Chapter 6
To Get the Ball Rolling
The rest of the week went rather smoothly for Raelyn. She still couldn't walk past Thistle without getting a death glare. Jack still avoided her like the plague. And she still couldn't look at Jinx without smiling like an idiot. Other than that, she went rather unnoticed by the popular group of NRHS.
Every time Rae saw a member of the C Club they would always smile, wave, or say "hi". It was almost weird the way they were around every corner now that she knew who they were. But she still didn't feel all that comfortable starting something like a full conversation with them. Well, except Racetrack. He was in two of her classes, and for some reason, unless she was with Jinx, she just couldn't keep her eye's off him.
She all got to recognize a lot of the people from the video. All of the people in the C Club, the middlemen, and the popular group were in some of her classes. Naturally, not all of them at once but sprinkled around.
This is basically how it was:
Period 1: Quills, Zodiac, Jack
Period 2: Spot, Mama, Shamrock
Period 3: Alaska, Comedy, Minx, Soaker
Period 4: Peter, Buttons, Mouse, Sarah, Blink
Period 5: Milkshake, Race, Kitten, Meecky
Period 6: Irish, Emotions, Wolf, Meecky
Period 7: Endy, Sparrow, Mama, Mush
Period 8: Jinx, Race, Thistle, Miracle
It was funny, but Rae couldn't shake the feeling that this wasn't by mistake. In fact, most of the time she felt like she was being watched. But she got used to it over the week.
Every time Jinx and Rae were together they just couldn't stop talking. She just found him so easy to talk to and interesting. Rae would always loose herself in the conversation, forgetting the C Club rule. Then, towards the end of the period like clockwork, Jinx would start dropping not-so-subtle hints such as this, "So, Rae, I'm going to the movies Friday with a couple of friends…" And every time it was like a smack in the face to Rae. All of a sudden she would remember the rule and knew she couldn't go. She would end up saying something pathetic like, "That's cool…" and actually start taking the notes.
Friday night came and found Rae sitting on the couch with a bowl of popcorn. Tammy and Rae's dad were in there room watching TV, hopefully. Jack had gone to the movies…how ironic.
Rae was in the middle of a rerun of Who's Line is it Anyway? when the screeching of tires turning a corner hit her ears. She sprang up to look out the window. The car pulled in front of her house and started honking. She could she someone smack the honking person in the back of the head and then step out of the car. The figure was then followed by another, and they started walking up to her front door.
As they got closer, Rae could tell it was two members of the C Club. The first was tall and had pink streaks in her brown hair, Irish rang the doorbell. And then she called in her noticeably Irish accent, "Hello, anyone home?" The second was much shorter with auburn hair, Emotions.
Rae ran to open the door. Emotions stepped forward, smiled, said, "Hey, Rae!" and walked right into the house.
"Well, she is in a good mood tonight, isn't she," Irish smiled.
Rae nodded dumbly. The both of them stood around awkwardly for a moment before Emotions shouted from the back of the house, "Hey, Rae, which on is your room?"
"Last door on the right," she said. She looked up at Irish questionably, and Irish gave her a comforting smile. Soon, Emotions was walking back with a full backpack. She handed it to Rae and said, "You're going to need some stuff."
Rae was getting more and more confused by the minute.
"You'll be out all night, so you might want to leave a note or something," Irish prompted.
"And hurry or we'll be late," Emotions sounded impatient.
"Um, okay," Rae nodded. She put a post-it on Tammy's door saying she went out with some friends and would be back in the morning.
Rae followed Irish and Emotions to the car and got in the backseat.
"Hey, Rae, hope these two didn't freak you out," a strong looking, brown hair guy said from the front.
"Oh, shut up, Wolf," Emotions said playfully, "We didn't freak her out, did we, Rae?"
"Um, well, could someone just tell me what is going on?" Rae asked hopefully.
"Oh shit, I forgot that," Irish smacked her forehead.
"You guys didn't even tell her where we are going!" Wolf exclaimed, "No wonder she looks like a deer in the headlights. Rae, we are going to Endy's place."
"Yea, for a sleepover," Irish explained.
Rae laughed, "A sleep over. What, are we l2."
"No, the C Club always has a sleep over to start the year off. It's tradition," Emotions said rather defensively.
"See, we brought you a toothbrush," Irish showed Rae.
"That's Jack's," Rae started laughing. "Hey, maybe we can stick it in the toilet or something."
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