****** 2 Hours Later ******
I walked to my house, keys in hand. It was late. I dragged myself to get ready to go to sleep. I washed my face and changed into my pajamas. As I plugged in my mobile, I saw that I had a text.
Niall: Any plans tomorrow? X. I quickly typed back:
I'm going to the mall to shop for a grad outfits. The afternoon? He answered quickly.
4? Xx
Perf! X
Wear something comfy! ;)xx
Can't wait! Xxx
Goodnight xx
Sweet dreams xx
I was tired but happy. I threw myself on my bed and fell into a deep, dream-less sleep.
When I woke up, I heard a knocking on my door. I got up and saw that it was Simon. Quite a surprise, as he rarely gets up before 9, unless it's Sunday, to go to Church. It was 8:30.
"GOOD MORNING, SUNSHINE!" He shouted from outside. I ran to the door and opened it.
"Thanks for waking me up." I rubbed my eyes.
"We need to get our grad outfits, remember?"
"Oh yeah! Where shall we go?"
"I was thinking the smaller mall 'round the corner."
"Sounds good! Let me get dressed and I'll meet you in the car in 20 minutes."
"Awesome!" He bounced back to his house, leaving me shivering in my pjs. Closing the door, I walked to my wardrobe to see what I would wear. Hm... I'd be slipping in and out of dresses, so I chose a cut-off 'I <3 NYC' t-shirt, old sweats, and some Reebok high-top trainers. After eating a granola bar and brushing my teeth, I tied my hair into a high bun and sprinted to Simon's car.
"That was quick." He said eyeing my outfit. "Nice... Outfit."
"We're just going shopping." I rolled my eyes.
When we got there, the shops were just about opening. I chose a kind of high-end store. It was a bit expensive, but you only graduate once, I guess. Right when I walked in, I saw a, for lack of a better word, beautiful, pale blue dress. It was strapless, with a sweetheart sparkled top. It was knee-length, draped. I knew that I was going to wear that dress, for my graduation. I skipped to it and asked an assistant for the price.
"£185." She said, snootily. Ugh, I wasn't sure I had that much on me. I'd have to put it on my card. I walked to Simon, who was looking at the bow ties And tops. I swear, that boy has a different bow tie for every day of the year.
"That's a really nice dress, Harmony."
"Thanks, Boy! But It's really expensive."
"Get it! I don't think you'll find one just as pretty, elsewhere. Plus, I'll have to hear you complain over not buying that dress." I laughed.
"Okay." I walked up to pay for it. I handed the lady the dress and my card. Turning to him, I said:
"You'd make a great salesman, you know?" I grabbed my card, back, And Was handed the dress.
"Do you want to stop for coffee?" I asked Simon, bubbly with excitement. I couldn't wait for graduation... Only ... Jace was going to be there... I had to tell Simon. That was it. I decided that I was going to tell Simon today.
"Sure!" We waltzed, arm in Arm to the Starbucks. I ordered my French Vanilla under the name of 'Princess.' Simon ordered a black coffee under 'The Doctor.' He got quite a few stares from the other people in the shoppe. We were both avid Whovians. I chose to sit in the food court, as I didn't want Simon to freak out in the quiet shoppe.
"I kind of need to confess something..." I started.
"Harmony, you KNOW you can tell me anything." His eyes reassuring me.
"Promise you won't freak?" I pleaded, sheepishly.
"Why? What happened?" He now looked concerned.
"Well... Remember when I transferred To Cunningham Prep, in the middle of the term?"
"Yeah?..."
"I changed schools, not because it was too hard, but because Bryan would always call me names. They'd call me a slut and names like that." He looked like he wanted to interject, but I raised my hand to silence him. "It was to get even, as I broke up with him. But, I never gave him a reason to call me those names. And... Jace was right behind him. All of my friends left me. You were my only friend for a long time."
"Jace Emerald?"
"Yep. And I'm sure, as I bumped into her the exact same day that you met her. Her trademark being her green eyes."
"She played along with Bryan?" Sadness filled in his voice.
"Yeah. She used to be one of my best friends, until she turned against me and Hooked up with Bryan."
"I'm so sorry, Harmony. I can't believe that Jace would do something like that."
"She tends to be two-faced." I giggled.
"Thanks for trusting me, Hun." He chuckled, sipping his drink.
"She invited me to her graduation, but I'm not sure I want to go." I said nervously.
"You should go! Just to show them that you're past all that." He exclaimed.
"Okay! I will. But the worst part is that Jace doesn't even realize that what she did was a back-stabbing move." My mobile buzzed twice in my jumper.
Hey! :D I was wondering if you're going to Redwood's graduation! You never answered my call.. Text me! X
Speak. Of. The. Devil. My phone nearly slipped out of my hand.
"Who is it?"
"Jace." He winced, slightly.
"Whatever! Let's go. We're done with our shopping."
"Quick to get away from me, are you?" I winked.
"Definitely." He grabbed my jumper and our bags and ran.
"Hey! Give me it back!" I chased after him. It was my favorite sweatshirt, my UAL shirt. I got it after getting a scholarship for the dance portion. Too bad I still needed to take my core classes for a few terms. He had wanted one, but he didn't get the scholarship. He still didn't have a jumper from them, yet.
"Let me borrow it just for the rest of the week?"
"I'll freeze to death!" I got to his car, first, taking a shortcut from one of the department stores.
"Beat ya!" I yelled, breathless. We both got in and he started driving.
"Fun chase, wasn't it?" He teased. His mobile rang. He looked at it.
"Jace." He rolled his eyes.
"Hello?" He said, in an annoyed tone. He set in on the speaker setting.
"Hey, babe! Are we still up for tonight?" He said in her shrill voice.
"Um. Actually something popped up. Sorry." Not sounding one inch of remorse, he hung up.
"Woah, someone was snippy." I pushed his shoulder.
"Why would I want to BE NICE to her?" He chuckled. Turning the wheel, he dropped me off at my house.
"See you later!" He said, monosyllabic. I grabbed my bag and ran to my dresser. I only had 3 hours to get ready. I jumped into my bathroom, taking an ice-cold shower. I slipped into my dressing gown while I selected my outfit. Hm, he said to wear something comfortable... I picked out some cropped grey leggings, an oversized American flag t-shirt, and fuzzy socks. It was crisp outside, and it looked like it was going to rain. Just as I was pulling on my old converse, I heard a car pull up. Smiling, I opened the door before he even got there.
"Welcome to my very humble abode." I announced.
"Very quaint!" Niall answered. Turning around, he pointed to a painting on my wall. "Awesome taste, actually! I love collecting rare art."
"Me, too! That one was made by my neighbor, Tilly. She has a lot of free time on her hands, so she painted it for me." It's a painting of old, abandoned ballet shoes, hanging on a balance bar.
"Would you like to get going?" He asked, excited.
"Sure! Let me just get my bag from my room." He nodded and I leaped to my room. Grabbing my bag, I walked to the car, where Niall was waiting for me. I jumped in and he started driving.
“Where are we going?” He never did tell me where we were going go…
“Ice skating!” He replied, chuckling.
“That’s cool! … There’s just one problem… I can’t get around on anything that’s not my feet.”
“I’ll teach you!”
“HA! I’d like to see someone try to teach me.”
“Challenge accepted.” He winked. He turned on the radio. “What kind of music do you like?”
“Mmmm… I really like Michael Bublѐ.”
“No way! I LOVE him!” It was fun to see him fangirl. Imagine seeing someone you’ve fangirled over with all of your energy fangirl over someone else. He plugged in his phone and chose a song by him, ‘Dream A Little Dream Of Me.’ We sang together, and at the whistling part, Niall looked me in the eyes. I closed my eyes, slowly, whilst he was leaning toward me. We were about to touch lips, but an angry driver honked his horn. Crap, I thought, almost. Niall blushed and went to staring at the road in front of us. We got there in a few minutes. The rink was HUGE. He took my hand and led me inside, before the paps could spot us.