Just Another High School Story!

After she was finally done with her speech, she pointed towards the speaker and suddenly a beat started filling the hall, it was Taylor Swift's 'End Game', she had just changed the lyrics, she needed to ask Ethan out to prom, they were kind of unlucky in the romantic gestures 'quota', they had been super into the drama of their high school story, too much drama meant, a little less romance. So now she was doing what Ethan was 'supposed to do', you know how it is... the more 'male' figure in a relationship is expected to take the lead.

Back when they first heard that prom was gonna be right after graduation, she had received a lot of promposals, and so had he; and since most of the guys knew she was a 'writer' now, they had written letters, but back then she had just thought that she would go with a group or something, or perform, and so she refused them all. In all honesty, she would rather not go without Ethan, she'd feel depressed there, but now that he was with her again, she was not going to waste this brilliant opportunity to make amends for how badly she'd behaved back then, and so decided to prompose to Ethan in front of everyone. Full acknowledgement. Here goes,

"I wanna be your first love,

I wanna be your A team,

I wanna be your Prom Queen,

Do you wanna be my Prom King, Prom King?"

And when she finished this part, she gestured toward Ethan, she was holding a rose, and she stopped to look at him, and his answer was a shy Yes, he was acting timid, he felt really happy, that Leah was finally the first one to do something like this, something romantic, something that would make their relationship better, stronger, she was putting in time... that was the problem that Leah's mom had had and the same with everyone nowadays, we need to invest into relationships, how else do they work? But investments should be healthy and balanced. You can bet all of you, but you have to believe in the person you are making an investment in, don't look at them as a programme, they, I mean, our loved ones run on love and care, not money, they aren't machines, unlike some of our most proficient machines, humans require constant care, love and affection, understanding, just by buying your loved one gifts, and never spending time with them, that is never enough, since you yourself must wish that someone bestowed that much attention on you. Take the first step, they will automatically take ten.

She sang a little more of the song to tell their story-- how they started out as enemies, lovers, haters, and lovers again, when she finished singing, Ethan was crying, she was a bit confused, she was doing this to make him smile, yet there he was, crying like a new born baby, and as for his surprise, when Leah was done, she walked towards him, limping along, and whispered something in his ear.

He turned around, and bam, there they were... his mom, Markea and his brother Dilon, when he saw them, the hand he had around Leah's waist loosened, and Dilon ran to E, he hugged E and then started flapping his hands, pretending to hit his back, "Bro, I missed you too much!" Dilon began, "How could you leave when Dad did, you should have stayed, I hate, hate, hate you!" Ethan lowered his head in shame, he never thought about it like that, well, not never, he did, but he was afraid of being confronted like this; Leah was afraid that a confrontation was awaiting her, was E mad? She'd done whatever she wanted today, would that turn out okay?

Dilon gave E's shoulder a squeeze, "But I refuse to hold that against you. I know you suffered a lot alone. I am sorry I could not be of help." Dilon finished.

Just as Leah was holding her breath, E turned towards her, and gave her a big hug, "Thank you", he barely got out, the fountain of tears having started again, he looked at the ground, unable to face his mother's eyes, his mom... did not say anything, she pulled him in for a hug, he had basically abandoned them, and thought he could live without them, everyone messes up sometimes; you only need to say sorry and mean it. The thing that Ethan was regretting the most while he was receiving his diploma, he had done well, but his family wasn't here, in trying to control and make Leah's life better, he had messed relationships up, completely, he regretted it and was ashamed, but he did not have the strength to shamelessly call them then, he had left and been a jerk, he didn't get to go back!

Leah understood everything, his eyes were more honest than he was, he seemed to be rueing over something. He has seemed upset since morning, it was time to change into clothes, different dresses dresses and suits. When he had finally met his mother, she did not seem mad, she seemed like she'd missed him to death, he could not help being a little kid who had accidentally spilled tea on a new carpet, his mom did not say anything else, just this word, and it filled him with other worldly happiness, "Congratulations!" Then the mother and son talked while Leah showed Dilon around.

She had called him and they had talked a lot over the phone, about how they wanted to do this, Leah's job was to get them here, Dilon's job was to help ease a little wrinkle in this perfectly ironed shirt, his job was to make his mom agree not to unleash all her wrath that she was rightfully feeling, the moment she saw Ethan, "I will spank you until your butt disappears!" Hoping that it doesn't become a sad or a bad memory, she had invited them, he had persuaded his mom, this 'he' and 'she' were obviously Dilon and Leah, Leah liked E's brother a lot, such a nice kid, just like his brother, he had sheltered his mom after E had left, without complain, like a good guy, he forgave his brother, she told him that she was already the biggest problem E had dealt with, that they should cut him some slack.

"Are you dating my brother?" Dilon asked as he took a look around the beautiful garden that there school had, "I ..." Leah was a little flushed as she replied, "Yes, I'm his girlfriend." "He doesn't like to show his feelings, holds in pain like an idiot, and then explodes, please take care of him, and don't break his heart, ever, please." Dilon, in a voice not more than a whisper, pleased with earnest eyes, of course, Leah couldn't understand why Ethan had left in the first place, and she had felt a lot of guilt ever since she came to know about how Ethan lives alone, honesty, for a teenager, it is more than just difficult to survive alone, she realised that he must miss his mom, and his brother, and also that it might be his pride that was holding him back from calling them first, but after carefully observing him, Leah knew that he wasn't the type to let his pride get in the way of family or those he loved, in the way of something super important to him, she could only hope he wouldn't be angry, and even if he was, he would definitely come around, after what had happened, she had realised that we don't get chances to fix our mistakes often, so it is definitely wise to say sorry when you should.