In this story, strange things happen. So this is not like me to write these kinds of things so you might think it kind of sucks. But hey, practice makes perfect. Even though you don't like it, please reply and I'll change some parts of the story to make it better. By the way, some characters I made up.
- digital dancer7
An Angel in Disguise
Chapter One - The Guy Behind the Mask
As I sat upon the cold, hard bench during a snowy winter, I gathered all of my thoughts and wrote them on a simple notebook I found lying on my computer. I'm not sure why but I think it's time to ask Matt out. I mean really ask him out. You know not just a piddy-date, but a real one. I know were just friends but, what if he thinks the same thing about me? Might happen. Out of the blue, I heard my name being whispered behind me. When I turned around, I saw nothing but a big, not-so bushy bush. A couple of seconds past and still, I was hearing voices.
I turned around once again and peaked through the bush, but now I saw Matt with three guys from Odaiba High. Eavesdropping, the first thing I heard was about me. "Hey Matt, about your friend Sora, do you like her?" A red head asked.
"Well yeah, of course I mean she's my friend. And I've known her since like, grade school," he replied.
Another guy with a squeaky voice told him, "okay, so you like Sora, well do you like other types of girls around here?"
"I especially love blondes, then brunettes, then reds, then girls that have crazy looking hair," he continued.
Then that hit me. I crossed off the writing I wrote on the notebook, ripped the page out, crumpled it and threw it into a trashcan. Realizing Matt only liked me as a friend, the whole "I want to date you" thing was over my head. So this is the real Matt I'm dealing with. I thought he liked me, you know, more than a friend. Well, I guess things really change during high school, right? I walked off, knowing that Matt will never like me more than a friend.
Beep, beep. As my silver BMW turned on, I heard a voice behind me. Once again, I turned around and saw Matt catching up. Quickly I opened the car, got in, and slipped my keys in and turned on my car.
As I checked my mirrors, I could see Matt standing outside the car screaming my name at the top of his lungs. However, I still didn't forget that sentence he said. I just can't believe that he cares so much about girls' type of hair instead of what they really are in the inside. I remember that he told me don't judge a book by it's cover. Well I guess were really seeing this Matt. The guy behind the mask.
I looked at him and opened the window. "What do you want? I mean, can't you see that I'm about to leave?" I mumbled with a slight attitude.
"Uhhh... I was just wondering Sora, if you would like to go out with me? I mean you know, a real date? What do you say?" He overly questioned.
What? Wait, I thought that he only liked me as a friend. I'm getting so confused. I bet that this is a trick, well have to do this the hard way, I guess. "Look Matt, I'm not trying to be mean or anything but, no. I don't want to date you. Were just friends and I hope you understand," I answered, though it was very hard.
"Really? No seriously. Do you want to go on a date with me?" He repeated.
"No, no, no, no, and no. I already told you once and that's enough for me. You know, what if you date Jamie, Angie, Courtney, or even Danielle?" I suggested.
"But Sora, their allllll blondes? I mean, are you saying that, I should date blondes?" He wondered.
"Well, yeah. I thought you adore blondes?" I replied.
"Where did you hear that idea from?" He curiously continued.
"Look Matt, I have to go somewhere and you're wasting my time. Sorry,"
With no good-bye, I stepped on the gas and drove off somewhere. I pondered about why Matt asked me out all of the sudden. Was it true about him "lovin'" blondes or was it just a trick? In a couple minutes, I reached the mall and searched for an empty park space. Finally, I found one, parked and turned on the radio to just calm me down. Suddenly, Matt's song came up, I Turn Around. I love that song but it's really no time for me to listen to it just because of what Matt spurted out all of the sudden. I know you think that I'm over dramatic about one sentence but I just really thought Matt and I were like, more than just "friends". Hey, he wanted to ask me out too but not in the right time.
Ring...ring...ring... I picked up my phone and wondered who it was, "Hello?"
"Uhhh.. Hey Sora, what's up?" The man asked.
"Sorry but who's this?" I wondered.
"Oh.. I forgot my manners. Hey Sora, this is Matt. Look I'm sorry on what I did to piss you off . But I just wonder, what made me piss you off?" He continued.
"Look, do you want to hear the truth?" I responded.
"Yeah, of course. I really want to know. I'll do anything," Matt pleaded.
"Fine." I finally said hanging up the phone.
I know that was rude but it's just me. I don't get over things real easily. I stepped off the car just carrying my little coach bag. As I turned off my car, I walked toward the mall entrance just minding my own business. I glanced to my right and saw a man, a man in black. I wondered why that man is in black. As I looked closer, I saw strands of blond locks hiding beneath that very dark cap. Then all at once, a car zoomed toward me and the man in black ran. I paused and then out of the blue, Dark (what I decided to call the man in black) dived and pushed me away from the zooming car.
My heart pounded really fast and stared at Dark examining his looks to see if it's anyone I know. He got up and quickly disappeared behind my car. Breathing tremendously hard, I still can't believe what just happened. I shook my head and reopened my eyes. Stretching my arms out, I could see no bruises just because I'm wearing a coat. While still sitting on the road, I stared at the concrete road and little did I know, ice was coated over the road. That's why the car zipped down the road without any warning. I then stood up and brushed off the dirt and ice that was on me and headed my way. Right now, I'm pretty much alert on what's going to happen. When I stopped on a road between the mall and the parking lot, I triple checked to see if there are any cars zooming by and once again, went on my way. I opened the entrance and saw a sight of Dark. I tried to hurry and catch him but unfortunately, I was too slow.
When I entered the mall, amazement gleamed upon my eyes since I saw a lot of signs saying SALE up to 75 off and Buy 2 get 3 free. I mean, I haven't seen this many sales in my whole entire life. This gave me an excellent idea, I have got to call Meems. I searched for my phone and then found something that made it harder to forget about Matt. A picture of Valentine's day 2002. It was when we were fourteen or thirteen and that he asked me to be my date at the dance. We had our first kiss, ugh.. why? Just why does he have to be so sweet and good-looking? I put the picture away and dialed Meem's cell.
"Hello?" the perky voice said," wait, wait, is this Sora? Just the person I was about to call. Oh my gawd Sor, I have got to tell you something. I'm coming to the mall just because there's really big sales. Do you want to come?"
"Wow Meems, you read my mind. How did you know I was in the mall?" I wondered.
"Uhhh.. I don't know, I guess great people think a like right?" she mentioned.
"Yeah. Were great people," I agreed.
"Okay, I'll be there in a couple of minutes," Meems alerted.
"All right, I'll wait," I continued.
So, just like Mimi said, I waited for just like two minutes and then I saw a pink-headed girl and knew she was here. She opened the door and greeted, "Hey Sora! What up girl! So you ready to shop?"
"Of course, oh I have a great idea. What if we start buying dresses for the Winter Formal?" I suggested.
"That's awesome. Let's go!" she screamed.
Meems and I first stopped at the dress store. I spotted one so amazing. It was a sparkly white sleeveless dress and rubies wrapped around the neck area of the dress. Also rubies and diamonds flowing down waist and below. Oh my gawd, that dress was amazing. Also it had a feather type shawl that came with the dress. Then I spotted white shoes with the same design. Heels with a big ruby in the middle and stretching from were white leather strips. On top of those white leather strips were rubies and diamonds just like the pattern on the dress.
"Oh my gawd Meems, look at this dress. I shotty it," I shouted.
"Yeah, it's really something. I mean it totally matches you. The rubies and diamonds are a girl's best friend. You could have it. I mean There are more dresses in this store," she explained.
I got it off the rack and it was the last one that's my size. Lucky me! I walked toward the cashier and handed her the dress. She checked what the price was 10,000 bucks. But thankfully that dress was 75 off so I only had to pay 2,500 bucks. The lady asked me if I had a bonus card and yes I did. That card had 1,500 dollars off so I used it all. Now I only had to pay $1,000. She told me if you buy $1,000 or more worth of items, you get an extra pair of heels and I knew which one I was going to pick. I got the heels I wanted and like the lady said, they were free. I handed her the cash and the dress was mine. As I got the bag, I headed toward Mimi and she was still picking a dress.
"Uhhh.. Mimi, are you done?" I wondered.
"No not yet. Well how much was the dress?" she questioned.
"It was $10,000, but it was 75 off so it turned out to be $2,500 and then I used all of the money in my bonus card and I had $1,500 in it so $2,500 - $1,500 $1,000. No sales tax. But that's not all. The lady in the cash register said that if you spend one thousand or more worth of items, you get free pair of heels that you want," I explained.
"Well aren't you a lucky teen. Oh my gawd, the dress I've been looking for!" Meems shouted with delight.
She spotted a mini black sleeveless dress with black feathers popping up at the top, just at the neck area. There were matching earrings and a hat. The earrings were hanging black feathers and the hat was amazing. The hat was shaped like a half sphere and popping black and red feathers on the left area when you look at it straightforward. At the edge of the hat were diamonds. Before I forget, there was a cut down between your belly button and the bottom of you neck. Somewhere between those two things. Around the cut were feathers, black and red going around the neck and stopping down at the point of the cut. At the end of the dress were diamonds just like the hat. Now, don't forget the shoes. They were black heels, of course. There was a big leather strip to put your foot in and on the black strip were black and red feathers. So matchy! Mimi was falling in love with it. She quickly got her size and brought it to the cash register.
Just like my problem, $10,000, 75 off, used all money in bonus card, now $1,000. Since she already had the heels, the lady said that pick a shawl to go with it. The last shawl hanging from the rack was a black one with red and black feathers. It matched just because that was the same place she found the dress. Meems got that one and paid. She grabbed the dress and ran up to me.
"Come on Sor, let's go to the dressing room to try on our dresses since there are no dressing rooms here. Weird," Mimi began.
"Okay," I agreed.
Right next to the dress store was a dressing room. We entered the room and tried them on. When the dress was finally on, I looked at myself and realized this is not the same person that goes to ordinary Odaiba High. This looks like a whole new person. I walked outside and saw Mimi in her dress. She looks like she was going to a cocktail party. I looked like I was going to a wedding and I'm the bride.
"Gosh Sor, you look stunning! I bet Matt would be all over you if he caught you wearing that," she honestly told.
Someone opened the door and you can't believe who it is. MATT! I saw his mouth stretch down as I looked at him while wearing the dress. Why is he here? Ugh... this is really not the right time for him to be here. My heart was beating like the pattern when I was almost ran over by a sliding car. I quickly rushed into a changing room, locked the door and changed from the dress to my original clothes. I rapidly placed the dress neatly in the bag with the heels. I stepped out of the room while clutching on my shopping bag and my tiny coach purse. Matt was still there and then I turned my head around to insist Mimi to please change and she did. Once Mimi was done changing, I covered my face when I walked my Matt and headed toward the exit.
"What was that about?" Mimi whined, "I really didn't have time to pose and examine the beautiful dress that was on me."
"I'm sorry but I had to get out there very quickly," I explained.
"Why? Is it because of Matt?" she questioned.
"Let's just shop some more," I said changing the subject.
With excitement gleaming upon Meems face, "Okay. Let's go to the CD store, I've been dying to buy The Teenage Wolves CD. Matt says he wrote a very special song for you," the pink-headed mentioned.
"Really?" I wondered, "or are you just saying that just because I'm mad at Matt for saying that he loves blondes and not red heads."
"Oh. So that bothered you. What, when you heard him say that, it shocked you because you wanted to go out with him?" she figured.
"Okay fine you caught me. I'll tell you the whole story," I told, "At the park, I was sitting on a bench just writing things down on a notebook. Then I heard something from behind me. When I peeked through the bush, I saw Matt talking to other boys in our school. One of them were saying, do you like Sora? Then Matt said, yeah, she's been my friend since grade school. Now, another guy said, what kind of girl's do you like? So this is the part that hit me. He likes blondes better than reds. At that time I was anxious to ask him out on a real date. You know not just a piddy-date but a real one. So then, I was practically ignoring after that scene,"
"Wow Sora, he just said one simple sentence and that offended you? I don't feel sorry for Matt and you, I mean people do those kinds of things all the time. I mean I do. When something really hurts, well you should say something to that person that's bothering you. You know, talk to him," she announced.
"But how do I get Yama to like reds?" I speculated.
"Uh... Sor, I'm not sure about that one. I mean you can't really change how people feel about each other. I think it will take time, I mean a long, long time. They have to think about it first," she advised.
"Well thanks Meems. Your really a good friend and I promise, I'll go to you when I need your help," I truthfully vowed.
"No problem. You're really a good friend too. I mean you have a great brave heart and always care about your feelings, friends, and the people that are in need. I remember you gave about 10,000 dollars worth of you savings to the poor people in the Philippines. By the way, nobody's perfect," Meems continued.
"Come on, the mall is waiting for us to shop 'til we drop," I supposed.
"Okay," she agreed.
Meems and I continued to shop and first headed where Mimi wanted to go, the CD store or our favorite place to listen and buy music, The Jukebox (made it up.) Once we got there, Mimi grabbed TTW's CD and hurried to the cash register. We searched for a employee but there was nothing but Tai-like hair. Then the person popped up and it was Jun!
"Oh my gawd, I can't believe you guys are here!" the perked up voice exclaimed.
"Uh... I want to buy this CD. How much is it?" Meems questioned stepping back from the crazy girl.
"Oh it's okay. It's free, if you assign me a date for MATTY! Oh that blond hottie! Isn't he just one of the cutest boys in Japan. Look, my shirt has a picture of Yama!" she continued.
"Hold on, uh... Jun. I'm the only one here to call your "Matty" Yama okay. If call him Yama, then I won't assign you a date with your Matty. Kay!"
"Fine. This CD is in the house just because you're going to set me up a date with Matty,"
"Uh.. thanks," Mimi finished.
We exited from The Jukebox hastily so we can't be caught hanging out with Jun.
"So where do you want to go now?" I started.
"I don't know, you asked the question, you solve it," Mimi copied.
"Hey, those are my words! Oh well," I continued with a grumble from my stomach, "oh, I have an idea. Why don't we go to the food court and eat. I'm starving," I groaned.
"Yeah me too," Mimi agreed.
As we got to the food court, Dark was there. "Hey Meems, you have got to meet this person that saved me. Well he doesn't know me but he is amazing," I jumped to conclusions.
"Really? Well, have you met him before?" she questioned.
"Uh.. no, not yet," I confessed, "Oh well, what do you want to eat?"
"Maybe a salad," Mimi answered.
I went up to a food place called Teriyaki Boy (not mine) It's one of my favorite food place to go when I'm in the food court. "Uh.. can I get a one California Roll, one Garden Salad, one Chicken Teriyaki and my favorite, the Tilapia special. You know the one that has Tilapia with white rice covered with teriyaki sauce that comes with the side salad and crab with avocado sushi plus the fried shrimp and vegetables. " I told the man.
"And do you want a drink with that?" the man asked.
"Yes I would. Can I have one Orangeade Snapple and one Peach Snapple?" I preferred.
"Okay. Let me see, your total comes out to $17.07," the man told me.
"Thanks," I responded giving him the money.
Then the man gave me a number. "Here, you wait at that line until the number 7 is called, NEXT!"
So I took a leap to the left and waited for them to call the number seven. -5 minutes later- Another man called out the number seven. I rushed to get my food and took it where Mimi was sitting. I placed the food on the table and sat on the half circle type table.
"Yummy!" Mimi admitted starting to chomp on her Garden Salad.
The Tilapia special was my favorite meal. It's so good. With my chop sticks, I tried the Tilapia first with the white rice and the teriyaki sauce just finishes it's deliciousness. Then I grabbed one of the six sushi's that was on my plate, dipped it into some teriyaki sauce and ate a part of it with one bite. Everything tasted sooooo good. Then, when I was about to get up and grab some napkins, a gun came up to my head.
I turned around and it was not Dark, but rather a person with spiky hair. Then, seeing from the side of my eye, I could see Dark crouching down and diving toward the spiky person. At last the spiky person was on the floor and when it triggered the gun, there was nothing but a flag sticking out saying BANG! The police came and they took off the ski mask. JUN! What the heck is going on?
"You weren't going to set up a with Matty. Were You!" she screamed.
"Uh.. I was, but now I'm not just because you were attempting to kill me with that plastic toy," I replied.
I looked to see if Dark was still there and again, he disappeared. I just can't believe that it was Jun. All about something really stupid. I just wonder, who is that guy? I mean, it can't possibly be Matt since he won't ever rescue a red head like me. I sat down and kind of felt weird. Why are these things happening to me all of the sudden?
"Uh.. Sora, are you okay?" Mimi wondered.
"Yeah, but I'm kind of feeling weird. I don't know why," I replied chomping on another sushi.
"You know what, forget about what happened. See look, there's Matt, maybe you could talk to him about what happened when you were eavesdropping," Mimi continued.
"Okay,"
I walked over to Matt and finally said, "Look Matt, at the park just a few hours ago I heard what you had to say about girls and that was the time when I wanted to ask you out. But when I heard that you liked..."
"Blondes than reds, you got mad," Yama interrupted.
"Well, is that true, I mean you liking blondes better than reds?" I anxiously questioned.
"Uh.. hate to say this but... Ring..." Matt said with his phone ringing.
Oh.. I knew it, he does like blondes better than reds. Cause he said, hate to say this but. He's probably going to say, yes I love blondes. With disappointment in my skin, I slouched to Mimi and then pretended to get all excited.
"So, how did it go?" she wondered.
"Well, just like I predicted, he likes blondes," I replied.
"Oh.. I'm so sorry to hear that," Mimi continued.
"Yeah, I guess this is really the guy behind the mask," I finally said.
This is a story I can really relate on. I have a guy friend and when I heard him say something realy hurtful, when I just ignored him. Well I really liked this person and was about to ask him out but then he said he liked other people besides me. Anyways, hope you like it.
- digital dancer7