Drama Club

Chapter 9 – Could It Be?

The Drama Club members have a day off from school. That's because today is the day to show their play in America. They will be missing school for two or three days.

Hilary is on the little airplane with the other members of the club, feeling bump out. I'm actually really doing this. She thought to herself, half panicking. Man… I really wish I wasn't involved with this. Tears started to stream out of her eyes and she quietly sniffed. It's not like I have stage fright, but…!

"What's wrong?" Amaya asked.

The two of them were sitting next to each other. Hilary was sitting by the window. "Ah! Nothing!" Hilary laughed, nervously. She rubbed the back of her head, smiling. "I'm just happy to be able to go and do our play!"

Amaya smirked. "…Sure," she nodded back and forth, disbelieving.

There were two people in one seat in the small airplane. In the front right side of the seats sat Amaya and Hilary. Behind them were Max and Tyson. Tyson is by the window. Behind the two boys sat Michael alone, who is staring out the window, bored to death. And behind him sat Tala and Kai, the one who sitting by the window is Kai.

On the other front seat sat Lance and April, he's sitting by the window. Behind the two of them sat Terra and Yumeko. Terra is daydreaming and looking out the window beside Yumeko. Behind those two girls sat Johnny, alone. He's sitting away from the window. The seat behind him sat Spencer and Bryan, Spencer's sitting by the window.

Some talked, some were quiet, and one was sleeping.

"Somebody, stuff a red pepper in his mouth," Kai growled angrily. Tyson had been snoring for more then forty minutes now and it's annoying him.

"I'll do it!" Amaya jumped up from her seat with a happy face "I'll just go and get it from the kitchen…"

Hilary stood up also. "No!" she cried. "Let's use boiling hot water."

Amaya grinned evilly. "I like what you're thinking!"

"Sit down, you two," April said, not looking up from her horror manga. She just did not want the girls to play any mean pranks on the others.

The two of them did as she said. "I'll pitch his nose," Max said, chuckling.

Hilary and Amaya both turned to him, nodding. "Okay!" Amaya said, grinning again. "Wait… let me videotape this…" she grabbed a video camera out of her black bag.

"…Why did you bring that?" Hilary questioned.

"So I can record our play," Amaya said. "But I think I'm going to have Bryan do that since she's not… I mean, since he's not in the play."

Bryan's eye twitched when she called him a 'she'.

Hilary nodded. "Oh."

Amaya gave Max a thumps up. "Okay, camera's good to go," she said, snickering.

Max smiled and held Tyson's nose, pressing them together. He held it there for a minute and looked back at Amaya. "He's not waking up…" he said.

"Eh?" Amaya zoomed the camera closer to Tyson's face. "That's no fun."

"At least he stop snoring…" Hilary giggled.

Amaya started to laugh. "I know, let's draw on his face with a red permanent marker!" she said, exciting.

"Oooo… try that," Tala called from the back seat.

"Anyone has a red permanent marker?" Amaya asked, looking around the room. Her camera caught everyone on tape.

No one had any permanent marker on them.

"Or a pen?" Amaya grinned.

No one carried a pen.

"Wow, aren't we unprepared," Amaya said, sighing. She looked over to Lance who was writing in his notebook. "Lance, why didn't you answer that you had a pen?!" Amaya shouted angrily.

Lance didn't answer.

April glanced at Amaya. "Lance's listening to loud music on his mp3 player right now," she said, looking back into her book.

"This is no fun at all…" Amaya complained. Maybe I'll wait until April falls asleep and I'll go and get the red pepper. She snickered.

An hour passed and April never went to sleep.

"April, aren't you sleepy?" Amaya asked.

"No," she replied.

Amaya turned to Hilary. "Well… let's talk," she said.

Hilary blinked. "Um… about what?"

"Anything."

"Well…" Hilary looked up at the ceiling. "Okay. How many brothers and sisters do you have?"

"Eight older brothers and no sisters," Amaya smiled.

"Heh, that would explain everything," Johnny snorted. He overheard the two girls. Amaya does not act like a girl should be and the cause could be her eight brothers.

Amaya laughed. "Yep!"

"Wow," Hilary wonders how it feels like to live with so many brothers. "Then does that mean you don't have a mom?"

"I do have a mom," Amaya said. "My dad lives far away from the house, working his ass off to pay for all of us. We're not that poor since he's works so hard."

"I see," Hilary nodded.

"Hey!" Amaya stood up. "Let's all play a game before we get to Minnesota!"

"I'm in!" Yumeko chirped, half bored to death.

Bryan moaned, leaning down his seat. "I'll pass," he said. Somehow and for some reason, her games are probably full of bad ideas.

"We're all club members," Amaya said, putting her hands on her hips. "We all should play together!" She looked at Kai, Bryan, and Spencer who all had faces that show that they did not care.

"What kind of game are we playing?" Michael asked with a smile.

Amaya rubbed her chin and thought for a second. "Truth or Dare," she answered.

Everyone became silent. The only things they heard were Lance's loud earphones and Tyson's snoring.

"No way," Terra and Kai said.

"…Sounds kinda fun," Hilary said. "Let's wake Tyson up and get Lance to play too."

"I said no," Terra said. "I'm not playing."

Amaya pouted, "Aw, come on, Terra…" She walked over to her with a smile.

Terra turned her head and pretended to read her book.

That same book again… Hilary's eyes twitched.

April looked up from her manga. "Amaya, please don't force anyone anymore," April said. "Respect their decisions."

Amaya sighed, "But April, remember rule number five? It says to 'please enjoy yourself'."

"Rule number four, 'obey the Vice President'," April reminded.

Amaya went back to her seat, defeated. "Fine… I'm going to sleep then…" she said.

"Oh, too bad," Hilary smiled. "I was hoping we could play Truth or Dare."

"Maybe next time," April said. "I'm sure everyone would want to play by then. Let's just concentrate on our lines for the play. We're almost there."

A long moment passed. Hilary looked at Amaya, who was fast asleep. There should be a restroom here… Hilary thought, getting up.

When she stepped on the aisle, Kai stopped right in front of her. He was also on his way to the restroom but not that he knows where it is. They looked at each other for a second and Kai looked away to April. "Do you know where the restroom is?" he asked.

April pointed to the back. "Walk that way and the guys' room should be at the left," she said. "But be careful… there might be ghosts along those hallways."

"What?" Hilary exclaimed.

"It's not like they're going to follow you into the restrooms," April said, turning the page of her manga. "They know you guys have your privacy."

Hilary nervously laughed, looking around the room. She wanted to ask the girls to come along with her. Yumeko was asleep, April's reading, Amaya is in her deep sleep, and Terra's reading.

Kai turned to leave to the back.

"Man…" Hilary stood around, looking at the girls back and forth. She did not want to go alone. Oh, why did she have to mention that? Hilary bit her fingers, thinking about the ghosts.

After a minute or two of thinking to herself, she did not want to ask the girls and went on her own. When she went to the back of the room, Kai leaned against the wall by the men's room. Hilary looked to her right and saw the women's room. She entered the restroom.

A minute later.

Hilary hurried out of the restroom. "Huh?" she looked at Kai who was still leaning against the wall. "…Are you waiting for someone?"

Kai glanced at her with an expressionless stare. He turned and walked away back to his seat by the window.

"…Could it be…?" she blinked. Maybe he was waiting for her. When she saw him before she went into the restroom, she felt safer after seeing him. It really did feel safer and knowing someone is out there waiting for her. She blushed at the thought. He probably did not want her to feel scare and quietly waited.

Hilary walked pass Tala and Kai, back to her seat.

"Maybe… he isn't so bad after all," she quietly said to herself, smiling.