Olive Green [GxG]

CHAPTER 5

AFTER DAYS OF thinking, I came over to the classroom where Amani's literature club was residing. As I pushed the door open, a few pairs of eyes looked in my direction. I didn't know how many members I was expecting, but... there weren't many.

  "You came," Amani smiled at me from her seat before she looked back at the papers on the table in front of her.

  I nodded, more to myself than to her, as she couldn't see it anyway, before I made my way to her and Jade, who was sitting across from her. With a nod as a greeting to the other girl, I sat down, looking around the room. There were many books, two computers, and a long table with chairs. The place looked like a poor imitation of a library. Or a meeting room.

  "Isn't it better to pay attention to studying than stressing over... this thing?" I asked as I took a small book which was lying next to the papers she was working with.

  "Universities and colleges both pay attention to extracurriculars, you know," she answered, turning her gaze to me. It looked like she was wondering if I was just stupid and didn't know that, or if I was thinking that literature was just not enough.

  Extracurriculars—a thing that never really crossed my mind. Not that I had never done any. I was just never thinking that far ahead.

  Rather, I nodded and looked over the book's cover. The Raven was my favourite poem. I wouldn't say that I was into poetry like some people were, but some poems, just like this one, made me slightly interested.

  "You like Poe?" Jade asked.

  "Kinda, yeah."

  As I was focused on the printed words on the pages of an older copy, I realised something that I maybe should have asked a little earlier. Perhaps even since the beginning.

  "What is this club for anyway?" I asked, curious.

  Amani, as the leader—or the president—of the club she probably was, took the answer on her shoulders, "We discuss the books from English class, help a little to the theatre club, and show how important literature is for human history."

  "You should go into politics." I let out a chuckle after hearing her words. She spoke like one.

  "Right? I say this all the time," said Leah, the more talkative of the black-haired twins. She sat down next to Jade, who nodded in agreement. Then, after about a minute of silence, she looked at me again, "What do you wanna study in university?"

  Surprised by her question, I shrugged, "Law, I guess."

  "Wow, that's what Amani said, too," Leah happily exclaimed, as if it were she who was aiming for the same department as me.

  "What 'bout you guys?" I asked, starting to get interested in the new direction of conversation.

  "I'll go for bioengineering," Jade smiled, to which Leah sighed and leaned back in her chair.

  "How nerdy of you. And Liam wants to be an architect."

  I let out a light chuckle at her attitude. Maths probably wasn't her favourite subject as I could guess, and, for some reason, Jade seemed like someone who liked science. Even though I didn't know these guys for long.

  "What 'bout Henry and you?" I asked her, still a bit interested.

  "Henry? He thinks he will be a great actor one day," she laughed for a short moment, which made Jade look up from whatever she was writing down at the moment:

  "He is already really good. You're just jealous."

  With raised eyebrows, I watched the two girls as they stared at each other. For some reason, Jade's eyes seemed sympathetic. Maybe he was better at acting than Leah. I didn't even know he was into acting until now—so much for over a week-long acquaintance.