Keanu

CHAPTER 19: Lead The Way

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CHAPTER NINETEEN: Lead The Way
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Deliah's POV

The rest of the week passed by in a blur. I tried not to make fun of Damon too much and I went out with Keanu again. It was literally a dream come true. The fact that this wasn't part of my plan unsettled me though. Too bad my mom decided to come home yesterday, she wasn't even worried about the fact that I came home past midnight. I say again, mother of the year. I honestly didn't even care, that's why I quickly ran up to my room when I got home from school.

"Honey?" she called from downstairs.

"What?" I yelled back at her. I know, it's my mother, I should be respectful. But can you blame me?

She didn't answer so I continued packing my bag and went downstairs when I heard Damon's horn, quickly grabbing an apple on my way out.

"Where are you-" I cut her off by slamming the front door. Like she cares, I roll my eyes.

I climbed into the car and we drove to the mall. We had small talk and I still teased him about the Carmen thing. When we arrived at the mall all the other candidates were already there.

"We're late, Damon" I said grabbing his arm and pulling him to the crowd.

"Well, looks like we're all here." Miss Evans started, "I'm glad all of you could make it. I'm sure you all have busy lives, messing around and such, so I'll make this quick-"

"Not quick enough" a member of the football team commented.

"Like I was saying. There are going to be three themes: A day at the beach, a cocktail party and the royal ball. Appropriate!" She yells, "Outfits please." she says softly and smiles.

"Now listen closely because I'm going to list the partners now." she said putting on her glasses and flipping the page of the stack papers she was holding. I listen closely, my nerves increasing as she goes down the list with people cheering and some groaning.

"And finally, Mr. Collins and Ms. Lodge." I literally choked on my own spit. I looked up and was met with a smirk and a wink. "And please, we are looking for the pictures by the end of tomorrow so can each pair please take a form."

I see Keanu move towards Miss Evans to take a form so I turn on my heels grabbing Damon's arm again leading him away but catching Keanu's eye first to make sure he would follow. "Hey Partner." he catches up with us.

"Umm... Hey." I say.

"So, when are we doing it?" he asks.

"What?" I ask too fast.

"The pictures?" he asks with a smirk.

"Oh, can I see the form?" I say taking it from him. It says we need to submit four pictures, one of each of us alone and two together and the theme is black and white, dresses are mandatory. I groan at the last part.

"I'm guessing you don't have a dress?" he asks.

"What do you think?" Damon and I ask simultaneously.

"I have an idea, why don't we shop for a dress and Damon can meet up with us later to take the pictures?" Keanu suggests.

"Fine with me, bye." Damon says and walks away tapping on his phone before I can even blink. Only one thing comes to my mind, Carmen. I roll my eyes and turn to Keanu.

"This is going to be fun." he smiles.

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"No!"

Keanu sighs and lifts up another dress.

"N-, is that lingerie?" I asks tilting my head sideways.

"Maybe" he says innocently. I roll my eyes and scan the rest of the aisle. We've been to four different stores and still haven't found anything.

"Do you even have an outfit?" I ask taking a white dress of the rack and put it back immediately after seeing its length.

"Of course I do, and so do you." he says.

"What do you-" I turn around and see him standing with a dress in his hands. It has a white, fitted, halter top and black flowy bottom from below the waist and looks about an inch under mid-thigh. I take it from Keanu and make my way to the dressing room.

I quickly tried it on and didn't go out to show Keanu, I wanted him to wait till we were at the house because I was rocking this dress. We quickly grabbed matching shoes and we checked out.

The drive to my house to fetch my makeup and hair products was quick and then to his wasn't as eventful as the last time we were alone in his car. I quickly texted Damon to meet me at Keanu's house and when we arrived, he was already waiting for us on the steps.

"Well you guys definitely didn't take an eternity to get here." Damon says standing up.

"I get why you're friends now." Keanu says to me and unlocks the door, holding it open for me which causes Damon to raise his eyebrow.

"You can get ready in the first room on your right, unless you want to change in my room with me."

"Thanks, but no thanks." I say turning on my heel and running up the stairs, mostly to hide my blush.

I lock the door behind me and strip down then put on the dress. I'm still amazed at how good my body looks in it. I open the door and tell, no yell, at Damon to come up.

"Well fuck me." is all he says when he enters. He closes the door behind him. "Straight or curly?" I ask. "Straight." He replies and hands me my flat iron. He watched as I attempted to straighten my hair and couldn't stop talking about how Keanu is going to fall over his feet when he sees me.

"So, you're cool with it now?" I ask him when he's finished.

"With what?"

"Me and Keanu" I say turning to him.

"Not entirely. But I trust that you know what you're doing and I want to see you happy." I give him a long tight hug, probably too long, but I don't care.

"Okay, okay. Enough with the feelings." he laughs "Just put this on your face," he says handing me my makeup bag, "and let's go."

I quickly put on some mascara and some type of cream to even out my skintone and to top it off a sparkly, but not too sparkly, lipgloss.

"Done" I say and smile at him.

We head downstairs and I freeze when I see him. I've never seen him look so formal before, in conclusion, he looks hot. "Did you forget how to walk?" Damon says loudly behind me causing Keanu to look our way.

"Damn" he says looking me up and down, stopping at my face. He gives me a smile, not a smirk, a teethy smile that reaches his eyes.

"So, if you guys are done with your staring thing, can we please begin?" Damon says grabbing his camera.

"Lead the way, Darling." Keanu says grabbing my arm.

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