Beyond The Crash [HIATUS]

CHAPTER 37 | [PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB]

A few days back

"So? What'd you think?" Dina asked as she skipped beside Lilley.

"Fun. I did enjoy dodgeball," Lilley answered, chuckling at her behaviour.

"What about clubs? Chosen any?"

"Volleyball. But I'm going for tryouts today," she replied, her shoulders automatically sagging.

"I didn't take you for the sport type," Dina blinked as she slowly stopped to observe Lilley.
Lilley turned behind her with an awkward grin, shaking her head.

"I'm not..." she started, "I just like the sport." Her tone a bit dry.

Dina narrowed her eyes a bit.
"But you know how to play?"

She nodded, "I won't say I'm an expect, but yeah,"

"Well, if you like it, I'm sure that's all that matters," Dina chirped as they continued their walk to the chemistry lab.

"What about you? Science club?" Lilley asked, and Dina nodded, a smile easily forming on her lips, making her cheeks puffed.
Lilley smiled, watching her.
"How many clubs can one go for?"

"Two is the limit," she answered as they sat on one of the stools in the lab. "But choosing one is advised because of the workload and the clashing,"

Lilley nodded.
"Do you have another one in mind?"

She blinked and shook her head.
"No, I just remembered Nicky saying something about joining the baseball club, but it looks like he was in some community club," she shrugged, opening her notebook.

Dina paused.
"Nicky wants... baseball?"

What? Lilley scrunched her brows at Dina's reaction, but before she could ask, someone screamed from the entrance.

They both turned to see a girl with light blue hair begging two girls Lilley recognised as Stella's friends.
The one with the platinum blond hair rolled her eyes.

"Are you seriously blind or something?"

The other girl whimpered, looking down.
"I'm s–so so–sorry Francesca,"

The other of Stella's friend eyed the spilt coffee on Francesca and almost laughed.
"Karma for not letting me have that vest," she mused.

"Go to your class, Ethel," Francesca warned.

Ethel merely shrugged and gave way as the class president entered. She interlocked her arm with his as he accessed the situation.
"Francesca, I'm sure it was a mistake," he sighed. "And I'm also sure she has apologised."

Francesca bit her lips. "Yeah, like I care," she eyed the girl. "Just be grateful that he showed up," she roughly brushed past the girl and headed for a chair.

The girl quickly thanked him and scurried away to get a mop.
Lilley glanced at Dina and immediately guessed that this was normal to them.

"Go to your class, Ethel," he tiredly say, though, a bit of softness in his tone.

She pursed her lips and glanced at her friend before smiling. She gave him a peck and winked at her friend before exiting the class while he walked over to his seat, which was beside Francesca.

That was... something, Lilley thought as she glanced at Francesca, who had removed the light pink vest and was retouching her lips.
Guess each school has one of those archetypes.  

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As she walked to her homeroom, she happened to follow another way that led her to her homeroom and, upon walking, stumbled upon the photography club.