Woah! It's been FOREVER since I've updated this! Well I'm back now. And I figured that since it's been forever, I'll give you an extra long one to make up for it. I hope you all enjoy this chapter. I think this is one of my favorites. Just sayin'. K bye!
*8 PM, Hayley's POV*
It was 8 o'clock. Time for the dance. Nick had picked me up at 7:30 in his car and then we headed to the dance. I was wearing a knee-length strapless dress. The top was a tube top style that was zebra striped. The bottom part was black and pleated as well as the top. There was also a waist band that was red and tied in the back. My shoes were black high heels with straps around the ankle. The straps on the shoes had jewels along them. I was also wearing one of my mother's necklaces. It had gray pearls twisting around to look like a spiral. My hair was pulled up into a bun on the top of my head with a few strands hanging down on one side of my face. The whole outfit came together nicely. Anyways, when we walked into the dance and the first thing I noticed was that there was no music. At all. I saw Felix on the stage messing with some wires and music stuff and I knew that he would probably know what was going on.
"Excuse me for one moment," I said to Nick as I walked to the stage. "Felix!" I practically yelled but was able to contain myself. He looked up from what he was doing and looked at me nervously. "Why is there no music playing?"
"Uh," he said kinds shaky, "I'm working on it. Just be patient. It should be on soon."
"How soon?"
"Um, probably around 8:30."
"Ok," I said calming down, "make sure of it." With that, I walked back to Nick to hang out with him and his friends.
Before we knew it, it was already 8:30, which meant that Felix had better have found some way to get that music to play. Suddenly, our principal came out of a small room and said something to Felix. Then, Felix went to the microphone and started talking.
"Ok party people," he started to say, "Let's all welcome to the stage, Gustavo Rocque from Rocque Records!" I thought for a moment and realized that the name seemed a bit familiar. As soon as he stepped out onto the stage, and I saw his face, I knew I had seen him somewhere. LA!
"Ok. How many of you want to hear a DJ play some music?" He asked us. Everybody started cheering. "Alright," he continued to say, "and how many of you would actually like to have live music?" Everyone cheered even louder. "Well then, put your hands together for a very special guest, Big Time Rush!"
"Woohoo!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. I couldn't believe that Big Time Rush, my favorite band, was actually here. And I am friends with them! They all walked out on the stage and then waved at me. I waved back and about died inside. When the cheering had died down, they started to speak.
Carlos started first, "Hello Lakewood! Let me hear you make some noise!" Then everybody started cheering again.
"Alright, alright," Logan said as he was trying to calm everyone down, "Now, as you all know, we, are Big Time Rush. And we are here today, to perform at your Prom."
Then Kendall started, "Now, you're all probably wondering why we chose to come here." He was right. I did want to know. Because when we were with them in L.A., they never said anything about coming here. "Well," he continued, "when we were in L.A., someone, who is going to remain anonymous,"
"For now!" James interrupted. For some reason, Kendall looked sort of annoyed by him for saying that.
"Anyways, this anonymous student came up to us, and asked us if we would come here and play at their school's Prom. So we said yes because their reason was just so great. But we will tell you what it was later."
"But right now," James cut in, "Let's rock!"
Then they started singing Big Night. Everyone was dancing. Then they sang Boyfriend and Nothing Even Matters. When they finished singing, they started talking again.
"Ok," Logan said as they crowd quieted down. "Now, we have someone here that would like to dedicate the next song we're going to sing, to a certain girl in this room." Suddenly, there was buzzing everywhere as all of the girls around me started talking with each other because they were trying to figure out who the song was dedicated to, and who was dedicating it to them. Even I wanted to know. I was so anxious. Then, the lights in the room went down, to a sort of romantic feel. And then a single spotlight came on at the opposite end of the room from where I was standing. Then the crowd of teenagers in the room split down the middle, like Moses parting the Red Sea. I stood there, not being able to move as I watched what was happening.
Standing there, at the other end of the room, was Jake Collins. The boy of my dreams. He was wearing a very nice black tux, and held something in his hand. Then he began walking towards me. I knew it was me, because he was making eye contact with me and wasn't looking anywhere else. Just at me. I turned to look at Nick, not sure if he knew what was going on or not. "Nick?" I said to him.
He just smiled and gave me a hug, then pulled back and looked at me, "It's ok," he said, "I know you like him."
I smiled back, "Thanks." Then I turned back to face Jake and began walking towards him as well. As we got closer, I saw what he was holding, a single white rose. My favorite. I was so surprised and so grateful all at the same time.
Then, before I know it, Jake is standing directly in front of me. He grabbed my hand in his and handed me the flower, "A beautiful flower, for a beautiful girl," he said, causing me to blush as I accepted the rose.
"Thanks," I said back to him. "But, what is all of this? My favorite band, my favorite flower, here at Prom. I mean, why?" Before he could answer my question though, BTR started talking again.
"Alright everybody," Carlos started to say, "This next song is a slow one. Dedicated from Jake to Hayley. So everybody else grab that special somebody and hold them close."
"So," Jake said as he turned to look at me, "may I have this dance?" He held out his hand to me and I took it.
"Yes you may." He then led me out to the middle of the dance floor, as the next song started. It was Stuck. My favorite song by BTR. As we stood in the middle and the music began, I placed my arms around his neck and he placed his arms around my waist. Then we started swaying back and forth to the music. "So," I said to Jake as we were dancing, "why did you do all of this?"
"Well," he started, "I did it for you."
"Yeah. I got that, but why did you do it for me?"
"I did it because I like you and I just didn't know how to say it. Every time I saw you with another guy, I just, well, I got jealous."
"Really? I didn't think that you liked me. I mean, you were always chasing after other girls."
"I only chased after other girls because I was trying to get my mind off of you."
"Wow," I said to him, "wait, you actually got jealous?"
"Yeah," he said blushing slightly, "especially with Brian."
"You were jealous of Brian? Why?" I asked him, because I seriously wanted to know why he was jealous of Brian, my ex-boyfriend.
"Well," he started to say, "Isn't it obvious? He was the captain of the football team; he had the looks, the popularity, and the money. He had everything. Including you." I couldn't believe he just said that. "Do you remember on Valentine's Day," he started to say, I thought I knew where this was going but I decided to let him finish. "When we were in the hallway trying to capture the Eris Fairy, and I said all of the stuff to you?" he finished.
"Yeah," I replied, "I remember."
"Then the next day when we were in class and you asked me about it. And I said that I was just doing my job."
Yep, I knew exactly where this was going. "Oh yeah, I think I remember that."
"Well," he started again, "I lied. The truth is, I meant every single word I said."
"Really? You meant everything?" I asked him just wanting to be absolutely sure that he was telling me the truth.
"Yeah," he told me, "I think you are very special. I meant what I said. I truly think you have a big heart. And I think that there is no guy out there that will ever be good enough for you. But, the part I really meant the most, was when I said that if I was your boyfriend, I would never walk away."
"Wow," I said when he was done, "you seriously meant all of that?"
"Every word." He said smiling.
"Well, I don't think that any guy has ever said stuff like that to me before and actually meant it."
"Then they obviously don't like you the way I do."
"Well, how much do you like me?" I asked him.
"Let me show you." He said to me as he leaned in and pressed is lips against mine. He kissed me. And it wasn't just any kiss. It was a real loving kiss.
When we stopped kissing, I looked around us and everyone was standing there clapping and cheering. I hadn't realized until that moment that music was done.
"One more thing," Jake whispered to me as he went to the stage and climbed up and grabbed a mic from Carlos. What is he doing now? I thought. Then he started talking so I listened. "Hayley Steele," he said, "we've known each other for a while now and I was, well, I was wondering if you would be my girlfriend?" Oh my gosh! He just asked me to be girlfriend.
"I thought that kiss made it official but yes! I would love to be your girlfriend Jake!" Then he jumped off of the stage, came up to me and hugged me. I hugged him back. Then he pulled from the hug and kissed me again.
The rest of the night was perfect. We continued to dance while Big Time Rush continued to sing (they took a break at one point and we had some recorded music playing until they were back). At the end of the night we said goodbye to our friend and Jake walked me home. The whole way there we held hands and talked about different things.
When we reached my house, he walked me to the door and gave me a goodnight kiss. "Bye Hayley," he said as he began to walk away, "see you on Monday."
"Bye," I said back as I watched him walk away into the night.
As he walked to his house, I just stared into the night. This was probably one of the best nights of my life. And it was all because of Jake.
Well, what did you all think? I hope you liked it! Sadly, the next chapter is the last one.
But don't worry! There's going to be a sequel! So you don't have to be super sad. Anyway, more on that when this is done.
So go and review. The faster you review, the faster I write, and the faster the sequel gets up. K bye!