Pet School: The Biggest and The Boldest

Chapter 19: Unofficially Official

Akira's  POV
I'm sitting at the lake, with Izzy. "So tell me, why did you and Arthur break up?" I asked her. I guess I never knew the full story. "Blueberry. Awful to me. Always stuck up for her, oblivious what she did to me. Close friends. She liked him."  I proceeded to tell her about everything that had just happened with Alaine and Arthur. "Alaine probably likes him. Based on what you said, she probably did know he had a girlfriend she just didn't know who. Maybe she knew some small details - possibly. Doesn't mean he likes her. Arthur didn't like Blueberry. But then again, Alaine and Blueberry are different cats." Maybe Izzy's right? Just friends? Just like Blueberry and him were, like they still are. "You're right. At least I think so. I hope so." I told her. She smiled. I just need to overcome my jealousy! "Thanks for the chat." I told her. "Anytime. We are best friends after all, right?" I smiled back at her. "Right." Each day I'm getting closer and closer with Izzy. Awkward when I first met her, not so awkward now. "We better hurry off to lunch now! I'm starving!" I suddenly remembered I'm cabin captain! "Oh my gosh Izzy! I gotta run! I'm cabin captain." "See ya!" She said as I ran off. I barged into the dining hall. "Am I late?!" I said out of breath. "You're actually just on time." Cindy reassured me. I saw Arthur. He gave me a blank expression. We got to work setting up the tables. Arthur and I started doing the same table. "I'll continue it." We both said at the same time. "No I can do it." We said again. Arthur went over to another table and I continued it. It felt awkward. Duties felt longer today, I don't know why. We all got our lunch first. Which was burgers. I secured a table. Soon you could see everyone's pressed up faces against the windows. Next you could hear Miss Nina telling them off for making it all dirty. Then they all come in. My friends come over to me. Coco sits next to me. The seat to my right is empty. But that changes when Skye's next to me on that right seat. Yep Cloud, Emerald, Lacy, Nala and Skye were moved to our table. Only one of my friends know what happened with the whole Alaine/Arthur thing. That's Izzy. Soon everyone got their burgers. "It's juicy." Coco said. It really was. The ketchup and mustard was dripping out of it. It fell onto my white fur. "Katerina, pass me the napkins?" I asked her. She smiled and passed me the napkins. "Thanks." "You're welcome!" Katerina can still rock hairstyles. Lately it's been a claw clip. Even with her haircut. Bows are not so *in* for Katerina anymore. The table was in silence. "This is way more awkward than it needs to be." Paisley said. "Would you rather?" Cloud asked. Emerald have her a look that said. 'Yeah Cloud... not now.' Lacy coughed in the silence. "Oh my gosh! SOMEONE JUST TALK!" Nala slammed her paw on the table. "Nala! No slamming or yelling!" Miss Nina snapped at her. "Sorry Miss Nina." She apologized. "Guys! Let's have a chow down!" Skye said. We all said we're in. "In 3 2 1! Gooooo!" Skye called. Everyone was munching down their burgers. The dogs were winning. Lacy, Nala and Paisley were almost tied. "Done!" Nala exclaimed. Paisley came 2nd and Lacy came 3rd. Who doesn't love a good old chow down?

Bailey's POV
"Any predictions on what our team is doing?" Arthur asked in the cabins. "Can we eat the popcorn now?" Atlas asked. "Yeah they said eat it whenever." I told him. We got a knock on our door. "I'll get it!" Butkus said. He opened the door, Miss Nina. "You boys ready or what?" She asked impatiently. Butkus looked around the cabin. "Yep pretty much." Charlie opened his bag of popcorn. They were in mini bags. We got them at free time before lunch. "Who's eating?" Miss Nina boomed. Charlie got a fright. "Just Charlie, Miss." Chief said to her Miss Nina looked confused. "You haven't eaten your popcorn? What the heck? I have to give you an afternoon snack too you know?" Miss Nina didn't sound all that impressed. We follow Miss Nina to the lake. There were safety vests and kayaks set up. "Alright everyone, pair up and grab a kayak." Atlas and I grabbed one and we put on our safety vests. "Can I go front?" He asked me. "Yeah sure." I got in the back and he got on the front. Soon we were all out on the kayaks. We got our ores and started poking each other. "Guys let's play a game of last one standing." Cosmo said. "What's that?" Daniel asked Cosmo. "It's a game where we try to knock each other over in the water and last pair standing wins."  Cosmo explained. "Alright let's do this then." Arthur said. We started poking other kayaks. We went for Butkus and Cosmo, they fell out. "Noooo!" They both screeched. They were in the freezing water of the lake. They both swam to the shore. Miss Nina was doing whatever she was doing on her phone, paying zero attention. Then Charlie and Daniel went down by another kayak. It was just atlas and I versus Arthur and Chief. We got our ores in positions and so did they. We started poking and prodding, getting away and chasing. It felt like if we fell in we would die. But suddenly, Arthur lost his balance and he fell in the water. Chief tried to help him out but all of his weight shifted to one side and they capsized! Which meant Atlas and I had won! "We did it!" We both exclaimed. Suddenly our boat was wobbling and we capsized next! Chief and Arthur pushed our boats from under the water. The whole thing ended in laughter then. "Oh my gosh you all are soaking! Do some laps!" She meant half laps. We did 3 each and we were all done. We were handed our afternoon snack which was some dried apple chips. We went back to the cabin and dried ourselves. I put the apple chips into my half eaten bag of popcorn and started to have those as a snack. I climbed up onto my bed and started reading. I'm currently reading the hunger games series. "Guys I'm going to do something crazy." Cosmo said. "What are you going to do?" Butkus asked him. "I'm going to tell Amber I like her. Today." Everyone knows that Cosmo likes Amber. It's obvious. "I think she already knows." I said to him. "What? How?! Who told her?! Does she like me back?" Cosmo started talking really fast. "No one told her, she probably already knows because you made it soooo obvious. She's not stupid." I told him. "Well of course she's not stupid. If she was stupid I wouldn't like her. like Glitter." Glitter is kind of stupid, Cosmo has a fair point. I'm honestly interested to see if he'd actually do it. I feel like he's just going to shout it at the top of his lungs. Wonder if he's fully gotten over Gypsy? He did a while ago, at least that's what I thought. There was a knock on the door. "I'll get it!" Charlie exclaimed. He opened up. "Hello. Who are you?" "Gypsy. Bailey here?" Charlie looked at me. "I think so." I smiled at Charlie and went outside to Gypsy. I closed the door behind me. "Hi, wanted to talk to me?" "Walk?" "Sure." We started walking. "So... Cosmo's going to tell Amber he likes her." I told her. "Yeah... and?" She didn't seem phased. "I'm just telling you, I thought you'd want to know." Gypsy gave me a look that said. 'Really?' With a smile. "I don't care about Cosmo anymore. I stopped caring about him like last year. He's a self absorbed, goofy, popularity driven, egotistical, jealous guy. You're so much better than him. Him and Amber deserve each other to be honest. Amber's everything he is except the goofy part because she takes thing seriously." I think I got the idea Gypsy definitely does not like Cosmo anymore, but I already knew that. Everyone knew that. Gypsy broke up with him at the end of Term 1 last year. He started being head over heels for Amber the next day. Gypsy sounded like Akira for a second, I feel like that's how Akira would describe Dusty. Except the goofy part. Cosmo's the only goofy one. But she'd add one more word. Flirt. "I still have no idea how I ever liked him in the first place!" Gypsy finally said. I had no idea too. We quickly continued onto another topic though.  

Amber's POV
I'm bored. Like honestly. No drama is happening. So non exciting. My cabin is so dull and annoying apart from Aina. I'm sitting on my bunk. I'm upset I don't have top bunk. Somehow I'm sharing with Alaine. Annoying cat from Little Red. But I think there is drama stirring. Akira, Alaine and Arthur, possibly? Could be exciting. Nice little snack of entertainment. Would love to see Akira and Arthur fall apart. "Alright everyone, better head off to my duties. See ya." Akira said. "See ya, don't wanna be ya." Aina said to her. "Can't believe how dark it's getting!" Alaine peered out the window. "Winter's coming quicker than you think. Just you wait." I told her. Soon we headed to the dining hall because no one wanted to walk in the dark. They weren't done setting up the tables yet. I sat outside with my friends as we waited. Our dogs sat with us. We had reunited with Chief but he hasn't really talked to us much. Too busy hanging out with his new friends from St. Creeks. Freckles and Jojo. Stupid names. He's apparently school captain now. His mean and scary demeanor is gone now. Once we were let inside, we went to a table with our dogs. "Ideas anyone?" Delilah asked around. "Push someone into the lake?" Glitter suggested. "Great idea." Aina agreed. That'll be on our agenda tomorrow it looks like. "Everyone! Your options are chicken schnitzel or a pastie! We will be bring the meals around now!" What should I get? I'll get the chicken schnitzel. "Chicken Schnitzel or Pastie?" I was asked finally. "Chicken schnitzel. Please." I was handed a big tray. There was the chicken schnitzel, gravy, salad and chips. Big meal! Plus dessert later! Aina, Delilah, Butkus and Kane also got it. Good tastes. Everyone else on our table got the pastie. I poured the gravy on the chicken schnitzel. The salad was a typical garden salad and chips tasted good, kind of greasy though. We started eating. "I'm scarred I can't livestream now." Butkus sighed in despair. "You'll live." I said to him. He will. After we had our apple crumble and custard we were all rallied up for a night walk. We set out into the bush with our headlights and torches. Suddenly I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around. Cosmo. "Hey." He said. "Hi." I replied. "Can I have a chat to you?" He asked me. "Sure.." what was this all about? We trailed at the back. "You enjoying camp?" He asked me. "I guess so? Kind of wish there was more going on." I said. He agreed. We talked for a bit. "I was actually wanting to tell you something that's been on my mind for like a year now." I looked at him, "mhm? What is it?" I asked him. "I don't know if you know this but I... I like you." I had no words, Cosmo liked me? Really? "Like me as a friend or a..." "crush." He finished my sentence. I didn't know what to say. "Do you feel the same?" Cosmo asked me. What do I tell him? I like him too. I started liking him at the end of term because I stopped liking Mike. What will happen if I tell him I like him too? "I like you too." Cosmo smiled. I smiled back at him. "Not joking?" He asked me to be sure. I shook my head. "Not joking." Cosmo's face lit up. "Does that mean you're my girlfriend now? That we're a thing?" He sounded excited. But no, that's not what it meant. "Uhh not exactly." I told him. His face dropped. "Then what does it mean?" "I'm not ready for anything like that. How about we be unofficially official instead?" I asked him. He smiled that. "I like that. Alright. Until you're ready?" He asked me. "Until I'm ready." I agreed. The rest of the night Cosmo and I talked nonstop until the bush walk ended. Back at the cabin I couldn't hold still. It's not a secret or anything, I may as well just say it. "Cosmo an I are unofficially official!" I blurted out randomly. "Huh?" Artemis questioned. "Him and I confessed to each other we both like each other." "Really? That's so cute!" Blueberry said. Then all the girls started going on about it all. "Um guys, you can stop now." I told them. I'm really happy I've told Cosmo and he's told me.