The Girl Nextdoor

Chapter 39

Narrators POV

Suddenly Dinah appeared at the main entrance. She raised the mic up to her mouth and cleared her throat before she mischievously smiled and said,"Hey Preps, let us tell you a little something about being popular."

The lights turned off and a few lights shown upon tables that reveled Camila's friends who were standing with their backs facing the crowd until a catchy tune began to fill the room.

Normani turned around and began to sing along,
La la, la la
You were the popular one, the popular chick
It is what it is, now I'm popular-ish

Darren:
Standing on the field with your pretty pompom
Now you're working at the movie selling popular corn
I could have been a mess but I never went wrong

Dinah:
'Cause I'm putting down my story in a popular song
I said I'm putting down my story in a popular song

Everyone:
My problem, I never was a model,
I never was a scholar,
But you were always popular,
You were singing all the songs I don't know
Now you're in the front row
'Cause my song is popular

Darren & Normani:
Popular, I know about popular
It's not about who you are or your fancy car
You're only ever who you were
Popular, I know about popular
And all that you have to do is be true to you
That's all you ever need to know

Ally:
So catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go
So catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go...

In the meanwhile that Ally sang her part Dinah threw a mic at Camila and she caught it. She looked at it confused before she understood what she was supposed to do. She shook her head and tried to dispose of the microphone. She stood up and tried to find a somewhere to place the thing before the next verse came. But to Camila's luck, she was too late. She lifted the mic up to her mouth and hesitated at first. But as the music stopped, everyone turned to look at her. She froze. Dinah gave her a pointed look. And although the Polynesian's silent threats were not enough, Camila found it in her self to sing along anyway. She felt as if she could at least do it on Ally and Normani's behalf because of what had happened on the night of Siope's party. She shrugged her shoulders, and took a deep breath before she continued the song.

*Bass drop*

Camila:
"Always on the lookout for someone to hate,
Picking on me like a dinner plate
You hid during classes, and in between 'em
Dunked me in the toilets, now it's you that cleans them"

Ally:
You tried to make me feel bad with the things you do
It ain't so funny when the joke's on you
Ooh, the joke's on you
Got everyone laughing, got everyone clapping, asking,

Dinah and Darren:
"How come you look so cool?"
'Cause that's the only thing that I've learned at school, boy

Camila:
(uh huh)

Everyone:

"I said that that's the only thing that I've learned at school"

Was the last verse before outcasts emerged from the tables with water balloons in their hands. And when the base dropped again, that's when the ammunition was fired.

Everyone:

My problem, I never was a model,
I never was a scholar,
But you were always popular,
You were singing all the songs I don't know
Now you're in the front row
'Cause my song is popular