I didn't want to go... All alone.
I didn't have anyone who was going, I didn't have a date, I didn't want to go to prom.
But my parents insisted and bought me a beautiful 50's dress, I put it on, did my hair and some mild make up and...
For once I felt, beautiful.
For once I felt, confident in how I looked.
I got to the school, sitting on a chair close by the window alone, watching people dance in suits and dresses everyone having alot of fun.
I didn't dance, not once.
I was sitting with the one lemonade I got from the bar area and was fiddling with my phone toying with the idea of texting my family to them to pick me up
"Hey" a voice smiled I looked up and it was Adam and Kim, Kim of course cuddling close with mark "come on Molly don't you wanna dance?"
"No thanks you guys go" I told them so Kim and mark smiled heading back to the dance floor close by the stage
"Can I sit with you?" Adam asked
"Sure" I shrug and he sat down "go on, tell me how awful I look, tell me how this dress makes me look fat, how ugly I look tonight"
"You look really beautiful Molly"
"Yeah I look- what?"
"You really do look beautiful Tonight Molly" he smiled
"Thanks Adam" I smiled "you look nice"
"Cheers, I wanted to talk to you?"
"About what?"
"You've skipped alot of school, been even more hiding away then usual... Did I do something?"
"It wasn't you Adam"
"What happened Molly?"
"I don't want to talk about it"
"Okay, hey want a little sugar in your lemonade?" He asked getting a flask out his inside pocket
"We're at school! Teachers are here!"
"Sssshhh our little secret Molly" he winked pouring a little into my drink and a little into his own cola it didn't affect the colour of mine or his drink so it must have been vodka I laughed taking my glass and he took his own clicking it on mine and having a gulp of his glass "whoa... Umm that's strong" he laughs
"I'm sure it's not that-" I began as I took a sip it hit the back of my throat like a punch taking all the air out of me making me cough "where did you get that?"
'pound shop, ooohh that's rough" he complained "want mine?"
"You want mine?"
"Shall we deposit this in a local sink?"
"Hell yeah" I nodded as we got our stuff and went around to find a bathroom well a bathroom not filled with people having sex on prom night eventually we found one in the art block tipping our glasses and his flask down the pain covered sink he did have some non pound stone vodka in his bag so he refilled his flask we both left our glasses there having a wonder around the dark school corridors
"Oooooohhhh.... Spoooooooookky" he laughs
"Shut up Adam" I laughed taking a swig from his flask before we started racing around the dark halls and corridors we had spend so long in so long we didn't need the lights as we knew where we where going and the occasional glow in the dark fire exit signs keeping us on track until somehow we needed up on the stairs for the pe changing rooms, where people left there football boots and knocked mud of trainers looking out across the school feild and up to the stary sky with a bright moon, the noise could barely be heard of the music in the main hall as we shared sips
"Molly, why have you been so out of it lately?"
"It's a long story"
"You really wanna go back in there for a while?"
"True... I don't Adam I just, needed time away, I honestly debated coming back at all"
"Why?"
"Because... I didn't want to be put in the situation again, with Daniel"
"With Daniel, why what happened?"
"I don't wanna talk about it Adam" I sighed
"What did he say?"
"He didn't really say anything"
"Did he... Punch you? Beat you up kinda thing?"
"You could call it that"
"Molly, he... He didn't.... Did he?"
"I'm not a fucking mind reader Adam I don't know what you mean" I sighed
"I don't want to say it but... Nod if I'm getting the letters right. R?" He asked and I nodded "A?" He asked and I nodded "oohh Molly" he said hugging me tightly I felt nice to hug him it felt safe, strange that I felt safe in the arms of someone who made my life so terrible "you give the word, he's dead" he reassured
"It's okay really" I said pushing him away slightly having another sip from the flask and so did he
"Adam... Tell me the truth, why did you decide to be a dick to me?"
"Molly..." He began
"No Adam! I want a fucking answer... Don't you think after all these years I deserve a fucking answer"
"I know you do, and I wish I could tell you... But I swear this is the truth" he says "I don't know why I did, I don't know why I picked on you, I don't know why I did all those things to you"
"You broke my ankle, you almost broke my wrist, almost gave me a concussion, called me names and made me feel awful every single day of my life for over eleven years,"
"I know I did... And I regret what I did, and I am so sorry Molly"
"You think sorry makes up for it?'
"Then what will?"
"Give me a reason..."
"Because... I had to, I was coming from being this little kid at preschool that knowone gave a shit about, I had to crave out a name an identity or I'd be on the chopping block, and when I saw you I guess I just figured you where an easy target, it wasn't going to alienate me if I just made fun of you"
"You pushed me to the bottom? So you didn't have to be? But why me?"
"Because, you where easy. It's easy when your a kid to make fun of someone different" he says
"Well... It's a reason" I sighed
"It's not the only reason Molly"
"What's the other one?"
"I liked you"
"You- you what?"
"I liked you, I really did. I don't know the first time I saw you when I hit you with my ball I just... I got butterflies, I thought you where cute, but I hated that I liked you because I knew if the guys found out they'd tear me apart, I hated that I had a crush on you!" He explained "So the easiest way to make sure you'd never want to like me was to be mean to you, and maybe I'd reach myself not to like you anymore... Or maybe even touched myself knowing I was making the girl I liked cry"
"What changed? Why aren't you as mean to me as you used to be? You haven't called me manatee in weeks?"
"Because, I can't fight it. And I was an idiot for trying to. You like who you like weather it fits into being the cool guy or not I still like you and the more I fought it the more it stuck" he explained "I hated what I was doing to you, when I hit you with that stupid ball I- I cried for weeks so scared I had really hurt you"
"You did"
"And I'm so so sorry, if I could go back with a time machine Molly, I'd tell myself not to fight it and to be nice to you"
"That's nice of you to say" I smiled "what's your plan after school?"
"Why?" He smirked
"I meant like after exam results"
"Ohh... College" he shrugs
"Same" I sighed "I suppose it doesn't really matter it's just more school with less dress code and more alcohol"
"Yeah, it's gonna be fun" he smirked
"So what are you doing after prom?" I laughed
"Home, Kim's going to marks so home alone" he shrugs "what about you? Heading off to some boys place?"
"Nope" I laughed "home alone"
"Molly?" He asked
"Yeah Adam?" I asked turning to see him, his tie undone hung loose on his half undone shirt, his suit pants tight to his skin, his Jacket on the stones behind us his golden hair reflecting the moonlight as the starlight danced across his skin he was looking at me with a sweet smile the likes of which I had only ever caught glances off he picked up his jacket giving it a dust before putting it on my shoulders keeping out the chill from around me
"Could I walk you home?"
"Sure" I smiled so he carefully helped me up as we gathered our things and began walking thought the dark streets even if I was starting to stumble half because of the vodka the other because of my heels
"Come on take them off you can't walk in them" he laughs
"I outran you in them earlier" I whined
"Yeah well its late and we've had a few drinkies so heels off before you break your ankle again" he warns
"I won't break it again it's strong" I giggled so he laughs picking me up and sitting me on someone's stone wall between there garden and the path he lifted my leg sweetly un doing my heel and slipping it off then doing the same with the other foot and I couldn't help but laugh
"What?"
"It's like a reverse Cinderella" I smiled
"It kinda is" he laughs helping me up he carried my heels all the way to my door for me as he handed me back my heels and I handed him back his Jacket
"Thanks for walking me home Adam"
"Your welcome,"
"Thanks for... Telling me the truth"
"Your welcome" he smiled "Molly?" He asked
"Yeah?" I asked looking up at him he smiled a little blush dusting his cheeks he moved down and gave my lips a gentle kiss I was in shock as he kissed me but within a few seconds he pulled away his smile wide but so was my own
"Whoa..."
"What?"
"Lindsey has just lost her place as the best kiss I've ever had" he smiled "she's second but it's a wide gap"
"I'm not sure that's really judging her too fairly, it was just one little kiss" I laughed
"I better get more evidence then for my comparison" he smirked kissing me again...
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