The Other Way Round.

Chapter 12

This chapter is dedicated to @AndrewHass. Your recent vote encouraged me to start writing again.

"Oh shut up Tristan." Candy snaps

"Make me Can." He smirks with a little more smug spice than usual.

She turns her attention back to their beloved teacher who has finished the regrouping process and is now explaining how everyone must be in the short play. "Double plot" she says. The entire class groans on hearing that.

"Don't worry my dear Wordsworths. I believe in you. You will turn in your plays after The Prom. No buts, excuses or exemptions." She smiles her usual "I have you cornered smile", claps her hands and walks out of the classroom. We all groan our usual goodbye greeting.

"Would you look at that. 'Andre and Candice and Tammy, you are getting Tristan as your plus one. He just transferred to my class'." Tristan mimicks our beloved.

"Are you seriously enjoying this? This is a nightmare!!" Tammy shouts as Andre approaches them. She seems more annoyed than complacent about the additional 'popular'.

No wonder she and Andre are best friends. Candy mutters to herself. Andre pull something out of his bag. It's a bag of marshmallows.  He gives it to Tammy who grabs it out of his grasp like he'd been owing her the pack for ages.

"Is this some kindof marshmallow fetish?" Tristan asks, an amused expression on his face.

"Nah. Its payment whichI don't really need since I'm now in the group.  Yay!" Tammy says with fake excitement.

"Ooooo. Feisty!" Tristan returns. Tammy rolls her eyes in response. He wiggles his  brows in response and she glares at him.

A throat clears and thd two realize how much they had been silently communicating.

"Tension much."

"Shut up nerd!" All three of them snap.

Andre holds his chest in mock shock as he says," Tams... you just called me nerd. Unbelievable."

"What is?" Tammy asks.

"No! You're ineffable."

"What does that even mean?" Tristan asks.

"Shut up jockey! " They say in unison.

"This is ridiculous. " Candy says getting up. "Cafeteria. Now!"

They all follow after her. Tammy and Tristan bicker as Andre wiggles his brows at freshmen girls who swoon over him openly. One even throws him a card with a phone number written on it. He makes a 'sorry love' face and walks past without looking back. They get to the cafeteria and take the table right in the middle.

"So director," Candy says turning to Andre with a smile. "What is the plan now?"

"We work together."

"And how are we possibly going to do that with these two bickering all the time?" She gestures towards Tammy and Tristan.

"We split up. Group 1: Andre and Candy. Group two: Tammy and Tristan. "

"Sweet plan Andre " Candy says smiling.

"What!" Tammy and Tristan say in unision.

"Its anonymous." Candy says. "Group one, plot one. Group two, plot two. All in favour?" She says raisingn her hand. Andre joins her.

"All not in favour?" Tammy says, raising her hand together with Tristan.

"He doesn't have the right to vote. Right Andre?" Candy says with a knowing smirk.