Forever and Always

Homecoming Night Part One

POV: Cora

I hop into the shower and begin to daydream about what the night will bring. The last time I went to a dance, I went stag with my girlfriends at Winter Formal, since Sean was already in high school. We had a blast and went to Shoney's afterwards. Although I couldn't slow dance, I felt like that was the best night of my life.

Little did I know, that this night would beat it by far.

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We walk past the front of the school, and Amad us take my hand, leading me through the crowd of enthusiastic people. Many people he knows stops us, asking if I was his date for the night. Of course, he said yes, and I agreed. It felt good to have him by my side.

When we make it to the cafiteria,we claim two seats at one of the many tables set up. The music has already started and there is already a mob of people crowding the dance floor.

I sit down and place my purse on the table. Amadeus sits beside of me, waiting for a good song to play. He glances over at me, and his eyes twinkle.

I pull out my phone and check the time: 7:04. We had about three hours to enjoy ourselves. I reach for my purse, putting my phone back inside of it. Just as I finish, Amadeus grabs my hand, pulling me away from the table and to the dance floor.

"I hope you like to dance!" He shouts over the booming music.

"I can't dance on my own, only whe-"

"WHAT??!" Amadeus shouts. We moved closer to the speakers.

"I CAN'T DANCE ON MY OWN!! ONLY WHEN SOMEBODY TELLS ME WHAT TO DO, LIKE SHOW CHOIR!!" I shout at the top of my lungs.

"WELL I'LL HELP YOU!!" He takes both of my hands in his, locking our fingers together. We move in a fast, complicated way, our body's going side to side, our hands in a similar motion. I had never danced like this before, and I loved it. We started to receive strange looks from the surrounding people, but we didn't care. We were having too much fun anyways.

As some time passes, we get exhausted. As he takes my hand and leads me to the table, we run into Sarah and Jason.

I run up to her, and she hugs me tightly. I hug her back, complimenting her beautiful appearance.

"You look stunning Cora," she smiles at me as Jason wraps an arm around her waist.

"Thanks," I reply.

"Where's Sean?" Jason asks.

"Car show," I reply in a harsh tone. It came out harsher than I planned.

"Oh, well I'm sorry." Jason says. He takes Sarah's hand, disappearing into the crowd once more. I don't know why they left so suddenly, but then I hear a slow song playing. My first instinct is to sit down, because Sean isn't here, and it'd be wrong to dance with another guy, right? Just as I turn though, Amadeus takes my hands, asking me if I want to dance. Something tells me to say no. That Sean would never forgive me, but I really love Amadeus, in a brotherly way, so I accept his offer.

We move to "our" area around the dance floor and he takes my hand, placing his other one on my waist. I lift mine to his shoulder and I stare into his eyes as we sway along to the music. The same gorgeous eyes that made me speechless on the first day of school start sparkling and I feel something inside of me shift. The love that I was in with this boy had gone deeper. I felt so close to Amadeus. In the short time we had known each other, my feelings progressed to feel like I had known him forever.

The song we dance to is All Of Me by John Legend. As we dance, Amadeus sings the words to me. He slowly and gently pulls me closer to him, our chests almost touching.

I never want this moment to end. It was so beautiful, Amadeus made me so happy. He made my sadness leave, and my happiness stay.