formal, F. GUTIERREZ ✓

33 | irl

→ riley's pov

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it was angus, macy's little brother, standing right in front of me.

"hey, angus!" i greeted him with a smile and a hug.

"for moment i thought you hated me, i think froy hates me," he whispered and hugged me back.

"nah, i told him to act like that when he meets you, only because you're related to macy," i told angus as he forced a handshake with a very confused froy, "it's an aussie thing, you'll be right."

"right..." froy furrowed his eyebrows, still confused because angus carried on with the handshake.

"what's with the limo?" i asked.

"it's macy's limo and she stopped at maccas, which froy, is the aussie way of saying mcdonalds, anyways, she stopped there for some fries and as soon as she left, i paid the driver to leave and pick you guys up instead," angus spoke proudly, wow, this kid was better than the last time i had seen him.

"dude, that's awesome! she has no ride now!" i highfived him.

"yeah, she paid for the limo herself as well," angus sounded even more proud. "should we go?"

"hell yeah!" i said with a wide grin, took froy's hand and ran into the limo.

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the school was full of students wearing tuxes and incredibly expensive looking dresses.

there were so many people that i had never seen before.

as we exited the limo, i got the looks that i expected.

"oh my god, riley!" my old friend adelaine called my name, she ran up to me, followed with a very angry looking macy.

"oh shit," i muttered under my breath and turned around to froy, "hide me, now!" froy's eyes widened but he grabbed me by the shoulders and pushed me behind him.

"woah, froy, you look even better in person," macy smirked at froy, i rolled my eyes and pushed froy gently out of the way.

"thanks, macy, but he's got a girl, okay? now back the fuck off honey," i took froy by the hand again and lead him to the gym where the actual dance was.

"that was, wow," froy chuckled when i stopped at the food table.

"i hate that bitch," i said aggressively and searched for some food that i could eat.

"i think you need to tone it down a little bit, it's your formal and you don't wanna cause a scene."

"i'm good froy, thanks for worrying for my health though!" i faked my enthusiasm.

"are you okay?" he asked, putting his hands on my shoulders and looking me in the eye.

"yes, i'm just nervous," i sighed and froy slowly pulled me in for a hug, i rested my head against his chest and hugged him back.

"you should be okay, as long as you avoid macy i think everything will be fine, plus, you look the best here tonight," froy reassured me.

i pulled away and gave him a small smile.

"thanks froy, you know i love you."

"was that a joke-"

"hey guys!" xavier popped up beside us with a grin, "i'd like to introduce you to my date," he showed us the... boy who had his arms around his waist.

"oh my god," i said quietly, this had to be the greatest moment of my life.

"xavier, you're gay?" froy raised his brow at this, but you could tell that he was happy.

"macy turned me gay." xavier laughed at his own joke.

"oh, so this is why you didn't want to be with ellery!" i pointed out, xavier rolled his eyes and shook his head.

"ellery is beautiful, but no thanks."

"hi, you are?" froy asked xavier's date.

"orlando."

"oh my god, xavier, this makes me so happy, i think i'm gonna cry, i feel like a proud mother!" i cried out and gave the couple a hug.

"oh this girl is so sweet, i love her already" orlando told them all, this made me feel even better.

but my smile dropped as i realised what i had said to froy about five minutes ago.

gross, i wouldn't say that to anyone, that's just not like me to do that.

i looked backed at froy who stood awkwardly with his hands in his blazer pockets, man, he looked good.

"is it okay if i go outside for a bit? i need to find angus," i asked him.

"sure, do you need me to go with you?"

"it's all good, thank you, froy," i smiled at him then left.

it was almost empty outside, people must have gone inside because of how cold it was.

i had to find angus.

luckily for me, he was still chilling at the limo, surrounded by a whole bunch of girls, their dates were in a group scowling at angus, wow, mr steal your girl.

"excuse me girls, i gotta talk with angus, go back inside with your dates," i told the girls, they hesitated but slowly went back to their dates.

"why did you do that?" angus exclaimed, clearly annoyed.

"i need to ask you, is liam here?"

"he came as macy's date, he should be around here somewhere, why?"

"i got something for him."

"sex?"

"angus, you're disgusting," i shook my head with disappointment.

"it was just a joke, calm down, i know you're better than that, you'd get some std."

"you're so great, angus," i messed up his hair and walked away and set off to find the prick who's named liam.

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a/n ; what a bad chapter y'all, i'm watching back to the future.

i just wanted to let you all know that during the holidays (legit i have one more day of school which is tomorrow so like, in one day) this book will be under heavy editing so i feel bad for everyone who would have already read this book