Matt

Chapter 2- The News

I didn't sleep at all last night, and it definitely showed on my face when I arrived at school this morning. Guess it was all for the better, cause my sister never got out of bed this morning, either, so if I had fallen asleep I'd probably never get up.

Serena was in class before me. She greeted me with her usual mischievous smile, but it quickly disappeared when she notice the condition I was in. "What happened to you? You look like crap."

I sighed deeply as I approached my seat. I knew I had to tell her the truth, but I couldn't bring myself to tell her yet. "Nothing, I just couldn't sleep last night."

Serena let out an exasperated groan. "You better not be falling asleep in class today. You're grades are going to suck if you screw around. Don't think I'm going to bail you out when test time comes. That last time was a freebie, okay? A freebie!" She then starts jabbing me with her mechanical pencil. "The next time you need my help it'll cost you!"

You're going to charge money to me for tutoring? Not that it would be a big deal I guess. She was a really good tutor. Sadly, this thought brought me right back to the realization that there wasn't going to be another time. I was moving soon, and I needed to let the whole club know.

It really wasn't until lunchtime that I was startled by someone moving my shoulder. I jumped up from the unexpected physical contact only to find that it was my long time friend Tony.

"Whoa man, your really out of it. Didn't you get any sleep last night?"

Without my noticing, both my friends Tony and Bobby had sat in front of me, soon after I began to explain to them that I was moving.

"What?! Are you kidding me?!" asked Tony.

"Wow, I can't believe it. Are you going soon?" responded Bobby.

I continued to explain the situation, telling them all the details that I knew, including the fact that I was moving on Sunday. They were quite in shocked at my sudden departure. Most of the lunch period was quite somber after that. It was only during that last five minutes that Tony finally spoke up.

"Have you told those weird friends of yours, yet?" He asked, referring to the club I was in.

"Nope..."

"You better say something to them," said Bobby.

I'm definitely going to say something to them but only when I'm at the clubroom. That way, I could tell the club as a whole and get it out of the way...

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I can't do it! I'm walking my way towards the clubroom, and I can feel that I'm getting cold feet at the idea. To make matters worse, Serena isn't there yet so I'd have to wait for her to arrive before I'd let everyone know. I know for a fact that waiting for her would drive me up the wall. I could tell the other three first, but then that would leave me telling her by myself and I really, really didn't want to do that.

It wasn't long while I was contemplating my options before I reached the door to the clubroom. After knocking and being told I could enter, I opened the door to find Clara, Alexis, and Alex already in the room. Did I really walk that slowly today?

Clara was the first to notice my condition, "Oh my, Matt! You look terrible today. What happened?"

Oh Clara! You truly are an angel from heaven, always noticing me. I curse my rotten, horrible fortune that this will be the last week that I will ever get to be in your presence. If there is a higher being responsible for these turn of events, I must find a way of slaying him...or her for that matter.

Alex had grabbed the chinese checkers board and put it on the table. I shook my head at the gesture. I was definitely not in the mood for board games.

"Well now I know something must be wrong," said Alex. "Anything you'd like to tell us?"