Class Party (Finally Over)

Xavier finally addressed the huge cake on the table after two hours worth of idling. The cake had sixteen candles on top, with one blow. Xavier blew all the candle lights out.

"Happy Birthday Xavier!!". We all shouted in unison, Xavier bowed in respect for those who showed up. "Victor, do you mind?". He gave me a small knife and pointed at his birthday cake. I don't know why, he thinks I'm the right man for the job to give everyone slices. Alisa was kind enough to ask if I needed help.

"Yes thank you".

This class might not be as bad as I thought. Everyone isolated me during our first week of school, but after the Aphrodi incident settled down. It seems that they are less harsh. No one normally approaches me or even talks to me.

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While I sliced the cake, I realized the reason this party is such a success for me is because of Xavier. Because the coolest guy in class is noticing me, everyone is as well. It's the power of the popular, I might be wrong but this won't surprise me. If Xavier wasn't talking to me, this party might have been a different experience for me. This fuzzy feeling I have would not be here.

"Thanks Xavier" I said softly.

"Thank you for your help Victor. Just so you know, it's not what you think. The reason this turn out so well is because you tried. Try, it's that simple and you'll get somewhere" Xavier said. He somehow heard me despite lowering my voice. When everyone received a fair slice of Xavier's cake. We got down to business. Xavier mentions the upcoming Monthly Challenge. A treasure hunt that will involve the whole class.

"Guys it's time we talk about the challenge next week. It would be awesome if we win and take the Class 1A title along with their privileges. It would also suck if we got demoted to Class 1C, those guys barely get any attention" Xavier told us.

"I'm glad to see that everyone has lightened up around each other. This party looks like it's a huge success" he adds on.

"Monthly challenges are a big hassle. This treasure hunt in particular, normally only a select few from each class would take pert in Monthly challenges but this time the whole class is involved. There is a rule Mrs Emi neglected to mention. No talking to your classmates in the middle of the challenge. That rule makes communicating difficult so let's find a way around that".

Aphrodi raised his hand and suggested " Easy hand gestures. For example, show your index finger to make us know if you found a treasure. Show a middle a middle finger if you have not found the treasure. Doesn't have to be fingers, maybe number of nods or even weird signals like biting your lip could work".

"Alrighy, I nominate simple nods. One nod for no, two for yes" Nayeli states.

Like that, everyone agreed on the nod. Next was the treasure hunt itself. Two hundred treasure chests will be placed around the school. Three classes will definitely have conflict while opening the treasures. What will the school do? Will there be a system where everyone has to follow a certain order?

"The chest are not going to be opened easily. This school wouldn't give us such a easy task, there is probably a different requirement needed to open each and every chest".

"There is no way of knowing what those requirements are. Let's just focus on getting to the chests before the other classes do" said Sayaka.

Fugo added "We don't even know which treasure it's going to be. All we can do is wait and see what happens".

Lazy, of course he would say that. From what I've gathered, every chest will need a special way to open them. I imagine something like answering a difficult question. If that's the requirement, my classmates should quickly call for me if they can't answer. If the requirement is not that and has to do with athletics then call for Takeshi, Aphrodi or Xavier. Should be easy to determine which chest has the treasures most valuable. The requirement to open the chest will have to be extremely difficult.

Find a solid method to communicate without talking and ensuring the right students attempt the right chests. We should not be hopeless if we act with sense. Monday, I'll have to do some reconnaissance on the other classes. Knowledge is power they say. If I know more about the other classes, I can have an easier time. After discussing the monthly challenge, Xavier played a three hour movie on the television. It seems he has no intention of letting us go home. Is he planning on having us over for the night?

The movie Xavier played was a romance comedy. Everyone got a laugh out of it which was what Xavier was aiming for. Next week, the class captain will be chosen for every class. From the look of things, Xavier is a good contender.

I checked my phone to see if anything interesting happened. I didn't receive any new messages or calls. When the time touched midnight, the movie still wasn't finished. "Sorry guys, I can't keep you here any longer. That's unless you could convince your parents to stay the night" Xavier told us.

Of 26 people, only ten girls agreed to spend the night in Xavier's estate. The others decided it was time to head home. Knowing it was super late, Xavier called for his butler named Ray. A middle aged man wearing a tuxedo. "This guy here will drive you all home safely. Thanks for celebrating my birthday guys. I love y'all".

"Give me two pairs of sneakers. Size 10". Aphrodi ruined the mood by saying that. Xavier did promised to give away some of his belongings to those who did not want to come initially. He already gave me these fresh new clothes so I'm not asking for anything else. Over a month ago, Stephano gave me a list with my classmate's address on them. Luckily I took a picture of it and saved it on my phone.

"Xavier, I have everyone's addresses. This should help your butler!". I said that loud enough for Takeshi to overhear. He ran towards me and grabbed my phone excited. I can only imagine he is searching for Aoi's address. If so, I'm not stopping him. If sex is clouding his mind like a typical low life. That's fine by me. Increase the chances of something to happen tonight. He handed me my phone with a satisfied grin. He left before everyone else did. Xavier failed to notice because of Aphrodi and his sister Bambi. "Hey Victor, thanks for preventing the fight between Nayeli and Aphrodi tonight. Don't think I didn't notice you" he said giving me a gold watch.

I happily accepted his gift. I wonder how many noticed the potential disaster this party had. If I had not made Bambi confront Nayeli tonight, Aphrodi would have felt paranoid. Thinking Bambi is in danger again and a fight would have broke out. If Aphrodi really did fight Nayeli because of his paranoia, Fugo would have attacked Aphrodi and Xavier would have tried to stop them all. Getting involved with the fight as well. Thank goodness, the party did not take that route.

"Time to take my leave too". After I shared the photo that contains everyone address with Xavier, I left the estate on my own. No matter how hard Xavier tried to convince me to wait until everyone is ready. I still left. I can't afford to miss what is about to go down. Fortunately for me, Aoi lives in an apartment near here. A fifteen minute walk at most and you'll arrive at her door. On my way to where Aoi's resides, I decided to call her. I wanted to make sure she is awake. Talking through the phone is irrelevant, as long as I know she's awake this very moment.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Thankfully, Aoi answered my call. "Night Aoi, sorry for calling you this late. Xavier's party just finished and I'm heading home. Perhaps it was a good thing you didn't come. Imagine walking on the street at this hour by yourself".

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Aoi never said anything in reply. She hung up on me before I got to say anything else. Guess she's mad at me for calling her at this hour. At least she's awake now. She could just fall asleep at any moment, that's if she was not already. When I arrived on the street where Aoi's apartment was located. I spotted Takeshi walking up some stairs. From the paper Stephano gave me, Aoi lives on the third floor in this gigantic building. It was just a glance but I could see the wide grin on Takeshi's face. His intent was clear, lose his virginity with a girl who won't scream or say anything. This guy is not thinking straight, another reason why I picked him. He is by far the easiest to predict, so far he hasn't proven me wrong on anything. He's a scumbag who will resort to anything.

"I'm scum too in a way. He wouldn't be doing this if it weren't for me. Sorry Aoi, this is necessary for me to blackmail him. I'll make sure you're not taken all the way".