Haken High

The Works of a Club Leader

Cody's POV:

After school was over, we all went over to rehearsals. Every day they were fun, but it really took out a lot of time for studying and doing important things at home. We were there for hours after school every day. They went well today, though. You could tell Bee was struggling with her lines, especially closer to the end, but the director was being really nice to her about it. The rest of us, though- she was merciless. I knew my lines well enough to only get yelled at about twice per rehearsal.

When rehearsals were finally over, we all went our separate ways but ended up meeting up at my house. Bee took a little bit but was able to show up in time.

''Ok guys!'' I said. Isaac adjusted the vlog camera on his shoulder.

''Oh,'' said Ali. ''Hey, Isaac.'' Isaac waved.

''We're gonna all have some lines here, and part of it involves screaming. Everybody can do that, right?'' I questioned. Lemon gave everybody the ''Why'' look.

''Great!'' I said. ''So I'm gonna come into the room- Also, you don't need to have your lines exact, it's gonna be like roleplaying.'' Kaylee rolled her eyes. ''So, Kaylee,'' I continued, ''You're gonna come in and say, 'Have you guys seen Cody?' and then Ali's gonna say, 'I think he's in his room.' Then I'm gonna scream and Lemon's gonna say 'CODY WHAT IS IT' and I'm gonna scream 'WE HIT 1 MILLION!' and then everybody's gonna scream. Good?''

Kaylee blinked.

''GREAT!'' I said. ''Kaylee! Doorway! Now!'' Kaylee ran up to the doorway. Isaac followed her with the vlog camera. I ran into the other room and said, ''Three two one go!''

-1 Million Director

Ali's POV:

Kaylee looked clueless at first when Isaac turned on the camera. Then she got a hold of herself and said, ''Hey, have you guys seen Cody?'' The camera turned to us and then I said, ''I think he's in his room,'' with as least emotion as possible. Cody screamed from the other room, and we all acted alarmed. ''CODY, WHAT IS IT?'' Lemon shouted. ''WE HIT 1 MILLION!!'' Said Cody. The camera turned back to us and we all started screaming. We screamed until I started laughing hysterically at how unbelievable we sounded. Then everybody started laughing. Then Cody came into the room, sprinted across the living room, and slammed into the wall. Isaac said, ''CUT!'' and then the video was posted. Oh my gosh we were horrible, and hysterically funny.

After our skit, which we didn't have to film twice, we all went home and did our usual activities. Homework, homework, homework, homework... And homework.

The next few weeks were very usual. Just homework, studying, club meetings, weekly tests, and etc. I'm just gonna put up this sign here for you guys:

Two Months Later

So now that it's official on my part, it's been exactly two months, three weeks, and two days into school. You'd be surprised how many people are counting.

Everybody is getting really giggly about prom. GUYS! WARNING: IT STILL HAS THREE MONTHS UNTIL IT BEGINS! STOP BEING SO OMG ABOUT IT!

Maybe it's just because I'm not going, even if somebody asked me. I'm a freshman. Freshman aren't exactly welcome to prom. So is Bee and Cody, but everybody's been crowding around Cody and pressuring him to go with Ella, and I'd be surprised if Ella isn't getting the same treatment. They're both Freshman! Wait a little longer, would ya? The only people in our little group who aren't freshman is Kaylee and Lemon, but nothing in the world that I'm going to say is going to make them go with each other. I can still try, though...

-I bet 1 Million

Kaylee's POV:

Today Cody's been really up about everything. Now he doesn't really care about all of the other people around him or the tests and endless studying we have to do in every class. He's really off track, so I asked him what was up. He said that Ali told him this whole thing about how Ella was talking to him in the cooking club. Ali had told me this over text, but she told me to keep it a secret. Later she said that she told Cody because Ella said she thought it would be good for him because of how Cody's not sure about if they were going to hook up or not. Well! I ship it!

The play's been pretty stressful. We didn't have many people volunteering for the play in the beginning, and almost all of the volunteers were on cast. Specifically two of us are on tech. Isn't that insane? I'm sound and lighting, and the other person is scene changing, cast cue (Telling people what scene it is to get people ready to come in), and curtains. I feel like I'm not getting enough work because of what this guy has to go through, but he always says he's OK with it.

Aside from everything going on, high school's pretty great. The Gaming Club is the funnest. In other clubs you have to work really hard and some even have homework, but for us, it's just pure fun. At least- Until Lemon brought up something that was gonna be happening at the gaming club. It was one of our important meetings when he spilled the subject to us. He warned our group about it before it happened, but it wasn't exactly clear.

''Everybody, please pause your games and turn down the computers for a minute,'' Lemon said when we walked into the club room. Everybody went silent. Lemon wasn't scared, he'd gotten used to talking in front of the club members.

''I'd like to announce something to you all. You don't have to participate in this, but it would make us all very grateful. There is going to be a huge gaming competition in LA, and our school happened to be invited. You may have heard about it, but I'm gonna give you the details. We're going to be filmed live on television in a stadium in LA. Normally this costs thousands, but the school has offered to pay it for us to go. Each member needs to pay a fee of $40, which is much, much less than the original price. I'll be coming and giving a speech, and then we'll all begin gaming. We'll play a variety of games, all competitive. We as a club will be one team against other schools. There are no unfair advantages or disadvantages between numbers, ages, etc with the other schools. This will be in a month, and yes, we will be taking busses to go there. The exact date is October 17. You'll go to school like a regular day and then be picked up by busses in the morning. You'll be gone for a week, and we'll stay the night in a hotel already reserved for us. The actual competition will be for two days. While we're there, you can bring your own money and we'll also visit places like the park and eat as a club together. Sounds fun, right? Who thinks they'll be able to come?''

-Club Curious