I Wanna Be Free, I Wanna Be Loved

Ch. 31: All Was Golden When The Day Met The Night

As soon as we got to the dance, Ryan ran off to get away from us. I wished there was something I could do to help him tonight but I had a date to pay attention to.

"Want to hit the dancefloor?" Spencer asked me.

We were sitting at one of the tables while Brendon and Rachel "danced" together. His hands were on her ass and she was tracing a finger down the front of his shirt while whispering in his ear; teachers were roaming around trying to find students who were misbehaving (like Rachel and Brendon) and if they didn't have some composure, they'd get kicked out.

"Totally" I replied.

Spencer took my hand and led me to the dancefloor next to Brendon and Rachel. One of the faster songs came on and we all danced together. I was having a great time but my eyes kept scanning the room for Ryan. Here I was with my best friends but something inside me wanted him to be having a great time with us. I felt Spencer's arms wrap around my waist from behind and pull me close to him. I titled my neck to look into his eyes and he smiled.

"Having fun?" he asked.

"To be honest, I'm really worried about Ryan" I replied.

"We all are, babe. He'll be okay, trust me"

Spencer did know Ryan better than anyone else so all I could do was trust him on this.

RYAN'S POV

Some slutty blonde freshman girl had come onto me while I was at the soda table. She snuck me away to some bathroom where she was putting her hands all over me and telling me how hot I was. She and her equally slutty friends had definitely gotten drunk earlier tonight and I hated taking advantage of a drunk girl but she wouldn't leave me alone.

"I want you, Ryan" she purred into my ear as her hands wrestled with my belt buckle. Something in me snapped and I pushed her away from me.

"Look, you're really pretty and stuff but you're not the one for me. Inside that dance on that dancefloor is the girl I'm in love with and if I don't do something TONIGHT then my best friend is going ot completely win her over. Now I have some growing up to do, I suggest you do the same"

I didn't stick around for her response. I marched out of the bathroom and back into the dance. I searched the crowd of bodies for my friends; it was a slow dance so everyone was rocking back and forth to the music with their date. I saw her blonde hair, green dress, and Spencer's lips on hers. Something came over me and I rushed over to them and pushed Spencer off of her. I crashed my own lips onto hers and held her close to me. I could feel her start to cry, unsure if they were happy or sad tears. I kept kissing her and she wrapped her arms around my neck, that's when I knew she was crying tears of happiness. Brendon was the one to finally pull me off of her because everyone in the room was staring, I bumped him and went back to kissing her.

"I love you" I told her.

"I love you too" she whispered. I wiped the tears from her eyes and held her again.

"Well then, I guess I just lost my date for the evening" Spencer said "But congrats man, you finally got her"

"Who's up for a late night beach trip?" Rachel asked.

"I am!" Brendon said.

"Us too" Hannah said, holding my hand.

Us? Did that mean what I thought it did? Was she really, truly, finally mine? I guess I would find out. We all piled back into the limo where she and I made out all the way to the beach. When we got there, I asked if the others would leave us alone for a minute.

"GET SOME!" Brendon yelled as he assaulted us with a condom. Hannah blushed, I was going to kill him after I did this.

"Look, I could give you some corny speech right now or apologize for how I've been acting but I'm done being a pussy. Will you be my girlfriend?"

She stared at me with those big, green, intimidating eyes of hers. She was quiet before placing her lips on mine and smiling throughout the kiss. She giggled as I tickled her hips and eventually she was laughing too much.

"Oh that's a yes by the way" she giggled.

We got out of the car and joined the others; we decided to just hang out on the beach in the dark, the girls stripped down to their bras and panties so that they wouldn't ruin their dresses. Spencer said he had to make a phone call and went back to the limo but never returned, he probably went home to get away from all of this. We ended up falling asleep on the beach, my sister snuggled up to Brendon while Hannah layed herself comfortably on top of me. I brushed some sand off her face and kissed her, all was golden when the day met the night.

THE END <3