Chapter 7: "That's got his own 2x"

Meg sat at dinner that night picking at her food.

"There's a dance at school coming up." Patty informed her parents excitedly

"Are you girls going?" Mrs. Pryor said smiling and looking at her daughters.

"Someone has to ask me." Patty said in a kind of non chalant tone.

"What about you Meg?" Mr. Pryor asked Meg. She looked up from her plate.

"What?" She asked having missed the entire conversation

"Are you going to the dance?"

"Oh," She swallowed hard, "I don't know yet."

"Oh please." Patty said "Like the entire school knows that Joey Wilson is asking her."

"PATTY!" Meg shot at her sister angrily

"What's wrong with this Joey kid." Mr. Pryor asked

"Nothing. He's just the most popular boy in school." Patty informed them

"Why don't you want to go with him Meg?" Mr. Pryor asked taking a sip of beer

"I didn't say that I didn't want to. I just don't know yet." Meg said shrugging

"So is everyone in the school going?" Mrs. Pryor asked

"I think so." Pattie continued. "Probably not Sam and them though. We're not allowed to bring people from outside of our school this time."

"So how does that make you think he's not going?" Meg shot angrily

"I just didn't know who he's go with from out school." Patty said shrugging.

"It's just a school dance, it doesn't matter who goes with who." Meg shot back

Mr. Pryor dismissed them from the dinner table trying to forget the conversation that had just taken place.

---- The next day Roxanne and Meg sat at lunch. Meg was quieter than usual. Meg put her head down as she saw Joey Wilson heading her way.

"Hey Meg, hey Roxanne." Joey said as he slid into the table.

"Hi." Roxanne said rolling her eyes and looking away.

"Hi." Meg said politely well aware that Sam was watching from across the cafeteria.

She did not despise Joey, she hated him. He was one of the boys that beat up Sam that day for being friends with her. She couldn't let on his distaste for him though, because if anyone would figure out the truth about Meg and Sam it would be Joey. Not that he didn't have suspicions already.

"So I was wondering if you wanted to go to the dance with me on Friday." Joey said flashing a charming smile.

Megs stomach dropped.

"Um… I wasn't planning on going." Meg lied

"Come on, it will be fun." He coaxed her

"I'll let you know." Meg said walking away from the table followed by Roxanne leaving Joey dumb founded. Nobody had ever turned him down before.

He watched and wasn't at all surprised about what he saw next, Sam slipping out of the cafeteria.

Sam knew exactly where to find Meg and Roxanne as he followed the steps and the long corridor down to the basement where the three always met. Little did he know that Joey was following behind him.

"Hey." He said when he saw the girls huddling in a conference like fashion.

"Hey." Meg said standing up and hugging him

"So, Joey asked you huh?" Sam asked

"Yeah, I did." Joey voice came from behind them.

Joey stepped out of a dark corner of the basement.

"I did ask you, right Meg?"

Meg just stood there at the boy staring holes through her. Sam stepped in front of Meg in a protective fashion.

"I don't want any trouble." Sam said

"I didn't want any trouble either." Joey said shoving Sam backwards.

"Look man, let's just talk this out."

"TALK THIS OUT!" Joey practically yelled "EVERYONE knew that I was going to ask Meg to this dance, and now if she shows up with you! I'm not having that! I'm not going to be turned down for a nigger!"

"Don't call him that!" Meg said stepping out from behind Sam

"Or what?"

"Meg it's alright." Sam said grabbing her arm before she did something that she would regret. "Every girl in the school wants to go with you!"

"Besides Meg, and me for that matter." Roxanne chimed in from the corner.

"What's going to happen is Meg is coming to this dance with me Friday night, and she's going to have a good time, and she's going to look pretty, and you" he said pointing to Sam, "are going to go and watch every second of it."

Sam and Meg exchanged glances.

"Or what?" Sam challenged

"Everyone is going to know the truth about you and Meg." Joey shot back "Deal."

Sam looked back at Meg but couldn't tell what she was thinking. She had her head down.

"Deal." Sam said

Next chapter the dance, and did Meg really want Sam to take the deal or is she ready for the relationship to come out?

xoxo Jules