A/N This is the last chapter! It's also a really crappy chapter, so sorry. I'll make up for it, though. Really, I will. Eventually. Anyway, try to enjoy! :)
Chloe's POV
"Are you freaking kidding me, Derek?" Tori spat from her perch on the couch.
Derek scowled at her for a few seconds before returning his gaze to the book in his hands. "No."
Tori responded by throwing her hands into the air and groaning loudly. "The who the hell's running long-distance for us?"
"Tori," Simon started. "Maybe we would know if you'd shut up long enough for us to discuss it."
Tori snarled at him but didn't say anything else, and the room was silent for a couple seconds as we all took a collective sigh. Then Ash rolled his eyes.
"I'll do it."
Tori snorted. "Stick to climbing trees."
Ash narrowed his eyes at her, mouth opening to form a response, but I stepped between them before they could continue.
"Guys maybe we should just pull straws or something." I shrugged, reclaiming my seat next to Derek.
"That won't work," Tori exasperated. "Because nobody wants you to run it."
My cheeks flushed, but I glared at her anyway. "T-then you guys can pull straws."
Tori stopped for a couple seconds, trying to think of a come-back. After a while, she shrugged and turned to Simon.
"Where're the straws?"
"In the kitchen. Go get them."
Tori rolled her eyes and slumped her shoulders, but pushed herself off the couch anyway. Once she was standing, though, she paused again, eyes narrowing and gaze going to Derek.
"You know what I'd really like to know? Why don't you want to do it?"
Derek shrugged half-heartedly, eyes never leaving his book. "I just don't."
"Oh, yeah right. You never just don't want to do something, wolf-boy. You think it's not worth your time or that it'll put poor little Chloe in danger. Besides, you ran halfway across Buffalo to find Kit- just run through a forest so we can win this."
Derek looked up to glare at her. "It's different." He mumbled "I didn't run half-way across Buffalo so you could get bragging rights, Tori."
"And I didn't fight to have you on our team so I could watch you read your freaking book all day."
He rolled his eyes. "I didn't tell you to do that, did I?"
Tori scowled deeper. "I was trying to be-"
"Guys!" The door banged open and we all jumped, wheeling around to face the intruder. Tori's fingers flew up and both Derek and Ash were already on the feet, growling and snarling, but it was only Maya.
"Sorry," she smirked. "But we have a problem."
"What is it?" I asked, frowning.
"We can't decide who's running the distance race."
Canada's problem was that too many members of their team wanted to enter. So they suggested a rule change to allow multiple people to run, but that only posed more of a problem for us. So, after another lengthy debate consisting of multiple off-topic and unnecessary insults, we decided that the entire team would run. One person from each team would go at a time, and the next people would go a couple minutes after and so forth. The idea was that you'd only be racing one person, so no matter who else you saw while you were running, you only won if you made it to the finish line before the person you started with. Then at the end, Kit would be waiting to tally how many members of each team made it first, and the team with the most winners...wins. It was fairly confusing, but we all decided it was worth a shot.
I was racing Hailey- we were the first ones running. Tori was right after me against Sam, Simon was after her facing Daniel, Liz was against Corey, Ash was against Rafe, and Derek was last with Maya as his opponent.
I tried to calm my nerves, but I couldn't help the jitters that came with competition. Especially when I knew I was going to lose; Hailey might be the weakest runner on their team, but compared to me, she might as well have been the Flash. We'd already taken that into consideration, though, and we decided that, to compensate, magic would be allowed, just no binding spell. My stomach still felt a little queasy, despite how many times Derek reassured me that it didn't matter if I lost, as long as the rest of them won.
Tori's POV
Chloe stumbled on her way to the starting line and I mentally face-palmed, trying to think of some magical way to make her coordinated. But, of course, there was no spell for that. Casting a binding spell on Hailey sprung to mind, but no binding spells were allowed. A scowl came on just thinking about it. No binding spells; that basically meant that Simon was allowed to levitate a couple blades of grass and I could entertain myself by singeing tree bark.
I let out a noise of frustration, throwing my hands up. Everyone stepped back a little, giving me wary glances.
"Tori, it's not that big of a deal." Simon murmured.
"Oh no, of course not," I retorted. "I just ran a mile through the goddamn forest, Simon. And not like the time we were running from the Edison Group, because that's different. You know why? We won that battle."
"This wasn't a battle, Tori. It was a game."
I snorted. "I'm sure the Edison Group thought so too."
Simon sighed. "Whatever, Tori. We lost. Get over it."
"Wait, hang on a second," Maya stepped forward. "What do we get?"
I scowled at her, but Simon only frowned. "What do you mean?"
"We won. What do we get?"
"Uh...bragging rights?"
I snorted. Like hell.
"No. We should get to choose something."
Everyone gathered around again, glancing back and forth at each other.
"Like what?" Ash asked.
"Well, bragging rights. But something else too..."
"Like what?" Derek echoed, narrowing his eyes.
Maya grinned. "You guys have to listen to us for the rest of the week. And say 'eh' after every sentence. Oh and you have to be polite to us."
Simon scowled. "What would have happened if we won? You guys would be jerks to everyone and eat hamburgers all day? That's not a fair deal."
"But you don't get to decide that. You're not the one judging." She turned to Kit and smiled. "Kit?"
Kit laughed, grin broadening. "Sounds fun."
A/N So if you guys want, I'll write a One-Shot about that scenario...actually, I'll write one anyway, because it'll be a pretty fun scenario to write about. Also, I posted the first Chlerek prompt! Thanks for reading, guys :)
