Thread: Extracurricular Activities [Spider-Man -- Sigr & Virginia]

So she can spook everyone on the other teams into messing up? The idea seemed to please Michelle, or at least amuse her. Savannah was content with that, and didn't really feel the need to add more to any conversation, and when everyone got up to carry their trays she trailed after. She followed after Peter when he guided her to her classroom, and touched his arm briefly when she thanked him because contact made people think you trusted and liked them. Class after that was fine. She kept to herself, answered questions only when asked specifically, and generally tried not to draw any sort of attention. When school was over, she texted Ellen to get permission to stay after and check out this whole decathlon thing. The older woman sent back an enthusiastic text - at least Savannah assumed it was enthusiastic because it contained several emoji and gave her permission to stay out as late as she wanted. She slipped in a few minutes after everyone else showed up, standing sort of awkwardly away from the group until someone spoke. Was that supposed to be a jab? Was he trying to make fun of her? Savannah looked a tiny bit perplexed and opened her mouth, ready to say something when Peter stepped in, pretty literally. He crossed the distance between the group and her and responded to the guy who'd teased her. It all seemed very childish, but this was teen development she supposed. She moved a little bit behind the taller, lanky teen, silently trying to encourage the protectiveness. Let him deal with anything that came up. I suppose the ability to memorize facts doesn't necessarily imply intelligence, she said in what was basically a stage whisper, something to pretend she was trying to speak only to one person but definitely meant to be something that Flash would be able to hear. I probably won't be much use for this, she turned to Peter, because what I said was true. Real smart, at least I think so, but not so much time learning advanced trivia. That was basically what this was, right? That's what it had seemed like from a quick googling. But she'd stick around anyway because she'd been invited and because it would at least give her an idea of that the people she was hanging out with now were into. Michelle managed to slip in without about half the group noticing her. Savannah did, and enjoyed the way a few people jumped when they heard alright nerds, let's get this party started. People started organizing themselves, taking the spots that they needed to be in so that practice could officially start. Savannah started to drift towards Michelle, and then changed her mind and moved back towards Peter. He and Ned had invited her, and it would make sense for her to at least feign some kind of interest in participating until she could prove she wasn't going to be cut out for the.... club. Was it a club? It wasn't a sport . Academic competition, that was the name for it. Michelle had some flashcards in a handwriting that was definitely nicer than her own, which meant that someone had written them for her or she was using older ones. It wasn't that far into the school year, they could probably be using trivia from the past year too. But she was just guessing, she really had no idea how an academic decathlon was run. If I can't participate, I suppose I could try and think of some kind of cheer for it. The idea of someone trying to be a cheerleader sort for what she was pretty sure was a quiet trivia competition was amusing. She got a little bit of an extra kick out of it knowing about her own life experiences, I forgot how early homecoming dances are for high schoolers. It was also really early for some kind of competition, maybe there'll be semi-nationals and nationals later in our story? Gives them a change of scenery for school, and Vanna can be cute and charming, at least for the sake of her image