Chapter 5
It was the middle of lunch now and Black Joker was still yelling at Julius. Everyone else had tuned out ages ago and were now talking about what had happened this morning to fill us all in. In music, Boris had to be taken out of the room so that Gowland could begin to play without being beaten up. As it was, Blood almost started a fight with Gowland by calling him 'Mary.'
"Seriously Blood? Seriously? That is so immature. You're not going to get anywhere if you keep treating people like that," Ellie said in response to his story.
"He had it coming with such a stupid name," Blood said.
"Blood's a bully!" Anita said.
"Do you have a point?" he replied.
"Never mind, it's just wasted on you," Anita said. "Oh hey guys guess what!" she said dropping her voice so only our table could hear her.
"What?" said Debbie in an annoyed tone.
This didn't faze Anita though because she went on to say in a happy tone. "I killed Pierce! It was right before lunch. He was alone and I cornered him!"
"Who cares?" Debbie said.
"I do! So who do you have to kill now?" Ellie said excitedly.
"Boris," Anita whispered.
"OH COME ON THAT IS SO NOT FAIR!" Debbie yelled.
"Shush! He can hear you!" Ellie said.
"It's funny, a mouse had to kill a cat," I said.
"I know, I laughed when Pierce told me. He seemed a little relived that he didn't have to go near him. He's so cute sometimes, you know? With the 'chu' and all." Anita said.
"Men are all annoying and they shouldn't exist," Debbie said.
"Then how would the human race survive?" Ellie asked.
"It wouldn't, not that I care as long as I am dead by then," Debbie said.
"You would say that," Ellie replied.
"Men are the source of all problems. If we didn't have men to run the country we wouldn't have bloody wars," Debbie said.
"Yeah instead of bloody wars to the death we would have wars in which one country humiliates the other by spreading gossip and rumors and then shunning them form coming to a party that they are hosting. Oh and of course they would try to out-fashion each other. And then the loser country will become an outcast in society and their leaders will all go and commit suicide because they could not take the mind games any more. So the world would revert back to a high school with the popular kids and the rejects. That is a perfect world isn't it? Being the victim of bullying like at a school but on a world-wide level," Ellie said sarcastically.
"No there would still be bloody wars Ellie," Veronica said. "Except that they would only get bloody once a month."
Ellie and Anita looked at Veronica and laughed. I joined in, I couldn't help it. Debbie turned red in anger.
"Why would the wars get bloody only once a month?" Dee asked.
"Yeah, shouldn't a war be bloody all of the time?" Dum said.
We paused, and then began to laugh again. Even Debbie joined in. I looked at the boys. Some of them obviously understood what we were talking about and were embarrassed. Others were confused.
"It's a girl thing," Ellie said.
This time all of the boys looked embarrassed.
"What do we have next?" I asked.
"Oh, we have a short break in which we go back to our bunks to see what we have next and to refill our water bottles and stuff," Ellie said.
"It's about twenty minutes long and most of the time, we write letters then. Those twenty minutes are also mail time," Veronica said.
"How does that song go? You know from that children's show with the blue dog?" Anita said.
"Um I think it's 'Here's the mail it never fails, it makes me want to wag my tail, when it comes I want to yell; MAAAAAAIIIILLL!' Or something like that," Ellie said.
"Oh yeah I remember that show! With the thinking chair and the notebook that was shaped like a chair!" Veronica said.
"Is that the show with the talking map?" Julius asked, he must have stopped listening to Black.
"No that was a different show, with the little girl and the monkey with the boots," Ellie said.
"Oh I know that show! It has that fox in it right?" Boris said.
"How do you know that show?" Ellie asked.
"Um, my neighbors ask me to look after their kids sometimes and they always watch that show," he replied.
"You babysit? HA! I wouldn't trust you with a potted plant let alone a kid," Debbie said.
"Be nice Debbie," Veronica said.
"Who would be stupid enough to leave kids with him?" Debbie asked laughing.
"Apparently, I would," Veronica said.
There was silence for a moment and then Julius said, "It's smarter than leaving a group of kids with the Jokers." Ellie was looking behind her, I looked too. Nightmare was standing nearby. He had apparently heard this comment because he looked a little angry.
Nightmare didn't have to come and do anything though because Black began to yell at Julius again. He stopped after a minute though.
"I think he was hurting his throat with all of the yelling," Ellie whispered.
"He is going to lose his voice if he keeps yelling like that," Anita added.
"That would be ideal for me. If BJ can't yell at me, then I don't have to wear those earplugs I brought with me. They are really uncomfortable and I would love not to have to wear them," Debbie said in a normal tone.
"Earplugs?" I asked.
"Do you think I am going to sit there and get yelled at? Of course not, I'm going to nod and look sad but actually be plotting my revenge," Debbie said.
"Shut the f*** up you crazy b****. And don't forget what I f****** told you about calling me 'BJ,' " Black said.
"Save it for later BJ, I left my earplugs in the bunk," Debbie said.
"Why you little-"Black began to say.
"Stop it, both of you. You are both acting like children. Debbie, will you stop badgering Black if I get you coffee?" Veronica said.
"If I say yes, will you get me coffee?" Debbie asked.
Veronica sighed. "Yes," she replied.
"Then fine, I'll stop," Debbie said.
Veronica got up then and left the table. Ellie whistled. "I haven't seen Veronica that mad in a long time," she said sounding slightly impressed.
"I'll be right back," Anita said standing up. She walked away in the opposite direction of Veronica.
Dee got up a few seconds later and followed her at a leisurely pace.
Ellie watched. "I feel like I should go to protect her but that would mess up the game," she said.
"You are way too over protective you know," Debbie said.
"Well she's my BFFL," Ellie said.
"BFFL?" Debbie asked.
"Best friend for life," Ellie replied.
"Does that mean you are not going to be friends after you two die?" Debbie asked with a grin.
"Wow, morbid much?" Ellie asked laughing.
Veronica came back just then, "Your coffee your highness," she said sarcastically.
"Thanks," Debbie said picking up the cup and taking a drink.
"Where's Anita?" Veronica asked.
"She walked off towards the bathrooms. Dee followed her," Debbie said putting her cup of coffee down.
"So she's dead?" Veronica asked.
"Well I don't think it is a coincidence," Debbie said.
"What makes you think that Debbie?" Dum asked looking ready to defend his brother.
"Well isn't the boy's bathroom in the opposite direction?" she replied. "Honestly Dum, no one is that stupid."
"I didn't know that," I said.
"Well you're new so you kind of don't count in this," Debbie said.
I would have responded but Dee and Anita came back and sat down. Dee and Dum high fived each other, while Anita looked at the table.
"Did Dee kill you?" Ellie asked.
"Yes he did," she said with a sigh. "Well at least I got to kill someone this time. Last time we played this game I wasn't able to kill anybody."
"Well you were sick on the first day of the game and you didn't know we were playing in all fairness," Ellie said.
"It was fair. She was there so she could be killed. She should check her email more often," Debbie said.
Julius and Ace sat down at our table across from me just then. "What are you two doing here?" Debbie asked.
"There's no food left at our table and I haven't had anything to eat. Ace just followed me," he said.
"Aw, now we can't have our girl talk anymore," Ellie said.
"We were having girl talk?" Debbie asked.
"…. You know Debbie, you're kind of a killjoy," Ellie said. "Anyway, Ace what happened to you in your search for Julius? You weren't with Alice and Julius when I found them."
"Well I got lost," he said. I looked at the Jokers, they seemed to be listening to us but I wasn't sure because some of the other boys were arguing with each other and were about to start beating each other up.
"And then what happened?" Debbie asked annoyed.
"And then White found me and told me that I wasn't allowed to go looking for Julius anymore because I was alone and he thought that they would end up having to search the camp for me too," Ace finished with a grin.
"I'm sure the fact that the Jokers thought you probably killed Julius and hid his body in a bush played a factor in that too," Veronica said. We all looked at her. "What? Didn't you all think that too?"
"I think you were the only one," Julius said.
"Why would I kill Julius? He is one of my good friends," Ace said.
"Are you two BFFLs?" Debbie asked with a mischievous grin.
"Shut up Debbie," Ellie said.
They all talked about BFFLs and argued about its importance in a person's life. I lost track of the conversation. I looked over at Julius, he was eating but he looked really annoyed at all of the chatter that surrounded him. When he looked at me, I looked away.
"You can't follow their pointless conversation either?" he asked.
"Not really," I said. "What was Black yelling at you about?"
"Something about how I was a bad person, I stopped listening so I missed most of it. Of course he used most of the words in his terrible vocabulary," Julius said.
"Yeah, Black has a really bad mouth," I replied.
Julius opened his mouth to reply when White said, "Alright, everyone go back to their bunks for a few minutes and then meet us at the drama cabin."
Julius sighed. "Well this is not my day," he said.
"Why not?" I asked him
"I hate Drama and the Jokers teach it. They are both pretty mad at me right now, I am probably going to be their victim," Julius said.
"'Victim?'" I asked worried.
Julius smiled for a second; I could barely register the fact that he did. "They use me as their example for everything we do today in addition to having to go first for any activities that they make us do," Julius said.
I laughed as everyone at the table got up. We walked over past the boys table and I noticed Blood giving Julius and me the weirdest look. It was like he was jealous or something. We said good-bye to Ace and Julius and headed back to the bunk to get ready for drama.
Yay. Another chapter done! Thank you to people who reviewed (which I forgot to say the past 2 times... I'm sorry *facepalm*)
I'm going to try something new next chapter... I'm going to make my OCs more like part of the background. I feel like they have taken over the story (it is kind of hard when the only real characters from HnKnA in the girls bunk are Alice and Vivaldi (who will be returning next chapter by the way.)... ) Ideas for that are totally welcome... :)
So the Winner of the poll is (if you didn't skip the last few paragraphs you should know this already) DRAMA WITH THE JOKERS! (hahaha this is going to be so much fun to write.)
Thanks for reading!