Before There Was You

7. "Poetry"

"Cathy, wake up baby" my mom calls out my name as she sits on the side of my bed and opens my blanket to get a better view of me.

I rub my eyes with the back of my hand then I look at her.

her beautiful brown eyes are staring at me, her black hair is trailing to her shoulders and she has a red lipstick on.

"we have an early meeting today so we can't drop you off to school, you can call Stacey to pick you up okay" she says.

"okay mom it's fine" I reply as I shift out of the blanket and sit on the bed.

"great, make sure you eat breakfast, bye sweetheart" she kisses my forehead then stands up ready to leave.

"have a nice day".

"you too sweetie" she walks out of the door.

Gosh I hate Mondays.

Can I just stay at home and pretend to be sick?

I get out of bed then I tug my sheets neatly under the corners of the bed.

What's the point of going to school when we'll only be preparing for Prom.

I text Stacey to give me a ride as I head to the shower to get ready & dress up.
Once I'm done I walk downstairs to eat breakfast.

My parents should really buy me a car, I'm tired of asking Stacey for rides. Well don't get me wrong I enjoy traveling with her but I need my own car.

I hear hooters outside and I can already tell it's Stacey. I walk towards the driveway.

"stop it, people are still asleep you psycho" I scream while walking towards the car.

"who in the hell is still asleep at this time" she rolls her eyes.

I get into the passengers seat then I give her a kiss on the cheek.

"thanks for fetching me on short notice you sexy ass" as I put on a safety belt.

"yeah right" she rolls her eyes then gives me a small smirk.

We drive to school then we get to the parking lot.
The school building looks different. The walls are decorated with colored lights and posters.

"well seems like we're getting ready for prom already" I say as I get out of the car.

"you know our school takes prom very seriously" Stacey replies as she locks her car.

We both head to the school hall, where bright colors and decorations complement the hallway.

"this is taken way too seriously" as I look around then my eyes fall on Martin.

He's carrying a bunch of letters, walking around and reading them out loud with his friends as they laugh at some of the letters and tore them apart, leaving little pieces on the ground.

One of his friends takes one letter from him then reads out loud "Martin, I wouldn't think of anyone who would go to prom with me rather than you, would you like to go to prom with me? PS Tamara" they all laugh.

"well I would but I'm past that one, so no I'm good" they laugh once again and tore the letter into pieces.

Wow I am confounded by this guy. He may look all godly on the outside but he sure has an ugly heart.

I turn and look at Stacey "well here's your Martin, you still think a guy like that is yearning for me?!"

She looks at me then gives me a smirk "we'll have to wait and see".