Larissa stepped out the bathroom and admired herself in the full-length mirror handing on the door. The royal blue kimono style dress she bought looked fabulous against her peaches and cream complexion and her hair cascaded down her back in flowing blackish red ringlets. Her stomach was beyond knotted, her knees felt like jelly and she hadn't been that nervous since her first date with Banks.
"Oh Rissa you look fantastic." Nicky cooed twisting her long blonde hair into a tight chignon. Ever since Larissa and Adam's break up the girls had been becoming friends again. Rissa however still didn't trust Nicole as far as she could throw her.
"Thanks." The younger girl smiled graciously, and then tried to stifle a laugh as she rolled on her lips gloss
"What?" Nicky raised a perfectly tweezed eyebrow
"It's two things really 1) the last time we were getting all dressed up like this was home coming, you took Dwayne and I went with Adam, now neither of us are with either of them. 2) Well I just sorta wondered if it's destiny that I bought a kimono dress and I'm going with the only Asian boy in school."
"Yeah I see what you're saying. It's pretty weird." Nicole stood up from her vanity and did a model spin "How do I look?" Her golden hair shined like she just stepped out of a shampoo commercial, hours in a tanning bed gave her skin a sun kissed glow and her lavender dress caressed her every curve.
"Absolutely gorgeous, as usual." Larissa complimented, as there was a knock at the door. She took a deep breath along with one last look in the mirror before walking over to open it. Kenny was standing on the other side his black bangs falling in his eyes and a shy grin and his lips. At the sight of his date him mouth hung open and his almond shaped eyes nearly fell out of his head.
"Larissa wow, you look wow."
The girl smiled back at him bashfully
"Thank you. Are you always that articulate Mr. Wu?"
"Not normally. Uh this is for you." Rather then a corsage, he'd taken the more romantic yet cheaper way out and bought a single yellow rose.
"Oh Ken it's beautiful. Thank you." She took the flower and kissed his cheek
Kenny let out a relieved breath and took her hand
"Shall we go?"
"We shall."
The two entered the gym holding hands and looked in awe at red and black decorations that hung from everywhere. They'd never seen it look that lovely
"Oh gosh." Rissa gushed taking in the scene
"I know it looks great. Come on let's go sit down." Kenny's arm slipped around her waist and pulled her into his side.
"Hey look Ken and Larissa are here." Julie announced taking her glass of punch from Luis
"Banks and Veronica are over in the drink line this is going to be an interesting night." The Latin speedster lowered himself into the chair next to Jules and the waited for the fire works to begin.
"Who do you want to sit with?" Ken asked as they steered through the crowd
"We can sit with the Ducks." Rissa replied sweetly
"I don't want you to be uncomfortable."
"But they're your friends, I can deal with it. Besides who else could we sit with, I don't have any friends."
"Do you wanna sit with the Bash Brothers? Banks won't sit with them."
"Sure."
Larissa allowed herself to be led through the crowd toward the table in the corner that Fulton and Portman had claimed their own.
"Hey little Bash Brother!" Portman ruffled Ken's hair affectionately
"Can we sit with you guy?" Kenny requested running his fingers through his hair to straighten it out
"Of course pull up a chair." Hannah said brightly
Rissa squeezed Kenny's hand and deposited herself into the seat near Hannah pulling her date down with her.
Across the room Adam was sitting with Charlie, Linda, Guy and Connie. His eyes traveled to his ex girlfriend a good portion of the night, but he knew from the conversation they'd had the day prior, he wasn't getting her back. He was willing to let her go, all he had to do was tell her. Ronni ran her hand up his arm and nuzzled his neck. He smirked at her charmingly, she really wasn't that bad after all. After a sleepless night Banks had came to the conclusion that Veronica deserved better and he really did like her, he was willing to give their relationship a try.
"Do you feel like dancing Hun?" Hun? That was new Ken had never called Rissa Hun before.
She lifted her head from his shoulder and studied his face, there wasn't a hint of sarcasm on it, the Hun was totally serious.
"Definitely."
They glided to the dance floor holding tightly to each other. Larissa was absolutely falling in love, she never imagined feeling that way for anyone after Banks ripped out her heart, but still as she clung to Ken there on the hardwood floor she felt a feeling she'd never had before. His heart was beating at the same pace as hers, his arms fit around her perfectly, he was the right height to dance with, and everything was flawless.
"You're a wonderful dancer." She praised
"It doesn't hurt to have a great partner." If Larissa was falling in love, Ken already was.
"Umm can I cut in?" Both turned their heads to see Adam standing to the right of them
Kenny looked at Rissa and she nodded reluctantly letting her arms drop from his neck. He kissed her gently on the lips and left them.
"Where's Veronica?"
Banksie frowned slightly as his arms enclosed her hips
"In the bathroom. I just wanted to tell you, that I'm giving up. You and Ken look really happy. I don't want to come between you two."
"We are happy, I like him so much. Adam I can't remember the last time I was this content. Kenny, he's so right for me. We agree on everything."
"I guess we weren't meant to be were we?"
"I think if either one of us had a different personality we would be. I loved you Adam, a lot. You brought skating back to me, you helped me come to grips with my mom's death, and I owe you for that. Kenny's the one for me now though and I wouldn't change that."
"I understand, I will always love you Larissa."
"I'll always love you too Adam just not that way."
Ken stood off the to side watching the interaction. And something clicked in his mind. Something about the way they looked together, something he couldn't explain. As the song ended he walked over to Larissa and pulled her to the side.
"Rissa we have to talk."
"Okay baby." She followed him with a grin "What is it?"
"I think we should end this. It's not working out."
"What?"
"Yeah, I mean I thought there was something there but there isn't."
"How can you say that? I thought… I thought." Rather then finishing what she had to say the girl took off, much the same as she had at home coming. This time though Ken didn't chase her like Banks had. As she ran past the tables tears streaming down her face Adam caught sight of her, again he trailed. That only adding to Ken's suspicions.
"Rissa what happened?" He grabbed her by her shoulders and forced her to a stop
Her tears were coming so steadily as she sobbed, her breathing was jagged and straggled. She couldn't speak. All she did was bury her face in his tux and bawled. After a solid ten minutes he tried again
"Rissa what's wrong?"
"Ken broke up with me." She managed between coughs and whimpers
"He did what? Why?"
"I don't know. He said it wasn't working out. I don't know what I did wrong Adam. I don't understand it."
"Okay, this isn't the best place to talk about this. Why don't you go up to your room and get changed, I'll bring Veronica back to her dorm and meet you at Mickey's." His hand brushed the tears from her eyes and kissed her cheek. Larissa nodded obediently and headed to change.
Mickey's was pretty empty that night, it was unusual but then most of the normal crowd was the banquet. Rissa's head hurt from crying still her eyes continued to water to the point her vision was blurred.
"Here's you Root Beer." One of the waitresses walked over to where the young girl sat and placed a cup on the table
"I didn't order a drink." She whispered without looking up
"That young man over there did." The server answered pointing in the direction of the boy
Larissa lifted her head expecting to see Banksie on the other side of the room, she didn't. It was Kenny. She blinked repeatedly to make sure her eyes weren't playing tricks on her. They weren't he was there.
"Can I sit?" He asked barely above a whisper
"It's a free country. What are you doing here?"
"I came to apologize. I talked to Banks, he told me you were upset."
"Upset, Kenny you just broke my heart. You promised me you wouldn't do that. I mean what's wrong with me, you're the second guy in three months."
"Rissa I'm sorry. I didn't mean it; I thought you were still in love with Adam. I thought that, you were only with me for the sake of not being single. I didn't realize you cared about me that much. I never meant to hurt you. You've got to believe me I thought I was helping you by letting you go. I think I'm in love with you Larissa."
"Are you serious?"
"Deathly. Do you forgive me?"
The girl jumped up from her seat and ran around the table pressing her lips hard to his.
"I love you too."
"So what did he say to you?" Rissa asked as Ken walked her to her door
"Basically 'As much as I don't want to admit this, it's not me she loves it's you. So you better get over whatever insecurities you're having right now and go fix things. She's going to be waiting at Mickey's.' Then he threatened my life if I ever made you cry again." He kissed her again
"Remind me to thank him."
"I certainly will, I have to too. I'll meet you outside your dorm tomorrow morning?"
"Okay. I love you Ken."
"I love you too Baby." They shared a long passionate kiss in the middle of the hall and Kenny left to go to his room with a spring in his step. Things were great, and to think none of that would've happened if Adam hadn't decided he wanted someone his own age.
~* This was a shitty chapter but I wanted to get it over with so I could get the third story started. That is if you all want a sequel, if you do let me know.*~
"Oh Rissa you look fantastic." Nicky cooed twisting her long blonde hair into a tight chignon. Ever since Larissa and Adam's break up the girls had been becoming friends again. Rissa however still didn't trust Nicole as far as she could throw her.
"Thanks." The younger girl smiled graciously, and then tried to stifle a laugh as she rolled on her lips gloss
"What?" Nicky raised a perfectly tweezed eyebrow
"It's two things really 1) the last time we were getting all dressed up like this was home coming, you took Dwayne and I went with Adam, now neither of us are with either of them. 2) Well I just sorta wondered if it's destiny that I bought a kimono dress and I'm going with the only Asian boy in school."
"Yeah I see what you're saying. It's pretty weird." Nicole stood up from her vanity and did a model spin "How do I look?" Her golden hair shined like she just stepped out of a shampoo commercial, hours in a tanning bed gave her skin a sun kissed glow and her lavender dress caressed her every curve.
"Absolutely gorgeous, as usual." Larissa complimented, as there was a knock at the door. She took a deep breath along with one last look in the mirror before walking over to open it. Kenny was standing on the other side his black bangs falling in his eyes and a shy grin and his lips. At the sight of his date him mouth hung open and his almond shaped eyes nearly fell out of his head.
"Larissa wow, you look wow."
The girl smiled back at him bashfully
"Thank you. Are you always that articulate Mr. Wu?"
"Not normally. Uh this is for you." Rather then a corsage, he'd taken the more romantic yet cheaper way out and bought a single yellow rose.
"Oh Ken it's beautiful. Thank you." She took the flower and kissed his cheek
Kenny let out a relieved breath and took her hand
"Shall we go?"
"We shall."
The two entered the gym holding hands and looked in awe at red and black decorations that hung from everywhere. They'd never seen it look that lovely
"Oh gosh." Rissa gushed taking in the scene
"I know it looks great. Come on let's go sit down." Kenny's arm slipped around her waist and pulled her into his side.
"Hey look Ken and Larissa are here." Julie announced taking her glass of punch from Luis
"Banks and Veronica are over in the drink line this is going to be an interesting night." The Latin speedster lowered himself into the chair next to Jules and the waited for the fire works to begin.
"Who do you want to sit with?" Ken asked as they steered through the crowd
"We can sit with the Ducks." Rissa replied sweetly
"I don't want you to be uncomfortable."
"But they're your friends, I can deal with it. Besides who else could we sit with, I don't have any friends."
"Do you wanna sit with the Bash Brothers? Banks won't sit with them."
"Sure."
Larissa allowed herself to be led through the crowd toward the table in the corner that Fulton and Portman had claimed their own.
"Hey little Bash Brother!" Portman ruffled Ken's hair affectionately
"Can we sit with you guy?" Kenny requested running his fingers through his hair to straighten it out
"Of course pull up a chair." Hannah said brightly
Rissa squeezed Kenny's hand and deposited herself into the seat near Hannah pulling her date down with her.
Across the room Adam was sitting with Charlie, Linda, Guy and Connie. His eyes traveled to his ex girlfriend a good portion of the night, but he knew from the conversation they'd had the day prior, he wasn't getting her back. He was willing to let her go, all he had to do was tell her. Ronni ran her hand up his arm and nuzzled his neck. He smirked at her charmingly, she really wasn't that bad after all. After a sleepless night Banks had came to the conclusion that Veronica deserved better and he really did like her, he was willing to give their relationship a try.
"Do you feel like dancing Hun?" Hun? That was new Ken had never called Rissa Hun before.
She lifted her head from his shoulder and studied his face, there wasn't a hint of sarcasm on it, the Hun was totally serious.
"Definitely."
They glided to the dance floor holding tightly to each other. Larissa was absolutely falling in love, she never imagined feeling that way for anyone after Banks ripped out her heart, but still as she clung to Ken there on the hardwood floor she felt a feeling she'd never had before. His heart was beating at the same pace as hers, his arms fit around her perfectly, he was the right height to dance with, and everything was flawless.
"You're a wonderful dancer." She praised
"It doesn't hurt to have a great partner." If Larissa was falling in love, Ken already was.
"Umm can I cut in?" Both turned their heads to see Adam standing to the right of them
Kenny looked at Rissa and she nodded reluctantly letting her arms drop from his neck. He kissed her gently on the lips and left them.
"Where's Veronica?"
Banksie frowned slightly as his arms enclosed her hips
"In the bathroom. I just wanted to tell you, that I'm giving up. You and Ken look really happy. I don't want to come between you two."
"We are happy, I like him so much. Adam I can't remember the last time I was this content. Kenny, he's so right for me. We agree on everything."
"I guess we weren't meant to be were we?"
"I think if either one of us had a different personality we would be. I loved you Adam, a lot. You brought skating back to me, you helped me come to grips with my mom's death, and I owe you for that. Kenny's the one for me now though and I wouldn't change that."
"I understand, I will always love you Larissa."
"I'll always love you too Adam just not that way."
Ken stood off the to side watching the interaction. And something clicked in his mind. Something about the way they looked together, something he couldn't explain. As the song ended he walked over to Larissa and pulled her to the side.
"Rissa we have to talk."
"Okay baby." She followed him with a grin "What is it?"
"I think we should end this. It's not working out."
"What?"
"Yeah, I mean I thought there was something there but there isn't."
"How can you say that? I thought… I thought." Rather then finishing what she had to say the girl took off, much the same as she had at home coming. This time though Ken didn't chase her like Banks had. As she ran past the tables tears streaming down her face Adam caught sight of her, again he trailed. That only adding to Ken's suspicions.
"Rissa what happened?" He grabbed her by her shoulders and forced her to a stop
Her tears were coming so steadily as she sobbed, her breathing was jagged and straggled. She couldn't speak. All she did was bury her face in his tux and bawled. After a solid ten minutes he tried again
"Rissa what's wrong?"
"Ken broke up with me." She managed between coughs and whimpers
"He did what? Why?"
"I don't know. He said it wasn't working out. I don't know what I did wrong Adam. I don't understand it."
"Okay, this isn't the best place to talk about this. Why don't you go up to your room and get changed, I'll bring Veronica back to her dorm and meet you at Mickey's." His hand brushed the tears from her eyes and kissed her cheek. Larissa nodded obediently and headed to change.
Mickey's was pretty empty that night, it was unusual but then most of the normal crowd was the banquet. Rissa's head hurt from crying still her eyes continued to water to the point her vision was blurred.
"Here's you Root Beer." One of the waitresses walked over to where the young girl sat and placed a cup on the table
"I didn't order a drink." She whispered without looking up
"That young man over there did." The server answered pointing in the direction of the boy
Larissa lifted her head expecting to see Banksie on the other side of the room, she didn't. It was Kenny. She blinked repeatedly to make sure her eyes weren't playing tricks on her. They weren't he was there.
"Can I sit?" He asked barely above a whisper
"It's a free country. What are you doing here?"
"I came to apologize. I talked to Banks, he told me you were upset."
"Upset, Kenny you just broke my heart. You promised me you wouldn't do that. I mean what's wrong with me, you're the second guy in three months."
"Rissa I'm sorry. I didn't mean it; I thought you were still in love with Adam. I thought that, you were only with me for the sake of not being single. I didn't realize you cared about me that much. I never meant to hurt you. You've got to believe me I thought I was helping you by letting you go. I think I'm in love with you Larissa."
"Are you serious?"
"Deathly. Do you forgive me?"
The girl jumped up from her seat and ran around the table pressing her lips hard to his.
"I love you too."
"So what did he say to you?" Rissa asked as Ken walked her to her door
"Basically 'As much as I don't want to admit this, it's not me she loves it's you. So you better get over whatever insecurities you're having right now and go fix things. She's going to be waiting at Mickey's.' Then he threatened my life if I ever made you cry again." He kissed her again
"Remind me to thank him."
"I certainly will, I have to too. I'll meet you outside your dorm tomorrow morning?"
"Okay. I love you Ken."
"I love you too Baby." They shared a long passionate kiss in the middle of the hall and Kenny left to go to his room with a spring in his step. Things were great, and to think none of that would've happened if Adam hadn't decided he wanted someone his own age.
~* This was a shitty chapter but I wanted to get it over with so I could get the third story started. That is if you all want a sequel, if you do let me know.*~
