Lance walked to his team. They looked too tired. He greeted. " I'm Lance. " He said.
" We already know." A girl replied.
" Lys. I am." She added.
" Logan."
"Rene"
"Adam"
"Eve"
*Adam and Eve! Truly a good couple.* Lance thought.
"She is the leader." Adam said gesturing at the eye patch girl. Lance looked at her for a long time.
" She is calm talk to no body." Lys said. Lance could see their admiration for the lady.
" What's her name?" Lance asked out of curiosity as he also sat.
" Raven Ward." Adam said. Lance continued looking at her. Then a group of five people entered in a dramatic style. They acted as if they were some mafias. The style, make up, the way they walked, really dramatic. Yhe guy infront looked like the group leader. Tall, handsome and obviously liked. The way he walked also showed he knew that . Totally different from Lance who was about to spend almost all of his life lying to him self that he was liked. Lance as a person who was usually a reader thought the guy was in a main character aura. The same for Raven.
"I REALLY LIKE JAKE." Lys said looking at him. Lance glanced at her and then at Jake. JAS?
"I bet he and Raven are a couple." Lance said and Lys glared at him. He looked confused.
"What's up with the glare?'' he asked her.
"She rejected him." Eve said . Lance looked at the two characters.JAVEN. Atleast.
"You look like you wanna hit on her." Lys said.
"ME??!!! Ain't my type." He said.
"Am I your type?" Eve asked
"How can you be my type if Raven also can't be my type?" Lance said calmly. Eve seemed too disappointed. Others looked at him wondering what flour he was baked from. They were silent for a while. Lance then remembered he didn't know how thing worked.
"So, How is the work?" Rene then started explaining.
" We're five teams. Us THE STRONG , cut trees, Them..."He was referring to Jake's team. He continued. "THE USEFUL, bring required tools, THE CRAVERS , it understandable that they of course crave. totally understandable. THE SELLERS, sell of course. Yeah that is it."
"Those are four." Lance said and then Rene started counting on his fingers.
" I said we are five? we are four groups , or teams whatever. '' He said awkwardly.
" His Mathematics teacher always sent him out when he was about to teach. Don't wonder too much on his counting skills. '' Lys said. Rene looked like he was to swallow her alive . Lys made a funny face. Lance then saw Jake walked to Raven with a big box ,seemed to be heavy. Raven ignored him and continued craving a wooden sword. Lance then had a question in his mind.
"Is Raven on two teams?" He asked out of curiosity. "Kind of." Ly replied. "Thanks." She aid to the girl who put a box there. There were mall plants inside. Lance looked confused.
"Cut one , plant two." Logan said
The bell rung.
"I was hungry." Lys said.
During lunch Raven sat on her own table. Lance stared at Jake hoping that he would walk to her table . But no, the guy wasn't standing up. Jake looked at the guy who had been staring at him from the very start; Lance. lance coughed too hard because of the look. He almost thought he had no lungs anymore.
After lunch, THE STRONG led to a forest. Raven stood in front of them.
"Fifteen tree needed, We will first cut and plant later." She said. She really had a holy voice.
"THE STRONG!!!!!!!!"She shouted in a strong voice , putting her hand on theperson near her. And that was Lys. The other team member did the same.
"WE WILL EAT AND DRINK , KEEPING EACH OTHER'S COMPANY, DOING OUR JOB PROPERLY." They all said. Minus Lance of course.
He was still wondering on how to use the weird see aw he was given when Raven came and simply placed at a button there. Before Lance could thank her she was already gone.
At five their work to do was over. Raven went at her friend's work. She was a tailor. Also a good designer.
"Salaam Alaikum." She greeted.
Walaikum as-salaam." She replied with a smile.She was a Muslim. Dressed in a dark blue abaya and hijab.
"How have you been?"
"I don't know." That was her favorite answer. Amina then gave her a costume. Really were designed. Not too girlish but not also too boyish. They then walked together. Amina's home was near there, and she was going home. They then passed a shop, through the glass a beautiful dress was seen. Amina seemed to be looking at it. Raven was confused because it was tight, sleeveless.
"YOU LIKE THE DRESS??!!"
"What dress??" Amina seemed confused . S he then saw it and shook her head cutely. " I was looking at that bag." She said pouinting at the bag behind the glass. Raven was seeing no bag. Amina held her head in the direction of the bag . Nope. Raven wasn't seeing it. They then entered the shop.
"How much is the bag?" Amina asked. "Fifty k." Was the reply. Amina took the bag.
"Fifty?? Is it made from diamond? She said calmly
" Thirty." She said .The shopkeeper rejected it. They got out of the shop. A girl passed, Amina greeted her but the girl didn't even look at her.
"You know each other?"
"She likes to pass in this way so we usually meets. We never talked much words but we greet each other. Well, She been seriously sick a couple of days ago; I went to visit her at the hospital, and heard the doctors say there was no hope for her survival." She smiled. She then waved to a person who was waving at her. She was liked. Especially, because of her kind heart and discipline. She really was raised in a very good manner. She then gave the thirty thousand she was planning to buy that bag with and gently gave it to the beggar there.
"You have a diamond heart." Raven told her.
"So, my blood is also diamond. Wait; Are diamonds red?" She said cutely. Raven smiled.
Lance closed the Bible and took out his phone reading a web novel. Loud music was playing outside the room. He then heard a loud banging on the door . He wondered why Aidan wasn't checking on who the person was. He then got out of the bed and went to check. Aidan wasn't in the living room. He didn't bother turn of the music. As soon as he opened, the person pushed him and barged inside, damaging the loudspeaker with a baseball bat in her hand. When he took a closer look, it was the eye patch girl, Raven.
"I had told you that if I come back for a third time; I will be ruining your loudspeaker!!ARE YOU DEATH? I HATE NOISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!"She shouted and walked to the door pushing Lance who thought he was imagining things.He really wasn't understanding what had just happened. He shook his head , thinking he just imagined the incident, but the loudspeaker was really ruined. Raven was going to be their new neighobour. Too unlikable.