True To Your Heart
Chapter 6-True Feelings
Act 1: Tucker's Bet
The students gathered in a circle around the classroom sitting on the floor. Mr. Lancer walked back and forth with his hand on his chin deep into thought. His arm crossed behind his back as he retraced his footsteps. He stopped in front of everyone, when he noticed that his students was giving him full attention. He breathed deeply, as if nervous to say something. "Children, as you know, our auditorium is being reconstructed from that treacherous incident, causing Paulina to be in the hospital"
Some students in the class cheered merrily as if a great event happened."Stop your cheering! It's not necessary to celebrate such an incident. However, there is something to happy about because Sam will do the part. Let's give her a round of applause" he declared. Sam took the announcement and stood from her spot, blushing red from the sudden attention.
"Whoa, go Sam!" a student shouted out.
"Yeah, you're so pretty!"
"Even better than Paulina!"
Sam heard the compliments that made her think of her new look. True, she loved the attention that people were giving her but that's only because Paulina wasn't here and of her new look. She just felt so uneasy. She began to think why she even did this. She shouldn't change for anyone, but when she saw Danny with Paulina, hurt her so much. "Because I love him" Sam thought. That's the only reason for all this. "But what's love, if your lover doesn't love you back, or doesn't except you for who you are?"
Mr. Lancer cleared his throat. "All right please calm down. Since the incident, we will need to rehearse in the classroom. So move the desks and leave some room for practice. Now, children get your scripts and I will instruct you what to do"
The children nodded in reply, and without bickering, did as what they were told. They moved the desks and took their scripts, practicing every line. Mr. Lancer touched his hips proudly. "I am indeed happy that my students are finally working together and actually listening to what I'm saying. "It's kind of difficult to believe that no one is fighting. Wow, I am having such a great day" he laughed merrily.
A knock was heard in the door and Mr. Lancer walked towards it and opened to find Jazz holding a large box that she could barely carry. "Hi, Mr. Lancer, um I'm here for the rehearsal" Jazz grunted as she struggled to hold the box. Mr. Lancer took it, taking the burden of heavy weight from Jazz's arms. Jazz gave a tiresome sigh. "Thanks" she murmured and entered the classroom.
Mr. Lancer clapped his hands together getting the student's attention. "Ok, we will begin the rehearsal shortly so get your costumes and dress up. We will begin the scene where Benvelio and Tybalt have an intense battle!"
Tucker gulped from the announcement. He glanced over at Dash who was much bigger in size than him. "Why couldn't Dash break his leg too?" he thought.
Dash took his costume, which was a large silver gray of armor with a matching heavy helmet and a plastic rubber sword. He wore it over his regular wardrobe and prepared his part. "Hi yah!" he yelled. He charged forward swinging his sword up and down, as he made annoying noises. He bent his shoulders together like a model posing for pictures, showing off his large muscles. "Wow, I like this armor. It makes me look strong and invisible" he proudly declared.
"You mean invincible. You forgot the n" Tucker corrected.
Dash glared at him. "I can't wait till I kick your butt!"
Tucker back off uneasily. Jazz walked up to him. "Oh come on Tucker, don't be afraid of him. He can't do anything to you! Just face him and show him what you're made of!" Jazz gestured.
Tucker looked at Dash who was still kept up swinging his sword. He threw it up in the air expecting to catch it with his other hand but instead it hit him on his head. Tucker snickered. "You're right. I'm sure I can be better at swordsmanship than him" Tucker declared.
Dash rubbed his head and picked up the sword. He examined the structure of it and walked over to Jazz. "Jazz, you did a great job with these costumes" Dash commented. "And since I'm a warrior, why couldn't you make my sword be real?" he questioned.
"Weapons violet the school rules Dash" Jazz scuffed.
"Yeah, the rules prevent people like you who might accidentally kill themselves with lack of swordsmanship or lack of brains" Tucker answered with confidence.
Dash growled in anger. "Hey, you calling me stupid?"
"Nope, actually I didn't need to" Tucker replied. "Because, you said it yourself"
Dash eye's winced in rage. "Hey, you little puny punk! You'll be sorry for what you said once I kick your butt off the stage!"
"Bring it on!" Tucker responded. Jazz looked at the two with astonishment. "Now this is some action I can not miss" Jazz wondered to herself.
Act 2: Misunderstanding Love
Meanwhile, Sam was in the bathroom, fitting the dress. She wore it and looked at her reflection against the mirror. She frowned in disappointment. "What am I doing?" she asked. "This isn't me"
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. "Hey, Sam!" a girl called. Then, by accident, the girl gasped in awe. "Sam...you look-WOW!" the girl gasped and ran towards her. The girl's eyes were shining like stars as she examined Sam. Sam's eyes traced the girl's movement as she circled around her body.
"Oh my goodness!" the girl remarked. "Sam, you look beautiful! Wait till the others see this" the girl shouted and pulled Sam to the classroom.
"Look everyone! Juliet has arrived!" the girl shouted, causing everyone to look at her. Everyone gasped in shock and ran for Sam surrounding her. All at once, everyone started speaking, complimenting her of how she looked.
Only Danny, Tucker and Jazz were left behind as Jazz fixed her brother's costume. "Wow, Sam looks very pretty today" Jazz commented.
"She's always pretty" Danny added without thinking of what he said.
Jazz smiled at him. "You really like her don't you?"
Danny's eyes blinked at his sister. "Er...no-I mean yea...wait...what?"
Jazz pinched Danny's cheeks playfully. "Oh, little brother you are so clueless. Don't you see that the two of you make a great couple? Hey, Sam is even better than Paulina and sorry to say this but I'm glad Paulina is busy too busy getting her leg cast signed" Jazz cheerfully said.
"Uhh that is if anyone would want to sign it" Tucker added.
The three chuckled from the comment. "Hey Tucker since when did you have the guts to diss Paulina?" Danny questioned.
"I've always had the guts to speak my mind" Tucker responded. "Now, when will you have the guts to talk to Sam?"
Danny sweated nervously. "Soon" he responded timidly.
"Danny, you can't wait forever. You need to tell her how you feel!" Jazz suggested.
"I will, I will" Danny grunted. He looked at the large crowd circling Sam. "Right after everyone has left"
"You're too scared to tell her. Just admit it Danny" Tucker teased.
Danny glared at Tucker. "No I'm not!" he argued.
Tucker shrugged his shoulders. "Yeah, sure you aren't. Why don't you prove it by telling her at rehearsal when the two of you are about to make your big kiss?"
"Fine! I will. Just watch me!" Danny yelled and walked off preparing for his part.
Jazz giggled under her breath. "You sure know how to get to Danny". Tucker nodded his head in reply.
The students all lined up, prepared do their parts. The people sat in a large circle in the middle of the classroom as Dash and Tucker walked into the middle. A boy walked in with them, clearing his throat. "This is the scene where Benvelio and Tybalt clash their swords against one another" he announced signaling Tucker and Dash to prepare for fighting stance.
"Thou shall not cast ye hands on thou lady" Dash spoke awkwardly trying to make his voice sound deep and manly like a soldier.
"Ye shall penance for thou sin of whom has fallen for Juliet. Ye shall cast his name to be thou Romeo" Tucker spoke with great confidence.
"Thou shall not blame for such I'm...I'm..." Dash thought of what words to speak.
"Impudence!" Sam called out.
"Right what she said" Dash spoke.
"Tybalt, thou shall cast his legs and move out ye way for ye has not considered thou ye adversary" Tucker said.
"Ye shall not move out of ye place for ye Benvelio refuses to take such orders from thou enemy of whom which has been banned to be forsaken" Dash responded. The two glared menacingly at one another. Mr. Lancer almost jumped out of his place from great excitement.
"Everything is going great. The lines are well said" he thought. Just then, Dash charged forward with his sword in front oh him and swiftly swung it towards Tucker, who jumped back, blocking with his sword and struck forward hitting Dash straight into the stomach. He fell to his knees and laid unconscious. Everyone stood up and applauded cheerfully.
"Bravo! Bravo! That was marvelous!" Jazz cheered.
Mr. Lancer clapped as well and made another announcement. "That was magnificent! But, I hope the next scene will be better since Juliet and Romeo must make their loving, passionate kiss!"
Danny and Sam's eyes widened in shock. They stood in their spot nervously, but Danny found the courage to talk to Sam. "Sam?" he called getting her attention. "Umm can we talk?" he asked.
Sam rolled her eyes. "About what?" she growled.
"I know you're mad at me but it wasn't my fault" Danny protested.
"Sure it wasn't. I'm positive that you just didn't want to stand up for me because you were afraid to embarrass yourself in front of your girlfriend" Sam sarcastically said.
"Paulina is not my girlfriend! Look, I don't want to fight with you. I just wanted to say I'm sorry and wondered if we could talk more about this"
"There is nothing to talk about!"
"You're not getting it!" Danny yelled.
"I get the picture clearly. You don't like me and I don't like you because you're crazy about Paulina!"
"That's just it! I don't like her! At least not like I used to"
Sam's eyes widened. Her eyes gave a sense of disbelief to hear what Danny said. "He doesn't like her anymore?" she thought. Finally, for the first time Sam actually heard Danny say the words she wanted to hear since she developed feelings for him. She's waited so long, and even dreamed that one day Danny could tell her how he truly feels and then she too could admit her love for him. And now the day and time has come where she heard it. Sam pinched herself making sure that it wasn't a dream, but two questions remain in her mind. "Could it really be true that Danny doesn't like Paulina anymore? And if it is, then who is in Danny's heart?"
To be continued.
A/N Yay! I bet this cliff hanger makes you want to really jump off doesn't it? Lol, but please don't jump yet because you will find the answer soon and you want to find out before you run yourself off the cliff right because I was also thinking if I should give my sn on AIM, so those of you who want to chat with me could do so anytime but I will only know the answer if you review and tell me if you want to know. He he...