Don't Get Me Wrong (Middle of Revamping)

Chapter 27: Let's Go Get a Wave

7 hours later...

After a lot of walking, talking and eating, and some horseplaying, we all went back to our respective hotels to prepare for the opening ceremony. We already arrived at the Convention Center a few minutes ago, so we're just sitting in our seats right now. 

There are voices everywhere, coming from every little corner of this place. With us being in the front row, it's so hard to talk to everyone because it's SO LOUD!

"How are you guys feeling?" Deepa screams at Vinnie and me as we look at all the people here right now.

"I feel like I wanna jump up and down, but I also feel like I wanna puke. Is that normal?" Vinnie shouts back and Deepa laughs and calms her down, "It's okay, everyone feels like that! But just know that this is where all the fun starts."

"What are we doing after this?" Vihaan asks her as Neil starts rubbing his eyes vigorously from all the bright lights shining in his face.

"The ceremony will last for about half an hour to 45 minutes, so after that, we just have to go back to the hotel as fast as possible," she responds and Kat gets excited.

"What movie are we watching?" I ask Kat and she beams before she reveals it's...

"JUMANJI!"

"YESSS," I jump up and start clapping and high five Vi as he starts cheering too. 

Jumanji's legit my favorite comedy movie. I went to the theater to watch it with my friends during Winter Break, and I loved it. I've watched it about 8 times, yet I still fall out of my chair every time I watch it.

"I don't think I've seen that movie since last year,"  Vinnie thinks about it for a second and Neil backs her up. "Remember when Tweet laughed so hard that she had water coming out of her nose and she fell off her chair?" he reminds everyone and they all start laughing at me.

That was not a good time, guys.

"Oh, yeah. Remember when all that water and snot fell on you?" I snap back and he stops laughing and glares at me.

"That wasn't funny."

"I think it is."

"Why do you guys always fight like a married couple?" Vinnie looks at us bickering to which Vihaan starts cackling. "I mean, they act like a married couple all the time," Vihaan pokes fun at both of us.

"We do not act like a married couple," I deny and wave my hands all over the place and Neil nods like an idiot.

"You guys almost made out after DCDC last month, you napped together on the bus, you spent 10 minutes in your room doing God knows what at the twins' party, you gave Tia your jacket, you kiss her at least once a day. Do you want me to continue?" 

"Uhhhh," I trail off and Neil just smiles sheepishly and turns his head away.

"So what are you, a stalker now?" Neil talks fast and tries to intimidate Vihaan, but he just laughs at this.

"Mar-ried," he sings and Neil just turns back around and mutters to himself.

All of a sudden, bright fireworks start going off everywhere in all sorts of directions. It's pretty dark in here right now, so the fireworks look even brighter against the background. 

Not towards people, though. DECA would've been sued if that were the case.

But still... couldn't they have hinted this was gonna happen?

Epilepsy warning has left the chat.

The DECA diamond shines on the wall in front of us, and someone comes to the center of the stage with a microphone. Spotlights begin to go around everywhere, brightening the place up a little and adding a pop of color.