A/N: Well here it is, the last chapter of Birdy and the Sidekick. Thank you so much for reading and reviewing! :D I hope you enjoy the ending (as fluffy as it may be)!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Naked Brothers Band.
Nat's POV
When we finish changing out of our prom clothes and into our costumes, we exit the bathroom. I'm not sure what I was expecting Rosalina to be dressed up as, but I'm particularly confused when I see that her costume says 'BS'. What could that mean?
"What kind of superhero's named BS?" I ask, lifting up my mask.
"I'm not a superhero. I'm your sidekick. See, BS – Birdy Sidekick," she explains to me, gesturing to the letters on her costume. Why she would choose a sidekick over a superhero (and a made-up sidekick, at that) is beyond me. But I am delighted that she wanted to be my sidekick.
"You realize that makes you the sidekick of a sidekick of a sidekick?" I say as we run up the stairs, holding hands once more.
"I'm aware of that," Rosalina replies.
"That means you have no powers whatsoever," I remind her, but she doesn't seem to care.
"Absolutely none," she states and we both laugh. This has been a great night. And there's even more fun to come in just a couple minutes.
Once we're in the masquerade party, we gather up Qaasim and Alex, but the others are nowhere to be found. "Where are Thomas and David?" I ask.
"They got caught in their prank, so they're doing graffiti on the boys' bathroom wall," Qaasim explains.
As weird as that sounds, it doesn't surprise me. I'll have to ask them about it later. "Well I guess we'll just have to go on without them."
"And later, you have to tell me how prom went," Alex winks at me and glances down at Rosalina and my intertwined hands, "Although I can already kind of tell."
I grin at him and then over the noise, I shout, "Let's go rock this masquerade party!"
We perform "I Don't Want to Go to School" and there's so much energy coming from the crowd. About a minute into the song, Thomas and David come running onto the stage and start playing their instruments. They must have figured out how to escape their punishment. Another thirty seconds go by and another crowd of people come rushing into the party. These must be the prom attendees who got tired of listening to Patrice. I can't blame them, that's for sure. By the end of the song, there are at least a couple hundred people in the room and everyone's going wild. I smile over at my girlfriend and the rest of the band.
Suddenly, Cooper comes running over and calls my name from the back of the stage. I hurry over to him to hear his news.
"Nat, I just overheard some prom chaperons talking and they said that Patrice crowned the wrong prom king and queen," he says into my ear.
"Yeah, I kind of figured that," I tell Cooper. I never actually believed that Patrice won prom queen. She was the most obnoxious person at the prom.
"Yeah, but guess who the real prom king and queen are?!" Cooper adds and I just shrug. I barely know any of the high schoolers, so I doubt I even know who the real winners are by name.
"It's you and Rosalina," he exclaims. If it weren't so loud in here, everyone would be able to hear us.
"No way," I respond with shock.
"Yeah, I guess people think you guys should be together," Cooper smiles.
"We actually are together, as of earlier tonight," I tell him, smiling as well.
Cooper gasps, "That's great! Well go tell her the good news."
I pass the information along to Rosalina. At first, she seems disbelieving, but I point to a chaperone who is trying to take the crown away from Patrice.
"Get away from me! This is my crown!" Patrice exclaims.
"Just let her have it," Rosalina says into the mic.
President Schmoke joins us on the stage and takes the mic to make his own announcement. "Well it looks like there was confusion with the prom king and queen. Since all of the high schoolers are now here anyway, it's a good place to announce the actual winners of prom king and queen. Nat Wolff and Rosalina Tai!"
Rosalina and I go to the front of the stage and I say, "My girlfriend and I want to thank you all for voting." I hear some "aww's" in the audience and cheering from behind us.
"I think this calls for a Naked Brothers Band encore," Principal Schmoke says. The crowd cheers and we all look at each other on-stage. We hadn't discussed this, but I know what song I want to play.
I whisper my idea to the other band members, except for Rosalina. I want to surprise her with the song, so I tell her to go stand on the side of the stage. The other members all agree, so I speak into the microphone, "This last song is for my queen." I smile at Rosalina and she smiles back at me. From the side of the stage, she's still wearing her adorable sidekick costume.
The music starts and I begin to sing, making a few alterations to the lyrics.
"Brown hair, shiny brown eyes,
Face made of gold,
Hypnotized by your beautiful eyes that draw me in
So please take my hand,
I would be honored to dance with you,
Maybe have a chance with you."
I frequently look over at Rosalina during the song. I hope she finds this song as perfect of a choice as I do. By the bright smile on her face, I can tell she enjoys the song. At this point, she has retrieved her bass guitar and is now playing the song with us. I sure hope that by now she's figured out "Beautiful Eyes" is about her.
"Beautiful one, beautiful girl,
Hypnotized by your beautiful eyes"
"Beautiful eyes in disguise, they will arise
I despise any man who would take them away
Beautiful eyes
Beautiful eyes in disguise, they will arise
I despise any man who would take you away
Beautiful eyes
I'd be happy to sit with you and tell you that life's all new
So, please take my hand
Beautiful eyes in disguise
Beautiful eyes in disguise, they will arise
I despise any man who would take them away
Beautiful eyes
Beautiful eyes in disguise, they will arise
I despise any man who would take you away
Beautiful eyes
Beautiful eyes in disguise, they will arise
I despise any man who would take them away
Beautiful eyes
Beautiful eyes in disguise, they will arise
I despise any man who would take them away
Beautiful eyes
Beautiful eyes in disguise, they will arise
I despise any man who would take them away
Beautiful eyes
Beautiful eyes in disguise, they will arise…"
When the song ends, the crowd cheers and Rosalina hugs me. We thank the audience and all the high schoolers return to the prom. Rosalina and I stay behind to hang out with our friends at the masquerade party.
"Congratulations you two," Alex says to us and throws his arm around my shoulder. "Looks like my bro finally got the girl." Rosalina and I grin at each other and I pull her close.
"We knew it would happen sooner or later," Qaasim tells us and the others nod. So wait, they were expecting this? I know it was obvious that I loved Rosalina, but her feelings for me definitely weren't obvious. If so, I would have noticed, right?
The rest of the night with the band is crazy and fun. About an hour after the performance, I walk Rosalina home. I definitely don't want to get in trouble with her dad for bringing her home after curfew.
As we walk to her house, hand-in-hand, Rosalina looks at me and says, "I had a really great time tonight."
"So did I," I respond.
"To be honest, I was hoping you would ask me to go with you," she tells me.
"Well then I'm even gladder I did," I reply. "To be honest, I thought you were going to say no."
"How could I say no to Nat, the girl magnet?" she laughs.
I just roll my eyes at her use of my former nickname. "Well whatever the case, I'm happy it worked out the way it did, even if we had to deal with Patrice along the way."
"Yeah, if it weren't for Patrice, we might not even be together right now," she considers, then jokes, "We'll have to thank her the next time we see her."
The idea of thanking Patrice for anything just sounds crazy, but Rosalina's revelation is kind of true actually. If Patrice hadn't been bothering Rosalina, I would never have said the girlfriend thing to make her leave.
We arrive at Rosalina's house and stand outside the front door, facing each other. Rosalina looked amazing in her prom dress-even after it got stained-but she also looks great in her "Birdy's Sidekick" costume.
"Well thank you for an amazing first prom," Rosalina says sincerely.
"Thank you as well," I reply. We're both looking into each other's eyes and I wonder if our first prom night will culminate in our second kiss. First Rosalina leans in and then I lean in and then we're kissing. It's even better than the first kiss, because that one ended before I even realized what was happening.
When the kiss ends this time, we both grin at each other and simultaneously say, "Wow."
"Goodnight Nat," Rosalina says with that stunning smile of hers.
"Goodnight Rosalina," I respond, smiling myself. Then she opens unlocks her front door and disappears into her house. I am sad that the night has to end, but I am ecstatic that Rosalina is now my girlfriend, which means we can have even more incredible nights like this.
Thanks for reading! I hope you liked the final installment of Birdy and the Sidekick. :) Let me know what you think!