Sorry I've had a bit of a family crisis so I haven't been able to re… what's the word I'm looking for? Well, you get the point. Any way, here's chapter 2.

The school dance is tomorrow. I have to get my dress still. I'm a last minute shopper. What can I say? I take after my mother. Well, at least I think I do… She died when I was 3. I still remember her singing to me at night. Well, that was a long time ago. Plus, I still have my father. Kind of. He works nightshifts and I haven't seen him for about 10 days now. Oh well. I still have Shane… Wow. I just realized how bad my life sucks…

"Layla?"

"Yes?" Shane had just come into my bedroom interrupting my thoughts.

"Do you have a dress yet?"

"No and how did you get into my room?"

"The door to the house was open."

"Oh okay. I'm going today."

"Well let me drive you so I can get a tie at the same time."

"Sorry I out it off this long. I just hate shopping."

"No, it's fine. Truth be told, I hate it too." We both laughed. I had an idea what I wanted my dress to look like but I didn't think any stores would have anything more than some sluty bright pink dress. That's all I could find online, anyway.

"Come on. Let's get in the car. Any place you want to go first?"

"Let's try that prom store on 2nd avenue."

"Okay. I doubt they'll have what your looking for, though."

"Have you been in there already?"

"Yes. I went in with my sister to find a dress."

"Who's she going with?"

"Mikey."

"No way!"

"Yup!"

"Wow. She got lucky there!"

"And you didn't?"

"I sure did. I'm the luckiest of all!" Gushy moment

"Right. Any way, let's go."

"Well, this one isn't… terrible." We'd been looking for hours. I picked up the 500th pink sluty dress in a row. This one actually had a thin spaghetti strap for sleeves. A major step up from the other ones we'd seen.

"Well, let's go to a different store that doesn't look so… pink."

"Yes, sir." I said we walked around for a little while longer, and then I saw it. The perfect dress was hanging in a store window. It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. I ran to the glass and looked at in awe. It was black… just go look in my profile for the darn thing. Thank you. Lol.

"This is defiantly the one." I said. I ran inside the store to try it on. I wouldn't let Shane see me in it because I wanted him to be surprised for tomorrow. I told him that he needed a black tie.

"But then everything I wear will be black." He complained. "Wait. That's what I wanted." I laughed at him and bought the dress. Next we went to some kind of suit place. Shane had already bout his tux and the only other thing he needed was the tie, which we bought.

"Is it time to go home yet?" I complained.

"Yea. Come on." He grabbed my hand and we ran threw the mall to the car. But we got distracted by a really big, really cool fountain. I pushed him over into it. He Looked at me and then when I said

"Sorry! Let me help you out!" He grabbed my hand and pulled me into the ice cold water. It was the middle of winter and I was in a fountain. Ice cold and dripping wet. I glared at him and looked up to see the police people looking at us,

"Have you been, you know, out on the town? Drinking some beer? Maybe had a little too much alcohol?"

"Uhhh… no…" Said Shane in his best possible drunk voice, "or if I was, I can't remember…" He said. I looked from him to the officers.

"Son, can you please step out of the fountain and walk in a straight line?"

"Sure." He got out and to my great happiness, walked in a straight line. Then he pulled me out of the fountain and we ran as fast as we could back to the car. I jumped in and, seeing as how the police men were fatter than you could imagine, the police wouldn't recognize the car. That didn't really make sense… but you get it!

"Go! Go!" I yelled making Shane step on the gas. We sped out of the parking garage and into the road. We took an indirect way home and made it there in one piece and with out officers pulling guns on us and asking us to step out of the car with our hands up. I said good night to Shane and ran up to my bed room. My eyeliner was every where. I washed my face and went to bed.

The end for now! And I swear to you that Erik will be in soon. This is just the chapters where he's not… umm… yea. Lol bye!