Story Of My Life

chapter 5 : 'sleep over'?

My day began so well, it was unreal.
I did my daily singing, dancing,  drawing and studying. It was also the day the group was going over to Liam's house.. This was cheesy. Why were we so excited to go over to someone's house for the weekend? Mainly because it was rare for these things to happen in Zambia. Parents are so strict. I guess we felt grown...a bunch of eighteen and nineteen year old's felt so grown this weekend and we weren't going to let anyone take the fun away from us.

I got to an empty class to set my guitar bag and stumbled upon Stacey. I had tried my best to  avoid her because my day was going so great. But I knew it was about time it got messed up. Talk about too good to be true.
"hey hun. " Stacey spoke with that smug smile of hers in an excited tone like she'd been looking for me. "nice to see you.. Uhhh could I talk to you real quick. " she blocked my way as I was trying to walk away. "what do you want? I have things to do. " I said.
"won't take long Sweety" she said. I rolled my eyes and sighed.
She then spoke.
"you know that Liam guy is really cute."
I knew she was going to talk about rubbish like she always does.
"yes.. He's sweet too but you wouldn't know cause you're too busy looking at his foot size. " I said. "well, you do know what they say about guys with big feet. " she said and laughed. I stared at her. "...nasty... Why are you talking to me again? "  asked still trying to leave.
"I just heard you have a thing with him" she said. I swallowed hard almost asking where she heard that from. "that should be interesting " she smiled that evil smile.
"what do you want Stacey? " I eyed Her. "I'm just really bored at his stupid school. I miss all the Drama we had. It kept me young, yah know? " ." YOUR POINT!... please. " I couldn't control my frustration. "I think we should have a little competition since I know you won't willingly hand over the president of drama club title to me. "  she said. 

I crossed my brows and shook my head at her. Stacey Biness never seized to amaze me.

"if I win Liam's attention, you hand it over.. "
" he's not an item Stacey.. But it would be nice to see you lose. " I felt I had made a serious mistake but I had a condition of my own.
"when I win, you have to publicly apologize to everyone you've ever hurt.. " I said. She had an unsure expression before waving it away. "boring.. But you agree? " she asked.
I shook my head. "whatever ". I said as I walked away.
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" dude, I hope you have all the tricks and charms ready for today. You nervous? " mark asked Liam as they worked on an art project .
" dude! Stop bugging me. I've got this alright? " Liam responded.
" you really like this one or she's 'one of the others' " mark said in a less playful tone. Liam exhaled before speaking. " No man. This one is different . I don't know. She doesn't throw herself at me. She acts like she doesn't even care. " he said.
"and you like that? " Andrew asked.
" I don't know, I think she likes me for who I am. You know? "
" I like this one " William said.
"I get that she likes you but do you love her?" mark asked. It all went quiet for a while. Liam stared into space as Mark stared at him.
He finally spoke
" I... "
Just then, Janil entered the room , cutting off Liam's answer, to announce that all students were needed for an emergency assembly in the hall.

Pearls high hall was buzzing with chatter of the students waiting to be told what was happening.
We then heard cheering and our attention shifted from within the crowd to the stage. It was our head teacher , Mr Newsburry. He walked onto the stage with an expression like he had better things to do.
"so.. " he began. "how are my students?" .
The crowd began to holler and cheer.
"anyway.. Announcements, let's see.. Oh yes, we have a Valentine's dance coming up in four weeks. I don't want to talk about it so I'll hand it over to the drama president Miss Navarra to.. " he stopped at the sight of me shaking my head frantically, waving my arms and giving him 'no ' signals. I wasn't ready, neither did I know what this was about.
His face was confused. " it looks like our president may be having a stroke. "  he said with crossed brows. "I guess I'll have to call up Stacey. "