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Prom With the Phantom

At the first practice for the play I went over to Sam," Look Sam I don't want to make anything awkward since you're dating Arlene-"Sam shrugged and told me," Don't worry about it, we're such good friends that kissing would be like giving each other a friendly hug." See this is why I'm friends with him, we ca talk about an awkward subject like kissing and he just makes it seem totally casual.

Caleb stood on the stage and said," Okay guys, for everyone who's in the show come up here on the stage and I'll had the scripts out and you can read the show over-" after that he just said some boring stuff about how excited he was (he sounded like it and he looked like it but there was a slight edge in his voice like," If you mess with my amazing play I will personally feed you to sharks.")

Thank goodness we didn't get to the last scene, Percy on the other hand wasn't," Really Kylie Sean-"" Sam." I told him, and Percy raised his eye brow," Whatever, we need to practice the scene." Caleb crossed his arms," You do realize even if we had gotten to that part you're just reading through it for now." He frowned and I couldn't help but feel a huge weight lift off my shoulders.

I noticed that Drew was eyeing Percy, and the she glared at me. She obviously wasn't happy with me being Christine. Arlene said loudly to break the silence," Well look at the time! Next week we'll practice here and hopefully be able to start really rehearsing." I smiled glad at the subject change and headed to the bus.

Ever since Arlene and Sam started dating I've been feeling like a third wheel, I'm happy for them and all but it's complicated. That and whenever I saw them I got jealous, not of one of them, their relationship. I was beginning to think that I'd ever have a boyfriend.

My phone buzzed and I looked at the text from Percy,

Meet me at the park, by the fountain in ten minutes.

I grabbed by sweatshirt and headed out, wondering what was so important. I got to the fountain and there he was my heart did a little tap dance which I cursed it for, wait why was my heart racing? He stood up and with a smirk he said," So Christine," I rolled my eyes," I wanted to ask you something." He told me and I sat down," What this time?" Percy bit his lip, the way someone who's nervous does," I wanted to ask you if you'd go to the up-coming prom with me."

I tried to think of a more intelligent response then,"Uh-um….." And before I could stop myself I told him," Yes." A grin spread across Percy's face, and he hugged me," Thanks Kylie!" I stood there in his hug awkwardly thinking," What the heck did I just get myself into?"

Percy told me that he had to go meet his friends and that he'd see me later. I just then remembered that the prom was in tomorrow! I ran home and asked my mom for a dress, she asked me what the theme of the dance was. "Pirates vs. the British." Mom who was normally serious and regal looking with her hair always in a bun and high cheek bones lit up with excitement, "I've got it!"

She rushed away and came back a minute later with a pirate dress I her hand, "It was mine when I was your age, I was saving it for a special occasion." I tried it on and it fit, I set it on the bed for tomorrow and went to bed.

The next morning on the bus Arlene sat with me, "Are you going to the dance with anyone?" I shook my head and said quietly, "Yeah Percy." Arlene laughed like I just said a funny joke," Haha, no seriously who are you going with?" She looked at my expression," Oh, you're not joking." I thought she was going to give me another lecture, but instead she just frown and said," Whatever, just remember I warned you about that boy."

Percy told me he'd meet me at the dance and I said that that was perfectly fine with me. I quickly got dressed and put on some pirate looking make-up, and then I did my hair in a braid really fast and told mom it was time to go.

When she dropped me off she waved at me as she drove away, "Have fun!" One thing I love about my mom she doesn't (normally) ask awkward questions. Percy stood waiting for me at the door wearing a prince's costume with a crown, he held out his hand like a gentleman. I asked him, "Ironic I thought you would be the pirate and me the princess." Percy smirked, "Don't flatter yourself."

We took our picture and headed inside; I found that lots of people were staring at Percy and I. Percy got me some punch and Drew stormed over to him," I thought you said that you weren't going with anyone!" He smirked," Well I lied; I'd rather be going with Kylie than some stuck up cheerleader who goes out with whoever's the cutest at the moment."

She was too stunned to say anything; that made two of us. Without another word she walked away. Percy leaned against the wall," Do you know how many girls I had to turn down?" I sipped my punch," Probably at least half of the girls in the school." Percy was just about to say something when Arlene, "Hi!"

Percy replied," Hey-" Arlene shot him a look," I wasn't talking to you Percy!" she said Percy as if saying, dishwater that doesn't deserve to breathe the air my friend breaths. Thank goodness Sam walked over; he was wearing a Captain Jack Sparrow costume. Complete with the hair and make-up! "Arlene I think I heard a song you like!" he dragged her away before things could get ugly.

When she was gone I asked Percy getting just a tad curious, "So why'd you go with me?" I set down the punch and we walked outside to where the courtyard was, it was draped with lights and other than one couple sitting on a bench it was empty, Percy raised an eyebrow at me," Well for starters, you're probably one of the only girls I this school that isn't ga-ga over me."

I held my hands behind my back, "Is there any other reason? I mean out of all the other girls what do I have, I'm a bookworm, know practically every musical, can barely hold a conversation that's more than ten words-"" You're funny, nice, helped me when nobody else probably would, you almost always rock on your heels when you're nervous which by the way you're doing now." I stopped rocking on my heels, and he reached behind my back and held my hands," Maybe those things that you said, maybe I like those things."

I could feel my blush, and I smiled Percy laughed," And let me just say that your laugh is cute." He looked at me and leaned closer and closer…then before I knew it, he kissed me! My first thought was," Geez, this guy is a good kisser!" When he finally let go he smirked mischievously at me," Have you kissed before?" I shook my head he replied," Interesting, very interesting."

For the next hour we danced and I have to say, probably the best night ever. When I got home I told mom what happened (no details in specific) and she almost jumped for joy. I smiled and hopped into bed, very, very happy.