Wish Upon a Star by Sabrina Sumsion Page B

muttered.
    Dierdre shot him a dirty look. “This isn’t about you.”
    “Look for the whole year, the guy is expected to do all the asking. It’s nice to have the pressure and risk of rejection gone for a short time.”
    I shrugged. He might have had a point. Not for the first time, I wished I had telepathy. I could read Greg’s mind for Lacy. Not to mention read David’s mind to figure out how he felt about me.
    “Maybe I’ll skip Sadie Hawkins this year. I have two more years of high school to go,” Lacy said.
    “No!” Jamie, Dierdre and I cried out together.
    “We have to all go so it’s fun for everyone!” Dierdre said.
    “I’ll go stag,” Lacy said.
    “Naw,” David said, “I’ll take care of this.”
    David stood up and walked towards Greg’s table. I leapt up and grabbed his arm. “What are you doing?” I asked.
    “I’m going to find out what Greg would say if Lacy were to ask him,” he answered.
    “You can’t do that!”
    “Why not?”
    “Well, what if he’s not in to her? What if he says he’d say no? She’d be crushed and embarrassed.”
    “At least she’d have an answer. I know the guy. He’s good people.”
    He removed my hand from his arm and walked to the table. I slowly returned to our table and sat down. The gals looked at me with expectant eyes.
    “He’s going to find out what Greg would say.” I started chewing on my index finger nail.
    Lacy blushed again and covered her face with her hands. Dierdre’s jaw dropped. Jamie smiled and watched David. 
    I watched David approach Greg. He grabbed an empty chair from another table, pulled the chair over to Greg and sat down on it backwards with his arms folded over the back of the chair. He leaned over to Greg and spoke in his ear. Greg looked up at him then scanned the cafeteria and spotted our table. I looked away quickly to pretend like I wasn’t staring.
    When I dared look up again, David was headed back our way with a huge smile on his face. I glanced around him at Greg. He was talking to his friends and was blushing, too. As soon as he drew close, we all attacked him with questions.
    “What did he say?” Dierdre asked.
    “What did you say?” I asked.
    “Can I die now?” Lacy asked from behind her fingers.
    David held up his hands to quiet us down. He looked at Lacy. “Hey, you can put your hands down.”
    Lacy peeked out.
    “I asked him if there was any one at this table that he would say no to if she asked him to Sadie Hawkins.”
    “What did he say?” Dierdre asked.
    “He said yes.”
    “What?” Jamie asked. Lacy appeared as if she would cry.
    “He said he wouldn’t go with Jen ‘ cause she’s too tall.”
    I punched him in the arm. “Hey!”
    “Seriously. Some guys are uncomfortable around taller girls. I don’t get it, but to each their own.”
    My heart fluttered. He didn’t care I was tall enough to play center in basketball. Oh true love.
    “What did he say about the rest of us?” Jamie asked.
    “He said that all of you would be pleasant company, but he thought he and Lacy here could have a lot to talk about.” He smiled.
    Lacy smiled. “Really?”
    David nodded.
    “So how are you going to ask him?” Jamie asked.
    “I have no idea,” Lacy answered.
    “So what about you, Jen?”
    The question startled me. I looked into David’s blue eyes and discovered my tongue had become paralyzed. I finally spit out, “huh?”
    “Do you have your eye on anyone in particular?” He asked.
    “Well, I …” What would I say next? I considered being coy and answering I had my eye on someone. I could also lie and said I hadn’t thought about it. Mainly, his words to just ask kept bouncing around in my brain. Could he be right? Was it best to be direct? I decided to bite the bullet.
    “I thought it might be fun if we went to the dance together,” I blurted.
    Not really. I wish I’d opened my mouth and asked. The only problem? Before I could choke out anything, the self-elected queen of our