âCourtney's P.O.Vâ
"I still think it's funny that it's been a week and Alex is still kinda limping his way around school." Emily laughs and I frown as I see him walk toward his group of friends.
"It's not funny, I want kids when I'm older." I say, slapping my hand over my mouth when I realize what I just said. "I mean, I will."
"Hold up, hold up, did you just imply that you want his kids?" She asks in a teasing manner and I look down shyly.
"No, I justâ dammit, Em."
She laughs, "Don't worry, I'm sure his family jewels are perfectly fine."
"Ha-ha, funny." I say sarcastically, narrowing my eyes at her. "I'm just upset about the fact that every time I want to tell him, we get interrupted."
"Then why don't you just slap them, push them out of the room, tell them to fuck off, close the door in their face, finish telling him, then kiss the sweet life out of him?"
"That's rude."
She rolls her eyes, "They're the ones interrupting someone who is talking."
"I guess," I sigh, "Why did our parents have to marry?" I ask, keeping my attention on Alex as Damian pushes him back gently and Alex returns the favor, but much harder.
She shrugs, turning to look at the guys, "It happened for a reason, because if their marriage wouldn't have happened, you would have never admitted your crush towards him."
"What does their marriage have to do with me admitting my crush?" I question, finally switching my attention to her.
"Without the proposal, you guys wouldn't be living together. Therefore, you two wouldn't have spent as much time as you do at home and you would've just gotten over your small crush."
"I would've preferred that, one hundred percent."
She frowns, "Damian told me a secret, and I'm not allowed to tell you but I didn't promise him anything. Besides, it really seems like you need to know."
"What?" I ask, eager to hear the secret.
"Alex also likes you, but he says that he only wants to focus in school, but if you tell him I'm sure he will change his mind." She squeals and I can't help but smile at the news.
I turn back to look at Alex and I gasp slightly when I notice him already staring. We both smile at each other and I give him a small wave, as he quickly returns it.
"I think," I begin to speak, "I won't tell him anything."
"What?" Emily ushers, "Why not?!"
"If he really likes me, he would tell me himself, and I'll wait until that day comes."
She blinks at me, registering what I just said in her head before she speaks, "You're an idiot."
"Shut up, I know what I'm doing."
"Still an idiot." She rephrases, slapping her forehead as she lets out a loud sigh.
* * *
"Ow, shithead!" I hear Alex whine as I stare at my door, after a loud thud sounded on the other side of it.
"Knock!" Damian orders.
"You just pushed me!" Alex complains, "I hit my head on the door."
I let out a loud snort.
There's a pause on the other side. "I think she's sleeping..."
"I think you need to knock."
"Fine," Alex grunts, before three knocks sound on my door.
I stand up from my bed and walk towards the door to open it.
"See?" He asks, "She's sleeping."
And that's when I swing the door open, to reveal Alex already turning around to leave.
"Do you need me for something?" I question, smiling at both of them.
"Alex wants the pussy." Damian answers, and my eyes widen.
"Yeahâ no, wait, what the fuck?!" Alex exclaims, turning to punch Damian in the arm.
"Ow," He groans, "Are you on fucking steroids? That fucking felt like a damn brick"
"Shut up and go downstairs or something."
"Glad to know you two need some privacy." He winks, making his way towards the stairs. "Wear protection and be sure to lock the door, you don't want anyone to walk in on you, now do you?"
I grab the nearest thing near me and I chuck it at him, hitting the back of his head.
He yelps, "Was that a fucking stapler?!"
I grab Alex's shirt and pull him into my room before I shut the door behind us.
I then lock the door and turn to look at him, as he stares at me in shock.
"What?"
"Please don't hit me with a stapler."
I roll my eyes at that, "You're dumb. Now, what do you want?"
"I, uh," he rubs the back of his neck as he looks away awkwardly. "Damian actually made me come talk to you."
"What about?"
"Prom?" He says, more in a questioning manner, and I feel my stomach fill up with butterflies.
"What about prom?" I inquire.
"You see, uh, prom is coming up soon and I wanted to ask if..." He trails off as he clears his throat.
"Yeah?"
"If you can help Damian prepare a very special way to ask Emily to go to prom with him?" He finishes, and all my hopes die in that specific moment.
"Oh," I say, "Sure."
He gives a grim smile, "Thanks, he'll be happy to hear that."
I nod my head, looking down at the ground sadly.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, just tired." I tell him. "So, if you can maybe leave my room now, please?"
"Oh, yeah, sorry."
He walks past me and unlocks the door before he exits my room. I close the door once he leaves and I rest my forehead against it.
"I'm so done."
* * * 1 week later * * *
"Emily, just come this way, damnit." I grumble, dragging her towards the soccer field.
"But, today's Saturday." She complains, trying to stop me from pulling her into the school grounds. "Why are we even in school? We're not supposed to be here."
I roll my eyes, as I continue to drag her along with me towards the soccer field, where everything is set up for the big question.
Finally reaching the field, she looks around in confusion.
"Why are we here? If you came in hopes to see the soccer players with their shirts off, then I would like to inform you that soccer season is over andâ"
I cut her off as I squeeze my bottom lip between my index finger and thumb, inhaling deeply as I whistle loudly.
With the sound, five soccer playersâAlex being oneârun out from behind the bleachers and kick around one ball each as they do tricks with it.
I keep my gaze on Alex as he kicks the ball up in the air and keeps kicking it so it doesn't touch the ground.
Then, another whistle sounds from the other side of the field and the guys all let the ball fall to the ground before they jog towards where the whistle came from.
After that, they turn back around and walk closer towards us, stopping a few feet away from us. I notice that the tallest guys are standing at the middle and I smile in triumph when I turn to see Emily staring at them in confusion.
"Whaâ" another whistle cuts her off. The guys all remove their shirts and she gasps as she covers her eyes. "Guys, I have a boyfriend!"
I watch as they separate in two rows and allow Damian to step up in front of them with the roses and teddy bear in hand. The guys turn around and I smirk at the question I already knew about, written on their backs:
PROM?
"Emily," Damian chuckles, "It's okay, you can look."
She peeks through her fingers and her arms fall by her sides as she stares at the letters in shock.
It takes her a few moments before she finally shouts, "Yes!"
Damian grins as he hands her the roses and she throws her arms around him.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" She keeps repeating.
"Thank Courtney, she helped me set this all up actually."
She pulls away from their hug as she turns to look at me and I smile at her. I let out a small yelp as she suddenly throws her arms around me and nearly squeezes me to death.
"You're the best!"
I laugh as I pat her back, the only thing I'm able to do. "Yeah, but I can't...breathe."
She pulls away from me and gives me a grateful smile as she holds the roses to her chest.
"This is even better than I would've thought." She admits, smelling the roses.
"I'm glad you liked it." I say.
"Later, guys." Alex dismisses himself and Steven and Lucas follow him as they all jog towards the parking lot.
"I'll meet you guys in a bit." Damian tells them, and they all nod their head at him. "I'll see you later, babe." He tells Emily and I watch as he hugs her and kisses her cheek.
I then watch as he tells her something in her ear and she nods her head as she grins at him.
"Got it." She says, kissing his lips before he waves at me and jogs towards the parking lot as well.
"Got what?" I ask as soon as he's out of ear-shot.
"Let's go to the lake today!" She cheers, interlocking her arm with mine before she drags me along towards her car.
"The lake? Why are we going to the lake after..." I trail off as I check the time on my phone. "Five thirty."
"We are going to the lake, no questions please."
"Okay then..."
* * *
"A boat? Why is there a boat?" I ask, eyeing the small wooden boat floating in the water.
"Shush," Emily orders, "Just get in and the water will take you to the right place."
"Em, it's getting dark!" I complain, "What if I fall in and I can't even see what's in the water with me!"
"You overthink things, just get in."
"Can I get a floaty?"
She gives me a blank stare.
"Kidding." I laugh.
"I was actually getting worried about you." She tells me, holding the boat so I can step in.
"Will you be getting in with me?" I ask, sitting down.
"Nope."
And before I can even think about getting out, she unties the boat and pushes it further into the water.
"I hate you!"
"Love you too!" She shouts back to me.
I let out a frustrated sigh as I watch the water move beside me, moving the boat along with it too.
I get bored after a while of the boat just floating on the water, until I see a curtain in front of me and I furrow my eyebrows in confusion.
When I finally approach it, I push it aside and stare in shock at what's in front of me.
There's flower petals all over the surface of the water and all of this area is being illuminated by small lights hung up on the branches of the trees.
I keep moving and I smile as I look up at the lights, fascinated with the small details of this moment.
However, I become even more shocked when an instrumental sounds from around me. I look around in search for the source but I don't see anything.
The seaweed is always greener, in somebody else's lake.
I recognize the song as Under The Sea from The Little Mermaid, but the voice isn't Sebastian. It sounds familiar, but it isn't my favorite crab.
Switching my attention to the other side of the lake, I see another boat coming and I narrow my eyes to try and see who's inside.
When it gets closer, I notice that it's Alex and I smile at him, the song still being sang.
He looks like he's arguing with the water and I raise an eyebrow as I hold back the urge to laugh.
"NoNoNo!" He keeps shouting, and I gasp as his boat suddenly tips over, causing him to fall into the water.
I put my hand over my mouth as I laugh and he surfaces back from the water as he takes in a big gulp of air.
"I'm gonna get you for that!" He continues to argue with the water.
I keep laughing.
"Need some help?" I finally ask, calming myself.
He looks up at me as he wipes his hair away from his face, and he smiles sheepishly. "Please?"
I laugh a little more as I gesture for him to get closer before I help him get into my boat, having a bit of difficulty as we both almost fall into the water.
Finally succeeding, he shakes his head and I laugh as the water sprinkles on me.
"Hey, watch it."
He winks at me as he continues to shake his head, making sure he gets closer to me.
"Stop it." I laugh.
He suddenly stops as he's only mere inches away from me and we both freeze when the song changes.
There you see her, sitting there across the way.
We just stare into each other's eyes as the voice keeps singing, and I feel myself blushing as he looks intently into my eyes.
He smiles at me and I back away a few inches to look down at my lap shyly.
He chuckles at my actions and grabs my chin to make me look at him again.
I raise my gaze back on him and he just continues to stare at me with so much interest.
"Do I have something on my face?" I ask lamely, lifting my hand to wipe whatever it is away.
"Lips." He answers, confusing me.
"What?"
Boy you better do it soon, no time will be better.
He leans in a little closer and my breath hitches at my throat.
"You know, since the day you were assigned as my partner, I knew something crazy would happen." He tells me, his breath fanning my face.
"Crazy?" I ask, lifting an eyebrow.
"Yeah, like catching feelings for you."
My stomach erupts with butterflies once again, "Feelings?"
"Yes, feelings." He confirms with a nod, "But since the day that I kissed you after the game, I knew I wanted to do it again."
"Then I kissed you at the party." I add, blushing.
He smiles, "Yeah, but you only teased me with a very short one."
"Sorry," I laugh.
"Don't be," he says, "Because now it's my turn again."
Go on and kiss the girl.
With that line being said, he removes the little space between us and presses his lips against mine.
He pulls away after only a few seconds and I frown at the loss of contact.
"I did not prepare all of this for a damn peck! Come on, Alex, stop being a pussy!" Damian's voice sounds from somewhere around us and I look around, spotting him by the edge of the lake with Emily, Steven, and Lucas.
Alex laughs at his friend and grabs my face before he presses his lips against mine once again.
"A little bit of tongue now!"
We both instantly pull away and watch as Steven smacks him in the back of the head.
"Ow!"
"Now!" Alex shouts and I give him a confused look before the singing voice continues with a line I find both funny and sweet.
Alex might be a little bum, but he wants you as his date for prom.
"That's not what I asked you to sing, Steven!" Alex shouts angrily as the guys all laugh.
"Couldn't help it!"
He tugs on his hair in annoyance before I grab his face in my hands. He looks up at me and I grin widely before I smash my lips onto his.
"Yes!" I answer happily, jumping on top of him to hug him.
Big mistake of mine, because we both fell into the water with a big splash.
One of us squealed, and it wasn't me.
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Sorry I haven't updated in a long time, but I was testing. I needed to take some time off to study and we also have more testing this week and just ugh, life is stressful right now. But, I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. I'm actually proud of the second promposal, because I know it's unique.
â¤ï¸Much Love with Hugs & Kissesâ¤ï¸
Kimmy Hers ð