Deck of Cards

The New Spades

Chapter 2

      My friends and I walked towards the computer lab for our TLE class. Until now, I couldn't the excitement out of me. My friends and I are forming a rock band! I've only performed on stage a few times but I'm always on the back of the stage. Things just get a lot more exciting as it goes.

      "Alright class, I'm going to check up on some things so... please review the lessons or maybe just sleep. Just as long as you don't cause too much trouble," Sir Rowel said before leaving computer lab.

      Once the teacher walked out of the room, everyone in class began to talk noisily. Okay... around this time, I'm usually sleepy and take a short nap before the teacher comes back for discussions about computer parts... but right now I feel like talking with someone about the concert my friends and I were planning. I leaned forward and tapped my best friend, Charity on the shoulder.

      "Hey, Charity. Char?" I whispered. I know whispering wasn't necessary but I kinda got used to whispering during class hours. Charity didn't hear me. I should really stop whispering now.

      "Char? Hey Chang-chang?" I tapped her shoulder again.

      "Huh? What do you want, Dorothy?" Charity asked.

      Finally! Usually getting Charity's attention takes longer- especially when she's somewhere far.

      "Um... " that's weird, I feel like I'm forgetting what I was about to talk with Charity about. Okay, one of the bad things about taking too long to talk to someone is that I forget what I was about to say in the first place. Stupid short term memory!

      "Aren't you going to say something?" Charity asked.

      "Huh, well that's funny... I forgot what I was about to talk to you about," I said, scratching my head in confusion.

      "Well let me know when you will remember," Charity said before tuning around to face Phoebe and continue her conversation with her.

      I was struggling with myself. Damn! Why can't I remeber what I was supposed to say?! Why was I even born forgetful? Oh wait, now I remember!

      "Hey Char, now I remember! The guys and I are gonna form a band. I was wondering if you would like to join," I said. Hey wait a minute! That wasn't it! I was supposed to brag about the concert the guys and I were planning during the Intramurals. Oh well, I'll just continue this conversation anyway.

      "I don't know. I'm not really good at singing..." Charity said.

     Seriously? This girl is worried about her singing? To be honest though, she sings a lot better than me- even when we're singing in the church choir, she's always picked to sing nearest to the microphone. And here she is, worrying about not having a great voice that could impress.

      "But you can play the iano," I said.

      "I'm not an expert, Dors," Charity said.

      Gah! The nerve of this girl! At most times, she doesn't have self-confidence! I still wonder how she's so popular... It's probably because she doesn't complain much... like me. Nevermind! Back to the topic!

      "But neither is Danna on drums, Jamyka on lyre and Rholan on piano," I said, trying to lift her spirits. "Rikka and I aren't experts either but we can always try."

      Charity didn't answer. Great. She's going to back out unless I convince her otherwise.

      "Okay, I'm in," Charity said.

      She's joining? That's great! I think our band needs two pianists. This is really great!

      "You're going to be an official member of the Deck of Cards! Welcome to the band, Charity!" I patted my best friend's back. "Hmm... you need a membership symbol..."

      "A membership symbol?" Charity asked me.

      "Oh it's something each member should have. The membership symbols are of symbols from cards. You know like Diamonds, Ace, Jack, etc."

      "What are the available symbols left?" Charity asked. "You can choose for me, I'm not really good at these kind of stuff."

      I took the notebook that I wrote down my notes about our band and checked the membership symbols left. Umm... let's see. There's Clovers, Spades, Diamonds, Joker and Hearts. So the only ones left are Jack, King, Queen and Ace... Hey, maybe I should be Ace instead of Spades! That way, Charity can be Spades. I don't plan on adding King and Queen though, it might cause some problems with the group.

      "I think you're symbol should be Spades, Char," I said to my best friend.

      "That seems okay," Charity nodded.

      "Then it's settled! I hereby dub thee, Red Spades of Deck of Cards!" I 'knighted' Charity with my pen. I wrote her name and symbol down in my notebook as the new member.

      "That title's  too long don't you think?" Charity said.

      "Hey come on! That was just for fun, I'm not really going to call you that," I said to her. "But I will call you Spades every now and then."

      "Dors, no offense but that sounds stupid," Charity said.

      "Yeah, yeah whatever!" I turned away from Charity's direction and turned to Jamyka and Danna's direction- which is right next to me on my left.

      I wanted to inform them that Charity is a new member of our band but I guessed the two must have heard our conversation, so no need to tell them- but I changed my mind and decided to tell them anyway. They didn't look like they were listening because they were busy having a cconversation about... Korean boy bands?

      "Myka-chan, Danna-chan!" I called the two to get their attention.

      "Oh, um... what is it Dors?" Danna asked.

      "I added Charity to our group. Are you guys okay with that?" I asked.

      "Yeah, sure. The more the merrier, right?"

      "Well that's fine with me."

      "Thanks for agreeing with me, guys," I said, returning back to my seat.

      Yep, people agree to many things so easily. Are they even thinking about how the band would be like with Charity in it? Or did they just go by what they think is okay without thinking things over? Man this is confusing, but whatever. They agreed, so that means there aren't any objections.

      The teacher came back inside the classroom and scolded the boys at the back for being noisy before giving us lectures about how to assemble and disassemble a tower case. It didn't take long before the bell rang for the next class. When we went out of the classroom, I found Rholan talking with Danna and Jamyka. Then it hit me- not literally -I almost forgot to tell Rholan that we added him as a member of our band without permission. I was about to catch up to him when the next teacher arrived and asked us to take our seats. Oh well, I'll tell Rholan later.