Hi! This will probably be only a few chapters long, coz it is just for fun…. Enjoy!
I do not own Night World, but I wish I owned Ash and Quinn *tear*
Thanks for the idea of the pussy name calling! (:
Ash POV
Uh, why did Thierry drag as all here? I could have been having some, ahem, quality time with Mare. I could see that basically all the boys in Circle Daybreak felt the same way, while the girls couldn't care less, chatting amongst themselves in little groups.
I caught Mare's eyes and waggled my eyebrows at her. She rolled her eyes, but I could see the faint flush of desire on her cheeks. I smirked to myself and looked around, impatiently waiting for Thierry to come in.
After a while, he finally came in, looking slightly dishevelled, with Hannah next to him. She was flushed and had a dreamy smile on her face.
Seriously? Are you freaking kidding me? I caught Quinn's eyes, and could see he felt the same way, but most dismayed was Morgead who was looking at Jez with longing in his eyes. Jez saw this, smirked, and then made a rude gesture with her hands. Morgead saw this and glared at her.
"So, I have called you all here because I have noticed that lately, we have not been a very good team. So this day will just be a series of team-building exercises with each other, and we will be in teams of 2." Thierry said. There was an exclamation of happiness when he said the teams, but he then carried on, saying, "But these will not be your soulmates, or your friends. The whole point of this is to try and make new friends and work with people you don't particularly like, so you have to choose someone you wouldn't normally."
What! I wanted to go with Mare! I pouted a bit before scanning the room, seeing who I could go with. Well, seeing who would give me the least hassle and do most of the work for me. Yes! I know, Thea! But she wouldn't do it. Hmmm, what about Poppy? Yeah, I'll go with her.
"Get into your teams. You have 20 seconds to decide and stand with them. By the way, Hannah and I will be doing these as well, so no moaning on how unfair it is. Go!"
There was a scramble as everyone went with who they had chosen. I tried to run over to Poppy, before someone else got to her, and I kept pushing people out of the way. I finally reached her and said, somewhat breathlessly, and said, "Wanna be partners?"
She looked upset that I had reached her, before someone nice had, but she still said reluctantly, "Sure…" I gave her my most charming smile and offered her my arm, which she just ignored and walked past me. I huffed before following her.
Galen POV
Damn, who was I going to go with? I wish I could go with someone gentle, like Thea, but she was already with Morgead. I have no idea why, either.
Jez saw me wandering around, looking for Maggie or Gillian, and I prayed silently that she wouldn't pick me. But it was too late, and I could see her walking towards me. I put a smile on my face, and she said to me "Hey, pussy, want to be my partner?"
Well, that is just so nice. Really? Pussy? I mentally sighed and said, "Yeah, sure. Shall we go?"
She nodded and walked past me to where most of the others were standing. I tried to see who Keller was with, and laughed out loud when I saw Eric standing next to her. Eric. She saw me laughing and gave a death glare. I instantly stopped and gave her a smile I knew she couldn't resist.
I looked around to see who else was with whom, but everyone was still arguing. It was just me, Jez, Morgead, Thea, Eric and Keller standing here. I wonder who Thierry will go with…
Thierry POV
I had to go with Rashel. I was just about to go with Mary-Lynette, when Quinn got her, and then Rashel was the only one left. It's not that I didn't like her; she was just a bit… forceful sometimes. Not to mention that Quinn was staring daggers at me from across the room. I cleared my throat.
"Is everyone paired up?" I asked, as they all nodded, some happily, some glumly. I looked around to see who Hannah was with, and saw that it was with Delos. Ha! "Let's head outside everyone!"
The skies above were clear, and the sun was shining down on us. There was a lovely, light breeze rippling everyone's hair slightly.
"Okay. The first race will be a one legged race. You can see the rope on the floor in front of you, which Lupe and Nilsson helpfully handed out." I smiled at them and Lupe beamed back, while Nilsson just nodded his head, looking as cool as ever. "Tie one leg to your partner's leg, like so." I demonstrated with Rashel, and felt very uncomfortable as Quinn watched me, waiting for me to slip up. I was very careful. "The first person to cross the finish line, wins!"
I watched as everyone tried to tie their legs together, some failing in this itself, namely Maggie and David.
"Is everyone ready?" Lupe asked. We all chorused back Yeah! "On your marks, get set, go!"
Me and Rashel charged forward, instantly getting tangled and falling over. I could see a few others who had tried this tactic, namely Gillian and James and David and Maggie. We helped each other up and looked around. Nobody had even taken one step; we were just ahead of everyone because we had jumped forward when we fell.
Mary-Lynette POV
I felt like killing Quinn! He kept looking over at Rashel and Thierry together, and completely not concentrating!
"Quinn! Listen!" I screamed in his ear.
"Wha-" Quinn said, disorientated.
"We need some tactics! We aren't on the floor so we have an advantage already." I said, but his attention had already shifted. "Quinn! If we win, then Rashel will be proud of you…"
"So, I think we just need to time this right. We can just move each leg very slowly. Okay?" He said all his attention on this now. Wow, he was slightly obsessed with Rashel. I wonder if Ash was like that… I sneaked a glance over at him and saw him screaming at Poppy, who was screaming right back at him.
Quinn and I took it very slow, making sure that we didn't trip over, and steadying each other when we were about to. I nearly fell flat on my face one time, but Quinn gripped my arm just in time.
"Thanks." I muttered, all of my concentration on the task at hand.
"No problem. You're lucky I am so amazing and fast." He said flashing me one of his cocky grins, which I promptly rolled my eyes at. (A/N No, they are not going to get romantic or anything! They are just friends!) Quinn was quite nice to be around, just like Ash, but toned down a bit. I smiled and he smiled a genuine smile back.
Galen POV
Oh, god. Please, please! Just kill me now. I tuned back into Jez's ranting. "… Put your left leg there. No, your left leg! Are you deaf? I said your freaking left leg. Good, now put it there. Over there!" I tried to follow her instructions, but they just made no sense.
"Why can't we just do what everyone else is doing?" I said over her voice.
She stopped and glared at me. "You think you can do better, go ahead, princey."
I didn't appreciate her tone. "That is not the way to speak to a prince! I demand you apologize, now!" Wow, I have been spending too much time with Delos.
"Whatever. You better not make me lose, pussy." Jez said. There it was again. Pussy.
I am ashamed to say I lost my temper. "Excuse me! I don't know why you are talking, when you have Morgead as a soulmate. He can't even take Poppy down. That is how pussy he is." I screeched. Everyone had stopped moving and stared at us. Morgead looked murderous, and Poppy looked pleased.
Jez just gave me a glare, and started practically dragging me along. "I'll get you for that later. But right now, I want to win, or at least come in the top three."
After that, everyone resumed their bickering and shouting, and we started to work as a team. But I would never forget the way Jez's face looked when I called her soulmate a pussy. I was in for some shit later.
Ash POV
If she wasn't so small and pixie-like, I would have killed her already. But you just can't kill someone that small. You would just feel bad. She was currently jumping up and down, or as much as you can when you're tied to someone. We were halfway to the finish line, and I could see people quickly overtaking us. Poppy was still jumping up and down and saying something very, very fast, and I just lost it. I pushed her to the ground, face first.
Of course, I had forgotten about us being tied together, so I ended up falling right on top of her, no doubt crushing her. Well, good.
She was mumbling something underneath me, and I tried to stand up, but landed on her yet again. Her grumbling suddenly stopped. She was still.
"Poppy, get up!" I screamed in her ear. I had managed to stand up now, and I was shaking her. "Poppy!" I was getting slightly worried about her. She wasn't moving, and I could tell that this wasn't a prank. "Lupe! Nilsson!"
They hurried over and checked her out. Everyone had stopped and was looking over now. James disentangled himself from Gillian and rushed over.
"Poppy? What's wrong? What did you do?" He asked with a murderous look at me.
"Ah, she… fell." I said vaguely. He glanced at me again, but turned his attention towards Poppy, who had just stirred.
"Uh, what… Jamie?" She said.
"I'm right here. Can you carry on?" He asked.
"Ah, no. I feel really dizzy." She said.
"Come on! Yes you can! Don't be such a wimp. You are a vampire, so act like it." I said, harshly, but I really wanted to win. By now, everyone had gathered together, some still tied.
"She's fine. Let's carry on!" Morgead shouted, and everyone scattered to their original places.
"Get up! Come on! Where is all that annoying energy you usually have!" I screamed, shaking her. Lupe and Nilsson gave me a sharp look, but didn't say anything, as they half carried Poppy away.
This was all her fault.
Keller POV
Ha! Ash and Poppy were officially out of the running, which just meant one less couple to beat. We were second at the moment, just behind Mare and Quinn. I pushed myself further, dragging Eric behind me. He was surprisingly light, and easy to drag. At least he didn't try to talk to me at all, which is why he was an okay partner. Morgead and Thea were hot on our trials, so I picked up the pace, even more until we were right next to Quinn and Mare.
I smiled at Mare, and smiled a creepy smile at Quinn. He just flashed me a similar smile before whispering something to Mary-Lynette. They were planning something. I said to Eric, "We need to think of something to stop them, fast. Shall I trip them up?"
He looked scared but nodded. "Play along then." I whispered. "Ow! Eric, what the hell is wrong with you!" I said in a loud voice that I knew would carry to Quinn and Mare. I pretended to fall over and clutch my ankle in 'pain'.
Mare and Quinn came closer. Just like I knew they would. As soon as the opportunity came, /I stuck my leg out when they were walking towards us.
It was mean, I know, and I felt bad for doing it to Mare, but all's fair in love and war, and this was definitely war.
Just like I had predicted, they tumbled to the ground. But, what I hadn't predicted, they landed on top of me, bringing Eric down on top of everyone. Everyone was just screaming for a while, and unbelievably, I saw Morgead and Thea glide past us, making it look effortless. I screamed in rage, and tried to get the fat Quinn off me.
Morgead and Thea crossed the finish line, and I watched in disbelief as they high-fived each other and untied their legs. Jez and Galen soon followed, with James, Gillian, Thierry, Rashel and Delos and Hannah go past us too. Even Maggie and David had crossed it by now, and it was just the four of us left, still tangled with each other, on the floor.
We all gave up and ended up laughing about this. Soon, everyone had joined in, and helped us all up. A fresh wave of laughter came when Quinn and Mare were unable to get untied, but they took it lightly, fake swooning over each other and even giving a friendly hug when we finally got them untangled.
General POV
In the midst of all this fun, nobody noticed Thea and Morgead suspiciously chatting in the corner.
"Good thinking on using the confusion spell. I knew it would work." Morgead told Thea. They high-fived each other once again, and joined in the laughter.
Haha! Thea and Morgead are cheeeeeaters! (:
Next chapter up soon!
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