Was It... Just Me?

Mislead by the Mystery boy

"All Mr and Miss Learners to report to the hockey field" the intercom announced

Great. This was the day I was dreading. We were about to get our partners for the formal. So far I had had a lot of luck with my groups.

Especially since the pageant was around the corner and a lot of groups were struggling.

Otherwise everything was going well...in terms of Mr and Miss, as for my marks, well let's just say they we're slipping.
So I just needed this one thing in my life to stay good.

"So are you excited?" Harry asked
"No not really"
"Why"
"Because this is my least favorite part everything, I'm just glad we just have to walk"
"Yeah true, hopefully we get good partners"
"Yes, hopefully" I said as I caught up to Lola.

***
"Listen up, there aren't enough guys doing Mr and Miss so we have recruited some of last year's participants"

My heart sank
This is not good.
Strike one

"Right so I need you to line up from shortest to tallest, once you have a partner you will be given a group number, everyone in your group will share the same song.
I also have to tell you that I won't be here for the next two weeks. I'm going on holiday. Mrs Johnson will handle all of the preparation activities while I'm gone." She said so insensitively

We all gasped at her unable to  comprehend what just came out of her mouth. She couldn't possibly be serious. Not only had Mrs Johnson Never organized a pageant she also almost never showed up to practice and now she was going to organize the whole formal?!?

Strike two

***
As we stood in our life waiting to get a partner i bit my lip and mentally crossed my fingers as I counted the guys to see who I would land up with. I was close to the front since I wasn't too tall.

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
I turned and started counting the guys
1,2,3...8 and I looked up to find Harry looking up at me.
I literally wanted to scream.
Form happiness of course
This was like things were finally gonna work out.

"Um sorry" I heard a girl behind
"Do you mind if we swap, I'm like a little shorter than you and I really don't want my partner, you know what I mean"
I simply looked at her without emotion
Oh so I want your partner??
I stood there deciding what to say
Then...

"Ay yo Keo, do you mind?"
I turned to find Harry looking at me as if he was asking for something so obvious
"Oh um... Yeah sure...it's cool"
"Yoh thanks chom" she said

Curse my inability to say no to people but, then again Harry wanted her to be his partner so I could just force the situation. I understood why he would choose her over me anyway.
She was pretty. Coloured. Spicy.

She was Audrey, one of those girls the guys pined for. I had never really spoken to her. She just came of as bitch don't talk to me unless I talk to you
I had spoken to her twin sister at athletics though. She was just so easy to talk to. Weird I know.

Another reason I wasn't surprised was because, that's just the way guys were in our school. Black guys I mean.
They we're apparently too good for us black girls. The loved their coloured women. There was nothing wrong with that. It was a preference. And we had accepted. So yeah. I wasn't surprised but, that didn't mean it didn't hurt.

Strike 3

***

"Hey, who'd you get" Lola asked
Pulling me out of my thoughts
"Um Cami's weird cousin"
Angel laughed from behind me
"Are you serious, that's a joke bro" she had a habit of laughing in the wrong moments but she also always made situations better when one else could. She was a true character.