Moments of Magic

Dance the Night Away

Three weeks after the camping trip, Ms. H announced that there was a Halloween dance taking place that coming Friday. I couldn't wait. Sure, I had been to a dance before, but that was my 6th grade graduation dance. I'm not sure if that would count.

The day before, I decided to stay after school to help decorate the MPR. At the end of it, the MPR had been totally transformed. It looked almost like the set of Michael Jackson's Thriller.

The next day, I had no school. My mom left for work, and I was alone at home the entire day. Around 4:00, my cousin Kim came over to do my makeup. She also helped me with my costume. I was going as Green (or Blue in the Japanese version, whichever one you prefer) from the Pokemon Adventures manga. After she left, I loafed around at home, waiting for my other bestie, Amy, to come.

Amy and I have been friends since third grade. She wasn't very social, and she was usually seen with her nose inside a book. Amy and I have been in the same class until our seventh grade year. At that time, Amy attended the local public middle school.

At 6:30, I went down to the lobby to greet Amy, who was half white, half Colombian. She was in a purple and black sorceress dress.

"Hey, Amy! You look great!" I commented.

"You too!" Amy added. Then, Theo appeared and took us to his car. Of course, the dance didn't start for another hour, and due to some problems which I will not discuss, we arrived thirty minutes late.

Amy and I made our way into the MPR, which was bathed in neon lights and smelled strongly of pizza. Pop music was blaring through the speakers. Mikayla, Kate, Kirsten, and Brittany, another seventh grade girl, came out to greet us. Mikayla was dressed as a skeleton, Kate was a steampunk, Kirsten was a rapper, and Brittany was donning athletic attire.

"Hey, guys! You look great! This is Amy, she was my bestie at my old school." I hastily said. The other seventh grade girls then introduced their friends to the others.

Around that time, I saw Caden. He was a blonde boy who wore braces, and he was wearing a dirty football jersey. He was accompanied by another blonde boy who almost looked exactly like him. They were catcalling me and making fun of my dance moves.

"You got no ass!" Caden shouted. His crony snickered.

"Oh, shut up." That was all I said. Amy dragged me away from them. Suddenly, Anaconda by Nicki Minaj came on. Why did it have to be that song out of all others? Must've been the eighth graders. They've got bad taste, honestly.

"Mia! Get in the middle!" Dani encouraged. She was wearing a plaid shirt, jeans, and suspenders. What was she thinking? I can't dance. I've never taken dance classes before...unless you count the dance camp I went to years ago.

"Yeah!" Isabella agreed. She was wearing black from the waist up. She wore jeans on the bottom.

"Go." Hayley, Dani and Isabella's friend, said. She was dressed up like a cat. Without hesitation, I went into the middle and busted out my moves...by improvising. When the song was over, I was in a split position. My hamstrings began to hurt.

"Nice moves!" A seventh grade girl called to me. I heaved a sigh of relief. The kids here didn't care whether I could dance or not. They cheered me on, even when I failed. And that's when I realized that I could get along with these kids. I wasn't sure how they do it at Amy's school, but the kids here seemed so much nicer. I then proceeded to dance the night away...literally. At the end of it all, I won an award for best dancer, along with Kirsten. I couldn't wait to tell my mom what had happened that night. I would never, ever, forget that night...

---

Author's Note: So, yeah, that was a tad short, but now you guys have an idea of what my social life was like in middle school.

Who did you dress up as last Halloween? Let me know in the comments below.