Behind the Costume Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Aly was ready for the dance. She had taken a shower using her favorite American Girl Strawberries n' Cream bodywash and then used the Mango lotion that Taryn had given to her last year. Then she had washed her face using the new Neutrogena Wave that Vanessa Hudgens had demonstrated in a TV ad. She was wearing her pink 60's dress again, this time with body glitter, side ponytail and a matching scarf around her neck.

"ALY!" called Nadia, Aly's little sister. "Your ride is here!" Aly bounded downstairs, reached for her student I.D and ran outside. Stephanie was right. It was exactly 6:50 PM. Carter was waiting in the car with all his friends. Stephanie was nowhere in sight. Aly thought maybe the disguise thing was a joke. Eventually Monroe came into sight along with lots of her costumed classmates. Including Angela, Hillary and Celia all sitting in Mrs.Martin's Jaguar. Aly felt her stomach turn to lead when she saw the boys come into view. Especially Logan.

The van doors opened and Aly picked up the ends of her dress and hopped out. The cold October air swirled around her and she shivered. Angela waved to her so Aly waved back. Then she saw Taryn wave and then Charlotte on the other side of the parking lot. No one noticed her beat up 1989 Toyota since this year's Jaguar was the main focus. Aly wanted to race to them but she had to be "escorted" in by Carter. This was very confusing.

Aly walked aside Carter into the dance room. Inside they were separated but Aly knew soon that Angela and her posse would get to meet him. Eventually Angela and Logan were standing next to her. "So where's the mystery boy?" asked Angela anxiously. Aly cocked her head. "Didnt you see him escort me in?" she asked. Angela shook her head. "Aww man" Aly pretended. "I let him go off with his friends so we could talk" Angela rolled her eyes.

Celia ran up with David panting at her side. Her model outfit was a lot of Victoria's Secret stuff with some fake Miss Universe pageant pins. She had her make-up done so she was very dazzling compared to Angela's Goth Superstar that everyone could tell was definetly Party City. "Oh my god Aly! Look over there! Those are my cousins from Florida!" Celia said jumping up and down. Her Floridan cousins were tanned and bright blonde dressed as cats. They looked very catty in Aly's opinion.

Then Hillary came over in a soccer uniform. She had done her hair and make-up so she still looked pretty. It made her gray eyes stand out and her tomato red hair looked a nice auburn. She complimented on Aly's costume.

The dancing started and Jenna and Sophie giggled with Aly about their costumes. Sophie was Tinkerbell and Jenna was Glinda the Good Witch. "Lauren's the Wicked Witch of the West" giggled Jenna. "I should've been Dorothy" said Sophie, frowning. "Or Toto" laughed Aly. They burst into loud fits of giggles.

Then Taryn came by with Katrina who chatted along pleasantly. Eventually Aly introduced Charlotte to all of them. Charlotte got along fine with all of them. Aly was comfortable now. All her friends were having a good time and she was a part of it. Her stomach dropped when Lauren came by. She was wearing green facepaint on her cheeks along with fake warts to be the Wicked Witch of the West. Aly thought she was a good one.

"So" said Lauren looking at Aly. "Where's your date?" Aly turned red. The fun was over. Jenna and Sophie went to get pizza, Taryn and Katrina sat down and Charlotte went to the restroom. Lauren was glaring at Aly still. "What a follower" said Lauren and she turned around. "I am nawt a follower" said Aly. Lauren turned back to Aly. Aly spoke first.

"I don't have a date" she said. "But I have an escort" Aly giggled. Then Lauren giggled. They had made up. But Angela broke the moment. "Come awn Aly!" she yelled. Uh oh thought Aly. It was time to introduce her "date".

Behind the Costume Chapter 8

Chapter 8

"Holy crap!" cried Aly. "The Halloween dance is in two days and I have absolutely no idea of who my date is going to be" Aly and Stephanie were fumbling with their ballet things in the car. "Wow" said Stephanie. Aly's eyes widened. Stephanie wasn't going to help her?

"Aly, no need to freak" said Stephanie noticing Aly's face. "I will think of something. But first I need to ask a few questions" Aly turned to face Steph. But they were interupted by Stephanie's mom, Mrs.Wilson.

"The Halloween dance at Monroe?" she asked. "Yeah" chorused Aly and Steph. "Ohhhhh" she said. "You know about it?" asked Aly, surprised. "Yes, Carter's old Monroe friends invited him to go but it turns out that I will be taking them all" Carter was Stephanie's thirteen year old brother who would've been an eighth grader if he had stayed at Monroe instead of moving to St.Matthew's.

Stephanie's eyes lit up. "Aly, do any of your friends know the eighth graders well?" she asked. "No" said Aly. "I have an idea!" Stephanie was so happy so her idea must've been really great. "Holy crap Stephanie! You want me to go as Carter's date?!?" Aly was shocked. No way could she go with him. Carter was the one who picked on Steph and grossed them out with his guy friends.

"Aly you are crazy. No way would you ever be seen with my brother like that" Stephanie was disgusted. "My idea was for Carter to appear as your date. All he has to do is escort you in and out of the dance. Angela will be very impressed when she sees you with an eighth grader" Stephanie grinned. Aly grinned back.

"Wait" said Aly. "How will Carter know what to do and stuff? Most likely he will nawt be happy to go with me" Stephanie frowned. "I will ask my mom to pick you up so you can go together. Our parents won't get suspicious. I'll deal with my brother"

Mrs. Wilson dropped them off at ballet. It was a good class since Nicole Baxter had ended up moving away so she and Stephanie weren't friends anymore. They came out hot and sweaty. "So what's your answer?" asked Stephanie. "Do you agree to my plan?" Aly nodded. "I agree to your plan"

Stephanie made plans to send an e-mail to Aly with the information. They decided it would be better because IMs would be more visible to their parents. So Aly checked her e-mail every thirty minutes all afternoon waiting for Stephanie's message of successful planning. It finally came just befor Stephanie's bedtime.

To: Alyssa Ramsey <alykat1996@yahoo.com>

From: Stephanie Wilson <sizzlinsw@yahoo.com>

Subject: Plans

Dear A.

I am confirming our plans for Friday night. Mrs. Wilson will pick you up promptly at 5:50 PM. At exactly 6:00 PM, you will be dropped off at the main doors of Monroe Middle School. Mr. Carter Wilson will escort you to the dance. You will have exactly 2 minutes for your escort to socialize with your friends. At 7:58 PM, Mrs.Wilson will pick you up at the main doors and Mr.Carter Wilson will escort you out.

Sincerely,

S.

P.S. I will be there in case of an emergency. (Disguised)

Behind the Costume Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Aly's language arts class was providing partners for a new project so this would distract her from her confusing lie. Mrs.Kramer was calling out partners. "Alyssa Ramsey you will be with......." Mrs.Kramer looked down at her list and Aly crossed her fingers. "Alyssa Ramsey you will be with Charlotte O'Keith". Aly looked around the room for her partner. Who was Charlotte O'Keith? Looking around, Aly realized everyone knew who she was but since she had been so busy she hadn't even looked at her classmates from other elementary schools.

"Ew" said Bess Wilder (whom Aly recognized since Bess was a suck-up) "Did you see Charlotte's car? It's a 1989 beat up Toyota!" Bess giggled to the girl who was supposedly her best friend. Aly immediately felt bad for Charlotte for two reasons. One because her parents couldn't afford a car that was at least 2002 and two because Charlotte turned out to be a really nice girl.

Charlotte greeted Aly warmly and they giggled about TV shows they liked, like iCarly or American Idol while writing out their paperwork. Mrs.Kramer said they could keep the same partners for the follwing week and Aly chose to stay with Charlotte.

Later that night during Aly's IMing with Stephanie, Angela got online and brought back the lie.

AngelaAngel: Hiiiiiiiii

AlyKat1996: hey

AngelaAngel: i'm opening a chat with celia and hills

AlyKat1996: k

Aly was very upset over this whole muti-user chat. She was going to have to figure out something fast, so she sent an IM to Steph.

AlyKat1996: dude angela's online

SizzlinSW: ?

AlyKat1996: my lie!

SizzlinSW: im thinkin!

AlyKat1996: k

SizzlinSW: I know!

AlyKat1996: tell, tell!

SizzlinSW: tell em its a surprise who ur date is

AlyKat1996: crap! then i have to get a date fer sure!

SizzlinSW: duh! u said u had 1 so u will have 1......soon

Aly was in deep doo doo, no doubt. But now Angela's Yahoo! Messenger tab was ready. It was time to complete her lie.

AngelaAngel: Here they are!

TealCeal: like my Yahoo! name?

AlyKat1996: um yeah. but why teal ceal?

TealCeal: It's my stationery name

xoHillsxo: stationery?

TealCeal: why is that so wierd?

AngelaAngel: whos ur date Aly?

Aly paused to look at Stephanie's chat tab instead. All Steph did was encourage her but today it wasn't working. Aly slowly typed out her answer to Angela.

AlyKat1996: its a surprise

TealCeal: come awn!

xoHillsxo: puh lease, tell!

AngelaAngel: Aly....

AlyKat1996: i really want it 2 b a surprise

Geez they were so pushy. Aly stopped to IM Stephanie who was waiting for her response.

xoHillsxo: so whens ur partay, angel?

AngelaAngel: next sat. all planned out

TealCeal: the theme is?

AngelaAngel: a moment in time

xoHillsxo: ?

AngelaAngel: DRESS RETRO!

Behind the Costume Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Aly had been proved wrong in trusting many people. Now she knew that she and Angela both liked Logan. It was nauseating in a way since Angela was bound to have him as a boyfriend again. Very much like in fifth grade. Aly was looking forward to chatting with Stephanie on the computer that night as Stephanie was actually the only person she could trust. Even though they had had a huge fight a week before, Stephanie hadn't betrayed her secrets and neither did Aly to Steph's secrets. Aly logged online on her new downloaded Yahoo! messenger. Stephanie was already waiting.

SizzlinSW: hey gf!

AlyKat1996: hey! ☻

SizzlinSW: well is anything up?

AlyKat1996: um yeah every1 is not 2 b trusted

SizzlinSW: not even me? :(

Aly sighed. This was going to take longer than she thought. She was going to have to call her. Of course Stephanie picked up right away. "Dude why are you taking so long to IM me? Don't you still have an overly obssession with the computer?" Aly had to admit she still did. But she ignored Stephanie's question and went on about how rude Angela had been to show off Logan while getting his grant to the Halloween dance and Lauren's total lunch ditch to Amanda. Stephanie paused. "Angela just wants you to hang out with her because your pretty, popular and smart. She is too and she doesn't like competition" Aly thought about it and realized that Steph was right. Angela was also taking advantage of Celia and Hillary. Aly felt so dumb. They hung up and then Taryn called. "Dude, Lauren won't even talk about you!" she said. "How about Jenna or Sophie?" asked Aly. Taryn paused. "I don't know" she said, at last. "Well" said Aly. "Do you have a date to the dance?" she asked. "No" said Taryn. "I want to go with David but..." Taryn had a massive crush on him but of course he already had a date. Aly wasn't the only one dateless but she was a part of a different crowd now. Since Lauren had offiially decided she was out.

A Teen Year Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Nadia helped Aly drag her stuff up to Stephanie's front door. "Well then have a good time" Nadia said and then she walked off and back into the silver Honda pilot. Right now Aly was jealous of Nadia for being able to go home.

Carter answered the door. "Stephanie's in her room" he said. Aly went upstairs. Stephanie was sitting with her cat. "Hey" she said. "Hey" said Aly. They were silent. What was there to say? Stephanie had ignored her in ballet three more times, twice being with Nicole.

"Look Steph. I'm sorry I called you a hypocrite, backstabber, fool and butthead" said Aly. Stephanie burst out laughing. "What's so funny?" asked Aly. She had been trying to apologize and all Stephanie did was laugh?

"I'm sorry" said Stephanie, still laughing. "It's just when you said butthead all serious it was just reall really funny" Stephanie snorted. Aly busted up. Before they knew it, the two ex-BFF's were laughing with each other.

Then when they finally stopped Stephanie said, "Why are we laughing?" "I don't know" said Aly. "Sixth grade has been really weird" Stephanie rolled her eyes. "Definitely" "Guess what?" said Aly. "What?" asked Stephanie. "Logan asked me to dance with him at David's party!" Aly squealed. Stephanie was the only one who knew that she liked Logan.

"OMG!" said Stephanie. "So how was the dance?" "I never got to dance cause we went to the basement alone and then all the sixth graders came in too. Turns out the dancing was only for the seventh graders" "Oh" said Stephanie. "But guess what else?" asked Aly. "What?" asked Stephanie giggling. "I overheard Logan telling Max and David that I look pretty with my Selena Gomez hair"

Stephnie looked puzzled. "Selena Gomez hair? Did he really say that?" "No" said Aly. "Angela said it looked like Selena Gomez's, so that's what I call it" Steph's smile changed to a frown. "Why are you hanging out with Angela?" she asked. Aly shook her head. "I don't know truth be told. She invited me to sit with her after this incident" Aly told Stephanie all about Andy Moore.

"Wow" said Stephanie. "You sound totally rebel" "Ugh" said Aly. "That's the thing. I sound too rebel" Steph shrugged. "What about Nicole?" asked Aly. Stephanie sighed.

"I'm sorry too Aly. When I heard Max talking about you and Angela, I thought you had totally gone rebel just because I was gone. I was sure you'd forgot about me. It did not sound like you at all" "It wasn't me" said Aly. "Sixth grade turned us totally wack and now it's coming back at me every minute of the day" Steph nodded. "So are we still ex-BFF's?" she asked.

Aly paused. She thought of all the mean things Stephanie had done to her in the last two weeks. How could she forgive her? She had hated Stephanie. She felt as if she'd gotten punched everyday. But then she thought about Stephanie's point of view. How she had mistaken Max's words and regretted everything that she'd done to Aly. "No" said Aly. "I officially say that we are back to being BFF's"

"Under one circumstance" said Stephanie. Aly looked at her. "You have to promise to tell me everything that happens at Monroe and I'll do the same with St.Matthew's" "Deal" said Aly, smiling. "And a deal for me too" Stephanie said. And the two girls hugged.

~THE END~

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A Teen Year Chapter 9

Chapter 9

The drink table had about every pop existing. While Aly chose a sugar filled orange soda, Celia chose a sugarless Fresca. Aly chugged down her Fanta until Angela tugged her tank top. "Are you trying to gain weight or something?" she asked. "No" said Aly. "I never gain weight" Which was true after taking after her mother's fast metabolism.

Angela was drinking a diet Mug root beer and Hillary was drinking a diet Pepsi. Logan walked over. A large clear glass revealed a Mug root beer. Angela only got one to inpress Logan, as Aly was seeing it. "Is that root beer too?" he asked Hillary and Angela. "Diet Pepsi" answered Hillary truthfully. "Root beer" said Angela. "So you were right." She smiled at Logan, who smiled back in response to Aly's disgust. This brought back fifth grade memories. Angela had dated Logan a lot, then. Angela STILL liked him.

"Actually isn't that diet root beer?" Aly said this as a statement and not a question. Logan looked at Angela. "Um, yeah I guess your right" said Angela quietly. Logan shook his head and walked away.

"Nice going, Aly!' said Angela. "He is your ex you know" Aly rubbed in. Hillary and Celia looked at Angela. "Really?" asked Hillary. Angela was lucky because at that moment Alan made an announcement.

"Greetings Earthlings!" he said. "I have decided to let the gentlemen find a partner on the dance floor. Ladies stand still" Angela looked through the crowd. Aly took off. She had to leave before she was found standing by the refreshments all alone. Aly bumped headfirst into a boy.

To Aly's horror, she found it was Logan Cameron. His face turned a bubblegum pink. Aly was very surprised. "Will you dance with me?" he asked. This had been what Aly had dreamed about all summer and all fifth grade long. Logan looked really scared for some reason. Why was he asking her? Aly had been the kind of girl that boys knew never to go out with. This was probably why he was scared out of his mind.

"Yes" she said. "Do you know how to dance?" Aly asked. Logan's face turned red again. "Um, no" he said. Aly laughed. "Nither do I" The two went downstairs to the basement instead of out to the basketball court, where Alan had made an imaginary dance floor. "We should learn to dance" said Aly, giggling. Logan laughed. "You probably do know how. I'm the one the one who should really learn"

Just then Max and David came in the basement. Logan's smile faded. To Aly's disgust, so did Angela, Celia and Hillary. "Aren't you dancing?" asked Logan. "No" said David. "Turns out the dancing was just for Alan and the seventh graders"

Aly's cell phone rang. "Hello?" she answered. "Hey, my mom said we should have a sleepover so text me with your answer. Bye" said Stephanie, who had called. Aly stiffened.

No doubt was Stephanie's mom going to talk to her mom about the girls strange behavior. Aly texted a yes. Next Friday night was going to be a disaster.

A Teen Year Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Aly's first pointe class wasn't as fun as she'd wanted it to be. Stephanie and her weren't talking so there went all the fun out of the class. The good thing was that Nicole never came. (Aly was guessing that she wasn't accepted because of being new)

Although Miss Erin assigned partners during stretching and Aly was assigned to Stephanie. They didn't even talk. "You girls seem very quiet today" said Miss Erin. "Speechless" said Aly with a fake smile. Stephanie didn't even look up.

The class finished and Aly's bun came apart. (Which was good considering that she never did her own hair for class) Stephanie chuckled. "Great bun, huh?" She smirked. A few girls turned to watch. Aly felt her face get red. But then she remembered school and how to face off enemies like Andy with just one word. Aly stood up and faced Stephanie.

"At least I'm not the student of St.Lucifer's and a slave of Knuckle Buxter, a dancer with intentions of only crashing our class" Aly had exagerrated. She had changed St.Matthew's to St.Lucifer's, (the name of the devil) and totally went very far with Nicole. Aly sneered and left the dressing room, leaving the other girls with their mouths hanging open.

Aly decided to forget about the previous events. Tonight was going to be David's party and Aly couldn't wait, espicially when Logan was going to be there. According to the weather, this was going to be they last day of summer heat and Aly was determined to enjoy it by wearing her orange spaghetti strap top with her mini khaki shorts.

At excactly six o' clock, Aly's dad dropped her off at David's ginormous house which was already full of people in the garage and yard. "Hey!" yelled Hillary in her British voice. "Your here!" "Yeah" said Aly. "It's very crowded" Hillary nodded. "Everyone that we know is out back. Follow me"

Aly followed Hillary around the side of the house where David was playing a game with a group of seventh graders. "Why are they here?" asked Aly at the sight of the seventh graders. Celia was now standing by Aly. "David's brother Alan is in seventh grade and he invited them. It's actually his party" said Celia. "I guess David wasn't really supposed to be here." Aly looked at the two girls. They were dressed in summer wear as well. "Where's Angela?" asked Aly, realizing she wasn't with them. "Over there" said Hillary, pointing to a group of boys.

Angela was standing right next to Logan. Aly almost gasped. But there was nothing she could do. You couldn't own a boy. Max was right next to her too. Hillary sighed. "What's wrong, Hills?" asked Celia. "I really like Max and Angela looks toally into him" "Not really" said Aly. "Angela is flirting with Logan and Max is just hanging out with them" Hillary smiled. "Your right" she said. "Do you like a boy?" Celia asked Aly. "Well, do you?" asked Aly. "David" said Celia withought hesitation. Aly nodded at her. "He would be very stupid if he didn't like you back" said Aly. Celia smiled with Hillary. "Yeah. I guess your right, Aly"

Angela walked up to them. "Well finally! You guys are all here! Now let's go grab some drinks and food before they start dancing" Aly looked at Angela. There was dancing?

A Teen Year Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Aly logged online. Tonight was the first night she and Stephanie had decided to IM. Aly brought her school books with her to the computer. Stephanie wasn't online yet so she sent a Hello message. Then she started on her homework.

Aly finished all of her homework and when she looked up at the computer she realized that it was thirty minutes after six, their scheduled IM time and Stephanie hadn't shown up. Aly signed out of the network and headed for the house phone. (since she wasn't allowed to use her cell phone until after seven)

Please pick, please pick up, Aly pleaded silently. Someone answered. "Hello?" It was a guy's voice. Carter, Stephanie's brother was talking, Aly guessed. "Hey! Can I talk to Stephanie?" she asked. "Who is this?" asked Carter. Aly held her breath. Why didn't he know who she was? "Aly" she said at last. "Don't you have caller I.D?" Aly asked. "Yeah" said Carter. "But your name must have been erased because only your number shows now. Aly almost gasped. Stephanie erased her? What did she do that was so bad that Stephanie would actually erase her?

"Anyway" said Carter. "I'll go get her" Carter was refering to Stephanie, the meanie who only cared about herself and left old friends in dirt. "Hey!" yelled Stephanie at Carter who was just handing the phone to her, Aly guessed. "I'm already on my cell phone with Nicole" said Stephanie.

Stephanie finally took her home phone and said in a gruff voice, "Hello". "Hey" said Aly. It sounded more like "HEY!" "What was up with Nicole at ballet? She must be very pushy y'know to get as far into ballet since she's new and all" said Aly. "What do you mean?" asked Stephanie. "I invited her to my ballet class and since she is our age she would've joined my class anyway" Aly gasped not afraid to hide it. "It's our class not just your class"

Stephanie was getting angry and now Aly was going to blow her top off with the temper tantrums she'd kept since her toddler years. "Look Alyssa! We are not one person so stop talking as if we were one" Aly blew her top off. "I NEVER said we were one! We are friends so just maybe you would apologize for forgetting that we were supposed to IM tonight! Oh wait, we are not friends anymore cause you threw me in dirt for Knuckle Buxter!" Aly threw Stephanie into flames.

"WHAT? I didn't forget! I was on the phone with Nicole Baxter. You were too selfish and you couldn't stand the wait!" Stephanie shot out. "Maybe you and Miss Angela Angel will have fun together at that party!" "Hey! How did you know about that party?" Aly asked in a hiss. "Well....If you Miss Alley Ramp are so smart, maybe you would have realized that Max lives on my street" Aly could see Stephanie grinning away at her smart aleck remark like the Chesire Cat.

Aly was going to end this conversation real quick. "And if you, Miss Stiff Wimp think your so smart maybe you would have realized that you are a hypocrite and a backstabber and a fool and a....a....a butt-head!" Aly sneered even though Stephanie couldn't see her. "And as you and Knuckle Buxter waltz down St.Lucifer's together, I hope you remember this very important message that I'm giving you. We are now officially EX-BFF's!" Then Aly slammed the phone into reciever withought letting Stephanie respond.

A Teen Year Chapter 5

Chapter 5

The first day of middle school was finally over. Aly was now back in the silver Honda pilot slouching on her way home. "How was it?" asked Mom. "Fine" answered Aly. "Any new friends?" Mom asked. "Kind of" answered Aly. "Well your first day of ballet class is today so get prepared."

Aly had forgot about ballet. She wondered how Monroe people would think of this. Ballet was Aly's main after school activity. This year she was going three time a week. Plus, Stephanie would be there demanding complicated questions. No one's first day at middle school could have been more complex in Aly's opinion. And she definetly did not want to discuss this at the time.

The Intermediate class was being run by the same teacher as last year, so Aly felt prepared. (Well except the fact that she was going to get yelled at for not stretching all summer) Well except seeing Stephanie. She already had a place at the barre across a new girl. By what Aly could see, this girl was her age. Aly had been expecting Stephanie saving a spot on the right side of the barre, which was Aly's favorite side. But the girl had taken it. Instead Aly got behind Stephanie on the left.

"Alyssa Ramsey?" shouted Miss Crystal from the front of the room. "Here!" replied Aly. "No" said Miss Crystal. "I want you behind Amber on that barre" she said pointing. Aly followed her finger to the spot behind Amber. When Aly looked at Stephanie, Stephanie turned back to the girl. What's going on? thought Aly.

"Okay girls" said Miss Crystal. " We have one new student in our class so far. This is Nicole Baxter. Do you have anything to say, Nicole?" Nicole looked at the class. "I just want to thank Stephanie Williams for being the best BFF ever. By inviting me to this class I think our relationship will improve" Nicole turned and looked at Stephanie. Stephanie burst into applause which the class followed by doing the same. Miss Crystal made Aly's situation worse by talking more though. "Do you girls go to the same school?" "Yes!" said Nicole. "Withought St.Matthew's we would be nothing!" Miss Crystal glanced at Aly. "And you?...." she said. She remembered the ballet report she and Stephanie did in which they had mentioned they were BFF's and went to the same school. "I" said Aly, but was interupted by Stephanie. "I transferred" she said proudly. Aly tried catching her eye but she was ignoring her.

Aly was overcome by shock. She and Stephanie had been happy about still doing ballet together but now that they were finally around, Stephanie invited Nicole. As Miss Crystal went through the class, Aly spent her time lost in thought. Stephanie would've had to invite Nicole a while ago in order for her to be here now. Stephanie hadn't told her and that hurt. A lot.

A Teen Year Chapter 1

Chapter 1

"Promise me you'll IM tommorow?" asked Stephanie. "Yes!" Aly answered for the millionth time that day. Aly was sick and tired of the same question. "Jesus christ" she mumbled.

"Shut up, Aly!" snapped Aly's sister, Nadia. "That's a bad word." "How is Jesus Christ a bad word?" asked Aly. "Mom and Dad said so" said Nadia proudly with her nose in the air.

Aly and Nadia were carrying pillows and bags from Aly's sleepover at Stephanie's. "Bye, Al!" cried Stephanie from her front doorway. Stephanie had talked about her week at St.Matthews's Christian Academy the WHOLE time. "My new friend is Nicole. She loves texting, too! She's just like you, Aly!" I invited her over too but she couldn't come....."

Aly's dad honked his horn. "Hurry up!" he said. "Aly was the one being slow" whined Nadia, getting in. As dad drove the silver Honda pilot out of Tuscany neighborhood, Aly looked at the screen of her phone thinking about everything.

Tommorow was the first day of sixth grade at Monroe Middle School. Summer was completely over. At the end of fifth grade, Aly's best friend Stephanie decided she was going to St.Matthew's. Was she afraid of Monroe? Likely. Stephanie promised that they would stay BFF's forever by IM'ing every other day once school started. Unfortunately, St.Matthew's started a week earlier than Monroe and Stephanie didn't bother telling Aly. Now she was behind on all the info or in other words, gossip.

Mom was waiting when Aly got home. Nadia jumped in her lap. "I love you mommy!" she said. Suck up thought Aly. Mom was a flight attendant for Continental Airlines, so she was gone for multiple days.

"Guess what?" said Nadia. "What little angel?" asked mom. "Tommorow is the first day of school!" Nadia jumped up and down. Aly groaned. Why did she have to remind her? Mom hugged Aly. "Aren't you excited?" she asked.

After a pause Mom said, "Taryn called." Aly reached for her cell phone. It was a blue Sanyo Katana. Aly liked it because everyone else had Motorolas.

"Yo man!" Taryn said after picking up. "Yo dog" answered Aly. "Too bad Katrina can't say yo dude" said Taryn. "Where is Katrina?" asked Aly. "Italy." "No way!" Yes way!" "OMG!" "She's coming back in a week!" "WHAT?"

Aly didn't like Katrina all that much. She was funny and nice but ever since Taryn met her, they barely talked anymore. "You there?" asked Taryn. "Yah but I got to go" Aly said quickly and hung up.

Aly walked to the bathroom and peered at her reflection. A girl with greasy hair stared back at her. Yuck, she thought.

After a dinner of corn and fish sticks, Mom forced Aly in the shower. "Have fun!" said Nadia. Aly stuck her tounge out. When Aly got in the shower she began to think. Why not look nice anyway? She shampooed twice and applied conditioner. Afterwards her mom curled her bangs to the side of her face. "Brush your teeth and come downstairs".

Aly stared at her reflection again. Now her hair swayed off to the side. Her once short bangs were now just past her chin. Aly smiled. With some lip gloss and earrings, she would look like a hot sexy mama. Aly fluffed her hair and ran downstairs.

Nadia and her mom were already organizing the new school supplies into their new backpacks. Nadia's was hot pink and Aly's was white and purple.

"Hurry up, Aly!" said Mom. Aly grabbed a sharpie and signed her name on her supplies. At ten o' clock, Aly collapsed in bed and grabbed Caroline her squishy cow pillow she won at the end of fifth grade. Aly squeezed her, then closed her eyes. Middle school, here I come!