The Ocotillo ball
Hi Blog,
this time i'm writing in a different mood about Stargirl than before. I'm regretting, I'm regretting that I went through with the shunning, I regret that I never talked to her.
The ball took place on a Saturday night in late May on the tennis courts of the Mica country club. I arrived there with my date at sunset and it was a very beautiful night. Many of the boys had chosen a powder blue dinner jacket, after Wayne Parr said that he had chosen one, in the difference, I had chosen a shiny black dinner jacket. Then Stargirl arrived, in a bicycle sidecar. Not very big, but big enough for her to sit in. The whole bicycle and sidecar where covered in flowers. The driver of the bicycle was Dori Dilson, her only remaining friend. When they came to the drop off, where all the parents where taking pictures before, the flashes making the night to a second day. Suddenly the flashing stopped when they saw her, It was the most amazing picture I had ever seen in my live, she wore an amazing dress, so bright yellow, that it seemed as if it was pressed from buttercups, but her hair was even better, for me it looked like the color of honey.She was a sunflower in a crowd of weeds. She walked by, before the gardener realized, that she had no escort (extended methaphor, symbolism). The dancing took place on the center tennis court and Stargirl did what everybody else did, dance, alone, in no ones arms. The night went on and suddenly, me and the other people realized, that we were more alone than she ever was. Then a boy, Raymond Studemacher, walked to her and danced with her. That was like flipping over the first domino stone in a row, because after that, many couples split, and in that moment, Stargirl told the band to play an old rhythm, the bunny hop, and nearly everybody joined in the line, except for Hillari Kimble, her boyfriendand some other people. We hopped through the tennis courts, and over the golf course, we even went on when we didn't hear the music anymore. when we went back, beside the fence, the people that didn't join, formed a line too, and at the end, when the two lines collided, there were lots of hugs and kisses. Hillari Kimble walked up to Stargirl and said:"You ruin everything", and slapped her right in the face, everybody expected her to slap back, but instead, she gave her a kiss on the cheek, by the time Hillari opened her eyes, she was gone. Will she ever come back?(unanswered question).