It was the day of the dance. Well technically, two hours before the dance. I was sitting in my cabin with Peggy, Ella, Mitchie and Lola and we were all cramming in the small space to get ready.
After about an hour Peggy, Ella, Mitchie and Lola were all done and ready, looking as stunning as ever and I was still not even close to ready. In fact, I still needed to get dressed, put on makeup and hair. I slipped on my midnight blue halter dress. Peggy did my hair and tied it into an elegant sort of up-do and left a few curly strands on each side dangling out. Ella did my makeup and I was so afraid that I would look like a clown but when she lead me to the mirror and I examined myself, I realized they did an awesome job and I actually looked nice. I smiled and the girls giggled. We waited for about ten more minutes before Shane came and picked up Mitchie. Then Sander came and picked up Peggy. Lola got picked up and then Jason came to pick up Ella. I sat alone and before they left, Jason came up to me.
"Don't worry, he did not stand you up… Nate's freaking out! He thinks its all a dream and thinks you will hate him so he keeps asking questions like 'Do I smell okay?' and 'What kind of flowers should I give her?'. Anyway, he is such a girl!" he said giving me a one arm hug, and walking away, escorting Ella.
Exactly seven minutes and twenty-seven seconds later, Nate knocked on the door. Relief washed through me. His eyes lit up when he saw me.
"Sorry I'm late! You look gorgeous" he said gazing at me.
"It's okay. You don't look half bad yourself either." I said laughing. He wore a dark blue button down with a black jacket and black pants. I sniffed.
"You smell nice" I commented
"Thanks" He held out his arm. "Shall we?" I laughed.
"We shall!" And with that, we walked to the main dance hall. It had been totally transformed and knowing Brown he had done good. As soon as we opened the doors, all eyes were on us. I smiled, knowing that I was being looked at, I mean what could I do about it? I grinned, taking Nate's hand in mine. I intertwined out fingers as we looked for our friends amongst the mob of people. We found our group of friends and made our way over.
"I'm gonna get us something to drink" he said nodding to the punch table. He made his way over and I felt a tap on my shoulder. I looked up and saw Andy smiling. Oh no. Where were my friends? They all seemed to have disappeared.
"Can I have a dance?" he said. I was about to say no when he grabbed my hands and dragged to the floor. A new song- 'Dangerous' by Kardinal Offshall. At first we just started dancing and swaying from side to side but then he started grinding! I shrieked and all eyes were on me. I pulled away and instantly Nate was by my side, wrapping his arm around my waist. Jason had made his way over and put a protective hand on my shoulder.
"Get away from her" Nate snarled.
"Make me! I believe I was dancing with her, not you" Andy yelled.
"Well, she's my date!" I hid my face in Nate's shoulder and he pulled me closer.
"Look, you better stay away from her or I'm gonna get Brown or Dee!" Kevin snarled before Andy stalked away.
"Are you okay?" Nate said, placing a finger under my chin and lifting my head up so I would look at him. I nodded. We danced and for the rest of the night I had a pleasant time. We smiled as we walked back to the cabin. Nate and I were holding hands and the breeze blew my hair. We reached my cabin soon.
"I had a great time, thanks" I said.
"Me too!" he smiled. He leaned in to kiss me on the cheek but I turned, crushing my lips on to his. He looked startled but kept the kiss going. His lips were so soft… his hands snaked around my waist and I clung onto his neck. We finally broke apart and he smiled.
"You don't know how long I've been waiting to do that" he smiled.
"Ditto" I grinned and kissed him quickly and ran inside the cabin.
