xploring||colby brock

chapter two

stella golbach

"okay ella, prom is literally tomorrow and you don't have a fricking dress to wear," nate said.

i sat up from my bed to look at him. i shoved him lightly and rolled my eyes, sighing.

"nate shut up. i'm thinking of something but i got nothing," i told him, "i wish kat was here to help."

just as i finished saying that there was a knock on my bedroom door. i looked at nate confused. he shrugged his shoulders.

"come in," i said.

the door opened and walked in my brother, his girlfriend, and his best friend. my eyes widen and i was in complete shock. i haven't seen them since christmas.

"i heard that someone needed my help finding a dress for prom," kat said.

i literally could not believe that they were here. i got up off my bed and ran to them and gave them the biggest hugs ever. 

"what are you guys doing here?" i asked them. 

they looked at each other and then at nate. i furrowed my eyebrows and looked over at nate. he looked at me and gave me a small smile. 

"i might have called them and wanted to give you an early graduation gift" he said. 

i smiled and hugged him. i looked up and him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. 

"okay, ells. lets go shopping for your dress right now," kat said. 

i pulled away from nate and nodded. 

"okay, lets do it. let me just grab my purse and we can go," i said. 

i rushed into my closet and grabbed my purse and walked out. 

"lets go girl," i said. 

we walked out and went straight into the car. 

(*)

colby borck 

"yo colby. you ready to go?" i heard sam yell. 

i groaned in response. ugh why is he waking me up this early in the morning. 

"yo. get the fuck up man. stella is gonna be home from school any mintue and we are gonna be late. let's go," sam said, walking into my room.

"wait what? that's today?" i asked, "dude, what time is it?" 

"ugh colby man. it's 12:20 pm. let's go. we are twenty mintues from my house," sam said and walked out. 

i rolled over and checked my phone. shit it is 12:20. ugh. i got up and quickly changed and brushed my teeth. i slipped on my shoes and grabbed my wallet and walked into the family room.

"its about time. jesus christ," kat said. 

sam and kat got up from the couch and we walked out of the hotel room and straight to the car. 

"i'm so excited to see stella. i can't believe we haven't seen her since christmas. what do you think is gonna happen when she sees us? how do you think she's gonna react?" kat said excitedly. 

sam and i look at each other and laughed. its crazy, that we havent seen her in almost five months. ive missed her a lot. her smile, her laugh, the way she would talk, the way she would get excited over the little things, the way she was always down to try anything. well as you can see i'm completely in love with her but sam doesnt know cause that's his little sister and i cant be in love with my best friend's sister, right? i shook that thought out of my head tuned back into the conversation. 

"colby? did you hear anything i said?" sam asked. 

"sorrry, man. say that again," i said. 

"ugh. he was saying that tomorrow is stella's prom. so, you and sam are going to help nate, stella's date find flowers and i'm going to help stella find a dress," kat said and looked back at me. 

i sighed and just nodded, looking out the window. i felt my phone buzz and looked at it. it was a text from kat. she was probably the only one who knew how i felt about stella. i opened my phone and looked at the text.

sam's wife: are you okay? i know you don't like the guy ella is going to prom with. 

sam's bff: what do you think, K. i wanted be the one to take her to prom, give her the flowers, compliment her on how fucking beautiful she looked in her dress, take the cute prom pictures. it was supposed to be me but it fucking can't. 

sam's wife: hey, relax. but you got to tell her and sam how you feel eventually. you can't hide that from them colbs. 

sam's bff: i know, its just not the right time. 

kat looked over at me and nodded. and mouthed "do it soon". i nodded and once again looked out my window. 

we soon enough pulled up to the house and got out of the car. i sighed and walked next to sam. we walked in and greeted sam's parents and walked over to stella's room door. 

"i  wish kat was here to help," i heard stella say. 

i smiled softly and that's when we walked into her room. i looked up at her and she looked as beautiful as ever. her light blue eyes looking at us, while her hand was cupped perfectly around her mouth as she gasped. all i could do was smile and stare at her. thats when i felt her pull us into a hug. i smiled softly and we slowly pulled away from the hug. soon enough, kat and stella walked out of her room to go shopping. i sat down on the edge of her bed. 

"alright, nate. what color flowers are you thinking of getting?" sam asked. 

"i was thinking white cause i don't know what color dress she's wearing, " nate said, "and knowing her, she'll probably be proud that i actually listened to her." 

i literally sat there and never felt more annoyed in my life. i should be the one picking the flowers but i can't cause i promised sam that i would never date stella. that's rule number one. 

"how come you are getting white flowers? isn't stella's favorite color for flowers pink?" i asked.

both nate and sam looked at each other and looked at me confused.

"yeah pink is her favorite but when she had talked about flowers for prom, she said she wanted white ones cause she knew that white would match any color dress she would wear," nate said. 

i just nodded and crossed my arms. i honestly did not know what to do cause nate could be stealing stella away from me for all i know.