Chapter 10
Tennifer and Rachel lay on their bed, close together and whispering (it seemed fitting, despite their huge rooms) about the IFT and the gang's pillow-aided attack.
"Whatever it is, it's either gonna be awesome or pwnful," Rachel concluded.
"Or both," Tennifer said, nodding.
A knock sounded at the door and they both jumped up, running to it with hope of an explanation. The door flew open and Tennifer looked hopefully at Bekki and Jazz standing surprised on the other side. Bekki recovered first.
"I bought you a swimsuit!" she said, skipping the formalities and chucking a plastic bag at Tennifer. "Figured you wouldn't have one, now c'mon, the first match of water Quidditch is tomorrow and we want you to survive it,"
"Uh, what?"
"You're on our team, duh, every team has to pick a newb," she said and they stole the two convention newbs away, teaching them the rules as they went. The pools were more crowded than they had been, teams having had time to get together and start practicing for the tournament.
"She's a natural," Claridore squeed after seeing Tennifer play, "Thank god she's one of us!" she added, not mentioning that their team was so intimidating the only real opposition came from Team Tank.
"Oh my god, is that a BUNNY?" Kari squealed from the deep end of the pool, swimming towards them. The MGers piled out of the pool while a very confused (and hottt!) lifeguard tried to find what had chased them from the water. Tennifer frowned at Jacque hurrying away towards the lobby as a chase ensued, the bunny leading the distracted Mega Glompers in an insane race.
The bunny, chased by a herd of excited Mega Glompers raced for Tennifer, coming to a quivering stop behind her feet. She stared wide-eyed at the hoard of MGers who had come to a halt before their idol and the one who guarded the bunneh. Tennifer picked it up, huddling the small rodent to her chest.
She looked the bunny in the eye then suddenly asked, "Where's Kat's duck?" as she realized she'd left him somewhere.
"You mean George?" Clare squeed, "No idea! Can I pat the bunny?"
"Sorry, Clare, maybe some other time," a voice came from behind the group and Tennifer caught her breath at the sound of Jacque's voice. The crowd split and gradually dispersed back into the pools as Jacque made his way through the MGers to where Clare and the others waiting around Tennifer defensively.
"It's your bunny?" Tennifer asked dumbly, holding the rabbit up a little for him to see.
"Yes, his name is Lobster," Jacque said and Tennifer and every other MGer present felt a rush of sympathy for the poor misnamed bunny: he looked so much more like a 'Fish' than a 'Lobster.'
"Oh-okay," Tennifer said, stuttering slightly as he gave her a look that dared her to make fun of the poor bunny's name. She held the rabbit out to its rightful owner and suppressed a shiver as he took the ball of fluff from her hands.
Tennifer stared in fascination at Jacque's retreating back as he walked away, lost in her thoughts – was that a duck feather she spied? How did it get on him? And where was George really? I shouldn't assume that Clare was lying about not knowing where the duck was… but they had lied (or withheld the truth) over so many things now that poor Tennifer couldn't tell whether they were trustworthy or not. At least they appeared to be on my side, she thought idly, slipping back into the water as the games resumed.