Authors Note: This is the cotillion and I hope you enjoy! And also, I really like Death Cab for Cutie and the song A Lack of Color. I was listening to this song while I was writing this chapter… prettiness. And also people who don't believe me that I didn't copy a previous story that was similar to this, well I wrote that previous story! I somehow deleted it and I had to put it up again so please don't sue or anything.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters except for Michael. The rest of the Newpsie characters are the extras on The OC and have very small roles. So please don't sue.
She Will Be Loved
Kirsten stood in front of her full length mirror and looked at herself standing in her cotillion dress. She huffed as she saw her image in the mirror. Her make-up was done, she had her dress on, and she had her silver diamond necklace on and matching earrings. Her hair was curled and she decided to pin it randomly half up and she was nervous. Am I nervous about being partnered up with Jimmy or just the cotillion itself? Kirsten didn't even know… Her father was happy about the arrangement of Jimmy and her and thought they were dating. To her surprise, he actually seemed happy about it. She heard a knock on the door. She went to answer it and saw Jimmy standing there in his tuxedo and his hair gelled back.
"Oh, hi" Kirsten said "Come in" she opened the door for him
"Hi… your dad let me in and your parents just left to the cotillion" Jimmy said as he walked inside. Sting was playing loudly in the background. He saw how pretty she looked; a lot prettier if that was possible.
Kirsten nodded and turned her stereo off. An uneasy silence fell between them.
"So do you want to go now?" Kirsten asked breaking the silence
"Sure, got a new car. It's a BMW" Jimmy said as they got inside his sports car.
"Nice" Kirsten admired the leather seating
Kirsten stood in the line at the back behind all the Newpsie girls checking how their hair looked and asking the girl behind them whether their ass looked big in the dress. You'd think the leader of the cotillion would be first, Kirsten thought bitterly to herself. The line shortened slowly until Kirsten was the last one there.
The announcer announced "And now, Kirsten Nichol, daughter of Caleb and Katherine Nichol"
This was met with cheers as Kirsten walked out towards Caleb and linked her arm in his.
"You look beautiful" Caleb whispered in her ear as Jimmy walked towards them, timidly.
Kirsten smiled. Jimmy bowed and Kirsten curtseyed back and she linked her arm through his and they walked towards the dance floor.
The music started and the room started to fill with couples waltzing. There were whispers around the room and people pointing at Jimmy and Kirsten.
"I think the whole of Newport thinks we're dating" Kirsten whispered to Jimmy
"Guess we have to correct them tomorrow too" Jimmy said
Kirsten smiled
The cotillion ended and Kirsten was standing in the garden looking at the night sky. It was a full moon and the stars were really clear.
"Hello there" Tanya approached Kirsten from behind "You look hot tonight" she joked
"Yeah… to you too" Kirsten replied, and then when there was a devious look on her friend's face she said "Ok now, what is it?"
"You and Jimmy looked pretty chummy tonight" Tanya smiled
"What?" Kirsten scoffed
"Oh come on Kiki, I saw the way you two were looking at each other" Tanya said smiling more "Actually everyone did"
"Well I have no idea what you're talking about" Kirsten replied back
"Uh-huh" mocked Tanya "You like him, you like him, Jimmy and Kirsten sitting in a tree" Tanya teased
"Tanya, stop it! That's ridiculous!" Kirsten hit Tanya on the arm "Stop it!"
Tanya burst out laughing "Oh it's so true! You're blushing! Kirsten Cooper, that has a nice ring to it"
Kirsten made a face "You sound so Taryn right now"
"Hey!" Jimmy said coming down the stairs joining them in the garden
"Oh, hi" Kirsten said smiling
"Oh why hello there" Tanya said cheerfully
"Umm hi" Jimmy answered back curious about her cheerfulness
Tanya smiled "Well I'll leave you guys to it… Erm well bye!" And with that she left sniggering
This left Jimmy and Kirsten with a tongue-tied silence.
Jimmy cleared his throat "So uhh do you want to go on a walk on the beach? It's a clear night and I thought it'd be you know… nice"
"Yeah sure, it'd be… nice" Kirsten smiled and linked her arm through his as they walked to his car
Kirsten got out of Jimmy's car carefully trying not to ruin her dress and walked down the stairs onto the sand.
"Hey, you right there?" Jimmy called out close behind her
"Yeah fine" Kirsten said as she took off her heels and held them
They walked slowly next to each other on the beach enjoying the comfortable silence between them.
"So uhh if you don't mind me asking, what was wrong with Tanya just then, before I came" Jimmy asked breaking the silence
"Ohhh that" Kirsten let out a small laugh "Well she thinks we're dating"
"Oh right… That's funny because Wayne Fisher thinks that too" Jimmy laughed
"Yeah him and the rest of Newport" Kirsten stated
"Well we'll tell them tomorrow we're not" Jimmy said
"Yeah but even if we did it's not like they'd believe us anyways" Kirsten said "It's a Newport thing, once they get something in their mind it's stuck there"
"How umm radical" Jimmy laughed
"Yep, it's rad" Kirsten laughed back "Umm can we sit? My feet kinda hurt"
"Sure of course" Jimmy said sitting down and Kirsten sat next to him
"So ummm are you cold?" Jimmy asked
Kirsten nodded "A little"
"Here" Jimmy took off his black tuxedo jacket and wrapped it around her
Kirsten looked at him; their faces were so close that she could see her reflection in his deep brown eyes. He was moving closer, she closed his eyes, and his lips were about to touch hers…
"Hey! Guys its Kiki and Jimbal!"
Kirsten quickly turned around and saw the whole social group Tanya, Karen, Taryn, Diane, Marianne, Patricia, Wayne, Greg, Gavin and Michael walking towards them
"Oh God, did we interrupt something?" Taryn said
"No we were just talking" Kirsten said
"Right, we lit a bonfire and we're about to toast marshmallows. Wanna join?" Wayne asked
"Yeah sure" Jimmy looked at Kirsten and she nodded
Jimmy helped Kirsten up and they smiled at each other
As Kirsten went to walk with Taryn and Tanya, Taryn said "Diane just told us and Karen that she lost her virginity with Michael" Taryn whispered to Kirsten
Kirsten nodded, she wasn't surprised, Diane liked to move around a lot and plus, Kirsten was too occupied with Jimmy.
Well that was Chapter 4… the cotillion. I was going to make their first kiss then but then I realised that their first kiss was actually in Jimmy's house so yes. Please R&R
Next chapter, school is starting… could be some lab partner actions… Hahaha…