bad liar | r5+selena gomez+panic! at the disco

20: Prom Talk

"Anyway... PROM IS TOMORROW!" Rydel squeals. we were at his house now.

"I'm probably gonna wear my high tops and Rikers hoodie" I joke. We laugh.
"We need to go dress shopping - us girls" Savannah says. "Yup"
"Wear red" Riker says. I turn to him.
"Why red?" I ask.

"You look sexy in red" I hit his arm.
"No!" I laugh.

We all laugh. "Lemme guess, you guys are gonna go shopping for new vans" I say. "No! We wear converse!" Ratliff says. "Vans are still nice. I'd choose them second" Riker says. I nod.
"I'm not going prom" we turn around.
Courtney's not going prom!?
"What? Why?" Rydel asks.
"I haven't got a date. I've always dreamed of going prom with the perfect guy" she says in a small voice.

I nudge Ross. "Ow!" He yelped.
"Oh no you're bleeding let me help you" I say pulling him out of the living room.
"What?" He was confused and fine. Seriously?

"Don't what me! You need to ask her to prom!" I whisper-yell.
"But she doesn't like me the way I do"
"Aha! I knew you liked her! And she does like you. Ask anywayn" I say.
It wasn't a lie. She did tell me.

"Go ask her!" I say pushing him into the room. I give him thumbs up as we sit down. "What did you do?" Riker whispered pulling me close to him.

"Wait for it" I whisper back. Wait for it.
"Courtney, will you go prom with me?" Ross asks. Her face lit up. Good sign.
"i thought you'd never ask!"

"Who's your date for prom rocky?"
I ask him. He smiles. "No one"
"He's got a date!" Rydel squealed.
"It's Alexa Dowd" Ratliff teases him.
"Alexa!? I knew it!" Riker says.
"Who's Alexa?" I ask. Rocky smiled.
"We've been best friends for a long time. I asked her out." He says.
"He's blushing!" Ryland teases.
"Who's your date!?" Rocky asks.
"Me!" Savannah smiles widely.

"I knew you both were more than friends" I point out smiling.
"Who are you going with Rydel?"
She kept quiet. "Rydel?" I ask.
She scooted closer to Ratliff.
"I'm going with Ratliff" she whispers.
"That's great!" Riker says. We look at him.
"Your ok with it?" Ratliff asks.
"Yeah. But if you hurt her I will hunt you down and skin you alive" Riker says. "you're so overprotective!"

I was also sad. I've always wanted an older brother who would look out for me and take care of me like Riker takes care of his sister.
"Selena are you okay?" I look up.
"Yeah why?" I ask.
"You look so sad"
"I was in deep thought about how much i love you guys" I say wiping my eyes.
"awwww"

"Selena can we talk?" Riker asks. I was about to go shopping with Rydel. "Sure" we go up to his room.
"What were you thinking about?"
Great. "Nothing" I assure him.
"You looked sad." He points out.
"I'm just tired" I lie.
"You always say that. You can tell me. I won't say anything" he says.

"It's stupid" I say looking away.
"Lies you tell" I laugh at him.
"As long as you tell no one" I say.
"Promise" he says. Here goes...

"I just wish I had an older brother that looked out for me and treated me like his baby sister. I just got.. Jealous? Of you being over protective over Rydel" I say. A smile cracks on his face.
"You have me" he says.
"I know and I love you. I just really want a brother or a sister. Mostly a brother. I know I have Andy and them lot and your siblings but like... A blood brother? Oh god I sound stupid!" I say hiding my face. Riker laughs.

"You don't babe! It's ok. And you see my family as your family?" He asks.
"Sort of..." I trail off. he grinned.