Deck of Cards

Tell The Joker

Chapter 3

      "That's it for today. Don't forget your assignments and pass them. Bye class!" maam Juvy said, walking out of the classroom.

      Everyone in class started talking about their uhh... stuff once the teacher left. Some of my classmates were gossiping- that would be the popular kids, some of them were doing their homework in advance- the smart kids, the boys who are talking about their next game on soccer- the athletes and then there's the other group of boys talking about DotA- the gamers. I kinda felt left out. Good thing I got a group of friends waiting for me in the "Singles Only Corner" which happens to have mostly otakus.

      "Dorothy-chan! Over here!" Danna called.

      I went to where my friends were and sat next to them.

      "Did you tell Rholan yet?" Jamyka asked.

      "About what?" I asked.

      "Oh you know. Joker, remember?" Jamyka said.

      It took a few seconds for me to figure out what she was talking about before I realized she was talking about Rholan being the pianist for our band. I should do something about my short term memory.

      "Oh, yeah right. I haven't told him yet. I'm going to do that right now," I said, getting up from my seat and called out to Rholan. "Rholan! Lando!"

      Rholan stopped scribbling on his notebook and looked up.

      "The girls and I made you a member of our rock band! You can be our pianist!" I shouted, hoping that he heard me. Unfortunately because of the loudness of the class, he couldn't.

      "What? Can you say that again?" Rholan shouted back.

      "I said, that the girls and I made you a member of our rock band as our pianist!" I repeated.

      "Oh?! Well okay, as long as I don't have to play difficult songs!" Rholan said.

      Huh? What did he say? Damn, not only do I have short term memory, but I also have hearing problems. Either that or the class is just being exceptionally loud.

      "Repeat that again will you? I can't hear you?!" I shouted.

      "Why can't you just go over to where Rholan is and talk to him without having difficulty in hearing what you're saying to each other instead of yelling from a far distance?" Jamyka asked. I must have pissed her off because of my shouting.

      "Sorry, but I'm too lazy to go to him," I replied. Returning back to my conversation with Rholan, I heard the boy reply to me.

      "I'm okay with joining your band as long as the songs I play aren't difficult!"

      "Good to know you're okay with it! The band's name is Deck of Cards!" I shouted. "Oh and by the way, each member of the band has a card symbol! We decided yours would be the Joker!"

      "Say what?! That sounds so stupid! With a symbol like that, it makes me look like Batman's arch nemesis!" Rholan complained.

      Oh crap! I gotta think up of some excuse! Rholan might quit the group because of his membership symbol! Think of an excuse Dorothy! Hurry up and fix that brain of yours! Think, think, THINK!! Oh! I got it!

      "Look, it wasn't my idea! It was Rikka's alright!" I said. Okay... that wasn't a lie exactly... I know that Rholan's been crushing on Rikka for some time now so I thought that if I use her against the guy, he won't be mad- I hope.

      "Um, I guess that's okay..."

      Yes! He fell for it! I can't believe he really fell for it! Hehehehe!! I kinda feel bad though.. oh well!

      "Any more objections?" I asked. I saw Rholan shrug. I'll take that as a no then. Now I can start listing down the songs we're going to play! Let's see.. I could add "Counting Stars" by One Republic, "Alice" by Avril Lavigne, "Happy Ending" by Avri-

      "RIIIIIIINNGGG!!!" the bell rang. Great. Just great.

      I kept my notebook inside my bag and went back to my seat. When the teacher came in the classroom, I kinda zoned out thinking about the songs my band should play. That was probably the only thing I could think of the whole period. When it was finally dismissal time, I quickly ran to my friends who were waiting for me outside the classroom.

      "Did you guys have any songs to suggest? I already wrote down three songs, what about you?" I asked my friends.

      "I was thinking, 'Counting Stars'," Jamyka said.

      "It's already in the list," I said.

      "Um, how about 'Payphone'? I bet that's not listed yet!" Danna said.

      "Nope, it's not yet listed. We're gonna add it then," I agreed, writing down the title of the song in my notebook.

      "Hey maam Dors?" Danna tapped my shoulder, and I looked up from my notes. "Do we have to wear a certain color coding for our band?"

      I paused to think about it. "Sure, why not? It would make the band look more coordinated," I said.

      Danna jumped up and down and cheered like a giddy school girl- oh wait, she is a giddy school girl. The girls and I waited for Rikka who's class just got dismissed. When Rikka finally got out of the classroom, I immediately told her about Charity joining the band. M friends and I decided to choose black, white and red for our band colors and I'll be the one making the logo. We knew that the Intramurals won't be until November but we we're too excited that we planned everything in advance.