Mona made her way to the set from backstage. There were some people from the Drama Club rehearsing a scene and she was the only one there from the Art Club, so far. Mona walked across the stage, set down her bag on a table, and headed towards the supply closet. She struggled to carry all the paint and brushes on to the stage. Some of the supplies started to fall from her arms.
"Woah!" She exclaimed. Everything feel on the floor. Mona heard some people giggle at her. She sighed and got on her knees. She started to pick up the material when she saw someone starting to help her.
"That was pretty funny! You should have seen your face." The blonde guy laughed as he helped. Mona made a face, before she started to pick up the rest of her stuff off the ground. She stood up, snatched a couple of brushes out of the guy's hand and walked away.
"Hey!" She could hear him calling out to her but she ignored him and went about her business. While she was getting everything together on the table to start on the background, she suddenly felt a pair of hands on her shoulders. It shocked her. She turned around, annoyed.
"Hey!" It was the tall, blonde guy again. He had an ashamed look on his face.
"What?" She said in a hostile manner.
"Woah. Chill out, girl. I- uhhh..." Mona could tell he was nervous. "I wanted to say I'm sorry. I don't think before I talk. What I said came out the wrong way. Ya know?" Mona just stared at him. At least he's apologizing and knows what he did. Unlike other people in this school. She thought.
"Umm it's okay." She felt like she should say more to him or else he wouldn't get that sad look off his face. "It was pretty funny." She laughed. The blonde started to smile and it turned into laughter.
"Yea, it was!" Mona just kept on smiling at him, even though she wanted to punch him.
"Yea... funny. Uhh I have to get to work if you don't mind." Mona pointed at her painting supplies. He looked over her shoulder and back at her.
"You're working on the set?! That's cool. I'm in the play. I'm playing Baby John." He smirked. He seemed like he was trying to impress her. That suits him well. But I wish he would take a hint.
"Oh I completely forgot!" He blurted out. What? To leave?
"My name's Michelangelo. Mikey for short. What's your name?"
"My name's Mona and I-" She was going to tell him to get lost but...
"Mikey! We need to start rehearsing!" Someone called over to him.
"It was nice meeting you, Mona. I'll talk to you later." He said as he went over to the other actors. Mona sighed and smiled a little at Mikey. She could tell that he was a nice person but she always had her guard up. This is way I only have one damn friend.
She went back to putting together her materials and started on the background.
Mona had to take a break. She was almost half way done with the building background for the fight scene. She stood back and admired her handy work. She then got distracted from the theater people rehearsing the first fight scene.
She decided to watch. Mona loved this musical and the Drama club wasn't that bad. She looked at Mikey and a small group of guys playing the Jets. They were getting ready to fight the other group playing the Sharks. The scene started with the confrontation between the two gangs and then the fighting started. Wow. They've been practicing this a lot.
She saw Mikey fake a punch to the face and he came stumbling towards her. Mikey crashed right into Mona and her background. Luckily the background was sturdy wood. Mona rubbed the back of her head and groaned. She could hear familiar laughter coming from the audience seats. She looked and saw Lotus with some girl with frizzy brown hair and a tall Native American girl giggling.
"Are- are you okay?" Mikey asked. He got up from on top of her. Mona became furious. Just as she was about to tell Mikey off, another voice sounded out.
"Michelangelo! You need to be more careful!" Mona looked up and saw a guy with hair in a bun and icy blue eyes looking back down at her. He held a hand out to her and helped her up to her feet.
"I'm sorry. My brother is clumsy."
"Tell me about it." She whispered as she checked for paint on her clothes.
"What was that?" Mona turned quickly to him.
"Nothing! Um I have to go now." Mona gathered her belongings and walked off the stage. Just as she was about to walk by Lotus and her little group of friends, she felt someone grab her arm.
"What do you think you're doing? First you talk to Donatello now Leo and Mikey." She said in a low tone. Mona looked confused.
"Don't play dumb. What you think because you talk to the Hamato brothers that makes you popular?"
"What are you talking about?" Mona pulled her arm back from Lotus' grip.
"You know what I'm talking about you fat loser! You are nothing in this school and you never will be!"
"You're nuts!" Mona had tears in her eyes. Mona saw the guy that helped her up on stage coming towards them.
"What's going on here?" He asked. Lotus smiled and walked over to him.
"Nothing, Leo. Just having a friendly conversation with Mona here." Lotus wrapped her arm with his. He shrugged her off.
"That's not what it looked like." His voice was low and harsh towards Lotus. He looked at Mona with concern.
"Are you okay?" He asked. He started to step closer to Mona. But Mona stepped back.
"I-I'm f-fine." She turned and walked towards the exit. Leo just stood there looking at her leave. He turned to Lotus.
"Leo, I-" Lotus tried to say but Leo held his hand up to stop her.
"I am disappointed in you, Lotus. Your attitude towards others is revolting." Leo always sounded like an adult. This scared anyone that Leo got frustrated with. Lotus sat back down in her seat in shock and sobbed to her friends. Leo walked back to the front of the seats and sat down to watch Mikey rehearse.
"Leo, what happened back there?" Mikey jumped from the stage and walked over to Leo.
"Just Lotus. I just wish she would clean up her act."
"Ehh just leave that alone. She's a mean girl. Always has, always will be." Mikey looked through his backpack to found a piece of candy he's been saving for a week. Leo sat there thinking about the short girl with soft, sad eyes and how pretty she was. Not the time, Leonardo. He shook his head. He let out a sigh. I just wish I could have helped her…
Mona went to the bathroom to clean her face. She felt alone as she looked in the mirror with tears in her eyes. She didn't like this Mona. She wiped her face and checked the time. It's lunch time! Hopefully Slash is there. She gathered herself and left to the lunch room.
She found Slash eating in the same spot they've always sat in since high school started. She walked over to him and he could already tell something is wrong.
"What happened?" He stopped eating and got up from his seat. Mona motioned him to seat down.
"I don't want to talk about it. Can we go to the gym after school?" Mona laid her head on the table and looked out the window. Slash lifted her head and placed a napkin underneath.
"Yea sure." Slash continued to eat his food as Mona laid there, with tears streaming down her cheeks.