Living The Life

Chapter Three

Kali's POV

      BING. The bell rang and I ran downstairs to get into the lunch line. I saw Mario sprinting down the hall. He pulled up behind me. "Hey, Mario, boy do you like hamburgers," I said with a smile.

      "Yeah, but I wish it was hotdogs," Mario said with a grin. I started laughing my head off. We had an old friend names Kevin who told the most dirty jokes of all time. I got my food and sat down at my spot at the table.

      I look across the room and there he was. His chiseled jaw glowed in the sunlight. We caught eyes. He smiled at me. I smiled back. I could see it now. Use kissing in the back seat of his red Camaro. Until recently, that's all I could think of.

     I put my tray on top of the garbage in the slot. I went straight to my locker to get my history book. I opened it. A note fell. I picked it up. I was now shaking. I opened it. In big letters it said HOMECOMING? I turned around, my heart sank down to my feet.

     Matthew was there with a big sign that said, CHECK YES OR NO.  I wanted to drop to the floor crying. I went up to him and checked YES. I grabbed the sign and sat it down against the lockers. I let my body take control of me. In that time, we hugged.

     I walked home, daydreaming about Saturday night. I had to go shopping fast. It had just hit me I had 4 days to go. I ran home in the blazing hot sun. My hair felt as if it were in fire.

      I got into the house and ran to my room and grabbed my credit card. "Mom!" I yelled.

  "What?" she asked back.
   "Can I take the car to go to the mall? I was asked to homecoming!"
   "By who? And yes you can take the car."
    "Matthew Jameson asked me."
     "Ok. Have fun. Are you meeting your friends there?" Truth is I hadn't seen Mario or Jess the rest of the day after lunch.
     "Yeah," I said as I walked out the door. I pulled out my phone and called Jess. I told her to meet me at the mall. I did the same with Mario.

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