You and me | Pacey Witter

forty-six

"JACK!" AURORA called out as she walked into the cafeteria, heading straight over toward his table, where he sat with Andie. "It's been forever since the last time I saw you," she exclaimed as she wrapped her arms around his neck from behind, before she unwrapped them and sat down beside him. "Andie, are you okay?"

Andie stared directly at the booth for prom tickets as she played with her orange peel. "I hate the stupid prom," she spat. "Stupid prom can kiss my ass," she exclaimed, throwing the orange peel down on her tray.

"What's wrong with you?" Jack questioned.

"I thought that Lucas was going to ask me to the prom," Andie stated. "But no, instead I must humiliate myself and go alone."

Aurora's mouth fell a gape as she looked over at the Mcphee girl after she mentioned her brother. Jack's eyes widened slightly as he glanced over at Aurora, before he turned to the blonde. "It's better than you going with an ex-boyfriend that you're not over yet."

Andie scoffed, "I am so over him." Jack gave her a look and she sighed. "I am!" she exclaimed. "That's why I want to go with him is because it'll be safe."

"Okay, Andie, look," Aurora sighed. "This is no hate toward you, but it isn't the best idea to go to prom with your ex-boyfriend, no matter how 'over him' you are. I think the only reason you want to go is to rekindle your relationship, but, Lucas, He's- he's moved on, okay? I'm sorry to tell you that, but my brother went through a lot of heartbreak before he moved on, I don't want his progress to get ruined."

"I already apologized for what I did before!" Andie exclaimed. "I told him I was sorry, and what I did was terrible. I regretted it so much, and I've tried to forget about what I've done, but I can't do that, if I keep being reminded by you that I screwed up! I never wanted to hurt, Lucas, but you can't seem to understand that."

"No, I can't understand it, because if you didn't want to hurt him, you would've never cheated on him in the first place," Aurora snapped. "You broke his heart, Andie, and I'm not going to let you do it again. He's moved on, maybe it's time you move on too."

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PACEY RUSHED up behind the Benson girl, who stood at her locker, and as soon as he stopped, he wrapped his arms around her waist. He leaned down and pressed a kiss on her cheek. "Hey," he whispered in her ear.

Aurora turned around with widened eyes before she nudged his shoulder with a small smile, "Pace," she whispered-yelled, "I thought we agreed to stay under the radar for a little bit before we become official again."

"We are official again," Pacey shrugged. "We're just secretly official right now."

Aurora smiled, "true, which is why, kissing in a public place isn't very subtle, now is it?"

Pacey looked down at the Benson girl and nodded, "I guess you're right," he shrugged. "But come on, aren't you tired of it? I mean, it's only been a few days since our kiss, and I'm already tired of keeping us a secret. I want to hold your hand and kiss you in public. I want to take you to the prom."

Aurora frowned, "I know, it's just-" her voice trailed off and her eye gaze flickered to the ground before she looked back up with a small sigh. "How about this? We expose our relationship at prom. We'll go together, and- and we'll show everyone there that we are a couple," she told him.

Pacey smiled, "I like that idea," he stated. "Oh, by the way, it isn't the prom we're going to anymore. Andie and Joey set up something called the anti-prom."

Aurora raised her eyebrows and nodded, "okay," she shrugged. "Okay, I'm cool with that."

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IT WAS the night of anti-prom. The two ex-girlfriends were upstairs in Aurora's bedroom getting ready, Lucas had decided to take Haley to the prom as friends. It wasn't as awkward as it used to be when they hung out, but the tension was still in the air. When they were in a relationship, they talked about going to the prom together, and now they are going with two separate people within the same friend group.

Aurora wore a silk, dark blue dress that flowed down, usually she wore shorter dresses, but she went with prom tradition and wore the typical long prom dresses. Her blonde hair was curled, and she had natural makeup on her face. Her outfit was brought together by her white, high heels. 

Haley, on the other hand, wore a pastel pink dress, the straps hung off her shoulders. She wore white, high heels as well to match with her outfit. Her hair was straightened, and her face was done with makeup, that wasn't drastic, but just right. 

The two did their final touches before they decided that they were ready to walk downstairs. The two girls walked down the staircase and almost as soon as they did, a camera flash blinded them. 

Lucas waited downstairs and held his hand out for Haley to grab once she got to the end of the staircase. A small smile appeared on his face as he looked up at the blonde, "wow, you look great, Haley."

"Thanks, Lucas."

Pacey was in a daze as he stared at Aurora's outfit, she looked perfect. His eyes scanned her outfit up and down. He grabbed a hold of her hand once she reached the end of the staircase and smiled. "Wow, you- you look beautiful, Rory," he complimented. "I'm debating whether or not I should still take you to prom."

Aurora smiled at him, "I think you should definitely still take me," she told him, then leaned up to whisper in his ear, "but we could always leave a little extra earlier if you'd like," she told him before she got off her tippy-toes and chuckled at Pacey's blushing face.

Joshua walked up to his niece and wrapped his arms around her, "you look stunning, Rora," he complimented, pulling away from the embrace. "Your mother would be so proud of you," he told her.

Aurora nodded, "I hope so."

"Okay, pictures!"

Joshua ushered the teenagers out the doors to take pictures. "Okay, okay, let's get the couple's first, obviously," he announced.

Lucas and Haley were up first. He placed his hands on her waist as she stood in front of him. Both of them smiled brightly at the camera, and all they could see was the white light that flashed from the camera. "Okay, next."

Pacey and Aurora stood in front of the flower garden. He snuck his arms around her waist, Aurora felt the butterflies in her stomach as he did so, she held a hold of his hands that rested on her stomach. His hand came up to her side and tickled her, she laughed and looked up at the boy, just as she did, the camera flash clicked. 

The couple looked over at Joshua, who had an innocent smile rested on his face and shrugged, "sorry, my hand slipped," he told the pair, who just laughed, along with Lucas, and Haley, who forced out a laugh.

After pictures, Joshua walked up to the twins and looked at each one of them. "Okay, have a good time tonight, don't have too much fun, and stay safe," he told them, pointing a finger, "you got it?"

"Got it," they answered in unison.

"Okay," Joshua nodded. "Love you guys."

"Love you, Uncle Josh."