The Love We Could Never Have

prom with him?

Diana's Pov

"You see people can get really competitive when it comes to asking someone about going to prom with them and also they can get really harsh when rejecting someone. Prom is supposed to make you feel relaxed and happy not sad and depressed about not being able to be the date of your crush"

The sun rays woke me up from my peaceful sleep, I opened the window and tried to stand up but, my eyes blacked out "oh fuck" I mumbled and sat down while blinking and trying to get eyes adjusted to the light in my room.

I got up and went to get freshed and as soon as I stepped out of the bathroom I heard my stepmother calling my name sternly "Diana Amber come downstairs fast you will be late for your school" I cursed her underneath my breath and went downstairs while straightening my uniform.

It was a Monday morning and when I say I hate Monday mornings I mean it. I sat down at the dining table and watched Mary one of our workers serving the breakfast, Mary has been working here since I was born which means since 16 yrs, and she is like a mom to me.

As Mary served me breakfast I looked at her and smiled she smiled back and I watched Miranda my step sister sit beside me, Mother greeted her with "good morning honey" and I internally rolled my eyes. Soon my father came and greeted us with his cold voice "good morning" we greeted him back and he told us to start eating. After breakfast Mother said to me "garb your stuff the driver will drop you to school" "okay" I replied and went towards the car I told the driver "drop me off but don't come to pick me I'll be in library after school" he replied with okay.

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I looked at my clock it was 7:30 am and school starts at 8:00 am so I decided to sit on the campus bench and read a book. As I was reading I heard some noise so I look up to see 5 people near the tree talking loudly, god I hate people who are loud in the morning and especially when those 5 people are Alex, Ryan, James, Josh, and Aaron.

As I was looking at them with a scowl on my face. My eyes caught the eyes of Alex I try to hate that guy even though he hasn't done anything to me except sometimes talking rudely but since his family is the business rival of my family I need to hate him and also not to mention I need to maintain a safe distance from him otherwise the consequence wouldn't be good. the moment I saw him, I knew he was trouble, so better be safe than getting involved with trouble.

But goddammit I can't deny the fact that he is utterly beautiful, those Chocolatey brown eyes, those two strands of his black hair that falls in front of his eyes, that defined jaw and not to mention those hands oh my god, also his fashion sense. If he wasn't my family's enemy istg I would definitely date him. I forced myself to tear my eyes from him and look at the time.

Only 5 minutes were remaining for school to start and not to mention our teacher was going to change our sitting arrangements today, so I decided to go into my classroom. After unpacking my stuff, I looked outside from the window and just stared at the sky wondering why my life is soo messy and why can't I have a normal life and a normal family. But I guess life is not as easy as you thought when you were a child.

I looked at the children playing near the park having an amazing childhood and I envied them, they are cheerful and happy but when I think about my childhood the only thing that I can think of the old house, the screaming, the crying, the beating, and the horrific fights of my mom and father.

Sighing I looked around and noticed the class was full and only five seats are remaining, I ignored the feeling in my stomach, and watched the teacher enter. "Good morning class" she said in energetic voice "god" I mumbled, and then she spoke "today as you all know-" before she could finish the sentence the door brag opens "sorry teacher we got caught up in the traffic" I heard James say and I scoffed "okay fine take ur seat but next time I won't tolerate this behavior" the teacher told them.

"Sometimes I can't tolerate them you know" said Alexa my seatmate "I can't tolerate them all the time love" I replied, and she chuckled before saying "I know but they aren't that bad you see" "hmm but I need to hate them you know" I replied "hmm you are also right I guess" she said before I could reply the teacher spoke "so as I was saying today I'll be changing your sitting arrangement soo let's start with James get up and sit next to Alexandra" and I watched him mumbled something before getting up and standing in front of me and I sighed and got up since now he'll be sitting on my desk "Diana sit with Alex" yeah fuck me I internally said before going to the last bench and sitting by the window side.

Soon she arranged everyone's place and told us "since this is the assignment week of my subject and a week before prom our school has made a rule in which you have to do the assignments, and go to prom with your seatmate and as everyone in our class is single so this rule must be followed and this rule is going to make sure that no one at the prom is being left out every one is getting an assignment partner. You see people can get really competitive when it comes to asking someone about going to the prom with them and also they can get really harsh when rejecting someone.
Prom is supposed to make you feel  relaxed and happy not sad and depressed about not being able to be the date of your crush" and god those words hitted harder than my mother's slapping I mean it's true they get soo cruel while rejecting people like come on you don't wanna go with them? It's fine but don't be so harsh.

But now Alex is going to be my not only assignment partner but also my prom date thinking that I slowly turned my head towards him only to see those beautiful brown eyes looking at me already I really don't know if I hate him or have a crush on him goddammit but removing those thoughts I cleared my throat and said "soo…" he replied with "so what? You are going to be my assignment partner and prom date and I don't think we can do anything about it" wow so he thinks it's that easy? I spoke "well yeah that's true but, you really think that's easy?" "umm yeah? We have to dance and do a assignment together" he spoke like duh but I was just staring at him blankly and spoke "and you think our parents are going to accept us talking to each other?"

"Well you see darling, save my contact by the name Alexa and I'll save yours as D and if someone asks me who is D I'll tell them Daniel from school" he spoke casually like he is not affected by it and I looked at him surprised and that word darling was deeply craved into my brain I shrugged those thoughts before speaking "well okay then here is my number" and then he said "hmm here's mine and only school related talks no other bullshit" just when I thought he was going to be normal he turned into a jerk "you too and also text before calling and make sure I see that text" "hmm" he replied and before I say another word

the teacher decided to speak "so your English assignment is you have to research about two classic novels and present your thoughts about it and it's due in a week" I looked at him and said "little women" and he says "hmm and the second will be the diary of a young girl: Anne Frank" "sounds good to me" I replied, and the bell rings indicating the lecture is over and I decided to get a coffee break.