the reason | 13rw

s e v e n t y - t h r e e

"okay my family is gone." i said. "so, that means i'm focused strictly on prom." 

"just prom?" monty asked. 

"well and college of course." i said. 

"what about me? your amazing boyfriend who just skipped fifth period to get you chick fil a?" 

i looked over at him, "that's kind of iffy." 

his jaw dropped as he laughed. 

"are you serious?" 

"i'm kidding," i smiled and kissed his cheek. 

we walked into the cafeteria and sat with our friends. 

"oh? so you didn't think we'd want any?" hannah asked. 

"he bought it." i said and they all looked at monty. 

"i only one girl friend guys, get your own." 

"anyway, we were talking about the prom plan. it's only a couple months away." jess said. "we need to start making reservations." 

"okay," i said. "girls get ready at my place." 

"guys can come to mine." scott said. 

"are we doing a limo?" hannah asked. 

"i've got that covered." i replied. "where are we doing dinner?" 

"olive garden?" jeff suggested. 

"i'm okay with that." i shrugged. 

everyone else agreed. 

"i know my dad is going to take a ton of pictures so you guys can just head over to mine when we're all ready." 

"perfect," monty leaned over and kissed my cheek. 

"stop," i whined. 

"what is with you today?" he laughed. "you just won't let me love you." 

"good, we don't want to see that." piper said. 

i chuckled and kissed monty. 

"happy?" i asked. 

"it'll hold me over until we're alone." 

"gross!" everyone whined. 

i took a fry and stuffed it into monty's mouth. 

"shut up, please." 

"fine," he said and chewed the fry. 

....

"i'm home!" i announced through out the house. 

"in the kitchen!" i heard. 

i dropped my bag and walked in, seeing my dad sat at the table. 

"how was school?" 

"it was fine," i shrugged. "the usual." 

"i got your text and booked a limo, i also made the reservation for olive garden." 

"thank you," i walked over and hugged him from behind. 

i looked down at the paper that he was reading. i saw a picture of elliot and his name in bold next to it. 

"what is this?" i pulled away and grabbed it. 

"your brother's last baseball game was crazy and they were losing but your brother managed to hit a home run in the last ten seconds. they beat out UT austin." he said. "they were ranked like number four overrall. he's being praised in the paper."