"What if he doesn't like the dress?!?! What if he thinks I look ugly and doesn't want to go with me anymore? What if h-"
"Avery!! Calm down! I remember you were the one comforting me with almost the same issue about a month ago. Breathe child. Ryder loves you, he won't ever leave you." Brooke cuts me off and calms me down.
"Right... He won't ever leave me." I say to myself.
"Alright! Now I'm about to bippity-boppity-boo the shit out of you." Brooke exclaims, clapping her hands.
Well shit.
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About an hour and a half later, Brooke and I were drop dead gorgeous. Brooke had a beautiful blue ball gown, and I secretly told Connor the color of her dress so his tie could be matching. My dress was the elegant pink ball gown. In a way, I thought we both symbolized Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella.
(Avery's hair ^)
(Brooke's hair ^)
We anxiously wait for our princes to arrive. Our excitement was hard to contain as we squeal and jump up and down. The doorbell rings and we both slowly start to walk toward staircase. I hear Ryder and Connor outside the door.
"Come in!" I yell.
The door squeaks open, and they walk in as Brooke and I descend the staircase. Their jaws dropped to the floor when they saw us. I tried to contain my blush, but it was impossible to fight it off.
"You... Are absolutely beautiful..." Ryder whispers, taking my hand and leading me down the last couple steps.
Connor just stands, speechless. He's been staring at Brooke for a solid two minutes now, not able to process anything but the drool that was coming out of his mouth. Brooke just chuckles and walks up to him, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
Ryder hooks an arm around my waist, and leads me outside. I pretty much faint when I see the limo that is parked in front of my house.
"You didn't..." I whisper in shock.
"Oh but I did..." Ryder leans and whispers in my ear.
"I can't believe..." My voice trails off.
"That I would do this for you..." Ryder finished my sentence.
I just nod my head.
"This is the least I could do to prove my love for you, Ave. Believe me, if it were possible, I would have gotten an actual carriage for us to ride in, but they were all rented out." Ryder explains with a smile, and a light chuckle.
I blush and walk closer to the limo, admiring its beauty. Ryder opens the door for me, and helps me inside. He gives the driver the cue to go, and we started driving away.
"What about Connor and Brooke?" I ask.
"Connor got a different limo for Brooke. And I wanted to be with you, and only you, so I kinda told him to piss off and get his own ride." Ryder explains. I laugh in response.
The whole drive to the school was filled with laughter, and kisses. I was already having a blast and the night didn't even start yet. We pull up to the school and all of the couples walking in stopped to stare at the limo. As soon as it parks, Ryder hops out and gives me a hand, helping me. I notice his pink bow tie and flower on his tuxedo, and giggle.
"I love it." I tell him, running my hand over the rose.
"I love you." He whispers in my ear.
Blushing, I take his hand and walk inside to the decorated gym. It looked gorgeous. They put sticky tiles over the gym floor, and stuck a giant sheet over the ceiling, but draped Christmas lights all around it, making it look like stars when you looked up. The gym wasn't completely filled yet, but people gawked when they saw us. Even though slow music wasn't playing, Ryder took my hand and led me into the middle of the dance floor. He gently raised my hand, and used his other to wrap around my waist. I sighed in content and rested my head on his shoulder, enjoying the moment between us. We danced like this for a while, just swaying back and forth, enjoying the others company.
Brooke and Connor were doing the same thing, and soon others joined us. Once the third song ended, Ryder softly led me towards a table, pulling my chair out for me and letting me sit down.
"What would you like to eat love? They have a buffet and I wouldn't mind getting your food for you." He offers kindly.
"It's okay, I can get-" I try and reason.
"Not gonna happen, Ave. I don't want your dress to get ruined. I'll just get a little bit of everything for you." He interjects before winking at me and walking away.
I just sigh in defeat and rest my head down against the table. I lift my head up and see a photo booth sitting in the corner of the gym. I smirk at the memory of Ryder and I doing the photo booth at the mall that one time when Ryder took me to see Finding Dory. The chair next to me scrapes across the floor, and someone places their hand on my back as a plate is placed in front of me.
"Love, what is it? Are you alright?" Ryder's deep voice asks, showing concern.
I just stand up, and pull Ryder with me towards the photo booth.
"But... The food?" He questions.
"Just trust me on this." I say before picking up my dress with the other hand and running closer to it. Ryder see's what was making me so excited and smirks, pulling me inside the photo booth. Like last time, Ryder pulls me on his lap and the photo taking begins.
(What they did in the photo booth)
After the last picture is taken, Ryder tilts my head towards his.
"Why didn't you kiss me for a picture?" I ask him.
"Well, we're in school... And if anyone saw the picture, we'd probably get kicked out because I want to do way more than kiss you, babe." He answers cheekily.
I blush and playfully whack his chest. Laughing, Ryder pulls me out of the booth and leads me to our dinner. It's most likely cold now, but it was worth it.
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Ryder and I had a blast the rest of the night. We danced, ate, and took a lot more photos. We even snuck a few kisses.
We were now walking back out to the limo, and as soon as both of us got inside, Ryder pulled the little window thing shut, blocking the drivers view of us. He then proceeded to climb on top of me, and kiss me. I guess it's safe to say the windows got fogged by the time we got to Ryder's house.
A/N:
Hello my fellow fishies!! I really hope you guys liked that chapter... I had a hard time writing it. This chapter is dedicated to my sister Ana! You should all totally follow her. She's away at a sleep away softball camp... Working out and stuff ana_yolo_v If any of you have ideas, let me know! I'll give you credit of course!
Xoxo - Batman