“Dominique!, Dominique,” I yelled at my friend who was on her leopard sofa getting it on with Ike. Dominique didn’t seem to listen to me, so I picked up her shiny, black Chanel purse and threw it at them.
“Do ya know how to knock, Gwen????” asked Dominique as she rolled off Ike.
“Sorry,”I said,”Well, anyway I was wondering if you wanted to go to the mall with me and Tay?”
“Can Ikey come???”she asked me in a baby voice.
“Ya, if you two can keep your hands off each other.”I replied.
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I pulled on my black halter top, and then my long, black Dollhouse skirt. I was supposed to be at the mall at 2:00 to meet Tay, then we would go find Ike and Dominique. I checked my watch as I laced my sparkly, dark purple Creepers. I grabbed my light pink pager, and my Adidas backpack and walked out to my pink mustang. It was very sunny outside so I reached in the glove compartment to get my diamond sunglasses. I pulled into the mall parking lot at 1:00. I had made sure that I had enough time to go to at least one store before meeting Tay.
I couldn’t find any cute clothes, so I went to Tower Records to see if Hanson’s “Yearbook” single was out in stores yet. I searched the aisles for Pop/Rock and the letter H. When I reached the H aisle I saw Wanda, Yolanda, and Barbara. They were all holding hands and jumping around together. I pretended to look at a Heather Cole Cd as I ease dropped on there conversation:
“I luv Tay Hanson he’s so cool!!!!!”screached Barbara.
“How can you like such a girl, Barbara????”asked Yolanda.
“He’s not a GirL!!!!”Barbara said defending her future husband.
“He looks like Leanne Rimes!!!!!!”yelled Yolanda.
“DOES NOT!!!!!!”Barbara screamed back.
“HEY, Leanne Rimes RULES!!!!!”Wanda yelled at them both in her best hic accent, then she added,”besides Ike is the hot one!” This started a major fight between 3 ugly girls. I was starting to go deaf so I figured I should go find Tay in the mall.
I walked until I came to the Nordstrom’s Cafe. In one of the tables sat Tay. I could see the striking shade of blue in his eyes. He had let his hair down today and he had worn his awesome purple boots.
“Hi Tay,”I said cheerfully.
“Hi,”he said as he got up kissed my lips and pulled out a chair for me to sit down in. He then sat in his own chair and we talked about various things. Then we decided to go to a movie. NOT to our surprise, on the way we found Ike and Dominique wildly going at it in front of JCPenny.
“HEY HORNY BOY!” Tay yelled at Ike. Ike looked up, acknowledged Tay and then went back to Dominique.
“We’re gonna go see a movie,” I said flatly. They didn’t seem to care so we walked hand in hand to the mall theater. We went to the most romantic movie that was playing, which was Scream. Tay suggested we sit in the back, because I guess he didn’t really plan on watching the movie. The movie started and Tay put his arm around me. He leaned in close to my lips, and I smiled and leaned in close to his. Through the whole two and a half hours, our lips never parted. At the end I walked out with Tay’s arm around me. Ike took Dominique out for a spin in his car, so Tay and I drove home in my pink one. When we reached Tay’s hotel we had one last kiss before we had to leave again. I wouldn’t see Tay for the rest of the weekend, and most of next week.
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The next Monday I had to go to school again. I dragged myself out of bed, wishing I could look out my window and see Tay. I glanced out the window just in case, but I didn’t see Tay. I ate my daily strawberry-filled pop tart and spread my Barbie comforter neatly around my bed. I tied my platform docs, grabbed my keys, and headed to school. I pulled my pink car into the usual spot. I slid off my diamond sunglasses, and locked my car. To my disgust there were Morgan and Mark kissing passionately. Before I barfed, I turned the other direction and went to find Dominique for Spanish. She was by the lockers getting her books.
“Hey Dominique,”I said, and then added,”cuuuuuttte skirt.”
“Thanx, let’s get to Spanish,”she said. I kept looking at her skirt on the way to Spanish class. It was sooooooo cute. It was shiny, light blue and had silver stars all over it. We arrived at Spanish class and sat in our seats. We were almost half way through the period, when the door opened. There was the TA carrying a long-stemmed rose in her hand.
“This just came for Gwen,”she stated. The Spanish teacher handed me the rose. It had a note attached. I opened the envelope which had my name clearly printed on the front. The note read:
Dear Gwen, I luv you. Always and forever. Even if we ever are separated again, I will always be with you in your dreams.
~Tay~
It was the sweetest thing anybody had ever done for me. I was so love struck I couldn’t concentrate for the rest of the day. When I got to my car, Tay was leaning against it. I threw my arms around him. He lifted me off the ground and kissed my neck. When he put me down I said,”Tay, you’re the best.”
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Then next day was Tuesday, and I pulled on my lacey knee skirt, and my black and white Tred Air Shoes. As I drove to my parking space, I saw Dominique arriving in her red Jeep. I yelled her name. She ran out to me holding down her short, metallic mini skirt.
“Guess what Gwen!”she said excitiedly.
“What????” I asked.
“I’m going to the dance with Ikey!!!!”she replied.
“Cool.”I said.
“You better ask Tay soon, the dance is on Friday,”Dominique told me. I nodded knowingly, I was planning to ask Tay about the dance after school today. We met up with Morgan and Mark.
“Morgan, Dominique, do you guys wanna come over before the dance Friday, so we can get ready????”I asked them.
“GreaT!!!!!!” they replied. Dominique and I then walked to Spanish.
That day after school Tay was waiting by my car again. I smiled. I mentioned the dance to him and of course he said yes, and that he’d pick me up at 7. I couldn’t wait.
