Chapter Three

One week later….

I was pacing back and forth in front of a small auditorium which was filled with board members and my teachers who would be deciding my fate. The bald man…I mean my principal had arranged this meeting and told me that if I was able to convince the board to allow me to try this he wouldn’t object.

Spencer and I had worked hard on the presentation that I was about to present fine tuning the details to make it go as smoothly as possible. Mr. C even offered to be my audience while I ran through the presentation the night before. He had to occasionally stop me when I would begin to mumble as I read from the note cards in my hands.

I felt like I was going to pass out at any moment from the amount of tension that was pressing on my brain. I tried doing some breathing exercises but kept forgetting to actually breathe.

 “Ash…sweetie are you ok?” Spencer asked as she placed a hand on the small of my back rubbing lightly.

“Yeah…just hyperventilating…that’s all.” I said letting out a deep sigh.

She pulled me in for a quick hug and kissed my cheek softly. “It will be ok…we went over your presentation so there should be no problems.”

“You’re right…we did work hard on that thing.” I said trying to relax my muscles.

“Actually I worked hard on it…you pretty much just delegated the tasks to me…” She said shaking her head and smiling.

“Hey! It is very hard to keep the soda in supply and to rub your shoulders as you sit at the computer typing away.” I said winking at her.

“Yeah sure…but really it should be ok.” She stood in front of me and pushed a stray hair back making sure I looked perfect. “Now…when you get out there…just…umm…picture them naked or something.”

I made a disgusted face at her and she laughed. “Gross…picturing middle-aged people naked…” I made gagging noises and she slapped me on the arm. “Shit…now I’m going to picture them naked now! Thanks Spence…thanks…”

She shrugged innocently but I saw the devilish twinkle in her eye. She was about to say something but Principal Barnes stepped out of the room and waved to me.