I'm going into the second person now. first person is hard!
"I guess..." Max-Ernest said, shrugging.
"Well," said Cass, " My mom... might... sort of be crushing on Daniel's dad."
"What?!" he said apalled. "Eeew!"
"Tell me about it," she said, putting her head in her hands. She looked over at Yo-Yoji.
She was still totally embarrassed to even look at him directly in the eyes. What the heck was going on? Was she... did she... possibly like him? Like- like him? She shook it off.
"So... uh, how's Gajin?" she asked, then clenching her fists at how stupid that was. What was wrong with her?!
"What?" he asked, a little startled.
"Never mind," she said, shaking the whole thing off.
"And that concludes our graduation!" yelled Mrs. Johnson in the mic. "Goodnight everyone! I will miss you all so much, and good luck in high school!"
Everyone cheered and hollared. That is, except for Amber, who should have been there, and Cass' mom and Albert 3-D because they were too busy holding hands.
Daniel- Not- Danielle gave her a look that said, "Come on, Cass! We gotta talk to our parents!"
And Cass gave him a look back that said, "Hang on! I have to say bye to Max-Ernest and Yo-Yoji and tough out all the hugs my grampas give me!"
And so he gave her a look that said, "Fine, but hurry up!"
Cass' stomach did flutters at the thought of being around her mother. Never once had she really considered her having a boyfriend. After all, she had been living with her for 14 years, and never did she talk about anything involving romance of any sort.
Cass walked over to Max-Ernest, who's parents were congratulating him along with his little brother P.C. He looked happy as ever, but a little awkward too. He was still a little disappointed after his parents had decided they weren't going to be a couple again after all.
"See ya," she said, waving. Max-Ernest turned around along with his parents.
"Oh! So this is Cass!" his Mom exclaimed, looking overly excited. "It is just so nice to actually be talking to you!"
"Uh... nice to meet you too!" said Cass in the most polite way she could. She couldn't believe that this was actually the first ever time she was talking to her best friend's parents. Why hadn't she met them sooner?
Oh wait- because they were insane!
"I'm so glad to meet you, Cass!" said his father. His parents never acknowledged what the other said. Yup. They hated each other that much.
"Yeah," Cass replied. Max-Ernest gave his dad a strange look. His father ignored it however.
"Max-Ernest is always talking about you! I think he really likes you!" said his mother with a huge smile. Cass blushed, and then Max-Ernest looked very angry.
"MOM! I do not talk about her with you! I mentioned her ONCE."
Somehow Cass didn't believe him.
"Well, I really should get going. I have to say bye to Yo-Yoji."
"Oh wait, honey! Is there some time when we could have dinner together?"
Cass looked at Max-Ernest. His face told her no. Besides that, she would have to eat TWO dinners. She decided it would be best to just deny it.
"No, sorry." And she left for Yo-Yoji.
He was standing alone, looking at the stage where Mrs. Johnson had been calling out names. His hands were in his pockets and he looked spaced out.
Cass tugged on her skirt and reached for her shoulder- she had forgotten she wasn't wearing her backpack. It had been a habit of hers to pull it up when she was nervous.
"Hey," she said. She felt stiff.
"Oh. Hi," he said, not taking his eyes off the stage. "I'm really going to miss this place. I mean, there's so many memories we made here. This is where I met you- and Max- Ernest." He took a deep breath.
"Yeah, but think of all the new memories we'll make in high school!" she said, although she really was feeling kinda depressed too. "Oh who am I kidding? This place is like... too special to leave."
"I know, right!" And then he turned to face her. He sighed.
"Um... about what happened... can we just forget about it?"
There was a pause.
"Do you want to forget about it?"
Wait- why had she just asked that?! She was acting like a flirt- something she had never done before. She scolded herself in her mind.
Yo-Yoji looked taken aback. But also looked somehow more relaxed.
"No," he said meekly.
"I don't either." She reached for his hand and slipped her pinky into his.
What was she doing?! OMG! She was not like this! He was doing this to her!
But surprisingly enough, Yo-Yoji locked his pinky back.
They smiled at each other. Cass was totally scared, but somehow, it just felt right. And then she remembered she had to find Daniel. She pulled her pinky away, and Yo-Yoji frowned.
"I have to go! I'll see you tomor- I mean soon!" And she ran off.
Chills ran down her spine. Except only they felt good. They were happy chills. She had actually made a move on Yo-Yoji- and he didn't care! She couldn't be happier.
She found Daniel talking to her mom and Albert outside. The three didn't look so happy. Cass didn't care though. She couldn't take her mind off of how nice it had felt to finally admit her true feelings to Yo-Yoji. And also to hold his pinky.
"Cass!" said her mother, obviously trying to sound like nothing happend in a fake, innocent voice.
"Mom, I know about you and Albert, and it's okay."
"Really?!" she couldn't have looked happier. Daneil- Not- Danielle smiled at her. Albert looked relieved.
"Really," sighed Cass, smiling a warm, comforting smile.
Before she even realized it, all four of them were hugging. And that was when Cass realized something: If Albert and her mom got married, she would have a family. A real family! She thought about how nice it would be to finally have a dad... to have a brother to share things with. Things were looking so good!