Chapter 7

Freddy's POV

It was all around school! Lawrence and Summer were going together to the dance! It made me laugh to just think about it. I wanted to thank Lawrence for asking her out, because it had made me stop feeling bad about turning down. I took my lunch tray and slid down next to Zack at the lunch table. I looked across from me. Alicia and Marta were sitting there. Zack nudged me and whispered into my ear, "I asked Alicia, and she said yes!"

"That's great man!" I whispered back. I settled in and took a bite of my sandwich.

"I can't believe Lawrence asked Summer!" exclaimed Marta.

"I know, but at least it will keep her away from me," I added in.

"Yeah," smiled Marta.

"Hey Freddy, Marta," started Alicia, "Zack and I were wondering if you wanted to double date with us to the dance?"

"Sounds good to me, what do you think Marta?" I said.

"Sounds great!" she answered. Alicia looked over at Frankie sitting next to me.

"If you get a date, you can come too Frankie," she told him.

"Ok, I'm thinking about asking either Michelle or Tomika," Frankie answered.

"That's cool," I said to Frankie, "but Michelle? She's friends with Summer!"

"Yeah but she's different."

"Yeah, Frankie's right Michelle isn't that bad," said Marta. My stomach kind of sank thinking Marta disagreed with me. Oh well, its not like she can agree with everything. As Marta finished, Alicia gave her a look.

"What?" asked Marta to Alicia.

"Well I guess she's better than Eleni or Summer," Alicia said.

"So, you going to ask her Frankie?" asked Zack. "It will get her away from Summer and just make Summer more miserable." Everyone at the table laughed except for me.

"Yeah I guess I will, but I don't know if she'll want to go with you guys too, she might not even want to go with me," Frankie looked over at Michelle who was sitting with Eleni, Summer, Katie, Tomika and some other girls from their class.

"I'm sure she will," I told Frankie. Frankie shrugged.

"So," started Alicia, "anymore gossip on who's going with who?" This is one of the first times I've sat with girls at lunch and I'm starting to realize this is basically all they talk about. Well, not all girls. I glanced over at Summer.

"Well, there's definitely something between Gordon and Katie," I said, satisfying Alicia's need for gossip.

"Yeah I guess," shrugged Alica. The bell rang and all of us headed to the classroom. Things were going great for me. Why did I still feel bad for Summer though?

Summer's POV

I guess going with Lawrence won't be too bad, I thought as I walked back to class from recess. He's was a very kind guy and he would take my mind off of Freddy. Even though I was going with Lawrence I still needed a plan to get Freddy to dance with me. Luckily, I had a few days to think of one.