Everything »mfz and jvo (discontinued)

chapter 25

•love yourself•
mack's pov

"what the hell were you thinking?!" i yell at myself as i walk into the ladies room. "i'll never hear the end of it. that's for sure" i look up into the mirror, staring deeply into my own reflection. i never looked into the mirror very often, i despise the way i look but today something felt different. i broke out of my shell, i did, didn't i? or perhaps i had just built another one on top of the last one. it was too close to tell, yet i loved it.

"Mackenzie!" my bag fell off my shoulders as i struggle to regain my thoughts. "i've been calling you for the past minute" i look upon her face and she makes eye contact.

"i'm sorry, i was in deep thought." she re-positions herself and grabs her bag. "why are you talking to me anyways, i thought you were mad at me" reaching for my bag, i throw one last look at Lauren before walking out. okay, i let a boy between us but does that really matter? true friendship shouldn't end just because of a stupid boy who loves to play with a girls feelings..

"will you let me talk to you for a second, for God's sake Kenzie!" she shouts running after me, i stop and look up at her.

"i didn't mean to walk away, i just needed to clear my head" her blond hair sways in front of her emerald green eyes and she quickly places them behind her ears. "i overreacted again, didn't i?" i say, letting a giggle escape from my lips. she giggles too and gives out a sigh of relief.

"why aren't you in class anyways?" i ask and she smirks. " i skipped." goody-two-shoes Lauren Orlando has never skipped class. ever. i'm starting to think i'm a terrible influence on my own best friend. "what about you Ziegler?"

"um well. it actually started before class.." i take a few minutes to explain the recent events and she starts laughing hysterically, i stare at her and wait for her to catch her breath. "you idiot, it's not funny once my mom grounds me for months." she begins laughing again and i couldn't help but join in too.

"but speaking of grounded, are you even allowed to go to the Winter Dance?" Lauren questions, raising an eyebrow. it took me a few seconds to actually deep the question, shit.

"have i even gotten a dress.." i haven't and it's in three days. life's great, not only has my date left me on seen, but i also have two days to dress shop. "well have you?" i ask, she bites her lip and laughs.

"i was kind of waiting for you" i laugh at her comment. "well i'm here so let's go now!"

"and ditch school?!"

"hell yeah."

***

we stepped into the store that looked the most convincing, DressRus. pretty cliche but we went with it. i decided to look for a blue dress since white wasn't really my cup of tea. you see, we have dress codes for the dance, the theme is winter so, the colours are within that colour pallet . easy to figure out.

"okay you go left, i go right" Lauren says pointing towards what she meant.

"alright, find three and then we try them on" and after that, we parted ways into different sections of the white and blue dresses. they were all so beautiful.

1 new text message.

brando: Parents took my phone, sorry if it seemed like I left you on seen.

wow parents again. see what i mean? something fishy is going on and it's not Ann-Marie's spot.

me: it's okay

did i mean that? nah. i want to know what's up but i'm afraid to ask.

brandon: i'm by your locker, where are you?

oops.

me: i ditched. speaking of which

brandon: Wait what

me: not all of us are goody-two-shoes like you and Lauren XD

oh my i used XD

brandon: Using my XD i see. Haha, can we meet again?

me: i'd love that! today, at 11pm?

brandon: For sure

me: not lemme dress shop :) see you later idiot

brando: Haha see ya fun-size :,)

very funny.

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i place my phone into my bag and begin my search. they were all so sparkly, not what i'm looking for but don't get me wrong. they were breathtaking, i might just change my mind.

time skip

as time passed, we met at the changing rooms and tried on the dresses we found.

"no way." Lauren spells out making me huff and puff. we've been dress shopping for hours, we're not even in DressRus anymore. we've been to five stores since that, i think i'm losing hope.

"this is the last fucking dress Lauren, i'm not trying on anymore." she looks at me before yelling 'language young lady' making me walk back into the changing rooms, trying on the very last dress.

"gasp!" from her reaction, i'm guessing this is the one. i felt so beautiful for once, i loved the feeling this dress gave me. it had a deep lunged V neck line with a criss-cross back. it poofed slightly but not with exaggeration. it had blue flowers all over and it just made me feel like me. i stared into the mirror and teared up slightly looking down at myself and nodding.

"i've honestly never felt so- so-" she runs up to me hugging me and smiling

"Brandon is one lucky guy, operation make Johnny jealous is a go" she giggles but i remain quiet, he's still quite a sensitive topic to me. "welp" i finally say breaking the silence. she looks up and down at me once more and says:

"Kenzie. i think this is the one."

a/n: it's a miracle. i uploaded :) haha if you can see i changed the format, i'll be doing it throughout the whole book when i have time to edit it