Nicole, Lola, and Zoey looked at each other in shock not believing what Michael just did.
"You- you just- I mean-" Was all Lola could manage to utter.
Michael just smiled knowingly. "Pretty cool huh? Every angel can do it."
"Riight. Michael nothing's been the same without you!" Zoey said.
"I can see that." Michael said looking around the room at all of them.
"I know you were like the glue that held us together!" Lola added in.
Nicole just said nothing still silent.
Michael's focus was now on Nicole. He looked to Lola and Zoey. "Can I speak to Nicole, privately?"
"Uh.. Sure!" Zoey and Lola said nodding leaving the room.
Nicole suddenly found her feet to be very interesting as well as the floor.
Michael sighed trying to think of how to put this lightly to his friend. He was just going to have to give it to her straight forward. "Nicole… this girl who is she? I know she isn't the Nicole I knew."
Nicole started to feel tears welling up in her eyes. The tears stung her eyes. She felt her upper arm the bruise was still there. "Michael I…" Her voice just trailed off into nowhere.
"Look at me Nicole." Michael said gently.
Nicole shook her head she didn't feel like making eye contact with anyone.
"Nicole.." Michael said again. After awhile she decided to look up at him, but not directly more towards the wall than anything. "What ever happened to the perky, outgoing, boy crazy Nicole?"
"She's gone. That Nicole didn't know what it felt like to go through loss, abuse, pain." Nicole said softly her voice cracking.
"Ah, but she wouldn't have let it bother her to a point where it gets down to this never ending silence." Michael pointed out.
"How would you know you don't know everything about me!" Nicole shouted.
Michael just gave a wave and with that he was gone.
"Michael? Michael? Wait come back! Oh I blew it!" Nicole said now really just talking to herself. Michael really had left her to wonder was the real Nicole still trapped in her? Or is she just wiser now.
A little later in the day Dana was heading back to her room after swimming and making sure there was no one in the pool when she was, which may I add was NOT a n easy task, but being strong does pay off. It always took her a long time too get to her room because she would constantly be checking her back even if she heard her own foot steps. Finally Dana made it to the door slowly turning the door knob, she could faintly hear someone singing in her room, but maybe it was just her imagination.
Then suddenly when she opened the door balloons were swarming all over her room and her. All of them said 'I'm sorry Dana'. "Hi yaa!" Dana shouted whacking all of the balloons off of her she really felt like screaming. Worse of all Barry Manilow appeared right in front of her singing "Can't Smiling without you. " Dana screamed. "GET OUT! Don't touch me! OUT before I get all kung fu on you!" Dana said holding out her fist.
"Whoa lady I'm sorry!" Barry said and immediately rushed out of the room before somebody got hurt.
You could hear some screaming teachers in the hallway saying "Look it's Barry Manilow! We love you Barry!"
"Arggh! Logan you are such a…" Dana trailed off.
"Freak." Quinn finished for her just entering the room.
"Uh.. Yeah… right… Could you stop popping in like that!" Dana said
Quinn rolled her eyes. "Well it is my room too you know!"
"I know, but you always scare me coming in like that!" Dana said.
"Whatever" Quinn said. "Are you going to get these balloon out of here because they are very annoying." She secretly wished she could create an experiment that mounld pop balloons for you.or do something, she was getting a really bad urge to do a "Quinn experiment".
"Yeah, yeah give me a second." Dana said.
Meanwhile out in the hallway a crowd of teachers were still chasing Barry Manilow down the hallway and chased him outside. Being one of the witnesses to this scene were Chase and Zoey, who were sitting on a bench near the water fountain.
"Is that Barry Manilow? Oh my gosh my mom loves him! I need to get his autograph for her!" Chase said out of nowhere.
"Chase! You're ruining the moment!" Zoey said slapping him on the arm playfully.
Chase laughed. "Right. Sorry I wasn't aware of that."
Zoey rolled her eyes "Why I love you I'll never know…"
"Hey! That's not funny!" Chase said pretending to be offended.
"Really? I thought it was." Zoey said with a smile before they became deeply immersed in kissing.