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Colby and AJ sat in the car with a long awkward silence. It's already been five minutes since he parked the car in the front of the mansion but both of them were still in the car, waiting if either one of them wanted to say something and there they were, waiting.
"I'm sorry for troubling you", AJ broke the silence, finally speaking after moments of awkwardness.
She had finally stopped crying just before she got in the car earlier, unexpectedly thanks to Colby for making her felt better.
Colby gripped on the steering wheel with both of his hands, his head hung down as he shook it, "No! I'm the one who should be sorry. Not just for what happened tonight but for everything I've done and put you through. I'm sorry for being an asshole to you and insulted you with hurtful words. You don't deserve it, what more when you just lost someone you loved last month"
AJ's eyes moved from her right to left as she bit her lower lip. She couldn't help but to be a bit doubtful at his apology. All these times, she was the victim of his venomous actions and words so she didn't know where did this Colby came from.
"Are you drunk again?", she turned to his side, eyeing any signs of getting high from him, only to receive a weird look and a scoff from him.
"What? No! I'm completely sober right now"
"Oh", she paused before continuing, "Do you really mean that?"
"Why wouldn't I?"
"I don't want you to give me hope at night and crushed it the next morning. Colby, if this about you're scared that I'm going to tell anyone about your secret, you don't have to worry about it. I won't tell anyone"
He brought his hands to her shoulders, assuring her as their eyes locked, "This is not about that. I'm serious here, I really am sorry. I wanted to start over and at least be on the same page with you. I've realised that pushing you away because of my past won't change a thing. You'll still be here living in this house, sharing bed with me every night. I want to redeem myself, okay?"
AJ stared at that sparkly brown eyes that showed nothing but sincerity and she melted at his gaze. Soon she was back in reality and she immediately looked down, trying to hide her blushing cheeks.
"It's okay... I guess", she tucked some of her hairs behind her ear shyly.
"Thanks", he grinned, well maybe for the first time to her.
He was about to turn off the engine but AJ touched his wrist spontaneously, "Colby, I'm still sorry for disturbing you tonight. You might be spending time with your girlfriend when I called you. Sorry about that"
"I was actually wanting to get out from Danielle's house earlier. Thank God I got a call from you", he said half-jokingly.
AJ felt herself giggling and confused simultaneously, "And why was that?"
"It's just that she maybe thought I was her fashion advisor that for three hours straight, she asked me to pick a dress for her to wear during our school prom next week. Everytime I picked something she would blatantly reject it. What can I do? I'm not a fashion critic or something", he stated, didn't realise that he had become comfortable talking to her.
When AJ heard the word 'prom', she frowned sadly and sighed deeply.
"What's the matter?", Colby asked her for the sudden change of her mood.
"I never go to a prom, ever", she stated.
"Are you kidding me? How so?", he was shocked by her statement.
"Apparently I'm not attractive enough to be someone's date. And I was an outcast at my previous school. No one ever talked to me unless if it was to get answers for assignments and tests. Other than that, I'm a complete trash in their eyes", she opened up to him.
Once Colby heard all that form her, he felt guilty towards her, giving that even he once thought about her like that.
A relieved and optimistic sigh came out from AJ's mouth, causing Colby to turn to face her questioningly.
"You know, I think you made a right choice threatening me not to go to your school cause you know, what's the use? I'll still be that outcast that don't have any friends"
"I'm sorry", Colby said in a barely audible tone.
"I've forgiven you. No need to worry about the past anymore, okay?", she tried to cheer him up.
He nodded with some remaining guilt inside.
"By, I like this one. What do you think?", Danielle held a hot pink cocktail dress in front of her as she asked for Colby's opinion.
"Will look good on you", he tried to put up a smile to convince her.
They were at a boutique at the mall to find her dress for the prom tomorrow night and he felt a bit frustrated that the night he spent with her at her house days before, searching for a dress to buy online turned out to be a complete waste of time. Now here he was, accompanying her to buy her a dress in a last-minute shopping.
Danielle showed her pearly white teeth with her smile before turning to the sales assistant to hand her the dress "Okay, I'll take this... wait-", she stopped when she spotted another dress that caught her eyes.
Her heels clicked on the floor as she made her way to the new golden red dress, "Oh my god, this one looked really fabulous", she gushed as she ran her hands down the fabric.
"This is a limited edition dress, miss. Imported from Paris", the female sales assistant promoted.
"By, I want this", she turned to her boyfriend, pointing at the dress.
"Okay, take it", Colby gestured his hand without looking at her nor her dress.
He was looking elsewhere to tell the truth. He didn't know what control him that at that moment, he was staring at other dresses and imagining AJ wearing it. How beautiful she would be if she wore that kind of dress just once but sadly he knew she wouldn't. She wouldn't go the prom and might never had the chance to do it.
"Why are you staring at those dresses instead of me?", Danielle frowned upon him, making him to be surprised as he finally turned his attention to her.
"Sorry, what is it?", he asked her.
She soon pouted and dramatically folded her arms around her chest, "You don't like this dress!", she stated.
Colby sighed and walked to her, picking the clothes from her hands, "Babe, I like it", he looked at the dress before he turned to her, "It will look pretty on you and all the girls won't even stand a chance tomorrow night"
Danielle giggled giddily, "Really, By?"
"Yeah, sure!"
"Okay, you'll pay them for me, right? I want this dress and the other one before", she asked in a demanding way before walking towards the counter.
Colby only nodded and sighed in relief. He just managed to dodge her bullet.
AJ sat on the centre of the bed with a pillow on her lap, dreamily staring at Colby, who was fixing his tux and tie. His long hairs were tied and he looked really handsome that night in her eyes. Why he shouldn't be? In about an hour, the prom would start and of course he would have to look good since he was going to be there with his pretty and rich girlfriend, stealing spotlights from everybody.
She sighed sadly. She never knew how it felt like to be at the prom, dancing with someone. She thought it must be fun, especially if she could go with Colby but she knew he was only a friend to him, with the title 'wife' being of no use to her.
"AJ, I'm going", Colby was done grooming and picked his key from the night table.
"Huh?", she said, clueless since she was too deep in her thoughts earlier.
"I said I'm going. You'll be alright?", he turned to her.
Her mouths were opened a bit from the sight of him. Her eyes sparkled and her heart raced just by looking at him. "Yes, I'll be okay", she forced herself to speak because she almost felt her breath was taken away.
"Really?", he tried to find assurance from her.
"You better hurry. Danielle wouldn't want her date to be late on her senior year's prom"
"Okay then. I don't know what time I'll be home so no need to wait for me"
"Okay", she nodded and watched him leave the room.
Minutes before the prom started, Colby and his two friends; Joe and Jon were just hanging out outside the school while the others might already went inside the hall. It wasn't like they're really enthusiastic about the prom anyway. Colby was only there for Danielle while Joe and Jon were there to find a girl to bring home later at Joe's late night party.
While Jon and Joe were busy eyeing every girls walking passed them, Colby only rested on the bumper of his car in silent. He didn't know why his mind was filled with AJ ever since he left home. Sure that he had went out countless amount of times leaving her alone but now that he was finally on the same page with her, he couldn't help but to feel like he was at fault for leaving her bored at home while he was going to have fun later on.
Moments later, while Joe and Jon were chatting about random things, Colby's phone rang, causing the two to shot him a look. He looked at them before he clicked something on his phone.
"Hello?", he said while his eyes still come across his friends' so he signalled them that he was going to talk to the phone further away from them.
Not longer than two minutes, Colby came back, raising suspicion from his friends.
"Who's that?", Joe asked him nonchalantly.
He tucked the phone in his back pocket and shrugged, "Sorry, guys! My mom called. She said she's waiting for me at the airport"
Jon in return rolled his eyes in annoyance, "Can't your driver just take her home? What's the matter with that old mother of yours? Some of the wires in her brain might be corroding already!", he scoffed towards the end.
Colby tried to suppress his anger when his mother was brought up like that but it was Jon anyways. He was not the one to talk something nice about anyone, including his own friends' family members.
"Seems like I can't go with you guys", he said, ignoring what Jon said earlier.
"But you're going to join us at my house later tonight, right?", Joe asked him again.
"I'll see what I can do, depending on what my mom want other than this"
"Sucks for you, man. We're just about to head inside", Jon pointed to the entrance door.
"Yeah, hope you can make it tonight. Take care, man", Joe patted his shoulder and turned his back to walk to the hall.
Jon soon followed suit but Colby stopped him.
"Jon?"
"Yup?"
"Can you tell Danielle about me?"
He waved off his hand, "Yeah, sure. It may start with a hissy fit but we all know she won't ruin it for the attentions she would get from the boys tonight"
"Yeah, you're right!", Colby said uncomfortably when he thought of the possibility of his girlfriend flirting with other guys.
"See you later, Col!", Jon slapped his back before he walked away from him.
Once Colby was left alone, he sighed loudly in ease. With no one around him, he could finally do what he wanted to do at that moment. But before that, he took out his phone and stared at it for a while. He couldn't believe he just lied to his friends that his mother called him. He hadn't even talked to her ever since she left Iowa for Dubai. The phone rang was only due to the fact he set up a clock alarm just so it could make a sound. He had no choice. He had to do it. All because of AJ.
What the hell is wrong with Colby, lol. Please review, thanks!