Aloni smiled. "So do you wanna go to that opening thing that my uncle is holding?" Aloni asked. She didn't know what it was about, nor did she know if it was fun or boring.
"Sure. I think it's held at the football field. It better be good this year to be held outside."
"Oh, I guess other times weren't good?" Aloni asked.
"Well, last year was ok... but the only times when it's really good is when it's held outside. Then you should be getting your expectations up."
"Oh ok." Aloni said excitedly. "Where’s the football field? "
"Just down there a little bit," Kyle pointed.
"Let's go!" She said.
Kyle smiled, "Alright."
Aloni took his hand and they started out the door.
They reached the football stadium. Drums and cheers were heard. It sounded like a rock concert sort of, but... how to explain it? The found a seat. There was a group performing, three men dress in black with what looked like blue skin. The men had no facial expression at all, not even their mouths moved. Just their eyes and bodies. They had a band set up behind them and tons and tons of PVC pipes and drums.
"Wow, this really is something." Kyle was impressed.
Mr. Newman walked up to the front to start the event.
"Hello New York Newman Academy!" he said into the microphone. There was a little cheer. "Welcome and/or welcome back! I am so excited to see all of your fun faces here again. I hope you all had a good summer-" a big applause "- okay, okay, settle down. Just a short little announcement here, homecoming dance is this weekend, that's Three days people! Three days, so hurry and find a date while you can! Alright, now a gift from me to you, a little presentation we have here. Please give a hand to... THE BLUE MEN GROUP!"
A huge applause burst through the crowd.
"Wow, I know these guys!" Aloni yelled over the crowd.
"Yeah! Me too!" Kyle shouted back. The rock concert began.
She smiled. Everyone stood up. So she did too and everyone started dancing.
The three men started banging on PVC pipes and pouring paint on drums and other fun extreme things. Everyone was having a blast.
Aloni jumped up and down and had so much fun.
"DRAKY! TAKE ME TO THE BLUE MAN CONCERT OUTSIDE!" Drako yelled.
"Concert?" Drake still didn’t unlock his door, but sat up in his bed.
"DRAKY! CONCERT! OUTSIDE FOR NEW SCHOOL THING! PARTY! LOTS OF GIRLS! DRAKY! DRAKY!"
"Girls?" Drake thought. An evil grin came across his face. He sneaked out the window, leaving a screaming Drako behind.
"DRAKY!" Was all Drako could say until green passed him...
Drake ran over to where the big commotion was going on. He saw the Blue Men were performing. "ALRIGHT!" Drake ran in, but couldn't find a seat. He stood in the corner of the front row, rocking out. Then one of the guys came out into the audience for a volunteer. He came over to Drake and dragged him up on stage. SWEET! They gave him some drumsticks and wanted him to repeat the rhythm they were doing. Drake did it, and found it quite easy to do. They played and rocked out on stage. It was so cool, Drake was performing with the Blue Men!
Aloni smiled then looked up...Whoa. Drake was up there? Whoa. "Look!" Aloni told Kyle.
"Hey!" Kyle said after he recognized Drake on stage.
"Yeah!"
Everyone watched Drake get better and better as he started to warm up to the whole drumming on PVC pipes idea. "He's pretty good." Kyle shouted.
"Sure." Aloni said. She watched and saw the faces on the blue men brighten.
The song finished. Everyone applauded. They were about to escort Drake off the stage so they could start another song. But Drake stopped wonder what will happen when I do this... Drake ran over to the lead guitar player in the band. Drake asked for his guitar. He handed it over. Drake started playing something, trying to see what the blue men will do with a song they never practiced. They looked at each other with their blank expressions. Then they started a beat just like that. Then the drummers and the drum sets behind Drake started playing too. Haha! It worked! Drake rocked out on the guitar with the blue men making up their own thing as they went. It sounded pretty good actually.
"Whoa! Hey since when did he have a chance to practice songs with the blue men!?" Kyle was really impressed now.
"I. Don't. Know." Aloni said taken aback with his great playing.
Drake smiled. Oh yeah. He's got the school loving him now. He played some random chords and made it into a song, making it up as he went... It's been about three minutes now... better end the song. He played very dramatically and using certain chords to announce that the song is about to end, so he wouldn't make the blue men mess up.
Aloni's mouth was hanging. She just stood there watching him play.
The song ended. Everyone cheered for more. Drake looked at the Blue Men, they gestured for him to start playing again. Sweet.
Aloni just stood there. Wow..."Blue Men LET him do it?" Aloni asked dazed.
"Do what? Isn't what they rehearsed?" Kyle was uneasy with Aloni being hypnotized to this guitar guy.
"Huh? No I don't think so." Aloni said. She snapped out of it and looked up at Kyle.
"Oh. I thought this was all planned out."
"I don't know. But I’m having a great time!" Aloni said.
"Yeah, me too!" She's having a great time because of the fun concert, or because of the guy in the concert?
Aloni smiled. "They are really good." She said as she watched them. She looked up to the troubled Kyle. "What's wrong, aren't you happy?"
"Hmm? Oh yeah, I'm happy. I'm having a blast!"
"You sure?" Aloni asked.
"Well, yeah of course"
"Ok…" Aloni said turning, with the tone that says, I-don't-believe-you.
She's not gonna let it go... hmmm... better come up with a plan for when she asks again...
"Are you sure?!" She said turning back around again. "I mean, we can leave and go somewhere else, I mean, I’ve heard almost every song..."
"No, No, I want to stay, it's just..." time to improvise, "Will you go to the homecoming dance with me?"
Aloni just stood there. "YES!" She said. Wow, first dance at a new school, on her first day and everything! This is AWESOME!
"Okay, that was all that was bothering me." Kyle winked.
Aloni smiled and just stared at him. "Alright." She kept looking at him. Wow...she really loved him.
Drake kept rocking out. He was playing some easy chords, so no need to pay extra attention to his playing. He looked around into the audience. Then he saw that Newman girl again. Looked like she was about to smooch with her boyfriend. Drake stopped dead. Everyone stared at him, even she did. The Blue Men stared at him. Drake stared back. One of them hit his sticks three times to start again. Drake hesitated. He hit three times once more, this time Drake started up again.
Aloni just watched Drake...Whoa...What happened there. "Did you..." She started.
"What?" Kyle yelled. It’s hard to hear over the loud crowd.
"Who was he looking at?!" She yelled.
Kyle shrugged "I don't know!"
Aloni looked down at the grass they were standing on. Who cares? She was going to the dance with KYLE!
A while later Mr. Newman got up on the stage. "Alright, now we're wrapping it up." Mr. Newman said when the music died. "Thank you Mister...er…" He looked at Drake.
"Drake Mellingson!" Drake held up his hand and did the rock on sign. Everyone cheered.
"Uh...yes." Mr. Newman cleared his throat. "Okay, so you may leave. Alright, alright. Settle down...Now students. CEASE!"
Everyone stopped.
"Thank you, now return to your dorms, it is late, and it's time to leave."
Drake stood on stage while he watched all the students file off of the football field and across the campus to their dorms.
"Hey," one of the blue men actually spoke! "Good job man, you're really good." he held out his hand.
"Thanks." Drake shook his hand.
"You do this stuff a lot?" The second guy asked.
"Um, not really. No."
"Wow, that's impressive." the third guy spoke.
"Thanks." Drake smiled.
"Well, we'll see you later then." They waved and started packing things up.
"Later?" Drake asked
"Yeah, We could probably use you sometime in the future." the first guy winked.
Aloni laughed at her uncle and walked away with Kyle. "I had fun, you? And I can't wait to go to the dance now!"
"Yeah, I can't wait either. Well, I guess this is goodnight." they stood there awkwardly for a moment. Then Kyle gave her a hug.
Aloni just thought about it...Hugs...psh..."I know this is kind of fast..." She reached up and pulled his face in. She kissed him good night.
Kyle was shocked that she kissed him this soon. It's only their first day together! They parted from their kiss. "Wow..." Kyle breathed.
Aloni was speechless. She froze, hands still in position from grabbing his face. "Sorry." She whispered. Then put her hands down and turned.
"No, you're fine." Kyle grabbed her arm before she walked off.
Aloni looked up. "Good." She said.
"I'll see you at breakfast tomorrow."
"Alright, Love you bye." They parted to their dorms.
Aloni walked into her dorm, tired as can be. She plopped on her bed, kicked off her shoes, and removed her jeans, but forgot her shirt when she started to fall asleep.
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