Jimon Short Stories

Prom Night (AU)

POV JACE:

Every year is always the same stress on this date. Finding the perfect match, the perfect outfit and the pressure to make the night perfect, too. As you may have guessed, I'm talking about the night of the Ball. Every year my school organizes two balls: the winter and the end of the school year.

It's my third and final year at this school and I've been to too many dances and it's always the same. We spent all afternoon getting ready and in the evening we went to the school gym, where most of the time is spent sitting at tables drinking punch or eating together with our peers. In the middle of the night the king and queen of the ball are crowned, who are usually always the two most popular in the school, and then the same routine returns to the rest of the night.

I usually go to the dance with my two brothers Alec and Izzy but this year things would be a little different, as they both have special companions. Alec goes with Magnus, her boyfriend and Izzy goes with Raphael, his special friend. And I? Okay, I'm looking at a person, but I'm still not sure whether to invite him or not.

Who? It's my best friend Simon. Simon and I have been friends for two years, but I don't know if we are both prepared for our relationship to evolve. I like what we have and I don't want anything to harm our friendship.

"When are you going to invite him?" Asked Alec, pulling me out of my thoughts.

- You already know what I think about it.

- I know, you don't want to ruin anything you have so far, but you know if you ruin yourself. In fact, you can simply go as best friends. You don't have to go as a couple.

I kept thinking about it and the truth is that I just asked you that you wanted to go to the dance with me. As best friends, clearly! Despite liking him too much for almost a year now, I don't want him to feel pressured to feel the same as me.

The long-awaited day came and it was time to pick up Simon. We had arranged for me to pass by his house, which was on the way to school. Your mother forced us to take some pictures, which I didn't mind, after all, parents are like that, they want pictures of everything so that one day later they can remember the day when their children went to school dances.

We went to school and the car park was full but luckily we quickly got a seat and parked my car. We left the car park, entered the school and headed towards the gym where the ball was taking place.

- Welcome to the ball for the end of the year, don't forget to vote for the king and queen who think they should win the crown and have fun tonight.- said a girl before we entered the gym.

The decorations were fantastic as always. It was always something that fascinated me at the dances of this school, is that the decoration is always very well done and you can see that it was a lot of work but at the end of the day it gives a kind of pride when looking at the final product.

This was my last dance and I was prepared to spend a good time in the company of my partner and best friend Simon Lewis and in the company of my remaining friends and brothers.

- Good night boys and girls, this will be the last dance for many of you at this school and I hope you have fun tonight and that here, in this place, build many unique moments that you will remember for the rest of your lives. In a few minutes, voting for the king and queen of the ball will open.

After the director finished his opening speech, the DJ started to do his job and the dance floor was already full of students showing their best dance moves.

"Well, you look so beautiful," said Clary, sitting at our table.

"Where's your date?" Asked Simon, smiling.

- He went to get drinks. He's a sweetheart, I don't know why I didn't agree to go out with him before.

- You were always afraid to show that you felt an attraction and he is the same. We were both afraid to go ahead and be rejected, so we decided it was best not to take any chances.- explained Simon and little did he know that this advice was good for me too.

- Voting for the king and queen of the ball is officially open. What are you waiting for, let's vote ... Otherwise, the queue is gigantic and we will never leave that room again.- said Izzy.

The queue for voting was already a little long, but luckily we got a good place to get to vote.

- What do you say we go dancing a little? We haven't left our table since we arrived.

- Let's go!

We went to the dance floor and three dances later and a trip to the garden that was also decorated to take some pictures and get some air when we heard the microphone and barely noticed that it was time to announce the king and queen of the dance.

- Good night again, boys and girls, as this is one of the longest moments of the night. As every year, I will call the stage the three people most voted for king and queen and only later will we reveal who the winners are.

"This promises!" Exclaimed Simon.

- The three most voted for the prom king and who will take the stage tonight are Alec Lightwood, Joseph Moon and Jace Lightwood.

"Me?" I asked quietly but Simon just pushed me and headed for the stage.

- The three girls most voted for queen and who take the stage are Regina Summers, Isabelle Lightwood and Vannesa Beckett. The prom king of 2019 is .... Jace Lightwood.

The audience applauded as I got to the front and received the prom king crown.

- And the prom queen of 2019 is .... Isabelle Lightwood. And as tradition says, the king and queen will have their first dance in the spotlight.

I still can't believe that my dear sister and I are elected the king and queen of the ball, usually the most voted are the most popular couple in school, but it seems that this year things have changed. Although I love dancing with my sister, I couldn't look away from Simon.

I know I always said that I wanted to keep things as they are between me and him but the truth is that I really like him and I would like to have an opportunity to show him that I can make him very happy and that together we can have a very bright future .

- Go to him and tell him how you feel. You feel the same way, but your fear of ruining things is blocking the opportunity to be happy. So, little brother, what you're going to do now is take him to the garden and confess everything you feel for him.

That's what I did. I apologized, left my sister dancing with Raphael and went to our table and asked him to accompany me to the garden. We went to the part that didn't have a lot of people and there, with some effort on my part, I told him everything I felt and that even though I didn't want to damage our friendship, I couldn't hide anymore that I loved him and luckily he admitted who felt the same way about me.

I have been to many dances at this school, but never in my life would I have guessed that this would be the one that would bring me the best memories of my life. Today I not only won a crown next to my sister, but I also won the love of my life, who happens to be my best friend.

Nothing could ruin the happiness I felt at going back to the gym and being able to enjoy the rest of the dance with my boyfriend.