Secrets: The Hero Chronicles (Volume 1) by Mettey Tim

Author:Mettey, Tim [Mettey, Tim]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Publisher: Kenwood Publishing Group
Published: 2012-10-21T16:00:00+00:00

DANCE

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

A light, cool rain was falling the next morning. The excitement I had felt the night before had washed away with the rain. Whatever effect Elle had on me was all but gone. I searched my room for my Tic Tacs, but all I found were empty boxes like little skeletons littering my floor.

“Cora!” I yelled.

“Yes, Nicholas?” she called from downstairs.

“Do you know where any Tic Tacs are?”

“There are some in my purse. I’ll get them.”

I heard the comforting rattling sound as she walked up the stairs. She tossed them to me. I quickly put three of them in my mouth.

“Nicholas, you shouldn’t get so worried about tonight. You are going to have a wonderful time with your friends. Plus, you are going to look sharp. You will have to beat the girls off.”

“I thought that I was supposed to avoid relationships?” I said.

Cora rolled her eyes at me. “You know what I mean.”

“Maybe I shouldn’t go.”

“No, you have to go; you will have a great time. Plus, you are the Sophomore Prince. In the three months since we’ve been here, Nicholas, you haven’t exactly flown under the radar. The one thing it has shown me is that maybe I’ve been too strict with you. Now that you’re older and you’ve made all the right decisions, I should trust you more.”

I shook my head in disagreement.

“I may have done things differently, but you have not been recognized and you have been able to lead a normal life—well, somewhat normal. So there is no way I’m going to let you miss Homecoming, Mr. Sophomore Prince.”

**

We pulled into Eric’s subdivision, Cleave Lakes. All the houses were identical, large two-story brick homes with small yards. The only way to tell them apart was by the numbers on the mailboxes. Up ahead, I saw Eric’s house. There were two white limos and one purple one in front of it. There were cars parked up and down the street.

“Wow, there sure are a lot of kids going with you.” Cora pulled in behind a black BMW SUV. Our Ford truck definitely showed its age behind such an expensive new car. The light rain from earlier had disappeared, leaving behind a partly cloudy sky.

Cora got into her handbag and handed me some money. “Okay, here is $160 for your dinner, picture, and whatever else.”

“Cora, we’re going to McDonald’s and then to the dance. I doubt the pictures are going to be $155.”

“Just take it, Nicholas. You never know.” She shoved the folded money into my hand and got out of the truck. She was carrying a black bag with her purse. We walked up to the group.

“Nicholas is here,” someone yelled. The crowd turned and they surrounded me. I knew most of them. Some of them I had class with; others were on the JV football team. I spotted Eric right in the middle. He was wearing a black suit, his hair was slicked back into a ponytail, and he was wearing a bright pink tie.

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