Author's Note- This is the late Christmas special! Sorry about it being late, my annoying dad wouldn't let me go on the computer, so I had to finish it today… I kinda skipped over some of the play, because I'm so busy, and I need to finish this chapter pretty soon. But, I'll write about Scene 22, the scene where I've already written about in the past few chapters. So, do you think that everything will go well for Massie and the girls? I don't think so, something just has to happen, otherwise it would be pretty boring! You'll see what happens…This is another really long chapter. Anyways, PLEASE review!
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OCD Theater
Monday- 6:00 P.M.
"Ladies and gentlemen, although there was no school day, there is however, a winter play that is brought to you by the eighth grade students of OCD." Mrs. Hallaway began. "And I am proud to present to you, this year's winter play, A Cinderella Story!"
Everyone began clapping.
Back stage, Massie and her friends were getting really nervous. Everyone was in their costumes, ready to go.
"Ehmagawd, what if I mess up?" Massie exclaimed.
Claire smiled, "Relax, you won't mess up."
"That's easy for you to say," Massie remarked. "you're a pro at acting."
Claire laughed, "Yeah, I guess, but still, I doubt you'll mess up."
Massie sighed, "I hope you're right."
Mrs. Hallaway appeared in front of the girls, and said, "Ok girls, the play is about to start. Get ready!" She walked away to tell the other students.
"Ok, this is it." Massie said, "Let's go out there and do our best!"
"Yeah!" Dylan cheered.
Suddenly, Derrington came up behind Massie and said, "Hey Block, good luck."
Massie was a bit surprised, "Um, yeah, good luck to you too."
Derrington gave Massie a small smile and then walked away.
"What was that all about?" Dylan gave Massie a weird look.
Massie sighed, "I don't know. This whole Derrington thing is getting me confused and crazy. I swear, he's going to make me mess up my lines during the play."
Mrs. Hallaway came back and said, "Ok, two minutes before starting! Quickly go over your lines!"
"Will do." Kristen said.
"Oh, puh-lease, Kristen, we don't need to go over our lines! We totally know them!" Dylan said.
"Whatever." Kristen said, "You don't have to, but I'm going to."
"Fine, whatever."
"We're starting now!" Mrs. Hallaway whispered to everyone. "Everyone, to your places!" Everyone scrambled around to get to their right places.
The curtains slowly opened, and Massie was faced with a gigantic crowd of people, staring at her.
Massie took a deep breath and began.
"Ok, ladies and gentlemen, we are going to have a short intermission." Mrs. Hallaway announced after a bunch of scenes had passed.
Massie quickly walked off the stage and collapsed onto the nearest chair she could find. "Ehmagawd, I'm so glad I didn't mess up!"
"Yet…" Dylan smirked.
"Shut up!" Massie snapped and lightly smacked Dylan on the arm. She went over to the refreshment table and grabbed a cup of water.
"Ladies, five minutes left before we start again." Mrs. Hallaway told them, "Go change into your next costumes."
The five girls charged towards their dressing rooms, which already had their dresses hung up, ready to go.
Massie grabbed her dress and quickly got changed. The dress she was wearing was completely stunning and beautiful. Massie slipped on her high heels, jewelry, and got her purse. She went out of her dressing room, and tapped on each of her friends' dressing rooms.
"Are you guys ready yet?" she asked them, "We only have like a minute left! So you guys better hurry up!"
Massie heard her friends panic and scramble around. Massie chuckled. "Meet me at the refreshment table."
Massie slowly walked over to the refreshment table, but in the process of doing that, she wasn't really paying attention where she was placing her foot. Massie tripped over a cord, and she felt herself falling face down. However, at that moment, Derrington walked right in front of Massie, carrying a plate of donuts and a cup of orange juice. Massie collided with Derrington and that impact sent Derrington crashing down.
The plate of donuts and orange juice slipped from Derrington's hands and it landed all on Massie.
"Owww," Massie complained, getting up slowly. "Ehmagawd! Look what happened to my dress! It's ruined now!"
"Nice going, Block." Derrington winced, getting up, and nearly slipping on the spilled orange juice.
"Nice going? Nice going?!" Massie snapped, "It was completely your fault! You spilled all this nasty crap on me! Now look at my dress, it's ruined!"
"Well, excuse me, for ruining your dress, but it was your fault, because you tripped me!" Derrington retorted.
"Ugh, well, you ruined my dress!" Massie exclaimed, "What am I going to do now? We're supposed to be back on stage in a few seconds!"
Derrington sighed, "I don't know. How am I supposed to know? All I know is that you better change and get a new costume." He dusted himself off and then walked away.
"Whoa, what happened to you?" Claire asked, seeing Massie's ruined dress.
"You want to know what happened?" Massie snapped. "Go ask Derrington!"
Alicia raised an eyebrow, "Another thing that has to do with Derrington?"
"I tripped and crashed into Derrington, Derrington was holding some donuts and orange juice. When I crashed into him, he fell too, and he spilled all his stuff on me." Massie explained in a rush.
"Wow-"
"Don't talk right now," Massie interrupted, "I have to find a new dress to replace this one, ay-sap!" She quickly went to find Mrs. Hallaway.
She found Mrs. Hallaway standing on the stage. "Mrs. Hallway," Massie complained, "look what Derek did to my dress! He ruined it!"
"Oh my," Mrs. Hallaway said, "well, don't worry. I have a replacement for you, Massie. Follow me." She motioned for Massie to follow, she went to the costume closet, and she picked out a white dress that looked really similar to Massie's ruined dress.
"This will be your replacement, hurry up and get changed. We're already late by five minutes." Mrs. Hallaway gave Massie the replacement dress.
Massie took the dress and quickly went into a changing room. She changed into the dress and looked at her reflection in the mirror. The dress wasn't as pretty as the other one, but it was good enough.
Massie quickly walked onto the stage and said, "I'm ready."
Mrs. Hallaway nodded and motioned for the curtain boy to open the curtains. The curtain boy slowly pulled open the curtains. Massie was once again faced with a gigantic crowd that was anticipating what Massie was going to do. Massie closed her eyes for a second, and then she began.
She walked over to Claire and Alicia who were just standing there, looking bored. But they immediately brightened up and stood up straight, when they saw Massie begin.
"Oh my god! Where have you guys been? I was looking all over for you!" Massie exclaimed.
"Oh, you were? Sorry." said Claire.
"Yeah, we were talking to some people." Alicia said.
"Well, I'm glad you guys are here. Everyone was staring at me when I entered.
"Really?" asked Claire.
Massie asked, pretending to be concerned. "Do I look weird or something?"
Alicia said, "No! You look gorgeous."
"Yeah, they were probably staring at you because you looked so hot." assured Claire.
"Thanks." Massie smiled.
"So, you should go out and dance with someone." Alicia said.
"Who is going to dance with me?" Massie asked, looking sad.
But actually, inside, Massie was super nervous instead of sad, because she didn't really want to dance with Derrington. After last time's rehearsal, things between her and Derrington had gotten even more tense and awkward.
Claire said, "I don't know. Just ask any guy."
"Maybe your Prince Charming is here." Alicia giggled.
"Maybe." Massie smiled.
"Go on, we'll be right here, waiting for you to report back to us." Claire said, nuding Massie.
"Ok, you guys. I'll go. Don't go anywhere though!" Massie said.
"We won't!" Alicia smiled.
Massie moved to the center of the stage and pretended to look around.
Derrington went behind Massie and tapped her on the back.
Massie jumped a bit at Derrington's touch.
"Hey, want to dance, Cinderella?" Derrington asked.
Massie turned around and said, "Sure!" with as much enthusiasm as she could muster up.
Derrington lead Massie to an area and took Massie's hand and put it on his shoulder.
Massie turned red, she hoped no one saw her blush. This was super super awkward.
Then Derrington looked down at Massie and said, "So, how come I have never seen you around school?"
Even with her super high, high-heels, Massie was still a bit shorter than Derrington.
Massie paused for a bit before answering, "Um, I don't know. I have never seen you either."
Derrington said, "Really? Do you know who I am though?"
"No, sorry." said Massie.
Derrington smiled, "That's ok. Then it's your job tonight to find out who I am."
Massie smiled back and said, "Ok, then it's YOUR turn to find out who I am."
Derrington laughed, "Deal."
Suddenly, the clock rang. Massie looked at the clock and saw that it said ten o'clock.
"Oh shoot, I have to go now." Massie told Derrington.
Derrington looked surprised. "What? Why? We still have lots of time left!"
"No, I'm sorry," Massie apologized, "I have to be somewhere else." She quickly walked away from Derrington.
"Wait," Derrington grabbed Massie's arm, pulled her towards him, and he kissed her.
Massie broke away from Derrington and gave him a look that said, What the hell? That part wasn't part of the play. Massie looked towards Mrs. Hallaway to see her reaction. However, if Mrs. Hallaway was surprised, she didn't show it. She just motioned to Massie to go on.
Massie gulped and went on. "I seriously have to go now. Look for me tomorrow at school." Massie improvised, because she had no idea what to say next.
"Ok, I will." Derrington said, letting go of Massie's arm.
Massie quickly walked away before Derrington could do anything stupid again. She dropped one of her gloves on the floor as she exited the stage.
Derrington noticed the dropped glove and went to pick it up. "I'll find you, Cinderella." He said to himself.
With that, the curtains closed, indicating the end of the scene.
Massie walked over to her friends who were chatting about Derrington and his kiss.
"Ehmagawd," Dylan exclaimed, "did you see what Derrington did?"
"Of course," Massie snapped, rolling her eyes, "everyone saw what Derrington did."
"Why did he do that?" Kristen wondered.
Massie was getting upset. "I don't know, maybe because he's totally weird."
"Wow, Derrington has got it bad." Alicia remarked.
Kristen snickered, but Massie silenced her with a glare.
"I'm going to talk to Derrington." Massie said as she walked away.
"Are you sure you didn't mean kiss Derrington?" Dylan called out.
Massie just ignored the remark. She searched for Derrington and finally found him near the sound equipments. She was about to walk up to him, but then she saw that he was talking with Mrs. Hallaway. She decided to hang back and hide behind the curtains. She was hearing everything they were talking about.
"Derek," Mrs. Hallaway scolded, "what was that?"
Derringotn shrugged, "I don't know, I just improvised."
Mrs. Hallaway sighed, "I said you could improvise if you forgot your lines, not if you felt like it."
Derrington turned red, "I'm sorry, I don't know why I did that, I just had an impules."
Mrs. Hallaway smiled, "It's ok, Derek, as long as the play wasn't screwed up."
Derrington smiled, "Yeah, it wasn't."
"However," Mrs. Hallaway said, "I've seen how you act in front of Massie. I know you like her, so you might want to do something about that."
Massie gasped, and quickly covered her mouth, hoping they didn't hear her.
Derrington sighed, "I can't, Massie doesn't like me back."
That's right! Massie thought.
"Really?" Mrs. Hallaway said, "Because to me, it looks like Massie does like you."
Massie gasped. That is so not true! What do you know about relationships?
Derrington laughed bitterly, "I don't think so."
Mrs. Hallaway sighed, "If you say so, Derek. Now, the next scene is starting, so get ready." Mrs. Hallaway walked away.
Massie decided not to go talk to Derrington after what she had heard. She quickly began to walk back as quietly as she could, but Derrington stopped her.
"So, you heard?" Derrington asked.
Massie stopped, her hand on the doorknob. She wasn't sure if he was talking to her or not.
"Come on, Block, I know you heard." Derrington said, coming up behind Massie.
Massie took a deep breath. Since there was so much confessing today, she decided to tell Derrington about what happened yesterday at her party.
"You know my party last night?" Massie began.
"Yeah, what about it?" Derrington answered.
"You know how you kissed a girl like, three times?" Massie asked.
Derrington looked surprised at the fact that Massie knew that he had kissed a girl. "Yeah?"
Massie closed her eyes for a second. "That girl was me." She said quietly.
Massie opened her eyes and found herself staring at a shocked Derrington.
"How do you know?" Derrington asked.
"Because," Massie rolled her eyes, "I took off your mask, remember?"
Derrington nodded, "And that's why you ran away from me and avoided me for the rest of the night."
Massie nodded, "Yeah, that's why."
Derrington exhaled, "So, now what? What are we suppose to do?"
Massie shook her head, "I don't know. Let's just forget this whole thing every happened, ok?"
Derrington agreed, "Ok." He turned around to leave.
"Oh wait," Massie stopped him, "I have one more question."
"What is it?"
"You know the brown haired boy who wore the black mask, right?" Massie asked.
"There were tons of boys who wore black masks yesterday, Massie." Derrington pointed out.
Massie sighed, "He was the guy that arrived with you to my party."
Derrington realized who she was talking about. "Oh, him."
"Yeah, who is he?" Massie asked impatiently. "Cam or Josh?"
Derrington laughed, "Why do you care?"
"Because I want to know!" Massie said, "Tell me!"
"Fine, the boy was Josh." Derrington told her.
Massie smiled with relief. "Ok, good." But then she thought about how Alicia would react when she told her friends who the brown haired boy was.
"Why is that good?" Derrington asked.
"Got to go now." Massie quickly said, "See you soon."
Massie ran back to her friends where they were still talking about Derrington.
"You guys, shut up and listen." Massie commanded, "I have something to tell you guys."
"Are you going to tell us how wonderful your kiss was with Derrington?" Dylan joked.
Massie glared at Dylan. "Stop it."
"You guys, seriously, stop it. It's getting old." Claire spoke up.
Massie nodded thanks to Claire. Claire gave a look to Massie that said, No problem.
"Anyways," Massie continued, "I figured out who the brown haired boy was."
Everyone gasped.
"Who?" Alicia demanded.
"It was…" Massie said, dragging out the suspense.
"Massieeee!" Claire complained, she desperately wanted to know who the boy was.
But before Massie could tell them who it was, Mrs. Hallaway came up to them, and pulled them towards the stage.
"We're starting now!" she told them.
Everyone groaned, now they wouldn't be able to find out who the boy was.
"I'll tell you guys later." Massie promised, as she took her spot on the stage.
The curtains reopened and the next scene began.
Soon, the whole play was over. Mrs. Hallaway called out all the performers onto the stage one last time.
"Give it up for these wonderful performers!" Mrs. Hallaway said, clapping.
Everyone took a bow, while the audience was on its feet.
Winter Wonderland started to play. Massie rolled her eyes at the song, but she was too happy to really care.
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening,
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight,
We're happy tonight.
Walking in a winter wonderland.
Massie was flushed with pleasure. Finally, everyone got off the stage, changed out of their costumes, and was packing up their stuff.
Gone away is the bluebird,
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song,
As we go along,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
Flowers were given to each of the performers, Massie's parents came up and congratulated her.
In the meadow we can build a snowman,
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say: Are you married?
We'll say: No man,
But you can do the job
When you're in town.
Later on, we'll conspire,
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid,
The plans that we've made,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
Claire's parents were really happy, even Todd seemed to enjoy the play.
"Nice performance, sis." Todd complimented.
Claire smiled. "Thanks, Todd."
In the meadow we can build a snowman,
And pretend that he's a circus clown
We'll have lots of fun with mister snowman,
Until the other kids knock him down.
When it snows, ain't it thrilling,
Though your nose gets a chilling
We'll frolic and play, the Eskimo way,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
Kristen, Dylan, Claire, and Alicia came running up to Massie.
"Who is it?" Alicia asked.
Massie laughed, "Ok, ok, the boy was Josh."
Claire smiled with relief. However, Alicia looked livid.
"Ehmagawd, it was Josh?" She shrieked. "How could it be? He kissed Claire!"
Massie shrugged, "I don't know. He just did."
Alicia scoffed, "Why would Josh like Claire?"
Claire looked offended.
"No offense to you, Claire." Alicia quickly said, "But, Josh and I were like meant for each other. So I don't understand why he likes you better than me."
"Well, maybe my personality is better than yours." Claire said.
Alicia looked shocked at that suggestion. "Are you kidding me?"
Claire held her hands up in surrender, "Hey, I was just suggesting."
"Ok, enough," Massie interrupted, before it could possibly get worse. "let's just forget about it, ok? We just need to ignore the boys for a little while, just until we can sort this whole thing out."
"I'm going to have a little talk with Josh when I get home." Alicia declared.
Massie sighed, "Come on, you guys, let's go over to my house."
Alicia shook her head, "I can't, because I have to talk to Josh."
"I can't either," Claire said, "my parents are taking me out for dinner."
Massie looked at Kristen and Dylan.
Kristen looked apologetically at Massie and said, "No, sorry, I'm busy too."
Dylan nodded, "Yeah, same here."
Massie sighed, "Ok, maybe another time then."
Massie saw Derrington come up to her.
"Hey," he greeted, "so about what I said to you earlier…"
"Don't worry about it," Massie quickly said, "I'll just forget about it."
"Ok, cool." Derrington said, smiling a bit. "Um, I guess I'll see you later."
"Yeah, I'll see you later." Massie said, watching Derrington walk away.
"Like I said," Alicia said, "Derrington has got it bad for Massie."
"Shut up." Massie said to Alicia. "I'm going to go now. See you guys later." She waved goodbye to her friends and left the OCD theater.
As she climbed into the Land Rover, she thought about what Derrington had said to her during the play, and she wondered if Derrington was going to still like her, after he had exposed his secret to her. But one thing is for sure, Massie is completely over Derrington, and will not get back together with him.
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PLEASE review! Love ya lots! Once again, sorry about the 2 day delay thing for the Christmas Special…I didn't really know how to end this chapter in a good way, so I just wrote whatever I could come up with! I now have to update Summer Love. So be sure to check out Summer Love!