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Chapter 44

The picture above is of Poppy's prom dress. (:

Chapter 44

       For what seemed like the hundredth time, Grayson knocked on my bedroom door. "Poppy, seriously," he said in an annoyed tone. "Get the hell out of your room. You look so damn perfect and you don't have to get ready any longer."

       I rolled my eyes as I put on the necklace Grayson gave me for Christmas. "Grayson, you don't know what I look like right now," I said. "You can wait. I'm almost ready."

       "My god, hurry the hell up," he said.

       "Someone's impatient," I said. "You know, I thought you would actually be all nice and stuff on prom day."

       "Shut up and hurry up before I break down your door."

       I walked over to my bedroom door and opened it. "There, I'm ready to go. You don't have to be so pushy."

       Grayson didn't reply. He looked my prom dress up and down before looking at me. "Holy crap. You....You look so damn beautiful."

       I smiled, going on my tiptoes to press a kiss on his cheek.

       "Aw, you got lipstick on my cheek!" he exclaimed in disgust, wiping the lipstick off his cheek. 

       "What are you complaining about?" I asked. "I kiss you all the time when I wear lipgloss."

       "You never wear red lipstick," Grayson said. "Which, by the way, makes you look sexy, but still. I don't want it on my cheek." He sighed and handed me the corsage he was holding. Black, his favorite color. I didn't even tell him what color my prom dress was. I was planning on getting red, my favorite color, but I decided to get Grayson's favorite.

       He put it on my wrist before leaning down and kissing my cheek. "So I can't kiss your cheek but you can kiss mine?" I asked.

       "I'm not wearing lipstick," he pointed out. "Let's just go."

       He took my hand and led me downstairs where my parents were waiting. Mom wanted to see my prom dress since I refused to show anyone and Dad wanted to take a lot of pictures. A lot.

       "Oh my gosh," Mom gushed with a huge smile on her face. "Poppy, you look so beautiful!"

       "Thank you," I said, smiling back.

       "Gene, take some pictures," Mom said, slapping Dad's shoulder. "Hurry up!"

       "Hold on a second," Dad said as he turned on the camera. He got Grayson and I to pose for a lot of pictures since my dad was obsessed with taking them. Finally, he finished. "Oh, don't forget that you mother and I won't be here after you get back, Poppy."

       I nodded. It was my mom's sister's birthday and she lived out of town. I was going to go with them, but they had to leave before prom ended and there was no way I was going to miss the best night of my high school life. My parents weren't even going to be back until the next day.

       "Have fun," Mom told us as Grayson and I walked out of the house and to his car.

       When we got to the school, I was extremely excited to get to the gym. The prom theme was Hollywood and I couldn't wait to see the decorations. Grayson held out his elbow and I wrapped my hand around it before we walked to the gym.

       A red carpet was at the entrance for us to walk down with velvet ropes on both sides. The color scheme was black, red, and silver. The gym looked absolutely beautiful.