"I WONDER WHAT it would be like to be friends with a famous person!" isabelle rambled as she and leonora sat under the oak tree.

"i guess you're going to have to befriend one to answer that," leonora answered truthfully, eating the chicken and avocado wrap her dads had made for the pair.

"ooh! maybe you could be famous. i mean you have all the boxes checked," isabelle shrugged, pulling the cling-film further down. "you're polite, you're funny and you always know what to say. . ."

"but maybe not when to say it," leonora finished the sentence, sighing as the girl trailed off.

isabelle looked at the ground, worried that she had hurt the older girls' feelings. the two stayed in silence until an obnoxious noise caught them off guard. 

"hey, ladies!" elliot yelled, waving his arms around as he ran towards him. isabelle looked over to leonora who simply placed her green new-york yankees cap over her face.

"hi ej," isabelle greeted the boy, watching as he stood for a moment to catch his breath. elliot smiled at her acknowledgement. 

"hey, iz," he waved, adjusting his threaded bracelet. "leonora i-don't-know-your-middle-name valentine, can you please call everybody over, i have news," elliot asked, snatching the hat off leonora's face.

"her middle name is julianna."

.•° ✿ °•.

"i promise, me saying i had news
was in no way me trying to
get validation from leo. well,
maybe, she's basically the one
who formed the group and i don't
want to be known as 'the drummer boy'
or 'the one who doesn't contribute', so i 
talked to my step-mom who gave me the
information i needed to get the groups attention,
along with leonora's. and yes, it's true.
— elliot

°•. ✿ .•°

"hey!" she scolded, shooting up and trying to reach for the hat. "hold on, low iron," she complained, leaning onto the tree stump and holding her head. 

"you good?" elliot chuckled, crouching down to look up at leonora. the girl nodded slowly, grabbing the hat quickly. "oh come on!"

leonora grinned sarcastically, softly hitting the boys cheek. she let out a loud whistle making both isabelle and elliot groan and cover their ears. 

"nora!" 

"sorry, izzy," leonora scrunched her face up before turning back to the rest of the group and waving them over. AJ kicked the ball over to where leonora stood, squealing in worry as it zoomed right at the girls stomach. 

leonora jumped up, allowing the ball to make contact with her thighs and completely stopping the force. adelaide stared at the girl with her mouth open.

"why weren't you playing?!" armani called, his eyes enlarging at the skilled teen.

"soccer brings knee injuries, mani. i haven't played since last year," leonora shrugged.

the group sat around the tree, everyone talking amongst themselves. leonora clapped her hands loudly, like a teacher, gaining the attention of all six teenagers. 

"i believe mr. mayz has an announcement," leonora stated, nudging elliot who was ripping up the grass. 

"right," elliot cleared his throat, suddenly feeling intimidated by the group. "my step-mom talked to the neighbors and they complained about us blasting music the other night," he explained. "so we're in a little bit of shit," he shrugged.

leonora groaned, dramatically falling backwards onto the grass. paloma widened her eyes making eye contact with athena who had the same expression. 

.•° ✿ °•.

"elliot's news was not the best
but i guess it gave us all an
insight on what we can do
to strike next. obviously stealing
their stereo didn't help. . . 
— AJ

°•. ✿ .•°

"there's no fine, right?" athena asked elliot. elliot mayz shook his head, confirming there way indeed no cost. 

"but they strike, we strike back," paloma, who seemed to be pondering deep in thought, called out. elliot nodded at her pointedly before glancing at isabelle and leonora who were discussing it together. 

"lo's right, we threatened them and they didn't budge but the second we blast a few songs per hour they complain? that doesn't make sense," isabelle voices both hers and leonora's thoughts.

paloma smiled gratefully at the pair. everyone stared at elliot for his input, after all, it was his idea.

"alright, tonight let's all meet in the street and we can call noise control—"

"—or we could kidnap their goose!" leonora interrupted elliot, making the boy glare at her. 

"why would we kidnap their goose?" elliot asked her confused.

"may i?" isabelle shyly asked leonora, who smiled and nodded. "i don't know if you guys have seen but their goose is basically a child to them, they do everything with it, even blast music with it. maybe if we take the goose and put it in the pond over there, they'll be too busy searching for it we won't have loud music."

leonora high-fived the younger girl who basically said everything she was going to say. isabelle smiled at elliot in triumph as she saw his defeated face. 

"fine, we take the goose and keep it in the pond but if that doesn't work i won't hesitate to call noise control," he bluntly replies. 

"excellent!" leonora grins, standing up to professionally shake hands with the boy. "pleasure doing business with you," she joked. 

"whatever."

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          "WE SECURED THE bag. i repeat, we secured the bag. over," armani's voice whispered through the walkie talkie set adelaide had found in her attic. 

"alright, bring it to the pond, boys," AJ whispered back. the five girls waited for elliot and armani to kidnap the goose, none of them were brave enough to join the pair. 

"you're supposed to say over!"

"sorry, over," AJ corrected herself for the sake of not arguing with anyone.

isabelle spotted the figures jogging through the field, she waved her arms around so they could see where to go. 

"now what?" armani asked as he and elliot placed the box (with large air holes punched in) on the ground. leonora furrowed her eyebrows in fear of the large, white bird. 

"put it in the pond?" adelaide's voice spoke up from behind isabelle. elliot lifted an eyebrow at all five girls. 

"won't it swim away?" leonora asked, turning to look at adelaide wh shrugged.

"i would say keep it in the box but that's animal cruelty."

"i second that. as much as i hate geese, we have to do something with it," leonora nervously said.

"i doubt it'll go anywhere for a while, i mean it basically sits in a blow-up kiddie pool all day without moving," armani shrugs. 

"alright, just put the thing in the pond," leonora cringed, shaking her hands in the air.

"alright, alright," elliot sighed, counting down to open the lid with armani. all five girls shuffled behind the boys, waiting. 

the two opened the lid, letting the goose gracefully hop into the pond. they waited a couple minutes to make sure it wouldn't try run away.

"go! go! go!" was shouted from the majority of the teens as they bolted away from the sight. they hastily said their goodnight before running into their houses and waiting for what happened next.

"pops, can i borrow your binoculars?" leonora asked her other dad. 

"sure, kid," justin shrugged. 

leonora punched the air happily, grabbing out the binoculars and running up her room.

NOTE:

→ i know i update basically 
every day but today is special
because it's kj's birthday!!
everyone say happy birthday, kj!

→ anyway, i honestly am not
looking forward to going back
to irl school, it gives me really
bad anxiety AHH.

→ i hope you all enjoyed today's
chapter. drink some water and have
a snack! i love you, mwah <33