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Switched showdown to Day Eleven
Day Eleven (Afternoon until Curfew)
"Good job, Mails!" I applaud Mallory for the last time before she leaves the bunk house. Mallory was awarded the gold star yesterday at Town Hall and I'm so happy for her, she really needed that little bit of boost on her birthday, "And good job at the showdown today!" I add. She gives me one last smile and then walks out the door. I then turn to Tosca who is sitting across from me on her sleeping bag, still dressed in our showdown gear.
"She did do really well today." Tosca says. I nod my head in agreement. The showdown for today was a really big puzzle of a church and Alex and Mallory basically did it all for us, letting us come in as Upperclass. We also won the reward as a town, getting a set of Religious Books because the Town Council talked about holding a Religious Service of some sort. Tosca's open to it and I don't really know what to think of the whole thing.
"Definitely." I say, "So when are you going to talk to Anjay?"
When Tosca hears that, her face goes red and she looks down at the ground, "Idontknow." She says with a shrug of her shoulders, "Never." She adds quietly.
"Tosca!" I exclaim, slapping her lightly on the shoulders, "You are talking to that boy!"
She shakes her head, "I don't wanna. I'm too shy."
I can't help it, I laugh out loud at that comment, "You? Shy?" I say in between my laughing fits, "You're one of the most outgoing people here!"
She looks at me, glaring in a mocking way, "You know me too well."
"Yes. Yes I do." I say, standing up and then pulling the Italian twelve year old up with me, "Now we are going to get changed and then find Anjay." I proclaim, walking over to my corner of the room and grabbing the jeans I wore earlier today and my sweatshirt that I've been wearing around a lot.
"I hate you." Tosca says from her side of the room as I begin to change. I roll my eyes at the girl; she loves me and she knows it.
"Okay," Tosca says, taking a deep breath after about five minutes of silence, "Let's go."
I squeal in delight as we leave, Tosca pushing me in front of her, and then begin to stroll along the streets of Bonanza City as we look for Anjay.
We see a lot of people on our little journey towards Anjay. We see Randi, Zach, and Taylor who Tosca and I both wave too. Zach gives me a questioning look and I give him one back that reads "I'll-Tell-You-Later."
Natasha and Migle are hanging out. Natasha waves but Migle sits there with her arms crossed. Greg's been attached to me for the past twenty-four hours and Migle isn't very happy about that.
Greg and Blaine also come say hi to us. I somewhat try to ignore Greg, but I end up giving him and hug and then leaving with the excuse, "I'll talk to you later." Pshhh, like that's gonna happen.
We finally spot Anjay walking around a corner, the corner that leads to the platform behind the Saloon with all the laundry lines on it. Tosca starts giving me these nervous looks and she pushes me far ahead, "Can you talk to him first?" She whispers to me. I sigh, but nod my head. I'm willing to do anything to get these two together.
Mostly because it'll get Greg off of me because he won't have anything to blackmail me with….but I do think that they will be cute together.
And with that, I turn around the corner only to back away really quickly and then peep my head back in to make sure what I saw was true.
Yep.
Yah.
It was true.
Olivia and Anjay were holding hands and talking. Great. Just great. Just fucking amazing.
"Omigod." Tosca says quietly. I whip my head just in time to see the poor girl running away. I quickly sprint after her, and then I get her to talk to me by the time we reach the bunkhouse.
"She knew I liked Anjay, too." Tosca says quietly, her head hanging down. My lip goes into a pout and I hug Tosca tight.
"He's just a boy, Tosc. Nothing to get worked up about." I say in a soothing voice, rubbing her back softly.
Tosca takes a deep breath in and then closes her eyes, "I'm just gonna rest in here." She finally says, "See you later."
I hug Tosca one last time and then I leave, shutting the door quietly. As soon as I leave, though, I let out my anger by walking very loudly. I was so close to getting free of Greg and then Olivia and Anjay decided to get all cuddly. Just my luck.
I walk out of the bunkhouse and then slowly wander around town. I don't really know where I'm going and I don't really feel like running into anyone.
"Macy!"
Greattttt.
I turn my head to see Migle calling to me. I half-heartily wave towards her and she runs over to me, "We need to talk." She says, pulling me to some random building and then sitting me down on the steps.
"Yeah." I mumble, looking over at her.
"What's up with you and Greg? Cause I like him." She says, spilling it all out.
"I know," I reply, "And I don't know what's up with Greg and I. I'll get back to you on that." I say, walking away.
I don't wanna seem rude…but if I stuck around any longer I would slip that Greg wants Migle to get away from him and that he likes someone else. I'm not able to keep secrets for very long.
I continue walking throughout town, ignoring Migle calling after me. I honestly just want to be alone, but I don't think that's possible in Bonanza City because there are too many kids who want to know everything about everyone.
I end up being in the outskirts of town and I can see the fence that they use to keep all of us kids in the town and all sorts of predators out. I also see Michael and Sophia sitting and talking. I'm about to walk away, hoping that I won't get caught, but Michael spots me and calls me over. I slowly walk over and take a seat next to Sophia, who looks down on me.
I sense that Laurel's been doing some trash-talking behind my back.
"Hey Macy!" Michael greets enthusiastically, giving me a smile as if to say 'Look!-I'm-Talking-To-Sophia!', "We were just talking about the religion service."
"Oh," I mumble. Frankly, I think that they shouldn't really try. The council with the religious service, I mean. Honestly, I don't think they'd be able to do something without offending anyone so they should just leave the whole thing alone, "I take it you guys aren't going." I say, noticing that the bell –coincidentally- is ringing right now.
Again. They rang it once earlier today. It's almost six right now, and they're ringing it again.
"Yeah," Sophia says softly, "I feel like the town would get into a big fight."
Michael scoffs, "Like we haven't already."
"True dat." I add in. Michael and Sophia nod their heads and then we drift into a silence, each of us thinking our own thoughts but welcoming the presence of the other two.
I'm about to make up some excuse about having to leave, but I'm interrupted by Morgan running over to us. She has a lantern and she tells us about this religious camp-fire she's holding. Sophia, Michael, and I all exchange looks and then agree to go. It sounds like it'll be peaceful.
"Cool!" Says Morgan with a bright smile on her face, "Let's go."
She leads us to the fire and chatters all the way letting Michael, Sophia, or I occasionally butt in with an agreeing phase.
We finally get to the fire and I see most of the town has come. I spot Tosca standing near Taylor, Zach, Randi, Leila, Pharaoh, and a few other kids. She looks better than she did earlier, and I'm happy to see that. Olivia and Anjay are standing quite near each other and Laurel immediately pulls Sophia and Michael over to her little group. I go to join Migle, Natasha, Greg, and Blaine.
Migle gives me a look as Greg pulls me so that I'm standing next to him and I give her a shrug of my shoulders. I honestly can't do anything against this at the moment.
A bunch of the older boys then go to collect some chairs while Morgan gives a little speech that basically thanks us all for being here. The boys then come back with the chairs and Greg lets me sit on the arm-rest of his.
"What a gentleman." I drawl out sarcastically. He scoots over and pats the spot next to him and I shake my head, "Hell no."
"Well then." He shoots back. I roll my eyes and go back to listening to the kids of Bonanza City.
Hunter, Pharaoh, Zach, and Morgan all say some more speeches and then stupid Laurel calls curfew, "Night Macy!" Greg says, giving me a hug right in front of Migle. I feel really bad, but I don't get the time to apologize because she's already walking away with Randi.
"Great," I say to Natasha as we separate from the camp-fire and walk back to our bunks, "Now Laurel and Migle hate me."