i was brushing my teeth when i heard the doorbell ring, i bet it's ash. i check the time 3:20, yep it's ash. i carefully run downstairs and open the door. Ashley looks amazing in a black straight dress, with tan shoes and her hair done nicely.
"should we get photos?" ashley nodded her head and my mom got the camera ready. "where do we stand mom?" i questioned.
"maybe just over by the wall" ashley and i walked over carefully, trying not to slip and smiled toward the camera.
the whole time these 1000 photos were being taken, all i could think about was ethan. how his not going tonight and it's pretty much my fault. i felt terrible and i needed to find something to do but it's too late now.
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an hour later and dates were here to pick us up, i'm surprised that Hayes wanted to come here to pick me up.
we got a few photos and i got one with gray as well.
"how's eth?" i whispered to him still trying to smile. he didn't answer at first but then everyone stopped taking photos and he turned to me.
"he's not great, the happiest he was, well was with you and he screwed up and he doesn't know you will ever forgive him".
i stayed silent and waited for him to turn around.
"i've already forgiven him".
"ready to go beautiful?" hayes asked. i nodded with a smile and we walked out and got into our seperate cars.
hayes started the ignition and we were off to the dance. once we got there i stopped hayes from getting out so i could have a little chat with him.
"now hayes before we go into this dance. we need to talk." he gave me a blunt look and nodded for me to continue. "if i go into this with you, we are dancing once and that means you will stop harassing girls and be a normal teenage boy. i know you probably won't listen to this show it's not worth it but please just stop abusing girls because we actually have feelings"
"look i'm sorry, i will try now can we go have fun?" i smiled and got out of the car where i hooked my arm in his. my smile faded for no particular reason but then i looked up and saw ethan on the freaking roof of the gym. a massive smile happened to make its way on my face and it wasn't going anywhere.
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it's around 10pm now and hayes and i have had enough dancing for one night when we were about to sit down someone grabbed me.
hayes didn't seem to care but i was scared out of my fricken mind. i couldn't see who it was until they turned me around when we got outside. grayson?
"what do you want grayson?" he laughed and then started rubbing his face, what the hell is he doing!
i turned around for like 5 seconds and then back to see ethan standing there. wow we haven't been this close for about 2 weeks.
"hey" i said and suddenly i felt a huge drop of water on my shoulder, thank god my make up is waterproof.
"hi" he said through a sad expression. he turned his head and rolled his eyes.
"what the hell ethan? why did you do that? is it hayes, are you annoyed?" he looked back at me and a single tear was rolling down his cheek. "did i do something?"
"you did nothing that's the problem, tonight was meant to be the night where i gave you your first kiss and asked you to be my girlfriend but i screwed it all up and pushed you away. now your here with hayes!" he screamed. the rain was way heavier now and my hair was almost flat.
"what do you expect me to say or do, kiss and make up." he started coming closer but i took a step back and continued talking. "i would die to be your girlfriend, i knew the moment i saw you on TV that if i ever met you, you would be the one. i met you and i got to know you and i like you too much. when you screwed things up, i tried my hardest to get over you but the things we have done in the past month and a half always come back into my head. i try so hard but i can't do it because i" i said raising my voice over the rain.
"alissa, you might not believe this but i am certain, and i mean certain that i.." he stopped suddenly as someone punched him in the jaw.
"what the hell hayes?" i yelled. i ran over to ethan and picked his head up. "are you ok?" he placed his hand on his jaw and started moving it.
"bastard"
"wait ethan calm down! i know hayes isn't the best person but what do you have against him?" he looked away and rolled his eyes once again. i grabbed his chin and made him look at me. "ethan?"
"i can't take this anymore, i'm just gonna tell you ok?" i nodded and he continued. "he went to my middle school and also bet the shit out of me, i tried my hardest to get past that stage and help the girls he was abusing. he would always punch or beat me up again. when he was abusing you, i lost it! i asked him so politely to stop, but he never would that's why i got into a fight with him" at this point a small smile was on my lips.
"thank you" he looked at me confused and then opened his mouth to say something but then closed it.
"can i uh, you know uh" i laughed slightly and finished his sentence for him.
"yes you can kiss me, but let's get you up first" i helped him get up and he started coming closer, our lips were so close but suddenly everything went black.
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i didn't like this chapter as much but there is a small cliffhanger. i have no clue why but yeah i just wrote it.
