"Oh, shit, Sandy!" Phillip yells at his sister, snapping her out from her conversation with Delilah. "Ugh, what, ya butt?!"
"We lost track of time here! We were supposed to meet up with Mom and Dad 15 minutes ago, remember?" He says to her, making her gasps in slight terror. "Oh, shit, you're right. Delly, I'm sorry, girl, but we have to go. We promised we would meet them at the movies later. We gotta get cleaned up and stuff!"
"Haha, no worries, Sand Spider. We can catch up more later. It's great to see you both again!" Del says as Phillip steps over to give her a huge hug, which she returns. Sandra leans in to give her a small kiss on her cheek, and Delilah giggles as she returns a kiss of her own on Sandra's cheek. "Sorry to cut this short, guys" Phillip says to the male ratio of the group "But maybe we can plan something else out soon. I should be free this Wednesday if you wanna get together again."
Mac, still looking at Delilah's crossed left leg sticking out through the bleacher guardrail (her converse sneaker still popping and sliding off of her black-with-white-hearts sock covered heel), suddenly snaps out of his fetish-induced trance. "Oh, uh, no probs, Wingz. Yeah, I'm down for Wednesday."
I gotta check to see if I'm off, but I'll keep you dudes posted" Jesse says to them.
"Same here, I've started working with my Pops at his gym for the summer, but I should be able to make it. Just text me the details, Wingz" David says to Phillip.
"You got it, bro" Phillip says back, jumping from the tallest bleacher, which is about 8 feet. Mac and the others can only watch in awe at Phillip's parkour-esque landing as he rolls into the grass below, getting up flawlessly. "HAHAHA, damnit, Wingz!" Delilah says in laughter. "Why do you gotta be such a showoff?" Sandra sighs in disgust and says "My brother is Jackie Chan." She then steps off the bleachers casually, choosing not to ruin her ankles and walks around to meet up with her twin brother.
Phillip chuckles and looks up at them, saying "What? We're pressed for time. Come on, Sandy!"
"I'm comin'. Calm down before you jump over a car or something... again." Sandra quips. "Bye, guys, love you! We'll hang again soon!" And with that, the twins run off to Phillip's car in the distance. The rest of the Kliq finish their waving, and David begins to look at his phone. "Hmm, we should probably start heading out, too, Jess. I gotta drop you off back home and start getting ready for work at 4."
"The gym is open 24 hours, isn't it?" Delilah asks David. "I might start working out there for the summer myself."
"Yeppers. And since my Pops own it, I can let you in for free, so come in anytime!" David says to her. "Sweet!" Delilah shouts with a smile, and turns to Mac "I'll do it if you will, Mac." Mac chuckles at her and says "Sure, why not? I haven't been there in a bit. Would be kinda nice to work on my summer body."
"Or, LACK of it" Jesse jokes, getting a shove from Mac. Delilah thinks for a few seconds, and asks David "There isn't a dress code to go in or anything, is there? Dumb question, I know..."
David laughs at her "Not dumb, just... unusual. But you can wear whatever you want, just don't come in naked or anything." Delilah laughs and says "Of course not, hahahaha! I just mean like if I was coming in from some place and didn't have time to change." David nods and says "Oh, yeah, I gotcha. Nah, there's no code or anything. Hahaha, it's not like we're a totalitarian gym." Delilah nods and looks back at her phone, biting her lip in her thoughts.
"Isn't it kinda redundant you just finished working out, and you're now working at a GYM, just to work out some more?" Jesse humorously asks as he stands up.
"Only I get paid for it, yeah?" he says back, making Mac chuckle. "What are you gonna do in the meantime, Mac?"
"Hmmmm" he softly ponders, secretly looking at Delilah. She is still looking at her phone, but now with her legs uncrossed. Quietly hatching a plan, he remembers a small secret about the old high school... how even though the doors are locked for the summer, there is one spot where a window latch is broken. If he can somehow get Delilah inside...
"I was thinking I would just chill here for a bit, take in the memories a little more, you know?" Mac says to David and Jesse, who turn to each other and laugh. "Haha, look at this
High School Musical
sentimental-ass mofo here!" Jesse says laughing. "Haha, yeah, but whatever! Hey, Del, did you need a ride or anything?" Mac softly gasps, and looks over at Delilah, who turns around after David asks her. Mac worries to himself, for if she says yes and leaves, then his plan for that moment is already shattered.
Delilah smiles at David, looks over to Mac, and says "Nah, I'm fine. I'm gonna stay here with Mac, too. We got plans tonight, anyway, so we gotta talk about that."
David and Jesse look at each other, saying at the same time "Suuuuuuuuure." David laughs again "Hahaha, 'plans', she says, Jess."
"You guys are borderline idiots" Mac says to the both of them, making Delilah chuckle. David gives him a bro handshake "Ah, we're just fuckin' around as usual. But still... you crazy kids be careful."
"But not TOO careful" Jesse adds on, hugging Delilah. "Hehe, bye, Jesse. I'll see you guys again soon" she says to him as she hugs back. "Later, J-Dawg" Mac says as he waves to Jesse, who steps off the last of the bleachers, waving back at Mac. "Take care, Macintosh."
David chuckles, "Been a while since I heard THAT one." David steps off the bleacher behind Jesse, and gestures a final wave at Mac and Delilah, who both wave back at him. David catches up with Jesse, and they both make their way to David's car.
2 minutes later, it is fully quiet, and Mac and Delilah are completely alone at the high school football field. Mac returns his attention back to Delilah, who is once again fiddling with her phone with her back facing him. He wants to ask her about the secret entrance into the school, but is overcome with dread and nervousness. Would she be ok with it? Would it be going too far?
As he over thinks on the dilemma, he is brought back to reality by footsteps coming towards his way. Looking back up, he sees Delilah coming towards him. "Mind if I sit with ya?" she asks in a preceding manner.
"Oh, no, not... not at all. Please" Mac answers back, scooting over to his left so that Delilah can have more space against the edge of the top bleacher. She giggles, and sits down slowly next to him. "How are you doing up here?" she asks, giggling. "Haha, I'm doing alright, thank you. And yourself?" he asks back.
"Relaxed... and just in a zen-like frame of mind. It feels really good to be home again."
"Yeah... I missed this place."
"Me too... hey, check out my notifications. Hehe, already 20 people liked my photo I took of us."
Delilah scoots closer to Mac as she shows him her phone, letting him observe the Instagram post she made earlier at the park with the group. Mac smiles, as he looks onto another memory they have made together. "Man... we been through a lot of things over the years, haven't we?"
"No kidding, right? It almost feels like it hasn't been 9 years. I am so thankful that I met you guys."
"So am I. I'm sorry if we made your mind dirty along the way" Mac quips. "Haha, too late. My mind was already tainted before I met you guys. Don't forget I have 3 brothers."
"How are they doing, by the way?"