"I used to have stage fright." Said Orange, casually as he stuck his spoon of yogurt in his mouth, and pulling it out. "People with fears like that usually find that looking at the wall behind the camera or audience helps. Worked for me!"
"Well, even if you still have stage fright, you can still work in meteorology. Most of the weather girls don't know a thing about that stuff anyway, they just read what the person who did the work told them too."
"I'm actually more interested in doing the actual research than being the anchor." Rockette finally came back from the bathroom and plopped down jokingly breathing heavy.
(I thought it was your turn to post. Sorry to keep you waiting!) "Eh, you ok there Rockette?" Asked Orange, eyebrow raised.
Rockette caught his breath before answering. "I'm fine now. Can't say the same for the girls' toilet though. They don't leave a plunger in there for students." "Rockette, we're eating!" Wild snapped while thinking to herself, I swear he was never this rude as a boy! I hope he's not trying to compensate when he should be at least TRYING to act like a real girl.
Orange felt a little of his apple come up a bit in his throat. He swallowed it. "Ok..." He said, clearly taken aback. "Moving on." Awkward silence enveloped the table.
"Uh, sorry, dude," said Rockette, noticing the look on his face. "So, what class you got next?" - - Auto Merge - - "Uh, sorry, dude," said Rockette, noticing the look on his face. "So, what class you got next?"
Orange looked down at his schedule. "AP World History with Ms. Daring. Daring... I've heard that name before. Isn't she an author?"
"Oh, yeah," said Wild, "she's published quite a few adventure novels! I don't know how she comes up with that stuff but when I read her work, I can't put it down!"
After school, Rockette and Wild were in the parking lot when they spotted Orange getting in a car that was FAR too expensive for a high school student to own. So they thought at least. "Yo, Orange!" said Wild as they approached him. "Is this your ride?"
"We're good. Rockette's got her cousin's '88 Camaro. We're going to the mall if you wanna meet us and hang out."
"Euh, sure. I'll be over there in a minute. I just gotta drop home real quick and feed my cat." Orange pulled out of the school parking lot, and heading home. Orange walked into the food court of the mall almost an hour later. He ordered a Sprite and a small side of fries. He combed the court for a short while before locating Wild and Rockette. He sat down. "Sorry about taking so long, I had to go off the GPS' directions." He sook a sip out of his Sprite. "So, have any plans?"
"No probz, dude" said Rockette before taking a huge bite of his chili dog. Wild shook her head and giggled. A blue skinned boy with burgundy hair sat down across from Rockette. "So, you're the new kid Rocky and Wild were talkin' about." He extended a hand. "Sticks Sabian. Good to meet you."
Orange took his hand and shook it. "Orangebolt. If you want you can call me Orange." He looked down at his phone. He had downloaded a map of the mall beforehand. "Hmm... After eating, are any of you interested in hitting up the arcade? Or did you have something else in mind?"
"That's where we were headed," said Wild excitedly, "Sticks and Rockette said that there is a new Super Smash Bros. game there! I didn't even know they made it for the arcade." After Sticks's pizza, Rockette's chili dogs, and Wild's lime smoothie were but a memory, the group made their way over to Parade Arcade. The new game had been out for about a week so there was no line. Rockette took the P1 side and Sticks took P2. Rockette selected Link and Sticks took Mega Man.
"Wow, you guys aren't too shabby." Said Orange, as he watched the two duke it out on the virtual battlefield. He looked to the left, and Dance Dance Revolution machine. That was HIS game. He looked at Wild. "Shall we dance?" He said, gesturing towards the machine jokingly.
Rockette squinted a little as he watched his girlfriend dance with the boy. "Dude," Sticks whispered, "just chill out. She's told him that she's taken so it's OK." Rockette collected himself as Link swatted his Master Sword at Mega Man's blaster.
