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We hadn't seen Nate in a while. After he graduated college last May he'd went away for a while to 'discover' himself. My parents had been very upset at him, but I had stayed in contact with him through e mails. He had joined a band as a drummer and started to work towards a teaching license.

I was so excited to see him again that I cancelled my date with Embry for Friday night, and decided to spend it with my older brother. Embry wasn't upset, he understood like I had hoped he would.

"Mom tells me that this is usually your date night." Nate commented as we walked towards the ice cream place.

"Yeah, but I haven't seen you in ages." I replied.

"I want to meet this guy." He stated as he brushed his choppy brown hair out of his eyes.

"You will; he's taking me to prom."

"Is that next week?"

"Yes."

"Wow, and then you'll be graduating before we know it." He sighed, "I guess you aren't exactly my little sister anymore."

"Well you can still buy me ice cream." I laughed.

Nate rolled his eyes and playfully elbowed my side. We hadn't always been this close. In fact we used to be at each other's throats all the time, but as we got older we discovered that we got along well.

After Nate paid for our ice cream we sat down on one of the picnic tables across from each other.

"Dad wasn't so pissed at me about the band thing when I told him I wanted to teach." Nate stated thoughtfully.

"Yeah I figured that."

"What about you? Are you going to rebel?" Nate chuckled.

"No, Addie and I are going to be roomies at Washington State."

"I guess this Embry guy is your rebellion then. When Dad told me about him last night he looked annoyed; I loved it."

"Yeah, I've assured him that I'm just having fun."

"Mom says that he's pretty serious about you."

"He is."

Nate raised an eyebrow at me, "Are you going to be a little heartbreaker?"

"No! I'm going to tell him."

Nate chuckled and went back to eating his ice cream. We finished in silence and headed back towards the house. It didn't take long to get back and when we did we immediately headed up to my room to play our traditional reunion video game.

***

Embry was downstairs alone with my Dad and my brother. Normally I would be extremely worried, but with Nate there I knew things would be okay. Meanwhile, my Mom was making a huge fuss over me. I had had my hair done earlier at the salon and was actually happy with it, unlike last year. Half was up and half was down, and it was curled perfectly.

The dress was on, and my Mom was finishing my makeup as I fidgeted with my strapless bra.

"Myra, nothing is showing." Mom assured me. "Quit messing."

I dropped my hands and waited for her to finish.

"Just don't poke me in the eye."

"Quit moving then."

Somehow she managed not to poke my eye and released me. After I put my jewelry and my shoes I stood there as my mother's gaze swept over me. Was that a tear in her eye?

"You look beautiful…so don't doubt yourself okay?"

"Alright…hopefully I don't kill myself in these shoes."

She chuckled, "I'm going to go down and get his boutonniere. Don't fall down the stairs."

After she left I took a few minutes to mentally prepare myself. I had my little purse all packed; with the tickets, lip gloss, deodorant, and breath mints. I took a deep breath and made my way to the top of the stairs. I held on to the railing as I made my descent. Nate's face came into view first; he seemed shocked but a smile quickly took over his face. I saw my Dad next and I wasn't sure how to describe his look.

Once my eyes met Embry's I felt my breath catch. He was gazing at me with such intensity that I had to blush. I let my gaze roam over him and I was very happy with what I saw. He made a simple black and white tux look sinful.

I made my way over to him, grabbing his boutonniere on the way. With shaking hands I pinned the red flower to his suit jacket and held out my hand as he slipped the matching flower on my wrist. My Mom was waiting with her camera, and after an embarrassing round of pictures we left.

His truck wasn't there; instead the little black car was in its place.

"Who's car is that?" I asked curiously as he held my door open.

"Emily's."

I smiled; leave it to Emily to be thoughtful enough to let us use her car tonight. Embry ran around to the other side and once he was inside he started up the car.

"You're beautiful." He stated as he grabbed my hand.

"You don't look too bad yourself." I smiled as his thumb traced patterns on my palm.

Addie and her date, Jeff, were waiting for us at the restaurant when we arrived. Addie and I squealed and hugged each other as the guys looked on at us in amusement.

"Wow, he cleans up nice." Addie whispered.

"I know."

We sat down then and waited for our waiter to arrive. Dinner flew by fast and soon we were off towards the hall where the prom was at. The parking lot was almost full when we arrived and I felt my stomach start to churn. Everyone would stare as we entered, and I hated having people stare at me.

Embry grabbed my hand after we were out and the car was locked and led me over to where Addie and Jeff were waiting.

"You look sick, Myra. Get a grip; I think we're the only ones with older men." She grinned.

Embry and Jeff chuckled, but I just rolled my eyes. That just meant we would get even more stares. Embry squeezed my hand reassuringly and we followed Addie and Jeff inside. After we presented our tickets to the people at the table we went to have our pictures taken.

"Think Myra, you won't want to burn this picture!" Addie smiled after she and Jeff were done with theirs.

I nodded my head and listened as the guy gave us instructions of how to pose. After that was done, we went inside to the main 'party'. As usual most of the popular kids were out on the dance floor dancing like sluts, and everyone else seemed to be at tables or crowded around the food tables.

Embry led me over to the table Addie and Jeff claimed, and I couldn't help but notice the stares that they two of us were receiving. I spotted Adam in the corner all alone and quickly looked away. Had he seriously shown up alone?

One of our favorite songs came on and I exchanged a smile with Addie.

"Let's dance!" We yelled in unison.

We left the boys at the table and ran onto the dance floor excitedly. In that moment I didn't give a rat's ass who was looking at me. I was a senior and I was about to be rid of all these jack asses anyway. So, we went nuts, and once the song was done Embry was there.

"Do I get to dance with you now?" He asked with a smile.

Of course a slow song started then; it was cliché but I smiled at him and wrapped my arms around his neck as his hands came to rest on my hips. We swayed back and forth for a while, my body moving closer and closer to his. He bent down to place a kiss on my neck and I shivered.

"You better watch it; I don't want to get kicked out." I whispered.

Embry chuckled, and twirled me before he pulled me up against his body again. The song ended after that, but we stayed on the dance floor to dance to the next rock song. Sadly after that they put rap back on and we left the dance floor before we could witness 'grinding'.

"Do you want some punch?" Embry asked.

"Yeah, but I can get it."

"No, sit. I've got it."

I smiled as he walked away. I heard a small chuckle and turned to see Addie staring at me with a smile.

"He has got it bad for you." She smiled.

"I'd say he's whipped." Jeff added.

"I do not have him whipped!" I cried.

"She doesn't, that's just him, Jeff." Addie informed him. "It's sweet. Now let's go dance, Jeff."

I smiled as she dragged him onto the dance floor. It wasn't hard to see that Jeff didn't really like to dance, but Addie was putting up a fight. I was about to look for Embry, when I felt someone touch my bare shoulder. I turned around quickly and saw Adam staring down at me.

"Hey." He smiled. "Did your date ditch you?"

You wish. "No, he went to go get punch."

"Then why is he with Ashley?"

My gaze shot over to the punch table and sure enough Embry was talking to Ashley. She was doing her best to make her move on him, but he kept trying to move away. I smiled; that little slut thought she could get anything she wanted. But this was something she couldn't.

"It looks like she cornered him." I stated. "And it looks like Embry is turning her down."

"That's what he wants you to think."

I was pissed now, "What the hell is your problem?! I don't like you! I'm tired of being nice; it doesn't seem to get through your thick head! Are you surprised that someone is interested in me besides you?! Well, get over it because someone is!"

A few heads turned my way, but I ignored them. I felt Embry walk up behind me and he put his hot hand on my lower back.

"Is everything okay?" He asked me as he scowled at Adam.

"Just making some things clear." I replied.

I couldn't be sure, but I think Embry barred his teeth at him. Adam backed away quickly and soon he disappeared completely. I breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Embry.

"Jeez, I never can get a break." I chuckled.

He smiled and stroked a finger along my cheek, around my jaw, and down my neck.

"Did I mention how beautiful you look tonight?"

"Once or twice." I grinned.

We left two hours later, my feet completely sore, and his jacket thrown over his shoulder. Addie and Jeff were still inside dancing, and I smiled at the memory of Jeff's harassed face as she pulled him out onto the dance floor again.l

Instead of taking me immediately home he drove down to the beach. We both took our shoes off and headed down to the beach hand in hand. I gathered my dress in my free hand, and smiled when he brought my hand up to his mouth for a kiss. Suddenly he pulled me up against his chest and lowered his lips down onto mine. I moaned, pressed closer, and wrapped my arms around his neck. His grip on my hips tightened when my fingers ran through his hair, and he pulled me closer if that was even possible. He took my bottom lip between his teeth and gently tugged. I moaned ,captured his lips again and slid my tongue inside his mouth.

We both pulled away, breathless, and he rested his forehead on mine. I knew I needed to tell him. The emotions in his eyes were way more than what I could have ever imagined.

"Embry, I have something to tell you." I began. "I'm going to Washington State this fall."

He sighed and looked at me with sad eyes. "A part of me knew that."

"I still want to be with you though." I assured him.

The corners of his mouth lifted a bit, but his eyes were swimming with all sorts of emotions; confusion, sadness, anger, happiness, and…love?

"I'll always be here for you." He whispered before his lips claimed mine again.

***

Nate laughed at me when I entered the kitchen. I knew my hair looked like a mess; it had taken forever to get all the bobbie pins out, and all the hairspray was making it stand up in different places. I scowled at him and poured myself a glass or orange juice.

"So, how was it?"He asked.

I smiled, "It was good, besides me telling off Adam."

Nate rolled his eyes, "That kid is still bothering you?"

"Possibly not anymore, I think Embry growled at him."

Nate laughed, "Speaking of Embry, I really like him. I think he's a perfect choice."

"Thanks…I told him about this fall last night and he was pretty accepting."

"I figured he would be; he'd probably do anything just to see you smile." Nate grinned. "You should have seen the way he talked about you; it was amazing. And then the way he looked at you when he saw you last night…I've never seen someone look at someone like that before."

I had; when I was with his friends. It was the way Sam looked at Emily, and the way Jared looked at Kim, and now it was the way Embry looked at me.