This Summer (Jake Paul and friends)

Chapter 21

The black lace falls down my body and barely touches the ground. I fall in love with this dress the more I look at it. I pin the last of my stray hairs back with pins, before I take one last look in the mirror. Cameron will be here any moment. Not only am I nervous about tonight, because I've never danced in front of people doing the waltz. But I'm also worried about Twan, he hasn't shown up once since I've been at the apartment. There's a knock on the door and I glance at the clock, he's right on time. I open the door to sure enough find Cameron standing there and we both stare at each other. He truly does look good, he's wearing a white tux with a black tie. It completely compliments my dress. I hear him hitch his breath, then tells me, "More beautiful than I could even imagine, Princess." A deep blush appears on my cheeks and I bite my lip. Then it dawns on me, he called me Princess and the letter mentions "every girl deserves to be a princess." I look him in the eyes. "Shall we?" he asks while extending his hand into mine. "Cam it was you, wasn't it?" I ask as we make our way down. He doesn't stop walking but looks over at me as he replies. "I saw you at the store earlier, when you stepped out in the dress. You looked absolutely beautiful. So when I saw you hand the dress over, I went up to the woman and asked to see it. Then I understood, from everything I've heard about you and what I've gotten to learn, I knew it was the price that made you put it back. Your face flashed in my mind when you looked at yourself in the mirror while in the dress, you looked so happy. So I bought it for you. I didn't put my name on the card, because I didn't want you to not put it on, so I thought I'd tell you after you were dressed and ready for tonight."

I'm the one to stop moving, making him stop too. "Cameron I don't know how to express my words. This is the nicest gift I've ever received, thank you", I tell him while giving him a hug. I feel his arms wrap around me and he says, "It was worth the price to be able to see you in it now, plus knowing I'm your date." I let go and step back, then start to walk again. I wrap my arm around his arm and lean my head against his shoulder. As we step outside I see our ride, there's a limo out in front. A gasp escapes my lips and look up at Cameron. "You did not", I say with astonishment. He laughs and tells me while walking towards the limo, "I couldn't help it. Besides a Princess needs a proper ride to the ball." Once again there's the blush on my cheeks. "Thank you Cam", I say while placing a kiss on his cheek.

As we walk inside the building, I take everything in. The whole ballroom is decorated perfectly and the chandelier hanging from the ceiling completes it all. Tonight isn't only the team players, but people from the board are here too. As well as the owners. There's a small live symphony orchestra playing as Cameron and I are walking in. "Ab, the dress. You're wearing THE dress. How?" Someone asks off to the side. I turn and see Ashlee in a beautiful black and white dress. "Turns out Cameron's a decent guy", I reply to her. Next to me, Cameron gasps dramatically and says, "Hey now." Ashlee and I laugh, then she tells us both, "That's the nicest thing, Cameron seems like an amazing guy." She smiles at him and I swear she's checking him out. I move closer to Cameron, which his arm is already around my waist, but now there's no space between us. I look at Ashlee then glance up at Cameron. "I know. He's pretty amazing, isn't he?" I rhetorically ask, because I knew she was going to say yes anyway. Cameron smiles down at me and places a sweet kiss on my cheek. "You're going to make me blush Ab, let's go find our seats", he tells me. I nod and begin to look at the place cards.

"I'm so honored to have Abbi on our team. Not only is she an amazing player, but truly an amazing person. I know she's the youngest on the team, but once she got to meet everyone they all fell in love with her. Her love for soccer is clear as day when she's on the field and I can't wait until this season starts. From that day on when she signed with us, I knew everything will only be going up from that point. Welcome to the team Abbi", one of the board members of recruitment speaks out to everyone, but looks at me during the last sentence. Lots of people have given speeches already, but they call on Ashlee to go last. As the captain of the team, she has a spot to say something. "Abbi I'm excited to kick some ass with you on the field. Everyone else has pretty much said what I was going to, so I'll leave it at that. You're finally a Houston Dash member Ab", she says. After everyone's speeches, I feel water collect in the corner of my eyes. Finally happy tears, after these past days I once again feel happy. Cameron grabs my hand and I smile at him. The symphony orchestra begins to play again and food is being brought out.

"I'm so full, I feel like the seams in my dress will burst any minute", I say while leaning back in my chair. "Well I hope you can still move, because I never got my dance with you", Cameron tells me. I look over at him to see a big grin on his face. "I can't", I say with a frown. He laughs and questions, "Since when did the all-powerful Abbi say she can't do something?" Besides the Prince always gets a dance with his Princess." I raise my eyebrows at him and answer with a question, "Meaning you're my Prince Cameron Dallas?" He gets out of his chair and stands in front of me, then bows while replying, "Tonight I'm your Prince." I can feel my cheeks warming again. He extends his hand and I take it, while he leads us out to the dance floor. Other couples are already dancing along to the classical music. The song ends and everyone begins to dance the same routine to the new song. "Do you know this dance?" I ask Cameron. He nods while replying, "I do. Don't ask why, but I'm guessing from the look on your face you don't know it." I cheaply smile at him and say, "No I've never even seen it." All of a sudden he pushes me against him and whispers, "Just let me do the moving." I nod and he places one hand on the small of my back and the other in my hand. He begins to twirl in sync with the other dancers. I only keep my eyes on Cameron though, letting him take control of my body movements. He picks me up and spins around, in this moment I truly did feel like a Princess and Cam was my Prince Charming. A smile takes place on my face and stays through the whole dance. Once over, a slower song begins to play, where we can just sway to.

"Thank you", I say while in his arms. Cameron looks down at me and asks, "What for?" I rest my head against his chest and shoulder. "For this whole night. Everything you've done has truly made it magical and has made me happy. So thank you", I reply. He pulls away a little so I can meet him in the eyes, then he rests his forehead onto mine. "It was my pleasure. Tonight has made me happy as well", Cameron reassures me and we both smile at each other. I know it's coming and I know I want to, but in this moment when I see him slowly lean towards my lips my conversation with Jake flashes in my mind. I told him I would take time to decide how I feel and not kiss anyone else. So I turn my head and have to say, "I'm sorry Cam. I can't do this." I step away from his embrace and look back up at him. I can't read his expression and he's not saying a word. "No it's fine, I should have known better", he finally says though. I turn around to walk away, however I feel him grab my hand to hold me back. "But we shouldn't let that ruin our night. Dance the night away with me Princess", he adds. I turn back to Cameron and see sincerity on his face, so I let him once again hold me close and let our bodies sway together. It doesn't take long for both of us to start smiling again. However, at this point I'm more confused about my feelings than before tonight.

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Again thank you for reading!

I'm proud to say that I have planned out the rest of the book finally! There will be about 12 more chapters, I will warn that they are packed with lots of twists.

So of course this chapter is dedicated to Cameron Dallas, Abbi's Prince Charming.....for the night at least. By the way, who thought it was Cameron who got Abbi the dress? 

Well until next week :)