.swayla.reality.

.THREE.

Bryce's P.O.V
"Can you take two more?" I asked.

Blake and Noah widened their eyes and then shared a look before Blake nodded enthusiastically.

"Of course. We need ten people after all." Noah said.

"Great! Hang on," I said and turned away.
"TAYLER, ANTHONY, COME HERE." I yelled over our blasting music. The two people I had called heard me and came over.

"What do you want Bryce?" Anthony asked in the same bored voice I've come to know so well over the past thirteen years that I've known him.

"What would you think about joining a team?" I asked them. Anthony's eyes widened and he immediately became worried.

"What?! Bryce you're not serious right? We'll be killed!" Anthony exclaimed.

"I don't know Bryce but if you're doing it then so will I." Tayler said. I smiled at him and he smiled back just as warmly.

"Anthony you're 18 and Tayler and I are 19, next year we'll be gone and then you'll be on you're own. You know I've been talking about joining a team for a while now and these guys are giving us that chance." I said to him.

"You're talking about it as if it's some golden ticket. If you had really desperately wanted too you would have started one ages ago. You have so many little friends from school that you could make a team from." Anthony said frowning at me.

"Yeah I thought about doing that but I don't want those sort of idiots because they'll only go and get themselves killed straight away." I said. "You don't have to but think about if we won. We might be able to get everyone back!" I said.

"What about them?" Anthony asked pointing to the closed gym doors that Blake and Noah were standing behind. "Why do you trust them?"

"I knew Blake. Not well but I saw him around school. He didn't seem like the idiot type and I assume that means he won't have wound himself up with an idiot." I explained.

"Blake?" Anthony said frowning, "he was in my year I think. I didn't really pay much attention to his face when I opened the door because I didn't recognise him. Though I know what you mean. He wasn't an idiot, I worked with him on a group project once, he was smart and basically did all the work."

He sighed and looked away from me for a moment in thought. "Okay alright I'll do it." He said finally, "but you better not cry when I die."

"Then you better not die." I grinned.

"So I guess we're doing this then." Tayler said.

"I guess we are." Anthony mumbled.

I walked back to the door and swung it open again. Blake and Noah looked up at me, stopping whatever conversation they were having.

"You've got three new players." I said and they both smiled happily. Tayler and Anthony appeared round the side of me and Tayler waved. "Guys this is Noah and Blake." I said introducing them. "Noah, Blake this is my best friend Anthony and Tayler, my boyfriend."

They both looked surprised for a moment when I told them the new information but it soon turned into smiles so I knew they didn't care.

"Wait Anthony, I remember you we-" Blake started.

"-we were in the same year. I remember you too." Anthony finished and smiled.