The narrator, a high school student, has a crush on Blake, a basketball player. Her best friend, Alisha, pushes her into the boys' bathroom where Blake is, and she asks him to the school's "backwards dance," where girls ask boys. Blake agrees, but things take a turn when he denies asking her out and makes fun of her in front of their classmates. Alisha discovers Blake's deception and, with the narrator's help, gives him a "swirly" in the girls' bathroom toilet as revenge. After the incident, Blake avoids the narrator, and she ends up having a great time at the dance with Alisha instead.
Here are the facts extracted from the text:
1. The narrator has a crush on Blake, a boy on the basketball team.
2. The narrator's best friend, Alisha, knows about her crush on Blake.
3. Alisha pushes the narrator into the boys' bathroom, where Blake is present.
4. The narrator asks Blake to the school dance, and he agrees.
5. A rumor spreads that the narrator asked Blake to the dance in a awkward way.
6. Blake denies the rumor and pretends not to know the narrator.
7. Alisha shows a picture of Blake and the narrator hugging, which reveals the truth.
8. The narrator confronts Blake about his behavior.
9. Blake admits that he has a crush on Alisha, not the narrator.
10. Alisha and the narrator give Blake a swirly in the girls' bathroom.
11. Blake is told to tell everyone that he lied about the narrator and that she is too cool for him.
12. Blake does not show up to school the next day, supposedly due to embarrassment.
13. The narrator and Alisha go to the school dance together.