AN: thanks for waiting everyone! here's the next chapter! Enjoy :)
Chapter 19: Homecoming Pt.3
Everyone hushed to hear the annoncement of Homecoming King and Queen. "This years' homecoming king and queen is..." Everyone lended in to closely hear it. "...Jayden and Tori!"
Jayden stood completely still as a spotlight shined on him and another one on Tori, who was on the other side of the gym.
"Come on, kids; don't be shy! Come up here and get your crowns!" the teacher ordered.
Jayden walked up the right side of the stage as Tori walked up the left. The teacher took their crowns and placed them on their heads. "We will now have our traditional king and queen spotlight dance!"
Jayden lended over to Tori's ear and whispered, "What's that?"
"It's where we have to dance together with everyone looking at us. Just follow my lead." Tori whispered. Tori grabbed Jayden's hand and dragged him in the middle of the gym, where the spotlight was.
When they got there, Jayden quickly hissed, "I don't know how to dance."
Tori's eyes got alittle wide but settle to avoid even more staring at them. "Umm, just put your hands on my waist and do what I do." Jayden did what she said for him to do as she put her arms around his neck. Since they were just slow dancing, Jayden found this kind of dancing pretty easy to do. Jayden noticed people starting to slow dance around them.
"Hey, are people suppose to be dancing around us or something?" Jayden asked, watching everyone dancing.
"Yeah, we just get to do the first dance." Tori explained. It was a few minutes before either of them said a word and continued to dance to the music. Jayden looked at Tori and found himself staring at her. Until tonight, he never noticed how beautiful she looked; the way the lights hit her, the way her hair and makeup, and her dress. It wasn't really revealing, but it made her look really pretty. Jayden's eyes soon steered to her lips. Her lips were perfectly shaped and totally kissable in Jayden's eyes.
Out of the corner of Tori's eye, she noticed Jayden staring at her. She turned to look at him and said, "What?"
Jayden didn't realized it but he felt himself leaning in closer and closer to her. Tori stood still, not knowing exactly what to do. "Jayden..." she whispered, soon hushed by the lips of Jayden.
"Woah, look at those two." Mia said to Mike, who were staring at Jayden and Tori. "One minute their fighting, the next their making out on the dance floor. Talk about opposites attract."
Mike nodded, "Yeah, you're telling me."
"You're not jealous, are you?" Mia said slyly.
"Are you kidding? I like Emily, I mean, Tori is gorgeous and all but not really my type. I thought Jayden was after Emily but now seeing him kissing Tori, it makes my night all the better!" Mike exclaimed in glee.
"Speaking of Emily, where is she?" Mia asked, looking around the gym. "The last time I saw her was when she was with Randy, before they announced king and queen..." Suddenly, Mia had a sudden thought. She got up from her chair and jogged through the crowd. When she found Jayden, she tapped on his back.
Jayden pulled away from Tori and faced Mia. "Mia, what's..." He stopped there because she knew what Mia was going say to him by the look on her face. Jayden turned to Tori and told her he'll be right back. He turned to Mike, who had followed Mia, handed him his crowd, and said, "You'll be king until I get back." Jayden pushed Mike into Tori and left them to dance.
Jayden and Mia ran outside to look around for Emily. When they got there, they did see some other people but not Emily.
Mia tugged lightly on Jayden's jacket. "You don't think they're in his car..."
"Don't say it, Mia." Jayden interrupted. "Hopefully, his car is still here; & I know exactly where it is too."
Jayden ran through the parking lot and was relieved to see Randy's car still there. But on the roof of his car, he found Randy and Emily sitting, cuddled up, looking at the stars. Jayden cleared his throat and caught their attention.
"Oh hey Jayden." Emily greeted, wrapping herself more with Randy's tux jacket.
"Hey Em." Jayden said back. "Randy, can I talk to you for a second? Mia, you go talk with Emily."
Mia agreed and walked over to Emily as Randy jumped off his car and headed to Jayden. Jayden roughly grabbed his arm and steered him away from the girls.
Randy had to roughly tug out his arm since Jayden was practicely pulling it off. "Gosh Jayden, what's got you so worked up?"
"I just want to warn you that if you try anything on Emily, you'll soon regret it." Jayden snapped.
Randy gave him a confused look. "Um, ok? What would make you think I would try anything on Emily?"
"Grant told me about your alittle scheme to do with Emily."
All of a sudden, Randy started laughing. Jayden pushed Randy slightly, "You think this is funny?"
"No." Randy laughed, wiping away his laughing tears. "You got it all wrong. Grant always teases with people about other people getting laid. That week it was me to be joked around with." That's when Randy's expression turned serious. "Just between you and me; even if I did wanna get laid with Emily, I would never force her into anything. It would be her choice and I wouldn't push her into it. I'm not that kind of guy Jayden; I promise."
Jayden stared out into the distance, not knowing what to say. So instead, Jayden sat on the ground.
"Jayden, why are you so protective of Emily?" Randy asked, squatting down to look at Jayden.
Jayden shrugged, "I don't know; if you knew what she has been going through the past few months, you would wanna look over her and make sure she's gonna be ok. I guess that's just me."
"You must be really close with eachother, huh?" Randy pointed out. "It's cool, I know what you mean."
Randy patted Jayden's back as he stood back up to stretch. "You can trust me when I give you my word for it."
Jayden also stood back up and shook Randy's hand. "You know, you're a pretty cool guy Randy. A pretty cool guy."
By the time Jayden and Mia got back inside, the homecoming dance was already over with. There was few people still there; either cleaning up decorations or chatting with others. Mike walked over to Jayden and handed him back his crowd.
"Here, I'm glad I didn't get crowded king. Those crowns itch my head." Mike said, scratching his head.
"Well, you've always had an oddly-shaped head." Jayden joked. Mike punched him playfully in his arm, walking towards the exit-doors. Mia and Jayden were about to follow until Jayden stopped when he noticed Tori sitting alone at a table.
"Jayden, aren't you coming?" Mia asked with the door wide opened.
Jayden shook his head. "Nah, I think I'll walk home."
"Whatever floats your boat." Mia said, leaving with Mike. Jayden walked acrossed the gym and stopped at Tori's table. Tori looked up and said, "Hey, I didn't know you were still here."
"I didn't know you were still here either. How so?"
"I don't know, just thinking I guess. I haven't even called my mom to come pick me up." Tori was just about to reach for her phone until Jayden grabbed her hand.
"How about I walk you home? It's a beautiful night outside; why waste it?" Jayden said.
Tori smiled, which Jayden took as a yes. When Tori stand up, music started playing. "Wanna get in one last dance?"
"Why not? We didn't get to finish our dance anyway." Jayden said, walking to the dance. Tori wrapped her arms around Jayden's neck as Jayden wrapped his arms around her waist. While slowing dancing, Tori asked, "So, why did you run away like you did?"
"Um, let's just say I was making sure a friend was ok." Jayden said, hoping that was a good answer.
Tori laughed, "Uh huh, ok. Oh, I found out why we were crowded king and queen. I asked the teacher who did the voting polls and alot of people choose us for some odd reason. The teacher also said that she picked us because she caught us 'staring into eachothers' eyes.' Thats was actually when we were argueing. She so needs glasses."
Jayden chuckled, "I must say, we do make a cute couple even we're in eachother's faces."
Tori smiled, shaking her head. None of them said a word as for now, they just enjoy the rhyme of the music; Tori's head resting on his chest & Jayden's head resting on the side of her head. For Jayden, this night turned out to be pretty good. For Tori, it turned out perfect.
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