I Love Him But I Can't (Scallison)

Dancing and Laughing

The next day, I got ready for the dance. I did my makeup and put on the dress. My dad came in and smiled at me.

"You look amazing. So grown up."

I smile and say "Thanks dad."

"Have fun tonight sweetheart."

"I will dad."

"Lydia's downstairs. She's wearing a beautiful silver dress."

I sigh and look at my hands. "Is there a guy with her?"

"She's alone." He gestures to the door. "You're mother and I are heading out for a date week and we won't be back till next Friday. Kate's gonna be here though and you're welcomed to stay with Lydia whenever you feel like it."

I hug him and say "Thanks dad. Have fun."

He leaves and I put the finishing touches on my hair before going downstairs to see Lydia sitting on the couch.

"Wow, you look stunning," she said.

I smile and say "You do too. You excited about tonight? You ready to have fun?"

"You kidding, it's gonna be awesome."

The doorbell rings and I see Stiles in a white button down shirt, a black tie, and dress pants.

"Wow," he said. "Allison, you look great."

Stiles? Stiles was my date? I like the guy but not in this way.

"You girls ready to go?"

Lydia nods and says "Allison, you ride shotgun."

She's kidding, right? She didn't really think I'd want to go to the dance with Stiles as my date. I mean, he's not a bad guy or bad looking, but he's not Scott. No one was Scott.

"Let's go ladies. We don't wanna be late."

Lydia nods and grabs my hand, pulling me to his jeep. She opens the passenger door for me and I slowly climb in. I'll have to let Stiles down gently. I don't want to hurt his feelings or lose his friendship. I need all the friends I can get after tonight.

"We're here," Stiles said

Lydia pulls me out of the jeep and leads me between the buses.

"Lydia, why aren't we going into the dance?"

Scott stood in between the buses in a black suit and a black tie. He held a single red rose in his hand.

"You can't go into the dance without your date," Lydia said with a smile.

I turn to her and say "What?"

"Scott's your date."

Scott. Scott's my date. Wait, he's her boyfriend though.

"Scott's your boyfriend. What about the staying away from him deal we have?"

Lydia grabs my hand and says "Scott and I broke up after the lunch where you walked away. I said I wouldn't make you choose between us, but I did. I was wrong to do that." She pushes me into Scott so that I was looking into his eyes. "I realized I messed up at the end of that lunch so Scott and I broke up. Scott's never looked at me the way he's looked at you. But I've also never looked at him the way you do. I look at Stiles like that. You two are perfect for each other and I'm so sorry for not having noticed that before. I want you as my best friend Allison and Scott wants you as his girlfriend. Do you want to have us both in your life? Scott as your boyfriend and me as your best friend?"

I turn to Lydia and shake my head. "I don't want you as my best friend." She looks down at the ground. "I want you as my sister."

She smiles and gestures to Scott and me. "I'll see you two in the dance. I've got a date to get to."

She walks away and I focused my full attention Scott. He was smiling widely and goes to speak but I press my finger against his lips. Now wasn't the moment for talking. I replaced my finger with my lips and he instantly kisses me back.

"I love you," he says when we pull away.

He loves me. He said it. He loves me.

"I love you too," I say gently.

He hugs me tightly and kisses the side of my head. "I've missed you so much Allison. Not talking to or seeing you hurt me so much, that I didn't know it was possible to feel pain from missing someone so much. I don't wanna be apart from you for that long ever again."

"Good, because I don't plan on leaving your side for a really long time."

"Sounds good to me."