Bras & Broomsticks by Mlynowski Sarah

Author:Mlynowski, Sarah [Mlynowski, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Published: 2007-12-18T05:00:00+00:00

I am in Raf’s arms.

No, really. And I’m not dreaming. (This time I did pinch myself to make sure.) I am fully awake, at school, and in his arms.

It’s lunchtime on Tuesday, and Raf and I are in the drama room, practicing for the formal. Basically the dance goes like this: ten boys strut down the T (the catwalk), then ten girls follow, then we stand in front of our partners. They twirl us, they dip us, we do a few sexy moves, we all walk back down the T to the stage, and then each couple walks down the T for a thirty-second romantic duet. Afterward we return to the stage for another minute of dancing.

The show is going to take place in the school auditorium, on the same catwalk that they put up every year. Unfortunately, we hardly ever get to practice in the auditorium, except during the week before the show. The drama club gets priority. It’s highly unfair. They have a drama room to rehearse in. They claim it doesn’t give them enough space. It’s all kind of a joke, because being in the school play is nowhere near as cool as being in the fashion show, but teachers think the play is more educational, so, whatever.

At the moment, we’re practicing our duet—basically Raf pretending to kiss my outstretched arm. Oh yeah, we’re fake making out. I can’t believe actors get to fake make out every day. Maybe I should become an actor. Not in high school, obviously (not cool), but later on in life. Maybe I should just ask Mercedes to choreograph a real kiss into the routine. Is there a suggestion box?

“That’s the end of our duet,” Raf says. “Now we walk back up the T, and it’s Melissa and Gavin’s turn.”

“Got it,” I say as he spins me out of the twirl. Gavin is in my English class. His clothes are all black. He spends class drawing cartoons in the margins of the novels we’re studying and has always been too cool/ awesome/crazy/good for me to approach. But not anymore!

Raf twirls me one more time and then we’re done. “Do you feel comfortable with the moves, or do you want to try it again to make sure?”

Hmm. That’s a tough one. “I guess one more time wouldn’t hurt.”

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