Why I'm Not Popular

Chapter Three

(in the point of view of Allison)

"Where are we going Cody?" I asked Cody.

"We are going to the mall! We have this little hang out place there! You'll love it!" Cody replied.

"Ok!" I replied. We got to the mall soon after and everyone led me to their hang out. It was so big, I couldn't actually believe that it was in our mall.

You see... the mall in my city is pretty small and I had no idea that they had a room that was as big as the one that I was in. But soon I figured out why they wanted it to be so big. About five or six minutes after we arrived each couple went off in a corner to make out. I, for a second, was wondering if Cody was going to take me into a corner. But he didn't.

The rest of us who weren't making out with anybody played truth or dare ( I know kind of childish but it was fun!).

"Ok." Alexa said. "I'll go first! Um..." She looked around the room and then stopped when she got to me. "Allison. Truth or dare?"

"Hmm... dare." I replied.

Alexa got a little bit of a mischievous smile on her face, "I dare you to kiss Cody for..." She looked at her watch. "Two minutes."

Cody and I looked at each other and just shrugged. Cody leaned in to kiss me and he did. We kissed deeply until the two minutes were up and Alexa yelled, "TIMES UP!!!" madly.

"OK. So now it's my turn." I said. "Shay, truth or dare?"

"Truth!" Shay replied and some people said, "Chicken!"

"Ok. If there was one guy, in this room that you would NEVER kiss, who would it be?" I asked.

"Umm.... I think... Zack." Shay answered.

"WHAT?!?!" Zack exclaimed.

"You heard me!" Shay replied.

"Then you would really hate me if I did this!" He said and kissed her.

They pulled apart and Shay screamed her lungs out! It was hilarious! But then Zack kissed her again! He kept on kissing her until she stopped screaming and just took it. But it turns out that those two ended up going to a different part of the room to keep on kissing. So, I guess that Shay was completely lying when she answered the question.

I was looking around the room at all the couples and seeing how deeply they got into it. Seeing that made me think about why they do that. It was kinda gross to watch.

A couple minutes later Cody pulled me aside and said, "You know I really liked kissing you back there."

"I did too!" I replied.

"Do you want to do it again? Only this time not as a dare?" Cody asked.

"Uh... sure!" I said with a smile and Cody kissed me. As he kissed me I thought, Oh my gosh! This is what I have dreamed about! I just want to keep kissing him for hours! It feels so good! Cody deepened the kiss as I was thinking and I barely even noticed. I deepened the kiss just a little more because it felt sooooo good to kiss him! A couple of minutes later Cody and I become one of the many couples that were making out in the corners.

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When I got home after we all left the mall Alyssa wouldn't talk to me. I mean I knew that she was angry at me because I didn't invite her to come to the mall with me but I didn't know that she would start the silent treatment! She only does that if she is deathly mad at the person. She walked up to me, shook her head, and slammed the door to our room.

I walked up to our room and knocked on the door. "Alyssa, please open up."

"Why?" she asked.

"I need to sleep in here, too."

She opened up the door, threw out my pillow and a blanket, then slammed the door, while saying, "The couch is free."

"Alyssa, we need to talk." I said and opened the door. I sat down on my bed.

"What's there to talk about? Do you need me to stop trying to hang around you and your friends? Am I not popular enough for you?"

"What? You sat with me at lunch." I answered.

"Yes I did. But did you talk to me? No. Did you even look at me? No. Why should I even try?" Alyssa asked.

"Can you blame me for having a guy actually liking me... and me liking him?! What did you expect!?" I replied.

"I expected for you to not let a boy come between us! We made that promise when we were in third grade! I'm surprised you forgot!!!" Alyssa yelled.

"I'm sorry if I forgot our promise ok? I was nine years old!" I re replied.

"I expected for you to not let a boy come between us! We made that promise when we were in third grade! I'm surprised you forgot!!!" Alyssa yelled.

"I'm sorry if I forgot our promise ok? I was nine years old!" I replied yelling also.

"Well then maybe we should just forget that promise then!!!" Alyssa yelled angrily.

"Maybe we should if you're going act like this!!" I replied with the same anger in my voice.

"Acting like what?! I'm the one who isn't letting a boy take me over! Allison, just because he's popular doesn't mean that you have to be!" Alyssa said. "You were the one who said that being popular wasn't everything! Why aren't you saying that now?!"

"Because!!! I like being popular!!! It makes me feel like I mean something to people!!" I replied.

"And having real friends didn't make you feel that way?!" Alyssa asked.

"No!" I answered.

"Why?!?!" Alyssa asked with a lot of anger in her voice.

"Because I do have real friends!!! They make me feel like I'm special!" I replied.

"They are only your friends because you are dating Cody!!!! Everyone can tell!!! Alexa and Ashley are talking bad about you when you're not around!!! A real friend wouldn't do that!!!" Alyssa exclaimed.

"What?!?!?! You are lying!!!!" I yelled.

"No I'm not! Just ask anybody!!" Alyssa replied.

"I don't believe you!!" I yelled back and stomped out of the room.