Description Assignment

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 “Uhhh, Suze?”

  A moment passed without answer.

  “Suze?” Brent tried again, hiking his whisper up a notch, fighting to be heard over the sound of a cover band belching Take My Breath Away on the stage at the front of the gym.

  Suzy could feel Brent’s hands, slightly too warm, clasped around her waist as they swayed to the melody of the song. “Yeah?” she replied.

  “Uhm, I was thinking…

  “What?” Suzy craned her neck towards Brent, trying to catch the end of his sentence as the boy’s voice seemed to peter out again.

  “Oh, uh… Do you want to–”

  “I totally can’t hear you over the music, Brent! Do you want to, like, get out of here?”

  In that instant, Brent’s ears flushed a nearly comedic shade of red. Without a word he nodded his head five times quickly in succession.

  “Radical! Let’s book it then!”

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  “Uhhh, Suze?”

  A moment passed without answer.

  “Suze?” Brent tried again, hiking his voice up a notch, fighting to be heard over the sound of the booming sound system. LMFAO’s Sexy And I Know It was pumping from each of the nine stereos positioned all around the gym. Suzy’s head swayed from side to side and her fists were raised into the air, she gave no gesture of having heard Brent.

  “Suze? Suzy?” the blood in Brent’s face started to colour his ears a bright red. Though she was right next to him, the pounding music and throng of bouncing bodies around them seemed to drown out any noise Brent made. He considered yelling her name but the possibility of attracting the attention of classmates nearby made him blush all the more. He didn’t want to seem salty or anything.

  Brent slipped his camera phone back into his suit pocket and mumbled under his breath “Maybe we can get a selfie later…”