CHAPTER 1

Alison's POV

To an extinct I was calm, but as I rounded the corner ready to perform the up-chuck feeling hit me like a brick. Literally I almost fainted. I don't know why I was so nervous; things like this usually don't bother me! You see, at my school Tacoma High we pride ourselves in the arts. (Even though it sometimes brings freaks to the school) Being the center of everyone's attention is wonderful; me being the youngest of 4 kids that's rare. I love the feeling of butterflies fluttering through my body I don't get nervous I get exited! But, here I was freaking the hell out about my musical number. If I didn't know better I would say it was because I had to pee but I knew I was just trying to make up a excuse other than my nerves were getting the best of me. The reason was my closest group of friends that ever so nicely transferred from my school a year ago were in the audience. It was the annual "Expressive Arts" festival, the only thing that seem make even a recluse come out. Everyone from age 2-60 would come to see the FREE entertainment and food samplings. I tried to tone out all of the back ground noise so I could maybe reduce the speed of how fast my heart was going that I almost didn't hear my name. "ALISON!" It was my vocal coach, Anna, great now what! "Why are you back here sweetie? I know your early to things but seriously, 4 hours is a bit much!" the moment she said that my face turned into a questioned then angered followed by relived expression. "Wait... What?" with that Anna burst into laughter "Did...Did you really think you performed at 3:00!" not able to breathe though the very loud and might I say obnoxious laughing fit I was able to look at the schedule on the wall beside me. "Girly you go on at 7:25!" ok now I was really confused. On the sheet it said... Oh Allison Robinson at 3:00 and Alison Hemingway (me) at 7:25. How'd I F that up! After Anna finally calmed down she told me to go have some fun for awhile. It didn't really make me mad but knowing all of those nerves for no reason kinda pissed me off! Then I saw them Jordan, Rain, and Ilizabeth. Jordan of corse with her amazing blue eyes and blond hair was flirting up the football players, grabbing the ball away from them and doing the Heisman pose with it then showing her touchdown dance. And after which they would grab her around her Barbie doll waist and pull her on top of them and she would bat her eye's asking if they would let go, they would of course. Everyone did what she said less like she ordered them and more like they were hypnotized. Rain was just looking on at Jordan from a nearby bench laughing along with the players, her short jet black hair shined in her pony tail... And she had chop sticks poking their way out of the top of her head. She never did let us forget that she was Chinese or as she said "Natural born rocket scientist." First time I heard her say that milk came out of my nose. Iz was next to Rain on the bench with her legs in the air and her head almost touching the ground texting of coarse and banging her head to some random beat. If she didn't have her dirty blond hair tucked underneath her baseball hat it would have been in the dirt (like she would mind) then as if someone taped her on the shoulder she looked directly at me with a freckly green eyed smile and screamed ! I nearly fell over as they hugged me, man I missed them. "Hey guys! I missed you!" I squealed then realized everyone around us was watching. Awkward. Jokingly I shouted to the on lookers "Is this entertaining?" I didn't think anyone would hear but I was wrong. That's twice today. A group guys responded "Very! How about you come have your reunion over here?" I started to laugh but I guess Jordan, Rain, and Iz knew them and weren't the best of friends. Before I could ask why they were giving them the finger with a sick look on their face they lead me away. We walked to the center of the field past the football players so we had the stage in front of us. "See now that we have transferred we had to deal with creepers like them." Jordan said with the most serious face I have ever seen on her. "Oh! Gossip, let me in on everything." I didn't realize what I was getting myself into. We walked from the stage to the end of where the festival was held twice! Apparently they had a good sophomore year, and more crap about a talent show and guys. The only time I actually tuned in was when she started to talk about their first encounter with the band of guys from earlier. The guys were in a band called Löded Diper and always nagged everyone to come see them play. But one of them took the nagging too far with Jordan. He cornered her at the mall and was trying to sweet talk her to come to one of their shows. Jordan being Jordan was freaked out then Iz came to the rescue kneeing him in the groin. Rain was of course to busy talking to the cute cash register boy to notice what was going behind her. Because of this encounter my friends find them immature and discussing. "Well what a adventure...Wait so you guys are like enemies now?" Iz was the one to respond this time "No just that one guy I kneed. But the others are weird so we don't really talk to them." I stretched and looked at my watch 5:26 I have time. "You want to go get some free food?" Jordan asked while walking to the food area "I hope they have Mexican!" We all laughed and followed.