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Makenzie McDowell Clesson Creative Writing 12:00 9/23/09

Class Scene Oh no…

//Wait? What did she just say? Oh no. I hope she didn’t ask him what I think she did//

“Well, Aaron, who are you taking to homecoming?”

//Crap, why did she ask him that… I should have been paying attention. Okay Aaron, why aren’t you responding? He better not say, “no one” because// he // asked// me // t o go. But on the other hand, if he says my name I’m going to be so embarrassed.

Great. He said my name. Now my face is turning red. At least he’s not embarrassed to announce it to the room. I mean come on teacher; freshman homecoming is awkward enough without you asking in the middle of class who someone is going with. And on top of everything you had to ask MY date. Please don’t say something awkward now that you know… please I’m begging you!//

“OOO Aaron and Taylor… what an unlikely couple, I mean Aaron’s so tall and Taylor you are so short. That might make it a challenge to dance with each other. Ha-ha! I’m just kidding you guys. You’ll have fun!”

//Really? You just had to make it even more awkward…//

//The whole class is looking at either me or Aaron.//

“Aaron and Taylor sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g.” //Who said that? Kyle? Just because I very politely said no to you doesn’t mean you have to make me going with Aaron worse. How immature. Now the whole class is laughing. Really Mrs. Smith : get your class under control. Aren’t you supposed to be teaching about Shakespeare or something?! Maybe this is karma for me not paying attention in class. What if Aaron is so embarrassed he doesn’t want to go with me anymore? I was having a nice day dream then all the sudden it takes a turn for the worse. If Aaron decides he doesn’t want to go with me anymore it’s because of Kyle. He’s the one who got the whole class laughing at us.//

“Alright class, settle down.” //Finally, she tries to get some control of her class//. “We are out of time anyway. Your homework is to read the next chapter of the book.” //Good it’s time to leave//. “See you tomorrow.”

//I have to avoid eye contact with Aaron. I hope this doesn’t make things awkward between us. Alright, I’m out the door.//

“Taylor wait up!” //Oh no… that’s Aaron’s voice. I stop and turn to face him.// “Hey, so um… I hope you still want to go with me and I told Kyle to stop trying to get you not to go with me. I mean I understand if you’re too embarrassed now or something, but um I really like you and I don’t want to go with anyone else and-” // Boy, stop rambling... You’re perfect.//