So I finished my research paper! Yay!
And I left you all hanging for a few centuries...not-so-yay...don't hate me?
Um, school's over now and, um...I'm actually ALIVE! Well at least until you all organize a rabid mob to come kill me. Please don't, I just survived school, and I don't think I can take anymore torture.
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Oh my gosh, I love talking to you guys! You hilarious and nice reviewers, you! Stay Original! (I just made that up after I looked at my bubble gum brand decorated pants...probably wasn't that original but oh well.)
And you should know: I have worked on this chapter during my absence from this website, but I keep changing things and extending things and UGH! Because since this chapter was so ling awaited, I wanted it to be REALLY long. So, I REALLY hope this chapter lives up to your expectations of length and awesomeness.
It probably won't, this is me we're talking about here. But a girl can dream.
The Isadora Diaries:
Propositions:
Tuesday, March 27th
I almost feel bad for Marie and Noah. While my brothers and I still have school and my parents still have work, they have to go with their mother to her company meetings and sit in the lobby. At least in school you can talk to people and the grown-ups don't always wear gray suits and scowl at you because they think you'll break their contaminated fish tank filled with fish and man eating snails. I mean, really, which would you prefer?
Probably neither, because you're a laptop and you don't have the systems of an actual human being to be able to answer my question.
Anywho...
So yesterday at school, an announcement was made that the school would be having a spring formal that the Spring Formal committee had oh-so-cleverly named Spring Formal, and it's going to be held in two weeks.
Now I don't usually do school dances, so on those nights I just isolate myself in my room and scroll through pictures on the internet that are related to my favorite fandoms and cry whenever I find one that touches my heart right in the feels. But this time, I just might go.
Before you get the wrong idea, the only reason why I think I might go is because a few hours after my mom got home, the school had a machine call my house and explain the entire dance idea.
They must have been really desperate for people to go to their dance if they're going to call homes. Especially if they're going to call my home. Now that stupid dance is all my mom will talk about. Actually it's all that any of my friends talked about all day. But I least I get to leave those people. Living with a mother who lives for parties makes it harder to deal with. My mom only brought the dance up once with me (teasing me about Klaus, of course) because she's way too busy fussing over Quigley and Duncan and what they're going to wear and who they're going to take and all that. This could take a while because my brothers aren't dancers either and they both have their heart set on not going because some tournament is going to be premiering that night on TV.
I don't think my mom cares, though.
She's our mother, so she usually gets what she wants, and she wants them to go.
Which means I'll probably have to go, too.
Unless I bribe her brownies...
Never mind, that probably won't help either. We all know how that worked out last time.
...How did that work out?
My memory is awful.
Anywho, they made the announcement about the dance during our first class this morning and everyone started talking about it. I never pay attention to the announcements because they're horribly boring, so when Katelyn turned around in her desk to ask me if who I was going to ask, I was all, "Who am I going to ask what...?"
And so she had to explain it to me.
Once I understood what was going on, I started laughing at the idea of me actually going to a school dance! And she thought I was going to ask someone!
Fat chance of that ever happening!
See, it's a girls ask the guys dance sort of...thing, and that alone makes it pretty official that I won't be going with anyone. If I'm going at all, that is, because there is no way on this polluted little earth that I'm ever asking a guy to a dance.
And I tried making that perfectly clear too in second period when my friends wouldn't stop bugging me about it, but I don't think my friends caught on that I don't want to go.
"You are going to ask Klaus, aren't you?" Bea asked, leaning over her desk's metal bar, closer to me.
"I'm not asking anyone, Bea, much less Klaus!"
"Why?" Jo cocked her head to the side. "We've already went over how you two are MFEO!"
"Yeah, um, no, we're not," I shook my head.
"Come on, Is!" Katelyn exasperated. "Everyone knows you like each other except for the two of you!"
At that perfect moment, Katelyn's boyfriend, Jonas, walked in and when he heard what she said to me, he stopped and asked, "Are you talking about Klaus and Isadora?"
"YES!" Bea, Jo, and Katelyn shouted at the same time.
"But I thought they were already dating!" he exclaimed, and I almost threw up on his ignorance.
Not at the thought of dating Klaus, but at the thought of people actually thinking we ARE dating. Not that I don't want to date him.
I'm confusing myself.
Moving on.
After I told Katelyn's boyfriend that he must be really daft and that he should go away before I threw up on him (in a joking way of course, I don't usually throw up on people, and I didn't want to be mean) I said to my friends, "I'm not going to that dance and I'm definitely not going with Klaus!"
Katelyn put her hands on my shoulders and looked me in the eye. "Isadora, if I get Jonas to find out if Klaus wants to go to the dance with you, will you ask him?"
See how persistent these chicks are?
And I got the drift that Klaus wants me to go too...
During the last ten minutes of class, I was using the metal bar on Klaus's desk as a foot rest.
Thunder boomed outside, making me jump and push Klaus's desk away a little bit. The sudden movement of his desk made him jump up from the nap he was taking and look at me, the cause of his shock, with a questioned expression. I let out a nervous chuckle and shrugged.
Dropping my feet to the floor, I grabbed Klaus's metal bar, planning to pull him back to his original spot.
He didn't budge.
I tried pulling a little harder the second time.
It moved an inch, but it still wasn't lined up correctly with the other desks.
And that was irritating me.
I frowned and moved to stand in front of his desk. I tried fixing it from there. Klaus watched me struggle and let out a tired sounding laugh. I dropped my knees and rested my chin on my arms that I laid on his desk. "I can't do this," I said quietly.
Klaus gave he his adorable crooked smile and then laid his head on his arms too, but he was looking away from me. I could tell he was tired, so I didn't say anything else. Instead, I began fixing his awfully messy hair. Klaus was having another distressed day and I was hoping it wasn't because of another creepy nightmare.
Thunder suddenly rumbled outside again, making me gasp and jolt backwards, hitting the desk with both of my arms.
Klaus jumped upright at the sudden noise and looked shocked for a moment before he cocked his head to the side, as if he was about to ask me a question.
Mrs. Gabriel, who had finally noticed I wasn't in my seat when she heard the noise I made, told me to go back to my desk. I was about to obey when lightning cracked outside the window, followed by an explosion of thunder. Klaus jumped again (poor kid) and reached for my hand, as if on instinct, right when the power went out thanks to a blast of sparks from the lightning strike.
I tried to ignore anything that might have felt like sparks when Klaus grabbed my hand.
The lightning was outside, not inside.
The people in the room that act like they've never seen darkness before began to freak out. Mrs. Gabriel had to get up and started yelling at the class to calm down.
Klaus's hand lingered on mine for a short second longer before he carefully slid it off.
Thank the heavens no one could see how red I could feel my face had gotten.
Curse the underworld that the lights flickered on and revealed my burning red face.
I quickly stumbled to my seat as I tried to hide my face. I tried to make it seem like I was totally interested in my dirty Converse or any classmate that screamed something about death. Anything that wasn't Klaus.
"Mrs. Gabriel?" Duncan asked, raising his hand once the class had mostly settled down.
"Yes, Duncan?" the teacher responded as she fixed her hair with an expression that looked like she knew she was going to regret letting him talk.
"I think we're going to die."
Now, see, I absolutely knew that Duncan didn't think that. Duncan loves chaos, and being in the middle of a chaotic class that is chaotic because of something he said or did is funny to him. Which is why he started laughing like a lunatic when the immature kids started screaming again.
I feel really bad for Mrs. Gabriel. She usually keeps her cool, but she only has so much patience, and I think Duncan stresses her out.
"Mrs. Gabriel?"
"What?!" Mrs. Gabriel yelled at the poor guy who walked in the room at that moment. You could she was frustrated with the immature-lings.
The guy, Michael, looked kind of scared. "Uh, Mr. Gosplay needs you."
Mrs. Gabriel sighed. "Please tell him I'm busy at the moment."
Michael nodded and as he was walking out of the room (this is the ultimate weird part) I think he winked at me.
I was shocked out of my sanity so hard.
I was so shocked that I had to ask someone if they saw what he did so that I knew I wasn't absolutely crazy. I looked over at Klaus who had his arms crossed over his chest, looking like he'd be up for killing something at the moment. "Klaus did you...you okay?"
"Yup."
I almost set off the fire alarm because his lie just about set his pants on fire.
He was fine at lunch...for a while.
We were sitting at a lunch table having a fun time throwing ice at Bea, Duncan, Jo, and Katelyn as they did the same to us when Michael came and sat down in the empty seat next to me. That officially confused me to the point of no return. Michael and I were acquaintances, not much friends. So the new attention he was giving me was throwing me off.
When the bell rang to go to class and Michael left, I turned to Klaus to be surprised to see that he was fuming mad. "Okay, Klaus, what the heck is your problem?"
"I don't have a problem," he grumbled and walked out of the lunchroom with Duncan.
"I think he's upset because of Micheael," Jo suggested.
I raised an eyebrow. "Why would you think that?"
"Because Micheal's hair has more volume," Bea retorted as she shoved the last piece of her apple into her mouth.
"No!" Katelyn shoved Bea's arm. "I bet Michael wants to go to the dance with you and Klaus thinks you'll ask Micheal instead of him!"
I rolled my eyes. Any theory these girls came up with that Klaus was a part of of had to do with Klaus liking me. Except for Bea. Her theories are random because she hardly hears half the words we say.
Back on subject...
The more I thought about what Katelyn said, the more it started to make sense to me. It seemed that whenever Michael was around me Klaus would get mad. This happened two more times throughout the day. I heard multiple times that Michael was kind of a player, so I didn't want to go in that direction, but I'm a particularly nice person, making it quite hard for me to end our conversations quickly. I didn't want Klaus to get the wrong idea just because I have awful social skills, though. So I decided to confront him after school.
Aunt Josie and her kids were already home when my brothers and I got there. I didn't think it would be a problem, and I could just walk across the street to talk to Klaus like any normal day.
Of course, I was wrong.
Noah and Marie weren't being bothersome, but their mother was.
"I'm going to see Klaus," I called as I walked to the front door after putting my school stuff in my room.
"Klaus?" Aunt Josie questioned, rushing to me. "By yourself?" She stood in front of me, blocking my path to the door. "Is he your boyfriend?"
"No way!" I frowned, not sure why she would ask that.
"That's even worse," she mumbled seemingly to herself without looking at me.
I shook my head. "What are you talking about? I just really need to talk to him right now. I'll be back in an an hour."
Aunt Josie shook her head. "No, I can't let you. While your parents are at work, you and your brothers are my responsibility. I can't let you run across the street by yourself. You could be run over! And even if you make it to Klaus...no I can't let you go."
I open my mouth to protest, but she interrupted me. "Don't you have homework? Why don't you get that done? Education is one of the world's best pastimes!"
I sighed. "Fine." And I turned back around to head upstairs. I know my aunt means well, but if she toned down the strict act, I would definitely be okay with that.
I worked on my homework like she told me to, but I couldn't stop thinking about what to say to Klaus the entire time. I finally just stopped in the middle of it and called Klaus. If my aunt wouldn't let me go see him, then he would have to come and see me.
"Yeah?" was the first thing he said when he answered his phone.
"Yeah, Klaus, um, could you come over? My aunt won't let me leave the house."
"Are you sure you're not just too lazy to walk twenty feet?" he asked jokingly.
"I'm serious, Klaus! Just..can you?"
"Yeah, I'll be over in five."
My aunt was doing something crazy in her room, so she didn't notice when Klaus knocked on the door and I led him into the TV room.
"You needed me?" he asked as he plopped himself down on the couch.
"Yeah, um," I coughed. Discussing boys with Klaus wasn't exactly my forte. "You're friends with Michael, aren't you?" I asked, sitting next to him.
He stiffened. "Well, yeah, you could say that, I guess. Why?"
"What's his deal? I mean, he hardly paid any attention to me until today."
Klaus shrugged, avoiding my gaze. "That kid's a strange one."
"So...he hasn't told you anything?"
"Ignore him. He's not worth your trouble," he said with a sort of annoyed expression.
"What makes you say that?" I asked, bringing my knees up to my chest.
"Because he's a cockroach and you can do so much better than him." Klaus stated flatly.
"Yeah, well, what makes you say that?" I knew there had to be some reason why Klaus was behaving the way he was when Michael was mentioned.
He sighed and looked at me with a soft expression. "I wasn't going to tell you because I knew you'd be smarter than to fall for his little act. But if you really want to know, then I'll tell you."
I frowned. What was this kid getting at? "Tell me what?"
"Michael said that he could get any girl he didn't know to ask him to the dance and his friend bet he couldn't get you and..."
"And so I'm basically just part of a bet. Yeah, that really helps a girl's self-esteem." I was little hurt, but not completely. Michael was an idiot and I would've never asked him to the dance anyways, but what girl would want to be part of a bet like that?
"See, this is why I didn't want to tell you!" Klaus blurted out, turning to face me directly. "I knew it'd hurt your feelings when it shouldn't. You're an awesome girl! Michael's just an idiot who's way to blind to see that."
A smile tugged at the corner of my lips and I could feel a small blush coming on. "Thanks, Klaus. But I wouldn't have asked him to the dance anyways. I pretty much decided that I'm not going."
"Why? Isn't there any guy you want to go with? Any guy at all?" he leaned a little bit towards me.
I sighed. "Well, there's this one guy I-"
"Ask him!" Klaus exclaimed.
I jumped back, a little shocked by his outburst. "Um, no."
"Why?" his excited expression dropped.
"Because there's no way on this Earth that he would ever agree to going with me, " I answered.
"It wouldn't hurt to try, would it? I mean, how many people do you know were successful without actually trying?"
"Yeah, no," I said flatly. "I don't care what you say because I'm not asking him."
"You know, you could be doing him a really big favor," Klaus said matter-of-factly.
"I don't care." I crossed my arms. "Call me old-fashioned, but I still think that the guy should make the first move."
"Well, maybe this guy is worried you'll reject him."
"Well, if this guy really liked me, then he would step up anyways."
"But this guy really does like you! He's goes crazy just thinking about you all the time!" Klaus exploded, jumping to his feet
"Then when the heck is he going to step up like a man and say something because I won't be waiting around forever!" I argued, standing up as well.
Klaus crossed his arms and frowned down at his shoes. "Well maybe you should take someone you think is man enough for you to the dance instead of him. Maybe you should just forget about him altogether.."
"Klaus, do you even know who I'm talking about?!" I asked with annoyance clear in my tone.
"Not a clue." And with that, he turned away and walked upstairs.
I followed him as he walked quickly for the front door. "Klaus, wait!"
He opened the door and, to both of our surprises, my parents walked in with a middle aged man whom I've never seen before.
"Oh, thank you, Klaus!" my mother greeted as she followed the man and my father inside. "This is Isaac," she gestured to the stranger. "He has a proposition for Aunt Josie," me mother said giddily. My father looked somewhat annoyed, but all he said was, "Calm down A., do you want to spoil his surprise?"
"Call everyone!" Isaac said with a large grin on his face. "I want everyone to hear what I have to say to Josie!"
"Oh, I'll get them!" my mother volunteered happily. As she climbed up the stairs to get Aunt Josie, she called Quigley and Duncan to the foyer harshly in French. A few moments later, my mother returned with Aunt Josie, Marie, Noah, Quigley, and Duncan right behind her.
"Isaac?" Aunt Josie exclaimed happily and ran to hug him. "Why aren't you in Russia? I thought your job-"
"I was about to leave, but then I realized that I couldn't stay that far away from you unless I knew something very important. I know you knew that I've been scared of commitment, but..." that's when Isaac got down on one knee in front of her and pulled a ring out of his coat pocket. "I realized that I love you too much to not be with you forever. Josie, will you marry me?"
Holy fudgesicles.
My aunt had just gotten proposed to.
In my house.
Holy freaking fudesicles.
Klaus and I exchanged glances. The memory of the words we exchanged not too long ago came to mind:
"Well, if this guy really liked me, then he would step up anyways."
"But this guy really does like you! He's goes crazy just thinking about you all the time!"
"Then when the heck is he going to step up like a man and say something because I won't be waiting around forever!"
"And whose argument do you think this helps?" I asked him.
He didn't answer, he just...left.
Then today at school, we kind of avoided each other. I wasn't really mad at him and he didn't really seem mad at me, we just...didn't talk. Didn't look at each other. Well, I did my best not to.
And then...it happened.
At lunch, I saw Haley pull Klaus aside and started talking to him. He looked at me when she finished and I pretended to have been looking somewhere else, even though we both knew that I was looking at him. He responded to her and she pulled him into a hug.
You don't have to be a genius to know what she asked him.
Oh, and Aunt Josie agreed to marry Isaac by the way. They're going to get married at the end of the summer.
Everything's great.
Just great...
I tried to make it really long! I did! But this was the most my little brain could conjure up without going into a different subject or whatever. I'm sory. Dx I hope it was okay! Was it okay? It doesn't have to be good, was it at least okay?
I have a bunch of stories to tell you guys, but I can't remember any of them.
So I'll wait for next chapter.
"Oh tear ducts and rust; I'll fix it for us; We're collecting dust; But our love's enough; You're holding it in; You're pouring a drink; Know nothing is as bad as it seems; We'll come clean..."
~ Just Give Me A Reason by P!nk featuring Nate Ruess
That's basically what I listened to the entire time I typed up this chapter. It's so good! :D
See ya later!
~ Soldier On ~
;)