Forever Beautiful

Chapter 7

Caleb

"I didn't know you were coming here tonight."

"I wasn't planning on it but I'm meeting a friend. I'm late so I have to go." Hanna's face turned deathly pale, almost as though she were about to be sick. The doors swung open behind me but I didn't take any notice.

"You alright? Want some water?" I asked Hanna. I had never seen her look so sick.

"Yeah of course. I just, uh, didn't expect to see them here, that's all." She tried to smile, but I could tell it pained her.

"Why wouldn't they come? It's the school dinner, everyone was going to be here."

"I was just praying those two wouldn't." She mumbled to herself more than to me. Two? There was only one... I looked behind me and, sure enough, they were sitting opposite each other like a lovely little couple. But I knew they weren't. Not everyone could see past their act, but I was one of the few.

Turning back to Hanna, I realized she had left. Looking up, I saw her long blue dress disappear behind the bathroom door. Not wanting to look alone, I scanned the room for someone to talk to. I spotted Toby and Spencer sitting just a few tables away and decided to walk over.

Whilst making my way to them, I saw them both glance in the unwanted couple'a direction.

"You didn't want them here either huh?" I said as I reached their table. "Are you kidding? If we leave with messed up hair and tattered dresses we will be lucky" Spencer responded. Spencer, always with a good line up her sleeve.

"Where's Hanna dude?" Toby asked.

"Gone to the bathroom. I think she might be sick. She's been acting kinda strange and she went so pale when they walked into the room."

"Ill go see if she's ok" Spencer said and with that, Toby and I were alone. Finally.

"Plan's working."