With This Life (Reynico/Neyna)

1: Worst Night

Reyna looked beautiful. Unfortunately, I couldn't stare long--I'm not the lucky guy who asked her to this stupid high school dance.

But, wow. She looked amazing, her dark hair french braided down here back, and no make-up, and she wore a cultural dress that showed her Latina heritage. I never thought she would wear a dress, I admit it's strange and not as attractive as her usual self, but still.

She approached her date, a lucky raven-haired, and smiled with the most glorious eyes I had ever noticed before. I didn't realize my jaw was hanging until I nearly drooled all over the gym floor.

"Cat caught your tongue?" Piper started laughing behind me.

I glared at her, shutting her up momentarily, and averted my gaze back to Reyna. She started dancing with Percy, who I'm assuming she is currently dating. My heart pinches as she lays her head on his shoulder.

I look away, trying to notice anything else, but it's all I see in my head.

"Hey," Jason, Piper's date, puts his hand on my shoulder, "There's plenty of other girls for you, Nico. Besides, shemight come around to ya! Just don't let it ruin your night."

"I didn't want to come here in the first place, Grace." I retort.

"Well, you're here now! Go dance with somebody!" Piper pushed me into the crowd of dancing people, and I knew it'd be a battle I didn't want to fight. I pushed through to find a solo dancer, of any gender, just to dance with.

I bumped into a girl about my age, looking emo (kind of like me), and noticed she was alone.

"Wanna dance?" I askes her, feeling bad because I'm not asking Reyna.

She shrugged, "Why not?"

So we moved to the music. Her body swayed in a beautiful way. Her hair is short amd dyed white (black at the tips), and she had black tears made out of eyeliner going down her cheeks. She wore a short black dress with black see-through tights ans black shoes. If I was shallow, I'd fall for her.

"So, what's your name?" she asks.

"Nico." I reply.

She nods, which looked weird with her dancing, "I'm Sophena. Call me Soph."

I smiled slightly. Ahead of me, Percy and Reyna came into view. I couldn't help but watch as they--hand-in-hand--made their ways to the DJ, and requested a song. Sophena hadn't noticed me staring at another girl (or maybe she just didn't care), but I felt bad again because Sophena is the one my attention should be turned to. I looked into her sky blue eyes and wondered if she was usually alone and ignored, or just tonight.

Our song ended, but she grabbed my hand, "Wanna go another round?"

I didn't want to, but I didn't want to let down a charming girl, so I nodded, "Sure."

A song came on that made my heart ache. It's Reyna' favorite song, favorite version. It's a beautiful Nightcore version of Despacito. I realized that people were planning to line-dance, so I pulled Soph to the side.

"Um-"

"It's cool," she assured. "I dont wanna take part in that either."

We chuckled together.

She walked away, but not without leaving me her number (which she drew in eyeliner on my forearm). I looked around for Piper and Jason, but they were dancing with Percy and Reyna. I sighed. This is torture.

Reyna looks so beautiful. I'll say it over and over until my life is the sappiest, most annoying sentence ever. She's just magnificent, outside and in. She's Reyna.

I looked back over at Soph, hoping for a distraction,  but she's out of my view. I decide to get a drink, moving out of the gym and into the hallway for some fruit ounch. I grabbed a paper cup and filled it. I took my time with it, procrastinating. When I finished, a new song had come on, amd Percy was talking with Jason. Piper is on the dance floor with Leo, and I can't spot Reyna.

She probably left or went to the bathroom. I sigh in relief.

But it doesn't make me feel better. This is one of the worsts nights of my life.