Beckerson High

Chapter Eight

After the pep fest, Karl mysteriously disappears, leaving me to go and find Eret, Niki, Ranboo, and Puffy to congratulate them on their royalty. Niki and Puffy invited me to go to the Football game with them, which I of course agreed to. Although I'm not the biggest fan of sports, I do enjoy participating in school activities. All three of us decided to go out for dinner, a bad idea in retrospect. By the time we got back for the game, we were all acting like drunk toddlers. Niki and Puffy were flirting way too much, with me third wheeling and yet also laughing at everything they said to each other. It was all platonic, but it was cute nonetheless. We finally made our way up to the bleachers, just in time to see our team score. Appropriate to the name of our team, the Beckerson Barracudas, our team ate the competitors up and left nothing. They didn't hold back, and it became extremely obvious what team was going to win and what team was going to lose.

"Go Barracudas!" The cheerleaders yelled, watching another touchdown.

Of course, Dream was the star of the show, being the golden-boy quarterback that every girl fawned over. Whenever he would wave to the crowd, the cheering got ten times louder.

"Dream looks pretty hot out there, huh?" Puffy nudged me.

I turn beet-red, and punch Puffy's shoulder.

"Why would you say that?"

"Karl told me you've been staring at him. Just trying to see if it was true," Puffy smiled at my flush. "And it definitely is."

"I...Just think he's kinda pretty. That's it." I promise.

"Such a liar." Niki replies.

"I thought you'd have my back Niki!" I pouted.

"I wish I could, but those eyes are giving away your poker face." Niki laughed.

Cheers erupted around us as another point went to our team. Dream waved again to the stands, this time accidentally locking eyes with me in the crowd. His gave me that dumb, goofy smile that makes my heart do backflips, and I gave him a little wave in return.

"If you aren't crushing on him, then what the fuck was that?" Puffy argues.

"Nothing!" I shrug.

"Yeah, sure." Niki and Puffy laugh.

Maybe a little. I thought to myself.

Unsurprisingly, our school won the game, 40-10. The entire school was celebrating like there was no tomorrow. At one point I even saw Sapnap and a few of his friends dump a water cooler over Dream's head.

The next morning I woke up with what I like to call a "non alcoholic hangover", where I have a migraine and feel gross. The worst part of it is that I didn't even get the joy of being drunk. I yoinked some ibuprofen and got comfy in my pj's, ready to relax for the rest of the day.

Suddenly, my ringtone blared from my phone across the room, making me drop the pills in shock.

Picking up the phone, I press the answer button without looking at who's calling.

"Hello?"

"EVIE!" Karl's voice screams back at me.

"AHH WHAT?" I shout back.

"What are you wearing tonight? And do you have a date?" Karl spoke quickly.

"For what? What's tonight?" I question groggily.

"Homecoming dance? You live under a rock?" He laughs.

Shoot. I forgot about that.

"I completely forgot." I admit.