Chapter 10

The next day, Opal's cheek had gone to normal, and her mouth stopped hurting. She and her mom had just arrived at school, and the two went inside and went their separate ways. After stopping at her locker, she went to her class where her friends already were.

"Hi guys." she greeted. "Hey Opal." the others said. "Hey, Cole here are your headsets back, thanks for letting me use them." Opal said, giving him back the sets. "No problem, having something to drown out the sound of the drill always helps me." Cole told her.

"By the way, Lloyd, I saw your dad there. He seems really happy." said Opal. "Yeah, he says he's really enjoying being a receptionist." said Lloyd.

When class began before the teacher spoke, an announcement came on over the intercom. "Attention everyone, this a reminder that Ninjago City High School's annual fall dance is coming up next month." said the principal.

The students began chattering. "The fall dance?" asked Opal. "Yeah, every year the school has a fall dance, it's really fun." said Zane. "Yeah, we dress up, there's great music, a DJ, dancing, and good food." explained Pixal.

"It sounds like it could be fun." said Opal. "Especially since we're the dance committee." said Jay. "Really?" asked Opal. "Yeah, we're in charge of planning the dance from the decorations to the food." explained Lloyd.

"Sounds like fun." "Would you like to join up?" Skylor offered. "Really, you'd like me to join?" "Sure, you're our friend, and it's easy." said Kai. "Then okay, I'm joining up." said Opal. "All right, students now that that's out of the way, it's time to get started." said the teacher.

At lunch they talked about the dance. "So we need to pick a theme, food, music, figure who the DJ should be, and decorate the gym." said Zane, reading a list. "Sounds like a lot of work." said Opal. "It is, but it's tons of fun." said Jay.

"What kind of theme should we have?" asked Pixal. "Hmm, well maybe since it's fall we should do like an Enchanted Forest type of theme." suggested Nya. "No offense sis, but that's kinda middle school-ish. We need something more high school." said Kai.

"Well do you have any ideas bro?" Nya shot back. "Well, not yet, but I'll get one eventually." said Kai. "I may have an idea." Opal pipped up. "What is it?" Asked Lloyd. "We could do like an Alice in Wonderland theme." Opal explained.

It had been her favorite movie as a kid, and when she first came to the city, she felt like Alice when she first went to Wonderland. "You know that's a pretty good idea." Said Jay. "That could work." Said Zane.

They all agreed, they'd go with the theme "Alice in Wonderland". "Good idea, Opal." Complimented Cole. "Thanks." Opal answered, she could feel her face heating up.

After lunch they made their way back to their classroom. "So Skylor, you want to be my date for the dance?" asked Kai. "Well...sure why not?" Skylor answered. "(Chuckles), well it didn't take long for you to get a date, Kai." said Nya.

"No time like the present, sis." Kai explained. That made Opal think. She didn't really attend that many dances back in Fallon, but she knew that most of students who attended dances had dates. Perhaps she could ask Cole to be her date.

When they got to their next class, they all took their seats. As the school day went on, Opal's friends got their dates. Jay asked Nya, and Pixal and Zane decided they'd go together. When the final bell rang, most of the kids went home, but the dance committee stayed behind to discuss the plans.

Luckily Mrs. Lancaster said it would be okay, and that she'd see Opal later. "Okay, let's meet in the computer lab, then we can go over more details." said Nya. "I'll meet you there in a minute, I gotta pick some things up from my locker." said Opal.

"Okay, see you there." said Pixal. As the others went to the lab, Opal went to her locker. As she got her things, she heard loud voices. She looked up and saw that the cheer leading squad had surrounded Lloyd and Cole.

Then it hit Opal. Cole was a member of the Ninja, and one of the more popular guys in school, so there were lots of girls who'd want to go to the dance with him. "Oh, Opal what were you thinking? You're still the shy new girl, what chance do you have?" she said in her mind.

She just got her things, and went to the computer lab.

"Okay, if we're gonna have an Alice in Wonderland theme, we have to make the gym look like Wonderland." Said Nya. "So that means everything has to be brightly colored, we need white rabbits, teacups, and Cheshire Cats." Said Zane.

"Right, and for food we'll have the usual hors d'oeuvres, such as pigs in blankets, cheese cubes, and fruit and vegetable sticks, but we'll need some sweets." said Skylor. "Hey Opal, since your dad owns a bakery, do you think he'd mind catering?" asked Jay.

"I'm sure he wouldn't." Opal answered. "Great, and we'll have soundtrack from the movie for background music, and we'll play modern songs to dance to." Cole said. "Good idea." said Pixal. "Well, this seems like a good place to stop, we'll pick up more tomorrow." said Nya.

The teens said their goodbyes, and made their ways home. As Opal rode home with her mother who'd came to pick her up, she wondered if she stood a chance at being Cole's date to the dance.

That's chapter 10, plz review