Hey guys! I was gonna make this one longer, but then I got a spot where it would be good to stop and I didn't wanna make it really long... I think this one is extremely cute! I really doo! :) I just wanna thank the people who are following the story, favorited it, and reviewed it, it means a lot! I also wanna thank those who read it. Seriously, thank you! :D
I was sitting at a park, reading a book when I heard steps behind me.
"You know, for a city girl, you're alone a lot." I turned around to see Kendall smiling at me. I smiled up at him.
"Yeah, it's hard to be surrounded by a million people in a town of 100." I smirked. Kendall chuckled and sat down next to me.
"Okay, we have more than a hundred people here." I smiled at him.
"Of course you do."
"It just doesn't seem like it." He smiled at me.
Awkward moment: enter now.
"So… Don't you have hockey?" I asked. He shook his head.
"We got today off. Coach had something come up and the assistant coach has a broken leg. The upper classmen called it off." I nodded. He shifted uncomfortably next to me.
"Um, is everything alright?" I asked, looking at him. He scratched his head.
"Yeah everything's fine." He looked really nervous… I shut my book and turned to looked at him, sitting pretzel legged.
"Kendall, what's wrong." He looked at me. Holy shit his eyes are green. He shook his head.
"No, nothing's wrong!" He said quickly.
"Then what's up?" I asked, and he sighed.
"Okay, um… I was actually hoping that you would be here." He said slowly. I raised an eyebrow at him.
"Really? Why?" He took a breath.
"Iwaswonderingifyouwantedtogo tohomecomingwithme?" He said in a really fast voice, causing me to widen my eyes.
"I'm sorry… What did you say? Slower, this time." I smiled and he chuckled a little bit.
"Sorry… Um. I was wondering… If maybe you… Wanted to… Okay, do you have a date for homecoming?" He said and looked at me, waiting for an answer.
"Everyone at school hates me. You honestly think I have a date?" I smiled, and he smirked.
"Not everyone hates you." He said shyly, and scratched his head. Okay, he was extremely adorable when he does that… I mean my God.
"Sure." I said. He smiled at me.
"I don't know, Carlos kinda likes you. Granted he still feels bad for hitting you." I had to smile at that. "Anyway, since you don't have… Since you don't have… A date… Would you… Maybe… want to… go with…?" He scratched his head and muttered something after it that I missed.
"With who?" I asked, looking at him. He looked at me with a weird (but somewhat cute…) look.
"…Me…" I thought about it for a few seconds. I looked at him, and he was watching me.
"Are you asking me to homecoming?" I asked, and smirked a little.
"…Yes…" He still looked extremely nervous.
"Wow. I've never been asked to something before…" He raised an eyebrow.
"Never?" I shook my head. "So, I had no fancy city guys to compare that with?" I shook my head and laughed. He nodded, but still looked nervous.
"Okay." I looked at him.
"Okay what…?" He looked at me, big eyes.
"Okay, I'll go to homecoming with you." I smiled, and he smiled.
"Really?" I nodded, and he just kept smiling.
"Awesome. Um… I'll pick you up at 7 on Saturday." I nodded. "I hate to run, but I really have to go. Carlos is going to try and ride a skateboard off the roof, and Logan and I are trying to stop him." I nodded.
"You better go then." He was still smiling.
"I'll see you around then. Bye August." He waved at me and started walking away. I saw him do a little movement with his arm like people do when they win something, then he turned around and his face got red because I was still watching him. I giggled a little bit at that. I was smiling the rest of that day, until I got home and my mom noticed.
"And why are you so happy all of a sudden?" She smirked at me. I remembered I'm supposed to be miserable so maybe she'll send me back to New York.
"I'm not." I lied.
"Then why are you smiling?"
"Okay, I got asked to homecoming." My mom looked up from the paper with wide eyes. I realized I was still smiling. What the hell? My mom got up and practically screamed, running to hug me. Chris came out of his office holding a baseball bat.
"What happened!?" He said, panicked.
"August got asked to homecoming!" She turned to me. "By a boy?" She said in a quieter voice. I nodded, and she turned to Chris. "By a boy!" His shoulders fell and he smiled.
"Oh thank God! I thought something bad happened." He laughed and looked at my mom, who was still hugging me.
"Um, mom…" I said, and she looked at me, then chuckled and let go.
"Sorry. Oh we have to get you a dress!" She went and grabbed a purse and dragged me out the door.
***Page Break***
My doorbell rang at 7 that next Saturday. I sighed at looked at myself in the reflection. My mom and I had found a deep blue dress that fluffed out and went to just above my knees. It was very basic, and actually looked rather good on me. My mom did a half ponytail half down thing with my hair, and let me do my own makeup. I didn't really want to go downstairs, until I realized that Kendall would be alone with my mom and Chris. I got up and walked out of my room and down the stairs. I heard Chris saying something in the kitchen. I looked down the hall and saw Kendall smiling at something, looking at Chris. Kendall looked down the hall and saw me, and smiled. Crap. Now I can't pretend I'm sick. I took a breath and walked down the hall. Kendall and Chris both smiled at me.
"Wow your mom did a great job." Chris smiled at me. Kendall was still smiling.
"August you look great." He said.
"Thanks… So do you." I smiled at him. He had on black pants and a red button up shirt. My mom was standing my by Chris and smiling.
"Oh! Pictures!" My mom said and went to grab a camera.
"Mom…" I groaned, and Kendall laughed.
"Oh shush A, you'll want to remember this." My mom winked and held up a camera. "Now smile." I gave her a look, and she clicked a picture. Kendall smirked at me.
"That's gonna be a keeper." He laughed. I looked at him and stuck out my tongue, which my mom took another picture of. We took a few more pictures, and Kendall actually got me to smile for a few of them. My mom finally let us leave, and we started walking to the school. Kendall was telling jokes the whole way, and making me laugh. We got there and walked into the school, and I smiled at the gym. It was full of kids and decorated with school colors. Kendall leaned towards me.
"I have to go do something really quickly. Why don't you go get something to drink?" He smiled and I nodded, walking to the drinks table, grabbing some punch. I took a sip and turned around to see three girls all smirking at me.
"Hello…" I said.
"Hey New York." The girl in front said. "I see you came here with Kendall." Her eyes shifting in the direction he went.
"Um… Yeah I did…" I replied.
"Interesting. Strange how he'd pick you to go to homecoming. He could have any girl in the school." He cocked her head to the side.
"I guess…"
"You know, you look really pretty tonight, but I know something that could make you the prettiest girl here." She smirked.
"Um… Thanks…?"
"Here, just give me this, and close your eyes." She said in a sweet voice, taking my cup. Just saying, I was an idiot for this next part. I closed my eyes. "Good job… Now, hold still." I held still and then I felt something cool on my head. It dripped down my face and onto my dress. I opened my eyes, and everyone in the room was staring at me, the girl smirking.
"Go back to New York, New York." She winked and walked away with her friends. Everyone was just, staring, and I didn't know what to do, except run. I ran out of the gym, tears streaming down my face. I could just barely hear someone calling my name, but I just kept running. I ran all the way home, and burst through the door and up the stairs.
"August?" I heard my mom call from downstairs, but I just kept running. I ran into my room, changed into sweatpants and a tank, washed my hair in the bathroom, and put it in a ponytail. I walked back into my room, shut the door, and plopped on my bed. My laptop beeped, and I saw it was a Skype request from my friend, Natalie, in New York. I wiped my eyes and clicked accept.
"August! What happened?" She looked at me extremely worried. I sighed.
"What do you mean?" I asked, trying to keep my composure.
"Your mom called and said you just ran through the door crying. What happened?" I shook my head. Of course my mom called her.
"It's nothing… Just some girl's being bitches." And I'm crying again. Shit. "I wanna come home." She sighed.
"I wanna hug you so much right now!" Natalie pouted at the camera. "And I know you do. Your mom told me something about that actually…" My eyes widened.
"What? She did?" I asked.
"She said that she's planning on talking to your dad, and seeing if maybe you could come live with him." I looked at her.
"Are you serious?" She nodded.
"She said you've been so miserable lately, and that you've given it your best shot to live there…" There was a knock at my door.
"Nat, I gotta go… Bye." She looked at me bummed.
"Okay… You're sure you're okay?" I nodded. And she logged off, leaving me in silence. I heard a knock again at my door.
"If it's mom or Chris, I don't wanna talk." I shouted to the door, and grabbed my big green pillow. It's the voice I heard that surprised me.
"It's… neither. August it's Kendall."