Dancing in the Rain
Chapter 1
Sarah Rains walked as slowly as she could down the hallway, dragging her cork wedges along the maroon carpeted floors. As she neared the cream colored door, she sighed lightly and reached for the golden handle. Hearing faint music coming from the other side, Sarah pressed her ear against the door. She assumed that the banquet she had been attending, which had been disappointing so far, had finally started to liven up. Shrugging her shoulders, she turned the handle and strolled into the ballroom.
Startled by the four figures standing before her, Sarah stopped in her tracks and raised her eyebrows in surprise. The boys of McFly stood in front of her.
"I'm sorry, wrong room," she explained as she spun in her spot and began to hurry out.
"Wait!" cried a voice from behind. Sarah whirled around to find that Harry had called out to her. "You can't tell anyone you saw us here. We chose this hotel because we thought no one would ever find out we were here. You won't tell anyone, will you?"
Sarah was speechless. Never before had she been in the presence of someone remotely famous, much less had someone of that importance talk to her. Trying to keep her cool, she replied with a casual "I promise", and once again began her journey out the door. She stopped short once she was a foot away, wanting to say something to separate herself from every other fan. While psyching herself out, she slowly pivoted and in what she hoped was a calm voice said, "By the way, that song is beautiful."
Hoping her words had sounded as suave as she had meant them to be, Sarah sped out of the room as quickly as she could.
Back in to ballroom, Danny Jones stared open mouthed at the space where Sarah had once stood.
One week later
"Face it, we're lost," sighed Harry as slumped into his seat on the tour bus.
"Well sweeties, it looks like there is something wrong with the engine. You boys should find some place to rest while I get this bus fixed," explained Jane, the bus driver.
Great, thought Danny, as he stretched and prepared to walk. "Do you guys see that?" He questioned, while pointing to a nearby building. Squinting his eyes, he made out the words "high school" on the side of a building. "It's a school! We should ask if we can hang out there for a little while."
Dougie, Tom, and Harry shrugged, having come up with no better plan. The group trudged along the road, jogged up the stairs in front, and entered the office-like building. But Danny skidded to a stop as soon as he stepped inside the glass doors. The first person he saw was Sarah. The others noticed her too, but because none of them knew her name, they cannot get her attention.
As if she could sense their presence, Sarah's head jerked sideways and her eyes widened as she recognized the boys. As she opened her mouth to ask why they were at her school of all places, Sarah heard her name being screamed down the hall way. She looked to see her friend Gary strutting towards her.
Gary was the most adorable boy in school. He was shorter than most of the female population, but had a face that could melt the coldest heart. Because this cuteness factor, Gary was constantly being followed by a posse of girls. Now was an exception of course, since the hallways were empty because class was in session.
"Hey Gary," Sarah replied, trying to avoid a conversation so she could get back to the four boys waiting at the front of the school. "What's up?"
"I'm sad," whined Gary, pouting the pout that could make heartless people cry.
"Awww, why?"
"I didn't get my hug today."
Sarah rolled her eyes. He obviously hadn't gotten his share of affection for the day. She gave him a quick hug, and tried to turn back to the boys. But as if fate didn't want her to ever talk to them again, Mrs. Nirvand, the biology teacher, spotted her in the hallway. After being asked why she wasn't in class, Sarah answered that she was just returning to class, and walked away. She sighed as she walked back to her classroom, resigning herself to the fact that she would probably never see them again.