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Michael's POV
Well, I did it. I finally asked her to the dance last night. Which means, that tonight is the dance!
I don't think it has quite sunk in yet. You know, the fact that I'm not only attending a school dance, but the fact that I'm going with a girl I actually like!
I know I stressed the fact that we are only going as friends, but who knows? Maybe after tonight we can progress to something more.
Anyway, today is the Winter Carnival. We have homeroom, and then we just get to spend the rest of the day hanging out at all of the booths. Having fun.
The Computer Club has a booth. So I'll be there for most of the day. We made a really cool game, where all of the teachers are dressed up in funny costumes. But we used a different game when applying for the booth, of course. Were not that stupid.
So I should see Mia at some point in the day. She had said she would stop by to see the game.
Right now, we are just waiting in homeroom for our slips of paper with our Finals grades on them.
I hope I did ok, stressing over the whole Mia thing lately has undoubtedly hindered my results. But hopefully not too much. Oh God, I hope they won't take back my early acceptance into Columbia! They can't do that, can they???
Mia's POV
Yes! I totally aced Algebra! Well, ok, maybe not aced, but I did better than I thought I would. I got a B!
I can't wait to tell Michael how much his tutoring helped me, no wait, let me rephrase that, I can't wait to tell my date how much his tutoring helped me. Aargh! My date! Who knew I would ever say that in reference to Michael?
I'm so nervous, I mean, I know he said we were only going as friends, but friends can still slow dance a little can't they? It wouldn't be too weird, right?
And we're going out to dinner too! We arranged it all last night, after he asked me. We decided that we would go out with Lilly and Boris, and I asked Tina this morning if she wanted to join us and she said yes!
She's so excited for me. She says that even if we are only going as friends, it's still the first step. I told her it was highly unlikely there were going to be any more 'steps,' but I secretly hope she's right.
Now that homeroom is over, I'm off to find Tina so we can go round the carnival together. Lilly has a booth, the Amnesty International one, so she can't join us.
And Michael will be at the Computer Club booth all day, so I will have to go over and see him eventually I guess. It would be pretty rude to avoid him. But what am I going to say? I'm going to freeze up when I see him. I hope things aren't going to be weird between us.
Michael's POV
Mia just came up to the booth, she's with Tina.
"Hey," I said to them both, not looking Mia directly in the face. I don't know why, but it was kind of weird. She was avoiding my eyes too.
"Hey," they both said. "So can we play?" Tina added.
I sat them down at a computer and started the game up for Tina.
While Tina was playing, I spoke to Mia, trying to bridge the weird gap between us.
"So... um, how did you go on your Algebra Final? Did you get your results?"
"Yeah, I got a B. Thanks again for all of your help."
"A B? That's really good. And it's no problem, maybe next semester we can bump that B up to an A."
"Well with your help anything is possible." She looked up at me and met my eyes for a second. Then she blushed and looked away.
Damn, for a minute things weren't weird, but then they were again.
A few minutes later they had both played the game, and were leaving.
"Um. I guess I'll see you later then." Mia said.
"Yeah, sure. Bye." I replied.
Tina shot me a quizzical look. I know what it meant, because I was feeling it too. Why were things so weird between Mia and me?
I shrugged my shoulders and she followed Mia.
I hope things won't be so awkward tonight.
Mia's POV
It's lucky that I'm a princess, because otherwise I wouldn't have anything to wear on such short notice.
Thankfully Sebastiano had made me a dress, in an effort to get me to forgive him for the whole photo thing.
It's quite a nice dress. It looks horrible when it's on the hanger, but something happened when I put it on. It looked really good.
Tina is here getting ready with me. Everyone else is meeting here soon, so we can go out for dinner.
When I came out of the bathroom wearing the dress, Tina said, "Whoa! Michael is going to flip out when he sees you."
I can only hope!
It's almost 5.30, everyone should be here soon. Mom and Mr. G are taking about a million photos of Tina and I. And they will undoubtedly take a million more when everyone else arrives. I just hope they don't embarrass me.
Oh God, I'm so nervous. I still can't get over the fact that I'm going to a school dance with my dream guy! Of course, when I went to the last dance with Josh Richter, I thought he was my dream guy, and boy was I ever wrong. But Michael's different. He really is my dream guy, and he isn't only going to the dance with me to have his picture on the front page of the 'Post.' At least I hope he isn't.
Aargh! The doorbell just rang! Here goes nothing.
Michael's POV
Lilly, Boris and I just arrived at Mia's. I'm so nervous, that I'm actually glad Lilly and Tina are coming to dinner with us, because I have a feeling things would be more than weird if it was just Mia and I.
Wow. Mia just opened the door, and she looks.... gorgeous! I can't believe she's going to the dance with ME!
"Hi," I said as I stepped into the Loft nervously. "You look great." I handed her the flower I'd gotten her. I wasn't so sure about whether or not to give her a flower since we were only 'friends,' but Lilly said to, so I did.
"Thanks, you look really great too." She took the flower from me and she was blushing, probably just as much as I was.
Tina's boyfriend Dave arrived a few minutes later, and Mia's mom announced, "It's photo time, kids!"
We posed for what seemed like a million photos. We had group ones, just the girls, just the guys, and then individual ones with our dates.
The photos of Mia and I are going to be so funny. No wait, do I mean humiliating? We were both so red, I was standing there with my arms around her, and everyone was watching. Even if the photos were black and white, I still would have come up red.
Mia's POV
Dinner was so great. We're in the limo now, on the way to school.
It was just so much fun. It was like we were all friends just hanging out, only we were really dressed up.
Things weren't as awkward between Michael and I. I think having other people around helped. He seems to be having fun. I know I am.
But Tina keeps bugging me, when no one else is around of course. She keeps telling me that Michael and I make the cutest couple, and that I should just ask him out for real. But I don't know, I mean, Michael did stress the fact that we were only going as friends. Would he even want more?
I hope he isn't regretting his decision to take a freshman, no doubt he will be copping a bit of flack for it.
Oh God, we're here. I don't want to go in.
"Come on, Mia!" Tina was pulling me out of the car.
Well, I guess this is it.
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Michael's POV
Well, I did it. I finally asked her to the dance last night. Which means, that tonight is the dance!
I don't think it has quite sunk in yet. You know, the fact that I'm not only attending a school dance, but the fact that I'm going with a girl I actually like!
I know I stressed the fact that we are only going as friends, but who knows? Maybe after tonight we can progress to something more.
Anyway, today is the Winter Carnival. We have homeroom, and then we just get to spend the rest of the day hanging out at all of the booths. Having fun.
The Computer Club has a booth. So I'll be there for most of the day. We made a really cool game, where all of the teachers are dressed up in funny costumes. But we used a different game when applying for the booth, of course. Were not that stupid.
So I should see Mia at some point in the day. She had said she would stop by to see the game.
Right now, we are just waiting in homeroom for our slips of paper with our Finals grades on them.
I hope I did ok, stressing over the whole Mia thing lately has undoubtedly hindered my results. But hopefully not too much. Oh God, I hope they won't take back my early acceptance into Columbia! They can't do that, can they???
Mia's POV
Yes! I totally aced Algebra! Well, ok, maybe not aced, but I did better than I thought I would. I got a B!
I can't wait to tell Michael how much his tutoring helped me, no wait, let me rephrase that, I can't wait to tell my date how much his tutoring helped me. Aargh! My date! Who knew I would ever say that in reference to Michael?
I'm so nervous, I mean, I know he said we were only going as friends, but friends can still slow dance a little can't they? It wouldn't be too weird, right?
And we're going out to dinner too! We arranged it all last night, after he asked me. We decided that we would go out with Lilly and Boris, and I asked Tina this morning if she wanted to join us and she said yes!
She's so excited for me. She says that even if we are only going as friends, it's still the first step. I told her it was highly unlikely there were going to be any more 'steps,' but I secretly hope she's right.
Now that homeroom is over, I'm off to find Tina so we can go round the carnival together. Lilly has a booth, the Amnesty International one, so she can't join us.
And Michael will be at the Computer Club booth all day, so I will have to go over and see him eventually I guess. It would be pretty rude to avoid him. But what am I going to say? I'm going to freeze up when I see him. I hope things aren't going to be weird between us.
Michael's POV
Mia just came up to the booth, she's with Tina.
"Hey," I said to them both, not looking Mia directly in the face. I don't know why, but it was kind of weird. She was avoiding my eyes too.
"Hey," they both said. "So can we play?" Tina added.
I sat them down at a computer and started the game up for Tina.
While Tina was playing, I spoke to Mia, trying to bridge the weird gap between us.
"So... um, how did you go on your Algebra Final? Did you get your results?"
"Yeah, I got a B. Thanks again for all of your help."
"A B? That's really good. And it's no problem, maybe next semester we can bump that B up to an A."
"Well with your help anything is possible." She looked up at me and met my eyes for a second. Then she blushed and looked away.
Damn, for a minute things weren't weird, but then they were again.
A few minutes later they had both played the game, and were leaving.
"Um. I guess I'll see you later then." Mia said.
"Yeah, sure. Bye." I replied.
Tina shot me a quizzical look. I know what it meant, because I was feeling it too. Why were things so weird between Mia and me?
I shrugged my shoulders and she followed Mia.
I hope things won't be so awkward tonight.
Mia's POV
It's lucky that I'm a princess, because otherwise I wouldn't have anything to wear on such short notice.
Thankfully Sebastiano had made me a dress, in an effort to get me to forgive him for the whole photo thing.
It's quite a nice dress. It looks horrible when it's on the hanger, but something happened when I put it on. It looked really good.
Tina is here getting ready with me. Everyone else is meeting here soon, so we can go out for dinner.
When I came out of the bathroom wearing the dress, Tina said, "Whoa! Michael is going to flip out when he sees you."
I can only hope!
It's almost 5.30, everyone should be here soon. Mom and Mr. G are taking about a million photos of Tina and I. And they will undoubtedly take a million more when everyone else arrives. I just hope they don't embarrass me.
Oh God, I'm so nervous. I still can't get over the fact that I'm going to a school dance with my dream guy! Of course, when I went to the last dance with Josh Richter, I thought he was my dream guy, and boy was I ever wrong. But Michael's different. He really is my dream guy, and he isn't only going to the dance with me to have his picture on the front page of the 'Post.' At least I hope he isn't.
Aargh! The doorbell just rang! Here goes nothing.
Michael's POV
Lilly, Boris and I just arrived at Mia's. I'm so nervous, that I'm actually glad Lilly and Tina are coming to dinner with us, because I have a feeling things would be more than weird if it was just Mia and I.
Wow. Mia just opened the door, and she looks.... gorgeous! I can't believe she's going to the dance with ME!
"Hi," I said as I stepped into the Loft nervously. "You look great." I handed her the flower I'd gotten her. I wasn't so sure about whether or not to give her a flower since we were only 'friends,' but Lilly said to, so I did.
"Thanks, you look really great too." She took the flower from me and she was blushing, probably just as much as I was.
Tina's boyfriend Dave arrived a few minutes later, and Mia's mom announced, "It's photo time, kids!"
We posed for what seemed like a million photos. We had group ones, just the girls, just the guys, and then individual ones with our dates.
The photos of Mia and I are going to be so funny. No wait, do I mean humiliating? We were both so red, I was standing there with my arms around her, and everyone was watching. Even if the photos were black and white, I still would have come up red.
Mia's POV
Dinner was so great. We're in the limo now, on the way to school.
It was just so much fun. It was like we were all friends just hanging out, only we were really dressed up.
Things weren't as awkward between Michael and I. I think having other people around helped. He seems to be having fun. I know I am.
But Tina keeps bugging me, when no one else is around of course. She keeps telling me that Michael and I make the cutest couple, and that I should just ask him out for real. But I don't know, I mean, Michael did stress the fact that we were only going as friends. Would he even want more?
I hope he isn't regretting his decision to take a freshman, no doubt he will be copping a bit of flack for it.
Oh God, we're here. I don't want to go in.
"Come on, Mia!" Tina was pulling me out of the car.
Well, I guess this is it.
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