This chapter is dedicated to zeemo2005.
She has been such a good friend and source of motivation❤❤

This chapter is kinda unedited😶

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I almost can't believe our exams were already long gone.

Like 'a week ago' gone.

Well, prom was already knocking.

Our prom was scheduled two weeks after our exams so we've got a week before it.

"So like Timothy seriously asked Claire to be his date for the prom?" Roxie shrieked.

"It's more like Claire asked him," Maddie clarified.

"It doesn't matter, he agreed. I thought the both of you had a thing," Roxie said referring to me.

We were at a mall shopping for anything though but prom dresses in particular.

By 'we', I mean, Roxie, Maddie, Lorinda and I.

"Just cut it out, it's fine. It's not like I care anyways," I smoothly lied because it actually does affect me.

It's not like I expected him to come on a white horse and a golden chariot to ask me to be his date for the prom.

But well...

"It doesn't matter, atleast Stella has a date too," Lorinda said.

"I know that but I bet Stella just said yes to Cody because Timothy broke her heart," Roxie argued back.

"Will you shut the fuck up. Timothy and I are friends. Just friends. Don't push it too far miss," I replied.

Cody used to be my seat partner in freshman year. We were quite close and talked often before we just started drifting apart till we got to the point that we don't even greet each other anymore when we crossed paths.

It felt like we grew into different parts of the world, but then I was surprised when he started a conversation with me and casually asked me to be his date.

Who else would have been a better person to go with, atleast it could be a way to fill in for lost time.

"Can you guys just shut up and focus on what we came to do, we're running out of time," Maddie complained.

"Yeah...prom dresses keeps reducing with every second we waste," Lorinda agreed.

"Hmm...see who's planning to look good for Jace, huh?" Roxie teased.

She just loves teasing everyone and later on, she claims that she doesn't have anything to do with guys.

"Yeah...ofcourse, why not? He's my boyfriend after all," Lorinda replied straightfowardly.

Lorinda and Jace kicked it off during exam period, he also asked her to be his date for the prom too.

It was way to cute for my eyes to behold, well she deserves it because ever since the day she told me about 'them', I knew something was going to happen.

"Seems like we're the ones without dates here," Maddie said to Roxie.

"We can always make a single girls train," Roxie playfully replied.

"Girl...we're just two."

"It doesn't matter, I turned down a few guys because having a date is stressful, imagine being stuck with one guy all through the night, when they'll be lots of them. I prefer being a free girl on that day so I can perch on other girls guys just for fun," She replied.

"Hey...whatever you plan on doing, just stay away from Jace,  okay?" Lorinda said.

"Oh...he is like the first on my list," Roxie said and three pairs of eyes shot at her.

"Just joking there.." She quickly clarified herself.

"You better be," I said.

"Omg! Let's go check out that that section," Lorinda said, dragging Maddie along.

"Like I feel like, nothing here is my type," Roxie said, looking around.

"Like this is like really flashy...this one, it's just to heavy, like how the hell do they expect someone to wear this...this one, just too dull...this one's neckline is way too high, this one looks so tight and the sleeves are too complicated...this one looks good but judging by the design and emeralds on it, it will probably cost a fortune This one is way to baggy, maybe it was made for a 40 year old pregnant woman," Roxie concluded swiftly, making a remark on any of the dresses she comes across.

"Well...different people have their preferences, they can't base all the dresses on just one person, besides that one is not for a fourty year old pregnant woman, some people are just obesed or a little bit larger than they're supposed to be and ofcourse they still need to wear a dress," I replied.

"Oh lord of freaking doughnuts."

"What the hell?" I asked.

"Like look at that dress..." She said walking towards it while I took that opportunity to tune her out and try to scan over for something I could wear.

I didn't want something too flashy neither did I want something too dull.

Just something...'good enough'.

I looked to my right and my gaze locked with someone familiar, she was not that close, infact not in the 'dress section' of the mall but I could still sight her.

And she could see me too. Infact she saw me.

I decided to ignore her but not until she started coming towards me so I decided to walk to her too.

"Hey," Cheryl briefly greeted when we were at a reasonable distance from each other.

"Hey," I formally replied too.

We stayed quiet for a while wondering who was going to break the silence.

I could tell she wanted to say something but I know that if someone else doesn't break the silence, we would just drown in silence.

"You came shopping for prom dresses right?" I asked, at least to break the weird silence.

"Um...no, I don't think I'm attending it," she said, not meeting my gaze.

"Oh..."

"Yeah...my mom's birthday is in a few days time so...I came to get her a few things," she replied.

"Okay then, send my greetings."

"Yeah...sure. Thanks. Thank you."

"It's fine...really, " I assured her and she nodded curtly.

Cheryl have acted a bit differently ever since that night and after Daniel left.

"It's any thing wrong? Is it Daniel? Did he try to hurt you again?" I asked.

"No...infact, I haven't heard from him since then. I'm kinda worried."

"You're worried about him, you were like the one that called it off between the both of you," I recalled.

"I know...but maybe I didn't really mean it...maybe I truly liked him but I just wanted him to feel the way he'd made me feel all this years," she said, looking down at her feet.

"See...I'm sorry, I know he's your ex and all, I'm really sorr--"

"Ex? It was clear Daniel and I weren't in a real relationship so I don't care. It's fine with me. I forgive you," I said.

She looked up to meet my gaze.

"Like for everything? You forgive me for everything I did?" She asked, suprise written all over her face.

"Why not? I think I'm ready to let go of all that grudge. Besides we all make mistakes, I made huge mistakes too. I hurt you first and all you wanted was your revenge though it ended up hurting us all," I replied.

"Thanks Stella. I'll never forget this," she said.

I smiled at her and she returned the gesture.

"I'll leave now," I said, turning around and heading back to where I was.

Maybe this could be a ticket to a normal life.

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