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Soph, Jenny and I decided to go to prom together as a trio, unfortunately, they won't accept polygamy couples so in technicality we would be going alone. It actually came as a surprise to me that Soph wouldn't be going with one of her many admirers, after all, it is one of the most important high school events.

Also, Jenny has been hanging out with us a lot more recently, she isn't exactly the type of person that would like to hang out with two dorks such as Soph and myself but I'm glad she's around.

Today's Friday and I basically spent the whole day at Soph's planing everything for tomorrow night, the prom night, also my private dance with Daniella, which is the most exciting part of course.

We have already bought our dresses and we scheduled to meet at Soph's a few hours before the time to do makeup and hair, yes, we're not about to waste 100 bucks in makeup and hair when Soph is more than capable of doing an ok job, Jenny could probably afford that and much more but she was more than happy to join our broke asses instead.

Daniella and I haven't talked much since that day at detention, at least personally, but not in a bad way I guess, she would still smile at me and glance over from time to time. It makes sense, it would be very suspicious to see us always together.

We still texted each other tho, Daniella isn't exactly the type to start a conversation, when she wanted to talk she would just send a random picture of Slippers, not very smooth if you ask me.

I'm just glad everything's fine, but I can't believe I had to get almost raped for her to realize I'm the love of her life... Jokes aside, I'm truly relieved we're past the denying stage, but even though it was a pain I believe it was somewhat important, it showed me I can't have everything I want without fighting for it, and what a fight my dudes.

The thing is, it's not even over yet.

I walk back home wondering if I should pay her a visit, just to say hi you know just passing by, after all, Daniella's house is nearby. But the thought immediately vanishes from my head, I don't want to seem too desperate.

Which I truly am. I'm a teenager, my patience is as thin as the bible pages.

In my defence, I've been actually fairly patient, so congrats to myself for not jumping her bones at every given opportunity.

Unfortunately, I didn't have the pleasure of crossing paths with her on my way home, which I was hoping for, not gonna lie but we shared a few messages before I went to bed, we decided Soph would bring me home after Prom as to not raise suspicion and she would come to pick me up once she was done with the after stuff.

I didn't sleep much mainly because I was really anxious, as I mentioned, Daniella and I haven't spent much time together so I am in desperate need of hearing her voice, not her teacher voice or her I don't care voice she uses with everyone, I want to hear the voice she only uses when we're alone, charming, even sweet in her own way but strong and confident nonetheless.

And, of course, I want to feel her, it's only normal to think someone as mean and cold as she would be, well... Cold, temperature-wise. But Daniella is incredibly warm, even through layers of clothing I can still feel the warmth coming from her skin, like an aura that surrounds her. Ironic really.

Saturday afternoon Soph, Jenny and I made the final adjustments to our outfits, I'm going with a long off the shoulder black dress that is tight around the body but not extremely so, still very sexy, Daniella better appreciate it because it was not on discount, and put my hair up in a braided bun to accentuate my exposed collar bones.

Not to brag or anything but goddamn, Daniela's a lucky bastard.

After we were all dressed and ready we hopped in Soph's limousine that surprisingly didn't die on us on the way. Either way, we're late, mainly because Soph couldn't decide on what earrings to wear.

Upon arriving, just like Homecoming, it definitely looked like your average high-school prom. I would have 100% rather stayed at home but apparently, for Soph, it's illegal to miss this.

The pavilion is packet and the low light is making it hard to recognize faces so finding Daniella would be nearly impossible at this sea of people.

It was only when we found a good spot at the dance floor that I spotted her standing by one of the back exits, she's wearing her everyday school attire but even so, I still think she's the most beautiful of all in this room.

Her eyes were already on me and by the looks of it, she approved the dress. I shot her a toothy grin which she reciprocated quickly.

"This is real guys," Soph says jumping up and down clapping her hands taking my attention away from Daniella. "We'll graduate in a few weeks!"

"It doesn't feel real, right?" Jen asks excitedly.

"It is very much real girls, we're leaving hell!" I say snaking my hands around their torsos pulling them into a group hug. "No more homework... I'm going to cry!"

"Except for JenJen," Soph smirks.

"You'll have homework at college too? Oh our poor Jen," I say teasingly pulling them into another group hug making them burst into laughter.

After having our moment we danced together, I mean, we tried to dance together as a trio which must have looked very stupid but we clearly don't care. After a while, my feet were getting sore, I hate heels but I have to confess a girl looks hot as hell in them so it's worth the effort.

"I'm going to get a snack," I say through the loud music.

"Get me one of those fancy salmon appetizers," Soph says dismissing me as she continued to dance with Jen. Salmon appetizers sound great although I really just wanted an excuse to sneak out and meet Daniella.

I reach the table containing all the food finding a few plates still full of them, it would be a pain to pick them up and walking around with them in a tiny paper plate so I just picked the whole ass big plate, it won't be missed, hopefully.

With the plate in hands, I look for Daniella through the sea of people finding her exactly where she was before which is quite away from all the other students and teachers making me wonder if she chose this location on purpose.

"Oh I didn't know we had a waitress tonight," she teases as I approach her.

"Would you fancy a salmon appetizer milady?" I say bowing slightly at her making her chuckle.

"What are you doing with that?" She asks picking one up.

"What do you mean? This is my snack for the night."

"All of those?" She raises her eyebrows amusedly.

"Of course, I'll sneak the rest out to take home," I joke making her shake her head with a smile.

"Having fun?"

"Yeah, it's okayish, I would rather be with you," I say with a smirk. "What about you, having fun?"

"Loads of fun," she says ironically.

"Loads of fun looking at me, I could feel your eyes burning holes at me the whole time, liking what you see?" I ask showing her my leg through the slit on my dress.

Her eyes look briefly at it but her expression is unfazed. "Just making sure you won't cause any trouble, such as stealing appetizers," she says raising one eyebrow.

"Oh? What are you going to do about it?" I tease her.

"Don't test me, Miss Krause," she says amusedly.

"You know I will, Miss Evans," I say in the same tone which she just rolls her eyes, I was wondering when it would make an apparition really.

"You should go back to your friends."

"You didn't answer my question, do you not like my dress?"

She slowly looks me up and down taking special attention at my leg that is visible through the slit and my exposed chest.

"Yes, you're beautiful... The dress, you look beautiful in that dress," she says stumbling over her words seeming a little frustrated, which is a pleasant sight not gonna lie.

"Thank you," I say winking at her before going back to the dance floor where Soph and Jen were still dancing.

The rest of the night went pretty nicely, nobody noticed the missing salmon appetizers or the plate itself, it's quite a nice plate... I'm taking it, and Daniella pretty much shamelessly stared at me through most of the night, can't say I'm mad about it.

It was around 10 pm when we left, the dance would still go on for another hour and there would be an after-party somewhere else but we were already sick of standing there in heels so we hung at the parking lot for a while with some of our other classmates and then Soph took me home.

"Tell me again why you can't sleepover with us?" Soph asks as she parks her car in from of my house.

"I have things to do tomorrow morning and I know you will not let me sleep enough," I lie. "But have fun you two, alone, who knows what two perhaps bicurious girls can do given such an opportunity," I wink at them making Jen blush instantly, Soph just rolled her eyes. "I ship it."

"Ok leave right now," Soph says pushing me out of her car, successful mission.

Dad is already sleeping by now so I made sure to not make a sound as I went to my room to wait for Daniella, she had already texted me letting me know she would pick me up in half an hour so I still had some time to fix my hair and makeup.

I confess I'm a little nervous, it's our first real date and my heart is going crazy just thinking about all the possibilities of what would happen, it's needless to say I almost had a heart attack when I heard her car parking outside.

I ran down the stairs almost killing myself on the way but stopped to compose myself before opening the front door, stay cool Anna.

After breathing in and out a few times I walk out trying my best to walk like a normal person but even so I can feel my cheeks start to heat up, my heart needs to chill.

"Hey," I say as I sit beside her on the passenger seat reaching up to kiss her but I stop just a centimetre away, maybe I'm getting a little daring but I have to let her know I can't be the one making every move.

"Hey," she whispers brushing her lips over mine in a quick gentle kiss.

I can't help but smile as she turns the car on and drives to her house in comfortable silence. All my nervousness suddenly going away as I stare at her concentrated profile.

I love her.

"Are you going to sit there and stare at me the whole night?" She asks with a playful smile now looking at me, the car is already parked in her driveway. I totally zoned out.

"That would be amazing, yes but maybe another day," I chuckle getting out the car. "If I recall, today we have other plans."

"You're making such a big deal out of it," she says rolling her eyes.

"You're good at pretending to not care but I can see right through you," I say pointing a finger to her chest poking it.

"Oh?" she smirks grabbing my hand. "What is it that you see?"

"You obviously want a very girly marriage at the beach with white lilies as decoration," I joke making her laugh.

She rolls her eyes amusedly, "wait here for a moment will you?"

"Sure," I say watching her go up the stairs.

I wait for her for a few minutes looking at Slippers that was literally passed out on the couch, I guess this old boy can't take long nights anymore, the world might be ending but he'll proceed to sleep profoundly like nothing is happening.

It doesn't really take long for me to hear the sound of her heels going down the stairs and when I look up I swear I really almost had a heart attack, Daniella is wearing a long red dress that hugs her body in every right way and that red lipstick that makes her full lips look nothing but appetizing, I actually have to remember myself to close my mouth.

"Wow," I say after staring at her for G-d knows how long.

"I thought maybe it would be unfair if you were the only one wearing a dress tonight," she says smiling shyly.

"You look beautiful." Is all I can muster, I'm still so shocked I might be having a stroke right now.

"So, let's dance," she says quickly turning around and going to a retro record player that sat across her living room but I swear I saw a blush creeping up her cheeks.

"This is so cool," I say following her and going through the vinyl records she had. "These are some good oldies."

"These were from my father," she says picking one up.

"He had good taste," I smile seeing the one she picked. "The Power of Love, classic love songs compilation," I read out loud. "Endless Love, Can't Help Falling in Love, My Girl... Damn these are some hardcore love songs."

A/N: The link to the playlist in the comment section ->

"My parents used to dance to this," she says placing it on the record player and turning it on. "Shall we?" She stretches a hand that I gladly take.

I can't help but remember the day we danced in the parking lot together, it feels like it was just yesterday. I'll never really forget that night, it was the first time Daniella visibly showed some kind of affection towards me, I was so happy it literally hurt.

This time is different though, there's no anticipation, we press our bodies together so naturally that it almost looks like it might be something we frequently do, it's not. I rest my head on her chest as we sway to the music and I swear the world could end just now and I would die the happiest woman on earth.

The thought actually brought tears to my eyes that I try to hide but they eventually make their way to Daniella's chest making her hold my face up.

"Why are you crying?" She whispers caressing my cheek with her thumb.

"Because I'm so happy," I sniffle.

She chuckles bringing her face closer pressing our foreheads together. "You're such a baby," she says pressing her lips firmly to mine.

"Well, I guess I'm your baby then," I joke making her roll her eyes.

"No pet names Anna," she laughs as we continue to sway unconsciously to the music.

"Are you not curious about your pet name?"

"I have a bad feeling about it," she squints her eyes at me. "What is it?"

"You're my little ray," I say with a smirk. "The little part is obviously irony."

"I hate it."

"Hear me out," I say bringing her closer. "You like stingrays and I found out you actually have a lot in common with them, curvy, thick skin, very aggressive when irritated."

"I shouldn't be surprised, you named your cat Potato," she chuckles shaking her head.

"Tsk tsk, you secretly love your new pet name."

"Please don't, I'll throw you out if you call me that," she groans but holds me tighter.

For a moment we just dance in silence, staring at each other and I feel like I'm starting to get emotional again, I swear these hormones.

Before I can start to cry again I reach up meeting her lips, the kiss is sweet and slow in the beginning as always but soon starts to get more passionate, we've never kissed like this before. Her lips taste like cherry and her breath like mint, a mixture I never thought I would enjoy so much. I can feel her hands running down my back making me sigh into the kiss, we're so pressed together we might just melt into each other.

I don't want to end the kiss but the need to breathe is unbearable. I pull away slowly taking a deep breath, I have to calm down or else I'll just pass out into her arms. When I finally open my eyes to look at her I can't help but run my fingers over her lips, her lipstick is a little smudged and her eyes hold nothing but love and desire, I don't have time to process the intensity of the kiss before she pulls my face into another one just as intense.

This kiss is for all the endured longing, the not so accidental touches, the pain and the happiness but most of all, the beginning of something new.