We Were Infinite

elijahdoesntliketoread

Shiloh and I were wandering around Mira HQ, aimlessly talking and taking in the surroundings. We passed the table with the cupcakes earlier and both remembered how good they had looked—so we decided to head back and grab one.

When we got to the table, I gasped in shock, and Shiloh did the same, her eyes widening. The cupcakes that had once been topped with smooth, delicious icing were now bare, nothing but sad, plain muffins. The icing had been licked off.

"Ew..." I muttered, staring at the deformed cupcakes. It was almost unbelievable. Who would do such a thing?

Shiloh's hand shot up, and without hesitation, she called a meeting. The familiar sound of everyone asking, "Where?" echoed through the air as we gathered for the meeting.

"Someone licked the frosting off the cupcakes and now they're just UGLY MUFFINS!" Shiloh exclaimed, slamming one of the sad, bare cupcakes on the table for dramatic effect. The room fell silent, and then gasps filled the air as everyone processed what had happened.

"Who would do such a thing?" Josiah asked, his voice incredulous. He stared at the table like the answer would magically appear from the crumbs.

As he spoke, I caught sight of Judah casually reaching for one of the stripped cupcakes, his fingers brushing over the crumb-covered surface.

"The imposter... duh," Jocelyn muttered quietly from the back, rolling her eyes as though the answer was obvious.

Shiloh locked eyes with Judah. "Judah. Are you still gonna eat that?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

Judah looked down at the cupcake and quickly placed it back on the table, his face shifting from carefree to guilty. "Nooooo," he muttered under his breath.

"Okay! Is anybody sus?" Elijah called out, trying to regain some focus as he scanned the room.

Judah didn't waste a second. Slamming his hands on the table, he pointed directly at me. "Red's sus!!" he shouted, his voice rising with urgency. Daniel immediately chimed in, nodding with fervor. "Yeah, I agree! Red's totally sus!"

Judah continued, trying to rally everyone to his cause. "Now you guys won't believe me at first, but—" He cut himself off when he realized Daniel had already jumped on his bandwagon. "Wait, what?" Judah looked momentarily confused, but Daniel was already backing him up.

Josiah, however, looked like he was processing something deeper. "Yeah, I agree," he said, a smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth. "Red is definitely sus." He pointed straight at Britney, his finger accusing.

"Yeah, she's been imposter like 50 percent of the time!!" Daniel exclaimed, his voice filled with a mix of disbelief and excitement.

Judah's eyes lit up, clearly pleased with the direction the meeting was taking.

We all voted, and the decision was made. Britney was the one to be ejected.

"Haha!!" Judah laughed, practically jumping with joy as he voted Britney out.

"Britney...was...the imposter?" Elijah read, his tone filled with surprise as he looked over the vote results. It seemed like no one had expected it, but we'd been right.

"Yeah!! Oh!" Judah continued to celebrate, raising his arms in triumph.

"Wait—did we actually get it right?" I asked, my voice full of disbelief, not quite sure if we were just lucky.

"Oh yeah!!" Judah said, still bouncing on his feet, as he celebrated with renewed enthusiasm. "YEAH!! WHOOOOOO!!" We all started cheering, caught up in the moment of victory.