Alone In the Middle(Ch.15)

by Dragonfly in World of Books

Chapter 15
3:30pm, Friday, School
"Ohmigosh, I'm so excited! In one hour, we'll be at the Spring Fling. And this one will be awesome!"
"I have my clothes!We're going to Jamie's house, right?"
"Yup! C'mon!"

It was 3:30, and school was out for the day. Melody and I were going over to Jamie's house, because it was closest tot the school. We didn't want to change at school like so many other people, and th dance wasn't until 4:30. So off we were.

4:30pm, School cafeteria
I looked around the dance floor for Mike. He'd said he would meet me here.
"Boo."
I jumped and turned around. It was Mike.
I smiled and shoved him. "Thanks for scaring me."
"Aww, I'm sorry. How can I make it up to you?"
"Well, I don't know. Let me think." I said, tapping a finger on my chin.
Mike grinned and grabbed my hand. "You tell me at the end of the dance, okay?"
"Okay." I replied, grinning.
For the next hour or so, I danced with Mike,(my first time ever willing to dance.)and watched Jamie dance with Kevin and Melody flirt. The dance was going well.
Or so I thought.

5:45, On stage
"Okay, everyone, can I have your attention please?"
The music stopped as Kacy, a friend of the divas, stood at the mike.
"Now, even though there were rumors that this dance would be a total flop, Lisa pulled through. This is probably the best Spring Fling in history! Give it up for Lisa!"

I began to blush as cheers and claps filled the cafeteria. I wasn't used to so much attention, but they were clapping for me. So I smiled.

"Now, Ann and Anna would like to say a few words."
My head shot up. What were they going to say?
Ann leaned into the mike.
"As y'all know, Lisa is our baby sister." I rolled my eyes. "But she's done some considerable growing up lately, and since we are going to high school next year..." she paused.
I could feel Jamie and Melody burning a hole in the back of my head. Were they going to name me their successor? Were the rumors going to stop? Without knowing it, I gripped Mike's hand tighter.
Just as Ann was about to continue, a gigantic water balloon splashed on my head. I was soaked!

6:00pm, Girls restroom
"I don't believe this! Who would do this?"
Melody whirled at me, hair dryer in hand.
"Whoever did this is going to pay! It's not fair! Everything was going great!"
I slowly took the hairdryer away from her.
"Mel, put the hairdryer down first, okay? Now listen to me. It's no big deal."

We were in the restroom, trying to dry me off. The school has two hairdryers for us girls to use and though I had never used one, I was thankful we had them.
When the water balloon landed on my head, Mike had looked up and seen someone in the rafters. I was whisked away, and a teacher chaperon ran up on stage, demanding whoever just did that come forward. Mike shouted that someone was up there and a bunch of people started running to go see if they could catch the culprit. And then, it rained.
As in, raining water balloons. All over the cafeteria, water balloons were falling. Everyone was running outside, trying to escape the fake downpour.
So now, I was with Melody, waiting for an update from Jamie and trying dry off.

6:15pm, Girls restroom
Jamie burst into the girl's restroom.
"Ohmigosh. Ohmigosh, ohmigosh!"
"What?" I asked.
Jamie took a deep breath.
"Alright, here we go. See, I went after the kid who dropped the balloons with Mike and Kevin. We ran up the stairs to the top of the caf, right? So we were up there, and I saw this person hiding behind some boxes. I nudged Kevin and he showed Mike. We split up and surrounded the kid. Then Mike jumped him, and you will not BELIEVE who it was!"
"WHO?" we yelled in unison.
"Wendell."