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Author's note: This is just a story I'm starting to write and need opinions on.

                “So I was talking to Mark and he told me he was single again!” My best friend exclaimed. I looked at her and rolled my eyes knowing she wanted me to go out with him.

            “Don’t even think about it Ruby,” I say looking at her then at the desk mark was sitting at.  I noticed that he was looking at my desk while he was talking to his jock friends probably about the break up or about some sports related event going on at our high school. Me I was more into talking about the school’s fine arts department and about my new nail polish colors that I just bought at Ulta.

            “He probably doesn’t even like me,” I explain to Ruby looking at her. She gasps and I look at her confused. She points behind me causing me to turn around to face the hottest guy in our school. Surprisingly enough Mark was standing behind me.

            “Hey Crystal,” Mark says smiling at me and causing my legs to turn to jelly, even though I’m sitting. He continues, “I just wanted to see if you wanted to go to lunch with me today.” That’s how he finished his sentence. Wow that was the lamest thing I had ever heard.

            “Uh…um…Sure!” I exclaim blushing and looking away. I am so dramatic when it comes to guys asking me to lunch. Ha!

            “Cool,” Mark said. “I’ll meet you at your locker after next hour!” He said a little too excitedly. I look at him again and notice that he had made himself blush and he was the deepest red I had ever seen. I smile at him and he smiles back at me taking a seat in the desk next to me as the teacher walks in.

            Class finishes and I realize that I only have one hour before I go to lunch with Mark. I was starting to feel nervous and I was getting distracted by the hands on the clock moving around. I was a little startled when the teacher called on me to answer a question she had asked because I didn’t even know what the question was so I had to pass and look stupider than ever.

            The bell rang announcing the end of class. I run out of class and slam into Mark who is standing by my locker. I blush and apologize feeling stupid and desperate for running out of class instead of taking my time. He laughs and says that it’s no big deal. He grabs my hand and we walk to his car. The whole time I’m blushing not only because I am kind of embarrassed but also because everyone was looking at us as we walked through the school to the parking lot.

            Mark took me to Starbucks to get coffee and then we went to Panera’s eat. We joked around for a while and then Mark got really serious so I knew it was time for us to talk about serious topics. That doesn’t mean telling jokes and acting stupid.

            “Crystal, I need to ask you something,” he began.

            “Sure what is it?” I replied. He looks down and shuffles his feet nervously.

            “Will… uh… will you go out with me and be my girlfriend?” he asks. I had been drinking my coffee when he asked the question I had been dying to hear. I swallowed so hard that I started coughing. He looked at me waiting for an answer. I nodded smiling. He looked at his watch and realized that we were late for our last class. We exchanged phone numbers quickly and then headed back to school.

            Our final class was together but we sat on different sides of the room. We were fifteen minutes into the class when I got a text message.

                                                            R U BORED? BCAUSE I AM!

                                                                       -M-

I laughed and pressed reply.

                                                            KIND OF! Y DO U ASK?

                                                            -C-

I look across the room then I look at Ruby sitting next to me.  *bleep bleep* I look down at my phone.

                                                            LET’S SNEAK OUT THE BACK DOOR

                                                            -M-     

I look up and notice Mark watching me anticipating my reply.

                                                            IDK. THAT MIGHT NOT BE A GOOD IDEA.

                                                            WHAT IF WE GET IN TROUBLE?  -C-

I sigh and wait to hear back from him. I look over and see him typing. Then my phone beeps telling me I have a text.

                                                            DON’T U TRUST ME? WE WON’T GET IN TROUBLE

                                                            I HAVEN’T GOTTEN IN TROUBLE BEFORE. –M-

I sigh again and press reply ready to send my final message. The message that would be me making up my mind.

                                                            OK LET’S DO THIS I’M BORED BEYOND BELIEF

                                                            ANYWAYS.  –C- <3

I look at the teacher who is writing on the board. I stand up and walk over to the pencil sharpener by the backdoor. Mark notices and walks over as well. He turns to look at the teacher who is still writing then walks out the open door. I follow his lead and do the same. I had just left the classroom when I got two texts. 

                                                WHERE R U GOING GURL! U R GOING 2 GET IN TROUBLE

                                                -R-

From Ruby of course she always did know how to worry.

                                                IF U DON’T C ME STAY WHERE U R.

                                                -M-

That was Mark .The only one I responded to was Ruby she had to know what I was doing or else she would lecture me until we graduated from school in 4 months.

                        I’M FINE I JUST WENT WITH MARK. WE R SKIPPING CLASS.

                        PLEASE GET THE ASSIGNMENT FOR ME. –C-

I do notice that Mark is nowhere to be seen but there is a group of jocks in the hall.  The jocks were watching me. Then I noticed Mark standing in the middle of the group watching me. He walks over and walks me to the group.

            “Crystal, I’d like you to meet some of my guys,” he explained as we got closer. I looked at the guys who all smiled at me with a welcoming smile. I smile back and introduce myself to all the guys and they introduce themselves in return.

            It seemed like we were going to talk to these guys forever until Mark said we had to go and he slipped us out of the group heading for the doors. I look up at him and give him a thankful smile. He just looks at me then back at the guys who are now staring after us. Then I feel my phone vibrate.

                        I HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT MARK RIGHT NOW! Y R U GOING

WITH HIM?  -R-

            I look at Mark who is now looking curiously at my phone. I let out a nervous chuckle and press reply on my phone.

WELL THNK U CAPTAIN OBVIOUS! HE’S LEADING ME OUT OF THE BUILDING!                  -C-

            Why was I still going through with this! I should just turn around and go back to class! I was definitely going to get in trouble for this. I look around and notice that the principal’s office is open. I look in front of me and see that Tasha, Mark’s ex, is standing in the parking lot with the other cheerleaders except Ruby. 

                                    FLASH BACK …..

The cheerleaders are the most popular group of girls in the school. No guy ever turns them down and guys most definitely don’t dump them. There are four girls who are on the cheer team. Stephanie is the team captain, Tasha is the second in command, Jennifer she’s just a part of the team because Stephanie is her sister and finally Ruby she was put at the bottom of the cheer team just because she is friends with losers like me. Of all the girls on the team Tasha is by far the worst. She will walk down the hall swearing at any kid who gets in her way. She is also the one thing that’s keeping me off the team. Nobody wants to get on Tasha’s bad side. No one until Mark dumped her!

            Once Mark dumped Tasha the whole school seemed to stop fearing her. She had suddenly lost the terror that she was once able to use against everyone. Mark must have realized this too because he very soon after talked to Steph about letting new girls join the team.

                        FLASH BACK ENDS…

            As I was looking around the hall I notice the poster on the wall. I stop and read it. It said:

                                    CHEER NEWS!!!!!!!!

THE CHEER TEAM IS HOLDING TRYOUTS FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE TEAM! – CHEER CAPTAIN STEPHANIE-

WHEN: TUESDAY @ 4:00 P.M.

WHERE: IN THE COURTYARD

WHO: ANYONE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE TEAM

WHY: JUST BECAUSE WE NEED MORE GIRLS &GUYS

R.S.V.P.: PLEASE RESERVE AN AUDITION SPOT BY FRIDAY! CALL- 262-339-5465 OR EMAIL ME AT STEPHDAGURL@SQUIRMMAIL. COM

                   (NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE TELL YOU WE NEED YOU!!!!)

OMG that got me really excited. I looked to see if Mark was around and he wasn’t so I picked up my phone and went to my squirmmail account. I typed in Stephanie’s email and sent her an announcement saying I wanted to try out for the team.

            Not even a minute later I get an email back From Stephanie telling me to call her Steph and another asking me to be her messenger friend. I smile and accept the invite to chat.

                        Steph:   SUP CRYSTAL! I CALL BEING PURPLE!

                        Crystal: NM WHAT ABOUT U?

                        S: I’M FINE THNKS FOR ASKING! I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING U IN PERSON TUESDAY!  GTG THO SO BYE TTYL!  (Steph logged off)

            I look up and see that class is almost over and then I look outside and see that Mark is talking to Tasha and she is yelling at him. I walk to the door and walk out making sure I stay out of the way of the argument. I notice Mark looked at me as I went past him. Tasha just glared at me and went back to yelling at Mark who walked away from her picking me up and carrying me to his car.

            “I’m giving you a ride home, I hope you don’t mind,” he said when we were in his car. I looked at him just as he leaned in and kissed me!

            “OK I don’t mind at all! If you want I can call my parents and ask if we can go to a movie or if I can come to your practice or something!” I exclaim blushing hearing myself saying the things I said.

            “That would be amazing,” He simply said smiling at me then pulling out of the parking space and driving out of the lot. I called my parents and asked them if I could go on the date and they said yes just as long as I was home before 11:00 p.m. When I told Mark he reached into his glove compartment and pulled out a fake ID with a pic of me 2 years from now. I gasped when he told me we were going to a club. This was not going to end well.

            When we got to the club it was only 5:00 p.m.  I looked around the outside and then noticed the guy checking IDs at the door. I held my breath and handed the guy my ID. He looked at it smiled at me and handed my ID back motioning for me to enter. I exhale and wait for Mark to get in. The only thing is I stood there for 5 minutes and there was no sign of Mark entering the building. I sigh and am about to leave when a pair of hands covered my eyes.

            “Guess who,” a voice whispers in my ear kissing my cheek.

            “I dunno could it be my baby Mark?” I reply and giggle when he turns me around and kisses me. He smiles and leads me in and up to the VIP seating. I find myself finding open mouthed staring at the reserved seats. No one was in them except for us and a sign read RESERVED FOR MARK PARTY OF 2. I look at him and he just leads me to the table and pulls out a chair for me. I accept the chair gladly not suspecting that this could be a big mistake and that he could be trying to trick me into something.