It was prom night and Ari and I looked gorgeous in our dresses. The boys were downstairs waiting on us to leave. We had rented a limo together and decided that we'd leave to prom from my house. I did my final touch ups and grabbed my purse and along with Ari, I headed downstairs.
The first thing I noticed was that Jace's date was Alicia and then I noticed that the twin's date were two girls from our school who weren't really known. They were really pretty though. Lastly I noticed Dylan who had just turned to face me as my mother pointed in my direction. His mouth fell open as he stared at me in awe. He came over to me.
"Wow, you look beautiful," he told me brushing my hair back, "Every time I see you, you take my breath away."
"According to Jace, you can't breathe without me. So which is it?" I whispered to him, "Do I take your breath away or do I allow you to breathe?"
"Both," he answered staring deep into my eyes and I blushed.
"I think you're way too sweet," I smiled.
"That's my line sweetheart," Dylan told me and then briefly kissed me on my lips. He wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me into his side.
My mother then took pictures with all of us until she decided she had enough and then dad gave Dylan a stern warning about not 'knocking me up' on prom night or touching me too intimately at all. He said he wanted his virgin daughter to remain a virgin. If only he knew...
We left to prom not long after and arrived at our destination in under half an hour. Our prom was being held at a fancy hotel nearby. It was decorated to reflect the theme of some royal ball. It was really majestic.
I was wearing a black dress with red heels. I accessorized with red also and Ari did my hair in a fancy style. It was up in one with loose curls. My dress wasn't over the top; it was long and fitted to the waist but loose from there on. It wasn't puffy though. Dylan wore a red tie to try and match with me, along with his black suit. He looked dashing.
The rest of the guys wore suits as well except for the twins who went over the top to match the 'royalty' theme, I guess. They were dressed like princes and they looked rather handsome. Ari, like me, wore a simple yet sexy black dress. It was fitted to the waist also but puffy at the end. It was more of a fairy dress actually. Her hair was straightened and let down, unlike mine though and she matched her dress with some hot black heels. She was beautiful.
I looked away from Ari who was dancing with James and watched my brother with his date. He looked like he was having fun with Alicia and that made me smile. Dylan rejoined me at the table with drinks and handed one to me. He followed my eyes and noticed where I was looking.
"So maybe he's not gay," he commented and I turned to catch the smirk on his lips.
"This doesn't prove he isn't. He always slept around with girls," I replied and Dylan watched me carefully.
"True but maybe he actually likes Alicia," Dylan told me.
"Well he got a date, those books must be working," I joked. I glanced once again at all my friends. James and Ari dancing, Jace and Alicia laughing and the twins troubling their dates who seemed fascinated with them.
"Are you okay?" Dylan asked me.
"I'm going to miss this," I said sadly.
"You think too much," he told me and got up reaching out his arm as a new song came on. It was one of my favorites, "Come dance with me."
"Sure," I took his hand and he carried me to the centre of the dance floor.
He wrapped an arm around my waist and took my hand in the other. I rested my other hand on his shoulder and we started dancing slowly as he sang the words in my ears softly.
"People fall in love in mysterious ways, maybe just the touch of a hand. Well me, I fall in love with you every single day..." he pulled away then and stared deeply into my eyes, "Baby now, take me into your loving arms...kiss me under the light of a thousand stars, place your head on my beating heart."
He claimed my lips then and all thoughts left. All my thinking stopped and everyone melted away. Somehow it seemed to be just me, Dylan, the ball room and that beautiful song in the background. And for some reason I still managed to make out the words that Ed Sheeran sang.
'Maybe we found love right where we are.'
And perhaps we did. And maybe this was just what I needed. Maybe I needed Dylan to sweep me off my feet so I could stop thinking about the future and what's to happen in the next three days and just focus on the now and this beautiful boy in front of me. Maybe I needed to lose myself in the moment and enjoy the time I had left. What little time it may be...
Dylan pulled away from me as the song ended and all of our friends gathered around us as an upbeat all time favorite song came on. We were all dancing and screaming out as we sang along. Everyone was laughing and having fun as we claimed the night as our own and probably our last night together like this for a while.
"I'm too hot!" Theo sang.
"Hot damn!" the rest of us chanted.
"Make a dragon wanna retire man," Jace continued.
"I'm too hot!" Thai took over Theo's part.
"Hot damn!"
"Baby say my name you know who I am!" all the guys yelled at their dates and as that part finished and the main chorus came on, we all broke out into a dance. We didn't care if we looked weird or if we were bothering anyone else. And perhaps it wasn't very 'royal' of us to be behaving how we were but we were determined to enjoy our night and we did.
"Hey guys, I'm going to go get a drink," I told my friends.
"Me too," Jace said and followed me off the dance floor. We went over to the table with drinks and he got two cups with punch and handed me one. We remained there together as we sipped the drink, "Someone spiked the punch."
"It was Theo. I saw him," I informed Jace and he looked at me and then glanced at Theo who was dancing wildly and we both broke into a fit of laughter.
"Of course it was the party animal," Jace grinned.
"So what's your deal with Alicia?" I asked nudging him with my elbow.
"I asked her to be my date," he shrugged looking away from me.
"Yeah but why her?"
"No reason. She's a girl. I had to ask someone and she's head cheerleader and I'm captain for the football team. It made sense," he stated dryly.
"So you don't like her?" I frowned.
"She's cool."
"Cool as in you like her cool or cool as in just plain cool?" I pushed and he chuckled heavily.
"Fine you caught me. Alicia and I have been messing around for some time now. I like her but she won't date me because she doesn't want to be tied down," he sighed and confessed.
"Well you've met your match," I smirked.
"That's all you're going to say? You aren't going to help me?" he asked sounding pretty vulnerable.
"Hey, I've got problems of my own. Just keep reading those books and you'll get there," I patted him on his shoulders and walked ahead of him but he grabbed my hand stopping me.
"Please. She sleeps around and flirts with guys in front of me. She makes out with guys and I've warned her to stop but I can't control her," he complained sounding frustrated.
"You're asking me, your younger sister for advice?" I grinned teasingly, "I thought 'you knew best.' The great Jace can't get a girl?"
"Shut up and help me, little one," he groaned.
"I think you should continue being a whore. You've stopped sleeping around trying to get her to settle. I say start sleeping around again and she'll come to you," I told him and then smiled, "But then again, I've only had one boyfriend. My over-protective brother scared all the guys away, so what would I know about relationships?"
"I hope you don't use your own advice because you're telling me to be a whore," he raised his eyebrow skeptically at me.
"I'm merely telling you to be yourself brother," I pointed out and left him gaping at me.
"Well aren't you just goddamn perky today," he scowled as I blew him a kiss.