Before I start this chapter I'd love to thank all of you wonderful people (or lack thereof) who commented on my last chapter. Your reviews are heard and respected. Also thank you to Scagirl2251 who just recently added my story to her favorites. Thank you oh so very much, that wasn't sarcasm btw. Alrighty then. This chapter has the song "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story. Boy was it hard to have Danny sing this song and then turn it into a duet! Boy oh Boy! Please Read and Review.
"Well! Look at the two losers!" said a voice that sounded very familiar. "It looks like the two of them finally got the hint!" Although it almost hurt, Danny looked away from Sam to see Paulina. "Hello Danny. Did you invite your little girlfriend to the dance?" She expected to hear them get mad, to have them say they weren't boyfriend and girlfriend. She was very wrong.
"Why yes. Yes I did."
"Wha-?" asked Sam and Paulina, both in shock. Sam smiled and nearly blushed. Paulina was silent for a minute, and then smirked again. She was now surrounded by her friends, a crowd of mindless hyenas…wearing dresses.
"Yes. I did invite my girlfriend to the dance Paulina." Danny walked over to Sam and put his arm around her.
"Wow, quite the spectacle you two are. You two are such a cute couple, pulling off the whole 'creepy poser/ugly spider' look. It's very sad, really. You two look like you worked so hard to actually pull off the whole 'pretty' concept. I suppose I shall be the first to tell the two of you that you failed." Sam began to scowl. She didn't much care being called names, but Paulina never resorted to slander like this. 'Goth freak' yes but never 'Ugly.'
"Oh, shut up, you gargoyle. Your fashion tips and personal opinions only belong to ditzy little models. Danny and I are not one of your dim little models."
"Well, you are right and wrong. You sure aren't a model but you sure are stupid. Thinking Danny would like you! He so obviously feels sorry for you! How could anyone or anything love a goth freak like you?!" Sam had never really listened to Paulina. Paulina never had the power to change Sam's emotions other than from happy to annoyed or angry. But those words did hurt.
Danny held his arm around Sam as she stared down at the ground, in anger and…sadness. "Shut up, Paulina. That's not true. It's not true, Sam."
"Keep telling her that, but sooner or later she will face the truth. Danny loves me Sam."
"Shut up, Paulina!"
"I'm prettier."
"Shut up!"
"Have a much better figure!"
"Paulina!!"
"Flawless skin…"
"You shallow little…" Suddenly, Sam tore out of Danny's arms and ran. She didn't care where, she just wanted to go. "Sam!"
"You're better off, Danny!" Paulina shouted so Sam could hear her. "Better to dance with me than that GOTH FREAK!"
"What the heck is wrong with you?!"
To that, Paulina stuck her nose in the air and walked up the stairs into the school. "You should be thanking me. Now you don't have to deal with that freak anymore."
"Thanking you? I love her!"
"Well then go get her, geek. I don't care!"
"Alright, Tuck. We have to find Sam. She could be anywhere by now. We'll need to split up and find her, okay?"
Tucker sighed. He had waited all year to flirt with girls at this dance. But then he looked back up at Danny and said, "Alright, man. Let's find Sam."
Blobs of light flew by her as her tears blinded her beautiful violet eyes. She was running somewhere, though she didn't know why. Those words, they hurt her. They pierced through her like a shot and ripped apart her insides. How had Paulina done that? Sam finally stopped and sat on a bench in the middle of the city. She sat there mostly angry and fed up, but also a hint of sadness overcame her. She may be a feminist and feel like outside expression meant nothing, but she loved Danny. She liked to see him happy. Although she knows that Paulina is wrong and that Danny likes her no matter what…she can't help but question whether or not she was pretty. He had fallen for Paulina and Valerie before finally admitting he loved her so maybe he doesn't truly like her.
"Sam!"
She looked around. That sounded like Danny's voice.
"Sam!"
It is Danny! It seems to be getting closer.
"Sam! Sam!"
She could feel his warmth, now. He sat on the bench next to her, making a screeching sound as he impacted his weight on the seat. "Sam, what's wrong? Why are you crying?"
"It's…I don't…I don't really know."
"It's what Paulina said, isn't it?"
"Yeah. I think so, but I just don't know."
"What don't you know?"
"Well…"
"Well…?"
"Well, if…I'm pretty…" It seemed weird saying it.
"If you're pretty?" He stood up in shock. This seemed ridiculous.
"Yeah. I think." She stood up as well.
"Let me tell you something:
You are pretty
Oh so pretty
You are pretty, and witty, and bright!
And I pity any girl who isn't you tonight.
You are charming
Oh so charming
It's alarming how charming, surreal!
And so pretty that I hardly can believe you're real
Danny points to mirror in window
See that pretty girl in that mirror there?
Who could that attractive girl be?
Such a pretty face
Such a pretty dress
Such a pretty smile
Sam: Such a pretty me!
Danny: You are stunning, and entrancing.
Sam: I feel stunning, and entrancing.
Sam: Feel like running and dancing for joy!
Danny: For you're loved by a pretty, wonderful boy.
Sam: For I'm loved by a pretty, wonderful boy.
Across town Tucker is looking for Sam
Tucker: Have you seen my good friend Samantha?
The angriest girl on the street
Her scowl is like that of a panther
And once you do see her you'll want to retreat
Paulina and her gang mocking her:
She thinks she's in love
She thinks she's in Spain
She isn't in love
She's merely insane!
One girl: It must be the cold
Another girl: Or some rare disease
Star: Or too much foot mold
Paulina: Or maybe it's fleas!
Girls together again:
Keep away from her
Danny dearest!
Paulina next to Danny's face: Things are not as they appear-est!
Girls together:
Modest and Pure
Polite and Refined
Well-read and Mature
AND OUT OF HER MIND!
Mrs. America! Mrs. America!
Speech!
Sam: I feel pretty
Oh so pretty
That the city should give me its key
A committee should be organized to honor me
Girls: La la la la la la la la la la
Sam: I feel dizzy
I feel sunny
I feel fizzy
And funny
Danny: And FINE!
Sam: And so pretty
Danny and Sam: Mrs. America can just RESIGN!
Girls: La la la la la la la la la la
Danny: See that pretty girl in that window there?
Girls confused about what he's talking about and why they are not annoyed: What window? WHERE?!
Danny: Who could that attractive girl be?
Girls confused and off guard: Which?
What?
Where?
Whom?
Danny: Such a pretty face
Such a pretty dress
Such a pretty smile
Sam: Such a pretty me!
Sam and Danny start dancing
Sam: I feel stunning
Danny: I feel stunning
Sam: and entrancing
Danny: and entrancing
Sam: feel like running
Danny: feel like running
Sam and Danny: and dancing for joy
Sam: For I'm loved by a pretty, wonderful boy
Danny: For you're loved by a pretty, wonderful boy
Suddenly, Danny dipped Sam and kisses her. All that fear and nervousness disappeared as he pressed his lips against hers. So warm yet so cool. They almost seemed to become one, no longer two lost souls, but now two soul mates. She returned the kiss until finally they had to pause in order to breath.
"Hey guys! Oh…." Tuck screamed until he noticed three things. One thing was that Danny had found Sam. The second thing was that it looked like the two of them finally threw all caution to the wind and where now in each other's arms kissing passionately, letting out all of those repressed feelings flow into each other like lyrics in a song. The third and most odd thing Tucker noticed that no one else seemed to notice was that Paulina was now glowing green…and laughing?