Disclaimer: The song used in this chapter is "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers, thus, I do not own it. Same for the characters in this story that belong to Disney.

"Oh my God…"

"Sgt. Ramos…what are you doing here?" Jennifer pushed me off of her and smoothed out her uniform as she stood to her feet in panic.

"I…I came to see if you needed any help getting ready. I need to go," she said nervously. The room was full of red faces. I was just happy that she had closed the door before any of the cadets in the other room could see what was going on.

"Gloria, wait," Jennifer said. She ran up to her and pulled her back. "You can't say anything about what you saw. You know how my parents are. If they found out…"

"Your secret is safe with me," she said with a smile. Gloria peeked over Jen's shoulder to look at me. "I always thought you had a thing for her. Nobody is that mean to someone without trying to cover something up!" She waved at us and left the room. There was a bit of an awkward silence, until I decided to finally speak.

"So…um…this is a nice room you have here. It's pretty…"

"Kelly," she interrupted me.

"Yeah?"

"About, you know…the kiss, and what Gloria said…I don't know, maybe there might me a little bit of truth to it," She said, still blushing. "And I was thinking…if you are going to the dance…then maybe I'll see you there?"

I was about as nervous as she was, but I pulled myself together to answer her. "You know what? I think I will go to that dance."

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The school gym was decorated in Christmas colours, making me even more exited that Christmas break was coming, and soon, I would be relaxing at home in my own bed. As usual, the place was full of cadets. The only thing different was that they were all dressed up in their nice clothes. I didn't have anything to wear, other than my uniform, which meant that I wasn't allowed to do anything special with my hair, since it was against the rules.

I started to bob my head when one of my favorite songs came on, not just because it was a great song, but because I didn't want to feel anymore left out than I already did.

(I'm coming out of my cage

And I've been doing just fine

Gotta gotta be down

Because I want it all)

I scanned the dance floor to see if I could spot Jennifer. Just when I thought that I wouldn't, because of how crowded the room was, there she was, her hair in the same beautiful curls she had put them in for the first dance. I was all ready to go over to her before I saw him. Brad was there, dancing with her like there was no tomorrow. I had forgotten about him. I had been to busy thinking about us and that special moment that we shared.

(It started out with a kiss

How did it end up like this?

It was only a kiss

It was only a kiss)

When I saw him holding her, I thought I would break. I thought she wanted to go to this dance with me. Who was I kidding? This was Jennifer. A few hours ago, I didn't even know I had feelings for her. What was I expecting? Us to ride off into the sunset? A fairytale ending?

"I'm such an idiot," I whispered to myself.

(I just can't look

It's killing me

And taking control)

And then, I saw it. Brad placed his lips on Jen's almost the same way that she had done to me a while earlier.

"Fight it," I ordered myself when I started to feel my eyes burning up. Jennifer finally saw me, but it was too late.

(Jealousy

Turning saints into the sea

Swimming through sick lullabies

Chocking on your alibis

But it's just the price I pay

Destiny is calling me

Open up my eager eyes

'Cause I'm Mr. Brightside)

As I turned around to leave the dance, I couldn't stop thinking about how much I just wanted to crawl into a whole and die. I was stupid to think that Jennifer changed. I was in so much pain, I thought I couldn't breathe.

"She did this," I told myself, trying to get it through my head that that's all she does, make me cry. I was stupid to think she could do anything else. I felt like kicking myself for letting this happen, but I was already hurting. I never deserved this, I thought as I wiped away my tears.

(I never…

I never…

I never…)