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Who I am
Chapter 3
A night and a day to forget
"It's definitely a night I'd rather forget," mumbled Alison into the phone the next morning.
Rebecca sighed, sometimes Alison tended to be overly dramatic, and maybe that's why she was so good in drama class "It wasn't that bad Ali"
"Well your not the one who's Dad humiliated you in front of your crush and have a lump the size of golf ball on your head"
This time Rebecca laughed, " Ali I can barely see it"
Alison huffed "Well it hurts"
"Oh I'm sorry," replied Rebecca "You know Parents say stuff like that all the time they don't mean it to embarrass you, it's just an odd way they display their affection"
"I hate it when you sound more mature than me" joked Alison
Rebecca smiled "Yeah well what can I say"
Alison rolled her eyes "I've got to go I'll see you after school"
"Ok and Ali"?
"Yeah"
"Give your Dad a break, his pretty cool ya know, and you haven't seen him in awhile".
"Yes Mum"
"And don't forget to brush your teeth"
"Goodbye Rebecca"
"Goodbye dear"
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When the bell rang to signal the end of History Ali couldn't get out of there fast enough.
She made a stop to her locker and emptied all the books from her bag. There was only one class left for the day, and that was her favourite. Drama.
She loved drama, it was also an added bonus that Miss Hughes was the teacher; she was attractive, energetic and fun.
She took a seat in the front row and watched as her fellow students filed into the room, followed by Miss Hughes
"Good afternoon class, as you know it's only two weeks from Saturday till our play and unfortunately there have been some drastic changes, but if we all work together as a team I'm sure everyone will adjust quickly".
Ali smiled, even though she had auditioned, she didn't have a character in the play, she was more of a behind the scenes person. So lucky for her, the changes wouldn't affect her, or so she thought.
"Our Romeo has exchanged schools and our Juliet is off sick with the Chicken pox. But luckily Janet will be will be well enough to participate on the night.
However as none of the other boys auditioned for the part of Romeo I've had to bring one of my students from last year's class"
The door opened and Alison's eyes widened when Dylan appeared.
He gave her a wink and took the seat next to her
"Hey bumpy" he whispered.
"Dylan here has been kind enough to agree to be our new Romeo, however he will need a partner to Rehearse with while Janet is away, are there any volunteers"? Much to Ali's surprise every girl in the classroom had her hand held up.
Miss Hughes grinned, "I see, well the only fair thing would be for Dylan to choose his partner"
Dylan turned around and surveyed the room before turning back to Miss Hughes.
"I choose Ali"
Ali who had been rocking on her chair fell back.
The class burst into laughter.
"Alison are you alright"? Asked Miss Hughes.
Dylan offered her his hand, which she took as he helped her up.
A blushing Alison nodded.
"I'm fine Miss Hughes" she replied to her teacher's concerned gaze.
"Right then, well class now you know why it's not safe to rock on the chairs".
She was answered with another bout of laughter
Alison buried her head into her hands and groaned, Dylan leant over and patted her shoulder.
"There there Bumpy"
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Alison limped her way into the house. Surprisingly her back had come out of the fall unscathed, it was her ankle, which had been twisted around the leg of the chair that had been hurt.
Cassie and Rick who were sitting at the table looked up
"What happened"? Exclaimed Cassie as she stood up and walked towards her daughter and started to fuss.
"I'm fine Mum, I just had a fall"
Cassie examined her ankle, "It's swollen"
Ali shot a desperate look to her father.
Who walked over and surveyed her ankle
"It's fine Cass"
Ali nodded "I went to the school nurse and she put ice on it"
"Well there you go" Added Rick wrapping an arm each around His daughter and wife.
"How did it happen"? Asked Cassie staring into her daughter's face
Unable to lie to her mother she muttered, "I was rocking on my chair in class and fell"
Cassie Tusked, "I've told you not to do that a million times"
"You've been doing it ever since you were little, I've always told you it was dangerous" she added.
"I know mum, I'll try not to do it anymore "
She limped her way over to the couch.
"By the way Ali Rebecca called"
Her dad handed her a white sheet with the messages and winked "And so did Dylan"
Dylan's message read,
Ali, can we rehearse tomorrow night around 7?
Rebecca's was much more blunt.
Call me ASAPAli chuckled and reached for the phone, dialing in her friend's number.
Rebecca picked up on the first ring.
"Tell me everything" she exclaimed.
Ali sighed, "How did you find out"
Rebecca sighed, "In case you've forgotten Ali dear, I'm the go to girl, also Dylan is my cousin"
Ali coughed "I'd hardly call you friends"
"Yeah whatever, don't beat around the bush, tell me all"
Ali proceeded to tell her all the details, which was concluded when Rebecca let out a low whistle.
"I thought if anything you would be feeling right now would be happy"
"Well I'm not, this makes everything so much awkward"
"I just don't get you Ali, I mean I don't see what it is about my cousin that you like, but if I was crushing on a guy, I'd want to be around him as much as I could"
"Well that's the difference between you and I, your confident and outgoing, I'm shy and laidback"
"Are you almost done"? Whined Cameron as he appeared in front of her, "I want to call Derek"
"I gotta go Becs, doofus wants the phone"
"Don't forget to call Dylan" Rebecca replied in a singsong voice
"Bye Rebecca"
TBC
Next chapter: Rehearsals with Dylan