The New Kid

Chapter 3

I looked this boy up and down, probably staring longer than I intended. "Yeah, i'm Crystal," I replied, "...And you are?"
"Oh," he whisper-yelled, "I'm Calum, come on in and meet the other guys." I walked through the door and into the house. It looked kind of like my house, just more roomy.
I looked around the house as I followed Calum into, what looked like, a gaming room. When we walked in, I looked around. There was a mix of many different band's posters taped around the room along with a few movie posters. There were 3 shelves filled with different cases: one for movies, one for video games, and one for CDs. There was a couch that could fit around 3 or 4 people and 2 reclining chairs, all set up in front of a coffee table. And on the wall there was a flat screen TV. I noticed a PlayStation 4, an X-Box 1, and a DVD player. There was also a CD player set up in the corner of the room.

"Hey guys," Calum said, "Luke's friend, Crystal, is here." The 3 boys who were sitting down paused their game and turned toward me. It looked like they were playing FIFA. The boy on one of the recliners had brown, curly hair with a bandana tied around his forehead. He was wearing a Captain America tank top and black skinny jeans with a flannel tied around his waist. The boy in the second recliner had beautiful, bright red hair. He was also wearing a flannel, but with his sleeves rolled up, which revealed a tattoo of 2 black bands wrapped around his right arm. Both of his ears were pierced and also was his right eyebrow. And Luke was sitting on the couch, wearing a tank top that read "YOU COMPLETE MEss" with black skinny jeans.
"Oh," exclaimed Luke as he got up and started walking my way, "I'm glad you made it!" We hugged for a quick second, then he turned toward the other three boys. "I assume you've already met Calum, so the dude with the bandana on his head is Ashton and the guy with the red hair is Michael, " Luke said as he pointed to each boy. "Alrighty...," I shyly said, "It's nice to meet you guys." "It's nice to meet you too," they all said as Luke and Calum took their seats on the couch and pressed play on the PlayStation 4 controller. After about 5 minutes, Luke said, "You can sit down if you want."
"Are you sure," I replied, "there's not a lot of room left on the sofa, I don't wanna squish you guys."
"We'll be fine," Calum laughed.
"If you say so," I said as I made my way to the middle of the couch, where there was a semi-decent sized spot where no one was sitting.

A few rounds of Fifa and small talk later, we all heard the doorbell ring. "I think the pizza's here," Luke said as he stood up and made his way to the door. As Luke opened the door, I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. "Did you boys order pizza," I heard a female voice say as Luke took out his wallet. "Yeah, we did. Do you and dad want some," I heard Luke reply as he handed the pizza guy the money. "No, I don't want you boys to be hungry," the female voice said.
"Oh! That reminds me," Luke said as he set the 2 pizza boxes on the coffee table, "I want you to meet a girl that I met on a walk. Her name is Crystal, she moved here from Arizona." Then, a woman in her maybe late 30's early 40's walked in with paper plates in her hand. She set them down next to the pizza and looked at me. "Hello," she cooed as she put her hand out, "I'm Luke's mother, Liz."
"It's nice to meet you," I replied as I shook her hand. "So, where in Arizona did you move from?" Liz questioned. "I moved here from Phoenix. My dad's work said he had more opportunities in California, comps to Arizona," I replied.
"Oh wow, I wish you guys the best of luck," Liz replied with a smile on her face. "Thank you so much," I replied. At this point, all the boys had taken the boxes of pizza into the game room and started eating while continuing to play their game of FIFA. "Well, you should probably get in there before the boys devour those pizzas," Liz chuckled. "Good idea, it was really nice to meet you," I said with a smile.

I walked into the game room as Liz went back upstairs. I made my way back to my seat between Luke and Calum and grabbed a plate and 2 pepperoni slices. I ate my pizza and I was very focused on the TV. So focused that I hadn't realized I finished both slices until I bit my finger when I thought I was biting my pizza, I heard the boys on both sides of me laughing. "Shut up," I giggled as I set my plate on the table and refocused on the game of FIFA being played. Then I heard Calum say something. "What was that," I asked. "Do you want to play," he chuckled. "Oh, I've never played before," I said. All the boys looked at me. "You've never played FIFA," Michael said in a sarcastically offended tone. "I usually only play games like Mortal Kombat or Guitar Hero," I replied almost laughing. "Well then, you have to play," said Ashton. "Well... okay. I'll probably suck though," I replied. "Here, I'll show you the controls," Luke said as he set his remote down and took the one Calum was going to give me. He told me what each button did and made sure I got it before grabbing his own controller. "Alrighty, prepare to see me suck," I giggled.
Just when I was starting to get a hang of what I was doing, I looked at the digital clock that was on the DVD player, it read 6:47 p.m. I quickly paused the game and said "Sorry guys I have to be home by 7 or my parents will flip out."
"Aw come oooon Crystal, you were doing so goood," Ashton said. "I really wish I could stay.. but I don't want to get into trouble, and plus, I gotta get ready for school tomorrow," I replied. "It's okay, I understand," said Luke, "you want me to walk you home?"
"That sounds great," I replied.
"Alrighty, lemme grab a hoodie from my room and let my mom know I'm walking you home real quick," he said as he started to head up the stairs.
"It was cool to meet you guys," I said to all the boys. "It was nice meeting you too," said Calum. "Yeah, maybe we could all hang out again," said Ashton. "And we'll see you tomorrow at school," said Michael. "Sounds great," I said as Luke got to the bottom of the stairs. "I'll see you guys later," I said as we walked out the door.