Out with a Bang

Saving Love & Cult Initiations

[Levi's P.O.V]

A week later, Alli, Arianna, and I step inside the school. Just as our feet walk in the door, out of no where, Dakota jumps on Arianna and Alli. She screams and shouts in excitement, her mouth filled with Skittles so we can't understand her.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" asks Arianna, putting her hands on Dakota's shoulders to calm her down. After she swallows her mouth full of Skittles, Dakota points towards some type of bulletin board, not too far away from where we're standing.

Alli tells me to go check it out, while they calm down an excited Dakota. As I turn to walk over to the board, Melanie runs past me and basically freaks out like Dakota did. Jeez, what's with all the screaming and jumping? I turn back to the board and read the title: Clubs and Teams. Oh, so THAT'S what all the freaking out is about. Hah, that rhymed.

I skim through the list, only looking for the five of our names. Finally, I find my name under the S's, for Levi Smith. I got into Soccer, Environmental Club, and Cross Country. Huh, that's decent. When I don't hear Melanie and Dakota screeching anymore, I motion them to come over.

"What is it?" Arianna mouths to me. Wow, I'm a good lip reader. Maybe they should have a lip reading club! No wait, that's weird. I wave them all over and they walk my way. I look for the rest of our names and find out that Melanie got into Cheerleading, Tech Club, and School Editor.

"Nice job, Mel!" Alli congratulates, fist bumping her. I find Dakota's name at the bottom. Dakota got into Gymnastics, Cross Country, and Drama. Oh, so that's why Dakota's going crazy! Dakota has really wanted to get into Drama since Sophomore year, and I guess she's tired of Gymnastics.

"Wait, don't tell me what I got!" Arianna commands me, staring intently at the board in front of her. After about two minutes, her jaw drops.

"How in the hell did I get into Mathletes?" She yells, stomping her foot like a four year old. "I'm crossing that off the list RIGHT AWAY!" Taking a pen out of her bag, she scratches her name off the list. I look closer, and see she also got into Color Guard and Band.

"Hey! I'M gonna be in Mathletes!" Alli glares at Arianna, who shrugs one of her shoulders. Now that I think about it, Alli got into a lot of clubs: Mathletes, Band, Basketball, and Robotics. I wrap my arm around Alli's shoulder, trying to calm her down. When it comes to math, she's really defensive.

"So, Dakota..." Melanie trails off. "How was it at Damien's house?" She went over Damien's house? Wow, I miss everything, don't I? Dakota jumps up and down excitedly.

"His house is so fun! His mom is annoying, I call her gorilla, but not to her face. Anyways, his dad is so cool! He gave me chocolate, so it's automatic. But his room is awesome! He has this giant TV and a bunch of video games, plus his bed is squishy... Ari, what's wrong?" Her face loses all traces of excitement and turns into concern.

"Nothing, I'm fine. I didn't have breakfast, so I'm all grumpy," Arianna says robotically, but we all know that's a lie. Besides her, anyways. We think she likes Damien, but nobody is ever sure.

"Come on Ari, we all know that's a l-"

"Hey, guys!" Tristan cuts me off and catches up with our pace in the hallway. Alli gives me a look, and I take the hint. I should never mention Damien like that in front of Arianna, she gets all PMS-y and defensive.

"Hey!" All of us respond, and we fall into conversation.

"So what were you guys talking about?" Tristan asked mainly to Dakota. Dakota's eyes sparkle, probably at the thought of Damien's squishy bed.

"Oh em gee! I wen't to Dam-"

"She went to her cousin... Damn's house!" Alli saves Dakota. Dakota gives her a WTF look, but I cover her mouth before she can say anything. The look on Tristan's face is pure confusion.