My alarm blared at me to wake up. I sat up quickly and checked my phone, nothing from Rowan. Not even a good morning, ugh. Xavier's comfort about the whole situation was slowly fading. I decided to text Bianca, "Hey, have you heard anything from or about Rowan?" "That weirdo?" "That weirdo is my boyfriend, Bianca." "Oh shit, sorry. Anyways, no I haven't heard anything about him or from him. You should ask that Enid Sinclare. She has a whole gossip blog about everyone here." "I already did ask her and she said she knew nothing. He's supposed to be my date for the Rave'n and he's not responding to my texts about when we're meeting. I'm nervous." "Well if I hear anything about him, I let you know. For now, just get all glammed up for the dance. I'd hate to see your pretty face go to waste💋" "Thanks, Bianca. See you tonight."
It was about time for the Rave'n to start. I had all my makeup and hair done thanks to Enid but no Rowan. "Maybe he's surprising you! If not, you can dance with Yoko, Emma, and me. And I don't think Bianca wouldn't mind dancing with you." Enid comforted me. "She probably has like 80 dates or something," I said quietly as she fixed my hair more. We started walking to it together with Yoko. I felt like crying but I know I couldn't. I didn't want to ruin this night for everyone else. Enid wished me luck and went with her date and so did Yoko. I was alone. As I walked through the doors and was greeted by Miss Thornhill, I was an, official, alone girl. I looked at everyone smiling and dancing with their dates and felt spiteful. That was supposed to be Rowan and me! He stood me up. I grabbed a drink and sat at a table. Later, Yoko invited me to dance with her and Emma. I know she pitied me. I decided to try to have a little fun so I danced with them for a little while. It was actually a little fun. Enid joined and we were all together. I of course saw Wednesday and her dumb date walk in. I scanned the crowd for Xavier's face and saw it. It was the saddest one. I felt awful. He was alone at a table. I thought he was going with Bianca but it's whatever. "Alright, let's slow down this music and get a nice slow dance in!" the DJ called. I sighed and walked back to the table Xavier was at. I sat next to him and took a sip of my drink. "Where did Bianca go? Did you scare her off?" I joked. "I asked her to get Wednesday out of my head. I shouldn't have and she left," he explained. "Shit sorry," I replied. "I'm sorry about Rowan. I don't know where the hell he is." "yeah..." I mumbled. I sighed, "Want to dance, platonically of course?" he grinned, "Sure" he breathed. We got up and went to the floor. I placed my hands on his shoulders and he placed his on my waist. "Thanks," he said. "For what?" I asked. "For being here with me." "Same to you." I smiled at him and met his gaze. To be honest, I could understand if people thought we were a couple. Our outfits matched perfectly. People were giving us weird stares as we danced. Enid had of course spread a small rumor a while back that Xavier and I were dating but we weren't. It was nice till I saw some red dots fall on Xavier's suit. More started to fall and I had a horrified look. "What? What's wrong?" he asked quickly. "Blood..." he and I looked around to see it falling on other people too. It was full-on spraying now. There were screams and people running out. "What the hell..." Xavier and I said in unison. "We've got to go!" he grabbed my hand and we ran out together. It was practically a blood bath in there. I stood in horror. My perfect night had been ruined twice. I felt some tears well up, "Hey, Audy. Let's go." Xavier said. We walked up to his dorm as I wiped my tears. My dress was ruined too. It went from perfectly white to just red. As I opened the door, I had hoped to see Rowan in his bed. He wasn't. I broke out in full tears now. "God fucking damn it!" I screamed. (Real female rage right there💋) I startled Xavier, "S-sorry. It's just, everything has been ruined for me. I don't know why." I said between tears. "It's fine. Here are some clothes to change into" he said comfortingly. "Thanks" I mumbled and walked into the bathroom. I slipped out of my dress and got into Xavier's pajama pants and shirt. I looked in the mirror and sighed. Look at me. I'm the saddest thing this earth has ever dawned. Sadder than that stupid cat meme Enid showed me earlier. I walked out, "Woah, Woah! I'm changing!"'he cried while putting his shirt on. "Xavier, you act like I haven't seen you without your shirt on." "You have...?" "At the beach, whenever we would play in the mud together when we were little, etc." "Oh..." I sat on his bed and pulled my phone out. He put his shirt on and sat next to me, putting his arm around me. We watched TikTok together till he finally fell asleep on me. I pulled up his blanket, shut off the light, and went to sleep next to him.
