Chapter 18
Senior Ball
"I can't find my makeup bag!" Luann shouted from the bathroom.
I shook as I got my own makeup on. Luann, Lilly, and I were getting ready in our hotel room at the same hotel the Senior Ball is going to be held in. The boys could be here at any moment and we're lucky to even get a room. Then again, that's the benefits of being famous, getting a room ASAP.
I decided to go for a simple look for this event. I really didn't want to wear anything big and completely formal, so I wore a silky light pink strapless dress with a slit that formed at my knee and down. It was a plain and simple dress, like I said; I didn't want to make this too big of a deal. I had my hair down and curled at the ends with a light shade of make up. I got up and walked over to the bed, putting on my white heels to match my outfit.
I sighed and walked toward the bathroom. Luann and Lilly might need some help with getting ready. They're making it like tonight will be the night when a lot of things happen, for instance, Lilly is going to sexy look, just to surprise Oliver because Lilly's always in the habit of wearing something too tomboyish.
Luann on the other hand was going for the more formal and cutesy look. She just wanted to impress Timmy and I have nothing else to say about that except to just be happy for her and her decisions.
"Girl's are you ready?" I said as I stepped inside of the war zone.
There, I found Lilly sitting on the edge of the tub and fixing her hair. Luann was in front of the mirror in her white spaghetti strap gown and applying a little too much makeup on her face.
"Ugh, I can't do this!" Luann broke down and dropped the compact that she was holding onto into the sink.
"I know this is just too much!" Lilly agreed with Luann as she got up from the edge of the tub. She fixed her dress, which was a golden colored halter dress, and walked up to the mirror. "This night is going to suck." She frowned and I laughed.
"Man, you guys have to relax." I sighed and placed my hands on the girl's shoulders. "I'll help you guys. That's what happens when you want to get ready in a hotel room and not at home." I reminded them and went to Luann first, who seemed to need more of the help. I took a piece of tissue from the counter and dabbed her lips, removing her lipstick.
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Half an hour later, the boys were knocking on the door and I was finished making the girls look pretty, well, they're already pretty, but they just needed help looking prettier.
We got our things together and met the boys in the hallway. It was fun seeing their expressions with how we dressed, although Jake has seen me in this dress once, only once, he still seemed rather surprised.
"Miley." He smiled widely at me as he wrapped his arms around me and kissing me on my cheek.
He wore a tuxedo with a pink vest and tie to match my dress and with his hair; he trimmed it and gelled it back. I found it amusing, but cute at the same time with his tux, and his hair just made him seem even more adorable. At least he wanted to match his tie and vest color with my dress.
"You guys ready yet?" Timmy asked as he held Luann's hand in his. He looked a little uncomfortable, but it didn't matter. He probably just felt left out.
"Almost." I smiled sweetly at him and his head dropped to the ground as he pulled Luann away from the group.
"Miley, I wanted…" Jake started and I looked up at him. His cheeks turned a slight rosy color and he looked away from me for a second, shaking his head. "Never mind." He said and smiled. "I want to make this night perfect for us." He said and lightly kissed me.
I smiled. "I want it to be perfect too." I said and pulled at his head, walking in the direction Timmy and Luann left.
"Let's go Mr. and Mrs. Oken." I told the two, who were suddenly wrapped up in each others arms, making out.
Jake chuckled as he looked away. I shook my head.
"You're going to ruin your make up." I said as I passed by Lilly. Lilly finally let go of Oliver and wiped his lips, which was the shade her lipstick.
We started down the hall and went to the elevator's which Timmy and Luann was holding open for us.. We met up with a few people going to Senior Ball as well in the elevator as we went down and they all seemed to be excited for the night. I was getting slightly excited too, but not as much as the rest.
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When we reached the banquet room, it was almost full. Everyone was either sitting at their seats or on the sides talking with their friends. We went straight to our table, which was in the center, near the entrance. In the main area of the banquet room, there was a stage, a DJ, and a dance floor. The hall was decorated with balloons and streamers and the tables were around the dance floor. The food line was all the way on the side near the back exits and the bar was near that area as well.
Over all, the hall looked pretty, with our school colors. On the table was a program, which had introductions, eating, and while eating was hall of fame, and after that is dancing. In between the dancing there are going to be performances. Sounds like fun.
When everyone arrived in the banquet room, they started the program. I stayed quiet throughout the whole time, just admiring the place. Luann and Lilly were engrossed in their own conversation while the boys talked about some random things. It just didn't get through to me that considered not coming here tonight. If I didn't, I would most definitely regret it.
Our attention went to the stage when the principal game on and started to greet us. He seemed happy, which is odd, especially when Principal Harris doesn't seem all too nice at times.
"Welcome class of 2010, this will be one of your last times seeing each other, so make tonight fulfilling. Graduation is coming up and congratulations to all of you, you made it!" He excitedly said as he raised his thumbs up. "Anyway, we'll start up your dinner so we could get right into tonight's events." He said and walked off stage.
"That was short." Jake said and I nodded.
"Probably a bigger speech toward the end of the night." I replied and soon we were set off to get our food.
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I was slowly eating my food, which was chicken, mashed potatoes, bread, and salad, and watched as two people walked onto the stage holding envelopes.
"They're doing the hall of fame." Lilly said under her breath.
I looked over to her, and she was already done eating her food. She was wiping her lips and watching the stage intently as the people took two microphones from the DJ.
I looked at Jake, who was also done with his food and he smiled at me. He put his hand under the table and onto my thigh. He leaned over to me and whispered in my ear.
"Do you think we're going to make anything?" He asked.
I shrugged and put my hand over his, lightly squeezing it. "Maybe we won't, I really don't feel like embarrassing myself tonight." I replied and he chuckled.
He leaned closer to me and I could practically feel his lips on my ear. He lightly breathed out and I shuddered with the feeling of his breath touch my skin.
"It would be fun… put on a show if we did get something and you can do nothing embarrassing, you've worked the stage before." He whispered, grinning from ear to ear, and kissed my earlobe.
"Jake." I playfully hit him with my shoulder. The way he says "works the stage" makes it sound like I strip tease or something, which is so wrong.
I told Jake to look at the stage as the boy and girl started to talk.
"Okay you guys, I'm Jamie Coleman." The girl said.
"And I'm Christopher Watson." The boy said.
"We're going to do the hall of fame." The girl, Jamie piped up. "So when we call your names, please step forward and receive your sashes."
I sighed and leaned against Jake as he squeezed my thigh. Jake kissed the top of my head and let go of my thigh, wrapping his arm around my shoulders. I was getting slightly bored, and it's still early in the night.
"First off…" Christopher started.
I doze off, staring at my plate and started to think of what would happen tonight, at the after party. I smiled as I felt Jake kiss my forehead once again. I closed my eyes for a second and soon felt myself being shaken.
I opened my eyes and looked up at Jake who was smiling brightly. "We have to go up." Jake whispered.
I blushed and got up from my table, Jake had his arm around me the whole time while we walked up, across the dance floor, and to the stage to receive our sashes. I didn't even know what we won and people were clapping for us. Then I realized that the only people on our table were Timmy and Luann. I looked down the line of people who were standing on stage and saw that Lilly and Oliver got Mr. and Mrs. Class of 2010, surprisingly.
I giggled and followed Jake toward the two people on stage. I went to Jamie, who draped a sash over my body. The boy, Christopher, did the same thing to Jake and after that, Jake brought me to the line of people. I looked down at my sash and was slightly taken aback.
Jake and I made High School Sweethearts.
Jake wrapped his arms around me and I looked up at him, staring into his eyes. He smiled even bigger as he leaned forward, giving me a kiss. I closed my eyes, wrapping my arms around him. I didn't care if people saw us now. I finally felt excited for all of this. As soon as we parted, we had to go take pictures with our sashes on and it was fun. After pictures were over, the dance started up and Jake pulled me toward our table so that we could take off our sashes.
Luann, Timmy, Lilly, and Oliver were already on the dance floor, but Jake just kept me toward the table. He was getting his jacket off and I started to remove my heels. I had my hand on the back of the chair when I felt arms go around my waist.
"Jake." I whined and elbowed him. He chuckled and let go of me.
I stood straight and kicked my heels off, putting them under my chair. I turned around to Jake and wrapped my arms around his waist, pressing my face into his chest.
"You're so weird." I breathed out and he put his hands at my hips.
"Still you find it incredibly cute."
I lifted my head up and tiptoed, giving him a kiss. "Yes, now let's dance." I told him and removed my hands from his hips, taking his hand in mine, and pulled him toward the dance floor.
Jake put his hand at my stomach as he walked closely behind me as we looked for Luann and Lilly. When we found them, they were in a circle, well not really a circle, but they were near each other.
As we approached them, an upbeat song started to play and Jake held me in place. I could feel his body moving and I grinned. Both his hands went to my waist as I held them, forcing him to move with me toward Lilly and Oliver. Once we finally stopped, I gave in and started to dance with Jake.
After almost an hour of dancing, I felt tired and I needed to drink something. I leaned close to Jake, putting my hands on his shoulders.
"I'm going to get a drink. I'll be right back." He simply nodded and let go of my waist.
I walked over to Lilly, who was wrapped up in Oliver's arms. "Come with me." I practically shouted and turned to Oliver who then let go of her.
I went toward Luann, telling her to do the same and the three of us went over to the drink section. I took a cup from the side, scooping up a cup of ice and putting it under the water fountain. Lilly did the same to the free fountain.
"Are you having fun?" Luann shouted over the music.
I nodded. "I still can't believe I wasn't going to come." I shook my head and Lilly laughed.
"Well, that's what you do. You hardly take risks. I think the only big risk you took was telling the whole entire world your secret, which I still think is pretty cool." Lilly smiled and I laughed.
"Says Miss 2010. You were practically having sex with Oliver on the dance floor." Luann said and nudged Lilly's shoulder.
"It's called freaking, and I thought I saw you doing the same." Lilly winked at her and I laughed.
"God, can you guys get any weirder? I swear, you two seem so innocent and then bam, you're off doing something naughty." I shook my head.
"Yeah right." Lilly replied while rolling her eyes. "Miss innocent over there, remember your interview with that lady about you and Jake's sex life…"
"Shut up!" I laughed at Lilly. It's so like her to bring up something so stupid like that.
"You guys." Luann said and we glanced at her. She looked serious and started to nibble on her lower lip.
"What?" I asked and placed my hand on her shoulder.
"What if me… and Timmy… because I really do think he's the one by now-" She shook her head.
I gaped at her.
"You're going to…" Lilly gasped.
Luann shook her head. "I mean, I just…" She sighed. "I don't know. I want something to remind me of Timmy and I feel like he's the one… and I didn't exactly have one of those, "prom nights" kind of thing last year and-" She rambled and I laughed.
"Luann, its fine, do whatever you want. If you trust Timmy then sure, go for it." I said and hugged her.
"And you only have a prom night once, well, this is a ball, but you get what I mean." Lilly replied and hugged her after me.
Prom night was usually the night most people go and lose it. Luann didn't have a steady boyfriend at that time, just an irritating older dude which treated her badly. He came to prom and he was so cocky.
He flirted with so many of the other girls at prom and probably freaked, like, more than a dozen girls. By the end of the night, Luann broke up with him and he left with some other girl. It was quite sad; she spent most of the time crying over him.
We set our cups on the side, but just as we started to look for the boys back on the dance floor, the music stopped playing and a single light dropped on the stage.
"What's going on?" I asked Luann and Lilly.
They shrugged and we made our way toward the dance floor. We found Timmy, but Jake and Oliver were nowhere in sight.
"Where are Jake and Oliver?" Luann asked Timmy.
"I don't know." Timmy relied and wrapped his arms around Luann from behind. We watched the stage as a girl, Amber Addison, went on.
"Maybe they went to the bathroom?" Lilly said and I nodded.
"Maybe." I sighed and stood next to Lilly as Amber started to sing.
After Amber sang, she sang one of my older songs, One in a Million; another person went up to sing.
I sighed and leaned against Lilly's shoulder, who apparently looked a little bored as well.
After that singer went up, I watched the stage and Jake walked on, holding a stool.
I gasped and felt a hand grip on my arm. I looked at Lilly, who apparently was staring at someone toward the side of the stage. I looked over there and saw that Oliver was working on the sound system. Typical for them to do that.
I smiled as I looked back at Jake who sat down on the stool, holding a guitar on his lap with a microphone near his mouth. He looked over to us and winked at me. I bit my lip, refraining myself from squealing like a fan girl.
"This song is dedicated to my love. It kind of reflects the things we've gone through during our four years here. I wrote it when I was away and I wanted to make up for the time I missed with her." He said through the microphone and picked up his guitar. He started to strum it with his melodic voice filling the room.
And why do I need?
Why do I need someone else?
'Cause you comfort me
You show me how to be myself
Another late night and a radio
Turn the dial to another sad song
When all I need is a day inside
Inside your mind to see what it's like
And all I'm missing in you I see
Am I who you want? Am I what you need?
He closed his eyes as he got into his song. I felt my breath hitch in my throat.
I looked Over to Lilly who was staring intently at Jake. I put my hand over hers, which was still on my arm and she looked at me. She smiled and turned back to the stage.
I looked back there and saw that Jake was staring straight at me.
Why do you see
Why do you see someone else
'Cause I'm losing sleep
I feel like time is running out
If you had called an hour ago
This basement might not be so cold
I bit my lip as he caught my eye, holding my gaze, pouring this song out.
I placed my hand over my chest and felt my stomach tighten. My eyes began to water and I just felt different. We've been though a lot these past four years I think I actually understand why he wrote this song.
And why do I need...
Why do I need someone else?
When all I need is a day inside
Inside your mind to see what it's like
And all I'm missing in you I see
Am I who you want? Am I what you need?
With one last stroke of his guitar, he was finished with the song. I had my hands to my lips by this time, tempting to chew my nails off, but I didn't. Tears were running by now and I just didn't know how to react.
He walked to the side, giving Oliver his guitar and he jumped off the stage, making his way toward me. I felt Lilly's comforting hand leave my arm as Jake neared me. I could feel people staring at me as Jake crossed the crowd. As soon as he enveloped me in his arms, he held onto me tightly and soon someone else started to sing.
I felt for the fabric of Jake's vest and clutched it as I buried my face into his chest.
"I'm sorry I made you cry." He whispered and I shook my head.
"Don't be sorry, it was beautiful." I replied to him. I didn't know what else to say, I was just stunned.
"I wrote it when I was thinking about all the things we went through and I started to think hard about when you suggested of taking that break between us." He said.
I lifted my head from his chest and he had a small smile on his face.
"It's a good song Jake." I softly said and he kissed my temple.
"Let's go outside." He said and I nodded. He let go of me and took my hand as we walked out of the crowd, walking toward one of the exits of the room.
While going outside, we went to a spot where no one was hanging around. We just needed some privacy. Jake brought me to an area which had a pond and a bench to the side. He sat down on the bench and he pulled me down on his lap.
"I really wanted to make this night perfect, I didn't want to make you cry." He said while placing his chin on my shoulder.
I leaned against him. "You should know how emotional I can get." I breathed out.
I felt Jake's breath on my neck and I bit my lip.
"I know but still, I made you cry."
I smiled. "Jake, just drop it, I cried, I know, but I'm not crying anymore."
We quietly sat there and I just stared at the ground. I was happy; sure, this night just seemed too perfect. I had this weird feeling that Jake had something else planned for tonight and I hate surprises, even if they're cute. Jake's being ultra sweet tonight and I just love it.
"Miley." Jake whispered as he kissed the skin below my earlobe.
"Yes?" I asked and turned to him.
"We better go back inside. The others might be wondering where we are." He said and I smiled.
"Okay."
I got off of Jake and looked at my feet, realizing that I was still barefoot. I giggled and looked at Jake who was just staring at me, confused.
"I left my heels inside…" I said, hoping he'd catch on.
"Oh." He smiled and put his hand in mine. We head back toward the party. Just as we made it to the entrance, we met Timmy just on the inside.
"Hey." Jake said to him and Timmy nodded at us.
"Luann is looking for you two." He said and I stared at him.
"Where'd she go?" I asked and he shrugged.
"I think she went somewhere off there." He pointed at the place where the elevators were.
I looked and shrugged. "Okay then." I said and tugged at Jake's hand.
"Let's go." I told him and he nodded.
Jake and I walked toward the elevators. When we got there, there wasn't anyone there. I looked around the small room, but all we could see was our own reflections through the golden doors of the elevators.
"What the heck?" I said and looked at Jake.
"Maybe she went upstairs?" He said and I nodded.
"Maybe sh-" I started, but soon a hand went over my mouth, gripping my waist, and pulled me backward.
My eyes darted to Jake, horrified at what was happening. He was also stuck in the same situation with a dark figure behind him pulling him backward.
I struggled to get away, but couldn't, my hands were stuck to my sides and it was just too hard to get out. I tried to turn my head, to see who was there, but the person held a tight grip on me.
I tried to scream, but I felt weaker each time I moved.
I couldn't breathe anymore and soon my eyelids started to drop as darkness clouded my mind…
A/N You guys will find out who is who what happened soon… hope this chapter didn't suck as much as I hope it didn't. I didn't want it to sound rushed.
And I don't know if all schools are the same, but for my school, we have a Junior Prom and a Senior Ball, and a Senior Luau. Senior Ball, we have hall of fame instead of the court. Only Junior Prom has court.
Song that Jake sang is called What You Need by Tyler Kyte.
Q: Who do you think Cole and Chris are?