i love everything you do | mikey gutierrez

Talent show

leilani pov
this morning we where in homero except lorenzo who was at home sick and I was at my desk and rakeem took his spot and i was just drawing in my notebook

"Hey guys I just checked the school talent show sign up sheet and none of you were on it" mr iglesias announced

"we can explain" marisol started

"none of us want to do it" i said with a shrug

"Ah come on here's your opportunity to show off your greatest skill In front of the whole school you know tickle the ivories  bust a move hit a high note" mr iglesias listed off and mikey started 'hitting a high note' or so he thought

we all gave him a look he's probably used to getting "impersonating a horny cat" i joked finishing mr iglesias's list

"You guys are selling yourself short everyone's good at something sometimes it just takes risking total humiliation in front of an audience to find out what it is"

"i don't need an audience to be humili-tated" mikey told mr iglesias groaning when he messed up his words "humiliated" he corrected

"yeah i already had my talent show against polu what what" rakeem bragged and lifted his fist towards me and i gave him a fist bump not looking up from my notebook

"ill tell you what what; 220 yards three TDs that's what what" grace said boosting rakeem's ego

"Look all year you guys have shown me what you can do when you believe in yourselves"

"Cool if we've already done it  then we don't have to do the talent show" walt said which for the first time i agree

"look mr iglesias its really easy to believe in ourselves in here" marisol told him

"yeah you make us feel like a baby kangaroo in its pouch" mikey added

mr iglesias did a funny australian accent "What if I ended the talent show just to prove to you there's nothing to fear" mr iglesias told us

"faculty cant enter" i stated not looking up again

"Okay what if I convince a principal madison to waive that rule will you do it if i do it" he asked us and a few murmurs went around the class

"i will and i don't even have a talent"' mikey agreed with a smile

"i will and i do" grace agreed also

lI don't know how is mr. Iglesias and bracing himself going to make it any less painful for us" walt said uneasy

"you just gotta trust me Walt"

"I remember the last time I put my faith in you That bacon crunchwrap did not disappoint I'm in" walt said proudly

"what about you leilani you have a great talent" mr iglesias said

"yeah like what" i said halfway zoned out the conversation and i felt eyes on me from everywhere and when i looked up everyone was giving me a look they'd give someone else
"what you looking at me like i'm mikey or walt" i said and they then gave me offended ed looks

"uh dance are you dumb" marisol said

"oh yeah duh" i said with a laugh and the bell rang and when i finally realized what i drew i was shocked

It was Mikey

i quickly shoved it in my bag and walked out with marisol and went to our lockers

"what's up with you" marisol asked me as i opened my locker

"what do you mean" i said playing dumb

"in class you where completely distracted on what whatever you where drawing" she said motioning with her hands