Nathan's POV
I heard about the dance. I wanted to take Bianca. I walked to her house. I rang the doorbell. She answered.
"What's up?" I asked.
"I was just listening to music. My parents were fighting of course." She said.
"Cool." I said.
"So anyway. I was wondering if you wanted to go with dance with me." I said.
"Sure I'd love to. Are we going as friends? The thing is we're not exactly together." She said.
"I was hoping that wouldn't be a problem. I suggest we go and see what happens." I said.
"Alright I'll see you then." She said.
Then she closed the door.
Paige's POV
I was excited about homecoming. I didn't have a date though. What am I going to do? Most everyone I know has a date already. I know I could go alone. It would be nice. There was a knock on the door.
"Hello?" I asked.
It was Damon. I'm still apprehensive about him because he's a vampire. Our time together doesn't change the way I feel about him. I just don't want this stress anymore.
"Hi." He said.
"I know there's the dance this weekend. I just wanted to know if you wanted to go as friends." He said.
"Just friends?" I asked.
"If that's what you want." He said.
"Sure I'll think about it." I said.
"I'll ring you later." I said.
Then I closed the door. I'm not sure if I should go to the dance with Damon. I need sometime to think about it. I got a text from Aria.
Let's go shopping
Sure why not? I'll see you then.
After School
I met Aria in front of the school.
"Where do you want to shop?" I asked
"I want to shop at... I dunno." Aria said.
"There's a dress shop in the down." I said.
"Cool. Let's go." I said.
Then we went to the dress shop.
Shopping montage
Then we went to the local café. Aria and I were alone.
"I keep thinking that Stefan's going to ask me to homecoming but he just doesn't." She said.
"You should ask him. Take control. You're a strong independent woman." I said.
"I am?" She asked.
"Yes." I said
"I didn't know you were with Stefan." I said.
"I don't know what to call it." She said.
Then I membered I had made a vervain necklace. I put my handbag in front of me. I fumbled through my stuff to look through it.
"I made something for you." I said as I handed it to her.
"Thanks you're so sweet." She said.
"It will go with like everything." She said.
"Why are you being so mushy? What's the occasion?" She asked.
"Just a friend gift. Because you've been avoiding me. And I wanted you to know that whatever's going on with you and Stefan. It's OK." I said.
"I was going to talk to you about that. I was. I mean we've hung out a couple times. That's it. I think we've peaked as friends." She said.
"Why would you say that? He seemed to fancy you." I said.
"I don't know anymore." She said.
"Who are you going with?" She asked.
"I think I'm going with Damon as mates." I said.
"That's interesting." She said.
"What do you mean by that?" I asked.
"I mean that it's obvious you both fancy each other. It just nice to see you make an effort." She said.
"I just don't want to seem like I'm trying too hard." I said.
Bianca's POV
Paisley and I are shopping together. We were looking through dresses.
"Who are you going with?" I asked.
"I'm going with Seth." She said.
"I haven't heard of him. What's he like?" I said.
"Well I don't know much about him." She said.
"How come?" I asked.
"I only just met him the other day." She said.
"Why are you going with the dance with some bloke you don't know that well?" I asked.
"Well who else can I go with?" She asked.
"What does that supposed to mean?" I asked.
"I mean I'm not like you. Guys don't fuss over me. I'm useless. I'm not fit and mysterious." She said.
I decided not to say anything. I didn't know what to say. I'm not the comforting type.
Then we went to the sales assistant.
"Oh fuck! I must have left my wallet in the car. Is that alright?" I said.
"I don't have to pay for this. You're going give it us for free." I influenced.
"You don't have to pay for this. I'll give it to you for free." She said.
I flashed a smile. Then we carried our shopping bags to the car.
"How do you that?" She asked.
"It was just a parlour trick." I said.
"Can you teach me?" She asked.
"No that's going to be my thing." I said.
Then we went home.
A few days later
We got dressed into our dresses. We styled our hair. We both helped style our hair.
"Is he going to give a lift to the dance?" I asked.
"Yes." She said.
"You have such beautiful hair. I wish I had hair like yours." She said.
"Thanks." I said.
I started doing my make-up. I started a smokey eye and a swipe of mascara. I put on some lip balm on my lips. I made a popping sound with my lips. I helped Paisley with her make-up because she rarely wears any.
"Stand still." I said as I applied mascara on her eyes.
"I'm a bit worried about tonight. Should I do if he tries to surf n' turf me? Bianca, what should I do?" She asked.
"I don't know actually." I said.
"Me either." She said.
"So did he ask you or did you ask him?" I asked.
"Well we sort of both did." She said.
"Oh really." I said.
"Did Nathan ask you?" She asked.
"Yes he did." I said.
"What about Wes then?" She said.
"Where would there be a Wes?" I asked.
"You're seeing him aren't you?" She asked.
"I'm fucking him occasionally. I'm not seeing him." I said.
"There's a distinction?" She asked.
"Yeah." I said."
"That's fucked up." She said.
"What is?" I asked.
"I know what game you're playing, Bianca." She said.
"I'm not playing anything. It's not my fault they both fancy me." I said.
"But you obviously fancy one more than other." She said.
"You're going to ruin a friendship." She said.
"You had your fun. So stop." She said.
"I don't think I'm quite finished yet." I said.
"Stop. I'm tired of it." She said.
"I don't see how it concerns you." I said.
"I'm just having a bit of fun is all." She said.
Then Nathan arrived. There was a knock on the door. He was dressed in a tuxedo.
"Wow you look beautiful." He said.
"Thanks you don't look so bad yourself." I said.
Then Paisley came downstairs.
"Hi Nathan." She said.
"Hi Paisley." He said.
"Are you ready to go?" He asked.
"Sure why not?" I asked.
"I'll see you later, yeah?" I said as I left.
Then we left to go to the dance. The gym was decorated. We made an entrance through the gym. We sat down around one of the tables.
"Do you want to dance?" He asked.
"Sure why not?" I said.
That was really random. We walked over to the dance floor. We were in each other's arms and we swayed to the music.
"What are we?" He asked.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"You know what I mean." He said.
"We just are." I said.
"Are we dating?" He asked.
"I'm not sure." I said.
"Well let know when you do. Just tell me what you want and I'll be that for you." He said.
I didn't say anything. I was a little taken off guard. I knew he fancied me. I just had no idea how much I meant to him. I never felt more loved than I did right now. I wanted to tell him that I felt the same way. If I give him my heart that would make me look weak and that's the last thing I wanted to do. I wanted to tell him how I feel more than anything. I just can't. All did was flash him a smile.
"I'm going to get some food. Do you fancy any?" I asked.
"No thanks." He said.
I got some food. Then I bumped in someone. I looked up to see who it was. It was Damon. Sometimes when I lye awake at night I imagine a million different scenarios in my head of how would this occur. But I never that would actually happen. In all those scenarios I would be confident. Right now I feel lost like I don't know what to do.
"Whoa." He said.
I tried to look upset as I possibly could. I didn't want him to think that think that he broke me. I don't want think that I spent my time waiting for him.
"Bianca, it's been a long time." He said.
I sighed. I didn't know what to say.
"You broke me . You broke my heart. You killed me." I said.
"Look Bianca. I'm sorry...-
I pushed him away from me.
"You honestly believe that I'd let you break me. In fact I think made me much more stronger. If you think that you did you must not know me at all." I said.
"I don't know what you're talking about." He said.
"You wanted me crying over you like my world stopped because you were gone." I said.
"I never said it did." He said.
"You probably think it." I said.
"Well I've moved on and I'm perfectly happy." I said.
I sat down by our table.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"Nothing. This is me happy." I said.
"Oh I'm glad." He said.
I smiled.
"So this is Seth." I said.
"Yeah isn't he great?" She asked.
"Right." I said.
"And you're Bianca." He said.
"The one and only. I see you've heard of me. She must talk about me." I said.
"Yes she does. I can't believe I'm meeting you. It feels like...-" He said.
"Fascinating." I said.
Aria's POV
I was sitting with Stefan and the rest of my friends. We haven't danced yet. I was getting kind of bored.
"I'm getting kind of tired just sitting here. Are you going to ask me to dance or not?" I said.
"I told you I'm not that much of dancer." He said.
"I'll ask someone else if you don't." She said.
"Go ahead. I don't mind. It's not like we're dating or anything." He said.
"Unbelievable." I sighed.
Is this a nightmare or something? I thought this was supposed to be fun or whatever. It starting to feel a bore. I was going to give up all hope. Then I thought of what Paige said. Do I need to wait for him to ask me? I can ask him myself to dance if I want. If you want something you have to get it yourself. Then I grabbed by the arm. I can tell he was surprised by my boldness.
"What the fuck? I told you I didn't want to dance." He said.
"Well I decided we are." I said.
Then we were in the middle of the dance floor. We linked our arms together. We started to dance to the music.
"You really are something else. Aren't you?" He said.
I laughed.
"So why did you bring me with you? It's not like we're dating or anything." I said.
"Well you're not the worst company in the world, Aria." He said.
I smiled.
"I wanted you to talk you about something. I know we're friends. I just wanted to know if you wanted to you know..." I said.
"Aria, we're friends and nothing's going to ever change that. But I don't like you like that. I mean I don't fancy you. I've never have. I'm so sorry. Please don't make this something that isn't." He said.
"It's fine. I can't believe I thought someone like you would ever like someone like me. Thanks for taking me. I had a really great time. I just need some air." I said.
Then I walked away from him.
"I'm sorry. Did I do something to offend you? That was not my intention." He said.
I felt like I was about to cry. I didn't feel like talking to anymore.
Paige's POV
I dancing along to the music. I noticed that something wasn't right. Then my mobile rang.
"Hello Paige. Listen to me. Here's what you're going to do. There's an exit door behind you." He said.
I was pacing. I was scared.
"You have five seconds." He said.
"No!" I said.
"Or Aria dies." He said.
I looked over. I saw Aria by the punch bowl. He was right by her.
"I can snap her neck so fast. I bet there's not even a witness." He said.
"Now start walking." He said.
"Don't you dare touch her." I said.
"Keep walking." He said.
"Through the door." He said.
I went towards the open doors. I ran to get away. I tried to get a head start. I looked back. I saw other doors that I can escape through. I tried to open the doors but they were locked. He's coming this way. I get scared. I went through the door to the dining hall. He used his vampire speed to come close to me. He pulled my pony tail.
"Ahh!" I screamed.
Then he lunged for my throat. He threw me across the table. I landed on the floor. Then he turned the table over. Then I saw a mop and grabbed it. I broke it in two with my knees. Then I stabbed him in the chest. He tried to bite me. Stefan appeared out of the blue and threw him off me. Damon turned up as well.
"Hey dickhead. Nobody wants to kill you. We just want to talk." He said.
He was by the door. He hopped over the table. Stefan stabbed him with a mop. Then he was on his knees.
"Now do you feel like talking?" He asked.
He stabbed him again.
"Fuck you!" He said.
"Wrong answer." Stefan said.
"Why are you doing this?" Stefan asked.
"Because it's fun." He said.
"What do you want with Paige?" Stefan asked.
"She looks like Elena." He said.
Stefan stabbed him in the heart. He fell to his death. Then Nathan turned up. He saw what happened.
""Paige? Are you okay?" He asked.
I nodded in response.
"I got this." He said.
I walked back to the dance. The dance was halfway over. I don't think we missed much. I walked back to my seat. Music momentarily stopped. A teacher walked up the stage. She went up to the microphone.
"Sorry to interrupt this lovely dance. It's almost midnight. That means it's time to announce this year's homecoming court." She said.
Then she took out a paper that showed the results.
"Like always. Ladies first. The homecoming princesses this year are ... Olivia Mitchell, Gabrielle Davis, Violet Abrams. And the winner for this year's homecoming queen is... Aria Fell." She said.
They walked up the stage when their name was called. The student body clapped when every name was called.
"The homecoming princes this year are... Nathan Hathaway, Cole Shepherd, James Smallwood. And the winner for this year's homecoming king is Wesley Young." She said.
Then they crowned the homecoming king and queen.
"Now it's time for the king and queen to have their first dance." She said.
The homecoming queen and king met in the middle of the dance floor. Music started to play a slow song. They linked hands with one and other. When the song was over the student body clapped.
"So now go back to the dance." She said.
I left the dance after that. I met Dominique and Dad for coffee at Wendy's Coffee Shop. I took sip of my coffee mug.
"This nightmare is finally over. I think our facts are wrong. We have to consider that vampires may be walking around during the day." Dominique said.
"So what's the next step?" He asked.
"We're stepping up security, giving the guard vervain, and we will kill them all." She said.
Nathan's POV
I can't find Bianca anywhere. I went to look for her. I saw her by the lockers. Her back was against the lockers. I saw her by herself. She looked content. She looked beautiful as ever. I can tell she saw me. She looked like she was happy to see me. I was going to go to her. Then I saw Wesley walk up behind her. He was facing her. He had a smug look on his face like he was try to get back at me for something. I can't recall what that might be. I was hurt. I felt like someone punched me in the chest. I thought we were friends. What kind of friend does that? Then I walked away from all of that. I can't believe she chose him over me after everything we've been through. I can't believe this. This is a fucking nightmare. I can just wake up and it will all be over. But this it wasn't a dream. It was reality. I took her home anyway to be a gentleman. I kind of didn't want to see her again. She broke my heart. We didn't talk at all during the ride home.
Bianca's POV
I walked upstairs. I opened my door. I closed the door behind me. I put my hands through my hair in frustration. I think I fucked up. What have I done? I got undressed. I wanted to more than anything to choose Nathan. It scares me to death to give my heart because what if they don't fancy you back. The emotions that come with love bother me. I took a shower. Then I took off my make up. I put on my pyjamas. I climbed into my bed. My mobile rang. I answered it.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Bianca. You'll never guess what happened." She said.
"What happened?" I asked.
"I had my first kiss." She said.
"Wait. You seriously never kissed anyone before today." I said.
"Yeah. I don't know it just never happened." She said.
"How was it?" I asked.
"It was great." She said.
"In the car. When he gave me a lift home." She said.
"That's cute. I wish I could've been there." I said.
"I know that's what I was thinking when it was happening. I wish Bianca was here. All I kept thinking is what she would know what to do." She said.
"I'm really glad I met. You're like the coolest person I ever met." She said.
I smiled.
"Paisley, why are we friends? Do you ever wonder?" I asked.
"Well that's super easy. You're my friend because you're the coolest ever. I'm yours because your men never surf n' turf me because I'm useless and I totally do anything you say." She said.
"That's it." I said.
"So are you guys like a thing?" I asked.
"I reckon so. But then again he never mentioned it." She said.
"That's the kind of the thing you talk about when you're with him." I said.
"I know. When we do talk all he wants to talk about is how in love he is with you and everything. It kind of gets old. Partly because he's never talks to you before. It's scary because he knows everything about you like he knows you." She said.
"It sounds like you really fancy him." I said.
"I do. I know it sounds cheesy. I never felt like this before. Does this what it feels like when you're with Nathan?" She said.
"I have to go. I've got coursework." I said.
"Alright. I'll see you later." She said.
"You and I should spend the day together. Make it a girl's day. About it?" She said.
"Sure I'd love that." I said.
"Bye." I said.
"Bye." She said.
I had to wish her goodbye because I wasn't ready to talk to her about it. I wasn't ready to tell anyone. Especially Nathan. I'm so confused by the feelings because these are new feelings. Then I woke up the next day. I put on my clothes. I went in my car to drive to Paisley's house. I honked on the horn to let her know I was here. She opened the car door to get in.
"How are you doing, mate?" I asked.
"Everything's great." She said.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"We need to pick up something first.
"What are we picking up?" She asked.
"Drugs." I said.
"From who?" She asked.
"From an old mate of mine." I said.
Then we went on the train to go shopping uptown. We were sitting next to each other.
"I wasn't sure what to wear. Can you believe I borrowed this top from my mum? Though Davy when I wore my mum's fish nets for the school disco thing." She said.4
I started to burn the back of the chair with my lighter.
"Davy said that was well rough because women used to wear fishnets without knickers. At orgies or whatever. My mum got stuff on it. Davy called it lady juice. Can you believe he called it lady juice? He says wearing the tights must've rubbed off on me." She said.
I looked over to my left and I saw a dirty homeless looking at me. I went back to burning the chair.
"Why wear knickers? I don't think my mum went to many orgies. I don't think many orgies happen in Leworn." She said.
I sat back in my chair. I stuck at my tounge at the man seductively. I made a kissing noise with my lips. I snickered. I slid my hand over her leg. I smiled because he was looking at me. She didn't notice at first.
"Don't! He's gross!" She said.
I laughed. Then we got off the train. I got out a cigarette out of my handbag.
"What do you want to do today?" She asked.
"Anything you want. I'm up for anything." I said.
"We could get a bite to eat and then go shopping." She said.
"Alright." I said.
Then we walked to a café that we both liked. We sat down at a table.
"How are you doing?" I asked.
"Everything's great." She said.
"My mum and I want to have a pyjama party. Will you come?" She said.
"Sure why not? Let's get totally totally fucked." I said.
"Yeah that's the thing. My mum's gonna be there. We're gonna put our pyjamas on and play twister. It's brilliant fun. More fun than getting fucked. Probably. You're all going to tell me how to do it with Seth because basically I don't have a clue." She said.
"Who are you inviting?" I asked.
"All our school mates. You know Paige, Olivia, Aria, Gwen, and Gabby." She said.
"Oh right. Silly me." I said.
Then we went back to our house. Aria soon arrived.
Music
Fade into you-mazzy star
Ruelle-monsters
Robyn-call your girlfriend
Robyn-dancing on my own
Digital daggers-head over heels
The draytones-keep loving me