Bringing Back The Past

Chapter 20

Chapter 20

The last bell of the day rings and school is over. I leave my seventh period class and go to my locker.

I put the combination in before pulling it open. When I do a blue piece of paper flutters to the ground. I reach down and pick it up. I realize then it's an envelope with my name written on the front. Quickly I tear it open to find out what it is.

I pull out a smaller blue piece of paper that's folded in half. I unfold it carefully and look at the writing.

"Dacey would you go to homecoming with me?"

It says in nice handwriting, but has no identification of who it is from.

"So what do you think?" A deep voice says behind me. I turn around finding a nervous smile on Harry's face as he's standing behind me. To say I'm surprised in this moment would be an understatement.

"You wrote this?" I ask to make sure my thoughts are correct.

"Yeah" he says just above a whisper. Shoving his fingers through his curly hair pushing them off of his forehead. "It's okay if you don't want to" he starts to say panicked.

"I'll go with you" I say before even thinking about it first. It won't be that bad anyway. It's just Harry.

"Really?" He says showing just how shocked he actually is.

"Yeah of course" I respond. I mean he is one of my best friends anyway. So it should be fun, and there's not the uncomfortable feeling of going with someone you don't know, or someone who likes you who you don't share the same feelings for. So it seems like a really good choice to go with Harry.

"Okay great" he replies while smiling showing his perfect teeth. "I'll see you later then" be says reaching forward and hugging me. I hug him back and he walks away. I turn back to my locker and begin to get my things again.

I can't believe he actually asked me. I am relieved it wasn't Niall though, well for the most part. There was a little part of me that had hoped he was actually going to ask me and wanted him too. Though its probably better he didn't anyway. We did just become friends again and I don't need anything that's going to come in the way of that and mess it up.

I turn away from my locker one again to walk to the front doors of the school. Again I am stopped by something, this time it being Niall.

"Hey Dacey" he greets jogging over to me from the other end of the hallway. He quickly notices the blue envelope in my hands and yanks it out of my grip.

"What's this?" he asks beginning to pull the paper out from inside and unfold it.

"Niall give it back" I demand but he just pulls it farther out of my reach. This is one of those moments where I really hate that I'm short.

"You got asked to homecoming? by who?" He asks confused. I stay silent debating on if I should tell him. Would it be awkward. We have all been best friends since we were little and now I'm going to homecoming with one of them. Will he be mad? Of course he wouldn't. Why would he were just all friends anyway.

"Dacey who asked you?" he says a little more demanding than the first time he asked.

"Harry" I say as casually and confident as I possibly can at this moment.

"Harry?" he repeats what I've just said and I nod. "As in Harry Styles mine and your best friend?" He says clarifying we are talking about the same person.

"Well yeah who else would I be talking about" I say and laugh the most fake laugh ever. "It's not like anyone else would ask me" I joke again even though what I said is true. I never get asked to dances, unless its by some guy who doesn't know me and just wants to have a date. Which in that case I always turn them down.

"That's not true" he says just above a whisper shaking his head at the same time.

"Yeah it is" I tell him. He wouldn't know he hasn't gone to school with me since middle school and its not like I could tell him.

"You actually thought no one would ask you?" he says stoping in his place. This causing me to have to stop also and turn around to face him. His face is serious and he almost looks upset.

"Well no one ever asked me at my other school" I inform him. "so no I didn't expect anyone to here either."

He nods his head and starts to walk again. "I'm sure every boy wants to but is just to scared to" he says looking at me again but still walking. "their to afraid they would be rejected by you"

I am about to talk again when he interrupts. "I have to go, see you tomorrow" he says monotone his mood changing for about the third time in the last five minutes.

I keep thinking about what he said. About boys being to sacred to ask me, and how a lot wanted to. Is that even true. Then when he said they are to afraid if being rejected. Was he just saying that? And what was even more confusing was the look of pain on his face and confusion. Which started when I told him about Harry and then got worse as I told him about not ever being asked to dances. Is it possible he could have been talking about himself the whole time? Or was he just trying to make me feel better?

Niall's POV

After the whole conversation with Dacey I finally couldn't take anymore and had to walk away. So I lied and said I had to go.

I was just asked this morning if I was going to ask her to homecoming, and I said no. Which is true because I wasn't, but after that conversation I had started to think about it and what Louis said. Homecoming would be really fun with her, and what if Louis was right and she did like me. That could be a great explanation for her behavior also.

I was still thinking about it when I went to talk to her. I saw the envelope and just wanted to know what it was. I wasn't expecting it to be someone asking her to homecoming though especially not Harry.

When she said that I felt jealousy. Something I have never felt when another guy was around her, expectantly Harry. I just couldn't help it this time though. I new someone else would ask her, I just though I would have more time to think about it though before someone did.

I also never expected her to say what she did about never being asked. What I told her was true though. There are plenty of guys here that would love to go with her but are to scared to ask, one of those guys being me.

I need to just accept it though that she is going with Harry. So I pull out my phone and text the only person I can think of to get me to stop thinking about Dacey.

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