Chapter 11-The Dance & Roses

The guys and I minus Grace are sat at our usual lunch table and I am wearing a maroon off shoulder crop top, black skinny jeans and black six-inch platform heels. My hair is curled and I have on black mascara, black eyeliner, eyebrows and red lip-gloss. Finishing off with a gold necklace with my name on and lots of bracelets including my gold charm bracelet. It's been two weeks since we arrived back from Hawaii and since Jack and I kissed, I've been ignoring him since we came back and trying to avoid him. Jack's been texting and calling me cause he wants to talk about the kiss but I don't.

"AHHHHHH!" Grace runs into the cafeteria holding a flyer, screaming as everybody in the cafeteria looks at her and she sits with us "Mind your own business!" Grace shouted and they did.

"Grace do you have a reason for trying to burst everybody's ears drums?" I asked.

"Yes!" Grace said and put the flyer down and the boys groan as the girls squealed.

"What?" I asked confused.

"It's the annual ball," Kelsey said.

"What year are we in the 1800's?" I asked and the boys chuckled.

"It's a formal dance and it's super elegant all the boys have to wear suits and all the girls have to wear evening gowns. We have it every year and it makes a change from all the slutty dresses girls wear to the normal dances especially Donna. All the money raised from tickets go to a charity," Julie explained.

"All the boys hate it" Eddie simply stated "We have to dress up in monkey suits and we don't do monkey suits" Eddie said.

"But we love it because we feel like princesses for the night and they decorate the school garden with lights and make it super romantic for couples to stroll in we totally have to go" Grace said.

"Yeah Milty why don't we?" Julie asked Milton "That is if you want to keep your girlfriend" Julie said.

"We'll go!" Milton said and we all chuckled.

"Do guys actually go to this thing?" I asked confused.

"Yeah they do actually most go with their girlfriends because the girls want to but the guys think it's a good idea because they can ask girls out and hope they can get lucky by the end of the night because they went" Kelsey said.

"Basically if you're Donna, Lindsay's or Katie's date they'll get laid" Grace said and I rolled my eyes.

"I bet Donna will still dress like a slut even though she isn't supposed too" I said and we all laughed.

After school the girls and I are shopping for dresses.

"So do you think Jerry will ask you?" I asked Grace nudging her.

"Maybe…I really hope so" Grace smiled.

"Of course he will Grace you're his girlfriend" I said.

"Enough about my love life have you spoken to you know who?" Grace asked.

"Nope I've been avoiding him and his messages and I thought you wanted me to stay away from Jack and not fall for him," I said.

"I did at the start but everything is different now Jack different with you Kim you're the only girl Jack has ever been friends with and Jack cares about you. You're the only girl he's ever cared enough to learn about and you even said he's been open about his family and even Jerry has told me this is not just some fling like usual" Grace explained.

"What if it's just an act?" I asked.

"Kim I've seen Jack with every girl in the school including me and Jack is different around you he cares about you" Grace said.

"He doesn't care about me," I said.

"Who doesn't?" Julie asked as the girls walked to us.

"Please tell Kim that Jack cares about her," Grace said.

"Of course he does Kim he's super nice with you, cares about you and have you seen the way he looks at you?" Kelsey asked.

"Can we just carry on shopping?" I asked and they nodded and I sigh.

Walking in from shopping Lexi runs to me and I pick her up stroking her.

"Hey sweetheart how was shopping? Did you find a dress?" Mom asked.

"Yeah I did it's amazing" I said.

"Kimmy's got a secret admirer" Bella skipped into the room and I looked at my mom.

"Some flowers came for you I put them in your room in a vase don't worry I didn't read the card" Mom said and I put Lexi down and walked upstairs. Walking into my room I see a beautiful bouquet of red roses on my desk with a card and a ticket to the dance and I put my shopping bags on my bed. Walking to them I smell them and I smile who the hell would buy me flowers? Picking up the card it reads:

To Kim (Goldilocks),

Beautiful roses for a beautiful girl! I know you've been ignoring me since we got back to Seaford because of that kiss and I know you do not trust me cause of my reputation but I've been more honest with you than I have with any other girl and I really do care about you. Will you go to the dance with me?

From Jack.

I couldn't help but smile and then I got a FaceTime off my friends from back home so I sat at my desk and accepted it.

"Hey" I smiled.

"Who are those from? Does somebody have an admirer?" Tiffany asked and I laughed.

"They're from Jack there is a dance coming up and he just asked me to it but I've been ignoring him" I explained.

"Why?" Sasha asked.

"Because we kissed in Hawaii," I said and the ooh'ed.

"You totally have to say yes to him Kim he's hot, you've changed him and how romantic is sending flowers, I mean come on if a guy did this for me I'd let him see me naked" Kayla said and I laughed.

"So what are you going to say?" Tiffany asked.

"No clue" I sighed.

"Well we'll let you think tell us what happens" Sasha said and they ended the call. I looked at the flowers and the card thinking I mean him sending me flowers no guy has ever done that for me before and Jack has changed quite a lot since I got here. Picking up my phone I dial his number.

"Hey" I heard Jack say from the other side of the phone.

"Hi" I said.

"See you've stopped ignoring me now?" Jack suggested.

"Yeah look Jack about that I'm really sorry for ignoring you I just needed a little time to myself to think" I explained "Thanks for the roses Jack they're beautiful" I thanked him.

"No problem" Jack said.

"And I will" I said.

"Will what?" Jack asked now he just wanted to hear me say it.

"I'll go to the dance with you" I smiled. For the rest of the night Jack and I spent most of talking on the phone about stuff that has happened in the past two weeks and how Jerry was going to ask Grace and most of the time we were just talking about random stuff but I liked it.