UnEnchanted (An Unfortunate Fairy Tale #1)(54)

Her head started to pound from the loud music and she desperately wished the limo would fly to the school, so they could already be there. The limo ride, though beautiful, was torture for Mina. She sighed in relief when the driver turned into the school parking lot and pulled up to drop them off at the entrance. Numerous students were milling around waiting for their friends to show up and started whistling at the size of the stretch SUV limo. One of those students was Savannah White and her friends.

When Mina and Nan stepped out of the Limo, Savannah’s smile faltered a bit, as she waited to see who their dates were. When they were followed by the two hottest boys in school, Savannah’s smile turned downright ugly. The punch glass she was holding started to visibly shake in her hand, from anger.

“I thought she wasn’t coming,” Savannah choked out to Pri who was standing beside her. Savannah was dressed in light blue and her blonde hair was piled high in a bun with a tiara. She was obviously Cinderella, and Pricilla with her green dress and stuffed frog she carried was obviously the princess from the Princess and the frog.

“Who is she supposed to be?” Pri frowned. “I thought she said she couldn’t dance?” Both of the girls who were gorgeous in their own right, they could very well have stolen the show as the most beautiful at the dance. But with the arrival of Mina and Nan, they looked like dandelions among rare orchids.

Brody was right. The security guards did do a pat down of him and checked his fake knives and arrows. When they decided it was all legit they passed them through into the building. Mina’s feet began to feel like lead weights and she couldn’t get them to move her closer to the gym. It was like she knew that was where it was all supposed to happen; it was all going to conclude there. She wasn’t sure how she knew, but she knew.

Nan and Mina entered the gym and gasped in surprise at the visual wonderland the student council had created with lights and full-sized set pieces. Rapunzel’s tower was set up along with a giant gingerbread house and wishing well. Even the bench where Mina and Brody had shared their first kiss was all set up. Giant gates and archway sectioned off the areas for pictures, food, and dancing.

Fog machines were hidden among the gym creating misty paths, and the colored lights created ambiance. It really created the feel of stepping into a story book. The D.J. was spinning records and had gotten into the enchanted theme and had donned ogre ears and large patchwork clothes.

Dancing on the floor was a visual montage of fairytale, storybook and mythical animals. A Minotaur was trying to pour punch for a Unicorn. A fawn was dancing with a goose girl maiden and there were various wolves, sheep and dragons. But those that weren’t animals had gone as a prince, princess or knight. Frank and Steve could be seen pretending to joust using stick horses and the school’s flags.

D.J. Ogre, his requested moniker for the night, pulled out some slower music. The dance floor that was hopping began to empty as couples filed on.

“Do you want to dance?” Brody asked.

“I’m not sure you should risk it.” Mina flushed bright red.

“I’ll be fine, if you let me lead.” Brody took Mina’s hands and led her onto the floor. He was right, as long as Mina let Brody led, she didn’t have any problems finding the rhythm or staying away from his feet.

“See your doing great.” Brody encouraged Mina and held her closer. “You know, I should have thought different about bringing you here.”

Mina was startled by his words. Was he now realizing that he was ashamed of her? Did she step on his toes? She thought that she was doing just fine, until he said those words. “What do you mean?”

“I thought that I could handle bringing you to the dance, but I’m finding that it’s not true.” His hands tightened around her waist and he leaned in to whisper in her ear. “Every Steve, Frank and Larry can’t take their eyes off of you.” Brody nodded with his chin toward a crowd of boys, and Mina snuck a quick peek over her shoulder before turning bright pink with embarrassment. He was right, everyone was staring at them.

“Maybe it’s you. You do usually have a lot of people staring at you. Maybe you are only realizing it right now,” She tried to console him.

“No, I know how to tune that out, besides it’s usually girls staring at me. I doubt that many boys at our school would find me attractive enough to warrant the kind of male attention that is being directed our way.” Brody glared at the boys and a few actually turned away in embarrassment, some began texting on their phones, while a few refused to budge their gaze.

“I’m sorry; I must have done something to embarrass you,” Mina apologized instinctively.

“Don’t apologize; this is not your fault. Well wait, it is your fault, but not because of what you’re implying. They are staring at you because you are gorgeous.”

Mina’s cheeks turned pink. When the song began to die down, Brody finally had enough. “Will you be safe next to Nan? I really want to go talk to those guys.” Brody walked Mina over to Nan who was talking animatedly to a short boy with glasses.

Once Brody walked away, Nan leaned over and whispered to her. “Can you believe the attention you are getting? I’ve never seen anything like it.” She nudged Mina and pointed to another group of guys wearing various animal masks.

“Nan, I don’t think they attend our school,” Mina whispered. She was right, there was a completely different group of students that couldn’t or wouldn’t take their eyes off of her. To test a theory, Mina looped her arm through Nan’s and walked over to a food table. They followed at a distance, trying to not draw attention.