𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍 / alex standall ✓

𝟏𝟐. winter formal

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍
12 / WINTER FORMAL
↳ season one, episode five: tape 3, side a
act one / the tapes

"𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 Tyler's picture went around, I tried to catch your eye. You ignored me for weeks. But I decided, enough was enough. I wanted to talk to you. I mean, we were in this together, weren't we?"

Nessa stood with Monty in Bryce's living room, along with Bryce, Justin, Zach, and their respective dates. They all stood in a circle, passing around a bottle of vodka and taking turns taking pictures.

Nessa had forced Montgomery to at least get her a corsage, which he had already planned to do anyway. It was an unspoken secret that Montgomery De La Cruz had an extremely soft spot for Nessa. He pretended like he didn't, but everyone knew that he did. He probably cared about her the most of any of their female friends.

The pairing of friends took some pictures, alone and with the rest of the group, before sitting around the couch and passing the bottle.

The party bus pulled up soon enough, and the group of teenagers ran outside and into the bus. Zach got aux, as usual, and the four guys and their dates piled into the small bus. The boys sat on the bench, and the girls were pulled into their laps as everyone made out on the way. Everyone except Monty and Nessa, who shared one kiss before deciding it was way too awkward. Well, Monty said he wasn't drunk enough yet, but that's besides the point.

"Care for some more?" Monty asked Nessa as he pulled his suit jacket open to reveal two small flasks.

"Of course." Nessa replied, pulling one of the flasks out of his pocket and taking a swig.

The group of friends eventually made it to the school and walked into the gymnasium, which had turned into a mini club with all of the strobe lights and loud music.

"Nessa, Monty? Picture?" Tyler Down asked as he pointed his camera at the two teenagers.

"Dude, get lost." Monty muttered, earning a slap on the arm from Nessa.

"Of course, Tyler." she said with a smile. "Pretend to like me, Monty."

Montgomery forced himself to smile as he wrapped an arm around Nessa's waist, his hand sitting firmly right above her butt. The camera flashed and Tyler nodded, letting them know that they were good to go.

Monty grabbed Nessa by the arm, dragging her onto the dance floor with the rest of their friends. Justin had somehow already ditched his date, and was now flirting with Jessica. Meanwhile, Monty was making a fool of himself.

"Monty, if you don't stop dancing like that, I will go find another date." Nessa warned as she laughed at the boy dancing and jumping around.

"You don't let me have any fun." Monty complained as he grabbed Nessa's arms, forcing her to dance around with him.

The more Nessa sipped from the surprise in Monty's suit jacket, the looser she got. She made her way around, getting dances in with all of her friends. She had just made her way back to Montgomery when she saw him beelining to Courtney Crimsen.