Vengeance

Chapter 5

 The dance was tomorrow and I still hadn't made my mind up, I was still thinking about it I know my mother would've wanted me to go but I didn't feel quite sure about it.
There was a feeling inside of me it told me "Go have fun" but there was another one that said, "Don't go stay with your family".

But I have always put my family first because you can replace things but not family. The other class periods passed and Amylee hadn't told Alann about what she had heard in the bathroom. I sat next to Amanda we started texting about the topic on the phone so Alan wouldn't be aware of what we're talking about we both laughed at something Amanda had texted me.

"What's funny you guys?" said Alan, Amanda and I looked at each other and our smiles vanished. "Um nothing," said Amanda "Just a picture," she said scrolling through her phone.

"Can I see?" asked Alan while leaning over.

I covered Amanda's phone "No!" I said as I made eye contact with him.

"I mean- Um it was on snap chat you know, you can't see it again once you open it I guess," I said.

He leaned back with caution I don't think he really bought it "Oh, okay" he said faking to be amazed, like if that was the reason I had covered Amanda's phone. He tried changing the topic after.

"So, Angelique are you going to that dance tonight or not?" said Alan hoping I already had made my mind about the invitation.

"I- I really don't know, you see I'm not a big fan of parties at home I do dance and all but dances, they have never been a good thing for me," I said looking directly at him. He seemed sad after I said that I think he really wanted me to go, but how can I go with all this crazy family thing going on?

We arrived at our stop and as I got off the bus I said "Alan?" and he turned around "I can try" an automatically smile appeared on his face, Amanda looked at me and showed me her thumbs up and smiled but it wasn't a simple one it was a really hyper one and I just blushed and walked away.

When I got home I started thinking if I should ask my mother for permission to go attend the dance, I had two issues though my family and I didn't have anything nice to wear it just wasn't my style to be girly all the time, I will go out with sweat pants, a shirt, and a bun, I didn't really care what people thought about me it was me I guess but I had another issue. Those flashbacks I get, they were back again there I was in my room sitting down looking at one spot on the wall I stood there for at least 15 minutes.

After I stopped daydreaming for those minutes, I started doing my work maybe if I had time to try to find out which organ my project was gonna be about. I ate, watched tv and stared at the clock, it was 5 pm now the dance starts at 6:20 pm. After a couple of minutes, I received a message from Amanda.

-Are you coming?

-I don't have anything to wear sorry.

- I got this on my way:)

Damn it! I didn't want the message to sound that way, I didn't want her to let me borrow something to wear that was not what I expected. I expected her to say "Oh, okay" not on that! "I'm screwed," I said to myself while hitting my forehead. What was I going to do now, I had no choice but to go, "My mother" I said as a reason to stay home maybe I can be bad or something so she won't let me go but- who will think I'm bad was the question I've always been good. I walked to the living room where my mother was sitting down watching TV with a cup of coffee in her hands, as usual.

"Mami?" I asked looking down at the floor.

"What's wrong mama, I don't have any money," she said laughing, I laughed too but a weak laugh.