Hungry T-rex

We went into the classroom. It was a regular classroom, maybe a bit bigger than the normal ones, and it was emptied out. All the chairs were pushed away, and most of the tables are outside.

Amy walked into the room and set her bag in the nearest chair. "Wow, I didn't expect you guys to do such a good job without me. Ice cream for everyone!" 

We all cheered. That motivated us to finish emptying the room. Time literally flies when you're having fun. And it emptying a room might sound boring, but it turned out to be fun. Marcus kept picking on Lin. Both of them were fighting the whole time for really stupid reasons,  which was really fun to watch. 

" No! Cheesecake is better!"  Which to Lin replied with, " I'm telling you fruit tarts are better!" 

Alex kept chatting and joking with Amy and Rachel. Rachel seemed to be in a really bad mood earlier, but she eased up when Amy showed up. I'm guessing she really wants the ice cream. Thomas tried to make small talk with me, but I was more focused on not dropping the chair in my hands. before we knew it, the school bell rang, indicating club activities had started.

" Okay, everyone. Please take a seat." Amy fidgeted with her necklace then looked at Rachel. "Rachel you're better at public speakings. Can't you do this instead of me?"  

Rachel smirked and shook her head. Before clubs started, we left a few chairs in the room and organized them in a semi-circle. Amy coughed and stood up from her chair, so she can look taller than all of us.

" Um, so as you know this is supposed to be the karaoke club. But we have a few changes." 

We heard a few knocks on the door then it swung open. Two twins, a boy, and a girl were standing there. "Oh! right on time!" laughed Amy. " Guys meet our new club members. They're originally from the music club. This Kayla and Carlos Brueckner."

Kayla waved us hello and smiled sheepishly. Carlos blew his bangs away from his eyes and looked at the roof. The twins looked younger than us, maybe they're freshman? They both had an unnatural dark black hair and dark blue eyes. Kayla had her naturally wavy hair in a ponytail. Her brother, on the other hand, seemed to have naturally straight hair. Some of it fell on his face which made him look a bit emo.

" I'd rather if they explain the situation," smile Amy, glad that she didn't have to be the one to talk.

The twins glanced at each other. Carlos sighed and stepped forward. " 'k, where do we start? I'm Carlos, this is my sister Kayla, we're both 15. We're the former and only members of the music club, that's why the director decided to merge this club and the music club together. Uh, nice to meet y'all and stuff. " His sister grabbed two chairs that were outside and put them near us.

" Wait then what's this club? Is it a music club? Or karaoke?" asked Thomas. 

" We'll call it music club. We'll still have karaoke days, of course. Oh, this is going to be so fun!" announced excitedly Rachel.  I nodded in agreement. 

"What about the classroom? Why did we have to empty it out?" Asked Lin. 

"We're going to redecorate it," Explained Amy. "They gave us the classroom as our official club room, so now we can come here any time we want. Whether at club time, at lunch or after school, this room is ours."

"Amy and I went shopping yesterday for some furniture. We weren't able to get much with the budget our parents had set for us," stated Rachel. "So we decided that tomorrow afternoon, the whole club will go shopping together. Bring as much money as you can." 

" Also, if you have old stuff that could be useful for us, then please bring it over," commented Kayla. 

" That reminds me! My sister has an old guitar that she doesn't use anymore! I could bring us that one!" beamed Alex.

" And I can bring over my electric keyboard," joined in Mark

I thought about what I could bring over. I remember seeing an old couch in the attic. My dad still keeps it around for some reason. I also remember seeing lots of other old stuff hidden in there. 

" Well I can ask dad to lend us a couch if you want," I suggested. I don't know why I thought that could be useful in a club room, but it sure seemed like a good idea back at that time.

Amy laughed. "That's a great idea! We can turn this room into a lounge instead of a club room." 

I don't know if she's just being sarcastic or is serious. From the cheerful look on her face and the terrified look on Rachel's face, I assume she's serious.  We spent the rest of the hour cleaning up the room, taking the tables to other classrooms, and of course, discussing the rest of the types of equipment that we need for our karaoke/music club. 

We ended up agreeing to go shopping Thursday after class ends. Rachel said she could drive us around. Hope her car is as big as she claims it to be, or it's gonna be way too crowded. 

"Well, you look cuter than usual today. And is that a new shirt?" remarked Lin as she walked me to class.

"Yeah..." I stopped midway.

"Is something wrong?" asked Lin.

Something is very wrong. If it hadn't been for Lin I would have completely forgotten. See I'm forgetful in that way. I forgot the true reason for wearing this outfit. I'm supposed to ask out Alex. How? I don't know. And that's the problem. It's the third day already, just seven days left. Dang it, time sure flies. 

" Lin, do you think I should give up trying to win the dare?" I asked.

Lin looked like she was going to strangle me.

"Roxy! It's still the third day and you're giving up?" 

"But I have to get out with Alex" I insisted.

Lin thought then smiled at me. "Go to your class. I'll come up with something."

Now that got me worried.

I had my first hour with Alex. Of course Mr sunshine decided to sit next to me. 

"Roxy! I didn't know we have this class together!" 

"Of course you didn't, how would you know?" I grumbled.  He kept talking the whole hour. The teacher might have gotten a bit mad.

Finally, the hour passed. The more time I pass with Alex, the more annoying he seems.

As soon as the bell rang, I hurried towards Lin, who was waiting for me by my locker.

"So? Anything that could help? I asked." Not gonna lie, I was getting desperate. 

She laughed before smirking. Oh no... I wasn't that desperate. Okay maybe I was, but knowing Lin she had a crazy idea in her head.

" I'll just have to set up a fake date for you two!" she beamed at me, "I'll invite you two to the cinema then I'll pretend that I'm sick!"

No that would never work. The dare was that I ask him, not someone else does for me. But of course Lin didn't listen and she hurried towards Alex. I tried to catch her before it's too late, but by the time I made it to her, Alex was already accepting her request. 

"Sure! We'll have so much fun!"

POV Alex: 

I'm not that stupid. This whole cinema thing for today seemed like a setup. How did I know? Easy.  Lin isn't the ice queen for nothing. That girl shut me down from the first minute our eyes met. Honestly, how could boys fall for her? I see her as both rude and scary. 

So why would a girl who seemed to hate me, suddenly invite me to hang out. For Roxy? I don't think so. That girl so much like an introvert that I felt bad having to make her support me. 

"Sure! We'll have so much fun!"

Still, I accepted. Not because a cute girl was asking me to hang out, but because I trust Roxy. If she's still the same as she was 10 years ago, then she wouldn't do anything to harm me. Emotionally I mean because she already harmed me physically. Man, that girl can punch. 

Roxy came up to us, breathing heavily. She shot Lin a nasty look, then passed her hands through her hair, only making it messier. "Lin you've got to stop making me run around chasing you."

I tried not to show it, but when Roxy glares she terrifies me. I decided to lighten up the mood a bit. "Roxy! Cheer up! I'll pay for the popcorn for waking you up so early in the morning."  

Roxy's eyes widened then she laughed. "Deal!" 

"But then again, you're getting too fat, maybe you should lose some weight..." 

"Hey! Who you calling fat?!" Roxy punched my arm playfully. 

"You duh! All you think about is food! Ice cream! Popcorn!" 

Roxy put her tongue out and frowned. She was obviously faking it. Lin couldn't help but laugh. "Well he's not wrong, you only accept to hang out when food's involved!" 

We joked some more as we walked to the next class.

Lin told us to catch this movie called the fault in our stars which was at 7:30 pm. I had to look up that they meant 19:30. Turns out America uses a 12 hours clock format, did you know? Wait what am I saying of course you knew... My bad! After going home I decided to quickly take a shower because we had P.E today,  then I wore a grey shirt and jeans. Not my best outfit, but I felt really lazily to try and look good. I hid my Hufflepuff necklace under the shirt, then went downstairs and grabbed my converse.

"Eh tu vas où toi?" asked my little 7-year-old brother. He still has trouble speaking English so he prefers to speak French when we're alone.

Either way, why does it matter to him where I'm going. I can't let him know I'm going to watch a movie or he'll try to come with me.

"Didn't mom tell you to start speaking English 24/7 ?" I laughed. He looked at me confused then shook his head. He took out a small notebook from his pocket then started looking at the words. 

"M-O-M. maman.  Speaking, Verb speak, parle," he continued to translate the rest of my sentence. When he finally got it he beamed at me. "Don't want to!"

He looked at his notebook again, then asked me, " Where are you going?" 

I pat his head, then explained to him that I'm meeting up with some friends. He looked annoyed then muttered something in French that translates to; "Friends here, friends there! You only ever hang out with your friends!"  I laughed then grabbed dad's car keys and started heading outside.

"Non, mais attends! Papa t'as dis de rester avec moi!" shouted my little brother. 

*No wait! Dad told you to look after me!

I shook my head, "Desolé fréro, mais je peux pas," I refused. Can't say he was too happy about this but he understood and went upstairs to call mom and tell her to come back early.

Thank god Lin said to meet up 15 minutes earlier. Because of the traffic, I ended up late by 10 minutes. 

"Alex! Not a minute too early," exclaimed sarcastically Roxy as soon as she saw me. I looked around but her friend was nowhere to be seen. 

"Where's Lin?" I asked. She bit her lip and looked at the ground. I could even swear that she was blushing a bit. 

"She called me earlier to tell me she couldn't come." 

"Why not?" I didn't mean to sound so worried but it came out that way. 

"She had to take care of her younger siblings." Roxy frowned, then pulled out cash from her back pockets, "Now let's hurry up and buy the tickets before they sell out." 

I  tried to think about it.  Roxy isn't very talkative. I noticed that since the first day we met. She seemed already uncomfortable to have to watch a movie with me, so what can I do to cheer her up? 

I followed her into the line, then from the corner of my eyes, I noticed Marcus and Thomas. They looked as if they were arguing but my body moved before I could think. 

"Marc, Tom! Over here!" I waved at them. They both turned towards me at the same time, then they hurried toward us. Thomas had a forced smile, and Marcus was really red, but I decided not to point out the minor details.

"Ho ho ho? What's this? Maybe ... A date?" asked Marcus. Thomas immediately glared at him.

I laughed and noticed Roxy turning even redder. "Of course not! We're here to watch a movie together!"  Ok now that I say it, it does sound like a date. 

"As friends," added quickly Roxy. 

"Lin couldn't come. Want to join us?" I proposed. "It will be a double date," I winked.

The boys turned even redder.  Marcus sighed then explained he had business to take care of, Thomas accepted and joined us in line.

The line was long and going very slowly. I noticed Roxy texting Lin, who was marked as "Maddie", so I decided to do the same, and text Marcus on snapchat.

- so wanna tell me what's up with you today? 

As soon as I hit send, Marcus replied. 

- was i that obv?

Me: - nah, don't worry, seems like roxy didn't notice a thing.

Mark: Good, don't want the school to hear. 

Me: Haha, Can't believe i was the first to figure it out, and i just met u. 

 So how'd it go. Didn't think u'll act so quickly

Mark: Not bad, at least he didn't seem disgusted. he simply said he liked someone else.

I was about to respond but I got pulled away by Thomas. 

"Here you go your ticket." he handed me my ticket. I thanked him, then hurried to the popcorn stand. Just as promised, I paid for Roxy's popcorn.

 By the end of the movie, I was sobbing. Thomas was still in his own world, and Roxy kept laughing at me. 

"HOW ARE YOU NOT CRYING?" I asked through my sobbing. 

Roxy shrugged. "So many of my favorite characters have died, I might as well be dead inside."

Thomas heard us and laughed. "Plus she read the book and watched the movie hundreds of times. This is the first time she doesn't cry at the end."

Roxy turned bright pink, then filled her mouth with the rest of Thomas' popcorn so she wouldn't have to respond. Despite her eating all the oreo, popcorn, candy that we bought, she's still hungry and decided to eat Thomas' popcorn.

How can she eat so much yet look so skinny? I chuckled at the thought. We sat at a cafe in the mall, Thomas didn't order a thing, I ordered more candy because Roxy ate all of mine, and that food freak ordered a smoothie with cake. Roxy noticed that Thomas wasn't his usual self and finally judged that this was the right moment to ask him what's wrong. He laughed it off and decided to change the subject. That's how I found myself being the third wheel. 

I decided to text back Marcus. "he simply said he liked someone else."   It's not like it's a secret from anyone that Thomas and Roxy both like each other. That girl is an open book, and he confessed that he likes her. 

Me: Do you know who it is. 

Mark: Haha sadly yes. She's cute, but also very scary. i can't really see what he likes in her

I laughed. - OF course you can't XD   Also i agree with the scary part. She kicked me for real this morning.

I noticed Roxy staring at me. I tilted my head a bit, as in what's wrong? 

"Oh, nothing. Is that your girlfriend you're texting?" she tried to sound nonchalant but instead, she sounded really curious. 

" You mean boyfriend," I corrected her. Her eyes widened and Thomas instantly became very pale. "Guys I'm just kidding! It's just Marcus!" Roxy relaxed, while Thomas remained pale. Maybe he's scared that anyone will find out he was asked out by a boy. I say what's wrong with that? Everyone's free to love whoever they want.

Roxy let out a chuckle. Thomas seemed relieved that she took it well. I'm not sure what he's thinking or why is he so disturbed, but I'm glad he doesn't hate Marcus. 

After an hour, of us talking, and laughing, we decided to get home. Thomas went ahead, and I stayed with Roxy. We waited for her sister in complete silence until she decided to break it.

" Thanks, Alex. I had fun"

I looked over at her. SHE WAS SMILING. 

Omg her smile, it was too cute. She wasn't grinning, smirking or laughing just smiling. A sweet innocent and sincere smile. I felt my face growing hot. I tried my best to answer correctly.

"Um, No, yeah... UH...sure?" I said as I passed my hand in my hair.

"Am I interrupting anything?" Said a woman in front of us. She was beautiful, breathtaking.  Her hair was brown and curly, similar to Roxy's and her eyes were emerald green. She looked like an older version of Roxy.

"Oh not at all, Em," mumbled Roxy.

I looked at this "Em". So this is the heir to the Lanford company? She was smirking, her aura was flashing BEWARE. In terms of personality, she was so different from her younger sister.

She definitely had leader written all over her.

AN: Hi! today I made the chapter a bit longer, mainly bc the other chapters are kinda small, but also bc i like the POV of Alex, and I didn't want to stop. Next chap is in POV of Roxy.