Lovely Bones {Sequel to Skinny Love}

Prom

Emma's POV

Three weeks had passed since Riley asked me to Prom. Toby stopped staring at me all time time. I'm guessing he got the hint I didn't want to talk from my weird looks. Prom was tonight and the girls were already upstairs getting ready. Carly and Zak were going together, and Alex was taking Avery. I thought it was adorable that he was taking her. I was hoping they would date to get them off of my back. Maybe that's just what they needed; something else to occupy their minds.

"Shouldn't you be getting ready?" Riley asks, making me groan. My head was lying on his lap and he was watching some action movie I wasn't paying attention to.

"Probably. How many hours do I have?"

"Four." Right after he says that, Avery yells from upstairs.

"Emma, get your butt up here!"

"And there's your call." I glare up at Riley, and he smirks.

"You're lucky you're a boy. You don't understand the pain of being a girl." I say, after sitting up.

"And I have no desire to understand."

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Joan takes a curling iron to my hair, making small ringlets. She then braided two strands, one on each side of my head, and pulled them in the back to create a crown.

"Done!" She yells after an hour in front of the mirror. Joan holds up another mirror to show me the back.

"I love it. Thank you so much."

"Of course, hun. Anytime." She hugs me, then moves on to Avery who was sitting beside me. I go back into Riley's room, which had been set up into our dressing room. Makeup was scattered over the surface of his desk, and our dressed were being hung from hooks on his wall.

"Ooh, you're hair looks nice." Lacy compliments. She was currently working on Carly's makeup in front of Riley's desk.

 "Thanks. Unfortunatly, I can take no credit." WIthin the next few hours, we managed to get all of our hair and makeup done, as well as take many embarresing pictures. Soon it was time to get our dresses on. Mine had many different shades of blue braided together at the top, and flowed downwards. It was an open back, which I was wary off, but Joan and Lacy convinced me it would be fine.

Joan stands on the top of the stairs, shouting below, "The girls are ready! Here comes the princesses of the night." I follow behind Carly, Avery behind me. Lacey was already downstairs, taking pictures of us. I couldn't keep the huge grin off my face even though Jo was downstairs, looking even more stunning than ever.

I shift my focus to Riley, who was smiling and holding out his arm for me. I gladly take it.

"You look beautiful." He says to me.

"Yeah, well this," I say gesturing to my body, "took four hours."

Riley copies my motions and says, "This took half an hour."

"I see you put an amazing amount of time into this." And I could. He looked extremely handsome in his black tux, with his hair gelled. After an enourmous amount of pictures were taken, we pile into the limo that had been rented.

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It was exactly as I had pictured. Ballon arches, photographers, so much dancing I thought my feet were going to fall off. It was actually pretty fun besides the fact Jo clung to Toby the whole time, not giving me a chance to even look his way without a glare. Finally, Jo escapes to the bathroom and I make my way over to Toby. I'm not sure what I was doing. My body just took me over without my mind not fully understanding what was happening.

"Hey." I greet.

"Hey." He smiles down at me, his eyes sparkling. For once he looks genuinly happy. "You look beautiful." I wasn't used to getting compliments from him.

"You look pretty good yourself." Toby's cheeks turn slightly pink, and he looks down. He plays with his bottom lip, making my knees feel weak.

The DJ announces the last dance, just as Jo comes over. Her eyes are filled with hatred. Luckily, Riley swoops in right then.

"Let's dance." He says.

"Yes, please." RiIey takes me away from the couple, and onto the dance floor. I wrap my arms around his neck, and his are placed around my waist.

"So, is it was you thought it would be?" He asks.

"Yes, but better."

"Better?"

"Yeah, because Toby and I had a civilized moment, where we may or may not have been flirting. Plus, I got to be here with my best friend." Riley's face lights up when I say he is my best friend. Before I know what's going on, his lips are on mine.

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Short chapter but I love cliffhangers and I'm already working on the next chapter! Guys I suck so bad lately. I'm so terribly sorry. Thank you for all of your comments! They mean the world to me <3

To the side is Emma's dress!