Chapter 13- Kissing and IHop
When Parker and Aderyn got off the ride they were holding hands. When Trey got off and waited so that he could talk to Brett. "You will never guess what we just saw!"
"Oh yeah? If it was Parker and Aderyn kissing I will!"
Ema and Becca were walking behind the boys with their heads together. "I almost wish I was Aderyn for that kiss. I felt it from two cars away!" Ema said.
"Hey I heard that!" Brett said, feigning hurt.
"I'm sorry Brett but our first kiss was nothing like that! Our second or third was up there, but not our first." Trey was laughing rather hard at this comment.
"What are you laughing at? None of our kisses have been that good!" Becca said slyly. Trey turned to Becca quickly and wraps his arms around her and dipped her down and kissed her slowly.
"How was that?" Becca was speechless. "That's what I thought, don't even try that 'haven't been that good' on me. I know how good our kisses are!"
Parker turned around noticing that everyone else was still at the exit of Phantom Theater. "Guys! Lets go!" They all caught up to Parker and Aderyn "So where to next?"
"Beast?" Trey suggested. The rest nodded in agreement and they went to stand in line.
Ema pulled Becca aside. "So I got a really great picture of that kiss."
"Which one? The one of Parker and Aderyn or of us?"
"Both actually, but I was referring to yours. I saw them about to kiss on the ride so I pulled out my camera and still had it out for yours. It was really lucky that Parker and Aderyn decided to kiss at a really bright part or it would have been pointless. I think that they turned out great. But the kiss that Trey gave you was… wow!"
"Tell me about it. Hey Aderyn come here!" Aderyn moved over to where they were standing.
"Hey! So I saw the kiss that Trey gave you… that was so surprising. What brought it on?"
Ema and Becca traded glances and a smile. "Well… it just so happens that we saw another great kiss only a few minutes before. We were talking about how our first kiss was not that perfect, and then Becca said none of their kisses were that good, and Trey just had to prove her wrong." Ema explained.
"Did you say you were talking about first kisses?" Aderyn asked her face getting red.
"Yeah, it just so happens that I got a really great picture of that great kiss we saw that got the conversation started. If you are interested in taking a peek." Ema handed her the camera.
Aderyn took the camera nervously and flipped back to the picture of her and Parker. It was a perfect shot, you could see them perfectly and you could tell that they were on the ride, and the way the light was hitting them makes everything past them get progressively darker so they were framed in shadow. Aderyns' mouth fell open. "Ema this picture is awesome!"
"Why thank you! I am really glad that you are not mad, it is a pretty good picture and I would have been a little upset if I had to delete it."
"Oh my, this one of Becca and Trey is even better!"
"Yeah, I am kind of thinking that I want to major in photography and just minor in art instead of majoring in art."
"I just can't get over how good these are!"
"You should see some of her drawings. Okay, so I want to talk about prom arrangements!" Becca declared, "Boys you need to pay attention too! Okay so do we want to all go together and get a limo and go out to eat with each other, or do we want to get dinner alone and just meet up at prom?"
"Why do we need to be consulted on this?" Trey asked, "You three can decide and tell us and that will be what we are doing. No matter what we say you girls will ultimately make the decision, so why don't you just decide in the first place." Brett and Parker both nodded in agreement.
"True, you ladies make the decision and we will be okay with it." Parker added. They then went back to whatever they were talking about.
"Works for me," Becca said, "Okay girls what do we want to do?"
"Well what would have you done if Candi was still around?" Aderyn asked.
"We would say 'Hey, let's go separate' and then Becca and I would decide that we were going together, and 'whoops!' forget to tell her." Ema said. Using finger quotes around whoops.
"She would have wanted it that way anyway, she thinks we are rude." Becca said, trying to imamate Candi's voice when she said rude.
"Okay, well whatever you guys what to do is okay with me. I like you guys but I don't want you to feel that you have to hang out with me." Aderyn stated.
"Oh, believe me if we didn't like you, you would know. And I really want to get a limo, but with only two people in it, it will be to expensive." Becca said matter of factly.
"With four people it will still be to expensive." Ema clarifies. "So for the most part it is up to you weather or not you want to go in a limo or separately, and just so you know, if you want to go separately we will be okay with it, after all it would only be the third or fourth time that you guys will have the chance to go out, that is if you choose to go out every weekend."
"Well, I would like to go in the limo with you guys, but I am not sure that I can afford my share of it." She said sheepishly, blushing slightly.
Luckily Parker had been listening to what Aderyn was saying, "It is a good thing that I am paying for the tickets, the limo and dinner then isn't?"
"Parker are you sure, that is not very fair to you!"
"I asked you, so I am paying. End of story!"
"Looks like we are getting a limo then!" Aderyn said to the group. "Hope the boys don't mind!"
"Eh who cares?! Okay so where do we want to eat?" Ema asked the girls.
"I was thinking someplace fun. Like Olive Garden, Red Lobster, or, and personally I think we should go here, IHop." Becca said with glee.
"IHop? For prom?" Trey asked skeptically.
"Yeah, how fun would it be? It would be so much fun and you know it!" She said laughing. "Just think about it: all dressed up and eating pancakes! It will be great!"
"I am okay with IHop, it does sound fun!" Aderyn agreed.
"I guess I am okay with IHop too then." Ema laughed.
"So what do your dresses look like?" Aderyn asked Ema and Becca.
"I am wearing my moms old dress. It is really beautiful. It is halter-top and a deep red, it has a lace finish to it, and it is calf length. It looks kind of like a Marlin Monroe dress. I am really excited about getting to wear it."
"Sounds really nice, what about yours Becca?"
"Mine is gold, and the straps go over my shoulders and crosses on over my upper back and the straps have a beaded pattern on them. The back dips down a little low but there is more beading along the dip, it has a slit up to just above my knee. I am in love with this dress."
"Wow, both of these dresses sound amazing! I have no idea what I even want mine to look like… one that fits would be nice."
"Oh you don't have to worry even a little bit, Angela knows what she is doing! Your dress will probably be the best one at the prom." Ema laughed.
"The only problem is that even without paying for prom tickets, dinner or the limo there is still a lot to get. I don't know how I am going to get it all."
"Well when you go shopping with Angela you have to realize that she will buy you more than what you set out to buy. Lets see I ran into her at the mall once and we talked for a few minutes, she bought me lunch, and then she insisted that we walk around for a little while and she ended up buying me these killer earrings, I took them back of course, and then she called me and yelled at me for taking them back!" Ema said laughing.
"Are you serious?" Aderyn sounded astonished. "That is crazy! I just don't want to be a charity case."
"I hate to break it to you, Ange sees everyone as a charity case. My parents both make a lot of money, and she has still tried to buy me stuff too. She has three boys, she will never get to do the whole take her daughter shopping for a dress and all the fun stuff that implies. Just let her enjoy it." Becca suggested.
"So in all essence all you should have to worry about would be your hair, and I have a few suggestions, if you need them." Ema mentioned casually.