Author: Jeff Kinney
Page #: 217
Greg is a boy in middle school, and as the valentines day dance is coming closer he struggles to find a date to the dance. At lunch time the dance committee sells candy grams, which are invitations to the dance. Greg doesn’t get any. This makes him call his best friend Rowley Jefferson for help. Rowley helps
Greg but trying to make him look attractive, but it fails. One day Rowley tells Greg that their is a girl named Abigail Brown and her boyfriend can’t come to dance, so she asked Rowley if she can go to the dance with Greg and Rowley as a group of friends. This makes Greg happy, as they found a girl to go to the dance with. On the day of the dance Greg, Rowley, and
Abigail go to a restaurant before the dance. Greg see’s that
Abigail looks interested in Rowley and see’s that they talk a lot and Greg gets left out. That is when Greg finds out that he is the third wheel. Greg doesn’t have much fun at the dance.
This is because the senior citizens who booked the school gym come, and say that they book the gym for their meeting the exact time as the dance, so they take up half of the gym. Later when Abigail see’s her boyfriend come with another girl she breaks out crying. Greg feels bad so goes up to her and asks if she wants to dance with him. She says yes. As Greg and Abigail dance, he notices a red bump on her skin, which is a pimple but he thinks it’s chicken pox . Greg freaks out and runs out.
At the end Greg has chicken pox and is home for a