Pondovadia: World I Love, Tears I Drop

Chapter Eight: Middle Between the Two Extremes

September 20, 302X

12:10 PM

The school cafeteria was always busy during lunchtime. Bell and her friends were playing table football. At one of the tables, the aesthetic club was enjoying their lunch and getting ready for an upcoming event.

"Hey Tabs" Violet asked as she stirred some warm melted honey around in her hot drink. "So are you going to the fall festival or?"

Tabitha shook her head. "I'm waiting on Bell to get my invitation first"

"Awwwwwww, that's sooooo cute!" Sandyna gushed as her tail wagged hard. "Like hanging out with her friends? Ooh! Or a date?!"

"Shhhhh, Sandyna, Maya's here!"

Keira leaned over and clasped Sandyna's mouth shut with her hoof.

The girls turned around and glared as they saw Maya sneak around the cafeteria with her phone in hand.

"Hmm......what'll make for some shocking news?" she muttered to herself.

"Shouldn't she be running a story on the fall festival?" Leila glared. "I highly doubt gossiping about everyone counts as news anyways"

As everyone was busy with lunch, a snarled voice hollered through the air.

"What the fuck is wrong with you, Maya?!?!"

The cafeteria went quiet as Joan stomped through and grabbed Maya by her dress collar.

"How could you tell the entire school about what happened behind the stadium, you fucker!!" the panther chimera snarled at her face. Droplets of spit flew everywhere in the air.

"Oh? Tell the school about what?" Maya smugly chuckled as she whispered to her. "The fact that you put out for eighth graders should be very interesting for the guys here~"

Joan's cheeks went red before she shoved her against the wall. "That's it, I'm gonna kick your ass!"

Maya laughed with a cold look in her eyes

"I know you won't"

She brushed some dirt off her dress, snuck off, and walked to leave the lunchroom.

The rest of the middle schoolers went back to talking amongst themselves. Joan was fuming in anger as she went to sit with the rest of the punk kids-- two opossums, a poison dart frog, and a parrot.

"I seriously hope that asshole gets expelled soon" she harshly whispered to them.

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1:03 PM

Room 2-F had a huge flyer installed on the door. It was supposed to read

"VISIT THE INTERNATIONAL CLUB FOOD BOOTH AT SHENANDOAH FALL FESTIVAL", but instead, thanks to a certain sheep and goat duo, it read "THE ANAL HALL".

Toshi was reading a recipe on maple leaf tempura. He turned to a fluffy white samoyed in a blue romper who was writing down plans for fundraisers.

"Hey Ludmila, what food should we go with for our booth?" he asked her.

Ludmila turned around

"I don't know, hors d'oeuvres I guess"

Toshi tried to explain before he got cut off

"Because I was looking at this maple—"

And his phone started to buzz.

"Yare yare daze" he whispered to himself. "Hey, I gotta take a call"