friday at school, the week has slowly past. mostly because i was overly excited for this weekend. but things have been extremely weird so far today.. a few of my classmates are wearing this weird white and black shirt with a big, red devil in the middle with the words "hellfire club" on the middle. it had little symbols from d&d. eddie, gareth, jeff, and a few other older classmen i knew were wearing them. i knew eddie from class, and the more i looked at him during 5th period, the more i noticed him glaring angrily at a few other fellow classmates.
mike wheeler and dustin henderson.
why did he look so mad? why were my friends so uncomfortable when looking at him?
once the bells obnoxious ringing filled the room, i didn't rush to leave the classroom since i was examining my classmate, eddies moves.
after walking out into the hallway and down through the hall to get to my locker, once i unlocked my padlock, i saw eddie practically dragging lucas out of the hallway with mike and dustin in front of them and walked into an empty classroom by themselves.
what the hell?
i didn't want to follow them.. i tried resisting my curiosity. but it got the best of me and i found myself standing behind the door and listening in to their conversation.
-"where's your shirts?" eddie snapped.
-"we already told you, eddie, we're out of hellfire now that wills back." dustin mumbled calmly.
-"out? you're not out! so what if hes back? we could use another member." eddie shrugged.
-"you don't understand." lucas exclaimed.
-"will wouldn't be happy if he knew we we're playing d&d without him while he left, we promised to each other." mike defended.
they were.. what?
i thought dustin said they waited..
why would they keep that from me?
of course i'm upset, but it upsets me more that they lied to me.
id never lie to them about something like that.
-"aw, you promised? what is this, elementary school? he'll get over it, just come for my campaign tonight. you can bring him too." eddie scoffed.
-"we can't! will already set one up for us." dustin argued.
-"listen, i love you guys.. but you can't be in hellfire and your party on the side. you have to choose one." eddie replied, calmly.
i didn't hear a response back from my friends, i didn't even realize i was still standing there until i heard footsteps coming towards the door. i quickly backed up and walked at a fast pace to my next class, not trying to face my friends.
i was overwhelmed in emotion i didn't even know what to feel. i felt betrayed, sad, angry, and confused all at once. if they wanted to play d&d without me, they could've just told me. but it's not fair, all of last summer i begged for them to play d&d, they refused because they were busy with their girlfriends. but as soon as i leave, they suddenly want to play? that's not fair to me at all. i would've loved to join that hellfire club if they told me before hand.. i just hope they choose me tonight.
i hope they choose me just this one time.
{MIKES POV}
i got dressed in comfier clothes after school to get ready to go over to wills and play d&d, i was actually pretty excited. of course im picking him over eddie, eddie might be my friend but will is my best friend. i care about him more then i do for eddie. i havent heard from dustin and lucas so i didnt know if they were coming with.. i would hope so. i wore a random pair of sweatpants and a plain, grey sweatshirt that i stole from lucas.
i picked up my supercom, radioing dustin.
-"dustin, this is mike. do you copy? over." i radioed, hearing static from the other end for what seemed like forever.
-"earth to dustin.. do you copy? over!" i repeated over and over.
no matter how many times i tried him, he never answered. it was just loud static from the end.
i began to try lucas, hoping for his answer.
-"lucas? it's mike, do you copy? over."
nothing but static.
-"lucas, i swear if you don't answer-"
-"its lucas, i copy." he responded finally.
-"are you coming with me to wills?" i ask, getting impatient.
-"i would.. but max needs me tonight. her mom went on a bender and ran off somewhere. i just can't leave her right now.. would you tell will for me?" he replied, sounding pitiful.
-"oh, of course. over and out." i mumbled, shutting off my radio.
