The Nightmare
BY ELIZA LIVENSPARGER
This story starts out as an ordinary day.
There is a girl named Alejandra, who is
getting ready for her daily classes. Her crush
comes up to her and starts talking to her.
Alejandra is so nervous; she has no idea
what to talk about. So, her crush asks her to
the Fall Dance that is on Halloween night.
So let’s see what happens to Alejandra.
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Ale!! Ale, good morning! Today is Friday
can you believe it? Tomorrow is the big Fall
Dance, will you be coming to the dance?”
said Courtney excitingly.
“I'm not sure Courtney. For one thing, I
have a huge test in history on Monday that
I need to study for. Second of all, I don't
have a date like you, Samantha, or even
Charity,” Alejandra said sadly.
“Hey, it's okay, Ale. You don't really
need a date to the Fall Dance. I mean, it's
just one dance, and plus, there will be other
dances that will come up,” Courtney said
happily.
“You know what Courtney, your right.
Who needs a date to a dance, and you
know what, I'm going to the dance with my
friends,” said Alejandra happily.
“Good for you ale!” said Courtney.
“Hey Courtney, hi Alejandra,” said Sean.
“Hey, Sean. He… hey Sean,” Alejandra
said nervously.
“Courtney, may I talk to Alejandra alone
for a bit?” Sean asked.
“Um, sure. I gotta get going to class anyway. See you soon Ale. Bye Sean,” said
Courtney as she walked towards her English
classroom.
“How's your day so far Ale?” Sean said.
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“It… it's good so far. I mean there's like,
no homework so far but I'm enjoying my
afternoon I guess. Just gotta get through
English and then I'll be heading home to relax and help my mom cook dinner and all
that,” Alejandra said.
“That's cool. Are you busy this weekend?” Sean asked curiously.
“What do you mean?” said Alejandra,
confused.
“I mean like, do you have any plans like
are you going somewhere with your family
or do you have a date tomorrow or something like that?” Sean said.
“Oh. Well, just studying for my big history test that is on Monday and babysitting
my siblings but that's about it,” said Alejandra.
“Well, I was kind of wondering if you
would like to go to the Fall Dance tomorrow
night with me?” asked Sean.
“Me??” Alejandra said.
“Yes Ale. Would you like to go on a date
with me?” Sean asked.
“I... I... I'd love to be your date to the
dance,” Alejandra said happily.
“Great, then it's a date and I will pick
you up at 6:30pm because the dance is at
7pm and you live a half hour from the
school.”
“Sounds wonderful,” said Alejandra.
The next day, Alejandra called Courtney,
Charity, Faith, and Michaela to tell them
about her date with Sean. They were so
happy for her that they all went out shopping for Halloween costumes together.
When they got back from being downtown,
it was about 5pm. They had to get home so
they can get around and be ready for their
dates. After about an hour of prepping for
their dates, everyone was down at the