.::All Hail the Heartbreaker::.

Spongebob Grindpants The Devil Wears Prada That song makes me smile for some reason...

The dance was in one hour and Ella was nervous. She began to straighten her hair and apply her make up. She put on her dress and decided to watch TV for the rest of the twenty minutes.

            Ella was wearing a black dress with white strips on the edges. It was strapless and flared out a little bit. She slipped on her high heels and walked to the door to see Matt. Matt had a black button down shirt on with black pants. He gave her a big red rose as they walked to his car.

“I have a surprise for you when we get to the dance.” said Matt.

“Really I love surprises!” smiled Ella.

“We’re here.” Matt parked and escorted Ella to the gym where the dance was being held. “Stand right here.” instructed Matt as he dropped her off to the front of the dance floor.

“Ella! You came!” cried Evan as he dragged Mandy to say hi to Ella.

“Matt made me.” she said.

            The lights dimmed and the stage in front of her lit up. Matt and four other guys were on it.

“Hi, I’m Trevor, the singer. That’s Matt and Chase the guitarists, and Alex the bassist. And on drums is Sonny and we’re Sophomore.” said the guy with the mic.

“He’s in a band?” said Evan.

“Apparently.” said Ella smiling at Matt who was looking at her.

“This song goes out to a very beautiful girl. I know its one of her favorites.” said Matt before beginning to play. Ella smiled at him the whole time.

            After about half an hour of watching the band they took a break. Matt led his friends over to Ella.

“You never told me you were in a band.” said Ella pecking him on the lips.

“Well, now you know.” he introduced the rest of the boys and they began to talk and get acquainted.

 

            Matt had to go back on stage and play some more so Ella went over to her band. Sanger and Rose were on the dance floor and Evan and Mandy had disappeared a while ago leaving Joel and Ray.

“Ella, do you want to dance?” asked Ray.

“Uh, only if its okay with your date?” she said smiling at Hayley.

“It’s fine by me.” Hayley said smiling back.

            Ella and Ray made their way to the dance floor and began dancing in silence. Ella could hear people whispering about her and Ray. She heard mixtures of Ray cheating on Hayley with her. Once the song ended she made her way out the door.

“Hey.” Hayley said following her out.

“Oh, hey.” she replied.

“You know, I heard that stuff too. Its okay, I know Ray would never cheat and I know that they make you sound like you’re the bad guy but I know you’re not.” she said.

“Thanks. I should get home now.” she said walking down to Matt’s car. “Wait, Matt’s in the band.” she said realizing she had no way home.

“I’ll drive you.” said Hayley walking over to her car.

 

            Talk of the dance subsided and it was now the weekend. Ella was bored and she really didn’t feel like being with her band. She just needed space for a while. She decided to call some girls that she was kind of friends with. They weren’t really close but they talked a lot in school they just didn’t hang out much. So Ella, Jacey, Laurie, and Serena went to the mall to watch a movie and shop.

                       

Joel was hanging out with Ray at his house. They were talking about battle of the bands.

“Well, they told me that in order for you guys to enter you would have to audition to see if you qualify.” said Ray.

“Okay, so we would have to audition to get a spot right when?”

“In a month.”

 

            Sanger was with Evan at the movies. They weren’t watching the movie they were throwing popcorn at people. Security was called in and kicked them out of the theatre.

“We just got kicked out.” said Evan.

“I know and it was awesome!” Sanger said running over to the video game store.

“Hey, SG, isn’t that Ella with those…girls?” said Evan in shock.

“Since when does Ella hang out with girls?” said Sanger looking over at her.

“Well, its not like she’s some kind of mutant. I mean she is a girl so I guess its naturally for her to hang out with her species.”

“You make her sound like an animal.”

“Let’s face it the girl is wilder than an animal.” said Evan walking to go get a hot dog.

“E! What are you doing here?” Evan heard Ella call him.

“Getting a hot dog with SG. You?”

“Shopping!” said Ella showing him the bags in her hand.

“Since when do you shop?” said Sanger amused.

“Well, I have to shop to get new clothes.” said Ella looking at him weirdly. “Guys this is Jacey, Laurie, and Serena.” she introduced them.

            Sanger and Serena hit it off immediately. They talked and laughed the whole time. Sanger even tripped over a sign from laughing too much. By the end of the day, Sanger had scored a date.

 

            On Sunday the band decided to hang out together. Just the four of them, no girlfriends, no boyfriends, and no Ray. 

“Ella just said a bad word!” yelled Sanger.

“Sanger, shut up!”

“There she said it again!” he said tattling to Joel.

“You guys are both dumb.” said Joel.

“You’re dumber!” said Ella giving him a nuggy. Evan picked Ella up and ran into his backyard.

“You wouldn’t dare.” said Ella as he stood beside the pool.

“Have fun with the fish.” he said as he threw her into the pool. Ella screamed and grabbed his leg and pulled him down with her. Joel decided to jump in and Evan got out of the water and pushed Sanger into the water making his spiky hair deflate.

            All of them were laughing as they climbed out of the pool and back into the house. Times like these were just what they needed. They all went back to Evan closet to find something to change into because their clothes were soaked.

“Hey, Evan this Led Zeppelin shirt is mine.” said Ella walking into the bathroom to put it on. Once they were all dressed they decided to go back outside and play football.

“11, 27, 76, uh, hut!” said Ella as she ran down the street. Evan threw her the ball and she magically caught it. She ran all the way until she made a touchdown. She then proceeded to do a happy dance before restarting the set up.

            All four of them were exhausted after the game. They crashed down on Evan’s couch.

“I am king of the mountain!” said Sanger as he stood up on Evan coffee table. “And you are my servants. Bow before me!” he commanded.

“You’re not king you’re the princess remember?” Joel replied.

“Well, now I’m queen.” he said smugly. Ella threw a pillow at Sanger causing him to fall off of the table. This resulted in him falling on top of Evan and Joel. Joel then threw a pillow at Ella making this a huge pillow war.

“Sleep, need sleep!” said Ella after they had cleaned up the mess.

“Fine, we can take a little nap and then we can go roll some houses with this wad of toilet paper! Muhahaha!” said Evan holding up the paper.

“Coast clear?” Ella whispered into the walkie talkie.

“Coast clear.” Joel confirmed as they snuck into Evan’s neighbor’s yard.

            After they had successfully covered the yard in a blanket of white, they returned to their homes to prepare for school the next day.

 

            After school the next day the five met up at Evan’s car. They had to practice for the Battle of the Bands auditions. They went back to Ray’s house this time and played for three hours straight.

“I believe we just keep getting better and better.” said Sanger after the last song.

“I messed up a bit though.” admitted Ella.

“Its okay, I didn’t notice.” said Ray smiling.

“Guys, maybe this could be our big break, you know. We could win or better yet signed to a label!” Evan said.

“Yeah, but I wouldn’t get your hopes up too high.” said Ella taking a sip of water.

“Okay, fine. From the top.” commanded Joel as he began the song.

 

            It was now 8:30 and Joel had made it home before his dad did. He flipped on the TV and fell asleep on the couch. In the morning, Joel woke up to find everything as he had left it the night before. The noodles that he had set aside for his dad were still sitting on the counter, the bed wasn’t unmade, and the house was quiet. Joel picked up the phone and dialed his dad’s cell. No one answered so he called Ella for help.

“Ella, can you come over?” he said into the phone.

“Why?” Ella replied sleepily.

“My dad didn’t come home last night.”

“Oh, okay I’ll be right there.”

            Three minutes later Ella was at his house in her pajamas.

“Are you going to school like that?” Joel asked.

“What are you… oh I’m in my p.j.’s.” she said looking down at her plaid pajama bottoms. “Well anyways, what do you mean your dad never came home?” she asked concerned.

“Well, when I woke up no one was in the house and his dinner was uneaten and if he had come in I would have woken up.” he said pacing around the room.

“Maybe he had a date?” she said.

“He would have told me.”

“He would have called you if he was in trouble too.” she added.

“Maybe I have flipped this way out of proportion. Let’s get to school.” Ella cleared her throat. “Fine, let’s get you changed.” he grabbed his bag and walked Ella to her house.

            When they got there Evan’s car was already parked in her driveway. He had gotten his car fixed so he didn’t need to use his parent’s. Ella and Joel climbed into the car just in time to see a confused Evan walk out of the house.

“Surprise!” Ella and Joel shouted.

“What are you two doing in my car?” Evan asked.

“Let Joel tell you I have to change.” Ella ran out of the car and into her house. She ran into her room and pulled out a gray and white striped quarter length shirt with a gray babydoll jumper shirt over it. She slipped on her black skinny jeans and ran out the door with her converse in hand.

“Well, you look better.” said Joel smirking.

“Let’s go pick up Sanger.” Said Evan laughing.