So I was going to make Iris come alone like a BOSS. Single, like I am. But then it hit me.

Why not Zoidb- I mean Lysander.

So I came up with a ship name. Lyris.

I mean. LYRIS LIKE A BOSS:D

Gwens POV
SATURDAY NIGHT.

"Let's get you ready for the dance!" Auntie pushes me into a chair. She brings out three dresses. A sparkly blue one with long sleeves. A yellow dress that's down to my feet. Then I saw the dress for me. It was a light green strapless dress that went down to my knees. The dress had faint sparkles on it. I told Auntie I wanted that one and she brought out white heels and a green pendant.

"This was your mother's" Auntie said softly as she tied the pendant around my neck. I felt glad that I could wear something of my mother's. I slipped into the heels and look at myself. I didn't feel worthy of this dress. My hair and face were too, too plain.

"Plain, right?" Auntie laughed as she made me sit into the makeup chair. Auntie didn't do me up too much. She used clear but sparkly eyeshadow. Black eyeliner and some pink lipstick. Even though she didn't do much,she knew exactly what to do to make me look good. Lastly the hair. She curled my hair in layers and suddenly I looked like I was fit for this dress.

RANNNG

"They're here!" I say and try to go downstairs, but Auntie pulls me back.

"Nuh uh girl. I didn't do this for nothin'" Auntie brushed a strand of hair out of my face. "You have to make an ENTRANCE!"

So I wait up there, if I'm completely quiet I can make out their voices.

"Oh hello! Nathaniel and ...who are you..." Auntie sounded suspicious. It's Castiel.

"Castiel...Miss...er?" Castiel sounded polite for once. Well, Auntie is a very intimidating person.

"Just call me Auntie."

"Okay, My name's Castiel, Auntie...HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" I heard Nate laughing.

"LET ME PINCH YOUR CHEEKS!" Auntie yelled. Oh my gosh. Castiel must be scared out of his mind. I decide to walk downstairs. When I get there I see Nate holding Castiel down while Auntie pinches his cheeks. The whole scene causes me to double over laughing.

"HAHAHAHHAHHAHHAH...AUNTIE...HAHAHA...GET OFF...HAHAH..CASTIEL..HAHAH"

"Hey! I told you to wait upstairs for your dramatic entrance!"

"Oh hey Gwen..." Nate turns around and is speechless.

"Dang you look good...OUCH" Auntie slaps Castiel.

"That is no way to talk to a woman! Tell Gwen she's beautiful!" Auntie pinches Castiel cheeks again.

"You..look..beautiful..Gwen!" Castiel whimpers "Please let me go, Auntie." Auntie takes her hands off Castiel's face.

Nate's still staring at me. Not talking. I look down at myself, was there something wrong with my dress? Maybe too many light colors?

"You..look..really..really..beautiful, Gwen." Nathaniel whispers.

"Thank you! You both look very handsome this evening." I help Castiel off the couch and hook arms with each of them. I whisper to them "Let's go before picture time."

"WAIT I NEED PICTURES!" Auntie yelled at us as we exited.

"RUN!" Nate, Cas and I run to the limo before she can catch us.

Wait, limo?!

"You guys rented a limo?" I ask and Cas points to Nate.

"Wasn't me, the limo was all Nate." Cas rubs his cheeks.

"Thank you, Nate. That was very sweet of you." Nate blushes a bit but says

"You're welcome."

Cas rubs his cheek again, "You're aunt is really crazy."

"I wouldn't say crazy, maybe just overexcitable."

"She PINCHED my cheek and then said I was rebellious!"

"Are you rebellious?"

"Well, yeah..."

"BAM!" I shouted then high fived Nate. "Not crazy." I stuck out my tongue at Cas.

Cas rolls his eyes and says "We're here!'

Sweet Amoris has an entirely different atmosphere when we enter. Even though the main party was in the cafeteria that didn't stop students from swarming the hallways and courtyards.

"Gwen?" I notice Nate holding out his hand for me.

"Oh! I'm sorry!" I take Nate's hand and get out of the limo. Nate pulls me along to the cafeteria. It was so different from in daylight. The decorations were fairly cheesy but sweet nonetheless.

"Hmm, I'm going to request a song. Okay?" Nate said and let go of my hand.

"It's going to take forever and a day, Nate. I hope you know that!" I warn him. He nods and walks off to find the DJ booth.

"Hey! Gwen!" Iris calls me over.

"Iris! It's been like an eternity!" I say and hug her.

Iris was wearing a blue with gold strap heels. She had gold eyeshadow on and pink lipstick. Iris always looked good in blue.

"Hey, you've met Lysander right?" Iris introduced me to Lysander.

"Yeah! Hey Lysander."

"Pleasure to meet you again, Miss."

"Me and Lysander are here together." Iris said taking a cup of fruit punch. "So are you and Nathaniel here together?" She raised her eyebrows and wiggled them around.

"Just as friends, Iris, we grouped up together. Me, Nate and Cas." Iris sighed.

"Awww. I wanted the rumors to be true." Iris pouted.

"What rumors?" I leaned in so I could hear Iris clearly.

"There have been rumors going around, that you and Nathaniel have been dating." Iris whispered to me.

"Oh gosh." What was Nate going to think about these rumors?

"I'm kinda sad, I think you Nathaniel would make a cute couple!" Iris said, and pulled me to the dancefloor.

"Let's dance!'

LATER

Iris and I were getting our 23rd cup of fruit juice when we heard the DJ speak.

"Hey Everybody! I know ya'll are having fun dancing and jamming but now we need to slow things dooooown. All those couples out there get out here! Everybody else, grab a partner."

A slow song started playing and all the couples started dancing on the floor. I watched Cas and Mel, Iris and Lys, even AMBER had someone to dance with. I felt a soft tap on my shoulder.

"Uh, Gwen?" I spun around.

"Oh hey, Nate."

"S-so I wondering i-if you wanted to d-dance?" Nate shyly held out his hand.

"Okay, but be warned I am really bad at dancing." I took Nate's hand and he led me to the dance floor. Nate put his hand on my waist and i put my hand on his shoulder. The other hand we had our fingers entertwined. My heart started to beat faster and louder, so loud that I wonder if Nate heard it. I was so focused on my heart rate the I accidentally step on his foot.

"I-I'm sorry." I say.

"It's okay, Gwen." Nate whispers in my ear. My heart skips a beat. The song is over too soon and I'm suddenly wishing I could dance with him again. I walk out into the hall to calm my heart rate down when I heard nasal voice coming from behind me.

"You like him don't you, you loser." Amber's voice invades my ears and I turn around.

"Amber I-" Amber pushes me against the lockers.

"Well you can't have him. He'd never fall for an ugly loser geek like you." I push Amber off me and try to go back to the dance. Amber grabs my wrist. "I'm not done with you!" She slams me against the lockers once more. This time my head hits the lockers hard and I feel a sharp pain in the back of my head.

"Li! Charlotte!" Amber calls her cronies over and they hold me down. I try to get free but against three of them I'm powerless. "It's time we taught this loser a lesson." Amber slaps me. Hard. Her nails dig into my skin and I know there will be a mark there. She slaps me a couple of times until she starts hitting. She hits me in the eye repeatedly, to be sure I got a black eye. She aims for the gut when strong arms pull her off of me.

"Amber, what are you doing?!" Nate?

"Uh, uh. SCRAM!" Amber and the other girls bolt. I slide down the lockers in pain.

"Gwen, are you okay?" Nate asked me.

"Urgggh.." I give a struggled answer. I try to tell him I'm okay but the words don't come. All I can do is sit there.

That's when everything went black.

Nathaniel POV

I was starting to freak out, Gwen was there, passed out. I tried to calm myself down. I looked at her. She didn't look so bad. I turned her over and I saw what made her pass out. Blood was trickling out of the back of phone out and her head.

"Oh no. Oh no. NO." I whisper. I pull my phone out. I call 911.

"Yes sir?"

"I have a girl here. Blood is flowing out of the back of her head. I am located at Sweet Amoris High." I try to stay calm but my voice is shaking.

"We'll be over sir!"

I wait anxiously for the medics. Finally I hear the sound of the sirens. I look at Gwen. Student's were filing out of the cafe now. She'd be squashed if I didn't do something. I quickly slip my hands under her waist and picked her up.

"Who called us for the girl?" A man asked.

"I did." I say and walk forward, the man takes Gwen from my arms and inspects her.

"This isn't too bad. But I'll take her to the clinic. Does she have a guardian?"

"Yeah, her aunt. Do you want me to call her?"

"Yes, please." The man leads me to the back of the ambulance. I open my phone and call Auntie.

"What?! I am doing something important Nate!" Auntie's annoyed voice came from the other side of the phone.

"Um, you need to come to the clinic."

"Why? Is there something wrong with Gwen?" Auntie's voice changed into one of concern.

"Kind of. They need you to meet them at the clinic."

"I'll be right over!" Auntie hangs up her phone and I turn to the man. His nametag says Argon.

"Um, Mr. Argon...?" Argon his checking Gwen's pulse when he turns around.

"What?"

"I called her aunt. She'll meet us at the clinic."

"Okay, thanks for contacting her, kid."

"Is she going to be okay?"

"Yes. This isn't too bad. I'm guessing when she saw the blood she fainted. The most she'll need is a couple of stiches, just to be safe." I sighed in relief when I heard that. "By the way, how did this happen?" I froze. How did this happen? It couldn't have possibly been...? No it couldn't have been Amber. Amber wouldn't do that, though she was beating Gwen up when I walked out. Amber couldn't inflict that much damage to Gwen's head, could she? I deciding things when Argon coughed.

"Um, kid?"

"Oh. Well I don't exactly know, I just walked in on Gwen sitting down." I excluded the part about Amber. I was giving my sister the benefit of the doubt. Argon looked at me, suspiciously. "That's all!" My palms started to sweat and I hid them behind my back. I was always a terrible liar.

When we arrived at the clinic, Auntie was waiting there. "Oh, my poor Gwen!" She rushed over to the stretcher. Auntie put a hand on Gwen's forehead.

"Ma'am, we need a doctor to look at her. Please follow us." Auntie followed as the stretcher with Gwen on it was rolled away.