I'm hoping the chapters will begin to get longer after this one. For now, enjoy!
NEW QUESTION: Which 'ask out' was your favorite? Think about that while your reading.
Chapter 3
KT walked up the steps to her room when she heard the creak of someone behind her. When she turned, no one was there. She shrugged and continued to walk. She sat on her bed and took out her phone to charge it. When she turned around, she saw something unexpected on the wall above her bed. A sticky note, with a drawing of a cute little cartoon cat holding a 'W'. She was confused and smiled at it. She was headed back downstairs and she saw another post it. This one had a dog holding the letter 'I'. As she began to make her way to the living room, she collected more post its. As she walked down the main stairs, she didn't find anymore post it's. So as she walked down she put the letters together.
W
I
L
L
Y
O
U
G
O
O
U
T
W
I
T
H
M
E
Will you go out with me. She re-read it to make sure what she saw was correct and bumped into someone in the process. She looked up and it was Jerome with a post it on his chest. A monkey holding a question mark.
"I was hoping you wouldn't scramble the letters" he said. "So will you?"
"Yeah" she smiled.
"Did I do well?" he asked. "Worked on those since Friday night"
"You did really well" she said. "These are awesome!"
"Great" he said smiling at her and peeled the post it off of his chest and handed it to her. She gladly took it and he went to his room. She stared at them, losing track of time in the process.
"What's that?" Trudy's voice startled her.
"Oh... Jerome did this..." KT showed them to her. Trudy smiled as she looked over it.
"How romantic" Trudy said and went off. KT smiled and took it upstairs to put it on her wall.
As Trudy went to put the laundry up, she realized there was one room she forgot to get the laundry from, and that was Mara's, Patricia's, and Joy's room. When she went up there she saw Willow sitting Mara down on the bed and looking a little bit nervous. At that point Trudy could tell that it was for the project and decided to listen.
"I wrote you a poem. I added some science stuff in there to make it more appealing to you" Willow smiled at her.
"Well almost anything you do it appealing to me" Mara said.
"I know that's not true" Willow said.
"But it is!" Mara said. "I admit, sometimes you are kind of annoying, but most times you're just adorable"
Willow beamed and cleared her throat to start her poem.
"We are not alike, and that's a well known fact
But I learned just for you, that opposites attract
And if you would please just give me a chance
I know that we can make the chemicals react
I know I'm kind of wonky, and sometimes really weird
But I really like you, your heart, mind, and spirit
Tomorrow I want to shout to the world that I did something right
And that would be having you, Mara Jaffray, in my life"
"Aw Willow that was amazing!" Mara smiled.
"Did you see what I said about the chemicals?" Willow asked. "And the 'opposites attract' was talking about magnets"
"Yes I heard it, I enjoyed it" Mara hugged her.
"So would you go out with me?" Willow asked.
"Of course I would" Mara smiled.
"Squee!" Willow exclaimed.
"Have you seen Alfie?" Nina asked Amber.
"I haven't seen him all day" Amber said. "Except early this morning"
"Well I haven't either, and neither has anyone else, Jerome included" Nina said.
"Well maybe he's just preparing a way to ask you out" Amber suggested.
"Maybe" Nina said. "All I know is, he's MIA"
"Well come in here and look at the magazines with me" Amber suggested leading her to the living room. "Everyone else is in here"
"I just wanna know where Alfie is" Nina said.
"Are you getting a head start on the project?" Amber asked.
"No, but he's supposed to be asking me out right now. It's the project I'm worried about. Alfie's great and he really pulls through with Sibuna. He's proven himself tons of times. You know what else he's proven?" Nina asked Amber. "That he doesn't do well with school work or projects or anything of the sort. And I have to keep my grades up to keep this scholarship. So he can't pull me down. What if he hasn't even thought of a way to ask me out? What if he's planning a prank instead?"
"Nina, you need to relax" Amber said to her. "If there's one thing I know about Alfie, is he is never subtle. So whatever he is going to do, I guarantee it's gonna be a big gesture. He's especially good with boyfriend stuff, thanks to yours truly. And he knows how important this project it"
"I guess you're right" Nina said. Amber and her walked into the living room and sat down. "Speak of the devil"
"Ok everyone!" Alfie said coming into the living room and standing in front of Nina. "If you could all follow me please!"
He took Nina's hand and led her outside as everyone else followed. He took them all to the back of Anubis. There, on the wall, took everyone's breath away.
It was a drawing of Nina, as a queen with a pyramid behind her, dawn with kind of marker. It wasn't extremely elaborate, but enough that anyone could see who it was.
"Alfie you drew this?" Eddie asked with disbelief.
"He's a regular Pablo Picasso" Jerome said.
"Shh!" Alfie said to him. "I'm trying to be romantic!"
"Oh well then by all means" Jerome said with his hands up.
"You are the Queen of Egypt" Alfie said to Nina. "And all I want is to be your King. Or Jester! I just want to be with you. What do you say?"
"Mr. Lewis!" Victor's voice boomed. "What is this?"
"Uh... It's art Victor!" Alfie said. Victor grabbed him by the ear and dragged him in the house and upstairs.
"Wait I didn't even hear her answer!" Alfie said. "Well she has to say yes but you ruined the moment it was all romantic!"
"Clean it up!" Victor Exclaimed. He pulled out a toothbrush and threw it at him. "And toilet duty!"
"Seriously? We have no creative expression here" Alfie said as he walked out of his office. By the time he got back to his 'masterpiece' everyone had gone except Nina. She was sitting on the grass, staring at it.
"I never knew you could draw" Nina said. "You have a real talent for it"
"Thanks" Alfie smiled.
"And just so you know, I would love for you to be my King" she said. He smiled.
"Now this is more couply" Alfie said. "Maybe we have a chance to win this thing after all"
"We better" Nina said. "And you better pull through"
Alfie laughed at her. "Do you see that thing I just made? You better pull through"
Nina rolled her eyes and got up to go to her room.
Fabian knocked on Nina and Amber's room. it was odd that he was doing so to see Amber, whereas before he would do it to see Nina. Things were so backwards. Nina was the one that opened, which made things a bit awkward for both of them. She didn't say anything but smiled and motioned for him to go in, leaving in the process. Fabian shook his head to clear out and put his feelings for Nina away as he approached the one he came to see.
"Hey Amber"
"Hey Fabian" Amber smiled at him. He looked at his feet and looked like he was trying to say something. "What's wrong?"
"I..." Fabian started. He sighed, and left the room. Just as he expected, Amber followed him looking confused. He walked outside, behind the house and further.
"Fabian!" Amber called trying to catch up and keep up with his fast pace. The old summer house began to come into view, something Amber had never seen before. He went around to the back of it where a porch was. That's where he set up a table for a candlelit dinner in the evening light. When Amber saw it, her jaw dropped.
"I asked Trudy for some of her food and set this up. She knows we'll be missing dinner" Fabian told her.
"Fabian, this is amazing" Amber said.
"Would you like to eat?" Fabian asked her. She beamed and smiled at him.
"Of course!" Amber said. He pulled her chair out for her and she sat down. Suddenly her smiled dropped.
"What's wrong?" Fabian said. "Is something not right?"
"Yeah, I'm not dressed for a date!" Amber exclaimed.
"Oh please, you look like a million bucks everyday" Fabian chuckled. Amber smiled.
"That's true" Amber smiled and Fabian chuckled.
Joy opened her laptop and went on The Jackal. She was about to go to her email to see if anyone sent an article, when something caught her eye. An article she hadn't seen before. How was that at all possible? All of the articles got sent to her first. She was pissed. She scrolled through it, only just barely catching words like 'amazing' 'beautiful' and 'stubborn'. She figured out that it was about a girl, which made her even angrier. There was no need for an article about a love sick boy chasing after a girl. Just when she was about to delete it, something else caught her attention. The words 'Joy Mercer'. She re-read them, rubbing her eyes, and suddenly very interested in what the article had to say.
There is a girl in Anubis House. She's kind of amazing. She's the type of girl who others should aspire to be. She's strong, independent, beautiful, and great company. Most importantly she has flaws, and she knows what they are. Unlike most girls, she does not try to be perfect or try to view herself as so. And she doesn't get upset over the fact that she's not. She'll even point them out herself sometimes. She doesn't try to live up to anyone's expectations except her own. And she does have high expectations for herself, but obtainable ones. And because she knows that she is flawed, she doesn't judge other people on their flaws. She's truly incredible, in ways that I couldn't explain, but have tried. Her name is Joy Mercer.
Joy Mercer, will you be my girlfriend? -Eddie
When she finished reading, she couldn't believe that Eddie said it. She knew it was for the project, but what he said were unnecessary. Did he really think that? Did he get help from someone? It's not like they talked often. Only a couple times, and all about Patricia or The Jackal. Where could he have gotten all of that? And when did he become such a person reader? And so deep? He touched on things Joy didn't discuss with anyone, including herself. Like her high expectations. She'd have to ask him about that later.
"Well?" Eddie's voice startled her.
"You know I have to say yes" Joy chuckled.
"Because of the project yeah I know" Eddie said.
"No, because who the hell can say no to that?" Joy asked.
"Well thankfully not you" Eddie laughed.
Patricia looked at the time: Nine forty. Everyone else had been asked out at this point, so what was taking Mick so long? She hadn't seen him since they talked that morning. He wasn't with them at dinner because he was training, and from training it seemed like he went straight to his room. All of the rest of the guys-and Willow-did something elaborate and creative. Post it cartoons, poetry, graffiti art, romantic dinners, and even jackal posts. Each thing went well with the person they were asking out, as well as hitting their own strong points. And Trudy had seen all of them She saw the looks the others were giving her, wondering if they were even doing the project. Ten was nearing, when was Mick gonna do it?
"Hey Patricia" Mick said coming into her room.
"Finally" Patricia said.
"Yeah I know I took a while. Here's the thing. As everyone asked other people out, I thought of how I could ask you out. It had to be right for you. And that's when I realized something" Mick started. "Making you the center of attention, wouldn't sit well with you. Doing something elaborate and complicated, would probably end up annoying you. I didn't need to think of something big, because with you, you're just simple. Not you as a person, because you're far from that. You're complicated and deep like a castle with secret doors and tunnels. But simple with most things you do. You like to keep things blunt and straight to the point. So that's how this had to be. So here it is, Patricia, will you go out with me?"
Patricia was shocked that he figured her out. He knew what she wanted before she knew what she wanted. She realized she really didn't want a huge and complicated ask out. She wanted it just the way he did it. "You've impressed me Campbell, and I'm not easily impressed" she said. "Yes, I will do you the honor of allowing you to go out with me"
Mick laughed. "Because you had a choice, right?"
"If you figured all of that out you should know that I have no problem defying someone's rules and making my own" Patricia said. Mick nodded with a bit of a chuckle.
"Yeah, you're right" he agreed.
REMINDER OF NEW QUESTION: Which 'ask out' was your favorite?
SAME QUESTION: Who's your favorite fake couple?
Patrick in First Place with 18
Famber in Second Place with 12
Nalfie in Third Place with 9
Joddie in fourth place with 3
Millow and Kerome last with 1
Also someone told me it was 'Jeddie' not 'Joddie' and 'Mictricia' not 'Patrick' and I wanted to tell them (because it was an anon) that I say those instead of the semi official terms because I feel like Jerome and Eddie are Jeddie (I could be wrong) and Patrick is just more fun to me. :)
