chapter 6:
after school that day Lindsay and Damian went to West Front Park because Damian said it
was urgent
"Hi Damo" Lindsay said giving him a quick peck on the lips.
"What's up?" she asked him, because he was pacing back and forth
"We have to get Samuel and Marissa together" he said putting his hands behind his head
"Duh!" She said with a tone of annoyance in her voice.
"Sorry to state the obvious but they both poured their hearts out in their songs to each other
and neither one of them noticed." Damian said
they sat down and concocted a sure fire plan to get them alone.
at school the next day a sign hung in everyone of the choir kids locker reading
ATTENTION INIVITEES:
IT'S PARTY TIME!
HOSTS: LINDSAY PEARCE & DAMIAN McGINTY
WHEN: THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT 10:00
WHAT: KARAOKE PARTY AND CO-ED SLEEP OVER
WHERE: LINDSAY PEARCE'S HOUSE
WHY: WHY NOT?
COME PREPARED TO STAY UP ALL NIGHT
The poster got everyone talking and sure enough on Saturday Night all the choir kids were at
Lindsay's door with their stuff ready to Party. Before Sam and Marissa got there, Damian and
Lindsay explained the plan to the others so they were all in on it. When Marissa and sam
arrived everyone hurried into separate parts of the room were their stuff was laid out and
pretended as nothing had ever happened.
"Alright! now that everyone is here we can begin the real party!" Lindsay said bringing out an
empty soda bottle.
Damian smiled and said
"Time for SPIN THE BOTTLE"
They all burst into applause except for Samuel and Marissa who looked terrified at the
thought of kissing anyone other then each other. they all sat down around the bottle and
Cameron took out a video camera.
"Mars you can go first" Damian said handing her the bottle. Marissa hesitantly took it from
Damian's grasp and placed it in the center of the floor. She spun the bottle and shut her eyes
tightly. When she opened her eyes everyone had left the room except Samuel who also had
just opened his eyes. The rest of the choir class yelled at them from places unknown
"KISS ALREADY" They heard Emily yell.
they smiled at each other and slowly moved across the floor. They stopped in front of each
other and Samuel put his hand on Marissa's pale cheek. They moved closer, their foreheads
touching till Marissa moved away and ran out of the room. Samuel sat there dumbfounded as
everyone came out of hiding and sighed.
"I'll go find her" said Lindsay while everyone else went and comforted sam for his luck had run
out. What was supposed to be the most magical moment for him was now just a far away
dream over the horizon. Lindsay knew where Marissa was right away. She ran up the stirs
and threw open the doors to the balcony to find Marissa crying into a pillow.
"Oh Mars, what happened down there? you broke his heart" LIndsay informed her
"It's not like I wanted to do that, I want our first kiss to be special! not some planned thing with
everyone watching" Marissa cried
"your right, we shouldn't have interfered." she said giving her friend a hug.
Then Lindsay pulled out a walkie-talkie and whispered into it
"Plan Marissam is a no-go a repeat no-go"
"You go down and have funLinds, I'll be down in a second" Marissa said wiping her eyes.
"if you say so" she said.
Lindsay walked down the stairs and saw Samuel still sitting in his spin the bottle seat with his
head down. Arms from every member crowded around him in a huge family suffering a loss
together.
"What did I do wrong" He said over and over to himself.
Just then Marissa came down and startled everyone, Samuel wiped his eyes and put his
head up and everyone else moved away. Marissa didn't even look at him and it made him
feel horrible.
"Anyone up for movies?" Damian asked trying to break the tension
Sure," said Miki "How about a disney movie!"
Almost everyone cracked a smile. And they finally decided on Princess And The Frog,
coincidentally Marissa's and Samuel's favorite one. They all huddled together on Lindsay's
huge pullout couch and began the movie. Most of them sang along to every song but others
like Matheus who had never seen it just enjoyed the movie. At about 3:00 am they all decided
to just go to sleep but Marissa just couldn't. She knew she had to make things right with
Samuel, so she creeped over to him and tapped him on the shoulder
"hmm what huh?" he grumbled still half asleep
"Sam get up, I need to talk to you" Marissa told him gently
She helped him up and they continued back to the balcony where Marissa had sat a couple
hours before
"Mars, if this is about-" Samuel started to say but he was cut off by Marissa
"Sam, you didn't deserve that. I humiliated you in front of all your friends and left" Marissa
said sadly
"I'm horrible. I just wanted our I mean uh it to be special"
And by that point Marissa broke down into uncontrollable sobs.
Samuel bent down and held her in his arms.
"Mars, your not horrible. Your the complete opposite" He said, his voice muffled by her hair.
And they sat like that on the floor of the balcony till 7:00 am, and at that time they made their
way back down the stairs to where they began that night.
At around 11:00 everyone started to wake up except Cameron who insisted on waking up at
noon. But they finally got him up by all launching their pillow, and Ellis at him. Lindsay had a
surprisingly large house even though the outside seemed small for they were all able to fit
around her dining room table. Lindsay, Bryce, and Hannah made breakfast for everyone.
Damian had wanted to help but after five minutes everyone concluded he was unable to even
make a sandwich. They all ate breakfast chatting away and then they decided to play hide
and seek.