Creating a Dream

The Consequences

Becca POV                                     We all ended up getting detention for an entire month. A Month!! I groaned out loud at the news when we were all sent to the principal's office Monday morning. The fire didn't do too much damage but it left a few black patches on the carpet. You could smell a hint of burnt whiskey. I laughed to myself remembering that night. Watching in horror as Brad was trying to take the whiskey away from Jessie. Now we stood in front of the principal waiting for our punishment.

Principal Willington's expression was serious as he stood and narrowed his eyes at all of us. Why did I come to school today? With the fire in the principal's office and finding the party decorations, we were going to be the most popular people in school. Gossip was going to be spread about us for weeks. I wasn't happy about this. I never liked being gossip about are having attention. Why did I listen to Neil?

The principal finally spoke, "You all know why you're here. I don't have to point out the black spots on the floor or the missing curtain. I don't have to also say that we had to remove all the balloons and confetti the night we also found out that there was a fire in my office. The men did the right thing and stayed to get the fire out but there will still be consequences to your actions. Ladies, Im surprised that you all came forward instead of letting the guys take the fall but I'm not going to be lenient. You damaged school property and could have caused even more damage if the fire had spread. You all could have also been seriously injured or trapped in the building if the fire would have continued to spread. What started as an innocent prank could have turned into a horrible tragedy. I do want to say that with your quick actions it didn't turn out that way. That's why your punishment isn't going to be too severe but will give you plenty of time to think about your actions. I'm going to give you detention for a month."

"What?"

"Are you serious??"

"A Month??"

We all gasped in shock knowing it could have been worse. We could have gotten suspended. The principal held his hand up to silence us. "It could have been worse but you all came forward and I commend you on that but you all still broke into the school and damaged school property. Detention will start today. That will be all."

The principal said singling us to leave. Neil spoke up. "Principle Willington, what if we help pay for the school damages by playing a concert to raise money. We have a band called Groundswell. We can perform here as a fundraiser." Jessie then spoke up. "We also know a band that will play as well. They're really good. The band's name is The Loners." The guys all stared at us never hearing that band name before. They probably wondered if we really knew that band. They just didn't know that they were staring at the band members.

We all waited for Mr. Willington to say something. He seemed to be debating as we stood waiting for his response. He finally smiled causing us to smile in return. "I'll get with Miss O'Neil to organize the fundraiser. Everyone will do two weeks of detention then the rest of the month everyone will help Miss O'Neil with the fundraiser. She will let you know what needs to be done. With that settled you may go back to class." Mr. Willington said as he sat back down at his desk. We all left silently back to our classroom. Neil winked at me before leaving. I shook my head in annoyance.

Instead of getting to go home after school we had to stay an extra hour for detention. I groaned walking into the classroom having to waste an hour to work on school work. I sat with Kalie and Jessie. Adam was sitting next to Kalie. Neil and Brad were sitting next to Adam. I sat far away from Neil, on the other side next to Jessie. He sees me and decides to get up from his seat and sit next to me.

"So we're going to be spending a lot of time together. We might as well get to know each other." He said as I rolled my eyes at him. "I already know you Neil. I've known you ever since kindergarten. You were annoying then and your still annoying now. You think your God's gift to women but I know you Neil Sanderson. You try to be charming and flirt with every girl in school but you really don't care about anyone but yourself. You're just full of yourself." I turned my back towards him so he would get the hint and go away. What I said is what I felt but a part of me felt that maybe he could be the one to actually see me. That all the other girls he dated didn't compare to me. That to him I was different and he wouldn't treat me like the other girls but I was just fooling myself. What would a guy like Neil see in a girl like me? He could have any girl he wanted.

"Believe what you want to believe." He said angrily at my back before abruptly getting out of his seat and went back to sit by Adam. Kalie and Adam looked happy together. They were working together on their homework, helping each other. I've never seen Adam or Kalie so happy. I was happy for them but it made me wish I had that too. I glanced at Neil who was now ignoring me. Would it work out if I got with Neil? I was still debating the idea. I just didn't want to get hurt by him. He tends to date girls then when he got bored dump them. Would I fall into that category? I didn't want to take a chance and find out. Brad was staring at Jessie when she wasn't looking. Brad would be safer. He was a kind, sweet guy but for some reason my attraction was pulled towards Neil. Maybe it was the thrill, the uncertainty of not knowing what would happen. With Brad it would be certain. It would be safe. With Neil it would be danger and excitement but what about my heart. What about love? Maybe Brad thought the same when he stared at Jessie. Why did it have to be hard to know what to do? Spending the entire month with him wasn't going to make it any easier. I started working on my homework to stop my thoughts from thinking about Neil.