Chapter 3
(Casey's Point of View)
"Emily let's go". I quickly grabbed my coat and slipped my heels on. "Bye George, I'm going to the dance!" I said. "you are?" he asked dumbfounded. "What did I tell you after school?!" I asked annoyed. "Oh right, sorry…have fun!" he said apologetically. I shut the door and Emily and I ran next door to her car. The the attempt to run failed when my right heel got caught in the grass. Emily kept running. "Emily! My heel!" I said frustrated. "Come on Casey it's almost eight! We gotta go!" she said sounding irritated. I slipped out of my heel and picked it up whle hopping to the car. After we both were inside, we left for the school dance.
After, I sat down in the passenger seat and we drove away. I looked at my heel. Mud, dirt and grass covered the heel of my shoe. Crap! I thought. Emily looked over while tuning to a radio station. I digged in the glove box for some baby wipes, Kleenex or anything to clean off my $40 heels! "What are you doing?" she said. "I'm trying to clean off my heel!" I yelled. "Casey, what's your problem?!" she asked rudely. "I'm sorry Em, I just want this dance to be perfect and I bought this outfit for the dance. And Derek had to ruin everything by making fun of me and irresponsible George comes an hour late, and we have nothing edible in…" I said before getting cut off by Emily; "Look Casey just shut up and let's have a good time, okay?"
We pulled into the school parking lot that was packed with vehicles. We found a parking space and as we got out of the car, I slipped on my grimy heel. It was already dark outside. The bright light of the moon reflected on her car like a hidden message that I couldn't figure out. As we came inside the cafeteria AKA the new dance floor, flashing lights were everywhere. Obviously everyone had come on time, because when we stepped inside there was a spotlight on us. The D.J. yelled into the mic "Alright let's get the newbies on the dance floor!" I looked around to see Max looking at me. I regretfully smiled and turned away. In the distance I saw lonely Noel glancing in my direction.
Sally ran up to us from who knows where. "Hey!" she said cheerfully. "Hi Sally this is Emily. I don't think you've met before" I said. "Hi" Emily said kindly. "So where were you two? The dance started more than an hour ago" she asked. "Well Derek told me it started at eight, so I wasn't ready to go and tonight has just been a disaster" I said sighing. "Derek told you this?" she asked disapprovingly. "Yeah, he…" I said, but Sally already marched off to Derek looking angry. I watched her walk to Derek while I nervously said; "Em, we gotta get outta here! Derek is gonna kill me at home". I said. "Seriously Casey, shut up! We didn't come here for nothing. You didn't buy that outfit for nothing. You didn't do you makeup…" "For nothing, I know, I know" I said as I interrupted her. "Okay so let's go dance then!" she said annoyed and happy at the same time. We went out in the middle of the floor and started dancing. It was awesome. Everyone started crowding around us, twisting, shaking, and moving. So many lights surrounded me along with the people. We were the stars on the floor. I looked at my watch, 8:52 p.m. it read. We got here at eight and already I started to feel nauseous. I stumbled after the American favorite 'Hot n Cold' song was played. I said "Em, I'm gonna go get a drink, I don't fell so good". She nodded while dancing with her ex, Sheldon. I started to walk slowly to the door when it turned into a run. I looked back and saw a familiar face. I felt dizzy. Too many lights and blaring music. Suddenly, the music stopped. I could still see the people dancing in a clutter though. The door to the cafeteria was shut. I was running in the hallway. I felt so sick, so different. I couldn't think. It felt hard to breathe. The face came like a conundrum and my mind was collapsing. My knees bent and the rest was darkness.