on campus will let me join, and I'll work on my van as part of the club." Fred said with a smile, happy that his parents were so concerned for his well-being and trying to help him.

"Well, that wonderfull sweety I'm glad you already thought of a club to join." Diya said quite happy that Fred was so receptive to their idea, while Fred senior merely nodded his approval before Fred wished them a happy day and a good bye as he headed to the garage, his parents wished him a happy day at school in response.

Fred made good time on the highway and was in next to no time pulling into the students parking lot onto the school grounds. He got out of his van and made his way into the school, pulling his backpack over his shoulder as he walked once again into his first-class English. He shared this class with Daphne behind him, so he was wondering how he was going to contact her but thought it would probably be easier in his second class, so he waited.

So thats how his English was with him listing and trying to learn from the great literature writers such as Shakespeare as Daphne sat behind him tense and flustered. Her mind was wondering how well her videotape session with Gigi had worked to get Fred's interest in her and if she needed to do something any more erotic somehow or try another avenue of attack.

Eventually Fred's English class came to an end, and he went to his second block class, which was science. He shared his second block class with Daphne, which he hoped meant they could be lab partners in a science project today so they could talk about whatever was going on between them as they worked. Sadily, his plans were dashed as he was paired with Gigi instead, but Fred figured he could salvage this as Gigi could pass on the message he wanted to meet with Daphne to talk with her at lunch, which should work.

So about halfway through the labwork, Fred asked the question. "So, Gigi, would you mind telling Daphne if I could meet with her at lunch to talk about everything that's been going on?" Fred asked a bit nervously, not really sure how he should feel about asking to meet with Daphne through what he guessed were one of her hoes.

"Sure, white boi I'll see if Daphne wants to see you, but I wouldn't hold my breath." Gigi said dismissively, as if the idea that Daphne would ever want to meet with him was a sad joke that seemed insulting just for her to hear. Fred was shocked at this reaction, not sure what to make of it.

"Okay, and thank you?" Fred said kind of questioningly as she had insulted him but also agreed to do what he asked at the same time. So he wasn't quiet sure how to take it, especially as he was pretty sure Daphne's last video had offered up Gigi for him, so to have such hostility toward him made him really start to question things he had just gotten sure of.

Soon enough science class ended, and lunch began with Fred making his way to a tree that was visible from anywhere in the cafeteria. Choosing this spot meant that Daphne could spot him, and they could go somewhere else more secluded to talk. Though with Gigi's reaction to even asking to meet, he was starting to have doubts about even doing this.