Greenelan~The Journey

~Alyssa~

I'm on an emotional high right now. Like the good kind. My weekend with Emma was...wow.
I walk through the door to find my Mom sitting on the couch scrolling on her phone.

"Hey sweetie how was Kaylee's house?" my Mom asks not looking up from her phone.

Oh crud, I completely forgot I told her that's where I was going.

"It was fun. I enjoyed myself." I say with a smile.

"That's good sweetie." my Mom says. "How is school going so far?"

"Straight A's as usual. Nothing new." I say dryly.

"Your father would be very proud of you." my Mom says still not looking up from her phone.

Just the mention of my father makes my skin crawl. Just say something.

"Mom...why do you keep talking about him? He left 4 years ago." I say quietly.

My mom finally looks up from her phone and stares at me in shock.

"Alyssa you are out of line." my Mom says while her voice slightly cracks.

Crap. Alyssa you messed up. Apologize. Apologize now.

"I'm sorry. I just....I'm sorry." I say quietly. "Mom...did Dad leave because of me?"

"I don't know sweetheart. I don't know." my Mom says looking back down at her phone.

"Oh.." I say as I start to blink back tears.

I slowly go upstairs and quietly shut my bedroom door behind me. I let out a deep shaky breath as tears start to fall.

You were right. She puts all of this pressure on you because she blames you for Dad leaving. What did I do? I must've done something wrong...but what?

I hear my Mom call me from downstairs. I quickly wipe my tears and go downstairs.

"Yes?" I say as I come downstairs.

"I'm looking at some of these dresses for prom and I want you to look with me." my Mom says with a small smile.

"Mom, prom is 6 months away." I say.

"Yes, but if we start looking now then we'll have more time to make needed alterations." my Mom says.

I sit down next to my Mom while she scrolls through a plethora of different dresses. I'm not even sure I want to go. It's not that big of a deal anyway.

"Alyssa." my Mom says sternly.

"Hm?" I say in a confused tone. I am not paying attention at all.

"What about this dress? It would compliment your skin so nicely." my Mom says handing me her phone.

My eyes fixate on the light pink dress on the screen. It's short but appropriate and the straps look like they would slightly go around my neck. It's cute.

"I like this one." I say while I hand her phone back.

"Alright, I'll place the order...right after I make this call." my Mom says as she gets up to answer her phone.

I honestly forgot about prom if I'm being completely honest. I just don't think I'll enjoy it.

Kaylee and Shelby will have Nick and Kevin , so I can't exactly go with friends. Emma and I can't-

A switch goes of in my head. I can feel an idea brewing in my mind, but I can't really piece it together at the moment.

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>>>>November

That idea that I got last month...I think I finally pieced it together. I just have to pitch it to Emma. It's Saturday, so maybe I can go to her house.

"Mom?" I ask while my Mom is on a business call.

"What?" my Mom says in a stern tone.

"Can I go over to a friend's house to study?" I ask nervously.

"Yes. Now please be quiet I'm working." my Mom says quickly.

I grab my car keys and get into my car.

Me: im coming over

Emma: yayyy when

Me: now😘

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I arrive at Emma's house and I am greeted by her Nana. I've come over so much that this a normal occurrence.

"Emma's upstairs sweetheart." her Nana says.

I go upstairs and open Emma's door.

"Hey Emma I-

I quickly shut her door. I know she's my girlfriend, but I've never seen her without a shirt. Emma opens her door and looks at me with a confused look on her face. I cover my eyes and I try to cover up the fact that I'm blushing.

"You can come in?" Emma says in a confused tone.

"I'm so sorry I should've knocked first. I'm just used to walking in, but you usually have on a shirt." I say quickly.

"Alyssa, it's just a sports bra." Emma laughs as she puts on a hoodie. "You can breathe now."

I walk in her room looking down at the floor and sit down on her bed.

"Okay, I have this crazy idea. It could work, but I'm not sure." I say a little too fast.

"Babe, please slow down." Emma says with confused look on her face.

"My Mom likes to plan ahead, so she bought my prom dress last month so we could make alterations. I thought it was a waste of time because I wasn't even sure if I wanted to go to prom, but knowing my Mom she's gonna make me go. I'm pretty sure she's one of the chaperones anyway-

"Alyssa, what are you trying to get at?" Emma laughs. "You want us to go to prom together or something?"

"Yes." I say nervously.

"Wait...really?" Emma asks.

"It's stupid." I say while burying my face into one of her pillows.

"No it isn't." Emma says while grabbing the pillow. "You want to go to prom with me?"

"I'm tired of being scared." I say quietly as I grab Emma's hands. "We can get dressed up and walk in there like any other couple there."

"We can just let the whole world melt away when we dance together. It'll be just us. We don't have to pay attention to what other people say. At the end of the day, we aren't doing anything wrong." Emma says with a smile.

"So that's a yes? You'll go to prom with me?" I ask Emma.

"Only if you go to prom with me." Emma laughs.

"Of course I will." I laugh

"Then that settles it." Emma says as she puts her head on my chest. "You want to watch something?"

"The Great British Bake Off. I've been meaning to get into it, but I think you'll like it and maybe it can become our thing." I say as I look down at Emma.

"Alright, Great British Bake Off it is." Emma says.

a/n: i just want to say thank you for 440 reads❤️ i am also open to any suggestions so please leave them if you have any:)