Two more chapter after this one. Please enjoy the story while it last. And THANKS to the devoted readers even though I personally think that the story could've been better.


Chapter Eleven

We still had not announced our engagement to everyone. Our family was the only ones to know; which saved a lot of critism from our friends. It's been a week since his proposal and the prom would be in one week.

Today, I was going to go buy a dress with Alyssa, Candice, and Carol. Gearld adn Jacob were going to buy tuxs. This gave me some well needed girl time; which I haven't gotten a lot of.

"This is perfect for you, Nessie! You have to try it on." Alyssa said and handed me a sky blue dress that had a little silver to it. It was a flowly dress, which I wanted. I shrugged and took the dress to a changing stall.

After I put it on, I did not immediately walk out of the stall. I looked at the mirror. There, stood a girl that was fairly tall, had curly hair, but had a dress that would make anyone stutter at the sight of it.

I slowly walked out.

"You look amazing!" Candice screamed out when she saw me. "You have to buy it!"

For their amusement, I twirled around, which made me laugh. "I love it."

All of us agreed and I went in line to pay for the dress.

The line was sort of long, considering Prom was approaching. I hardly noticed who was in front of me in the line. Heather.

She saw me and did not have a smile on her face. "Oh. It's you. Nessie right?" She said rudely.

"Yeah. You getting a prom dress?"

"Yes, I am. Are you going with Jacob?" When she asked, her face looked like she already knew the answer.

I nodded. "Who are you going with?"

She snarled a little when I nodded. "I'm going with Randy Smith."

"I hope you have fun." I said, not even meaning it.

Finally, Heather was paying for her dress. It was a light pink, empire dress. I personally don't like the color pink, but the dress did look nice.

All of us paid for our dresses and headed for the shoe store. I got white high heels that looked perfect for my dress and we left the store to meet with Jacob and Gerald at an Italian restaurant.

We didn't know the name of it and we didn't care. All we cared about was the food; we were starving.

We got a table that seated all of us.

While we were eating, Carol announced that she had a date - Austin McDonald.

After we left the restaurant, all of us went our separate ways - Gerald and Alyssa, Candice and Carol, and Jacob and me. It was around eight o'clock when we left. Jacob drove us home in his Rabbit.

"When do you want to tell them about the engagement?" I asked as I pulled out my ring from my pocket. "I don't want to hide this from people. It's too beautiful for that." I put on my ring and stared at it.

"Soon. Maybe at Prom?" He shrugged. "All I want is to be with you."

"Same. We should start talking about the wedding now, before Aunt Alice plans the whole thing." I laughed.

"Maybe around your birthday? September 10th?"

I was shocked. "Why so soon?" It was only a couple months away.

"You wanted to be married around 18, remember? Why not get married when you turn 18?"

I smiled. He'd remember my request. Eighteen was the form I would stay for the rest of my life, I consider it perfect timing.

"Sounds good." I smiled and took his hand. "I'm glad you remembered."

When we got home, Aunt Alice bombarded us with wedding magazines. This was her kind of thing - planning events. Most of the time, Alice said she was narrowing our options for place settings, etc. But she mostly chose it for us. We didn't really mind. All we wanted was to be with each other.

"Have you thought of a date yet?" Aunt Alice asked as she brought more magazines to us.

"September 10th of this year." I announced proudly. "When I turn 18. That's the form I'll be in for the rest of my life, so 18 is perfect. And since we'll be out of high school, too."

"Aw. So sweet." She said with her high pitched voice. "I am so happy for you two." She placed her hand on mine and smiled.

Jacob nodded and kissed me on the cheek. "This will be perfect."

That night, Jacob and I got annoyed about all the suggestions Aunt Alice had for us. We just sat in my room.

"So, are we going to go to Columbia together?" I asked, looking at my college acceptance letter. "Since we both got accepted."

"I think we should." He said as he took his acceptance letter out of his pocket. "It'll be a new adventure for us." I've rubbed off on him. He's been getting better grades. I was excited when we found out that both of us made it to Columbia.

I smiled at him. "I think we'll be a great married couple. We already act like one."

He nodded and smiled back at me.

A/N: The next chapter is the prom.