Alone

Ch. 29 : I'm not that innocent

Chapter. 29

Two Years Later : Senior Prom

Life comes with lots of surprises, good and bad. Life can make you want to jump up and down in excitement, or bawl your eyes out. Life is messy, sometimes you just have to go with it.

That's what I felt when we found out that Aiden had temporary amnesia from the crash, it hit us all hard. Riley couldn't stop crying for days, Alex always blamed himself, Ryder and me just got caught up in the mess.

After a couple months, he gained his memory back. Riley started dating this guy named Matthew, broke up after two weeks and is now dating Ryder, they're going on three months. 

Me and Alex are still dating, going on two years. Tonight was the senior prom, Riley was going with Ryder and of course, I was going with Alex. We were currently in my bedroom, three hours till prom, doing eachother's hair.

"So, have you decided what college you're going to?" Riley asked me as she straightened my hair.

"I don't know, not really." I said truthfully.

"Do you think you're gonna go?" She asked and I shrugged.

"I have no clue, I mean I don't know what Alex's plans are, so I guess I'll talk to him about it. I've applied to a couple of colleges, nothing serious. Have you talked about it with Ryder?" I asked.

"Kinda, we were hoping to go to Georgia State together, we both already applied, Ryder applied on a football scolarship, I really hope he gets it." She said and I nodded.

"Why so glum Nova?" She asked me and I shrugged.

"I don't know, I guess cause it's senior prom Rile, soon it'll be graduation and we'll all be of to college." I said.

After she straightened my hair, she used her curling iron to curl her hair into perfect ringlets. She had bought epicly sweet dress; a sweet heart top with spaghetti straps black lacing over light blue satin with a black silk belt around her waist, she wore black stilleto heels with black bows on them and wore a matching black necklace.

My dress was the same one I wore on my first date with Alex, I was honstly surprised it still fit. I slipped on my new black lace combat boots and ran my hands through my hair in my reflection. Riley applied some black eye make up on my face, giving me two smokey eyes, I did the same for her.

We finally walked downstairs into the living room, where my mom was sitting on the couch watching Real Housewives. She turned when she heard our footfalls and gasped and smiled.

"Oh my god, you two look so beautiful!" She said, giving us each a hug.

"Thanks mom." I said.

"Yeah, thanks Ms. Kelly." Riley said.

"Let me take a picture." Mom said as she pulled her phone out of her pocket. Me and Riley walked over to the beginning of the stairs and wrapped our arms around each other's shoulders. My mom snapped a couple pics before the doorbell rang and my heart started beating.

My mom opened the door and I smiled. There stood Alex and Ryder, both wearing matching black tuxedos. They both had single roses in their hands. My mom let them in and Alex smiled as he walked over to me.

"Hey beautiful." he greeted me and I smiled.

"Hey Alex." I said.

"This is for you." He said, handing me the rose and I hugged him, kissing him on the lips softly afterwards. 

My mom gathered us all in front of the staircase for another picture. We both stood as our boyfriends wrapped their arms around our waists. After a couple shots, we walked out the door and I gasped.