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iButterfree
10 years agoSeasoned Veteran
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The park was full of children laughing and merrily screaming as they played. And by children, I mean my teenage friends. There were few actual little ones on the lot, and they were all enjoying themselves in much quieter ways. It was the ones who should have been acting that way who were acting like they were five. Amaranth and Allium were the ones who had started off the crazy game of tag that they, Sunset, and Sunflower were participating in. Allium had claimed that he could finally outrun Amaranth, which had been the wrong move. The two began chasing each other as if stopping meant they would die, and poor Sunset and Sunflower got caught in the crossfire. Needles to say considering how many times Allium was 'it', he was still highly unable to outrun Amaranth.
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It was easy enough for me to ignore the chaos. The noise my friends were making when spread out across the park was nothing like the insanity they created when all crammed into my car as I drove them around. I only even remembered they were there when the game was brought close to where Frost and I were sitting.
"Ugh! I thought being at the park would be relaxing. I can't concentrate with this noise!" he complained as he focused his gaze harder on his notebook.
The six of us had all been doing our homework earlier. Well, Frost and I had been helping everyone else do their homework. It was impossible for us to make it through one of our study sessions without the two of us turning into tutors. With all our attention focused on everyone else's work, it was a wonder it was a surprise when the other four couldn't believe we still had our own work to do by the time they were done and ready to goof off. It didn't help that my homework and Frost's was incredibly more difficult given our schedule of almost entirely AP level classes. I gave Frost a friendly pat on the back. I knew his struggle well.
"What part are you working on?" I asked.
"I'm trying to finish this essay on how the creation of the Separatist Alliance influenced the Eastern Trade Conference, but I keep confusing the Meeting of Advisers with the Collaboration of Advisers. Why did they have to give two different but similar events that happened at totally distinct times similar names?"
"Um, Frost," I began hesitantly, "You do know the Separatist Alliance wasn't formed until after the Eastern Trade Conference had been dissolved, right? Shouldn't you be talking about how the Alliance influenced the Eastern Traders Union?"
"What!?"
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Frost practically slammed his notebook into his face as he checked his work. A massive, mischievous grin appeared on my face, and I couldn't stop myself from laughing when he glared at me.
"You go ahead and laugh! Don't mind the heart attack you just gave me. I tell you I'm confusing two events already, and you think it's a good idea to trick me into thinking I messed up the ETC and the ETU too? I seriously just believed this whole paper was worthless."
"Sorry." I apologized, but I was still laughing.
Frost scoffed, shook his head, and then laughed himself.
"I'm just gonna give up on this at the moment. I'm going to make it a big mess if I try to finish it with my brain all scrambled thanks to them!" he said, half yelling out his last words to our friends running around.
All of them either didn't hear or ignored him.
"How about we head back you your place? It's much more private there." I suggested with heavily sarcastic sensuality.
"Yeah, it'd be easier to concentrate on what's right in front of me." Frost played along, staring right into my eyes as he gave me his best flirty face.
We both burst out into more laughter seconds later. There was no way we could keep that kind of talk up for long. The scandalous rumor that had caused me so much grief had all but faded into oblivion the second the information for homecoming got out. It, and not me, was the lone thing the school was talking about now. In fact, the rumor had become sort of a joke with me and my friends. Frost and I especially messed around with it whenever we could.
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