Megan arrived home to see her brother juggling jelly bean jars.
'What the heck are you doing?'
'Ain't that obvious?'
Megan sighed and entered her room, dunking her school bag on the ground. She sat on her office chair and swung herself so that she was facing her computer. She quickly typed in her password and accessed her Gee-mail.
You have (1) new Gee-mail.
XX-XX-XXXX 15:47
From: asdf
Title: Hey there!
Hey there ^v^ You on?
Megan smiled at herself as she typed in her response.
Re: Hey there!
Yep!
This unknown email user, or aka 'asdf', was a Gee-mail buddy of Megan's. 'asdf' had accidentally sent her a Gee-mail, and invited Megan to an online match on a game as an apology. They were kinda good at it, but they made too many stupid mistakes. It was kinda fun, really. Playing with 'asdf' would lighten up her spirits.
And so, the rest of the afternoon was spent playing online games.
The next day had come before she knew it.
Megan slammed her alarm clock and rolled down from her bed.
Saturday. Homework free, people free Saturday. And of course, what better way would there be to spend this day either from playing video games?
Megan met up with her friends at Edward's. Edward's dad worked at a video game console manufacturer, and he had a 50% worker discount whenever he bought any. And so, there were a variety of video games and consoles to play on.
Megan stared at the couch where some of her friends were lying on.
'Edward's gotten Meg here! The squad is complete!' Siera was the first to notice her appearance, and scooted over to make space.
'So, what're we playing today? Did anyone get Overwatch yet? I'm dying to play.'
'Sadly, no,' answered Siera. 'It was sold out. Again.'
'How in the world is it sold out for two whole months?' Megan sighed and ran her hand through her bangs.
'Cheer up, Megan. Let's just hope that it won't be next month.'
'Thanks, Jada.'
Siera clapped, noticing the slight mood change. 'Alright! What're we playing today?'
'If we're playing Call of Duty again, I'll trash it.' Threatened Edward. 'How 'bout Tales of Besteria?' We got it last month but we haven't even started.'
'Don't see any problem in that.'
Edward set the game up, and the others started talking about other games.
'By the way, where's Jack?'
'He's right there.' Siera pointed at a lump in Edward's bed.
'What's he doing?'
'Sleeping, obviously.' Siera rolled her eyes. 'Typical Jack in the mornings.'
'But Edward let him sleep in his bed?'
'I don't really care about that.' Edward straightened up from his crouching position in front of the television. 'Not like any one of you could deal with a sleepy Jack.'
'Rest in peace, Jack.' Siera put her hands together and dipped her head.
'Ya know, I ain't dead...'
'Holy schnitzels! I thought you were asleep...'
'...'
'Oi, Jack! Are you listening?'
'...'
'... I have no idea how to deal with him anymore.'
'Siera, you sound like his mom.'
'Stop, Meg. Before I punch you.'
'... Sorry...'
'Oi, pay attention to the game already.'
'Sorry.'
'...'
'...'
Their silent gaming continued until lunch. Jack was reluctant to get out of bed until Edward said that he would pay for his lunch.
They went to WacDonalds to get lunch. The fast food shop was bustling full of people like a typical weekend. Siera pulled them to a table that she found where a single person was sitting there amongst a pile of books.
'Sorry, but could we sit here please?'
'Sure.'
OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD WHY.
KILL ME.
The person at the table looked up.
'Fancy seeing you here, Nicole!' Siera seemed unfazed and sat down at the seat opposite of Nicole. 'Studying as always, huh?'
'Of course.'
Jack took the seat next to Siera, Edward on the seat across. Jada sat next to Jack, leaving only the seat next to Nicole open in two seconds time.
Megan gave them all unbelieving looks. Siera pretended not to see while she chatted with Nicole, Jack slumped down on the table, Edward sat there like the bean pole that he was, and Jada switched on her phone and started typing.
Megan cursed. 'Shit.'
She dragged her feet, treating the seat next to Nicole as hell, or something even worse than hell.
The others ignored her and continued doing whatever they were doing.
'Hey, Edward.' Megan nudged the boy on his back. 'Mind taking the seat next to Nicole?'
'Why should I? I'm perfectly fine right here.'
God damn you, Edward.
'Jada, do you mind sitting next to Nicole? The air vent is directly above that seat, and I'm feeling cold... So please?'
'Nah, I'm feeling cold too!'
God damn you, Jada.
'Jack, you mind sitting on the opposite side?'
'No thanks, I'm too lazy to move over there.'
God damn you too, Jack.
Megan sighed as she slid behind Nicole's seat and made herself 'comfortable' in the seat next to her. At least there was a pile of books between them to cut through the awkwardness.
'Who's ordering?'
'Go, Edward. Bring back Wacdonalds from the east! We believe in you!'
Edward groaned and got out of his seat.
Nicole got up. 'Actually, I have to go. See you guys at school.'
Siera waved. 'See you!'
Megan could feel herself relax once Nicole packed up and left. She slumped over in her seat, her arms sprawled across the table.
Jack pushed her arms away. 'Out of the way...'
'No...'
Few minutes later, Edward came back with their food. He poked at Megan and Jack's heads, but no response came. He sighed and punched them back into their seats so that he could put down the food.
