Everybody's Fool

I woke up the next morning with a smile plastered on my face and memories of last night. Nothing can possibly ruin my day, not even school...I hope. While I was getting ready for another day at school, I couldn't help but overhear Brittany and Bianca's conversation, well it wasn't that hard since they were yelling.

"Ugh," one of them growled. "I can't believe that miserable tramp," I hope they're talking about Katie, "she's going to regret taking Joe from us." Never mind, they must be talking about me, they just don't know it, and the dance and how Joe took me outside so it could just be the two of us.

I decided to stop listening to their conversation because when they made a threat, Brittany and Bianca stuck to it no matter what, and this threat was scaring me a bit. I closed and locked my bedroom door. I started looking through my closest for some school clothes, but I got distracted when I saw my dress from the dance last night. I smiled as I remembered all the memories that were made in that one single night. Joe, the singing, the dancing, the kiss, everything...except for the part that I had to leave Joe in order to beat Nina home so I wont get grounded forever. I somehow ended up on my bed daydreaming about me and Joe.

One thing I couldn’t help but wonder is that....If Joe did find out it was me, would he either be with me or he'll pretend as if I'm just another girl? I'm not going to take that chance, I'll just leave everything as it is. Him as the popular guy and me as the invisible girl. The memories of that night will stay with me forever.

"Kimberly!" I sat up in a jolt and noticed Carol was at my bedroom door. Didn't I lock that door? I questioned myself.

"What?" I questioned

"School starts in less than 30 minutes and your still not ready," Carol stated as she went into my closet and started picking out my clothes.

"Crap!" I yelled as I ran to my bathroom to brush my teeth. "Ugh, stupid daydreaming."

"What were you day dreaming about?" Carol questioned as she looked through some clothes on my bed.

"Tell you later," I told her when I finished brushing my teeth and got started getting dressed. Carol had picked out an outfit that I didn't even know I had. It was a pair of ripped, black leggings, a long, white tank top that said "Haters Make Me Famous", a black, skinny leather jacket, and a pair of white, 8 eyelet Dr. Martens, I didn't even know I had these shoes. I never actually worn anything like this before, I was going to ask Carol what was up with the outfit but I knew not to question Carol because I know if I did then she would go on and on about the outfit and quite frankly I didn't have time for that right now.

I put the outfit on in a rush with no question about it. Doesn't hurt to try something new, I thought as I laced up my shoes. I looked at myself in my mirror and started combing my hair and just put on a simple black headband that had a bow attached to it. Then started to apply some eyeliner and eye shadow.

Carol caught me off guard when she started to put a multirow chain necklace on me. "Your going to wearing this necklace and like it," Carol demanded. Not like I had much of a choice, she already placed it around my neck. "Oh! and also put this belt on too." It was a leather waist belt with a gold buckle fastening.

"How on earth did you even find these clothes?" I questioned her as I buckled the belt around my waist. "I mean, I didn't know I had them or even remember them."

"Because I have a sixth sense on clothes," Carol joked. We both started laughing. "Nah, while I was looking for an outfit for you I stumbled upon these at the very, very back of your closest."

"Ooooh, that would explain why I couldn't find these shoes," I said admiring my shoes. I remember I had seen these shoes at the store, Journeys, and that I just wanted them so badly because of how cool they were and fashionable. I was only able to wear them for a week then 'poof' they were magically gone. I was so furious because these shoes had cost me a fortune and then they just disappeared, I personally blamed Brittany and Bianca.

I looked at myself in my mirror and was astonished by what I saw. My whole look was different from what I've worn before but you know what, I love it. Its like what was instead of me just popped out expressing my whole true self.

Grabbing my bag and cellphone, Carol and I ran out of my room and headed outside towards her car. Okay, we had 5 minutes to get to school, so basically Carol was going a smidge over the speed limit. Let's just say the speed limit is 20 mph and Carol was going 50 mph. I surprised she hasn't been stopped by a cop yet.

"Carol, if we die, I swear I will kill you," I stated as I grabbed hold of the dashboard tightly.

"Calm down lady," Carol reassured me as she drove into the school parking lot. "Look, we're here already."

There wasn't anyone outside, classes probably started already. As soon as Carol turned off the car, I unbuckled my seat belt, opened the door and got out yelling, "Land!"

"Oh shut up Kim," Carol said grabbing hold of my arm and pulling me towards school. "Calm on we have to get to class."

Carol and I ran towards our locker to grab our school books that we needed. We said bye to each other and walked-ran-to our class. Crap, I'm so late, I thought as I arrived at the door of my English class. I took in a deep breath, trying to calm myself down from all the running that I had to do and walked in as if it was any other day. I opened the door as quietly as I could so I won't get caught by Mrs. Gonzalez, when I opened the door hardly anyone turned to look who it was, the only one who turned to look was Joe. Mrs. Gonzalez was facing the board writing something on it. I crouched to my seat, no one spotted me yet. Its times like this when I actually love being invisible. I made it to my seat without being noticed or anything except for Joe but other than him, I didn't get caught.

"Smooth," Joe whispered to me.

"Shh...trying to learn," I shushed him with a small smile.

Joe laughed. "You should think about becoming a ninja," Joe joked. I laughed softly then smacked him in the head. "Ow!" That was a little loud that it made Mrs. Gonzalez turn around.

"Joe, is there something you would like to share?" Mrs. Gonzalez stated as she placed her hands on her hips.

"No, Mrs. Gonzalez," Joe answered.

I was laughing so hard on the inside because one, I got Joe in trouble and two, Mrs. Gonzalez never noticed I was here, so I got away with sneaking in. Hmm, maybe I should be a ninja.

Class was finally over and I was walking to homeroom. I didn’t see Nick or Carol in the hallway so I just headed straight for homeroom, until someone lifting me caught me off guard that I let out a small scream.

"Haha, you scream like a girl," I turned around and saw that it was Joe who lifted me up. He still had his arms around me that I felt my face go hot, butterflies go crazy in my stomach and my heart beating like a thousand drums.

"That's cuz I am a girl," I stated as I lightly hit him in the gut with my elbow so he would let me go. "What's your excuse?"

Joe let go of me and began walking with me. Honestly, I was sad when he let go of me, I felt so safe being in his arms but I didn't want people to think there was something going on between us because that would mean Katie would get involved and I don’t want drama in my life. While Joe and I were walking to homeroom, I noticed some bright neon yellow papers in his hand.

"Um, why do you have neon yellow papers in your hands?" I questioned him.

"Um well," we stopped walking and he showed me one of the papers. It was filled with question marks saying, the flier said "Have you seen my Cinderella?" and it also had his phone number on it. Oh my... I was starring at the flier with wide eyes. I thought Joe had forgotten about Cinderella already and moved on but I guess not. Should I tell him? I looked at him and he looked so happy and determined and...in love. If I told him it was me would I crumble all of that down? or be with him? I shouldn't risk it.

"What's this?" I asked him pretending as if I didn't know anything.

Then Joe started going on and on about how he met an amazing girl at the dance yesterday. That she was the most amazing girl he's ever laid eyes on, there was something about her that made her different from all the other girls he's ever met. Joe said that they both danced and sang to each other, that she was the girl that he's been trying to look for and after all of that looking, he still doesn't know who she is. The mystery girl or as Joe calls her-me-Cinderella, had run off and didn't get a chance to find out who Cinderella was and is now looking for her.

"Wow, Joe," was all I said. I didn't know what else to say when he finished talking. There was love filled in his eyes. What should I do? I thought to myself as I looked back at the flier in my hand and then back at Joe. "Joe, I-" I got interrupted by Joe's best friend, Josh.

"Joe, come on if you want to finish putting up the papers by the end of homeroom," Josh stated. "Hey, Kim." I waved back to him giving him a simple smile.

"Alright," Joe replied to Josh. "Gotta go Kim, I'll see you later okay?"

"Kay." Joe and Joe descended down the hallway, putting up the fliers at the went down. In just a matter of minutes, the walls were filled with neon yellow papers all saying the same thing. They were mocking me...I'll tell him...I just don't know when that will be.

All through homeroom, I was just sitting in my desk attempting to write some new lyrics but it wasn’t really working. All I kept thinking about was Joe and my secret that I was keeping from him. This was killing me, I don't know what to do. Before I realized it, the bell rang for the next class, I was the last one to get our of my homeroom. Right when I stepped foot in the hallway, everyone in the whole school was starring at the fliers most girls were grabbing the fliers as they started calling him and saying that they were Cinderella.

Damn, this must drive Joe crazy, I thought as I maneuvered my way through the crowd with out being trampled. Suddenly, there was a high pitched noise coming from the intercom making everyone's ears hurt.

"Sorry about that," it was Joe. He was talking through the intercom. "Okay, I'm guessing everyone's looked at the flier that Josh and I posted up in the hallways seeing as my cellphone hasn't stopped ringing in the past ten minutes. So, I'm just going to make this easier. All you have to do is answer this simple question..." I took my chance and started walked to my next class until what Joe said next made me stop right on my tracks, "My Cinderella dropped something of hers that seems important if you can describe what these certain things are then find me, text me or call me the answer."

What? I didn't drop anything, I thought, or did I? That’s when I noticed I didn't have my parents bracelets on my wrists.

"No," I whispered to myself. I must have dropped my bracelets at the dance when I was running towards Carol. I arrived at my locker and started banging my head against it from my how stupid I was to drop something that important to me.

"Hey, Kim, did you hear -" Carol stopped mid sentence when she saw me banging my head against my locker. "What are you doing?"

"Isn't obvious?" Nick told her. "She's obviously trying to knock the stupidness out of her." Nick started laughing.

"No, its not that," I said as I stopped banging my head against my locker then punching Nick in his arm that he winced in pain. "I just found out I lost my bracelets that my parents gave to me."

Carol gave me a hug because she knew how much those two bracelets meant to me. "How? When? Where?"

"Well, I didn't exactly lose my bracelets someone found them actually," I said nervously as I opened my locker and pulled out some random books that I really don’t need.

"That's great, who?" Nick said enthusiastically.

"Um, yea about that," I laughed nervously. "You see I had lost them at the dance and the person who found them was-"

"JOE!" Carol and Nick exclaimed in shock.

"Oh, would you look at the time," I said looking at my invisible watch on my wrist, "time for class. Bye." I powered walk to class but they grabbed me by the shoulders and pulled me back towards the lockers. Nick and Carol gave me looks that told me I should start explaining.

Oh, boy, this should be interesting, I thought as I took a deep breathe and started explaining everything from what had happened between me and Joe at the dance to now. When I finished telling them my long, long, LONG story, Nick and Carol had these looks in their eyes that I should tell Joe that I'm his Cinderella.

"No, I am not telling Joe," I told them as I walked past them.

"Why not?" Nick and Carol whined as they followed behind me.

"Just...because okay," I told obviously wanted them to drop the subject. They both sighed loud enough for me to hear them.

Brittany's P.O.V.

I was walking around the hallways with Bianca, of course we were ditching class since it was too boring. As I was walking around the hallways with Bianca, I turned a corner but stopped on my tracks when I noticed loser Kimberly and her two lame friends. They seemed to be talking about something important especially since I heard both Nick and Carol, I think that’s their names, yell out Joe's name.

What are they even talking about? I questioned.

"What are you doing?" Bianca asked me. I shushed her so we couldn’t get caught eavesdropping by the losers. What they were talking about had caught me off guard. The maid is Joe's Cinderella, I thought furiously. Then I smiled when I heard what she had lost. Two bracelets that her pathetic parents had given. Ding. I got an idea. I smiled at my brilliant plan to use to get Joe all to myself.

"Brittany, what are you smiling about?" Bianca questioned me as she noticed that I was smiled.

I groaned and grabbed her by the wrist. "Just come on." I demanded as I dragged her down the hallway explaining to her what I had overheard from the losers. This is going to be perfect and nothing is going to ruin my chances from getting Joe to myself. Nothing.