Jenna+M

 **The Cell Phone**  “Felli,Felli,Fell!” Omg you’ll never believe who is having a party!” Jesse screamed loudly over her cellular device. “Uhh…who?” Alexa Felix said calmly with curiosity in her voice. “Joe Dunks! Haha remember when you and him,” “Jesse, shut up! I told you never to bring that up again!” There was silence. “Oh yeah…but okay gotta go, peace.” Jesse hung up. Alexa sprung up from her bright pink, satin covered, king size bed. She yelled with joy and excitement, “Ahh, this weekend is going to be ca-razy!” Alexa rushed full speed down the stairs, nearly stumbling, and came to see nicely, just cooked, homemade waffles that were on the kitchen table waiting just for her. Waffle’s were her all time favorite breakfast. Just as Alexa was about to finish the last bite of her great tasting waffles, the table started vibrating, soon followed by a ring. “Hey hey you you, I don’t like your girlfriend!” Alexa’s iPhone started going off. It was Jesse, speaking as fast as a rapper you can’t even understand, “Hey again! Ok so Joe’s party is going to be tonight! He was going to have it on Friday, but parents are staying home now and I don’t know! All I know is that Joe Dunk’s party is TONIGHT and we have to go. It’s no longer an option, we ARE going.” “Yeah, but..” “Nope, no if’s and, or but’s about it! We’re going. The end. Be ready at 6:00 on the dot. K thanks, love ya bye!” Pure silence sat on the phone before Alexa could even say another word. Alexa did not know what to do. It was a school night and her and Jesse are only 14, even though they could pull off as 18 year-olds. She thought for a few minutes. The decision was made. She jumped in the shower. “Disturbia! Bum Bum be dum..” Her voice trailed off as she sang in the shower. Singing was one of the thing’s Alexa did best. She was known for her beautiful voice and no matter what happened, she never stopped singing. When 6:00 came around, there was a loud knock on the shining wood door of Alexa’s four-story, white-bricked house. It was Jesse and Cassandra. Cassandra was a very pretty, bright blue eyes, long, curly, brown hair and was two years older then Jesse and Alexa. Out of their clique, Jesse was the one who was assumed to be a model when she grew up. She had just the perfect shape, nice smile with her platinum blonde hair, that made the boys go crazy. Alexa swung the front door open to Jesse’s smiling face saying, “Let’s go biatch!” Jesse pulled Alexa by her arm. Alexa was a little confused, though, she knew Cassandra only had her permit, so why was Cassandra’s brother’s blue Eclipse outside her house without her brother in it? She knew it would be wrong to go in the car with them, but it had to be the only legit way to get to Joe’s house because if not, they would have never done it. Joe’s house was only 20 minutes away, but to Alexa it felt like 5 hours, probably because she was a nervous wreck. She knew Cassandra had her permit, but she still didn’t trust it and her mother told her never to get in cars with someone, especially if they did not have their license and Alexa hated going against her mom’s word. Her mom, Nicole Felix, was basically her best friend who she told everything to and she could not even dare to tell her mom what she was about do tonight because she isn’t aloud to hang out with Joe Dunk because of her 3 older brother’s, who know a lot about Joe, maybe more than she even knows, and they told their mom not to let Alexa ever be around him. She never understood why her brother had problems with Joe, but it didn’t really bother her. When they arrived at Joe’s house, there was about 15 cars parked in front of his house, they parked pretty far down, which meant they had to walk about 5/10 minutes. Walking in caused a little confusion for Alexa because she had to give some kid waiting at the door, $10. She was never really at a real party before, but she never knew you had to pay to get in. “What am I paying for?” Alexa silently asked herself. All three girls began to walk down the basement and entered a room of smoke, hardly able to see anyone who was there, until suddenly Joe popped out of nowhere. “Hey ladies! Nice you made it, didn’t think you guys would really come, all looking fine as usual, but what do ya say? Want a drink, I have watermelon, strawberry, and apple flavors, if you don’t like the strong stuff.” Alexa turned to Cassandra and Jesse who were moving their head up and down visciously. Although, she did have second thoughts about drinking, she thought, what’s the worst that could happen? And told Joe she would love to have some. After all three girls started drinking and feeling a tad bit tipsy, a group of senior girls headed their way. “Oh hey, you all are freshman right?” All five girls stood around Alexa, Cassandra, and Jesse. The girl who was asking them questions was named, Sabrina Jones. Everyone knew her. She was the most popular senior girl, better yet, most popular girl in the school. “Well, I’m a –“ Cassandra tried to tell Sabrina she wasn’t a freshman, but she spoke right over her, as Alexa and Jesse nodded their heads. “Ok, well here’s the thing girlies, you all seem like chill, fun chicks and we want to get to know you and maybe invite you to be part of our clique. I mean you wouldn’t actually be in our “clique,” but you’d be in an addition to it. You would be called BSG’s, which means “Baby Sorority Girls.” It’s not necessarily a “sorority” so don’t get nervous! But what do ya’ll say?” All three girls stared at each other, nervously, not knowing what to say or do. Alexa thought, maybe this is our cue to run, but maybe this could change our life forever, in a good way, though. “No, sorry, I don’t want to!” Alexa unexpectedly spoke, nearly shouting. “Alexa, maybe this would be fun, I mean, look at them! Wouldn’t you want to be like them? They are so rad!” Jesse whispered into Alexa’s ear and Cassandra looked at her with a pressuring smile. “I don’t know guys, I mean I would obviously only do it if you two did, but this is kind of shady. What if we don’t like it? What if we can’t turn back? What if – “ “Chill, girl! Just take it as it is, if you don’t wanna do it after tonight, then all we have to do is tell them. It wouldn’t be a problem, they’re nice,” the way Jesse said nice just gave Alexa shivers up and down her spine, but she thought it over and roughly, decided to be a BSG. Sabrina tapped her foot loudly on the cement floor waiting without patience and suddenly Jesse finally shouted, “We’re in!” All five girls stood and looked at each other with a smile, than Sabrina began talking. “Okie dokie, there’s only one thing you need to do, to actually get in to BSG. We’ve assigned you all one boy who is at this party.” Alexa, Jesse, and Cassandra gave each other a smirk and knew that wouldn’t be that bad because they all had a boy in mind who they thought were cute at the party. They all prayed silently in their head that they would actually get that one guy, though. “Jesse, you are assigned with Ryan Butchiver.” There was silence. Then a big relief. Jesse had gotten the guy she wanted! Now only two more girls left and two more guys. Nervously waiting, Cassandra’s name was called. “Cassandra you are assigned with Bob Toto.” Cassandra’s mind was swirling, it was the guy she’s been trying to talk to since the 8th grade. She was finally getting with her dream boy. She was in unbelievable shock and knew that tonight would be her dream come true “And Alexa you will be assigned with Joe Dunks.” “No way! Is this a joke? Are you serious? This is –“ Alexa blurted out without even realizing what she was saying, which made Jesse give her a big tap and Alexa shut right up. Soon enough, all girls partnered up with their men and wondered what they even had to do. Cassandra slowly disappeared with Bob and then five minutes later, both her and Jesse were nowhere to be found. After thirty minutes of bribing, Joe Dunks got Alexa to try weed for the first time. At this point, he had already gotten her to take 10 shots and she was really wasted and would do whatever Joe wanted. While Alexa watched Joe roll up, she saw him sprinkle some stuff over the top and when she asked what it was, he said, “Oh it’s just some flavor so it tastes good, it’s gonna taste just like candy, you’re gonna love it!” Alexa smiled, but didn’t even remember what he had just said. “Here take a hit, look, I’ll show you how.” Joe did it first and showed Alexa everything she had to do. He noticed she kept dazing out, but thought, “whatever she’s drunk, it’s gonna happen.” After they finished smoking, Joe took Alexa into a little room all the way off to the corner of the basement. Joe had to hold her up because she couldn’t even stand up straight. While walking to the room, she noticed all five girls watching her with a big, cheesy smile, so she smiled back and waved, while Joe gave a wink. Right when they were about to enter the room, Sabrina yelled, “Just use your cell phone, there’s no difference. Five minutes should be long enough!” Alexa looked back and wondered what she meant, but she soon forgot about it and started to feel really weird, not the feeling she felt fifteen minutes ago when she was drinking, this was a whole different feeling. A feeling she did not like at all. It was as if she couldn’t move and she was forgetting how she got into that tiny room with one bed in it and Joe Dunks right next to her. The next second she opened her eyes, Joe was right on top of her. She didn’t push him off, because this was what she always wanted and dreamed of, right? Even if she did feel really weird, Alexa knew she could trust Joe, no matter what the situation was. When Alexa finally got the strength to speak she forced the words out, “Wait, I really don’t want to…” “It’ll be fine, trust me. I like you, you like me, that’s all that matters, babe!” Five minutes passed and Joe jumped up and ran to his phone and shut it, then told Alexa he’d be right back. She was sitting on the bed, not even realizing what had just happened. It was hard for her to even move. In the faint noise, Alexa could hear Jesse’s voice, but couldn’t hear what she was saying. Until, the door in the little room she was in, swung open. “Alexa! Get up now, get out of this room!” “But..” “Get up now. Your brother, Tyler, is on his way and he knows you’re here! He’s gonna be here any minute!” “What are you talking about, how did he find out? What is going on? Why am I in this room? Why did you leave me! What just happened? Oh my god, please Jesse, do you know what happened, and does Tyler?” “Get over here now,” Tyler’s voice was screaming from the distance. “Oh my god. He’s gonna know I drank and did the other thing, what do I say to him, I’m so scared, I can’t go with him, Jesse! Hello? Help me!” “Lex, I don’t know what you did, but everyone is talking about-“ Tyler sprang in the room nearly pulling Alexa’s arm out of her socket. “Wait, until you get home, look at you. What did you do to yourself? You are so screwed!” Alexa had no idea what to say, because she did not really remember what happened. All she did remember was Joe leaving the room and taking his phone that was sitting on the dresser. It was an awkward silence walking to Tyler’s car, until he decided to speak again. “What were you doing in that room, Alexa, huh? Actually, you don’t need to answer because I already saw, and so did everybody else. ”

=A Little Too Late=

These days drag by seeming like years "It was just an experiment" my cousin and I would blabber.

Sadly, we couldn't get out of it "you guys are stupid" we'd have to hear all day But no one knows what runs through OUR minds.

It's like one brain in two heads Ask us a question and without even realizing, we'd answer the same, exact way.

From laughing alike to talking alike and even looking alike!

Making our decisions together and mistakes, no better. Didn't know what to do,

It was like we were stuck in the middle of a tornado, couldn't find the right way out, until we figured out what to do But then it was just...
 * A little too late.**

Hey Jenna, I really like the topic of your poem, although it is a little cliche. You wrote it really well. I only have a couple suggestions, in your last stanza, the second to last line, instead of "but the it was just" I think it should be "by then, it was just". In the first stanza, the last two lines should be switched. and "my cousin and i blabbered". In the second stanza, i think a line break would be good in the second to last line, which would make it :but no one knows what runs/ through OUR minds" just move "through" sown a line. third stanza, third line "and without even realizing it" instead of what is originally typed. Too make it a little more meaningful, in the fourth stanza, instead of "looking alike" i think "dressing alike" would be better because people can look alike and not follow each others views. I love your fifth stanza, it's perfect. Good job! Heather