Second Chances Chapter 23 La Vie en Rose
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5:18 PM
Cindy and I were standing outside on our freshly raked front lawn in our
dresses waiting for Mom and Dad.
Mom came outside with her camera. "We're just waiting for Dad."
Dad joined her. He was holding his camera as well. "Chris, honey. When
you're done with the Internet, can you please log off of it."
Whoops. "Sorry dad." I smiled.
"This is the second time in two weeks I picked up the den phone only to
realize you were still dialed-in. Hang up the Internet when you're not
using it. Unless you want to pay the phone bill, that is."
"Sorry again," I said. "It just slipped my mind. It won't happen again."
He smiled at me, laughed and shook his head chuckling.
Both Mom and Dad got their cameras ready and started having Cindy and I
pose in front of various fall foliage in front of our house as they took
pictures.
My heels were digging into the sod and I was kinda hoping they'd hurry
up. I was getting antsy.
"Christina," Mom said. "Stop slouching."
I stood up straight.
"You look so elegant in that dress. Stop standing like a boy."
"Ug," I said. "I'm trying Mom." I put my legs together and tried to stand
up straight."
I hear a motorcycle coming down the street. Sure enough it was Chase
pulling into our driveway.
I excused myself from the photo-shoot to walk up to Chase and give him a
hug. "I missed you," I said to him.
"I missed you too," he replied. "You are absolutely stunning."
"Thank you," I said. "You're looking very dapper in your tux as well."
"I have something for you," he said as he opened the bag on his bike and
pulled out a clear plastic corsage box.
"Hi, Chase!" Mom called. "Come on over. Bring my daughter with you."
"Sorry about the paparazzi," I whispered to Chase. We held hands and
walked over to where my parents and Cindy were. "Chase, you've already
met my parents. This is my sister Cindy."
"Hi Cindy," Chase said. "Nice to meet you."
"Hi Chase," Cindy said. "I've heard so much about you. You're all Cindy
and Ron can talk about. Every. Morning," She laughed.
Chase chuckled at that. I was enjoying the attention I was getting for
having a boyfriend.
"Let's get some pictures with the two of you," Mom said.
"First" Chase said as he pulled the corsage out of the box. It was a
wrist corsage with white and pink flowers. "Let me see your hand," he
said.
I looked down at my wrists.
As if Mom could read my thoughts she said, "Left hand."
I extended my left hand and he slipped the corsage onto my wrist.
Meanwhile Mom and Dad were taking so many pictures. I bet they could do
some stop-motion animation of the whole sequence of events.
"So cute!" Cindy gleefully said.
"OK - Chase put your hands around Chris," Mom called.
Chase followed directions, stood behind me and placed his hands on my
waist and we both posted and smiled as my parents took way too many
pictures from every possible angle. Then a few more poses. Chase was a
good sport about it. My heart fluttered every time he touched me.
Granted - this is not my first rodeo. I've been to 1 homecoming dance, 2
proms, and I've been in 3 weddings including my own. Photography sessions
never get any quicker or less boring. Photographs are an exercise in
delayed gratification. Let's get to the good part already!
A car pulled into our driveway. It was Jill and her mom. They had gotten
out of the car and my parents and Jill's mom were now taking pictures of
Cindy and Jill. This allowed Chase and I to sneak away.
I dragged Chase to the side of the house away from the photography
session and gave him a big kiss, he in return kissed me back and we made
out for at least thirty seconds.
"Chris, Don't smear your lipstick!" Mom yelled out of sight.
I turned red. "How'd she know," I said.
"Mothers just know," he said laughing.
"Ready to go?" Chase asked.
"Or we can just stay here. Skip the dance?" I suggested.
"And miss out on seeing you tear up the dance floor again?" he said.
I laughed at that as we walked back to the front of the house and to his
bike. I looked at the bike.
"Um Chase," I said. "There's a slight problem."
"What?"
Dammit. I didn't want to bring up the damn bike again so soon after we
made up. "I can't get on that bike in this dress."
He looked at my dress. Then the bike. "Oh."
"We can take my car," I suggested.
"OK," he said. "But I'm driving."
"Fair compromise," I said. I ran back into the house and got my car keys.
I came back out and tossed them to Chase.
"Mom, Dad," I called. "We're going to dinner now!"
"Have fun!" they both called.
I got into the passenger seat of my car. "Sweet," I said. "I can play DJ
now while you drive."
I opened my CD case and pulled out Metallica's Black Album. I skipped
tracks to "Enter Sandman."
I started playing air guitar and Chase laughed.
"Nice," he said. "My band can use some air guitar."
And off we went to dinner.
* * *
6:45 PM
We arrived at the school after a quick bite at the sandwich shop. I let
Chase be the gentleman as he walked over to my door, opened it for me and
escorted me out. I clutched Chase's arm as we walked to the school.
Inside the school, there was a line of students in their fancy dance
attire waiting for a photographer to take their picture. I saw a couple
walking away holding picture key-rings.
"Want a key-ring?" I asked Chase.
"Sure," he said.
We waited in the line for 10 minutes. When it was our turn Chase held me
from behind, we both faced the photographer and smiled. Minutes later we
were given matching key-rings with our picture on it.
"We look so good," I said admiring my first tangible picture of me and my
boyfriend.
"It's all you," he said smiling.
We walked into the cafeteria-turned-ballroom holding hands. Immediately
we saw Ron and Julie.
"Christina!" Julie said excitedly. "Look at that you! The dress. Your
hair!" She came in for a hug and I hugged back.
"Thanks," I said. "You look great too!"
"We saved you both seats" Ron said motioning to a table.
We put our things down on the table.
"I'm going to make my rounds and say hi to people," I said to Chase.
"Care to join me?"
"Gladly," he said. I escorted him around the room.
We stopped at my sister's table first. She, Jill and their dates were
seated. They introduced us to their dates and I introduced Chase. Those
two boys were certainly freshmen and looked completely nervous to be out
at a dance with two varsity cheerleaders.
We walked by Val. We hugged. She complimented my dress. I introduced her
to Chase.
Next up, we went over to the other cheerleader table, only because
Brittany was smiling and waving at us. Amber, Jess, and Brittany were
there.
Brittany gave me a hug and complimented on my dress and everything.
Amber looked me up and down and said nothing.
Jess smiled at me. Looked me up and down, eye fucked me, then scanned
Chase and arched an eyebrow in jealousy.
"Hi Amber," I said, trying to make peace. "You look nice this evening. I
like that dress."
"Thanks," is all she said.
And yet, I decided to see if I could crack a smile. "So Chase, Amber over
here caught the winning touchdown in our game yesterday."
There it was. A slight smile on her face. Amber took a sip of soda to
hide her smile.
"That's so cool," Chase said.
"I'll see you ladies on the dance floor!" I said, walking away with
Chase.
He leaned in to whisper in my ear. "The pass YOU threw?"
"Yup," I said. "That was the one."
"Isn't she the girl you punched last Friday night?"
"Yeah," I said. "I think she's over that. Still holding some grudge
though."
We walked by that creep Tim. We made eye contact and he turned direction
to avoid me. I kept my eye on him as he went to Amber's table and started
talking to her.
We arrived back at our table. Tim and Rob went to get drinks and asked
what we wanted. Of course, since this was a high school dance, there were
only a few options. Coke. Sprite. Water. Coffee for the poor teachers who
had to chaperone.
* * *
7:30 PM
Julie and I were chatting at our table with the table's other occupants
when the song "Zoot Suit Riot" came on. I was just about to start tapping
my feet when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and it was Fay.
"I requested this song just for us," she said. "Would you like to dance?"
"Absolutely!" I said excited.
I led Fay out to the dance floor. Only a few other couples were dancing -
they weren't swinging though. The moment Fay and I started dancing a
crowd started to form around us. It was difficult to swing in heels. But
as the song went on I got better at it. I swung Fay around, twisting and
turning. I noticed my friends in the crowd all smiling. Ron, Julie,
Chase, Val, Brittany. They were all clapping and cheering us on.
"I want you to flip me," she said while we were dancing.
"OK. Let's do some real quick jumps to practice," I led her into a front
to back Charleston where I was behind her. "OK Jump." I planted my heels
and bent down and pushed her up as I gave her some height, and let her
back down. The crowd cheered.
We continued to dance some more Charleston.
"Now," I told her, "this time do the same thing again, but tuck and do a
somersault in the air. I'll keep holding your hands. Ready? And jump!"
I planted my feet, she jumped, I pushed up and she flipped in front of me
as I held on to her. She landed on her feet and the crowd cheered some
more.
"That was awesome!" she said as I continued dancing with her.
The song ended and I let her drop into a deep dip. The crowd loved it!
"Thank you, Chris!" Fay said hugging me. "That was too much fun!"
"You're very welcome," I said. I was just excited to be dancing in front
of a crowd again. Especially a crowd of my peers and friends.
The next song was Journey's "Open Arms" and everyone started to clear the
dance floor except Chase. "It's my turn," he said to me.
I gladly took his hand.
"You're not going to try to flip me are you?" he asked.
"Not unless you want me to," I replied.
"Who gets to lead this dance?" he asked.
"You can lead this time," I replied.
As he moved me across the dance floor I could feel my dress sway through
the motions. I was reminded of the vision I had a week ago in the dress
shop. This brought a smile to my face. This is exactly what I had hoped
for.
In the middle of the song I looked up at Chase and we kissed for a little
bit. I saw the school chaperones out of the corner of my eye. "I guess we
better save some of this for later." I smiled.
He gave me one of his sexy smiles. "Absolutely," he said.
The song ended and "Hypnotize" by Notorious B.I.G. came on. We both
started walking back to our table, when Julie grabbed my arm and stole me
away from Chase.
"Alright Dancing Queen," Julie said. "It's my turn."
I didn't take Julie for a Biggy Fan. She started dancing around me. I
followed her example and danced to hip hop.
I grabbed her hand and let her freestyle around me. When she got behind
me, she pulled me in and started grinding on me. I let out a laugh.
I grabbed her and spun her around back in front of me. As she passed me I
smacked her ass. She looked at me surprised as I played innocent. "That
wasn't me," I joked while looking around.
That happened in repeat with us dancing and playing around with each
other until the song ended.
The DJ didn't have another song to queue up, so we walked back to our
table.
Mike, the Student Council President came on the stage to announce the
homecoming court. Each class nominated and voted for a boy and girl and
all eight students were part of the "royal court," At least that's how I
remembered it. I don't actually remember voting though. It must've
happened over two weeks ago - or in my case over twenty years ago.
He announced the homecoming court. I didn't recognize any of the names or
faces at first. The homecoming king was one of the football players. The
queen was surprisingly not one of the cheerleaders. I think I may have
recognized her from being in the drama club.
I caught a glimpse of the cheerleader's table. Jess looked at me but
looked sad. Amber was there but didn't notice me. In fact she looked
dejected that she wasn't voted homecoming queen. She chugged her soda.
I walked over to that table and straight to Jess. I whispered in her ear.
"Wanna dance?"
Amber looked at us. Then she turned back around and pulled out what
appeared to be a flask and poured it into her empty soda cup.
"You know I can't," Jess answered back. "People will see."
"No one will know," I whispered. "No one will care. I just danced with 2
other girls. Nobody cared. You deserve to have fun too," I held out my
hand.
She looked at my hand for a few seconds of silence and took it and I
brought her out to the dance floor.
"The important part," I told her. "Is to let loose and have fun."
All-4-One's "I can love you like that" came on.
"Oh no no no. I can't do this," she said, pulling me back.
"Yes you can" I said pulling her back to the dance floor. "Pretend you're
acting. Exaggerate every move. Really go all in with the corniness. Cindy
forced me to sing Backstreet Boys earlier. It helped me come out of my
shell tonight. I'm just paying it forward."
"OK" She said reluctantly.
I led her to the middle of the floor and start serenading her "They read
you Cinderella- You hoped it would come true- That one day your Prince
Charming- Would come rescue you"
She laughed at me and my corniness - or maybe the lyrics. "Seriously?"
she said.
"See I got a smile!" I said as I took both of her hands and started
dancing with her around the floor. "Go Big or Go Home!"
I twirled her around. I raised our arms and free-styled sexily around
her.
She finally let loose and copied my style. She was smiling as I dipped
her and spun her back around. She danced slowly around her moving her
hips.
"Now you're getting it!" I said. I looked around and the rest of the
cheer squad was dancing in tandem with us. I saw Cindy dancing with
Brittany, Jill with someone else I didn't know. The whole squad except
Amber.
"See," I said, "I told you nobody would notice two girls dancing
together."
"Or rather everyone's noticing," she said.
"Or everyone's jealous," I countered.
At the end of the song's bridge and into the last chorus I took her hands
and spun her around three times and dipped her.
"Wow," she said. "Fay wasn't kidding. You know what you're doing."
"Years of dance lessons," I said. Yup. Dance lessons, countless weddings.
Lonely nights in my early 30's where I went out solo to nightclubs.
The song ended and she said, "Thank you, Chris. You're too good of a
friend. Thank you for asking me to come out tonight," Then she leaned
into my ear and whispered. "And if your experiment in heterosexuality
doesn't work you know where to find me."
I smiled. I didn't know what to say.
As I was about to leave the dance floor, Brittany pulled me back. "Chris,
I want to dance next."
Jeez. It's only been an hour and a half and I've already danced with more
girls than Tony ever had.
We started dancing to the next song which was a Spice Girls song.
"Hey Chris," she said, "I've misjudged you."
"It's OK," I said. "I wasn't really open and friendly for a long time."
"No really. You're so cool. I really wish you and Amber could be
friends."
"I really wish I knew what was up with her. I figured Powder Puff
would've helped us talk."
"Like I said a few days ago - she's even shut me out of whatever she's
going through."
"Has she even got up to dance?"
"She did. A few of us danced with her. It's like she's trying really hard
to keep her distance from you and Cindy though. It's rather annoying. But
I think she is having fun."
I sighed. I was having fun. It sucks that she wasn't.
* * *
9:15 PM
Where did the time go? I spent most of my time on the dance floor dancing
with my friends. Song after song brought back intense 90's nostalgia and
I couldn't help NOT dancing to every single one of them. When Cotton Eyed
Joe came on, I ditched my sparkly sandles, pulled up the hem of my dress
and just danced barefoot. Then there was Mo-town Philly. Hells to the
yeah! It's crazy. I didn't even like this music my first time around. But
here I was dancing with my friends. I managed to give attention to every
single one of them. Julie, Chase, Val, Brittany, Cindy, Jess. Girls from
that track team I had just barely met. I even got Ron to dance a song
too! When my feet told me they had enough I finally sat down.
Julie joined me. "You are a machine Demarco!"
I chuckled, rubbing my poor feet. "This machine is tired! Where are the
boys?"
"They're over in the corner talking about their bands," she said.
Ron and Chase returned. "You're finally tired?" Ron said.
Julie and I laughed.
Cindy walked over to our table, she was followed by Jill and their two
dates. "We're going to head out now. Jill's mom is going to drive us to
Friendly's for some ice cream."
"Yum" I said. "I'm jealous. I wonder if I can convince MY date to get ME
some ice cream." I smiled and winked at Chase.
Chase smiled.
"Oh, you got a key-ring too?" Cindy asked, seeing my key-ring sitting on
my table.
"Yes I did." I handed it to her.
"Aw," she said looking at it. "You two are so cute together."
I smiled. "Have fun! See you home."
"See you home, Chris. Chase, I'll see you tomorrow night for Demarco
Sunday Dinner!"
"Bye, nice meeting you Cindy!" Chase said.
I watched Cindy and Jill give hugs to Brittany and Jess and other
cheerleaders. Amber got up and walked away before Cindy got to her.
Julie turned to me. "Bathroom break?"
"OK," I said as she got up.
She stood there.
Oh. She's waiting for me to join her. I got up, put my shoes back on and
followed her. As we were leaving the cafeteria, Jess joined us.
"You and Chase are going strong," Julie said.
"Yeah we are," I replied. This was kinda awkward to talk about with Jess
here.
"You two are a good looking couple," Jess added.
"Thanks, Jess." Awkward.
We entered the girls bathroom and did our things.
"Chris," Julie said, washing her hands. "You are killing it on the dance
floor."
"Thanks," I said, exiting a stall.
"Seriously you are," Jess said. "That might be the most fun I've had in a
long time. Sex excluded of course," She winked at me.
Julie laughed. She had no idea Jess was talking about me.
"I've gone to so many of these dances where I was a wallflower," I said.
"I didn't want this one to be like that." I looked at both of them and
smiled. "I really owe it to my friends. I might have still been a
wallflower if it weren't for all of you."
"We have your back, Demarco," Julie said, smiling while drying her hands.
Julie left the bathroom first. Jess was about to approach the door, when
she turned around and planted a kiss right on my lips.
"I want to stay friends too, but I needed one last kiss." She smiled and
followed Julie.
I stood there stunned for a moment. I noticed something in the corner of
my eye in the mirror. Behind me in an open stall was Amber who saw that
whole exchange.
I decided not to say anything and follow Julie and Jess out of the
bathroom when Amber grabbed my wrist and stopped me.
I just stared at her as she came closer.
"What is it with you Demarco?" she said inching closer. She wobbled as
she walked. Is she drunk? "Why is everyone so drawn to you?"
"I'm just nice to people, Amber. I'm not a bully," I retorted. "You
should try it some time."
"Is that what you think of me? I'm the victim here."
I rolled my eyes. Seriously?
"I don't get it. You spend 3 years being invisible. A tomboy who blended
into the background with her boy clothes and her love of nerdy stuff.
Suddenly you're Miss Popularity. You're suddenly in sports. In the
student council. You have everyone wrapped around your little finger."
"I'm just a late bloomer I suppose," I replied. Maybe now is not the time
to tell her I'm also "Student of the Month."
"I saw you making out with guys," She came closer. I can smell the
alcohol on her breath. "And girls." She came closer. "And my friends."
I stepped backwards and my back hit the wall.
"What is it that draws them to you?" she glances down at my lips. She
isn't seriously going to kiss me is she?
"Amber, are you drunk?"
From the hallway I could hear Julie's voice. "Chris, what are you doing
in there?"
"Are you fucking her too?" Amber said.
"No. Seriously Amber. You need to pull it together."
"Do you want me? Is that what you're after? Are you trying to seduce me?"
"You?" I laughed.
"You keep following me. Getting in my business. Seducing my friends. I
remember the day you were checking me out in the locker room."
"Now, that was an honest mistake."
"You got your wish. I'm wasted. You and your perfect sister are perfect.
You and your perfect life are better than my messed up life."
"Amber. I don't know anything about your life," Maybe I can talk her
down. "Do you want to talk about it? At least talk to your own friends
about it. Talk to someone."
She pushed me against the wall. I didn't offer resistance and she got
into my face and just stared at me. Yuck, her breath smells like tequila.
My heart was racing. Here was my rival trying to get a rise out of me. I
had to stand my ground and not let her get under my skin.
"Amber," I whispered. "You can talk about it with me. We can do it in
private if you want. I won't tell anyone."
She let go of me and backed away holding her stomach.
"No. You lost your chance to seduce me like everyone else Demarco," she
said.
"That's not what I was trying to do. Seriously If you need to talk-"
Amber walked past me, bumping my shoulder and opened the bathroom door
and stumbled out into the hallway. Through the open door, I saw her say
to Jess. "Jess, come with me!"
I put my hand over my head. What was that?
Julie poked her head into the bathroom. "What just happened here?"
"I don't know," I said.
"I just had the weirdest confrontation with Amber. Let's just go back to
the dance."
I followed Julie out of the bathroom and I saw Chase in the hallway.
"We were just looking for you," Chase said. "Ron's in the bathroom right
now, but we were thinking maybe hitting a diner or something."
"That sounds nice," I replied. "Maybe one that has ice cream!" I was
certainly ready to call it a night. Between my feet hurting and that
weirdness with Amber, I was done with this dance.
Just then, I saw a girl holding her mouth and rushing into the girls
bathroom.
"Guys, give us one second," I said. Julie and I returned into the
bathroom to check on that girl.
"Are you OK?" I asked the girl who was kneeling over the toilet.
"I think I've been poisoned," she said as she vomited.
"By what?" Julie asked.
"I took a shot of moonshine- from that one guy in our class," she said
coughing
"Tim?" I said.
"Yeah."
"Excuse me," I said to Julie. "I'm going to go find that punk," I barged
out of the bathroom.
Chase and Ron, still outside the restrooms, gave me a concerned look.
"What's going on?" Ron asked.
"I need to find Tim," I said.
"I saw that tool in front of the cafeteria," Ron said.
I started walking towards the cafeteria.
"Chrissy," Chase said following me. "Do you need help?"
"I got this," I said. "You can provide backup if you want."
I found Tim standing at the door to the cafeteria. I walked in front of
him, grabbing his collared shirt and slamming his back into a locker.
"Jesus, Chrissy!" Chase said from behind me.
"What did you give her?" I said to Tim.
"Who?"
"The girl puking her brains out in the bathroom."
"Oh," he said. "I gave her the same stuff I gave you last weekend. My
special moonshine mix with tequila for flavor."
"That was- what? Do you even know how to make moonshine?"
"Um. No. I found the directions on the Internet."
"You could've killed us with that shit if you don't know what you're
doing. Geez, I'm lucky I only blacked out. That girl back there is acting
like she's poisoned."
Tim didn't say anything. I could see the look of fear in his eyes.
"Who else did you give that shit to?"
"Nobody else would try it today except that girl."
Well, that's a relief.
"And Amber."
"Amber?" I said. I let Tim go, and stepped back. "How much did she have?"
"I filled her whole flask."
Oh shit. In my mind I was remembering my spreadsheet back home with the
blinking cursor on Amber's name.
Oh no. No no no.
I need to find Amber before she hurts herself.
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