eh my god. I haate my new old computer. it doesn't recover stuff when the power goes off and I lost all of this chapter.
I'm sorry updates have been sparse, lovely people. High school is the least stimulating place to be. I'm also in the most busiest season of my life. So just bare with me.
This is like the dedicated to Adele chapter. Girls chapter. I'm going to write a boy's chapter too:D
Joy was mindlessly doodling on the edge of her notes in biology when the bell rang, signaling lunch time. She closed her notebook, shoving it into her bag just as Amber practically ran up. "Ready to go?" She asked before eyeing Josh with a smirk.
Josh smirked back, raising an eyebrow. "Go where?" He asked as he stood up, resting the strap of his bag on his shoulder.
Amber rolled her eyes, linking her arm with Joy's. "Sorry, buddy. Girl's lunch out." She told him before towing Joy over to where Nina was standing beside her seat, talking quietly with Eddie. "Nins, you want to come to lunch with us?" She asked with a gentle smile.
Nina bit her lip. She knew the purpose of this lunch and honestly, though she was happy for Joy, she didn't feel like hearing about her wonderful night with Josh. Not when Fabian was dead. She couldn't handle that. "I'm not sure, guys." She responded, stepping a bit closer to Eddie's side.
Joy frowned. She completely understood why Nina wouldn't want to come with them but she also wanted her to come if only to be a buffer. Maybe if Nina came, Amber would keep her questions to a minimum. Not even to mention that Joy had grown to kind of like Nina now that she wasn't after the girl's boyfriend. "Come on, Nina. Please come." She pleaded playfully, holding out her arm.
Nina sighed, smiling weakly at them. "Alright." She took Joy's arm before nodding at Eddie. "I'll see you later, okay?" She asked and before he could so much as nod, Amber'd drug them from the room and down the hall.
"I heard you guys were going to Pizzio's!" Alfie announced, appearing from behind his locker.
Amber sighed loudly. "No, Alfie. Girls only." She told him before steering them down the hall to where Mara was rifling through her locker. "Hey, Mara. Would you like to come to lunch with us?"
Mara glanced up, eyes darting to her purse where her laptop was tucked away. She needed to research. Josh had eyed her in class in a way that made her nervous. What did he know? She also really couldn't afford them being suspicious of her. "Sure." She answered slightly reluctantly before smiling.
Amber grinned, leading them out the front doors and pulling out her pink key chain with a little smile, throwing them up in the air and catching them in her hands again. The girls of Anubis didn't know she'd gotten a car yet, so they should be shocked.
Joy's eyes bugged out a little. She grinned widely. "Are those what I think they are?" She asked with a wicked grin.
Amber beamed, nodding. "If you're thinking car keys, then yes." She told them, leading them out into the car lot and up to a little yellow bug. "Isn't it adorable?" She asked them with a sweet smile.
Nina laughed, nodding with a quite genuine smile. For a moment she thought she could forget the quest she was on and the deaths and the fact that her own life hung in the balance…even for just two hours. "Quite adorable."
Mara smiled, leaning against the car. "Where are we going?" She asked with a mild laugh, realizing she hadn't even inquired as to where they were actually going.
"Pizzio's!" Amber announced, sliding the key into the lock before opening the door. "Alright ladies, hop in the Amber mobile." She laughed. "It might be a little tight." She told them as Nina and Mara climbed into the back.
Mara smirked. "A little?" She asked, fighting a laugh as she stuffed her bag by her feet.
Amber rolled her eyes, hopping into the front and buckling up beside Joy. "Adele?" She asked, flipping her CD case open and fishing out the CD before sliding it onto the dashboard. She revved the engine and looked over at the others who were all nodding so she slid the CD into the player and pressed play, smiling as the opening chords of Rolling in the Deep played throughout the car. "There's a fire starting in my heart reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark. Finally I can see you crystal clear. Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your ship there. See how I leave with every piece of you don't underestimate the things that I will do. Take it Nina!" Amber yelled, glancing back at her friend with a wink. They turned down a road, heading into town toward the best pizza shop ever.
Nina laughed, nodding. "There's a fire starting in my heart. Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark. The scars of your love remind me of us. They keep me thinking that we almost had it all. The scars of your love they leave me breathless."
Joy chimed in, smiling brightly as her head rolled back onto the head rest to wiggle her eyebrows at the girls in the back. "We could've had it all, rolling in the deep. You had my heart and soul and you played it to the beat." She smirked. "Baby I have no story to be told but I've heard one of you and I'm gonna make your head burn. Think of me in the depths of your despair. Making a home down there, reminds you of the home we shared."
Mara laughed. "You're gonna wish you never met me."
"The scars of your love remind me of us they keep me thinking that we all almost had it all." Joy sang with a smile, hands dancing in front of her.
"Rolling in the deep." Nina sang, wiggling her nose a bit.
"The scars of your love they leave me breathless. I can't help feeling that we could've had it all." Amber sang with a smile, singing the rest of the chorus along with her friends as she drove. They broke up into back up easily, falling into step and singing normally.
"Throw your soul through every open door." Nina sang, grinning a bit at the oddness of that particular line.
"Count your blessings to find what you look for." Mara continued, lying her head playfully on Nina's shoulder as she did so.
"Turned my sorrow into treasured gold." Joy added, dancing a bit in her seat, enjoying the sound of the backbeat surrounding them as they rocked out to the lyrics. Maybe this lunch wouldn't be so bad.
"You pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow." Amber finished, smiling evilly.
"You're gonna wish you, never met me. You're gonna wish you, never met me." Amber, Joy and Mara sang creepily as Amber pulled into the crowded parking lot of Pizzio's.
"We could've had it all…we could've had it all. It all, it all, it all. We could have had it all." Nina sang just before they split off into the chorus, singing random harmony with happy smiles until Amber pulled into a parking spot and they embarked, all laughing like maniacs.
"We should make a girl group." Amber joked, hugging their shoulders. "We're that awesome." She proclaimed, leading them into the restaurant. The smell of freshly baked pizza wafted to their noses and Nina grinned. Amber talked to the hostess and soon they were seated in a booth, facing the stage where they were preparing for karaoke. "Nina, you're going to love this place. They have amazing pizza." She announced before ordering her drink.
The others followed suit, eyeing the cute waiter as Amber ordered a stuffed crust pepperoni pizza and cheese sticks. She let out a long sigh before smiling at Joy. "Alright. We all know why we're here." She eyed Joy expectantly.
Joy took a long drag off of her coke before setting the heavy glass down on the table and looking at each of them with a little frown. "Wouldn't it be easier if you guys asked me questions?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
Amber nodded. "Alright." She answered before smiling a bit. "I can do that." She looked over Joy's shoulder, eyes following someone across the room. "Where did you go?" She asked Joy, focusing on her face again.
Joy smiled, looking down at her napkin and adjusting the way her silverware was placed. "We went on a picnic under that big tree on campus." She answered with a little smile. "He brought a blanket and a picnic basket and all. Trudy even made our dinner." She told them just as cute waiter dropped off their cheese sticks.
Nina smiled a little, taking a cheese stick off of the plate. She was realizing that this could be a lot worse. It didn't hurt as much as she thought it would. She just felt so happy for Joy. Yeah, she'd done some things in the past but who hadn't? She deserved love as much as anyone else. "What did Trudy make?"
Joy laughed under her breath. "She made heart shaped sandwiches and her infamous white chocolate chip cookies." She smiled, nibbling on the end of a cheese stick.
"Mhm." Mara murmured, grinning a little bit. "Those are so good." She commented, sipping her Spite.
Joy nodded, looking out the window past Mara's shoulder. "Yeah, they really are amazing."
Nina frowned, amused. "Am I the only one here that's never had these cookies?"
Amber smirked. "Yes, I'll have Trudy make you some." She turned to Joy. "We're getting off track." She smiled a bit. "Is that it?"
Joy leaned back against the booth and shook her head. "We just lie back onto the blanket and watched the stars for a while and it was nice…quiet and sweet." She commented, smiling a little bit as she studied the table.
Mara let out a long breath. "Come on, you're not giving us anything!" She whined, smiling a little bit as she bit off the end of a cheese stick.
"Okay. Fine." Joy answered, wrapping her arms around her stomach and looking at them. "He asked if he could kiss me." She told them, letting her words sink in for a moment. "Then when I said yes it was gentle and sweet and perfectly amazing."
Amber let out a shudder of a breath. "He asked if he could kiss you?" She asked and when Joy nodded Amber almost laughed. "Oh my gosh, I love this guy."
Ok. So this one lunch will be split into three chapters Next chapter starts boys. YAY! I'm hoping to post a new chapter every day this weekend. That way I'll be done with the lunch after this weekend.