The Middle School Tale

Chapter 3

The HUGE Date

As I was looking at Kyle who seemed very hyper, something caught my eye. He looked kind of excited too. "Kyle... excited?!" I thought sarcastically. And then I could understand why he was excited. I looked behind him and saw Gabriella and Stephan coming towards us. Gabriella looked very content with herself and Stephan looked bored. "Look! My best friend and your best friend have come to keep us company!" I guess he didn't know about the fight. Now I can't believe that Gabriella would do something like this! I know why she did though. She did it as revenge. But she didn't know that Kyle was blackmailing me. But now it would be extremely awkward. Until everyone else came. This huge herd came stomping our way. A big group of about 14 people! They were all eight graders also. And included some of my other friends too. They were all dates. Seven couples! I can't believe it! But as long as Stephan didn't know what I accidentally blurted out, then I was happy! At least now it would be a lot less awkward! Now I don't have to talk to Gabriella. I can talk to all the other girls and boys. So Kyle took my hand and brought me to the ticket booth. I could tell the woman in the ticket booth was scared of all the teenagers! But we all bought tickets for "The Bloodhound". I hate it when guys think if you take your date to a scary movie that you will get more action or something! Except that might be true now because I HATE scary movies and I didn't really want to see it, but oh well! I made sure not to sit near Gabriella. Instead, I sat next to Amy and Karen. Amy is a SUPER girly-girl, but she's really nice. She was there with Max. Another popular boy. And Karen who is more of a tom-boy, came to the movies with Cody. Who is pretty cute. Karen is a bit defensive. "How are you?" Kyle asked. "Uncomfortable" is what I wanted to say but didn't.

"I'm fine." I managed to say. You know, Kyle is really cute. He has gray eyes and chestnut hair. But for some reason, I just don't feel anything for him yet. I don't know why I said "yet". I was scared when the previews started, and I didn't know what to do. But luckily, Amy leaned over and started whispering in my ear. Well I think that she was trying to whisper, but actually she was talking rather loudly.

"You and Kyle are such a cute couple!" she said so about half of the people could hear her. I was so embarrassed. Kyle put his arm around me. If he tries a move, I am going to slap him across the face! But he was just looking at the movie screen. And then he did something that made me get goosebumps. He didn't try the move, but he turned his head and looked at me. He gave a warm smile and then I felt comfortable enough to put my head on his shoulder. And that's exactly what I did.

"Aww!" was the girls' reply! I actually wouldn't mind being his girlfriend!