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the debutantes begin to get ready, all the girls being friendly to one another. "ali! belly! your here!" shayla squeals and smiles light up on the girls faces. but, alianna still had that nervous feeling inside of her.
this was her first ball, even though it was also belly's and the other girls in room. she couldn't help herself but feel scared.
alianna shrugs it off, rolling her shoulders back and taking a deep breath in. she and belly put their dresses on the line where the other girl's dresses were held.
shayla had pink hair rollers in her hair and a pink robe around her body with pink fluffy cuffs. "i saved you two seats." she guided the two over to the gigantic vanity's that were lit up like a hollywood movie.
alianna dream had finally come true, she felt like she was a star in a movie. a literal dream of alianna's since she while a little girl. she had never told anyone about it except for conrad, which wasn't the typical thing for her to do.
she felt a hand hold onto hers "your gonna do great." she turned to her left it was belly, "besides i'll be by your side." she reassured alianna. alianna smiled at belly once she mentioned she would be at alianna's side. she took a deep breath
"thank you, belly." she hugged her with one arm "i-im nervous.." alianna admitted to belly, who then smiled at her.
"dont be! its gonna be amazing and you'll be the most gorgeous girl in the room!" she spoke excitedly before hugging alianna. "plus, your going to be next to me all night?" alianna whispered to belly with a bright smile.
"i hope im not going to look too scared. i always do on these big occasions." she giggled quietly, her voice like the sound of wind chimes. a smile grew on her face with her cheeks slightly rosie, making her seem like a painting.
"well, i know you'll be spectacular, your destined to to be in that gorgeous dress!" alianna squeaked while hinting towards the ball gown. "i'm gonna go look at all the snacks!" belly smiled clapping her hands.
alianna noticed nicole sitting at the vanity next to hers, nicole already giving her a bitter look. alianna at first was skeptical of even coming near her, but eventually settled down. "nicole, i'm really sorry." she sighed and waited for nicole.
"about what? conrad?" she asked, "i'm over it. i'm with somebody else." she said smugly. "can i jsut explain what happened?" alianna's face soften, really feeling sorrow.
nicole gives a little sigh and rolls her eyes "go on, i suppose i can hear you out" nicole shrugs, feeling a bit softer towards her and now facing alianna.
"look, i've had a crush on conrad my whole entire life. everyone told me that jeremiah was the one for me and i truly believed them." alianna began.
"but, this summer had changed. i really thought that he liked me and that everything everyone said about jeremiah being the right brother and not conrad was to protect me but," she rambled but stopped herself.
"but the thing is, what he liked was that i liked him. you know he never actually like me." she says.
"i'm sorry." alianna's voice quieted, "i was stupid enough to think that he could ever actually like me."
"its not your fault conrad's a fuckboy " nicole pauses and then sighs "but your also kind of a fuckgirl too."
"what?" alianna's eyebrows frowned. "your playing with their hearts, ali." nicole shrugs, touching up her makeup in the mirror. "just don't break them" nicole looks over towards alianna, "especially conrad's."
"nicole, if i could go back in time and redo everything, i would." alianna looks at the ground. "i'm not playing with their hearts nicole, i just didn't want to be alone" she says softly.
"wait, what do you mean by especially conrad's?" alianna asks. "c'mon, ali." nicole shakes her head at alianna. "what?" alianna says actually not sure.
nicole raises an eyebrow "you really don't know?" her expression changes to a frown "ali, conrad is inlove with you."
alianna stares at nicole taking in what she said, "oh my god." alianna mutters under her breath. "there is no way.. conrad doesn't even like me." she says before realizing that nicole is actually being honest with her.
"i never knew he liked me." she shakes her head, processing everything.
"well, that just shows how wrong you've been." nicole smirks "conrad never liked any of the other girls, i mean i was one of them, in the end, they were nothing to him except a summer fling." nicole shrugs.
alianna swallows hard, her face going red "i'm really sorry, nicole." she had never intended to hurt anyone, she honestly thought that conrad saw her as his best friends little sister.
"it's okay, i know you never meant for anyone to be hurt." nicole smiles and turns back to her mirror. and so does alianna, now over thinking once again.
"they have cupcakes! ali, cupcakes!" belly runs in with frosting on the tip of her nose, giggling like a little kid.
lish speaks !
a complicated chapter and i kinda don't like how rushed it is, it's all over the place. sorry for it being such a short chapter but the book is almost over !!
i have a new book out — sweet nothing. go check it out if you liked this book !!
