Haunted Hearts || A.W.G || [Discontinued]

Mistakes, Corsages and Apologies || Chapter Four

//*//*// Corsage: a small bouquet of flowers worn on a woman's clothes or wrist to a formal occasion, traditionally purchased by the woman's date \\*\\*\\

Emerald

"Hey, when did you get here?" I ask Alex, who's leaning against his car outside my house. "About five minutes ago." He shrugs. "Why didn't you let me know?" I furrow my eyebrows. "I don't know." He shrugs again. "Do you have any Pizza Bagels?"

"I have Pizza Rolls."

"Good enough." He walks past me and into my house. "Wait, did you just come over to eat my food?!" I run after him.

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2 Months Left Till Senior Year Ends, 1 Month Of Second Semester Left

8:40 PM

"Pass me that pencil, Alex."

Right now I'm in my bedroom with Alex trying to study for the test after prom, which is in three days. He's supposed to be studying too but seems distracted.

"Alex!"

"What?"

"The pencil."

"Right, sorry." He hands me it and I start writing notes down. "Hey, nymphet."

I roll my eyes at that name. "Yes?" "If I told you that I liked a girl, would you believe me?" He asks. "To be honest, no." I say. "Okay, never mind then." He sighs. "I'm just kidding." I punch his arm playfully. "Who is it?" I stand up to get my other notebook.

"No one you know." He says. "Did you want your-" I turn around to see him standing right in front of me. All of the sudden he grabs my arm and pushes me up against the wall. "What the fuck, Alex?" "Don't you 'what the fuck' me." He says. "What is this about?" I ask. "You know what this is about." He leans a bit closer to me. "If you're going to try to flirt with me, like you did many times before, I told you that I don't like you that way." I lie. "Nymphet, you're like cellophane, I can see right through you. From the time we were in the coffee shop to when we were playing video games. You're so obvious. Did you really think that you could hide your feelings from me?"

"What feelings? You're fucking crazy." I squirm to get away from him but he just tightens his grip. "Cut the bullshit already. You've been pathologically pretending that you don't have feelings for me all this time. You should've known that I'd be able to tell with all my experience being around girls."

"So what if I have been? This is exactly the reason why I didn't tell you. You're such a cocky bastard. Madison told me about your plan to sleep with every girl in school and I'm the only one left. You have no idea how it is to like such a fucking dic-"

Before I even processed what I was saying, he forcefully pressed his lips to mine. I'm not pushing him away or anything like that, I want this to happen. I've been since I started liking him.

As the kiss got deeper, he roughly pulls my shirt over my head, I do the same with his then run my hands up his chest and around his neck.

"I knew you wanted me." He smiles against my lips. "Shut up." I pull away and push him on my bed.

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Prom Night

I wasn't even planning on coming tonight because of what happened three days ago. I was close to being completely broken. When I woke up the morning after Alex spent the night, he wasn't there. He hasn't contacted me or even showed up for school. I should've known better than to fall for someone like him, especially after being warned about his ways. I'm a fool and to him, I'm probably nothing but a trophy. He's now successfully slept with all the girls in school and I'm ashamed to have been a part of it. What I found odd was that Jack was pulling the same thing. He too hasn't contacted me or showed up for school.

"Can I have everybody's attention!?" The principal shouts over all the talking. "First and foremost, I want to thank you all for coming tonight. As I promised, we do have some live bands here. Including one that has our very own students in it. I would like to welcome All Time Low to the stage."

Right when I hear that band name, I turn to the stage and there stand the two people I was dreading the most to see tonight.

"What's up everyone? My name's Alex and this is Rian, Jack and Zack." He points to all of them. "I just want to say that this song is for a certain girl in the crowd and she knows who she is. I ran away from her because I was scared of feelings. I know this isn't going to make up for what I did, but all I can do is try. This isn't a song of ours but I hope it reflects how much I know I screwed up. It's called With Me by Sum 41."

"I don't want this moment to ever end. Where everything's nothing, without you. I wait here forever just to, to see you smile cause it's true, I am nothing without you."

His eyes scan the room until they stop on me and stay there.

"Through it all, I've made my mistakes. I stumble and fall, but I mean these words.

I want you to know, with everything I won't let this go. These words are my heart and soul. I'll hold onto this moment, you know. Cause I'd bleed my heart out to show. And I won't let go.

Thoughts read, unspoken. Forever and now. The pieces of memories fall to the ground. I know what I did and how so. I won't let this go. Cause it's true, I am nothing without you. All the streets, where I walked alone with nowhere to go, have come to an end.

I want you to know, with everything I won't let this go.These words are my heart and soul. I'll hold onto this moment, you know. Cause I'd bleed my heart out to show. And I won't let go.

In front of your eyes, it falls from the skies. When you don't know what you're looking to find. In front of your eyes, it falls from the skies. When you just never know what you will find.

I don't want this moment to ever end. Where everything's nothing without you.

I want you to know, with everything I won't let this go. These words are my heart and soul. I'll hold onto this moment, you know. Cause I'd bleed my heart out to show. And I won't let go. I want you to know, with everything I won't let this go. These words are my heart and soul.I'll hold onto this moment, you know. Cause I'd bleed my heart out to show, and I won't let go."

Even as the crowd cheers, he still keeps his eyes on me. I walk quickly to the door and start down the hall until I hear him calling me.

"Emerald!"

"Why are you following me?" I turn around. "I'm just another notch on your belt, a trophy for you to brag about to your friends."

"That's not true." He approaches me slowly. "Oh, but it is. What makes me different from all the other girls you've screwed? Nothing." I say. "You actually took the time to get to know me, not jump into bed with me right away."

"I might as well have. Madison was right. If you cared, you would have at least texted me."

"I took the last three days to rehearse that song and mentally prepare myself to talk to you."

"That's not an excuse." I start to back away. "Emerald, please." He begs and grabs my hand. "Give me a chance."

I look into his now sad brown eyes. "I'm sorry. I should've called or something. I'm just not used to feelings like this." "Me neither." I whisper. "I got this for you." He pulls a red rose and black corsage out of his tuxedo jacket. "I didn't know what color dress you were wearing but I did know that you don't like colors such as pink." He slips it onto my wrist.

"It's beautiful. Thank you." I smile shyly. "Not as beautiful as you are." He intertwines our fingers together. I stare at the floor not knowing how to respond. "Too soon?" He asks worriedly. "No." I shake my head. "It's just.. no ones ever called me that before."

"Well they're jackasses." He pushes a piece of stray hair behind my ear with his other hand. "Wanna go back in there? I'm pretty sure Jack wants to talk to you." "Sure." I smile.

We walk back into the auditorium hand in hand.

-- Songs used in this chapter;

"With Me" - Sum 41 --