Chapter Eleven

Breaks were a welcome time for relaxation and for Ivy, she was ever so thankful. Having spent most of her free time hanging up posters or being forced to sit through Finn's long winded ideas for pranks, she was exhausted and just wanted to curl up and fall asleep. So that break, Ivy decided to kick her legs up in the Common Room and close her eyes for a bit. For a while, she managed to let herself rest and she was close to falling into a deep sleep, but was interrupted when a bag was dropped into her lap.

"What the-" Ivy shot awake and found herself staring at a happy-looking Cinder. "Oh. What's up?"

"We've got a job to do." Cinder declared.

Ivy felt absolutely drained. She didn't want to move - let alone go on whatever mission Cinder had thought up. Her muscles ached and a headache was nagging at her. "What is it?" Ivy sighed.

"Firstly, we need to get you a date," Cinder paused. "And then we need to get you a dress."

Her heart thumped uncomfortably. "Date? Dress? No way."

Cinder's grin widened and suddenly, Ivy felt as if there was no questioning the older student. A thousand terrible scenarios flooded through her mind and a flicker of panic gripped her. The disco was a terrible idea; why in the world had she ended up in this position?

Friday arrived quicker than the students had expected. Ivy had been unsuccessful in finding a date. They all either didn't know her, didn't like her or were scared of her. Which meant that the remaining percent of the students were either too old or already had dates. Or just repelled her. So Ivy put on a smile and tried to act like that was perfectly fine. She was happy that she didn't have to go with someone but a part of her felt left out.

"Eh, a date is just a date." Finn shrugged. "I'm only going with Hazel because she nagged me into agreeing."

Ivy groaned. "At least someone nagged you."

"Well, I know one dude who doesn't have a date." Finn grinned mischievously. "And he's right over there."

Raising her eyebrow, Ivy turned in the direction that he had pointed in - and she almost felt like puking. Of course it just had to be the one person she hated most in the world (alongside her sister). Brent Ferguson. How many times did she have to end up in a silly situation with him?

Ivy crossed her arms. "You have got to be kidding, Finn. No way am I getting a date with him. You remember what happened the last time I was with him. I caught my Science classroom on fire."

"...which was cool!" Finn argued. "Come on, it'll be funny. And maybe you could dump him just before the disco? Or I could prank him and then you could dump him? No, even better! You could-"

"NO, Finn!" Ivy screeched as loud as she could. He went silent. "I honestly don't care about your pranks. I'm not going to make myself miserable so that you can have a bit of fun. You're a great friend, but sometimes I think you don't care about me, so long as you get a kick out of your ridiculous pranks."

She shut her mouth, pulled her bag onto her shoulder and stormed out of the Common Room.

Hazel nudged the girl and smiled. "The disco will be better than Legacy Day, I promise."

The other girl, Blossom, shrugged. "If you say so."

"Stop being such a misery!" Hazel placed her hands on her hips. "You'll have plenty of fun. So, me and Cinder were talking and we haven't decided on outfits yet. We were thinking that we could go out on Sunday for a shopping trip?"

Blossom stared at her hands and let out a long sigh. "Well, I guess it will take my mind off of other things."

Other things meant her family, Hazel guessed. She smiled and grabbed Blossom's shoulders. "That's my girl! Right, let's grab some food before we starve to death."

The frown that Blossom had been wearing changed into a smile as they made their way to the cafeteria.

On Saturday morning, Lionel and Jace spent the morning watching television and in the afternoon, they went out to the local park. There, Lionel played football with Ben and Tyler whilst Jace sat on a bench and tried not to fall asleep. The evening rolled around and after dinner Lionel scribbled down his homework and Jace listened to music. Lionel's homework time was interrupted by his phone beeping crazily on the table. He grabbed it and scrolled through his messages, replying as he went.

Cinder: Hey, are you coming tomorrow?

Lionel: What? Where?

Cinder: Oh. Shopping trip with the girls. We thought we could meet up with you and the guys for coffee.

Lionel: Sounds like a plan, see you there!

And then he stumbled across a message by Heather.

Heather: I was wondering if I could ask you something?

Lionel: Yeah?

Heather: Could we maybe go to the disco together?

Lionel: Sure thing. Are you coming shopping tomorrow?

Heather: Yep.

Lionel: See you there, then.

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