*book 1* The Nightmare They Call Life

Chapter 25

I was in 3rd period today when I was called down to the principals office. Principals scare me, they're so powerful and they just yell a lot, well it seems like it.

"You wanted to see me, Mr. Greene?"

"Yes. I know you are an honors student, am I right?"

"Yes you are correct." I said.

"Great. I have a new young lady sitting in one of those chairs out there. I will call her in here and we all can meet one another."

"Ok."

Once Mr. Greene came back with the new girl she seemed very pretty. She wore a long sleeved jacket and black skinny jeans. She wore boots and she had black hair. She had 2 ear piercings and she just looked adorable, well from my stand point. She looks like someone I could hang out with and get along with.

Mr. Greene introduced himself then I introduced myself.

"Hi, I'm Skylar." I said to her.

"Hi, I-I'm Britney ." She said, sounding nervous.

"Skylar here will be showing you around school and where your locker is and where all of your classes are." Mr. Greene said to Britney.

"O-ok." She said again in a raspy voice.

I walked along the hallways and it was silent. I decided to break the silence.

"So why did you move here?" I asked just walking around the school.

"My mom died and I had to live with my dad and he lives around here." She said, sounding a bit sad, she seemed like she just wanted to break down and cry right there.

"Oh I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought it up."

"It's ok. You didn't know."

"I still feel horrible about it."

"Don't be, it's fine, really."

"Well, ok. So can I see your schedule?" I asked. Trying to get off of that subject.

"Yeah here you go." She said giving me her schedule. I looked it over and noticed she had the exact same classes as me, at the same time. Wow I hope this goes great.

"Wow you have the same classes as me." I stated.

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Wow, well, at least I'll know one person in every class."

"Yeah." I said, feeling happy for once in my life.

I showed her around the school and lunch came around. I told her she can sit with my friends and I and she seemed happy about it.

As lunch continued we learned a lot about each other. Her dad is almost never home because he works and her mom is dead, just like me, except for my dad is dead and my mom is always gone.

She has a sister and a brother. She's the youngest of her family and I'm the oldest of my family. She lifted up her jacket sleeve and there were cuts on her arm. She cuts and so do I. Once I found out about it I just kept it to myself. I didn't want to scare her away because I would really want someone to get to know me and we could talk about what's wrong with our lives and we could just be there for one another.

Once lunch was over we all went to our normal day. Britney and I have gotten closer, she's acting as if she really wants to be my friend. All of our classes went by really fast. At the end of 7th period Britney asked for my phone number and I gave it to her. I know I shouldn't open up to people I just met but it's a bad habit.

I walked home by myself and I arrived at my house. Ryan was already there which was surprising because I thought he had to work today. Wait a minute that means I could've have gotten a ride from him. Oh my god I walked home for nothing. Ugh! Sometimes he irritates me to no end, but I still love him.

I walked into the house and Ryan was standing there in a tuxedo.

"What up with the tuxedo?" I asked him.

"I wanted to do something special for you tonight." He said.

"Uh ok. Should I get dressed in fancier clothing?"

"Yes. I have already bought you a dress and I laid it out on the bed." He said, awe how sweet is he?

"Ok. Thank you."

I walked into the bedroom and I shut the door. I looked at the bed and I saw the dress. It was gorgeous. It was black with sparkles on it and it was a high-low dress. I love high-low dresses because it's long in the back and short in the front. It's just really pretty. I tried it on and it fit perfectly. How'd he know my size? I wondered.

After I was finished getting the dress on I re-did my makeup. Then I straightend my hair. I came out of the room and he held up black converse for me to wear. I had to emit it went really well with the dress. He looked at me and smiled.

"What?" I asked, sounding confused.

"You look beautiful." He said.

"Thanks." I said feeling weird. I don't know why I felt weird, I guess it's because I'm wearing a dress and I never wear dresses.

We left our house and went to this really fancy restaurant and it sat along the side of the beach. Yes, I live pretty close to a beach, it's not that fancy but I'm not rich or anything, I just had lived here all my life with my family and we didn't want to leave so we just stayed, well, except for my dad he left because of the divorce. I still hate them for it.

We are our diner and once we were done we walked along the beach. We both took our shoes off and left our shoes at one spot while we walked along the beach. It was great outside but it was a little cold. Once Ryan noticed I was shivering a little bit he took his jacket from his tuxedo off and put it around me. I swear this boy knows how to be romantic. We were walking for quite a while and then he did the unthinkable.

He got down on one knee.

"Skylar would you do the honor of-"

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You guys are probably going to hate me but CLIFFHANGER!!! Omg i just had to. Anyway hope you enjoyed it.

-Shelby