You ever had that extremely excited feeling, the one where you wake up for school in the morning to show your friends that flyer for the Cirque Du Freak? Probably not. The next morning, I jogged to school, the flyer folded and tucked into my large pocket. Steve stood there, at the goal post, organizing teams for today. I ran over while taking the flyer out, waving it around. He waved at me when he saw me.
"Steve!" I said breathlessly. "I bumped into this guy while running home through the backstreets yesterday. He gave me this flyer; take a look," I told him. Steve looked it over. As he did, his eyes widened and he started grinning.
"Go, play without us," he said to the other boys," You'll have an even number, since Russy and I aren't playing." The guys listened, mostly because they didn't want to argue with Steve. He was kind of 'wild' when he was a bit younger. "Russy... We have to go to this thing." I nodded, perplexed, when Tommy and Alan came over. Tommy took hold of the flyer from Steve and he and Alan looked at it. We later decided that we would bring in enough money for four tickets tomorrow, and Steve said he would 'borrow' from his mother.
"She won't notice," he said. "I'll give the change back and find a way to earn that money back. For now, we have to think about how we're gonna sneak out to buy these."
We ended up leaving the task of buying tickets to Steve. The next morning, Steve didn't show up all morning. During third period history, Steve waltzed into the class, grinning sheepishly. While he sat down, I whispered, "Did you get them?" The teacher shot me a glare and I shut up. At break, Tommy, Alan and I ran up to Steve, shouting questions all at once.
"Easy, easy! I have good news and bad news." At this, we were confused. He continued, " The good news is, I got the tickets. The bad news is..." he pulled out two tickets. " The bad news is, the really short guy at the booth only gave me two; I had the money for four. I offered him extra, but he tapped the flyer and handed me two tickets." Steve looked down.
"Well, Steve gets one," I declared. "After all, he risked buying them, and he pitched in the most money. All in favor?" Tommy and Alan raised their hands.
"Thanks," said Steve. "Now, who gets the other ticket?"
I am SO sorry this came out late! I have a life, y'know?!