Grey Roses
Danielle's POV
"You look beautiful honey". Grandpa Ray said to Sharmell. She had just reached the bottom of the stairs, she was dressed in a black dress that stopped at her knees with some black heels and her hair was in a ponytail.
"Thanks grandpa". Shar said with a smile.
"You too danielle". He said. I was wearing a gold tube top with skinny straps, a long gold skirt with very high splits up the sides and silver heels. My hair was also down in dreads.
"Thank you". I said.
"Now just some brief rules before you go". Said grandpa, we took a sigh. "I don't wan ya'll drinkin an havin sex wit them boys. I don't wan ya'll stayin out late too, who gon' be pickin ya'll up?".
"Booker T". Sharmell said proudly as if he was some trophy she had won.
"Okay, is he a good driver?".
"Yes grandpa". I said rolling my eyes. Suddenly we heard an engine pull up to our house. "That must be them". We kissed grandpa ray good-bye, I was about to the house with sharmell when he stopped me.
"Danielle". I turned to him and he handed me a small box, I sighed. "Go on an put em' on". I opened the box and put on my thin bronze glasses.
"Have a good time". He said with a smile, I smiled back. I hugged him tightly then left to the dance.
"I shoulda said no".I thought as I looked at myself in the mirror. I was in a black tux and dress shoes. I heard my dad walk in.
"Sup boy". He greeted with a smile.
"Hey dad". I murmured.
"What's wrong?". He asked noticing the mood I was in.
"This dance". I answered.
"What about it, from what I hear your going with Stacey Keblier".
"Randy". I thought rolling my eyes. "Well what if I told you I didn't wanna go with Stacey?".
"Well who you wanna go with?". He questioned, I kept quiet. "Son".
"I just don't wanna go with her".
"Why not, she's pretty".
"Yeah she's pretty, but she's not my type and she's sorta a ditz".
"Well kid, I don't know what to tell ya". Dad said as he walked towards the door. "Girls aren't meant to have brains these days, their looks is all what matters I mean there's only two types of girls in this town...girls like Stacey and those stupid niggers, have fun at the dance, Randy waitin outside". As I heard the door close I looked at it with disgust, how dare my father say those things, Danielle was no stupid colored, she was a gorgeous intelligent girl that any man would love to be with.
Danielle's POV
When we arrived at the dance it was kinda boring to say the least, I mean there was noone out on the dance floor, but there sure were a lot of people surrounding it. Me, Sharmell, Christy, Booker T and Lita walked over to where they were serving food.
"Well this is boring". Lita said taking a sip from the drink she got.
"It's a dance, what did you expect?". Christy asked, she was looking at the empty dance floor leaning on the table behind her.
"I don't know maybe people dancing". Lita answered as if it was a no-brainer.
"Now's not the time to argue". Sharmell said, Booker handed her a drink.
"Well at least they doin something to past the time, there is nothing to do". I said.
"Why don't we go out on the dance floor and just dance?". Sharmell asked, we looked at her as if she was crazy, even booker gave her an odd glance. "Why are you lookin at me like that?".
"Shar, everyone knows that the popular people go on the dance floor last". Christy said, I turned to her.
"But Chris, we're not popular". I said while pointing to all of us.
"Good point". Said Lita.
John's POV
I really didn't see much as I walked into the gym, everybody was pretty much staying away from the dance floor as if it was contagious or something. I began to look around for my two friends Kurt and Adam, I finally spotted them in the corner chatting to one another. I began to walk towards them when I felt a tug on my arm, I rolled my eyes as I turned to Stacey.
"What". I asked.
"Where are you going?".
"To talk with my friends, now will you let me go". I said, she obliged and let go of my arm. While she left to find her friends I went over to mine.
"Hey john". Adam and kurt greeted.
"Hey guys what's up?".
"Boring, noone's doing anything, maybe we shouldn't have come". Kurt said looking around.
"Don't be like that, something'll happen...eventually". Adam said. I agreed with Kurt, I wondered why I even bothered showing up if I knew I was gonna have a horrible time. Suddenly I heard laughing from not to far away, it sounded so familiar. I turned around and immediately I saw Sharmell and Booker T smiling, they were standing in front of the food table, I looked over and I saw Danielle laughing with Christy and Lita, I was awed.
She was so amazingly beautiful, she worked that outfit she had on, her body was so slim and toned, her chocolate body fitting every curve of the clothing perfectly. Her hair brung out her gorgeous angelic face and the glasses she had on made her look adorable, I just wanted to go over there and talk to her, kiss her and dance with her throughout the night.
"Hey John". Adam said startling me. I turned to him.
"What, man".
"You seen where Randy went?".
"Don't know, don't care". I said, I turned back to where danielle was, but I found she wasn't there. Not again.
Danielle's POV
I ended up leaving my friends Christy and Lita, I went out of the gym into the hallway. I just really felt like being with myself for a while. I walked over to the couch the staff had set against the wall for the students to sit at. I usually kept to myself most of the time, mainly because I was too shy, plus since there was nothing going on at the dance, I figured why not leave?
"This has turned out to be a fun night for you DQ". I said to myself, I rested my head back and closed my eyes.
John's POV
I figured she must have went to the hallways or something. There was no way I was gonna leave this dance without talking to her.
"I'll see you guys later". I said beginning to walk away.
"Where are you going?'. Kurt questioned.
"Just to my locker". I lied. "I left something there". The two nodded and I left out of the gym, walking through the hallways I spotted someone sitting not to far away in one of the couches, I knew it was her. I fixed my suit up a bit and took a couple of deep breaths, then I begin to walk towards her. It really didn't take that long for me to reach her, I saw she was resting, it took me a moment before I finally built up enough voice to speak. "Hi".
Danielle's POV
My eyes slowly opened as I turned to my side. I saw a guy standing beside me, he was white, cute though, nice tux on smiling down at me. I had seen him around school, but that was all I recognized about him.
"Hi". I said. He sat down next to me.
"I don't know if you know me, but my names John". He introduced.
"Nice to meet you john, my names-".
"Danielle". He answered for me to my surprise.
"How you know my name?".
"I see you around school a lot, your in my English class". He said. I saw he was kinda of nervous, he was fiddling with his fingers and avoided making eye contact with me. "Um, I've been meaning to say you look really nice tonight".
"Wow, uh thank you very much".
"You wanna dance?". He asked upon hearing a song begin to play, it was loud enough for us to hear it.
"You wanna dance with me?". I repeated surprised, I couldn't understand why he was being so nice to me. I was a black girl, white guys never talked to us, the black and white kids at school were kinda separated from one another.
"Of course".
"Well I really don't wanna go back to the gym". I said, he stood up.
"It's okay, we can dance out here". He said, he seemed eager to dance with me.
"Well...okay". I said standing up, I walked up to him and put my hands on his shoulders, he set his around my upper waist, we rocked slowly from side to side. I could feel him becoming nervous again because he still hadn't looked at me, he was mostly looking down at the floor. "Can I ask you something, um John?".
He didn't look at me. "Yes".
"Why are you so nervous?".
"Uh, um, well I..". I left him to ponder that question.
"Well here's better question, why are you talking to me, dancing with me for that matter?".
"You want the truth?". He asked, we stopped dancing.
"Yeah".
"Okay...I see you around school a lot".
"You said that already".
"I know, sorry. But every since you first stepped into my English class, I thought you were really, really beautiful, you were smart and nice. I liked you". My eyes widened in shock.
"How could you like...me, I'm".
"Black, I know". He answered again for me. "I don't care about what color or size or race you are. When I saw you that first day, I didn't see a beautiful black girl walking into my class, I saw a beautiful girl that I liked". He finally looked up at me into my eyes, there was a sudden spark that went through my body when our eyes met and I liked it for some reason. He must have thought I was giving him a confused look because he blew out a sigh of frustration.
"I'm sorry". He said breaking us out of our eye contact. "I should have never said that, maybe I should go". He turned around and began to walk back towards the gym.
"John". I said making him turn to me. "I still want you to dance with me". I smiled when I saw a grin appear on his face, he walked back towards me. I set my arms around his neck this time while he set his hands again around my upper waist. "You can move your hand slower if you want".
"It wouldn't be polite". He said, I smiled at how he was being a gentlemen to me.
Back at the gym Kurt, Randy, Adam and Christian were still in there corner.
"Where is John at?". Kurt asked looking at his watch. "He's been gonna for a half an hour, I know his locker isn't that far".
"Yeah, maybe he went somewhere else". Adam guessed.
"Or to someone else". Randy said thinking over his answer.
"Have you guys seen John". Stacey said walking up to the boys with her friends Torrie, Trish, and Victoria.
"We were just about to go look for him". Christian said.
"Good, then let's go". Stacey said, they all headed towards the door.
Meanwhile John and Danielle were talking while still dancing when John and her heard a loud noise.
"John you here!". Someone yelled, john recognized the voice as Stacey.
"Oh no". He said.
"What's wrong?". Danielle asked.
"It my friends".
"Oh, I guess I better go". Danielle said beginning to back away from him, john looked at her sadly.
"I had a nice time with you".
"Same here". She said.
"Hey John, where you been man?'. Randy asked walking up to me. I turned around danielle had disappeared.
"Just resting, I was tried of walking". I lied.
"Well come on baby, let's go dance". Stacey said beginning to walk away, the guys in tow. Before I left I looked on the small table next to the couch, there laid a pair of glasses, I knew they had to be hers. I grabbed them before heading back to the gym.