Vanilla Salt Memories - 1| ✔️

Chap 19: The Winter Prom

I blinked at the atmosphere.

And, abruptly locked my eyes around the environment I was stood in with jaws literally hanging low.

Woooah...

There were twinkling white lights in all the windows that I guess were supposed to represent icicles or whatever. Frilly ballgowns with elegant tuxedos flocked the dancing hall. The silky red curtains wavered at the blowing gust of wind that soon spread the melodies of classical violin and other musical instruments into the air. And, I noticed an aura of joy and happiness was colored all around us.

I clenched my hands together in my usual daydream and squeaked to myself.

Yeee! Fairytale Dreamlands everywhere!.."

I mentally scream inside my mind's fantasies at the beautiful couples dancing around with their partners.

The atmosphere is just way too romantic and fairytalistic!!

'E-Eh.. Melody.. I-I think you have been spacing out a l-little t-too much today..' squeaked Selena, supposedly, my former bully nervously.

I rubbed my reddish black dyed highlights bun and adjusted the long dark Tulle Laced purple gown that rolled down on the floor like Rapunzel's hair for the prom.

'U-Ugh.. You're probably right..i guess, I just got a little too excited by this atmosphere and all.. '

'Y-yeah.. But, that's natural. Even your friend Sunny is hanging out with her longtime crush, Michael Grey now..' she said and quickly looked at my facial expression.

'Oh.. No no.. Don't look at me like that..it's true that he is one of my close friends but, there is no way that I would like him like that..' I exclaimed quickly in comprehension of what Selena was thinking right now and notice that uncertain look fading from her face.

I guess, people still think that the rumor about us is true even though several months have passed.

And, talking about rumours.

I have never really met the class Rep or my other invisible bullies since that incident. I don't know what really happened to them. We are in different classes so I don't really see them at school and even if I do they always look away and never seem to meet me in the eye.

And, I suspect that must probably be the handiwork of my two best friends.

But, luckily like the saying goes.. There is always a silver lining behind every cloud.

My bulling.. Kinda.. Stopped.. Period.. (Sunny and Crystal were too terrifying after all..) and I on the other hand had earned a new friend.

Selena Opal!

And, I love her.

She is like, the most sweetest girl, ever. I just can't believe that we have met in the wrong circumstances. She is quiet, cute and absolutely shy, kinda like me, which may be one of the reasons why I like her.

'Mmm Mmm' she smiled and softly nodded. ' And, the way he asked her for the dance holding a rose was quite romantic after all.

I gulped in hesitation.. ' Y-Yes...' That's how it looked like... from afar that is... I wonder how Selena would take it, if she ever found out that Michael was actually holding the bouquet of plastic roses that were used for the decoration to fit them on the pillars (since he was in the class Rep committe and all) and had only randomly bumped into Sunny Topaz, before becoming frozen in fear at the very site of her.

And, thanks to Sunny's over_irrational whimsical logic she mistook him as asking for a dance with the bouquet of roses and glided him into the dance center to everyone's astonishment.