Gervais sat down on the bed. He had been waiting for Nicolette to finish changing for the past ten minutes. Why do girls take a lot of time to change? He thought. He stood up and looked around the room. Nicolette has a pretty big room, not to mention, a pretty huge mansion. He had been always jealous of Nicolette's life. She has a complete and perfect family, while Gervais's family is all broken apart. His parents filed a divorce five years ago and his only little sister went with his mom. Now, his little sister lives in New York in a big mansion, just like Nicolette, and he is stuck with his dad, without a permanent job, and barely eating twice a day. He opened one drawer. Nothing interesting. He opened another drawer. There's nothing there but her I.D. Who keeps her I.D. in a drawer? Gervais thought. He took a look at it. Nicolette Selene. Born : June 19, 1988. "Heh. Year of the earth dragon, just like me," he whispered. He returned the I.D. and closed the drawer. He turned around, thinking on sitting on the bed again, he spotted something lying on a desk - a yearbook! Gervais approached towards it and started flipping the page. "This is THIS year's yearbook," he muttered to himself. Page-by-page, Gervais kept flipping through the page and finally stopped on the field trips section. He felt something weird, something unusual. A weird feeling that he has a company. He turned around and no one was there. He looked at the page of the yearbook. 180. Something's wrong here, he thought. He looked at the pictures. "Oh, this is the day when we rode on the carousel." he said, flashing the day, full of laughs and excitement. He saw his friends riding the carousel. There were all kinds of animals. Dragon, goat, horse, tiger, rooster, snake, rat, and hare. Then, he spotted it again. The carousel has an etched number on the top : 180. Everytime Gervais sees this number, this tingly feeling conquers his body. He has been hearing this number almost his whole college life. Gervais and Nicolette are attending the Intermediate Bells OffSpring College, or better known as the IBO College, but sometimes, Gervais doesn't see IBO, he sees 180.
The bathroom door opened, and Nicolette stepped out fully dressed and dry. "Who change in the bathroom?" Gervais asked, returning the yearbook on the desk.
"Uhh.. me?" Nicolette replied as she take her purse out of her bag. Nicollete and Gervais had been bestfriends since forever, but everytime they have a conversation, it is always short and fast. "Come on Nicolette. We are missing the whole championship game." Nicolette finally got her purse out and greeted Gervais a little smile.
"Hello, Gervais."
"I have been here for the past twenty minutes, and you barely greet me." Gervais laughed a little.
"Geez. Just being polite."
"So, are we going or not?" Gervais and Nicolette rushed downstairs, and Nicolette kissed her parents goodbye. "Be safe, hon!" Nicolette's father said waving to her only daughter as she hop in the car. Gervais always wanted a car of his own. Maybe a lamburgini? That's the only type of car he knows, beside a limousine. Nicolette's car is a shiny bright red, that can sit two people, that is polished everyday. Gervais sat down and held on tight to the side and closed both of his eyes shut. Nicolette laughed. "Why are you holding on? Gervais opened one eye and said, "I have never been in a car for more than three years." Nicolette flashed him a "Don't worry," look, yet Gervais still didn't let go of his grip. The car started and began moving and Gervais released a small squeek. Nicolette kept looking at Gervais and smiled a little. Gervais's heart continued pounding fast, and his hand locked to the side of the car. "Are you gonna do that the whole ride?" Nicolette asked. Without opening one eye, Gervais nodded.
"Finally, we have reached our destination." Nicolette parked the car, and patted Gervais's head, his spikey hair didn't move. "We're here now, buddy." Gervais opened his eyes and jumped off the car. "That was quite a ride." he said. "C'mon, we are missing the whole game."
Gervais and Nicolette walked towards the football field. This is the first time in IBO College history that they have entered the championship against The Angels, that some students call, The Hard Butt-Kickers. Walking, Gervais saw Simon and Fiona harassing another student. Simon's bestfriend, Dylan, was trying to make them stop. Gervais heard that the student accidentally made Fiona drop her icecream, so they started hurting him. What a stupid reason, Gervais thought. Then, as they continue walking, Gervais spotted Diana and her little sister. Diana was giving her sister her icecream, as Princess was finishing munching hers. "Are you sure you rather go here than going to 'Build-A-Bear'"? Princess nodded, wiping her face full of icecream. Then, Gervais saw Elliot dragging his little brother to the game, while his little brother cries non-stop. "You are going to the game and support my friend wheter you like it or not!" Elliot said angrily. Gervais rolled his eyes. Then, they finally reached the field. Gervais have never been to this field and seeing this many people watching a whole game of football. Nicolette waved towards Scarlet and hurried down towards her. Gervais followed her. "Finally! Your hotdogs are not getting warmer." Scarlet said as she handed each Nicolette and Gervais a hotdog, her english accent lingered on Gervais's ears. "Oh, and Kimona and I were baking this cookies the whole day. Right Kimona?" The girl next to Scarlet nodded. Scarlet handed Nicolette a whole tray of warm cookies. Gervais can smell the sweet aroma of it. "This is so sweet Scarlet. I feel bad, I can pay for this." Nicolette reached for her purse in her pocket. Scarlet stopped her hand for taking the purse out, "You don't have to. I just didn't take time to do all this to strangers. I took time to do all this for my friends." Nicolette hugged Scarlet. "Thanks, Scarlet." It had been halfway through the game, and The Reapers are winning. The score was ten to seventeen. Gervais can hear the cheerleaders cheer. "Go Reapers. Go! Go! We're winners. Go! Go! Not losers!" That cheer is so stupid, Gervais thought. Then, he felt something on his head, then another. He looked around and found Simon and Fiona throwing popcorns at Nicolette, but since Fiona has a bad eyesight, he aims at the wrong person. "Hey! Knock it off!" Scarlet yelled. Then, Elliot, who is sitting next to Gervais yelled with all his might, "GO THADE! C'mon man! I've come here to see you win!" Gervais can still here Elliot's brother, Antonello, cry. Elliot slapped the back of his head and told him to be quiet. Gervais took a bite of his hotdog. The Reapers are winning, he thought happily. Scarlet and Kimona started cheering for their friend, Brandon, in harmony. Gervais smiled and screamed with all his might, "GO BRANDON!" Then, Brandon scored a touchdown. The crowd went wild. "Ten to eighteen." the announcer said. Then, the ground began to shake violently.