~Jessica's POV~
I haven't seen Alexa in while, so I decided to leave Shane and try to
find her. The principal would be announcing homecoming King and Queen
soon, and I wanted her next to me when they announced who won.
Shane agreed with me, and went over to the punch bowl. I walked around
the gym and came up short.
No sign of Alexa here.
Sighing, I made my way over to Shane.
“I can't find Alexa anywhere!” I yelled to him, exasperated. He took a
drink of his punch and set the cup down on the table.
“Let's go ask Justin where she is,” he said, nodding his head to the
corner of the room. Now I got confused: why would Alexa be somewhere
by herself? I followed behind Shane over to Justin, and began biting
my lip.
Something didn't feel right about this.
“Have you seen Alexa?” I asked Justin worriedly.
“She's at some art show for the school.” The tone of his voice made it
seem as if he was upset, but I knew not to ask him.
“Art show?” Shane spoke up for the first time, right when the
principal goes onto the stage. They're starting to confuse me.
Even more than I was before.
“Good evening Carus Valley High! Welcome to homecoming!” the principal
bellowed into the microphone. I didn't know what they where talking
about. Why would Alexa be at an art show when there wasn't one?
Shane and Justin started to argue back and forth, so I tuned them out.
“It's time to announce homecoming King and Queen!” the principal, Ms.
Shannon as she liked to be called, yelled into the microphone. She was
starting to annoy me with her bright and cheery attitude. I started to
think about art and such when she began to announce the winner.
“Your homecoming Queen is . . . Alexa Mercer!”
Cheers and claps filled the gym, but I didn't turn to look at the
stage, knowing Alexa wasn't in here. People started to whisper and
look around the room when they didn't see her.
That's when Aimee’s nasally voice came over the speakers.
I ignored what she had to say, along with the claps and her constant
cry of, “Thank you!” Suddenly, something clicked in my mind.
“Isn't the art teacher Mr. Daniels or whatever?” I said to them. Shane
nodded his head while Justin had this blank, shocked look on his face.
“Maybe we could go to his room and see if he's there? Oh! The art
building!”
Shane looked at me in confusion.
Justin was hard to explain. His face went from confusion, to
realization, and then froze on anger. I just stared at him, not
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Don't Look Back
RomanceAlexa Mercer has the perfect life. She’s the head cheerleader, popular, has the perfect boyfriend and she gets everything she wants, but it wasn’t always that way. Four years ago her parents were involved in a car accident, her mother was killed and...
