Sincerely, Kendra Mitchell

The Dance {Part one: Before}

September 8th

Dear Diary,

The dance was after school.

I went over to Lydia's house to get ready. Actually, let me rephrase that. She basically kidnapped me. "Hey, Kendra! Time to go!" She showed up at my house bust into the bathroom where I was washing my hands and began dragging me down the stairs. "Girl ! What are you doing! Who do you think you are? Coming into my house and invading my privacy!"

She paused on the steps and turned around. Her long brown curls swishing."Your best friend who you love dearly."

I pouted because she was right. She pushed me into her car and her mom drove off. "Um, did you even ask my mom about this?"

"Duh. Friday night she said it was cool as long as you come home at midnight."

"Come home at midnight? What am I Cinderella?"

**

Lydia's room had silver walls and big blow up pics of David Henry. She had wrote on her walls and list of baes. She had 12 so far.

She sat me down at her vanity set and got to work. "Luv, I am going to make you look beautiful! Simply beautiful!"She said in a horrible beautiful accent. Why did I ever agree to this I thought. "Welcome to the Lydia's extreme makeover!"She switched to a announcers voice." The show where Lydia gives one lucky contestant and Extreme MAKEOVER!!"

"Yay." I said my voice noncommittal.

""Aw perk up!" she flicked under my chin."Oh, and frowns bring on premature aging."

I merely lowered my eyelids at her. "This weeks lucky contestant is...Kendra!" She made fake crowd sound with her mouth.

"Yippee." spoke in a monotone.

Lydia started with my nails which I unsuccessfully had tried to grow over an inch long.<-------dumb idea I know

They always ended up chipping, or my mom would see them and would trim them by force. You don't know how hard it is to your nails from someone. Believe me, someone will see it. So, while Lydia buffed and filed my nails we chatted about how me and her were going to go solo and how I was gonna finally make my move on josh and ask him that questionßyup I told her.

"Its like mutual stalking. He stares at you alll the time  and you  look at his abs with a microscope through your bedroom  window." She painted my nails. By the way she made it sound you'd think i was obsessed. But aren't I a little?

"First we'll l start with this hair."She said. "Ah Kendra, when will your hair choose a color?  Will you be blonde or redhead? Maybe be you'll get really lucky and gat...auburn."

Now I really did like the sound of that. "I want my hair to be auburn but then I'd never have green eyes. Auburn hair and green eyes go together. Everyone knows that."

Obviously happy that she finally got a real answer out of me, she massaged oil into my scalp"Well then maybe you'll just get  green flecks in them.

"Has anyone ever looked into your eyes up close?"

I tried to stop it, but my slight pink flush betrayed me.

"OMG who is it? Tell me ell me tell me!"she said giddily

"Josh."I said

"Tell me everything.", She said with wide eyes and her mouth slightly open, her voice full of awe. She sounded like a 3 year old. "I wnt your every thought."

I smiled inwardly, and said, " Well, It happened last Thursday when I had gotten suspenned. Josh came home and we were outside raking the leaves. He jumped in my pile of leaves that had taken me a lot of redhead elbow grease to to do. I was like 'Hold up. Who are you  to jump in my damn pile of leaves that id been working on for over a damn half hour.' So then I ran and was about o jump when I—"I abruptly stopped, hearing something scratching at  the window.