Kiss the Rain

Rachael Wang Productions

Chapter 3:

The night of the ball was beginning and I waited out my door with a cute, white dress on and grey leggings, for Dominic to come pick me up.

A silver car glimmered into the street and stopped in front of me.

The window rolled down, "Nice dress, come on."

I smiled and ran to the car, which zoomed through the night sky.

We said nothing to each other. His expression was a little hesitant and I felt that maybe he didn't want to be with me. I looked away, worried.

As we pulled up to the driveway, I could hear the music and laughter blasting out of the door as people continued entering the building.

As I was dazed, Dominic already got out of his car and opened the door for me.

"Uh… Thanks."

"No problem, let's go."

All the girls were wearing beautiful, showy dresses. Maybe I shouldn't have worn leggings. Maybe I should have worn a strapless dress instead of a t-shirt looking one. Was I embarrassing Dominic's image?

The speakers went up, "Congratulations Dominic! You're the ball's 'prince' this year, as usual. Please come up to claim your reward with your date."

I blushed. Was I going to stand up there with him? We didn't seem to match well… but this seemed like the first time I could be the center of attention in a good way.

He pulled my arm and gave a relieving grin. I smiled back and followed him to the sparkling stage. This must be a dream.

"I would like to thank you all for choosing me for the prince position."

Everyone clapped as he took the trophy. I was trembling nervously from the huge crowd of people. Even people who made fun of me. Suddenly, Jessica grabbed the microphone.

"Look how ridiculous you look." She pointed at me laughing.

Everyone else laughed with her. All I could hear was the sound of horrible truth through the whole auditorium.

"W-What…" I was confused.

"Do you think that YOU are actually the prince's partner? Puh-lease."

Angel stepped up to the stage. "Hey Dominic." Her arms wrapped around his.

I stared in this belief. They set me up! They made me look like a freak show! I was so embarrassed that I wished this was really a dream. But even I know that a dream like this was too good to be true.

"Angel?"

"Sorry Ellie. She paid me to get a new form of entertainment."

"Entertainment? Y-You think this is entertaining?..." the tears rolled up in my eyes.

The angel wings and halo from Dominic's image turned to devil horns and black wings that pierced through my heart.

No wonder why everything happened so fast. No wonder why I thought it was too good to be true. Things like this don't happen in 2 days… why am I so gullible?

My mind was in blank embarrassment and I ended up running out of the ball crying as everyone continued their laughter. It was a horrible night and this night will probably make tomorrow worse.

I ran away as fast as I could and let the slight makeup run down my cheeks and glasses. The bus stopped and I hopped on. Luckily the bus driver was nice and allowed me to get a free ride when I didn't have my metro card.

I'm fed up! I have suffered enough from these evil people. I'm going to change. Change into something greater than them and make them regret this.

Although I didn't want to think of revenge so much, all the bottled pain was let out.

When I got home, my mother jogged over to me with worry.

"What happened to your makeup? Why are you home so early?"

"Mom… I know it's wrong to think about revenge but…"

"But what?"

My mother was the most understanding person I've ever met. She was like the closest friend I could ever have through my whole life.

"They made me their 'entertainment' at the ball. No one really liked me…"

Her mouth dropped open, "How could they?" Her arms wrapped around face and her head leaned on mine. "Poor thing…" she started crying for me too.

"Mom, can I have your makeup kits and old contacts?"

"Hm? You're going to change your image?"

"Yes."

"I thought you liked the glasses and regular girl image. Isn't it more comfortable?"

"I'm okay. Things are different now and I want to look different."

She sighed, "Okay… but please don't base your life on revenge… it's no good."

I nodded.

I won't change my image today, but starting next week… they will see the new me.