I sat straight up in bed. Puoo, that was a horrid dream!!!

Anima woke up, and I went to grab my clothes from my suitcase to change. But I noticed a note.

The note read, Dear Paralia...

Would you go to the ball with me? Please?

~Alan

I perked up instantly. I wrote in a hurried scrawl, a single word across the back.

Sure. 

Name: Alan Bafelo(ba-f-ello)

Age: 13

Faveorite subject(listed above): Hmm....I'm going to say Writing. If that's ok.

Apparence: Cute light brown hair, pale blue eyes. Tan skin.

Gender: Male

Pet(s): A Sheepdog named Glow(female) and a Rottweiler named Button(male).

Assiant Writer? Aren't I already? ;)

Social or Academic? Social until the dance, after dance, Academic. 

I want to change  Kathy McEwan's name to Zoey Jakobs, but everything else is the same. She is in Writing. And everyone seems to be ignoring my charrie.

Yayy! I wake up about an hour early, and play my drums. Then, when everyone is up, I walk them down to the Tech Lab. Abby is already here, making Electro Music on a laptop. There are projectors and headphones everywhere. How did I do?  Does anyone want to RP some more about the Tech Room? 

Two things, (a) the RP has not really started yet, today is the begining, and the characters will be mentioned by name.

(b) Could you please post with your RP character's name, like Leafpool, instead of posting as Leafpool, can you post as your character?  That would help me keep track of who is who. Also, my journal is a mess, there is tons of info I need for a really good post, so in about thirty minutes, I will post the dance for the social and/or the party for the academics.

Yes, you can make as many characterss as you want, but please keep them strong characters, ok? I don't want weak characters, because it brings down the plot.

I am writing the Dance right now!

I watch the people file in, first Thomas and Lillian (twist, isn't it!), then Paralia and Alan, next Ashlee and Hunter. people coming in, yet some, like Soren, move to the side. I really feal bad for him. Dumped by his partner, and he was one of the first to have one. But I have a job here. Pulling out my Ipad, I plug in the cord to the speakers. And plug yet another cord to the modified turntables in front of me, with the music editing software for live preformance. I play the first song, 'Son of Flynn, remixed by Moby' by Daft Punk. The audiance with partners seems to feal the emptyness left by the sad song, but others, like those on the edge, I notice other there, like Ella and Ash.

This continues until the song fades out, and is replaced by one of my own songs "Short Lived" and after that song, I play "Ice Fear". Then I swallow my pride as a DJ and play pop music, even Daft Punk's shame, "Get Lucky". But finaly I play "Prime time of your Life/Brainwasher" and after the beat dissolves into the scratchy sinthisizer, and then to the first hoarse cry of "I am the brainwaser", I swear a few people jumped.

But after that, I returned to mainstream pop music. But I thought few new people started danceing, like I thought I saw Zoey dancing with- someone. But I amuse myself with some effects, and the singers sound better, and everyone is happy. Then some people, without partners, like Kate, Jessie, and Rosalyn, start dancing. That is good, but Soren is still standing there, looking sad. I change from "Bad Blood" which is super hard to DJ with, to Daft Punk's "The Game of Love", the saddest song I had, and also great to DJ with! 

(I you are an Academic person, I assumed that you would go to the Dinner Party. Is that wrong. Also, I will be at both places at once, so never fear, Gared's here!(tht sounded better in my head. Wait, you should read this first, according to the Order of Operations)) 

I walk into the Math room, and see all the nerdy or offbeat people there. There is; Izabell, Raven and Brooke. There is also Abby and myself, so that makes; 5. But at leased people showed up. I set the table, and play the electro music Abby made. "Last year," Abby commented, "Gared put of this music called Shoegaze. It was aful. That is why Gared here will DJ my electro music after lunch."

I grab Ash's hand and spin her around. We can't help as laughing as she steps on my foot - hard.

"So, how is it? Your first dance, you know," I say.

"You know me," Ashlee replies, "too many people."

I pull her to the sidelines and we sit, watching the others.

"You never had to say yes, you know," I say softly.

"I sort of did. I would only have gone with you. But I am not much for dancing," Ash says.

My mind starts spinning. Ash and I are sort of wallflowers. We are nice but shy. Where on earth can nerds go? Then it hits me - the dinner party.

"Then let's leave this place and go to the dinner party. More our type of people," I say, jumping up.

Ash nods, and we quickly leave the dance, no one even noticing. Within a few minutes we find ourselves in the Math Room, with the dinner party nerds.

"Smells great in here," I say. "Hope we aren't too late."

"No, you are just on time! We haven't even got the food out of the oven yet," Abby says, beckoning us in. "Just take a seat and join us nerds."

Finally, we can breathe. I see all the tension fall from Ash's face. She hates large groups of people. Especially the popular kids. So now she can finally just breathe. 

Lillian and I enter the ballroom, her gold dress flowing to the floor as she walks. Beautiful. I find it odd I can admire someone who is not in my own dorm, but Lillian is the only exception I will make.

"I hope they play Our Song by Taylor Swift," she says, grabbing my arm.

"I never heard it, but if you like Taylor Swift, then let them play it," I say, grinning.

I have never felt so happy and carefree in my life. Ever.

We dance to the beat of the music, slow and steady at first. As the song changes to Our Song, Lillian gracefully falls into my arms as if she fainted.

"They played it!" she says happily. "Now, come on. We should really dance to this one."

Out of the corner of my eye, I see Ash and the new kid, Hunter Pierce, leave, but it doesn't bug me. This is my only true moment of happiness before I go beating up my PE kids again tomorrow. 

(Looks like my post for Hunter never actually got posted. I'll give it maybe an hour before I try to repost.)

I so didn't want to go to the dance, especaly since Thomas was going to be there, I keep replaying what happened over and over in my head, how weak I acted how I needed rescueing. and I almost lost my necklace! that thing much more important than everyone thinks. anyway the only reason I am goingto the dance is beacuse Ash wanted me to go, and I mean I did need to repay her for *wince* saving me. but, if the Evil Thomas is there I am having Fluff come as my parterner he may be small but he can attack! Ash still doesn't know this because this was our canversation.

"Ella please? come on it will be fun!" Ash tried to convince me.

"Really? Ash I have told you before I don't want to go, besides, I just want to read or write the story I am in the middle of!" I practicly screamed, I didn't  mean to, but I got a flash of thomas standing over me again.

"Please!" Ash really wanted me to go.

"Fine!" I caved "But fluff," 

"What?" Ash looked confused good she didn't hear that i was going with Fluff

Anyway here I was getting roped in to the dance, super borin, when all you want to do is write. all of a sudden Thomas walks in with Lillian, does she know what he did to her students? out of the corner of my eye I see Soren, alone on the side, hmm, maybe this is the time for pay back. It was a long shot, espescely since Fluff couldn't make it, but I walk away from Hunter and Ash, not like they noticed, I went over to soren,

"Hi," I said crossing my fingers don't be like thomas don't be like thomas, I screamed in my head.

"Hey," he said looking up from the floor.

"Cleo?" I asked quiet I didn't want to hert him of anything.

"Gone, you?" he seemed interested.

"She made me come," I point at Ash noticing she looked beyond happy. also noticing that Thomas was fuming at Soren and Me, and coming over here right now. "Look, I really have to go, it is so not you, it is SO him," I whirl around and face Thomas, Ash can't help me now.