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.

Behind the Costume Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Aly was hardly breathing. Now she knew for sure that she and Angela both liked Logan. There was nothing as horrible as that. Logan was going to make his decision. Right now. Then and there.

"I'll take..." said Logan. "Angela" Aly thought her heart had broken. Logan had said she looked pretty in her Selena Gomez style hair. Didn't he still like that? Did he still like her? Maybe Logan had been lying all along. Maybe he had never liked her.

Angela turned and faced Aly. "Yay!" she whispered. "I gotta a date" Angela and Celia started whispering about double dating. Aly looked at Hillary. They were both dateless. Max looked at Hillary. "Wanna go with me?" he asked. "Yes!" answered Hillary in her strong British accent. Aly looked away. Now she was officially dateless. Hillary had joined Celia and Angela's conversation.

Aly got up with her lunch. "Hey guys" she said. Aly was going to go sit with Lauren, Jenna and Sophie, the girls she entirely trusted. But none of the girls looked up. Only Logan did. "Aly" he said. Aly turned around and walked away. Who cared what he thought? Logan was so over. But only part of Aly believed that. Part of her heart said, Logan you are a backstabber! but the other side said Go get him, Aly!

Lauren scooted over for Aly immediately. "Hey!" said Jenna. "Thanks for spreading the Halloween dance news around. I have to make less posters now" Sophie looked up at Aly. "You won't believe it!" she said. "What?" asked Aly. "In drama I didn't get a star role. Actually I didn't even get a good role! I'm an extra" Sophie looked really upset. Sophie was the one who made them bust up and used her dramatic acting skills in drama. Aly had never seen Sophie so upset.

"It's ok. I don't always get good dates to dances" said Aly. Sophie looked at her. "Your looking for a date to the dance?" "Um, yeah" said Aly. Lauren and Jenna were staring. Aly hadn't realized this was considered an embarrassing moment. These girls never showed interest in boys. "Yeah well Angela..." Lauren interupted. "Stop listening to Angela! It's al you ever listen to now! You don't have to have a date you know!" "I know" said Aly. "I still don't." "That's not the point" said Lauren. "You were looking, though" Aly looked up. A girl had arrived at their table.

"Hi" said the girl. "Hey Amanda!" said Jenna. Jenna scooted over for Amanda which threw Aly off. There was not enough room for them all. "Hey, um Amanda. There isn't room for..." "There's plenty of room" said Lauren, quickly. A lunch room lady came to the table and looked at Aly. "There's no more room, dear. Try that table over there." the lady pointed to Janet Striker's table. Janet Striker, the girl who played with unicorns. This was also the table where Andy Moore sat. Oh brother thought Aly. Aly took a seat between Janet and Bob McEarthy. (Bob was the biggest loser in the history of losers) Ugh thought Aly. She was in the middle of Bob, Janet and Andy. This was the opposite of heaven.

But Aly refused to talk to them. Instead she thought about how Lauren, Jenna and Sophie had traded her for Amanda Barbodos (a girl who could pass for an ape) and Angela had totally taken Logan knowing she had liked him. Everyone was not who they really seemed to be. They were all hiding behind a costume. And what was behind the costume was not a good thing.

Behind the Costume Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Aly hurried to her social studies class. She was not taking the risk of being late as she had been to homeroom that morning. "ALY!" yelled Angela from across the hallway. Gawd thought Aly. Didn't Angela care about being tardy? Ever? From what Aly could see, probably not.

"It's all around" said Angela. "Celia already asked David to the dance and he said yes" Why wouldn't he? "Remember" said Angela. "Our Alpha title?" Aly nodded. Then hurried to social studies.

Aly personally didn't get why Angela was saying, "we" but Aly didn't really care. She just had to make sure Logan was all hers. Aly took a seat at the front of the classroom. (It happened to be like the last one left) Unfortunately it happened to be right next to Andy Moore.

Andy brought bad memories way back from fifth grade until the first day of school. She just couldn't take no for an answer. Not now, tommorow or in the past. Never. That's where Aly came in. She said no to sit by her on the first day of sixth grade. After that Andy told her mom. Andy had started getting on her case last week. This was probably the beggining of her mom's torturing.

"Ok" said Mr. Holmer. "Let's start off with questions from last Friday's homework" Aly faced forward. She had totally studied this. "Does anyone remember one person who signed the Declaration of Independence besides George Washington?" Aly's hand shot up. So did Andy's.

"Alyssa" said Mr. Holmer. "Thomas Jefferson" she said. "Another person!" said Mr. Holmer. "Andy" he said. "Um Mr. Holmer does Thomas Jefferson really count? I mean of course he would sign it since he becomes president a few years later" Andy smiled sweetly.

Aly was disgusted. Andy was out for revenge! She was making up reasons for Thomas Jefferson being a person who signed the Declaration. Aly cursed under her breath. "Miss Moore" said Mr. Holmer. "Thomas Jefferson is indeed included as a person who signed the Declaration. Just because he becomes president doesn't mean we can't include him" Mr. Holmer frowned. Andy looked very angry. "Well" she said began. But Mr. Holmer blocked her out. "Aly please give us another person who signed the Declaration" Aly could feel Andy boiling. "Samuel Adams" she said. The two girls exchanged looks.

Aly was happy when lunch came around two periods later. Today she was sitting with Angela, Celia, Hillary and the boys. For some reason Angela always claimed the seats with the boys. She said it was from the form of a true "Alpha". Right away, Celia came to Aly. The girls had decided to confide in Aly since she didn't make snarky comments like Angela did, occasionally.

"So did you hear about me and David?" she asked. "Yeah" said Aly. "That's great" Celia beamed. Then Logan arrived with David and Max by his side. Aly turned away from Celia. Logan had to be her date. If not, everyone would see that they were not together and Angela would steal him and.... Angela sat down.

Angela picked at her food. She always did this as if the food contained poisen. "Well the Halloween dance sounds nice" she said. "And..." "I need a date" said Aly quickly. Angela was moving on to Logan faster than a train. Angela looked at Aly but Aly ignored her. "Cool" said Logan. "Then I guess I need to take a girl" he said. He looked at Hillary, Aly and Angela. Eventually he stopped looking at Hillary. It was either gonna be Aly or Angela.

Behind the Costume Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Aly was spread out on Celia's king sized bed. Celia had thrown the biggest sleepovers ever, in Aly's opinion. Her parents gave her whatever she wanted, including an iPhone and expensive Macs. She changed schools when she wanted too. In the last three years she had gone to four private schools. Monroe Middle was the first public school she had been to.

"Ok" said Angela. "Listen up" Hillary and Celia looked at her automatically although Aly took her time. "Ahem" said Angela looking at Aly. Aly rolled her eyes. Angela was not her boss. "I'm turning twelve in a week and I have NO idea where to host it or what to do" Angela looked at them. "Ideas please?"

"We could host the party here because it's big" said Celia. Angela nodded. "Invite boys" said Hillary. Angela grinned. "Ew!" said Aly. "Why would you invite boys?" Angela rolled her eyes. "Because I'm turning twelve. I will be a teenager" "Um actually thirteen is the official teenager age"said Aly. Angela rolled her eyes again.

"Well what should we do at the party?" asked Angela. "Eat, dance, play games" said Aly. Hillary grinned. "Spin the bottle" she said. Angela and Celia exchanged glances. "Perfect" they said. Spin the bottle? She had never actually played the game but from what she heard it involved kissing. "Hey!" said Aly. "Do I have to kiss someone?" "Only if someone dares you to. Which is only if the bottle points to you" said Hillary. "What if I got Max?" Hillary jumped around. "And what if I get David?" asked Celia who got up and jumped with Hillary. But Aly didn't get up. What if she had to kiss Logan? And what if she had to kiss someone else? What if.....

Aly's cell phone rang. "Hello" she answered. Her phone was a blue Sanyo Katana and she adored it. It was Jenna. Jenna had never called her before. "Hey! I wanted to tell you that there's going to be a Halloween dance at the end of the month" she said. "Cool" said Aly. Jenna was on the student council. "I'm telling you because we might not have the signs up by Monday and you could tell Angela and her posse. Then the whole school will know in a matter of time" Aly laughed. "Ok Jenna. I'll tell them" "Thanks" said Jenna. "Bye!"

"HALLOWEEN DANCE!" yelled Celia. "Omg!" said Hillary. "We must get dates!" said Angela. "Why must?" asked Aly. "Because" said Angela. "The dance shows whether who is capable of holding the Alpha title for the year" Aly shook her head. Now she had to do Spin the Bottle and get a date?

Aly knew who was going with who at the dance. Celia would ask David, Hillary would ask Max, Aly would try to ask Logan and Angela would ask......Oh my god thought Aly. Angela wasn't afraid of asking boys out. She was going to ask Logan and most likely she would be first. This was worse than Aly thought.

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?