With A Cherry On Top

Chapter Thirteen: The gods of the game will come in human form and castrate you

Song: Sweet Melody by Little Mix

Chapter Thirteen: The gods of the game will come in human form and castrate you

"Divide and conquer." Leyla said.

She had shared the invitations she had gotten yesterday between all of us and assigned us the tables we'd give them to.

The invitations had been written and designed in beautiful cursive handwriting. Something about how the old-fashioned way was the best way. I'm not arguing. These invitations were beautiful.

So by lunch, we all agreed to hand it out to everyone in the whole school. And by everyone, she meant everyone. And that's why I was stuck handing out cards to our row and the row of tables behind ours. And that included the table with the jocks and cheerleaders.

What luck.

I'm starting to think my friends hate me.

I gave to everyone in our row first while the people were still settling down. I started from the left to right. And the popular table was in the centre.

"Here you go." I shoved it into a jock's hands.

"What's this?"

"An invitation."

"To what?"

Why don't you read it and find out?

"To Leyla's birthday masquerade ball this Saturday. All the information is written inside."

"Here you go." I shoved it into another jock's awaiting arms. I was at the edge of the table so not everyone had noticed me yet. Plus, I wasn't speaking too loudly and the people on the other side of the table were engaged in a conversation.

"What's this?"

"An invitation."

"To what?"

Why didn't you listen to me telling the boy who's right beside you?

If they were going to ask the questions that were already answered in the invitation, I couldn't handle it. Other tables didn't even bother asking questions. At least, most of them.

I pounded my fist on the table. "Hey!" I called out. Not loud enough for any other table to hear, but loud enough for people on this table to turn to me.

"If you didn't already know, I'm giving out invitations to Leyla's masquerade ball on Saturday. The invitations contain all the necessary information you need. Like address, dress code and others. It also says you should bring it along with you. It's like a password to enter because you won't be able to without one."

That made things a whole lot easier. No one asked questions or gave commentaries. That was until I reached the other side of the table. Skyler's side. Anastasia who was already dressed in her skimpy cheerleading outfit. Amelia. Hannah. Axel. Shawn. Mason. Wren. Zane.

"I think I'll pass. I don't want to give money at a charity ball, Charity." Skyler said.

I closed my eyes trying to control myself, opened it again and flashed her a smile. "I never said it was a charity ball, but you not coming is fine with me. At least, we wouldn't have to waste the money for charity on pest control."

Shawn, Wren and Mason laughed. The girls just sneered at me. Axel was searching the cafeteria. Probably looking for his girlfriend. Zane was staring at his food. I'd think he wasn't listening, but I could see the corners of his lips twitching with a smile.

I skipped Skyler and started handing out to others.

"You skipped me." She complained.

Is she dumb?