We arrived at the dance about 20 minutes later. The gymnasium looked beautiful, decorated with disco balls, rainbow colored lights, and a DJ. The DJ was Danny Dawkins, the guy who liked Pim. He was really moving his body to the beat, spinning around and mixing the records with that cool scratchy sound.
Then I asked Owen to come dance with me and Phil said " sure ". I was surprised by what he said. I think he forgot that I wasn't talking to him. My heart was telling me to kick Owen to the curb and dance with Phil, but I just couldn't. I know you should follow your heart, but I chose not to. It was a big mistake, since I had the lousiest time ever.
" Oh, right... you guys do that. Via and I are gonna get some drinks... " Phil said, dragging Via to the punch bowl while I dragged Owen to the dance floor. Since I was trying to make Phil jealous, I started acting like I was having the time of my life. But following Owen's ridiculous way of dancing made me have an even worse time, since I felt like an idiot.
As I was ' dancing ' as Owen called it, I looked over Phil's way about 5 times. Every time he was staring at me.
After dancing a little bit more, Via and Phil finally joined us. We weren't even dancing for 5 minutes when Via started talking about something totally random.
" Did you hear our football team is locking themselves in the coat closet? " she asked.
" Really? " Owen said.
" Yeah. They only need 1 more person to beat the record for HandsomeTown High, " Via said.
" Yeah, I'm there, " Owen said and rushed to the 'closet'.
" Oh, no... my coat's in that closet. Phil, dance with Keely, " she said, pushing Phil forward and walking off quickly.
We were left there together for about 5 seconds and then my stupid mouth slipped.
During my perfect chance, too! I wanted to go hit my head against a brick wall.
" Uh... I really don't feel like dancing anymore, " I said, running off to sit down on a chair against the wall. It took Phil a second to react and then he rushed over to me.
" Keely... " he started, but I interrupted him.
" Oh, were you talking to me? I thought you were talking to your date Via, " I said sarcastically.
" I only agreed to go with her because you asked Owen. "
" I asked Owen when you decided to leave this century. "
We both sat there in silence looking at the ceiling until finally he said something.
" Keely, I've learned a few things from time travel. One, never order the fish. In any century, " he said.
" Duh! " I said. I hated fish. YUCK!
" What's the other one? " I asked, looking at him awaiting the answer.
" You never know when your time will end, so you have to make the most of what's happening right now! " he said excitedly, trying to make me understand.
" I don't know if I can do that, " I said truthfully.
" Well... I don't blame you, " he said, leaning back in his chair and looking across the room disappointedly.
" But I'll try, " I said softly, looking him straight in the eye. He looked at me back, and for a moment I thought it was the perfect time to kiss him, finally. Then he finally said the best 3 words I had ever heard.
" You wanna dance? " he asked me, standing up and holding out his hand. I hesitated for a brief second, but then it was like something pushed me up and made me take his hand. As we inched closer to each other to dance, Pim, now the DJ, changed the magical slow song into a fast, pop song. I wanted to strangle her, but I calmed myself. Phil and I rolled our eyes.
" You see what I mean about timing? " Phil asked me, laughing.
" Yeah... " I dragged out, almost ready to burst out laughing. I just gave a slow, half -
heart laugh and Phil and I began dancing to the fast song. Even though I was there with Owen, I
no longer cared. I just gave into my little shoulder angel and kicked my shoulder devil to the
curb.
And you know what? I had the time of my life at that dance, and I'll never forget it.
End of Chapter 11
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- PHEELY FOREVER!