Out with a Bang

Paint Wars & Victories

[Dakota's P.O.V]

The four of us are seated in the basement of my house, because Melanie had a dentist appointment to go to. It's basically where we hang out whenever we are at my house, because I MADE IT AWESOME! I asked my mom one day if I could re-decorate it, so I saved up some money and BOOM! Plus, I made it into my room, so that makes it more awesome!

"Okay, so which one should we do first tomorrow?" Arianna asks, munching on a bag of Doritos. Alli takes out the list and lays it in the middle of our circle. Hmm... the paint/water balloon war sounds fun...

"Ooh, I know!" I shout excitedly. Levi, who was next to me, covers his ears.

"Damn girl, we're right here, you don't have to yell!" I stick my tongue out at him, but say what I was going to say.

"We should do the paint/water balloon war!" Levi and Alli nod in agreement, but Arianna frowns.

"But don't we need to know people to be able to do that?" Oh... sad face. WAIT!

"But I know Tristan, and maybe we can get him and his popular friends to do it! And then the popular people can get more people to do it, then BOOM!" I shout happily. Arianna thinks about it for a second, then grins widely.

"Fine then," she says. "Call up Tristan!" YAY! An excuse to call him, I call him on a regular basis, but barely in front of the gang. I take out my iPhone and dial his number. Levi pokes me me in my stomach.

"Put it on speaker!" he demands. I lay my phone in the middle of the circle and press the speaker button.

After a few rings, I hear him say, "Hello?"

[ Note: Tristan talking is in italics on the phone]

"Hey Tristan!" I shout into the phone. Alli slaps the back of my head because I'm being so loud, and I give her a death glare.

"Haha, hey Dakota! Whatcha up to?" he asks, laughing. I roll my eyes at him. Why does he always laugh when I yell, I do it often!

"Slaying dragons with Alli, Arianna, and Levi," I respond. "What about you?" Alli gives me a look, the 'You know we aren't doing that' look, and I punch her in the shoulder.

"OUCH!" she yells, punching me back.

"Ah, fancy! Don't think I can top that, but I'm with Damien," Tristan responds to her question. It's Arianna's turn to roll her eyes at the mention of Damien. I smirk evilly at Arianna, and her eyes widen.

"Don't. You. Dare," she commands.

Before she can do something, I shout into the phone, "HEY DAMIEN, ARIANNA SAYS HI!" She narrows her eyes and lunges toward me, but Levi holds her back.

"Down, girl," Levi tells her.

I hear the two boys laughing on the other line, and Tristan replies, "Oh, hey Arianna, Damien says hey, couldn't resist not talking to me?" Arianna turns bright red, and I could almost see the steam blowing from her ears. I'm in for it later, but OH WELL! "So what is it you wanted, Dakota?" Tristan asks. Oh crap, I almost forgot.

"Oh yeah, I was calling to see if you and your popular friends want to help us with something?"

"Popular friends?" he asks, laughing. Alli finishes for me.

"Yes, your popular friends. We want to do something fun tomorrow, like a paint/water balloon war, but we need more people. We want to do it at recess, but we need more people-"

"And we need more people than just your popular friends. So we were wondering if you can get a bunch of people in on it." Levi continues.

I hear rustling on the other line, before Tristan replies. "Paint/water balloon war? We are so down for that! We'll call up some people and get them in on it. Why do you want to do this, by the way?" The four of us freeze, not sure if we want to tell him or not.