Tamarai felt on top of the world. After a wonderful winter break spent hanging out up in the mountains skiing and drinking large amounts of hot chocolate with her favorite people in the world she was back in school.
There were multiple things making Tamarai feel as if she wasn’t quite tethered to the ground anymore, one of them being that she managed to be both Harriette and DaeRi’s friend, plus she made a new friend out of Shae. And even though she broke up with that cute guy from the Newspaper Committee, that didn’t matter too much because she was just asked out to a movie with a cute, ridiculously tall and dark, basketball played named Kaine.
And to make things better, later that day after school she had the first prom committee meeting of the year and she was a shoo in for president.
Really her life could not get much better.
In the cafeteria she gave a friendly wave towards Harriette before heading over to the Newspaper committee’s table and sitting with them, including DaeRi and Shae. She didn’t always sit with them, sometimes she sat with Harriette and the other popular’s but today she couldn’t wait to tell DaeRi about the hottie who just asked her out on a date.
“Hey guys!” she sang as she took her seat next to DaeRi.
“You look happy,” DaeRi noted, giving her a curious look.
“Well, guess who has a date this saturday with Kaine, the tall cutie form the basketball team?” Tamarai said.
DaeRi laughed, “really?”
“Yeah, what’s so funny?” Tamarai said, “you didn’t even guess.”
“You?” Shae offered.
“Yes!” Tamarai said.
“But you just broke up with that other guy,” DaeRi said.
“So? that wasn’t serious,” Tamarai said, “Do I look torn up inside?”
DaeRi shook her head, “I guess not. Good for you.”
Tamarai frowned for a second, “you don’t sound very excited for me. It’s just a date.”
DaeRi smiled, “yeah, I’m sorry.”
“She’s just jealous,” Shae said, grinned slyly.
DaeRi shot her a glare, ”I am not.”
Shae shrugged, “you look it.”
“Well it’s not like you’re dating anyone either.” DaeRi said.
Shae shrugged again, “I don’t want to, you on the other hand, obviously do.”
DaeRi just shook her head and took a bite of her food, obviously deciding not to let this conversation carry on much longer.
“So, prom committee today,” Tamarai said, changing the topic.
Daeri smiled, “yes, our prom committee.”
Tamarai nodded.
Shae frowned, “I can't believe I made friends with a bunch of seniors. This is so sad. I’m gonna have to start completely fresh next year.”
She let out a big sigh and look down at her food dramatically.
“Stop that,” Tamarai said, “I don’t want to think about graduating. Or any of that future stuff, just prom. Innocent enough.”
“Prom signals graduation,” DaeRi said, “Me on the other hand cannot wait to get out of this hell hole called high school.”
Tamarai frowned, “I can’t even picture college and all of that, it’s crazy.”
Daeri shrugged, “But you have to admit you’re not gonna miss all this petty high school drama.”
“But I am,” Tamarai laughed, “I’m gonna miss everything.”
Daeri sighed, “well, I’m not and I can’t wait. First prom, then graduations, then I’m gone.”
Shae shook her head, “this sucks.”
Tamarai smiled sympathetically, “you’ll make it through, I bet next year you’ll make tons of friends.”
Shae laughed cynically, “I doubt it.”
Tamarai reached over and patted her on the shoulder, “just you wait.”
Tamarai wasn’t gonna let her cynical friend ruin her great good, she just hoped the good mood would spread and they could share the best rest of the school year ever.
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