Alone In the Middle(Ch.13)

by Solana in World of Books

Author's Note: Sorry this one's so short.

Chapter 13
After school, I may have been floating on a cloud, but that cloud dissipated as soon as I saw the flyer Jamie held up in front of my face.

SPRING FLING
COMMITTEE
Alright, it's time for the Spring Fling!
If you have any organization skills,
artistic skills or just want be a part
of the show, come to the cafeteria
after school this Monday. See you there!

It wasn't fair. Sure, I could organize any party, but I had to address whoever decided to show up to this thing. And I do not have good people skills!
So I looked at Jamie and Melody with the most pitiful, pleading look in the world. But my two best friends have hearts of ice, because they just grabbed an arm and started pulling.

The cafeteria was in chaos. I'd seen it at lunchtime, but there was a organized chaos. Here though, no one cared. So the place was full of girls who were waiting for someone to take charge by talking. The only guys were the boyfriends who were dragged here and the occasional geek. There were only two people who were quiet. Ann and Anna were sitting like two identical, perfectly primped divas. Which they were. Not a word was spoken between the two of them. And as soon as I entered, they turned their blue eyes on me with great solemnity. It was kind of funny. They were so serious that it was pretty hilarious. They were never serious. So this was a first. But I couldn't laugh. The microphone was on stage, ready and waiting. I gulped. Melody and Jamie looked at me. They would probably have loved to come up with me, but I had to do it myself. So I took a breath and headed p to the stage.

As soon as I got up there, I waited. When I do have to demand attention, I wait. It's actually pretty effective. So I waited.
I didn't have to wait long. As soon as they realized someone was on stage, it got silent fast. When every eye was on me, the butterflies began to fly and I began to speak.
"Every year, our Spring Fling stinks. Everyone wants a certain thing for it and we don't have as much money as we need. The Spring Fling has a theme. Spring! The main problems are decoration, food and music. So this year, we're going to split up in three teams. The decoration team will be headed by Melody Nash. The music team will be headed by Jamie Bliss. And I will head the food team. You may pick the team you want, but if we need more on a certain team, we'll pull people. Any questions?"

At first, no one spoke. Then one guy, a jock, yelled out, "Who made you queen?"
I looked at him and said, "Me. Now let's go!"

"Lisa we have a problem."
I inwardly groaned. With Wendell, we always had a problem. He was one of the geeks. He always made things seem worse than they were. And he did it a lot.
"What is it now, Wendell?" I asked.
"Well, I lost the water case."
I sighed. "Wendell, did you check under the bleachers? In the gym? The supply room?"
Wendell scurried off to do these things. He often lost things and wouldn't really look, so you had to give him places to go look, or else you'd end up looking instead of him.

It was three weeks after I'd taken charge of the committee. Things were going great and the Spring Fling was a week away. Because the divas and her friends were in the committee, I had to hang out with some of them. And we'd had some okay conversations. But I had to admit, I was pretty glad that they were graduating.
And Mike and I were still going to the Spring Fling together. We'd already gone out on some "dates", if that's what you could call them. Amber was staying low and the divas were being nicer. Things were good.

If I had only known how horrible things could go wrong, all in one week.