Free The Gossip Web by Chelsea Lynn Charters Page B

next to our locker when I told her. She had basically screamed at the news.
                  “Yeah, he did!” I grinned happily. “I swear, Heidi.”
                  “Man, girl. You are so lucky. He is like so totally hot, you know?”
                  I nodded. He was. Even Heidi thought so, and it didn’t bother me at all because I knew she had a crush on Jason. Trace was just one of those guys who caught your attention no matter if you had a ring on your finger. He would be hot till the day he died. Seriously.
                  “So, what are you going to wear? Huh? Can I please go with you to pick out the dress?”
                  I was about to say yes when Erika’s face popped up in my mind. Scowling, I replied, “No. My Dad’s lame girlfriend has to go with me.”
                  “Oh, Erika?” Heidi looked disappointed. “Really? I thought you didn’t like her?”
                  “I don‘t!” I replied hastily. “It’s my Dad’s dumb idea! Trust me, I wish I could take you shopping instead. She’s going to spoil the whole experience.”
                  “Bummer,” Heidi muttered sadly, thrusting her algebra book inside the locker. “Since I’m not going, I wanted to at least be able to try on some dresses just for fun. But I’m not about to go by myself to the mall. That would be too weird.”
                  Sure that I heard her wrong, I held up my hand and asked, “Wait. You’re not going?” I saw her shake her head, compelling me to inquire, “Who are you and what have you done with my best friend?”
                  “Very funny,” she told me with her tongue pointed out. “No, I want to go…but the drama club is boycotting the dance because it’s based on the turnout of a football game. I don’t know why, and I think it’s stupid, but Jason won’t take me so I can’t go.”
                  “Really?” I asked incredulously.

              “Yes. It really bites!” She groaned.
                  “Go by yourself then, Heidi,” I told her.
                  She looked at me as if I were crazy. “You’ve got to be kidding, Jade. I cannot show up to a dance by myself! How embarrassing! Besides, Jason would be so pissed at me if I did/”
                  I shrugged and rolled my eyes. “Sorry. Don’t come then.”
                  “This blows. I really wanted to go too. But, I have to stand by the club’s decisions.” Heidi shut the locker door before turning to face me. I almost laughed at her remark. The fact that she was so loyal to her drama club was amusing. It was just a club for heaven’s sake.
                  “I don’t see why you can’t go, Heidi,” I said.
                  She sighed and shook her head. “Just forget about it, Jade. Anyways, I want to talk some more about you and Trace!”
                  “Are you sure? I‘m not boring you?” I asked curiously.
                  Heidi shook her head and laughed. “Of course not! I love seeing you so happy, Jade. You deserve this, you know?”
                  “Thanks.” I smiled at her. “Okay, what do you want to know?”
                  “The details, girl! What else did Mr. Handsome say?” She asked eagerly.
                  “Well…” I tried to recall what happened yesterday, and just the thought of Trace brought a rush of butterflies to my stomach. It wasn’t uncommon for me to get goose bumps from merely thinking about him though, and I should’ve been used to them by now. I do think about him night and day. Refocusing my thoughts when I noticed Heidi was beginning to lose interest, I replied, “He told me he was going to call me later.”
                  Heidi grinned slyly at me. “Did he? What’d