Opposites Attract

Nominees

Teresa's POV

By Monday everyone was buzzing about homecoming. Who was going with who? What were the girls wearing? Who would be King and Queen? It was all quite annoying really. This was a gold mind for Aris, who was knee deep in material for his blog. Of course he devoted an entire article to me and Thomas, though I couldn't understand why anyone would care about the fact we were going.

I had two problems. One, I had no idea what I was going to wear. I'd never been to a dance before and had no idea what to expect. And two, the jealousy. Apparently half the girls (and maybe a few guys) in school wanted Thomas as their date which frankly wasn't surprising, but was very annoying. They all seemed to hate me for being with him, which didn't exactly bother me much but it made me think,

Why was he with me? He could have any girl he wanted and he choose me, but how long until he gets bored and chooses someone else?

Anyways, I'm sure you don't care about that, so let's get back to talking about homecoming.

As our usual lunch table was talking as usual, an announcement came over the intercom that made everyone in the cafeteria go quiet.

"And now for your Homecoming King and Queen nominees! First up, our Homecoming Princes, Newt Isaacs, Zart Amadeus, Minho Lee, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Edison!

I smile at the boys at my table, extremely exited for them. I was obviously rooting for Thomas but only hoped an okay girl would be his queen.

"And now for the Princesses! Brenda Salazar, Harriet Tubman, Sonya Elizabeth, Beth Richards, and Teresa Agnes! Thank you all and remember to vote for your homecoming royalty!"

I couldn't believe it! Who would nominate me? And how could enough people actually want to vote for me? Thomas's smile had stretched across his face by now.

"This is great! We can be homecoming King and Queen together!" He said excitedly.

"Whoa hold on, you guys aren't the only ones nominated." Minho smirked, "Me and Harriet could win together and then she'd have to take me back!" His eyes twinkled with happiness, as if he was imagining the scenario.

"Or me and Sonya could win." Newt reminded us. "She's been talking about it forever." He rolled his eyes, as if he really didn't care that much.

"Well I wish the best of luck to you both, but I'm betting on me and Tom." I say, feeling happy as ever. Just a month ago I only had one friend and now I could potentially become Homecoming Queen! Everyone says they don't care about popularity, and maybe most don't in a general sense, but I can't lie, it feels really nice to be somewhat popular.

"Brenda's face is priceless." Minho starts to laugh. I turn and glance at Brenda, who was furious. I couldn't imagine why, I heard that she had been nominated for queen. Then it hit me when she turned her icy glare in my direction. We locked eyes for a moment before I quickly turned away.

She still liked Thomas and wanted to be his queen, but me being nominated screwed up her plan. My happiness fades away thinking of her stare and her group's whispers. It reminded me that everyone in school didn't really like me, they just envied me for Thomas. Without him they'd go back to ignoring me.

I shake away my thoughts and go back to celebrating with my friends, because it didn't matter what Brenda and the cheerleaders thought. I was happy and nothing, not even bitchy cheerleaders and the stupid voice in the back of my head could change that.

A/N

kinna short chapter, sorry. i made up the last names  of the characters based on the actors or the people they were named after, sorry if they suck. i'm apologizing a lot maybe i should get my shit together. anyway thanks for reading! love you guys!
-Emma