Special thanks to my favorite girls luneara eclipse, Black Voodoo, and LOVINGORANGEWALLS. Thanks for all the help and support, chicas. I owe you one ^_^
After 11 chapters it should be very clear that I unfortunately don't own the cool people in this story, but I'm working hard on changing that. I only own Erin. RJ is owned by luneara eclipse.
Now in this chapter, we finally venture outside the classroom for the first time as the girls, Justin, and Chris go to Wade's house for a playdate! I don't wanna give anything away, so just read on. Now just a heads-up, I'm too lazy to write out the action of each game *and my deadline drew too close -_-*, but I'm sure you can all imagine in your heads what'll happen when two three-year olds play a bunch of games. Someone's bound to get hurt.
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"Hi Wade!" Mrs. Barrett greeted her son after school, giving him a big hug. "Hello Justin, it's good to see you again as well. Who are the rest of your friends?"
"This is Erin, RJ, and Chris," Wade introduced each of his friends. "They want to come over after school too. Erin and RJ's mums already said they can."
"Well I'll go ask Chris's mum if he can come over as well. You five just stay put." Mrs. Barrett left the children and went off in search of Mrs. Jericho. Chris grinned evilly at Wade.
"You're SO going down..." he said.
"You wish," Wade retorted. Erin, RJ, and Justin looked at each other.
"We should probably get the ice packs ready when we get home," Justin said.
"Why do you say that?" Erin asked.
"Wade and Chris don't take losing very well. Whoever wins is gonna get pummeled." Wade's mother returned to where the children were standing.
"I got the a-ok from Mrs. Jericho. Chris, your mother's picking you up at 5:30. Erin, RJ, your parents want you home around that time too. Now come on everyone, let's go." Everyone got into the van, buckled up, and tried to prepare themselves for what would transpire in the hours to come.
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"Let's start this off with Tic-Tac-Toe," Chris said. "I wanna be the X's!"
"Fine," Wade replied. "Erin, keep score of who wins each game. We're gonna have five games and whoever wins the most is the best."
Justin sighed. "I'll get the Band-Aids..."
15 minutes later...
"There's no way I lost!" Chris shouted as he put a Band-Aid on his elbow.
"Yes there is!" Wade shouted back as he held up the paper. "See? I got it diagonally!" Chris looked over the paper and growled.
"You win this round," Chris said. "But we still have four more games to go..."
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So two hours and several bumps, scrapes, and scratches later, the score was tied 2-2, it was almost time for everyone to go home, and they were finally down to the last game; Hide-N-Seek. Everyone met in the backyard.
"Okay," Chris said, applying one last bandage to his skinned knee *a result of the two boys fighting on the pavement after Wade won the hopscotch game* "I'll be it, and you hide."
"Okay," Wade said. "And we each get ten minutes to find each other."
"Sounds good," Chris said. He hid his face into the trunk of a large oak tree as Wade and the rest ran off into the house to hide. "I'll count to ten. 1...2...3...uh, what comes after 3 again? Uh...3, 8, 4, 6, 10! Ready or not, here I come!" Chris searched the entire backyard before venturing inside the house. Little did he know, Wade and everyone was sitting up in the attic giggling silently to each other and watching the clock. Five minutes passed, and they heard no sign of Jericho. A few more minutes pass, still no Chris. Finally, the clock ticks down to zero and they come out.
"Time's up," Wade shouted. "You lose. Now it's my turn to try and find you."
"No help from your friends!"
"I'm not gonna cheat!" Wade said. He buried his face in the wall and counted to ten perfectly *seeing as he's one of the smartest kids in the class* as Chris ran and hid in the bathtub in the bathroom. "Ready or not, here I come! And no guys, I don't need your help. Now, I think I heard him go this way..." Justin, RJ, and Erin went back outside and played with the red bouncy ball they were using during the Connect Four match. A few minutes later, we hear screaming and shouting coming from inside the house. The three children ran back inside.
"I won! That means I'm the better of the two of us!"
"I don't care, and I don't wanna play with you ever again!" Chris attempted to lunge at Wade, but Justin holds him back.
"¡Cálmate! Déjalo en paz!" RJ said. (A/N: Translation at the bottom) "Look, just because you lost, doesn't mean you have to be a sour-puss."
"Yeah," Justin said. "At least no one cheated."
"What? I'm sure Barrett cheated during the Chutes and Ladders game!"
"I would NEVER!" Wade bypassed Justin and tackled Chris to the floor. Erin tried to move Chris off of Wade and Justin and RJ were trying their best to get Wade to stop punching Chris in the face. Just then, the doorbell rang and everyone froze in their tracks.
"Kids, your mothers are here!" Mrs. Barrett called out.
"Good," he huffed. "I'm glad I'm going home. I'd rather play games with that Mysterio kid. See you at school, Erin. Bye RJ, bye Justin." He gave Erin and RJ small hugs, shook Justin's hand, and ran to the front door. The other four children walked to the door together.
"Bye everyone!" Erin said as Wade walked her to her parent's car. RJ waved goodbye to her friends as she got into her mother's car with Justin, whom they were taking back to his home.
Translations:
¡Cálmate! Déjalo en paz!- Calm down! Leave him alone!
