Mine (Part III) - Nolou/Uglydolls Fanfic

13 | The Event

It was finally 7pm and I was at the Town Hall.
The centre of the room was bare, while the edges were lined up with tables and chairs. 200 dolls had already shown up. Which meant that at least 4,000 dollars had already been raised.
I held my papers tighter to my chest and tried to hype myself up to read it out to everyone.
The room was a bit loud with laughter and chatter.
Everyone was dressed in formal clothing. All the men wore tux suits while the girls wore dresses of different styles and color. I remembered when I used to be a normal citizen and I wouldn't have to worry about speeches and stuff like that.

One of my workers came up to me and told me I had 5 minutes till I needed to read my speech.
My heart was pounding.
I chose a chair to sit down in.
The corner of the room was most comforting to me.

"Okay.. Good evening everyone.."

I went over the words. I had written it myself, so I wasn't too sure if it was any good or not.

"Just do the speech.. and then you can leave... Good evening, everyone. *Ahem* Good evening..."

As I mumbled the speech to myself, a pair of shiny black shoes appeared in front of me. Attached, were long thin legs in black pants. Neat and ironed. 

Lou: "Good evening~"

I looked up and saw this gorgeous man in a black tux. His blonde hair was slicked back and his smirk was so flirty I could've died.

"Uh, H-hi."

He sat in a chair next to me.

Lou: "It's been a little bit since we've seen each other. You look good."

I couldn't hide my smile. His hair was never slicked back like that. Never. Yet it looked really good on him.

"Thanks.. I didn't know you were coming."

He ran his fingers through his hair and adjusted his tie. Maybe it was just me but the air felt hot all of a sudden. 

Lou: "Yeah, a friend invited me last minute.. What's that?"

He looked down at my page.

"My speech...."

He leaned in a little bit to see what it said. His scent was almost arousing. I blushed and leaned away a tiny bit.

I think he noticed my reaction to him and he moved closer to me. One thing about Lou is that when he looks good, he looks good.
And he knows it.

Lou: "Do I make you nervous~?"

He whispered in my ear and sent chills down my spine. It brought me back to when we were dating before and he would always flirt with me as if I wasn't already his.

"N-no..."

He probably knew I was lying and he laughed a little bit.

Suddenly, one of the waiters tapped my should and told me it was time to present my speech.

I took a deep breath. Lou knew I hated public speaking.
So he finally stopped his flirting and got more serious.

Lou: "Have you been practising?"

"All day..."

Lou: "Then don't worry. You got this. If it helps, pretend you're just talking to one person at a time."

We smiled at each other and I stood up. I almost wanted to ask him to do it. But I couldn't. It had to be me. I took another deep breath and walked to the centre of the room.

Everyone was still talking with one another. I knew I'd have to get their attention somehow.

"Um, Hi everyone!.. Good evening!..um.."