Kudos to the reviewer who knew the movie. Yup, this is based off A Cinderella Story, but don't feel too bad if you had no clue. The movie isn't really all that awesome. The plot line just led to inspiration.
6 reviews on the first chapter, that's the most I've ever gotten. (Happy) Thanks to everyone who reviewed.
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A Dance? (Yup, were hitting all the parts)
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The entire day of school was pretty dull. The only period worth attending is art, and that's only because Naruto and I actually get to work together on our project, a giant picture made entirely of died grains of sand. We've been working on it for a couple weeks already and we are actually nearly finished.
Anyways, after school, it was back to the diner for us. We had another shift to cover until 10.
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The diner had been especially busy that afternoon, so by the time we could leave, Naruto and I were both exhausted.
I dropped him off at his house before heading over to mine.
Thankfully, my dad was already asleep, so there was no way he could yell at me when I got in.
I practically flew upstairs so I could get to my computer. It had been a long time since that morning, and I hungered for conversation.
Thankfully, they were all on and already in a chat room. I headed on in.
L0vedeath has entered chat
F0xb0y: so u home?
L0vedeath: yup
Light18: ur dad?
L0vedeath: asleep thankfully
Light18: ah…
Dark18: we were just talking about the dance tomorrow, you know it?
L0vedeath: Halloween one right?
Light18: course
L0vedeath: I know it
L0vedeath: what about it?
F0xb0y: they wanna meet us there
L0vedeath: uh?
Light18: why not?
Dark18: itd be fun
Light18: besides, we wanna meet you guys
Dark18: weve been talking online forever
L0vedeath: let me think
Private message from F0xb0y
F0xb0y: what do u think
L0vedeath: don't know
L0vedeath: u wanna meet em?
F0xb0y: of course
L0vedeath: I don't think itll hurt anything
F0xb0y: Then lets do it
L0vedeath: K
(Okay back to the chatroom)
Lght18: where r u guys?
Dark18: u think they left
Light18: maybe
Dark18: ya think we scared em off?
Light18: maybe
Dark18: u know another word other than maybe
Light18: maybe
Dark18: -screams in frustration-
L0vedeath: hey, we talked bout it
Light18: and?
F0xb0y: c u there!
Dark18: where u wanna meet?
F0xb0y: uhhhh
L0vedeath: meet in the middle of the floor at 9
Light18: thatll work
Dark18: yup
F0xb0y: good here
L0vedeath: k, c u there gotta go now, HW
F0xb0y: so do I!
Dark18: -waves goodbye-
F0xb0y: c ya
Light18: l8er
L0vedeath: night
L0vedeath has signed offF0xb0y has signed off
Light18: Told u it would work
Dark18: yup
Light18: what about her
Dark18: ……….
Light18: working on it?
Dark18: nods
Light18: well, goodluck
Light18 has signed off
Dark18: why me?
Dark18 has signed off
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The next morning at work, Naruto and I were trying to figure out if we could really pull off going to the dance.
"We'd have to skip out on work."
"Yup, but they'd cover for us."
"We'd have to get you back home by 12."
"Yup, but we could pull that off."
"Then, I think we could do it. You?"
"Don't see why we can't try."
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School flew by that day. Naruto and I were too wound up about our 'dates' to really pay any attention, but reality decided to slam us in the afternoon.
We were both shocked when we looked up to see that one of the booths we were waiting on was occupied by none other than Sakura, Ino, Neji, and Sasuke.
I looked at Naruto and Naruto looked at me. Neither of us wanted to wait on that table. Finally, I decided to go. I at least could hide my emotions better than Naruto.
I walked up to the table, carefully masking all feeling and said in a monotone. "Welcome to The Sand's Diner, can I get you something to drink?"
They all turned their gazes to me as if I had interrupted a very important conversation. Indeed, Sakura and Ino looked ready to kill, but the guys looked pretty mellow, in fact, Neji's eyes looked almost sympathetic, I felt like I was suddenly drowning in his gaze, but my thoughts were soon interrupted.
"Tea."
"Water."
"Nothing."
"Nothing."
I nodded and tried to shake the thoughts that were running through my head away. I went to fill the drinks.
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Sasuke had decided to tell Sakura today about him not going to the dance with her, but it wasn't going very well.
We had gotten to the diner, and still he hadn't even worked a word in edgewise. There was just no stopping her once she started on a topic.
Finally, once we sat down, he simply told her to shut up. Unfortunately for the waiter, that was right when he came up to ask about drinks.
I seriously pitied him as he was faced with death glares from Sakura and Ino. I found myself giving him a sympathetic look, and was it just me, or was he looking directly at me. He has beautiful eyes. I froze, where had that thought come from?
Suddenly, my thoughts were interrupted by Sakura and Ino's orders. Sasuke shot me a warning glance before ordering nothing himself, and I followed suit.
Once the waiter left, we were back to our previous conversation.
"What's wrong with you?" Sakura asked.
Sasuke gave her a sad look before answering, "I think we should break up."
"What!"
"We can still be.."
"Don't even say it! You must be going crazy! Who else could be better than me? Come on Ino, we're leaving."
She stormed out of the restaurant hitting our waiter as he turned to the counter to pick up our drinks.
I saw him falling in slow motion and before I knew what I was doing, I was over there having caught him moments before he hit the floor. He wasn't very heavy at al in fact, I doubt he weighed much over 110 pounds.
I helped him regain his footing and he turned around, I assume to thank me, but when he saw me, he froze.
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God must hate me. Why did he, of all people, have to be the one to catch me? Stop worrying, say thank you, he's going to think you're an idiot.
"Are you okay?"
See, now he is doubting your mental state, say something.
"Yeah, I'm fine, thanks for catching me. Do you still need your drinks?"
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His eyes are pretty. Wait, did he just say something? Come on, pay attention.
"No, we're leaving."
Thank god, Sasuke to the rescue.
"Come on let's go."
"Later." I waved goodbye as we left.
He didn't say a word till we reached the car.
"What happened, you froze."
"His eyes."
"Oh, you like him?"
"Maybe."
"You ready for the dance tonight?"
"Maybe."
"Don't tell me we're back to this again."
"Maybe."
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Well, that's it for chapter 2.