Behind the Costume Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Carter went up with his friends and stood by Aly. Angela, Celia and Hillary were watching carefully. Logan, David and Max stood nearby. "So" said Angela. Aly tapped Carter's shoulder. "This is Carter" Angela's eyes bulged. Celia gasped and Hillary smiled. "Hi girls" said Carter. Aly

sighed with relief. All was going well.

"Hiiii" said Angela. "Hey" said Celia. "What's up?" asked Hillary and she extended her hand. Carter took it, shook it and asked Hillary about her liking of sports. The girls got drinks and the two minutes were over. Carter walked away.

"Oh my god, Aly!" hissed Angela. "That was an eighth grader! How in the world did you get him?" She was very impressed. Aly almost said to go thank Stephanie. Celia went on about how she would've dressed better if she knew and Hillary whined about not checking the news for the latest sports game. "Dudes" said Aly. "We're not boyfriend and girlfriend. It was just this dance" "Well it was actually a perfect idea. We are now the most popular girls in the sixth grade. We hold the Alpha title" Angela grinned. "Just wait until the eighth grade girls hear about you" Aly felt good. Everyone was happy now. Almost.

The DJ announced a couples dance. "Let's get our dates!" cried Celia. "Let's" said Angela. They ran off leaving Aly. This was bad. Dancing was not the plan. "I don't want to dance" said a boy's voice. Aly turned around.

That had been Logan speaking to Angela! Angela gasped along with Celia and Hillary. Aly hurried to find a seat in the back away from them all. Then she realized that Logan had followed her. Hopefully Angela didn't notice. Yikes!

"Aly I need to talk to you" said Logan. He sat down next to Aly. Aly's heart was beating really fast. "At Angela's party I was going to say that I think you've changed" he said. Aly looked into his blue eyes. "Whats that supposed to mean?" she asked. Logan sighed. "In fifth grade you were funny but now you look different and your personality seems different" Aly understood. She was different. Get on with it Logan!

The party was over realized Aly. She had a moment to spare before Stephanie's mom got here and Carter escorted her. "I have to go" she said to Logan. Aly began to run. But she tried to turn in the crowd. Logan was yelling something at her. "Angela called me. Otherwise I would've chose you!" it sounded like. Aly smiled to herself. Logan liked her after all. She had learned that not everyone was to be trusted and to pay close attention.

She realized she had work to do. Her birthday was very soon and a party needed to be planned. So much was in store for her and she couldn't wait to find out what the surprises would be. At home she opened up her Yahoo! Mail and sent a quick reply to Stephanie's plan.

To: Stephanie Wilson <sizzlinsw@yahoo.com>

From: Alyssa Ramsey <alykat1996@yahoo.com>

Subject: RE:Plan

TY sooooo much! It workd out well. I found dat Angela had called Logan and made him b her date. so he wouldve asked me. its almost time 4 my bday! any ideas?

xoxoxox

Aly

THE END

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.

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.