Valentine's day

Sighing softly, Echo crossed her ankles together and pulled at her long hair. Why can everyone get a date for the Valentine 's Day dance except for me? Maybe I'm just took ugly…. "Oh what? Oh hi Angel..and I see she's with you" she said disdainfully. I don't like his girlfriend she's sort of a slut. But I guess that's what he likes. " So…how are you today Marcy?" "I'm fine and how are you Echo? You're looking a little lonely", Marcy said while smirking. "What haven't found a date for the dance? Well I guess there are plenty more sophomores who would be dying to go with you, but you'll have to pick…through those" she laughed while pointing out the nerdy perverts in the corner. " HAHA very funny and no I have a date!". I insisted. " Where is he then? Hiding over there with the nerds?" Marcy said while wrapping her arms around Angel's waist. "Well I have a date don't I?" she kissed Angel and Echo looked away pointedly. When Angel had "resurfaced", he gave Echo a sheepish grin as if to say; it's not my fault that you're lonely.

One of these days I'm going to get her….and actually I was asked out a lot! It's just for some reason…..the people who ask me out forget that they did after a day or two…

Echo and Angel had been best friends for their whole 15 year lives, and in Angel's case; 16 though Echo was almost 16 also. They had met in preschool on the, fateful first day. It was actually quite funny, how they met. Angel was crying because the bird had stolen his sandwich and Echo ran over and hugged him. They were inseparable..until Angel got interested in girls and found out that they didn't have cooties. Angel's full name is Angelus, but everyone calls him Angel. Also, Echo was not..well, Echo's real name. her real name is προικισμένος-ένα, or proikisménos-éna, in the English form. Her name meant "gifted-one". She had no idea why no one called her that, (and she could see why, the name was confusing)

Anyway, they were everything to each other; brother and sister, best friends, confidants, Echo was Angel's first kiss and crush, and the same went for Echo. Now, they were just best friends and also brother and sister. Despite Angel's protectiveness of her and her obvious loneliness, Echo was always being asked out, she was quite beautiful. She had long slightly curly dark brown hair, she had a light tan complexion with perfect skin and violet and golden flecked eyes. She wasn't a girly girl; that was one thing she wasn't, she absolutely loved to dirt bike, and was sort of a dare devil. She had a tattoo of a golden snake with green eyes wrapping around her wrist and traveling up her hand; she'd had it for as long as she could remember. Guys were actually clamoring for her, but something always turned out wrong; her first date caught on fire, her second broke his leg and so on. Angel was also very handsome and, if not more handsome then most of the guys at the school. Girls were vying for his attention and half of them already had Marcy on their death lists. He wasn't the usual football jock popular; he was a more…of the skater type and was oddly sort of preppy. With dark brown hair, piercing green eyes, a smooth complexion, striking, with high cheekbones he struck the mischievous side of the two, with his devious smile. Girls were suckers for him and his gentle side . They were also jealous of Echo because she was so close to him. He also had a diamond studded earring and a matching tattoo like Echo's (he got a matching one to symbolize their closeness).

Angel was not in a club; whereas I was one of the leaders of the Drama and singing club. The school's Drama/ singing club was called "The High Life". Echo just called it the "stars" for short. I was an amazing singer, and her regular speaking voice had a musical lilt to it, it captured the attention of everything within a radius of a mile….figuratively speaking. It charmed everyone who heard it, and they fell under almost a trace like state. I didn't do this on purpose, but of course, it had come in handy once or twice…

Today is tryouts for A Midsummer Night's Dream, I don't want to get the leading roll this time, I want to let someone else take a turn. I don't get the lead role on purpose, I don't even try, but Mr. Weller insists. And…oh I wish Angel would just walk away and take Marcy away. We've been enemies since she tried to color my face in first grade. Ughhh so so SO annoying.

"And we'll have matching colors and you will buy me my dress of course, the usual, you know? Then we'll take pictures and I'll make sure that ours get in the yearbook….we are going to be the best couple there and will be voted as Mr. and Ms. Valentine!" Marcy went on and on and on about all the stupid details she had been "planning".

They've been together for only 2 months! How can Angel take her seriously? Ms. Presidential will have to scoot with the boot if he dumps her.

"WHAT? Oh hehe sorry Angel, was just.. 'lost in thought'. Anywho..what color dress are you going to get Marcy?" Echo asked, being polite.

"Wow are you really asking me? Well I wanted to tell someone anyway. I thought I would buy a pink dress with flowers on it."

-gigglesnort- "what ARE YOU LAUGHING AT ECHO? You don't even have a date, oh wait you DO, so you say. Oh I forgot to ask you! What's his name?"

"Oh, his name is Spike", I lied. "Yeah, Spike is his name, I met him the other day at the mall when I was waiting for my food. We started going out and stuff and I asked him, he said he would be cool with it".

Angel looked at me skeptically as if to say "You never mentioned anything about this boy before". I shook my head sharply, trying not to lead Marcy on. He just shrugged and took Marcy away. Marcy sauntered away still yapping about her plans.