Speak Now

6 years earlier

{Prom}

{Nina's POV}

Everything was perfect. I found the cup. I was voted Prom Queen by my best friend. My date was voted Prom King. Fabian Rutter. He had been with me through it all. He was sweet, caring, and stuck up for me. I have never felt this way with anyone before. I loved him. And I think he loved me back. Just thinking about him made my stomach flip. Whenever I saw him I was happy, no matter what I was feeling before. It had been like that since day one. The thing that made this day even better, was that I kissed him. You heard right. I kissed him! We were dancing in front of the entire student body, when it happened. I kissed him and he kissed me back. When I pulled away, I noticed that he was blushing. I probably was too. Everyone started clapping. My housemates were the loudest. Their cheers filled my ears. They all knew I liked Fabian and that he liked me. Suddenly a fast song poured through the speakers and Fabian and I stepped down from the stage. He had pulled my hand into his. I smiled at the feeling of his bare palm against mine. We walked like this towards our friends. Once we reached them, Amber pulled me to the side while Mick pulled Fabian in the other direction. Our hands were ripped apart. I felt different without him being with me.

"Nina Marie Martin!" I rolled my eyes at her. I regretted telling her my middle name. "I can't believe you just kissed Fabian James Rutter!" Amber squealed, jumping up and down.

"Amber, what's with the middle name game?" I asked confused.

"It feels better to use the full name in this situation," she replied as if she knew everything. Then again, she always acted like that.

"Well stop. It's annoying," Patricia said.

"Alright Patricia Grace Williamson," Amber replied, holding back a laugh.

"Grace? What kind of middle name is that?" Jerome said as if appearing out of nowhere.

"Shut up!" Patricia yelled at Jerome and punched him in the shoulder. I couldn't help but laugh.

"Yeah stop Jerome Leslie Clarke," Amber said and we all burst out laughing. Jerome was speechless. He just stalked off towards Alfie.

When we stopped Mara smiled at me. "But Amber's right. I can't believe you kissed him. Well I knew you would, but I always thought it would happen earlier," Amber and Patricia agreed.

"I don't know. It just seemed like the perfect moment," I explained. It was he had just called be beautiful. I couldn't think of a better time.

"Attention students. I'm sorry to say that it's time to go back to your individual houses. Everyone has been notified of this," Principal Sweet said from the stage. Everyone groaned. "Alright. One more dance. Then you all have to leave," everyone cheered. A slow song started playing and everyone started dancing. Fabian walked over to me and bowed.

"Can I have this dance?" he asked.

"I'd be honored," I replied and he grabbed my hand. The familiar feeling rushed throughout my body. I smiled at him while we started swaying back and forth. He smiled back and started blushing. I noticed that Mick and Mara were dancing together, Amber and Alfie were dancing, and Patricia and… Joy. That's right Joy was here. After the cup was put together, Patricia and Joy were inseparable. That was until Amber announced Prom King and Queen. I noticed when Amber announced Fabian and I as the winners, Joy left the room. She looked jealous. I mean really jealous. I had a feeling that she liked Fabian, and hated me. But that didn't get me down right now. I was dancing with the guy I loved and I felt like nothing could bring me down. Boy was I wrong.