After hours of practicing it was now lunch time and we all couldn't agree
more. We were all drenched in sweat from doing the same routine over and
over again and I know if I was tired they definitely were. Mariah's
straight pink sweatpants were now damp sweats and her tank was drenched in
sweat also as was everybody else's. We were now sitting in the dining room
and eating hamburgers that Mrs. Denray made for us with chips, cookies, and
sodas. I sat in the seat that was right in front of the window that showed
the front lawn in its snowy state. Tala and Rox sat side by side at the
left side of me, Ray and Mariah at the right, Tom at the other end, and the
Moron was sitting on the extra chair to the table that was in the corner
near me.
"Now that we at least know it all we can practice it twenty four seven just to get it perfect." Rox said while yawning and stretching her arms out as wide as possible. She slumped back into her seat and took a gulp of her lemon lime soft drink.
"Yeh, but I got to give a hand to Kai and Miya. They took the stage of it all, I mean that's some interesting dancing. Hmmm even though they could have better faces about it instead of having their competition faces on all the time." Ray commented with a light laugh and leaned back in his chair while still having his arm around Mariah's shoulders.
I didn't respond, I was too caught up in thinking. I mean about everything, everything had changed since they came here. She wears new styles, more opened, talks more well kind of. And this feeling inside the pit of her stomach when ever she sees him, it's like a thousand butterflies are set free each time in a non- stop flutter. She sometimes just couldn't even shake the feeling off even after he was gone, it scared me a little but then again why shouldn't it?
"Miya, heeelloooo! Are you even listening to us? Earth to Miya!" Tala asked while waving a hand in my face back in forth. I snapped out of my trance and looked up with a start. They all gave me weird faces and I shook my head.
"I wasn't listening tell me again."
"The raising money parts. We decided later on since you didn't like the whole drinking and driving idea then we would go and do a big yard sale with all of our junk and see how much we get, then we could move on to selling candy around school, is what she told you while you were zoning out." Wonder boy revised to me as I listened reluctantly to him jabber about it.
"Why not I've been meaning to throw some stuff away to make more room for some other stuff and it'd be easy also. When should we do it?" I asked while grabbing my water bottle and taking a big swig of it then letting it come back down with some force.
"I think we should do it Monday since we have it off for planning day. That means the rest of today we could make signs then post them tomorrow. Well we can start the post making after we go home and get cleaned up I don't thin k there is one of us who could disagree." Mariah told us as she got up. We all did the same and nodded our heads about the last part. I walked them to the door waved good bye and went up to my room. I hadn't wanted to take another shower so I decided to just throw my hair up quickly nad wash my body and not my hair.
The soap and warm water felt smooth and silky to my skin and it made me feel at home, back on the base before my mom died. I closed my eyes in significant luxury of the fact that it was quiet and I was alone. Tom had went back to his house and Kit was out side playing somewhere in the back yard fence. I turned on the radio that was in the shower and let the music float all around me like bubbles in the air.
I hummed the tune of Burn by Usher while drying off and throwing on my new pair of tight dark jean bell bottoms, with their black and silver holed belt. Then put a black stretchy like sweater on. The turtle neck part scrunched a little bit and it clung to my sides and arms like glue, not to mention the sleeves went down to my palms and stucj to them. I turned off the radio and went back into my own room while turning it back on to listen to the same song. I looked into my mirror and noticed that something was missing besides my make up and my hair being done. It was a necklace I had decided and started to rummage through my jewelry box.
I pulled out a silver chained necklace that had a sapphire blue oval gem on it, it was about the size of half my fist. Smiling at the antique I clasped it on around my neck and aloud it to hang a little over my collarbone. The blue stood out magnificently about the black back round of the sweater. I grabbed the silver hair drier from the basket near my dresser and put the machine to some use by letting it dry my hair. After a war with the wind, I was finally finished getting ready and decided to go down stairs.
As I walked down the carpeted stair way I found that Tala, Rox, Mariah, Ray, Tom, and Blue boy were already in the house and discussing some stuff, of which I had no clue of.
"What are you all bickering about?" I asked annoyed by all the noise that was going on the small nook. Everyone looked at me then they all smiled, not a good thing as you can tell I'm not too fond of their smiles, well not yet anyways.
"We were just discussing the Christmas situations. You see every Christmas there's a Mrs. And Mr. Claus at the dance, and well we already know a girl whose running for it and well we don't like her. And us wanting to beat her is major, and we were just thinking of the hottest girl we know." Mariah gave a sly smile I didn't like much and I soon felt regretful for even asking what they were arguing about.
"There is no way in heck I'm trying out for some phony Barbie doll contest just ot help you guys beat some chick who you don't like." I told them as I sat down in the nearest seat and picked up a pencil to start the outline of the words.
"Why not? Unless you can give me a really good explanation then you have nothing." I heard the oh so familiar voice speak aloud to me as soon as I touched the tip of my pencil to the board. I looked up into his laughing eyes and felt my whole body go numb. Why did he have an affect like this on me? Its not as if I liked him, or did I? Life was way too confusing at this point to even tell so I guess I'll just go with the flow for once.
"There's no point in it." I told him in a way that was careless and showed that I could take him on in this little game of his. I started to draw the block letters and was only partly done with the first before he answered it with a none amused tone.
"Not good enough cause' there is a purpose. We get to beat the wicked witch of the west and all the publicity will help you in the long run for the popularity and stuff we need to get you." He gave me another sly smile and his face shown with pride and mischief. When was he going to get off my back?
"I'm not know Barbie doll." I told him in disgust and he only smirked at me. I felt my face flush as I noticed him looking me up and down then back into my face.
"You look like one to me now. But I might be just imagining your hot, why don't we ask the others?" he asked me in a sarcastic tone that showed in a flirty tone. Or was it flirty? Then again why would I care?
"Shut it, your all the ones who made me like this not myself." I told him while finishing the word Garage on the board and sliding it down some to start on the other word Sale. I hated to be honest at the moment but he was starting to get the best of me and the butterflies in my stomach weren't helping.
"If I remember correctly you're the one who took the deal no one forced you into it, not even Tom. So I guess I win again." He smirked victoriously at me with gleaming eyes like a wild cat's. I felt my heart leap in my chest and had to hold my breathe so I wouldn't let out a merciless squeak. I hated to admit it but he was right he had one twice now. Mark the tally people, two for blue boy over here and zero for the ambushed girl.
"You've won the battles but not the war, so don't get to hyped up about everything to soon." I told him as I watched his magnificent eyes dance across my face to capture every detail of my defeat. His well toned face with his broad jaw line made him look like prince charming in the sun light that was bouncing off of the window and onto his proportioned face.
"Ok then all we have to do is make posters, get your dress, and some other things for the campaign then! Oh and--" Before Mariah could say another word I cut her off in mid sentence.
"Aftert we get this done, ... and if we don't then I won't do it so lets get to work now on the double." I said with a half hearted laugh when she smiled in a meek and timid way. I could tell she was kind of embarrassed about it. After two hours of fussing and wars with the markers, we were done. I wiped the last of the marker off my face with the water as the faucet ran. "Hey Miya! C'mon we're all goin' out for some ice cream!" I heard Tom yell as the screen door slammed shut with a loud bang. I shook my head and grabbed my jacket off the coat hanger. I pulled it on to myself and walked out the door to see everyone waiting on the sidewalk for me.
"We're going to walk since its not snowing or anything." Rox told me when I got into ear shot of hearing them. I shrugged, I didn't mind a good walk besides in needed to stretch my legs they were starting to get cramped. Everyone on the way talked about the nationals and how exciting it would be to win them. We got to a small shop and walked up to the counter to order. Tala had caramel swirl, Rox stuck with vanilla as did Mariah, Ray got cherry swirl, Wonder boy got chocolate and I got my favorite, strawberry with chocolate fudge on it.
We all ended up walking separately in pairs in the park while eating the rest of the ice cream. Rox and Tala goofed off over by the frozen lake, Mariah and Ray sat on the bench, Tom had found a blonde haired girl while I was stuck with Wonder boy walking a bushed path, and melting ice cream.
"Now that we at least know it all we can practice it twenty four seven just to get it perfect." Rox said while yawning and stretching her arms out as wide as possible. She slumped back into her seat and took a gulp of her lemon lime soft drink.
"Yeh, but I got to give a hand to Kai and Miya. They took the stage of it all, I mean that's some interesting dancing. Hmmm even though they could have better faces about it instead of having their competition faces on all the time." Ray commented with a light laugh and leaned back in his chair while still having his arm around Mariah's shoulders.
I didn't respond, I was too caught up in thinking. I mean about everything, everything had changed since they came here. She wears new styles, more opened, talks more well kind of. And this feeling inside the pit of her stomach when ever she sees him, it's like a thousand butterflies are set free each time in a non- stop flutter. She sometimes just couldn't even shake the feeling off even after he was gone, it scared me a little but then again why shouldn't it?
"Miya, heeelloooo! Are you even listening to us? Earth to Miya!" Tala asked while waving a hand in my face back in forth. I snapped out of my trance and looked up with a start. They all gave me weird faces and I shook my head.
"I wasn't listening tell me again."
"The raising money parts. We decided later on since you didn't like the whole drinking and driving idea then we would go and do a big yard sale with all of our junk and see how much we get, then we could move on to selling candy around school, is what she told you while you were zoning out." Wonder boy revised to me as I listened reluctantly to him jabber about it.
"Why not I've been meaning to throw some stuff away to make more room for some other stuff and it'd be easy also. When should we do it?" I asked while grabbing my water bottle and taking a big swig of it then letting it come back down with some force.
"I think we should do it Monday since we have it off for planning day. That means the rest of today we could make signs then post them tomorrow. Well we can start the post making after we go home and get cleaned up I don't thin k there is one of us who could disagree." Mariah told us as she got up. We all did the same and nodded our heads about the last part. I walked them to the door waved good bye and went up to my room. I hadn't wanted to take another shower so I decided to just throw my hair up quickly nad wash my body and not my hair.
The soap and warm water felt smooth and silky to my skin and it made me feel at home, back on the base before my mom died. I closed my eyes in significant luxury of the fact that it was quiet and I was alone. Tom had went back to his house and Kit was out side playing somewhere in the back yard fence. I turned on the radio that was in the shower and let the music float all around me like bubbles in the air.
I hummed the tune of Burn by Usher while drying off and throwing on my new pair of tight dark jean bell bottoms, with their black and silver holed belt. Then put a black stretchy like sweater on. The turtle neck part scrunched a little bit and it clung to my sides and arms like glue, not to mention the sleeves went down to my palms and stucj to them. I turned off the radio and went back into my own room while turning it back on to listen to the same song. I looked into my mirror and noticed that something was missing besides my make up and my hair being done. It was a necklace I had decided and started to rummage through my jewelry box.
I pulled out a silver chained necklace that had a sapphire blue oval gem on it, it was about the size of half my fist. Smiling at the antique I clasped it on around my neck and aloud it to hang a little over my collarbone. The blue stood out magnificently about the black back round of the sweater. I grabbed the silver hair drier from the basket near my dresser and put the machine to some use by letting it dry my hair. After a war with the wind, I was finally finished getting ready and decided to go down stairs.
As I walked down the carpeted stair way I found that Tala, Rox, Mariah, Ray, Tom, and Blue boy were already in the house and discussing some stuff, of which I had no clue of.
"What are you all bickering about?" I asked annoyed by all the noise that was going on the small nook. Everyone looked at me then they all smiled, not a good thing as you can tell I'm not too fond of their smiles, well not yet anyways.
"We were just discussing the Christmas situations. You see every Christmas there's a Mrs. And Mr. Claus at the dance, and well we already know a girl whose running for it and well we don't like her. And us wanting to beat her is major, and we were just thinking of the hottest girl we know." Mariah gave a sly smile I didn't like much and I soon felt regretful for even asking what they were arguing about.
"There is no way in heck I'm trying out for some phony Barbie doll contest just ot help you guys beat some chick who you don't like." I told them as I sat down in the nearest seat and picked up a pencil to start the outline of the words.
"Why not? Unless you can give me a really good explanation then you have nothing." I heard the oh so familiar voice speak aloud to me as soon as I touched the tip of my pencil to the board. I looked up into his laughing eyes and felt my whole body go numb. Why did he have an affect like this on me? Its not as if I liked him, or did I? Life was way too confusing at this point to even tell so I guess I'll just go with the flow for once.
"There's no point in it." I told him in a way that was careless and showed that I could take him on in this little game of his. I started to draw the block letters and was only partly done with the first before he answered it with a none amused tone.
"Not good enough cause' there is a purpose. We get to beat the wicked witch of the west and all the publicity will help you in the long run for the popularity and stuff we need to get you." He gave me another sly smile and his face shown with pride and mischief. When was he going to get off my back?
"I'm not know Barbie doll." I told him in disgust and he only smirked at me. I felt my face flush as I noticed him looking me up and down then back into my face.
"You look like one to me now. But I might be just imagining your hot, why don't we ask the others?" he asked me in a sarcastic tone that showed in a flirty tone. Or was it flirty? Then again why would I care?
"Shut it, your all the ones who made me like this not myself." I told him while finishing the word Garage on the board and sliding it down some to start on the other word Sale. I hated to be honest at the moment but he was starting to get the best of me and the butterflies in my stomach weren't helping.
"If I remember correctly you're the one who took the deal no one forced you into it, not even Tom. So I guess I win again." He smirked victoriously at me with gleaming eyes like a wild cat's. I felt my heart leap in my chest and had to hold my breathe so I wouldn't let out a merciless squeak. I hated to admit it but he was right he had one twice now. Mark the tally people, two for blue boy over here and zero for the ambushed girl.
"You've won the battles but not the war, so don't get to hyped up about everything to soon." I told him as I watched his magnificent eyes dance across my face to capture every detail of my defeat. His well toned face with his broad jaw line made him look like prince charming in the sun light that was bouncing off of the window and onto his proportioned face.
"Ok then all we have to do is make posters, get your dress, and some other things for the campaign then! Oh and--" Before Mariah could say another word I cut her off in mid sentence.
"Aftert we get this done, ... and if we don't then I won't do it so lets get to work now on the double." I said with a half hearted laugh when she smiled in a meek and timid way. I could tell she was kind of embarrassed about it. After two hours of fussing and wars with the markers, we were done. I wiped the last of the marker off my face with the water as the faucet ran. "Hey Miya! C'mon we're all goin' out for some ice cream!" I heard Tom yell as the screen door slammed shut with a loud bang. I shook my head and grabbed my jacket off the coat hanger. I pulled it on to myself and walked out the door to see everyone waiting on the sidewalk for me.
"We're going to walk since its not snowing or anything." Rox told me when I got into ear shot of hearing them. I shrugged, I didn't mind a good walk besides in needed to stretch my legs they were starting to get cramped. Everyone on the way talked about the nationals and how exciting it would be to win them. We got to a small shop and walked up to the counter to order. Tala had caramel swirl, Rox stuck with vanilla as did Mariah, Ray got cherry swirl, Wonder boy got chocolate and I got my favorite, strawberry with chocolate fudge on it.
We all ended up walking separately in pairs in the park while eating the rest of the ice cream. Rox and Tala goofed off over by the frozen lake, Mariah and Ray sat on the bench, Tom had found a blonde haired girl while I was stuck with Wonder boy walking a bushed path, and melting ice cream.