"where's my eyeliner?"
"Quinn help me straighten my hair"
"WHERES MY HAIRSPRAY"
"out of my way"
"where the fuck is my eyeliner?!" Luna screamed. I gave a shy smile and handed it to her "I ran out oops" I laughed. she sighed scowling at me jokingly.
"this is way too small of a bathroom" Quinn said trying to straighten aria's hair.
"this bathroom is huge maybe if you would stop pushing and moving there would be more room" Luna snapped
"sassy" Quinn joked as we all laughed.
"you've got 30 minutes" one of the guys yelled from the bathroom in my room.
we all finished up whatever we were doing. makeup and hair all done. we finally put our dresses on
"damn" Rella gasped as we all took one last look in the mirror
"we look hot" she joked.
Luna curled her hair full on she said she looked like a lion so she obviously liked it, Quinn straightened hers then curled it a little bit, we put Rella's in a French braid, Aria had Quinn straighten her hair, Elena put in her extensions that practically went down passed her butt, Molly braided her hair and I just straightened mine. We all got our makeup done by Elena.
we walked into the hallway single file where we met with the guys.
Oli had on a black dress shirt black skinny jeans and black fancy shoes. all the guys pretty much dressed like this, some wore a white collar shirt or vans. Daniel wore toms which was typical for him.
Oli hugged me and took a step back looking me up and down "shit alex, you're gorgeous" he smiled, this was new he was all sappy and cute we usually don't do the sappy cute couple thing. I blushed and looked down. everyone went to their guy and greeted them with cuddles, some even kissing *cough cough* Jordan and Quinn
we all coupled up to take pictures.
Oli and I,
Rella and Cole,
Elena and Daniel,
Luna and Matt #3 (Matt k),
Aria and Matthew,
Quinn and Jordan,
Molly and her boyfriend
Matt Nicholls didn't go, he said it wasn't in his interest and that he would just see us after. this kinda sucked.
after the pictures we piled into a few cars. we weren't the average homecoming group.. most people went out to dinner got limos and had a huge photo shoot; we got pizza took drove ourselves and had an iPhone photo shoot. but id prefer all of this with these people over the other options.
the line was crazy to get in. they took a picture of each couple and you went inside. it was the basic high school dance- twinkly lights, posters a DJ playing horrible music, well horrible in my mind, and annoying couples displaying a new high of PDA. usually in a place like this I would awkwardly walk to the tables and sit down watching all the couples, my friends being happy with their boyfriends and acting like I'm on my phone typing some important text, but now I am the happy one. I was the girl slow dancing with my boyfriend and kissing him and being happy. I mean I've had boyfriends before but I haven't really been happy, I haven't loved them but I had been somewhat happy just not this happy.
once everyone was inside and the doors closed they slowed down the music to a slow song. my first thought oh god.
Oli took me by the hand and guided me to where everyone was, he put his hands around my waist as I attempted to put my hands around his neck. me being only 5'3 and him being over 6' foot this was difficult even with my heels he was a skyscraper compared to me.
as I looked around i saw everyone. they all looked happy and content with this night and who they're with. Quinn and Jordan have been getting closer to each other and by now they were dating, they danced looking into each others eyes, every now and then Quinn would giggle.
Aria and Matthew we're in complete cuddle mode, they weren't even dancing Aria sat on Matt's lap as they laughed and smiled.
Elena and Daniel were the oddest couple, Elena was conserved and quiet Daniel was outgoing and a badass overall but something clicked. and it wasn't going to be pulled apart by anything.
Luna and Matt #3 were just sucking face. not surprising but it did make me laugh.
Rella and Cole stood against the wall, cole held her from behind and they pointed around whispering. I knew exactly what try were doing: judging the basics. the usual thing we would do at a dance. I am proud.
I nuzzled my nose up to Oli's neck as he held me tightly while we swayed back and fourth.
"I love you too" I whispered
he smiled against my skin "I thought you'd never say it back, i thought you were just in it for the sex" he joked
we sat in silence cuddled up swaying back and fourth to the song.. I noticed what song it was,
I Wouldn't Mind- He is We.
I just smiled as Oli quietly sang the lyrics in my ear
"I really like this song" I moved my gaze to meet his.
"it reminds me of us...' he trailed on 'you know what that means?"
I gave a confused look signaling for him to go on
"this is our song" he smiled, his voice was so calm and humble like always. but this time it had a bit of comfort coating his tone.
the words hit like a ton of rocks. I felt like I was melting. I smiled and couldn't stop.
the song was over and we went to sit down at a table.
"I'm going on tour in a week, it's for 3 or 4 months.. I don't want to leave you here." he mumbled shyly
"I know" I replied
"what?"
"you told me when you were drunk" I let out a chuckle
"shit" he said covering his face with his hands
"Oli I can't go I have school, I'm still going to be your girlfriend and I'm still going to love you and support what you do but I have to stay"
his eyes went to the ground
"I mean we have phones. I'll call you everyday I fucking promise that" he started to squeeze my hand a little
"I know, let's talk about it later" I said avoiding the conversation. I didn't want this idea of him leaving, forgetting about me, cheating, finding someone better or any of that to ruin this night.
the night went by so quickly, we all agreed to spend the night at Daniel's house considering his parents were out of town and Matt had already been and by the texts he sent we guessed he found the bar in Daniel's basement.
when we got back to the house Oli took me aside and sat us both on the couch upstairs as I watched everyone make their way to the basement.
"so tour.." he started off
"can't we talk about this later?" I sighed trying to walk downstairs
he stepped in front of the door way blocking me
"Alex we have a week. you can't put this off forever"
I sighed once again.
"okay go"
"I'm dropping out"
I practically choked on his words. I looked up and met his eyes
"how long will you be gone again?"
"around 4 months, but 3 weeks in we have a show here and I'll visit you no matter what, I'll text you and call you every day we can FaceTime.."
I cut him off "I know Oli. we're making this work and it's happening. I'm happy for you and I can't wait to see you on that 3rd week." I faked a smile, we ended the conversation there and I raced downstairs.
I'm not much of a drinker but right now I needed it.
I grabbed a bottle of whiskey and a few coke cans.
here we go..
I slammed most of the whiskey chasing it with soda and repeating over and over.
Oli grabbed the bottle from me, he picked me up
"noooooooo" I laughed and hiccuped and laughed even more
he set me down "Alex are y-
I ran into the bathroom throwing up everything I just drank. I sat next to the toilet hunched over puking what seemed like everything I had tonight.
I heard Matthews voice "Oli I got it"
then they argued
"no mate it's fine"
"Oli seriously just leave I need to talk to her"
then I heard a door slam and a hand on my back
"Alex do you want to talk about this?" Matthew said holding my hair back for me, I swerved my body around and looked up at Matthew's figure
"4 months" I mumbled "he's gonna be gone and he hasn't even noticed"
Matthew lifted me off the ground and helped me over to what seemed like Daniels bed
"what day is that?" he questioned
"my birthday, when I'm leaving" my voice softened
"I'll take it from here" Oli said standing in the doorway. he came over and sat by me switching places with Matthew.
"when I'm 18 my moms moving to America to be closer to family and it's either I move with her or I get my own place and I don't have money for that." I leaned against him laying my head on his shoulder
we sat in silence for a few minutes, Oli took a deep breath and spoke up
"move in with me" Oli grabbed my hand and turned to me meeting our eyes "come live with me"
