Behind the Costume Chapter 5

Chapter 5

The next school day was very much the same as the day before. Amanda sat in Aly's place with Lauren, Jenna and Sophie. So of course Aly ate lunch with Angela's posse. (Otherwise she would end up with Andy, Janet or Bob)

"Yo man" said Taryn when they arrived to the cafeteria. "Yo dog" replied Aly glumly. "Yo dude" said a voice. Aly turned around surprised to see Katrina back from her long trip to Italy. "You're back?" asked Aly. "Yeah" said Katrina. "I got back last week"

Aly hadn't noticed. "So you hang out with Angela now?" Katrina pronounced it like a statement. Aly's insides churned remembering that she didn't like Katrina since she took her only time with Taryn. "Yes I hang out with Angela" said Aly proudly.

Katrina's response shocked Aly. "Well Angela passes on bad reps" Katrina obviously heard about her squabble with Lauren. Aly's inside was like a washing machine now. It was time to show Katrina an "Alpha" even though it was going to require bragging.

"You know I was invited to David's party two weeks ago" Aly bragged. "Yeah right" said Katrina. From what Aly saw so far Taryn wasn't going to defend her. But Angela saved Aly. "Oh hey Katrina. I never noticed you came here" Katrina opened her mouth but Angela cut her off. "So you heard about David's party, huh?" Katrina nodded. "Yeah well Aly and I had a great time flirting with all the boys. We brought back the life to that party" Angela smirked and grabbed Aly.

At their lunch table Angela dropped all dance topics so Aly survived the conversations while eating her sandwich but afterwards it came up. Hillary brought up their costumes. "What are you going as?" she asked. "I'm gonna be a model!" said Celia. "I might even bring my cousins up from Florida!" All the boys faced Celia. "How are you going to get Floridan girls?" asked Logan. "Yeah" said David. "They're not free ya know" "My dad can send them up in a private jet. They're nineteen" replied Celia casually.

Angela stole Celia's spotlight. Aly kept last night's IMs in mind. "I'm going as a Goth Superstar" bragged Angela. Aly thought of Stephanie's IMs again. "Is it a Party City costume?" asked Aly. Angela glared at Aly. Party City costumes were not high quality so of course Angela didn't want people to know she'd be getting it there. "No" she said quickly. "But do you have a date yet?" Angela caught the attention of everyone at the table.

Aly's face turned red. Oh gawd this was a deep doo doo situation. It was time for a lie that would have to come true somehow. "Yes I do have a date" she lied. Yet everyone believed it.