Being perfect had it's advantages and it definately had its disadvantages. When girls want to be like you and guys want to be with you it just had to feel good. But that wasn't always the case. The worst part was having to live up to the standards people set for you.
Michelle lay in her bed thinking things over. She had to project herself a certain way to people to be as popular as she was. She loved the attention for the most part but she was just a regular girl. She got doors opened for her, and not just from guys being polite but from females also. She always got offers from students who would volunteer to write her papers for her or do projects for her. That was just to much. Girls always copied her style of clothing. She once went to school one day in an outfit she made up just to wear for fun and the next day half the girls in her school had tried to make the same outfit. They even copied her hair. Girls flat-ironed their hair to make it straight like hers. It was both flattering and annoying but she never got mad about it. Brianna and Heather got the same amount of attention but they were actually sometimes mean and rude to kids who weren't even close to being popular. They even teased some of them and the guys did the same. Things were totally different for them from the girls. While the girls were envied and copied the guys were praised. They maintained good grades and were honor students.
Michelle remembered a time when she and JC decided to study for an upcoming test but he fell asleep and never got around to it. The next day JC got an A and Michelle got a B. But then again he had a basketball game that night. But Michelle never complained even when things got to a point where it flat out annoyed her she still kept quiet.
That night they decided to go to the skating rink and just chill for a while.Most of the neighborhood hung out there. When she got there the crowd was bumpin and people were having a good time. She spotted her friends but Heather didn't get there yet. She went and sat next to JC. She kissed him quickly on the lips. The waitress already knew what they wanted to eat but she waited until Heather got there to bring it to them. When Heather got there they ate their food while discussing the upcoming game which was at another school. For the most part this is what Michelle liked about her friends. They were fun to hang around until they decided the six of them needed to be alone.
"I'm skating. Anyone coming?" Brianna said getting up. Lance and Heather got up to join her.
"Yeah let's go," Heather said. Joey was a bad skater so he never went he just watch.
"You're not going?" JC asked Michelle.
"No. Actually I've been waiting for this chance to be alone with you. Can we go outside?" she asked him. Joey looked at the two of them as they got up.
"Be right back," JC said smiling at Joey as he followed her outside. They got outside and sat on the bench by the entrance.
"So what's up?" he asked her.
"JC you know how I feel about you right?" she said starting off easy. JC held her hand.
"Yeah of course I do and I feel the same," he said. She relaxed more thinking maybe he would understand.
"Well I just wanted to talk about our relationship and this whole sex topic", she said getting the first part off her chest. JC's eyes lit up.
"Yeah....," he said moving closer to her.
"Well I want-" she started to say when they heard a bunch of commotion inside. All of a sudden a rush of people came out the door. They still didn't know what was going on and then they heard Lance arguing with some guy. Michelle heard some of the arguing and they were arguing over Heather. The guy was trying to talk to her while they were getting their skates. Then the guy punched Lance and he and Joey started fighting the guy and his friend. JC jumped in it and then a whole bunch of people had to break it up. Heather and Brianna grabbed Joey and Lance and brought them to their cars. Michelle checked on JC but he was fine. The other guys were pretty bruised up though. When everything was over the six of them left. It wasn't until she was on her way home that Michelle realized what he had actually said to JC. She started her sentence with "Well I want" and never finished. JC would surely take that the wrong way. 'Dammit' she thought. Now he would think that she did want to do it. She would soon find out.