A/N: Okay, my 4th official chapter (I think⦠or is it my 5th? I'm still confused :P)
Songs for this chapter: "I'm With You" by Avril Lavigne
"Don't Forget" by Demi Lovato
Enjoy! :)
"Are you sure I look okay?" I asked Alice when she had finished my hair and makeup for my date with Ponyboy.
"You tell me," she told me for about the millionth time. I'd already seen what I looked like, and I thought it was alright, but I didn't know if it was good enough, if there was anything else I needed to do. Don't get me wrong; I loved it, but would Pony like it? I looked into the mirror in the bathroom again to see not me, but a girl who had mascara on, which I hardly ever wore, with her hair in a complicated, but beautiful bun, wearing a beautiful dark blue dress with a v-neck, short sleeves that ended at the end of my shoulders, and went down to my ankles.
"If you like it, I'm sure he'll love it." Alice informed me. Since there wasn't much time left to do any last minute work, I had to accept this fact and have Rook drive me to the restaurant.
"Call us when the date's done, okay?" Rook told me again. I nodded, too nervous to speak, and walked to the bench by the restaurant. Then I waited.
And waited.
And waited.
What was happening? Why wasn't he here yet? I told myself to keep waiting, he was probably just late. Ten minutes late.
Half an hour.
An hour.
I checked my watch for the third time in two minutes. He still wasn't here yet. Why? What could be going on right now? This was nothing of what I expected 'our' night to be like. I was soaked since it had started to rain half an hour before, I was starving, and worst of all, Ponyboy wasn't there. I finally accepted that he wasn't going to come and started crying. It didn't matter, anyway. I didn't care if people saw, and besides, my mascara had already started running from the rain. It was hard to believe that just an hour ago, I was excited to spend a special night with just me and Ponyboy, and an hour later, there I was, crying my eyes out because of his absence. I had been worried for nothing. I had gotten ready for nothing. And then I realised, I had loved for nothing.
I walked off, heartbroken, into the night looking for a payphone. When I found one, I deposited the money and dialled my home phone number.
"Hello?" my sister's voice answered.
"Hi," I replied, "it's me, Caitlyn. The date's over."
"How can it be over? It's only been an hour."
"Just pick me up, I'll be at the restaurant. If I'm not there, keep waiting. I'm bound to show up." I instructed.
"Is something wrong, Caitlyn?" Rook asked.
"No, nothing's wrong. Just pick me up, okay?"
"Alright, I will. See you in a few minutes." She told me.
"Okay. See you there." And I hung up. I tried to avoid looking at other people's faces while I also avoided crying as I walked back. I couldn't believe he would stand me up like that. That just goes to show I trust too many people. When I got back, Rook was there, with a shocked look on her face when she saw me.
"Caitlyn! What happened?"
"Nothing. At all. Just sitting and waiting."
"Come inside and I'll get you home to get dried off, okay?"
"Alright." I agreed and sat in the back seat. I was then that I remembered my first kiss with Ponyboy. It was in the rain.
Who knew that my happiest moment would be so familiar to my worst?
A/N: Okay, so I didn't want to leave you hanging, and I was bored, so I wrote this chapter, knowing what I wanted. I know it's on the same day I updated the last chapter, but whatever. :)
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