Late Last Night

Chapter 22

Chapter 21::Chandelier:: Sia

     Three days later and after the encounter with my ex boyfriend, I was standing in my room with a purple  maxi dress on. My hair was down instead of its usual updo.And I had used a smokey eyeliner.

     Sighing I shook my head and picked up my clutch.This night was supossed to be fun. Amy and I always dreamed that the day of our prom would be spent giving each other mani-pedi's and doing each others hair.

     Instead I had to get my self ready all alone while my mother drank away down stairs singing off key to Babyface.

    "You look pretty Nagya." I heard a small voice say. I looked towards my doorwayad saw my cute baby brother in his footie pyjamas.

     "Thank you, little man." I smiled.

     "Where are you going?" he asked whil shuffling inside. I sat on my bed and he joined me.

     "A party." I said, caressing his cheek.

     "Do you promise to come back? Momma says she'll come back, but sometimes she does not."

     "What?" I asked. "How often is... Mother out?"

     "All the time and she sometimes come back before I go to school." he sniffled and rubbed his eyes. "But sometimes she doesn't and when she does sometimes at night she brings home her friends."

     "Come on you need to go to bed. I promise to come back, okay?"

     He smiled and I scooped him up in my arms, not caring about my dress. The thing about my mother is while she is a total witch to me, she treated Max way better. And I was okay with her leaving for so many days and hours, as long as she took care of Max I did not care. She managed to send money to me when I needed, I never questioned what she did until now.

     I kissed Max's forehead when I tucked him into bed.

    I locked the room and walked down the hallway. My mother was waiting at the foot of the stairs with a cheesy fake smile plastered on her face. Cautously I climbed down the stairs, trying not to trip in my new pumps.

     "Um, what's going on?"

     "A nice boy is here for you."

     What?

     I looked over my mothers shoulder and frowned when I saw Marc. "What are you doing here?"

     His cute smile fell from hi face and I glared at him. "Um... Well.:

     "Aw give the boy a break Nadya." I heard Ronnie'svoice say. He rounded the corner looking very handsome in his tux with a red bowtie. He smirked at me and it was aif he never took that HIV test. My mother rolled her eyes at him and left the room.

     "Come on girl."

     I grinned and ignored Marc on my way to Ronnie. We linked our arms and made our way out of the house. As we reached the steps and the pathway that connected the driveway to the patio, I looked back to see Marc close the door beind us. He looked over at me sadly and smiled a little.

      I sighed and looked back towards the front.

     This is going to be a long night.

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     The gym was pink. Literaly. The lights had pink coverings over them. The tables set around the perimeter of the gym had a pink table cloth with pink chairs surrounding it. The stage was pink. Heck, under this lighting everyone looked pink.