The Wonderstudies by Disney Books

Author:Disney Books [Books, Disney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Disney Book Group
Published: 2021-03-02T00:00:00+00:00

I grabbed a bunch of napkins and mopped up the punch Gina had dumped on me. The sticky red drink was all over my face and on my nice new blue suit. This had made the whole homecoming dance situation much worse. I shook my head and wiped off my sleeve. I felt really dumb standing in the middle of the gym with punch dripping down my face. While I’d always loved being the center of attention, this was not the kind of attention I liked. I was humiliated, and my date had split in the most dramatic way. I managed a small smile and held my head up as I made my way back to table ten.

I slid into a seat next to Ashlyn. At least she was a friendly face. I knew she had seen Gina dump the punch over my head.

“You okay?” she asked.

“Yeah, sure,” I said. I tapped my fingers on the table.

“Gina a little mad?” Ashlyn asked.

“I guess so,” I said. I wagged my head. “Perfect night, huh?”

I watched Carlos walk out to the middle of the dance floor. I had to hand it to him. He had guts. Seb still hadn’t shown up, but Carlos wasn’t going to take that rejection sitting down.

Carlos stood at the center of the dance floor. “Born to Be Brave” started to play. He looked up at the bright disco ball hanging in the middle of the ceiling. Then he started to dance by himself.

“I actually kinda feel bad for the guy,” I whispered to Ashlyn. Ashlyn gave me a harsh look. I guess she wasn’t feeling sorry for him. She wanted to support him. She stood up and went out to dance with Carlos.

On the dance floor, Carlos and Ashlyn were smiling and having fun. Carlos’s enthusiasm was contagious, and more people went out on the dance floor to join him. He was leading a line dance with everyone surrounding him.

I tapped my foot to the music, but I didn’t get up. At one point, Big Red left to dance, so I was alone at the table. Usually, everyone wanted to be where I was, and usually I was the center of the action.

But not that night.

That night I was sitting alone.

It was hard to believe that just a few weeks earlier, I had been in the cafeteria with Nini and Kourtney, planning what to wear for the High School Musical auditions. My water polo buddies were around and I was king of the senior class. I lowered my head. Now I was alone, and I didn’t like that feeling at all.

I checked Instagram. There were lots of posts from the dance—including Gina’s picture of us. I wondered what Nini would think when she saw that post. Where were Nini and Kourtney? I sighed. At least I knew she wasn’t out with Ricky.

As I scrolled through more photos on my phone, I hovered over the picture of Nini and me right before the auditions. I stared at the photo.

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