hurricane • graysonbaileydolan

three

                               I put my backpack down by the door and go into the living room, "Hello? Mom?" I ask and there's no answer, "Mom! Where are you?"

"Upstairs!" she yells back and I go upstairs into her room where Sophia is in my prom dress. I stop in my tracks and look at her,

"What're you doing?" I ask and they both look at me, wide smiles on their faces.

"Well, since you aren't going to prom I didn't want this dress to go to waste. Plus, Grayson saw it and he must love it, so why not?" Sophia asks and I look at her,

"No! You already get to go to prom with my guy, you don't get to go in my dress!" I exclaim, "Take it off, come on!"

"He is not yours anymore! Get that through your head! He's mine! You guys are over!" she yells,

"Give me the fucking dress, Soph!" I yell and my mom pitches in,

"You guys are fighting over a dress and a guy that probably won't mean anything to you in the future!" my mom yells, "I get it, he seems like everything right now but he's not. This family is, and if you are going to act like this over one guy..."

"That one guy was my guy! For three years and Sophia stole him from me!" I yell, and she scoffs,

"Well he's not anymore!" she yells, "Get out so I can give you your precious dress."

I shake my head and slam the door behind me, storming downstairs and stopping in my tracks when I see Grayson standing there by the door. I scoff and walk past him before he grabs my hand and turns me to him, "Talk to me, Sky."

"Don't call me that." I spit and break my hand out of his hold, walking down to the basement and he follows me. "Stop, Grayson! Just stop! Go and comfort your new girlfriend and leave me alone!"

"I'm sorry for doing all that, I am!" he says and I look at him, trying my best to hold in the tears,

"Then why'd you do it?"

"We weren't right, you know that."

"We were better than you and Sophia, I know that." I retort, storming off.

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"What a bitch." Mariana says as we walk into the school, "She really wants to wear your dress to prom?"

"I walked in and she was wearing it."

"I'd kill her...well no I wouldn't that's too extreme." she drawls, "You should go!"

"Where? To prom?" I ask and she vigorously shakes her head yes, "No, no! It's bad enough seeing them at my house and at school, but seeing them dance and winning prom king and Queen, I can't."

"Who says they're going to win?"

"They get the popularity vote..." I say slowly and she looks at me,

"People think it's horrible what Grayson did to you and that they shouldn't win, we just need to find you a boy who will join the running with you."

"I'm not going, Mariana." I sigh,

"Yes, you are. Hey, Jake!" she exclaims and he bobs his head to us,

"Hey, what's up?" he asks and I grab Marianas arm and turn around,

"No, don't you dare. I'm not asking Grayson's ex best friend to go to prom." I say and she nods,

"I guess not...I'll ask for you." she turns around, "So, Jake, you going to prom?"

"Uh, no, why?" he asks and Mariana looks at me and back at him with a smile. I sigh and roll my eyes,

"Well, you heard what happened with Sky and Grayson, so she doesn't have a date. What do you say to going with her?" she asks,

"Mariana..."

"I'd love to." Jake smiles and I look at him,

"Are you sure?"

"Yep, I can pick you up if you want." he says and I nod,

"Yeah, that'd be great." I nod and he smiles, "See you."

"Yeah, see ya." he waves and walks back down the hall. I turn to Mariana and glare at her,

"What? Jake is cute, and Grayson will be so pissed because of it, it's a win-win." she responds,

"I don't want to do that to Grayson, I'm not that kind of person." I respond,

"It is just prom, you're not gonna date him. It's not like it's his twin brother." she says and I look at her angrily,

"Shut up."

"This'll be good, besides. What if you two win? You know how Grayson and your sister will act?" she asks and that basically sold me because I think Grayson should get to feel how I do.

"Okay, fine. But who are you going to go with?" I ask, crossing my arms and she looks at me,

"That's the thing, I'm not going." she smirks and I roll my eyes, convincing her to come.