The Last Dance, Liza Mynx [classic books to read TXT] 📗

believe this! I’m losing all my friends over one guy. This is way too much! I am so sick of this constant drama! I just wish it could all be over. I wish I was over! UGH!


CHAPTER 10
I Didn’t Do It
(Nick)

There are two days ‘til the dance, and nobody is excited. I guess people are still nervous about what happened with Grace. Sylania won’t even look at me, Kiara burns a whole in my face, and Derek just says “hi” to me every now and then. I don’t even think any of them talk to each other! Except for Derek and Kiara who everyone says are a couple now.
The principle was very upset with what happened, so scared and upset that he put security guards at every entrance to the school. He even gave us I.D. cards that we need to even get into the school! I don’t think it will work, unless they have security for ghosts.
I haven’t seen Amy since Monday. I have tried talking to her, but she ignores me. I know she is with me though, because sometimes at my house, I feel a presence watching me.
Without Grace, the school was pretty quite. Nobody talks, even the teachers just write on the board what we had to do in class.
They got some councilors in the library incase anybody needed them.

I went to the library to check out a book one day, and I saw Sylania talking to one. When I got a better look, I realized she was crying.
“Ms. Lastron,” I heard the councilor say. “Are you saying that you know who the killer is?”
I had not been paying attention to Sylania’s eyes, and when I did, I saw she was looking right at me!
“No ma’am. I am saying that I wish I did. If I did know, I would want to ask them why they did it. Was it to prove to your friends that you could? Was it just for kicks, or what?” She was looking at me the whole time.
“Alright, I will see you tomorrow. Good-bye Sylania.”
“See-ya Mrs.Wolet.” Sylania got up, and walked over to me. “I hope you got that.” She started walking away, but I stopped her.
“Sylania, wait. Look I’m sorry that it was me. I am sorry that I put my secret burden on you, okay? I really and truly am sorry.”
She hesitated, then smiled and walked away.
Yes! I made her smile! It may not be a whole forgiveness thing, but it was something!


CHAPTER 11
The Wrong Time
(Sylania)

It was going so well! I was talking to the councilor, and I was about to tell her that Nick was the one who killed Grace. Then, everything went down hill, because Nick showed up. I couldn’t tall the lady, when he was right there! So I told her what I would say to Nick.
When we were done, I went to talk to him. I said, “I hope you got that.”
He apologized, and sounded really sorry. I smiled and walked away.
So at lunch, he came and sat next to me.
“Hey, Sylania. What is up?”
I just stared at him like, “hello, what are you doing?”
“Listen, I know what I did was wrong, but I really was possessed.”
“Listen Nick, I think you are lying, but no matter what I will always be here for you. I just don’t know if I should be near you for a while.”
“Why?”
“Well because of you-know-what.”
“I thought you forgave me!” His voice was raising, and he started to look pretty angry.
“I did, I just want to keep my distance.” I started to get up, but he stopped me.
“Will you go to the dance with me?”
I could not believe it. I just stopped. So did the whole cafeteria. Everyone was just staring at us. Then, the noise picked up again.
“Excuse me?! How dare you! You know I am still mad at you, and you just think you can ask me out and I’ll say yes?! I’m not stupid!”
“I never said you were stupid, I just wanted to make everything up to you. I’m sorry!”
I can’t believe this! He thinks that if he takes me out, everything will be better!
“Nick, you know how I feel about you right now!”
“No Sylania, I don’t know how you feel about me! Why don’t you tell me? I want to know!”
The bell rang and I got up and left really fast. I thought about what he said. How do I feel about him? Well I have the rest of the day to figure it out.
I went to his locker and put a note in it saying I will talk to him and tell him later. Both of us will find out how I feel about him.


CHAPTER 12
Her Answer
(Nick)

I cannot believe I just did that. It sort of just slipped out. I asked Sylania to the dance, and I guess she didn’t like the idea. She started yelling at me, again.
Ever since Grace died, I can’t do anything right around her. It’s like, everything I say is wrong, so she yells at me.
She told me I know how she feels about me, and then I just snapped out at her.
“No Sylania, I don’t know how you feel about me! Why don’t you tell me? I want to know!”
She left because the bell rang. I was so close to getting her to tell me how she feels. Great, I sound like one of those stupid old-time movies.
I went to my locker, and when I opened it, a note fell out. It said:

Dear Nick,
Meet me after school in front of the woods. We need to talk about lunch. I will give you my answer there.
Sylania

Okay, this is good. She still wants to talk to me. All through the day, I keep thinking about what she will say to me.
During P.E., I told Derek what happened at lunch (we were doing laps around the track.) He looked kind of distant, like he wasn’t listening to me. When I was finished with the story, he sped ahead of me and said he would see me tomorrow.
That was weird. He was acting like he wasn’t my friend, like I was annoying him and not asking for his help on what I should do.
After school, I went to the front of the woods and waited for about twenty minutes. Then Sylania finally showed up, running.
“Sorry I’m late,” she said panting. “My teacher kept me after to talk about some last minute details about the dance. I’m on the planning committee.”
“That’s okay. You should sit down for a minute. Would you like to head on down to my place?”
She looked up at me. “First, it’s not your place. Second of all, sure, thanks.”
We walked to the church, and went behind it to the stream. She sat down on a rock near the water, looking out over the valley beyond it. The sun shined down through the trees onto her.
Wow, she looks beautiful with the light hitting her that way, almost angelic.
“So, do you want to give me the answer, or talk about the argument,” I started.
She looked up at me, her usually dark green eyes, are silvery in the light, almost as clear as the water.
“Well, either way, we are going to end up talking about it...so I’ll give you the answer.” She took a breath, and then looked down.
Why am I doing this to her? All I’m doing is embarrassing her.
“You don’t have to tell me. How you feel is a secret. Knowing that you would tell me is what really matters.”
She looked at me and said, “But not telling you would mean we would have to go through our lives wondering what I would of said.”
“Okay, but really, you don’t have to tell me.”
“Oh...yeah, I know...that. It’s...just...you see...”
Before she could finish I reached forward and kissed her. We held hands, and for a minute, the whole world seemed to stop. We pulled away, and she smiled.
“Wow....good. That is how I feel about you.”
We laughed, and kissed again.


CHAPTER 13
The Perfect Meeting
(Sylania)

I can’t believe it, he kissed me! Nick, the guy who I used to think was a crazed killer, actually kissed me. Surprisingly, I’m happy about it. It answered his question. I like him, a lot.
After the “meeting” was over, I went to Kiara’s house. Even though we had a fight, we made up yesterday and are friends again.
“Hey, Kiara! I have the best news! Oops! Sorry! I’ll...I’ll wait outside.”
I had gone into her room without knocking, and I walked in on Kiara and Derek making out on her bed. I backed out slowly, closing the door behind me.
“Sylania! What are you doing here,” she called from the other side of the door.
“Well, as I said, I have some good news! I guess I should have knocked. Anyway, hi Derek.”
“Hey, Sylania. So, Kiara, I think I will just head out. See-ya.” Derek walked out of the room and walked quickly past me.
“Ugh,” Kiara said falling back down on her bed. “Damn it, Sylania! This better be some hell of a bit of news you have!”
“Okay, chill! Look, I’m sorry, I should have knocked, but I was kind of in a rush.”
Her face kind softened. “Okay, I accept your apology. So, what is this really good news? Give me all the details.”
I started telling her about the councilors meeting, what happened at lunch, and the beginning of the scene by the stream. “So, when I was about to tell Nick the answer...he kissed me!”
Her jaw just dropped. “WHAT?!” She sounded a little more angry then happy.
“Yeah can you believe it? He is a