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Zane's Invitation
After lunch, Lance went his separate way from the others. He had a different class from the rest of them. It was high school, that was the way things were. While on the way to his next class, he ran into Zane and already Lance began to grow tense, his eyes beginning to narrow, his shoulders beginning to rise and his back beginning to arch.
"Relax, I just want to talk with you." Said Zane with a smile. Lance couldn't tell if the smile was false or not, but he had a gut feeling it may have been the former. "Look, I heard you telling Lewis and the girls about what you know about the story 'Ivanhoe' through the movie versions you've seen and I was wondering if you'd want to join the film club."
"I'm not much of a club person, Zane." Lance replied, walking past Zane. "Are you even the head of the club?"
"Not yet." Zane's answer caused Lance's skin to crawl. Would-be usurper? How could, he be sure? Maybe he was just overthinking. "Besides, you don't need to be club president to invite someone."
Stopping in his tracks, Lance thought for a moment. He supposed what Zane said was true.
A question suddenly coming to his head, Lance asked: "Did you ever figure out why my last name sounded familiar?"
"Yeah." Zane answered. "My dad's company has a new head archivist: John Carter, like that movie character."
"Literary character and my dad's namesake." Stated Lance quietly as he walked away. His dad worked for Zane's dad's company… Great.