Fallen Angels [DISCONTINUED]

Hope ~ 1

With a loud "CRASH!" I fell off of the edge of the counter where I had been dangerously teetering just moments before, trying to reach my Garfield mug. Rubbing my soon to be black and blue elbow, I sighed, looking up at the mug and deciding to tackle the task another time. Right now, I had to find the source of what had made me fall off the counter in the first place- my phone.

After shoving aside several random objects, I finally located my phone under one of my dog's toys. Glancing down at the screen, I saw that it was a call from my best friend, Aster. Smiling at the caller ID, which said "AsterOID", and had a little planet emoji next to it, with a crazy but very Aster(oid) selfie, I accepted the call.

"Hey, what's-", but before I could even finish, Aster had cut me off. Why was I not surprised?

"Video chat with everyone on Skype. Be online in 15. See you then! Bye!" I heard the 'click', and the line went dead. Sighing, I flopped down on the couch and wondered what Aster could possibly need to tell all of us. Knowing Aster, it probably wasn't something I was going to like. I stood up, stretched, and ran upstairs to my room so that I'd be ready when she called.

Once in my room, I realized I was still in my smiley face "Don't worry, be happy" pajama shirt and pants, so I hurriedly threw on a pair of jeans (which I rolled up about 8 times at the bottom), a T Shirt, and my 3-sizes-too-big Marvel hoodie. Rushing to my desk, I flopped down in my spinny chair (wheeee!) and opened Skype. Aster, Kateri, Melody, and Rose were  already online. The second my active light went on, I got a call from Aster. Clicking accept, 4 of my 5 best friends appeared on the screen.

"Heeeeyyyyy!!!" I called cheerfully. I was met with cheery responses from everyone, except Aster, who simply yelled, "WHERE IS APRIL?!?!?"

"Aster," I began. "What is even so important that you had to call us all-" but just then, Aster gave a little shriek, and April's face appeared on the screen.

"Sorry I'm late guys!" she said. "I got stuck doing laundry."

"It's ok! You're here now!" I replied with a smile.

"Are you guys DONE NOW?!" asked an angry Aster. In reply, all 5 of us grumbled "Yes's", and "What is it?'s" and "What do you even want?'s".

"Weeellll..." Aster began. "I was thinkiiiiiiing..."

"Yeeessss..." Melody said.

"HUSH, child! I'm speaking!" said Aster. "ANYWAYS, I was thinking about a way to get back at Rosalind and Violet. They broke Melody's headphones after school today, and you know, a bajillion other things too."

"Oh no!" cried Kateri and I together. "Not your headphones!"

"Yeeaaahh," replied Melody.

"See what I mean? We need revenge!!!!" And then Aster began to explain her plan.

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When she was finished, everyone got really quiet. Kateri was the first to speak.

"I say... Let's do it!" Rose and Melody agreed, which left April and I.

"I don't know, Aster..." I said, chewing my lip. "It's not a very nice thing to do."

"NICE?!?! NICE?!!?!?! " Aster practically screamed. "We're talking about Rosalind and Violet here. Ros-a-lind and Vi-o-let!" she screeched, pronouncing every syllable like she would if I was 3. "They aren't nice. At ALL. Do I need to recap what they've done to us?" Before I could say that no, she didn't need to, because everything they'd done had branded itself permanently into my mind, she was off again. "Just yesterday, they broke Melody's headphones. She hasn't had a day all year when they haven't cornered her somewhere and said horrible things and done even worse. They shove you into lockers daily, if not more than once. Not just lockers, Hope. Lockers that no one uses. Lockers that no one knows the combination too, Hope! They-"

"Asteroid," I said softly. She must have seen the pain in my eyes, although you'd think by now I'd be used to reliving my endless torture, because she stopped talking immediately, and gave me an apologetic look. "Asteroid, I know. Believe me, I know. I know we've all had our fair share of bullying from them, and from others, but doing this would just make us... like them." After I'd finished, I chewed my bottom lip, a bad habit I'd picked up, and waited for her to say something. But it wasn't her who spoke. It was April.

"Hope, we'll never be like them. I'm not really on board with the whole thing either, but if everyone else is willing, and they kind of DO deserve it... Well, I'll do it if you do it."

I sat back in my chair and stared at the screen, where 5 faces stared back at me. April, who was looking at me expectantly, Kateri, who looked determined while waiting for my answer, Melody, who was still looking slightly crestfallen at the mention of her headphones, Rose, who was looking slightly scared, but fierce, and then Aster. It was Aster that got me. She was just staring, until she realized I was staring directly at her, and then she struck the most ridiculous, hands clasped together, kneeling on the ground, puppy dog faced pose I'd ever seen.

"PLLEEEAAAAASSSEEEEE!!!" she cried.

Laughing, I said, "Alright, fine. But don't give me some extreme hardcore job, Asteroid. I still don't really like the whole idea..." But, upon seeing the gleeful look on her face,and on the rest of my friend's faces, I knew there was no way I was going to be backing out of anything. Instead, I just sat back and laughed a little to myself as dear Asteroid immediately switched into 'leader gear', and begin assigning everyone a role in her plan.

A/N: Hope you guys liked Hope! <3 (see what I did there? *wiggles eyebrows*) I know, I know, I'm so PUNny. Hahahahahahaha!! PUNny! :D