Chapter 5
After driving ten hours, the group
finally arrived at the Powers Ferry Crowne Plaza Hotel. It was midnight and everyone walked up to
their rooms immediately. Angela was
sooo thrilled about rooming with a dancer. She didn't mind the band twins, because she figured that they'd take her
mind off rooming with a dancer. They
entered their room and Angela immediately claimed one side of one of the beds.
The dancer, Amy Casey, entered the room
right after them. "Hey," she
greeted. "Can I put my stuff right
here?"
Angela shrugged. "Sure." She'd figure that she'd give her a chance.
"By the way, I really want to apologize
for what Katie, Eve and Katrina said earlier," Amy told her. "That was really mean what they did and I
say that if you like him, go for it."
Surprised, Angela smiled. "Thanks, but trust me, you don't have to
apologize for them."
"No, I think I should on their behalf,"
Amy said. "I get so fed up with their
snobbery too. Everyone on the team
does. Just ignore them and you'll be
fine."
"Thanks," Angela sincerely said.
The twins, Beth and Bianca, finished
getting ready for bed and Angela went into the bathroom. Amy followed and took the other sink. "So how did you two meet?" she asked.
"I saw him one day after school at
practice and I just thought that he was absolutely gorgeous," Angela began.
"How could one not?" Amy asked and
grinned. "Sorry, keep going."
"So I finally asked McKenzie
Westmore, also known as the entire french horn section, to introduce us in
December, at the Christmas music concert," Angela continued. "That's why I was late getting into the
chorus room and I had to make up the 'emergency' story for Mrs. Green. I didn't really talk to him again until
March, when two of my friends, Tara and Kelly, were talking to him during lunch
and I happened to get into the conversation. I saw him the next Tuesday after the pep rally that we were in and we
got to talking about band and guard, since his sister spun on the guard at our
school a while ago. The next thing I knew he was walking me to class and
actually listening to what I had to say."
"Wow," Amy said. "Did anything else happen after that?"
"Well, I always talk to him during even
day lunch and he always walks me to class afterwards. It's kind of like our little routine," Angela explained and
smiled.
"When did you find out that he was
taken?" Amy asked and finished removing her makeup.
"In December," Angela told her. "Mac warned me about it. I really hope that no one except for Katie,
Eve and Katrina see me as the little freshman guard whore trying to break them
up, because I'm not."
"I completely understand," Amy
agreed. "The first guy that I really
fell in love with freshman year was taken, and he was a senior."
"How did it turn out?" Angela asked.
"Not great," Amy said. "His girlfriend told everyone that I was a
two-timing manipulative bitch and that was it. However, Emily goes to another school and not ours. You're in the clear until she finds out
about you."
"Which will hopefully be never," Angela
said and finished washing her face.
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It was around one in the morning when
Angela and Amy finished getting ready for bed and got in. "So are you and Jarod actually going out?"
Bianca asked Angela.
"Dreamin's free," Angela said. "However, my dream will soon become a
reality if I have my way."
"That's the spirit," Amy complimented.
"But doesn't he—" Beth started.
"Have a
girlfriend?" Angela finished. "Yep. But when did that ever stop me?"
"Better save that vixen persona for
tomorrow," Amy said with a laugh. "You can
have him all to yourself."
"I know," Angela said. "And trust me, it'll work. Just sit back and enjoy the ride."