It's been a while I know. Sorry but I will explain in the A/N. But on the plus side I give you my longest chapter so far! +6,000 words! Plus there is a bit of action in this chapter so I hope you all enjoy.
Stay tune for the A/N at the end.
Chapter 21 British Mischief
October 31, 7:38 P.M.
Nina's P.O.V.
When I first heard about Mischief Night I was confused. Michael explained it to me, saying it was like Halloween, except more violent. "You know how on Halloween you might go out pull pranks on people, like throwing toilet paper over someone's house or throwing eggs at people?"
"Ya, but I never did that." I said, "I always went to parties or babysat some kids and got candy trick-or-treating with them."
"Well you must of seen some people's houses messed up." Michael said.
"There were a few." I said, remembering walking past the Walker's house and seeing a bunch of broken eggs thrown against the windows and walls. I think their tires were slashed too.
"Ok, now just imagine everybody doing something like this. That's pretty much what's going to happen tonight."
And that is what happened. At seven o'clock sharp there was a loud buzzer sound and screaming everywhere. People rushed out of their houses and began to attack each other with all manner of objects. Debbie came out of the house holding the biggest water gun I've ever seen!
"Two years ago some kids attacked this house and got away clean." She said angrily, attaching a hose to her gun, "This year it's going to be different." Some kids rushed forward with eggs in their hands and tried to pelt the house, but Debbie turned the water gun/hose on them and they went flying back.
All my other housemates came flying out of the house too, except for Mitch, Tony and Charlotte which I wasn't to upset about. Most of them were wearing clothes that covered all parts of their body, but Tori wore something that showed off her belly. "She always has to look sexy." Alan muttered, though not with negativity in his voice. Each of them was armed with a wide variety of objects for pranking. Alan looked especially ridiculous with his belt of toilet paper.
"Where does everybody get all this stuff?" I asked shocked.
"The school." Michael replied simply. My mouth was agape, this was too much to take in.
"Why didn't this happen last year?" I asked. I would have definitely remembered if this happened with Jerome and Alfie as my housemates.
"There is just one rule on this night Nina, and that's you can't destroy, damage, or harm anything within the actually school or houses on school." Sophia explained, putting on some black paint right below her eyes. "Some idiots two years ago destroyed the teacher lounges across campus with paint, so they banned it for supposedly forever. I wonder who convinced them to let us start doing this again."
"I don't know, but they are my god tonight!" Alan cried happily. "You might want to get something on that you don't care too much about Nina. It will be destroyed by the end of the night." He let out a loud cry and ran off the porch into the fray that was happening in the cul-de-sac below.
"I'll wait for you Nina if you want." Michael offered. I shook my head politely and told him to go have fun. Sophia and Tori didn't seem to care because they took off before I even replied. Michael protested, saying that I would need help tonight but I told him that Fabian could help me. Michael expression changed and he nodded, running off into the night.
I ran upstairs and put on some clothes I never thought I'd wear this year. I then ran back downstairs and Debbie stopped me to give me my pranking belt. It had two cans of silly string, a roll of toilet paper, and a water gun attached to a holster.
"Do try to be careful Nina." Debbie said affectionately, "Though if anything bad does happen I'm sure Michael can take care of you, he's such a sweetie! You two would be perfect together!" Instead of telling Debbie about Fabian and I for what seemed like the hundredth time I just pointed outside to some kids who had slingshots. Debbie turned her water gun on them and sprayed them down, yelling at them about 'protecting her house'.
I felt like an idiot. Seriously I did. But I also felt good, like tonight could be a night of fun and no give a damn. This year had been hard, not just academically but socially as well. Tonight could be the time to let all that go, to just worry about one thing which was not getting pranked or attacked. With that in mind I stepped outside and got splashed with a water balloon right in the chest.
I fell back a couple of steps from the impact and realized that I was actually hit by three balloons. I heard some people laughing and running away as I tried to get the water out of my eyes.
I felt my phone buzzing in my pocket and I reached into my pocket to grab it. Fabian's face was showing on my phone and I rushed to open it. "Fabian!" I shouted into the phone, "Why the hell didn't you tell me about Mischief Night?"
"No time now Nina! Where are you?" Fabian asked, breathing heavily on the other side of the phone. I thought I heard some screaming in the background but I figured that there was screaming everywhere on school grounds.
"I'm still in front of Odin House!" I shivered, my body starting to get cold from the water balloon and the cool air of fall mixing together.
"I told you!" I thought I heard Amber say in the background. Fabian shushed her and yelled 'duck' and I heard a splash followed by Amber screaming.
"This was a brand new shirt! Fabian, give me that water gun!" There was a scuffle and then Amber screamed as Fabian sighed.
"I told her to wear something that wasn't too expensive." Fabian complained. "Can you make it the entrance to your houses neighborhood? We can meet there and then go have some fun."
I laughed, "You don't have to make things sound so official, we're not in real combat Fabian."
Now Fabian laughed, "I might seem like that where you are, but once you're out here you'll change your mind." Amber screamed again Fabian let out an annoyed groan. "We'll be there in two minutes. Love you."
"I love-" I began, but he hung up before I could finish. I got up off the ground and made my way to the front of the neighborhood, still unsure if this was going to be a fun night or a hell night.
7:52 P.M.
Alfie's P.O.V.
"Tonight we will play the ultimate prank!" Jerome announced proudly, a devious and malice filled smile plastered on his face.
We were assembled near Anubis House, standing with a group of about eight students, including Jerome and I. I was standing by his side, looking over the motley crew of students who were divided between looks of sheer excitement or reluctance.
"And get ourselves expelled in the process…" I heard someone mummer in the crowd. Jerome heard it too and directed his gaze at the student.
"Do you have something to add to this Alan?" He asked monotone. Alan looked up at Jerome, his eyes unflinching behind his glasses. If I had to pick one I'd say that Alan was the leader of the people who were reluctant about this prank. While he enjoyed the occasion prank that was meant in good fun what Jerome was proposing was way beyond what he was comfortable with. But he had something I needed and tonight was the best time to get it, which is why I invited him.
"Just that this is insane." Alan said out loud. I could see some people around him agreeing, actually most of the people around him agreeing. I knew that Jerome was furious at the guy from Odin house, but he was too good of a manipulator to get angry at Alan. Instead he smiled and spoke calmly.
"Slightly yes, but it will be brilliant." Jerome said happily, "The greatest prank ever played in this school!"
"It's not so much of prank as just pure vandalism." Alan said challengingly. Jerome refused to change his facial expression to anger but I could tell that he was steaming behind that mask of calm.
"It's not really vandalism," Jerome countered, "since that would be when we signed our names. Since we will remain anonymous it is just a prank." Alan scoffed at that statement but the group seemed to accept his statement. Nobody ever said they were really smart.
"Team A," Jerome said pointing to about four students, "your responsible for getting the paint. Team B," pointing to another group, "Your responsible for breaking into the sprinkler room. Remember to use those lock picks I gave you, we don't want broken windows or doors."
I looked at everybody's faces again and could tell that Jerome had retaken control of the group. Alan looked like he still wasn't comfortable and would probably leave, and I couldn't have that.
I had it all worked out, how to steal Alan's phone from under his nose get that picture to Joy. I couldn't convince him to show me the photo again so I knew that I had to steal his phone without him knowing. But like most people he kept it in his pocket and never left it lying around. So when I heard what Jerome had in mind for tonight I knew that I could come up with an excuse to separate Alan from his phone and nobody would be the wiser. I can be such a genius sometimes!
"Jerome," I whispered, "Maybe whatever group Alan is in you should go with." Jerome raised his eyebrows at me; he wasn't use to being told what do. Unless of course it was Mara talking to him. God they make me sick!
"Why on earth would I want to do that?" Jerome asked with an edge in his voice.
"Because Alan could like... he could spread discord!" I said weakly.
"Discord?"
"He could convince people that this isn't 'right'." I said, forming quotation marks when I said 'right'. Jerome seemed to be giving this some thought. Finally he nodded his head.
"Fine, but that means that you need to go with the group that grabs paint."
"No problem!" I said smiling. 'I can't believe that worked!' I thought. 'Of course it worked! You played to his paranoia about anybody from Odin House! You're such a genius!'
"And also," I continued, "I think we should all leave our phones here."
"Why?" Jerome said cautiously.
"Because with what we're doing they might get destroyed!" I explained hopeful that Jerome would fall for it.
Jerome was smarter than that. "Doubt it. But if you want to tell anybody to do that they can and we can hid them underneath something out here."
I smiled, so I did win! I only really only wanted Alan's, but I need to keep a cover so I asked everybody there before I talked to Alan. I was surprised that three people had given me their phones, shaking my head at how stupid they were. I got to Alan who still looked upset and was glaring at me accusingly.
"I can't believe you talked me into doing this." Alan said, "I should leave right now."
"No!" I shouted, "Don't do that!" Alan looked at incredulously.
"Why?"
"Because you'll miss out on an amazing opportunity…?" I said uneasily.
Alan laughed, "To get kicked out of this school?"
I was growing frustrated, I need Alan's phone! I needed it for Joy! I needed it for getting with Amber! "We won't get kicked out!"
"I wish I could believe that." Alan said, starting to walk away. I was trembling; it wasn't supposed to happen like this.
"Stop!" I shouted. Alan did and turned around while I stormed towards him. "Please don't leave! We need you!"
"No you don't." Alan said.
"Think how much it will impress Tori!" I pleaded. That stopped everything for Alan, his eyes brightening at the mention of her name. Knowing that I was onto something I continued, "She's always hooking up with Tony because he's a bad boy. If you do this don't you think that she'll be impressed with you?"
"Maybe…" Alan admitted.
"So let's do this! Just give me your phone and we can get going!" I said triumphantly. Alan paused.
"Why do you want my phone?" He asked. I gave a fake laugh.
"It's so it doesn't get destroyed or anything by the water and paint. I'm not up to anything evil, I swear!" Alan looked me over and then nodded. When his phone hit my hand I could swear I heard angels singing. I put it in the bag with the rest of the phones and turned to see Jerome in front of me.
"I have a place where you can stash those." Jerome said.
"Oh! Well I was thinking about just holding on to them." I said.
"Well I don't think anybody else wants you to do that." Jerome said, motioning over his shoulder. I looked at everybody else to see that the people who had given me their phones seemed to be regretting it. "Let's hide them under these bushes." Jerome said, parting some of the bushes. I sighed and reluctantly put the bag in the bushes.
'Damn,' I thought, 'I'll have to sneak away later and grab the phone. This sucks!'
Jerome turned back towards the main group of students and smiled. "Well what are you all waiting for? Get too it and meet at the designated area when you have the stuff. Tonight is going to be an incredible night."
8:16 P.M.
Nina's P.O.V.
I was running as fast as I could, my breathing becoming rapid and burning my throat. Yet besides that uncomfortable feeling I was filled with excitement, my pulse pounding and a comfortable sweat settled on my body. I dove behind cover and pulled out my silly string bomb, shaking it to make sure that I got the full effect from it.
The two girls came running up and I jumped from behind cover, throwing my bomb at them. They screeched at the silly string covering their bodies and I let out a laugh, running away again. I heard people coming and I hid, but when I saw it was just Fabian I leapt out of cover.
He pointed his water gun at me and then lowered it laughing when he saw it was me. "Sorry Nina. Damn reflexes."
"It's fine." I said hugging him, "Where are Amber and Mara?" I heard screaming behind me as two freshmen went running by only to get clobbered by water balloons. The first kid hit fell face forward into the grass and his partner turned in shock only to get hit square in the chest by another. He fell onto his back and yelped in surprise when he saw Fabian and I.
"I think that's enough for them, don't you think Mara?" I called playfully.
Mara stepped out of the shadows. She too was dressed in all black and was holding a slingshot in one hand and a pouch of water balloons swung across her back. Turns out that athletic talent that she talked about last year also extended to being able to use a slingshot pretty well. After tonight I wouldn't be surprised if she knew how to shot. "It would be rude to get them again wouldn't it?"
"I totally agree." Amber said, emerging right beside Mara. She was wearing some rather expensive clothing, which was ruined now by water, silly string, and other objects. However she still looked gorgeous in an untamed way. They both did! I could see both Alan and Michael bowing to both of them, praising their beauty. I only hoped I looked as good in my quirky outfit.
Both the freshmen got up and ran away screaming. We all began to laugh, turning towards one another.
"So what now?" Fabian asked. A devious smile came to my face.
"We could go at Michael and Alan." I said mischievously, "They said that I wouldn't stand a chance out here so I'd like to get them for that."
"Sounds good." Fabian said eagerly, though I suspect it was because it involved harming Michael. I sighed; realizing that there was no way that those two could ever be friends.
"Well whatever we do, we have to make it to at least one party tonight!" Amber said, attempting to straighten her hair for the hundredth time tonight.
"I know!" Mara said, playing with the strap on her slingshot, "Why don't we get Jerome!"
"You mean in more than one way for you…" Amber muttered smiling. Even in the dark it was easy to tell that Mara's face went red with embarrassment.
"Hey," I said, squinting through the dark. "Look over there!" I pointed toward a group of people who were moving through the dark sneakily. At the head of the group I was able to make out Jerome and Alan, walking side by side talking about something.
Amber smiled, "Looks like you got your wish Mara."
I tried to ignore the chagrined Mara and questioned Fabian. "What do you think their doing out here? We're practically the only ones here!"
Fabian nodded, "Your right, it is a bit odd. You'd think they'd be in the center of everything, pranking everybody left in right, not out here near the maintenance area."
"Should we follow them?" Mara asked.
"You'd like that." Amber said.
"Would you stop it Amber!" Mara shouted angrily. Fabian and I shushed both not wanting to give away our position.
"Come on," Fabian said, "Let's go see what their up too." I nodded and we set off to stalk the prankster.
8:28 P.M.
Alfie's P.O.V.
I was pulling the carts of white paint angrily towards the maintenance area angrily. I had tried to slip away to grab Alan's phone earlier than I should have and some of the other kids with me noticed. They angrily told me to help them and made sure I didn't leave. So here I was, across campus from where the phones are, lugging paint for Jerome's insane plan.
I noticed that the door to the building was already since Jerome had no doubt picked the lock himself. We wheeled in all nine full carts of paint into the room with Jerome, who looked like he had just been given a million dollars.
"Perfect!" Jerome purred. "Get all of those into the vats near the water pumps and wait for instructions.
"Yes sir!" I said mockingly. We wheeled them over and I began to open the paint when I realized something. "Hey, what happened to the rest of your group?" I said, noticing that Alan and three other people were gone.
Jerome shrugged, "They wimped out. Alan left and three other guys followed him. Good riddance I say."
I was petrified. Alan was no doubt heading back to grab his phone which meant that I wouldn't get that picture for Joy! I dropped my paint can and rushed towards the door but Jerome grabbed me, stopping me dead in my tracks.
"Where the hell do you think you're going?" He shouted.
"I need to get to Alan!" I shouted, trying to get out of his head lock.
"Why the hell do you need too?" He asked, looking at everybody else in the room. Some of them were uncomfortable with their 'boss' head locking somebody and would probably try to sprint the first chance they got. Jerome let go of me, realizing that what he was doing was bad.
I back away from Jerome, rubbing my sore neck. "I just have too! Please Jerome, let me go get him!"
"And bring him back? We're better off without him!" Jerome said.
"I'm not bringing him back! I can't tell you what I need him for, but trust me that it's important!" I protested.
That got Jerome's attention. "How is it important?" He questioned, raising an eyebrow in curiosity. I mentally kicked myself for putting myself into a hole and tried to talk my out of it.
"I can't say." I said.
"Well then you can't leave. Now go upstairs and turn on the sprinkler system! Once that's done make sure to come back downstairs. Richard! Go with him and make sure he does it." Jerome stormed away to yell at people unloading paint while the boy named Richard escorted me upstairs.
As soon as we were upstairs in the light I could see that Richard was scared. He was just a first year in high school and was probably about to faint from fear. "I'm getting out of here! I don't care if this is 'cool' I'm not doing it." He rushed to a side entrance and jumped down into the grass. I saw him roll away and run back towards the main school. Realizing it was my chance to escape I began to do the same thing when I thought about Jerome.
I sighed and switched on a bunch of the sprinklers, putting them on standby mode for five minutes. I then jumped down and began to sprint away, hoping to reach the phones before Alan did.
'I have too!' I thought, 'For Amber!'
8:30 P.M.
Nina's P.O.V.
"What an odd place to meet." Amber said, looking at the building that we just saw two people jump out of.
I nodded in agreement, "Come on." I said, leading our group towards the front entrance.
"Wait!" Mara whispered fiercely just as my hand was about to open the door, "Don't you think we should like, I don't know, sneak in or something."
I laughed lightly, "Relax Mara. It's Jerome we're dealing with, not a black ops team." I opened the door and a spray of water hit me in my temple. I fell to the side trying to get the water out of eyes and I heard Fabian yell my name and then water guns going off. There were a few shouts as the water hit people's faces and I thought I heard Jerome yelling something.
When I got the water out of my eyes I was shocked to see the some of the students running towards us. I then realized that they were trying to get out of the building, screaming about being caught.
"Cowards!" Jerome shouted after the students who ran away. Fabian helped me steady myself and handed me a water gun. I thanked him and pointed it at Jerome, as did everybody else in our group except for Mara who was looking at some discarded cans on the ground. Besides Jerome were two boys, one who looked unsure of himself and the other looking fanatical. Jerome stood their calmly.
"Jerome?" Mara breathed shocked, "What are you doing with all those cans of paint?" I noticed that the ground around them was covered in a white substance, which I can only assume to be the color of the paint.
"Redecorating." Jerome said.
"Redecorating? In the sprinkler room?" Mara shouted incredulously. Mara's eyes changed into realization. "Jerome you wouldn't!"
"Why wouldn't I?" Jerome asked.
"Because this is exactly what almost go you expelled two years ago and got this night forbidden! Now you're going to try it again? They'll know it was you!" Mara said shocked.
"I'm not using the sprinkler system for inside the school Mara." Jerome explained, "That would be against the rules."
"Then what are you doing?" Mara asked.
Jerome shrugged, "We couldn't douse anything inside the buildings, so I'm following the rules this time and am only destroying the outside."
"What?" We all shouted at once. Jerome smiled though it disappeared when he looked at Mara. Mara was thunderstruck, "Jerome that would destroy everything on campus!"
"It's white paint. They can rest repaint everything the color it's suppose to be. Plus it's only confined to the area around the school buildings, not the houses where we live." Jerome said, as if he was explaining to a three year old. That got Mara mad, she doesn't like to be patronized or treated like she's an idiot. I thought about saying something but I decided to leave it to Mara since I think he would only listen to her anyways. Fabian and Amber seemed to agree as they weren't making any motion to say anything.
"You'll be expelled!" Mara said, wavering in her vocal tone.
Jerome's face scrunched up in anger, "And who would care? The teachers? The student body? Alfie maybe a little, but nobody else Mara! Maybe if I do get expelled then my parents will finally recognize my existence and act like real parents instead of bribing the school into keeping me here!"
We were all a little shocked by that. Mara's features softened, "What?"
"You heard me!" Jerome shouted angrily, "I should have been expelled in the 9th grade when I destroyed the teacher lounges with all that paint but my parents stopped them from expelling me by passing a few thousand pounds towards the schools coffers. My parents didn't even talk to me about why they did that, but I knew! They didn't do it because they wanted me to get a good education, they did it because they didn't want me at home!"
"Jerome," Mara said heartbroken judging by her tone, "your wrong."
Jerome actually laughed, "You don't know my parents Mara so don't try to defend them. One meeting with them and you would completely agree with me. If they would even give you or me the time of day."
"No, not about that. You are wrong about nobody missing you." Mara said, "I would miss you."
Jerome looked confused, "What?"
"I would miss you Jerome." Mara said, taking steps forward towards Jerome. The two guys next to Jerome held their water guns up to Mara's face but Jerome hit them out of the way.
"No you wouldn't." Jerome said disbelieving.
"I would!" Mara shouted, "I care for you so much Jerome! And watching you do such a stupid thing is unbearable! I don't want you to get expelled! I just want you and me, together." I was stunned by everything that was happening, so stunned that I dropped my water gun. Jerome continued to look at Mara as if she was about to shout 'gotcha' any second.
"You care about me?" Jerome said uneasily. Mara nodded vigorously, standing right next to Jerome.
"Yes Jerome. So please don't do this, please stop!" She grabbed both of his hands in hers, a slight tear going down her cheek. Jerome looked at Mara and then back at the paint. "Please." Mara whispered to Jerome.
Jerome looked so conflicted and it looked like he was going to push her away. But his face changed to happiness and he hugged Mara.
"Uh… Jerome?" One of the boys asked.
"Stand down and get that turn this thing off." Jerome said vaguely motioning towards the sprinkler machines, his eyes looking into Mara's who returned his gaze with equal affection.
"Jerome…" The other boy said.
"Do it!" Jerome shouted. Both of them cringed and ran away to turn off the sprinkler system. Amber nudged both of me and Fabian.
"About time." She said smiling.
The happiness didn't last as one of the boys came running out of the control room. "We can't turn it off Jerome!" Jerome spun around in shock.
"What do you mean you can't turn it off?" He yelled.
"Alfie must have done something! It's already started with the warm up stages and is about to start flushing the paint through the sprinklers." The boy said with concern in his voice. "But it's worse than that. Alfie turned the sprinklers on for the whole school!"
Jerome didn't waste any time after that. He let go out Mara and moved quickly towards the vat that all the paint was in. He lifted a massive pipe out of the vat and began to try and connect it back to a tank that said 'water' on its side. Mara rushed to his side to help and soon all of us were helping to connect the pipe. There was a load click and we backed away uncertain.
"It's starting!" One of the boys shouted. We heard a loud rush of water and pipes filling with water. The entire room was filled with the sound of water flowing and we all looked around uncertain.
"Let's get out of here!" Fabian said. We all nodded and began running out of the building. We made it out and Jerome relocked the door and we all continued sprinting away. After about thirty seconds of running we were all hit with water as the sprinklers turned on. I slipped on the wet grass, bringing down Fabian with me. Soon everybody was slipping and sliding, and we all began to laugh. I looked over to Jerome and turned away embarrassed when I saw him and Mara kissing.
"They're cute." Amber said, who then squealed with delight, "Mara! We need to start working on a photo album for you two! And we need a cool slash name for you two! Marome? No that sounds weird… OH! How about Jeromra!"
"Amber," I said holding my friends shoulder. "Maybe now isn't the best time." I pointed to the new couple, who were still kissing as the sprinklers continued to spray them. It was so romantic, except for the hypothermia that we all would no doubt have if we didn't get out of the cold.
8:34 P.M.
Alan's P.O.V.
'That jerk is such an idiot!' I thought, 'Turning the sprinklers on for the entire school! At least it isn't paint though, that's something to be happy about.'
I was trudging through the sprinklers and wet grass to where my phone was hidden, dreading what I would find. I was accompanied by three other boys who had also left their phones behind, each of them concerned.
"He was only supposed to turn the sprinklers on around the school not the house areas!" One boy complained.
We finally reached the point where our phones were suppose to be and I was shocked to find the bag lying out in the open where the sprinklers had a clear shot at it. We all raced towards the bag and one of the boys tore it open.
"Damn it!" He shouted, grabbing his wet phone. The bag was passed around and I was furious beyond measure when I got mine. It was soaked and wouldn't turn on at all. I yelled and threw my phone down on the ground.
"Damn you Alfie!" I shouted at nobody in particular. 'I'm going to kill that kid!' I thought to myself, already plotting my revenge.
9:02 P.M.
Alfie's P.O.V.
It took forever for the trolley bus to make it to the village area outside the school but I finally made it. I was still drenched when I arrived at a senior student's town houses where a major party was going on. I thought I would get turned away but it seemed like an open invite so I just walked in without anybody inviting me in.
I was trudging through the throngs of 'cool' people, trying to find the one person that matter. I was afraid that I might run into Mick since he was down at the village area at a party. Patricia was too, but she was at that new Goth clubs party and wouldn't be caught dead in this hyper zone.
Finally I found who I was looking for. "Joy!" I shouted, weaving through the horde of students in between us. Joy turned shocked to me, "Alfie! What are you doing here? Better yet, why are you here?"
"I have something for you!"
"Can't this wait?" Joy said annoyed. "It's about that thing you wanted me to get." I said. Joy's eyes changed from annoyance to happiness.
"Not here, come with me." She grabbed my hand and led me upstairs where we entered a side room where nobody was nearby. She turned to me after she closed the door.
"You have the phone?" She asked with a no nonsense tone.
"Not exactly." I said. Joy looked at me with that degrading look again.
"Then where is it?"
"It's ruined. It got soaked by the sprinkler system." I explained.
"The what?" Joy said shocked, ready to explode. She calmed herself before speaking again, "What good is a ruined phone Alfie? Now I have nothing, or better yet you have nothing!"
"I do have something!" I shouted angry. I didn't just do all that work to have Joy degrade me like this. I reached into my jacket pocket and pulled out a tiny object, holding it between my thumb and pointer finger.
Joy looked it, not sure what to make of it at first. But she soon realized what it was. "Does it still work? It wasn't ruined by the water?"
"I already tried it on my phone." I said, handing her Alan's phone's SIM card. "The photo is on there and everything, along with some texts that you might find interesting."
Joy looked at me curiously, "What kind of texts?" I smiled and plugged the SIM card into my phone and pulled up the text screen. Joy grabbed the phone from me and looked over the texts. She smiled deviously when she was done and looked at me with approval.
"This, this will help a lot." Joy said satisfied.
"So can you now help me with Amber?" I asked. Joy walked closer to me and held my hand.
"All in good time Alfie." She said, taking the SIM card out of my phone and tucking it into her pocket. "All in good time."
Alright I hope you enjoyed. Obviously my attempt to finish this story before the end of summer failed. Updating has become extremly difficult since I'm now a junior in high school and I'm pretty much up every night until 1 doing HW (not kidding). I want to write but I also don't want my grades to drop! I'll try to update whenever I can, which leads me to talk about this story.
We are winding down to the end of this story. I don't know how many chapters I have left but I can tell you that this story will end for the "Winter Break" in this universe, which means in Decemember. Since this story has just finished October you can tell The HoA and HoO guys only have really another month and a half until Winter break. I have it all planned out, it's just a matter of writing the rest of it.
Mischief Night is a real thing in Britian, and since this is only a T rated story I can't go into full details of what really happens that night. All I can say is that those Brits are crazy people and put us American pranksters to shame.
Mara and Jerome are fianlly/sort of together. Stay tune to see what happens next!
Did any of you see the trailer for season 2? That mask is epic and puts Victor's mask to shame. Also I read that an American is joining the cast as a new friend of Nina's. Romance drama time.
To the reviewr A Fabina Loverr, sorry for deleting your review, but I have to say that you are kind of close on the plot... so NO spoilers! Hope you stay tune.
Hope all of you stay tune! Sorry for the long gapes in between but I hope you will understand!
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