"Clarity I thought you were wearing a dress to prom? I'm actually pleasantly surprised," Alex whistled as my heels clicked against the stairs as I walked down until I saw Alex, Abigail and my father all gathered in the living room.

When my mother showed me Lia's dress I immediately had a change of heart and wanted to wear a suit that complimented Lia's dress and my mother eagerly agreed. I had on burgundy suit pants with a light pink button down shirt with the burgundy matching suit jacket slung over my shoulder. The heels were rose gold and my mother made sure to do my makeup nude and natural.

"Darling you look so beautiful!" My father walked over to me and hugged me.

"Thanks Dad, I actually feel really beautiful in this and kind of powerful," I giggled.

I looked over and noticed Alex and Abby in their royal blue attire, Alex had on black slacks and a black button down shirt but his jacket and shoes were royal blue to match Abby's dress which was a a line prom dress with gold designs on the corset top.

"You guys look so cute together!" I squealed in excitement.

"We look cute together regardless the occasion," Alex said as he slumped on the couch and wrapped his arm around Abby.

He's obviously been hanging around Lia for way too long.

Lia's been up there forever, the moment mom finished my makeup she sprinted to her room to help Lia because she's been whining," I rolled my eyes and sat down in the chair.

"Keep in mind, Lia hasn't worn a dress since she was 6 so this is definitely going to be a shock to herself," Abby stated.

There was a knock on the door and my father stood up to answer it to reveal Lia's mother standing in the doorway smiling.

"Abigail you look so beautiful!" Her mother exclaimed as she ran over to hug Abby.

"Thank you mommy, Lia's still upstairs getting ready and she's been taking forever," Abby whined.

Mrs. Summers looked over at me as her eyes widened as she walked towards me.

"Clarity you look gorgeous! I expected Lia would be the one wearing the suit but this is a surprise!" Mrs. Summers smiled at me.

"Yeah-"

"SOMEONE PLAY ME SOME RUNWAY MUSIC BECAUSE IM COMING DOWN YOU LOSERS!" We all jumped as Lia bellowed at the top of her lungs from upstairs.

"I hate her so much," Abby rolled her eyes.

My father played music through our home speakers and we watched as my mother came walking down the stairs.

"Alexander darling please come here and help Lia out," my mother motioned for Alex to follow her upstairs.

He reluctantly stood up and began walking up the stairs and stopped midway as his eyes nearly popped out of his sockets.

"Oh my gosh," He muttered under his breath.

"Hurry up dork, my stomach can't take all of this excitement,CLARITY TURN AROUND SO YOU CAN'T SEE ME!" I heard her yell down.

I rolled my eyes and turned my back so that I was facing away from the stairs.

My father resumed the music as I heard the clicking of heels against my stairs as everyone audibly gasped out loud.

"LIA!" Abby jumped up and nearly fell from moving too fast in her heels.

The anticipation was killing me and I couldn't wait any longer.

I turned around excitedly and my jaw literally dropped.

There stood Lia.....I think. She was like a completely different person from what I was used to.

She carefully walked down the steps as Alex walked behind her, carrying the back of her dress so she wouldn't trip down the stairs. She was in a deep burgundy fitted mermaid style dress with a slit in the side to show off her thigh. The dress had a plunging v line with decorate lace on the top. She had on rose gold heels to match mine as they clicked to the bottom of the dress where she stood, not looking at anyone.

To say my mother did amazing with her makeup was an understatement, she had a smoky eye with a nude lip and her entire face looked sculpted and perfect. There was silence all throughout the room and everyone just stared at Lia.

"Oh my gosh if I'm ugly just say that," she rolled her eyes as she looked up but smiled.

"Cecelia you look absolutely ethereal," Her mother walked over to her, teary eyed.

I noticed Lia slightly flinched as she awkwardly hugged her mother and then slightly pushed her away.

Abby stood up and walked towards her sister as she just stared at her in shock.

"I'm so used to seeing you in sweatpants and jeans, this is so different," Abby gasped.

"Do you think daddy would have liked it?" Lia asked lowly with her head hung low.

"Of course,"

Lia looked up at me and smiled.

"Well this is a turn of events, you in a suit huh! You're hot Clarity!" Lia said as she walked over to me and hugged me, her perfume wrapping around my entire body.

"Yeah says the drop dead gorgeous human being in front of me," I snorted and laughed.

"Children! We have to take pictures! The bus is outside and I don't want you to be late with picking everyone else up!" My mother announced as she brought out her camera and grabbed Alex and Abby to have them pose together.

"Your dress is so beautiful, I never thought I would finally catch the chance to see you in a dress." I whispered over to Lia as my mother began madly taking pictures of Alex and Abby individually and together.

"Yeah it's actually not that uncomfortable, except the heels, my feet might fall off eventually," She groaned.

I looked back over at her at her and skimmed her body with my eyes thoroughly, glossing over every curve of hers.

"I'm impressed, my mother did so well you can't even see your panty line in such a tight fitted dress." I smiled at her.

There it was, that signature smirk that I was all too familiar with.

She leaned closer to my ear, so close that I could feel her breath fanning the side of my face.

"Who said I was wearing any underwear Clarity?" She whispered into my ear.

I shivered at our closeness and quickly turned away as I felt my face heating up in embarrassment as dirty thoughts began to creep through my mind.

"Girls girls come here so we can take pictures!" My mother said excitedly as she grabbed Lia and I's arms and pulled us in front of everyone.

"Clarity I want you to get behind Lia and grab her waist-"

"Just because I'm in a dress doesn't mean Clarity can suddenly top me," Lia said as she stood behind me and wrapped her hands around my waist.

"You two look so beautiful!" My mother squealed as tears began to stream down her face as she rapidly began taking pictures.

We all took group photos, individual photos and couple photos until my father had to practically dragged us all out to the bus so we wouldn't be late.

"Alright children let's go, Lia don't forget your bag with the change of clothes, you'll need to check into the hotel the moment you get there," My mother said as she handed Lia her backpack from earlier before we boarded the bus.

"Hotel?" I asked curiously.

"Oh yeah I got us a hotel room since prom ends at 12 and we'll probably be there all night, just to give your parents a break," She smiled at me slightly winking.

Oh my gosh, a hotel room for just the two of us? When did she even plan this?

"I have everything we need in my bag so don't worry," Lia patted the bag and smiled.

"It's so lucky Lia was able to get a room in the hotel that's hosting your prom," My mother smiled as she hugged us one more time.

"Cecelia do you not want a picture of us together? I took one with Abigail," Mrs. Summers stood there awkwardly as she looked over at Lia.

Suddenly her demeanor became cold and unwelcoming as she looked at her mother with a blank face.

"You haven't taken a picture with me since I was 13, you weren't there for anything else so you don't get to have this happy moment captured with me on camera," Lia said curtly.

"Lia just let mommy take a picture with you, it's not that big deal," Abigail said.

"Yeah it's not a big deal, says the daughter whose never been called a slur by their own mother," Lia snapped as I noticed she began pulling on the side of the dress, shielding her leg from view but I could clearly see fresh scars on her upper thigh.

I grabbed her hand and held it in mine as she looked over at me with timidness and then relaxed.

"Mommy wouldn't-"

"Wouldn't what? Call me a fag? Call me a dyke? Tell me I'm burning in hell? Say I was a mistake? I'm broken? It's just a phase? You've heard them all Abigail don't play dumb," Lia said.

"Alright alright if Lia says no then it's a no, everyone head to the bus," my mother stated out loud as she clapped.

"Ms. Winters, I don't mean to be rude but this only concerns Lia and I, there no need to intrude," Mrs. Summers smiled sarcastically

My mother turned to her with a straight face and walked up to her so that they were inches apart and forced a smile.

"It's Mrs. Winters, I'm still happily married to my husband thank you very much and this very much concerns myself because Lia has been coming over to my house for the past 11 years and I consider myself a mother figure towards this young lady and if LIA does not feel as though you deserve a picture with her than respect that," My mother said rather sternly.

"Damn it, now I can't look at your mother as a milf now because she probably sees me as a daughter." Lia muttered under her breath so only I could hear her.

"You just now realized that?" I said as I rolled my eyes and huffed.

"Children.get.on.the.bus." My mother hissed through her teeth as she smiled at us but still somehow had an annoyed expression on her face.

Alex and Abigail quickly climbed onto the bus as we followed right behind them and to say I was impressed was an understatement. The windows were tinted on the outside so we couldn't really see inside but now climbing inside it looked like so much fun. The light were low but there were club lights flashing everywhere, there was a mini bar on the inside that I'm pretty sure we wouldn't be able to use because none of us were drinking age. There was music playing on the inside from all around and there was two poles in the center of the bus.

"I wanna dance on a pole!" Lia said excitedly. That wasn't something I ever thought I would hear her say.

"Young lady get off that and listen," My mother scolded her as she climbed onto the bus.

The driver is going to three designated pick up spots where everyone should be waiting, if they are there after five minutes they will be left, I talked to everyone's parents so they should be all there now, all of you have fun, be responsible and you all look so gorgeous!" My mother said as I noticed tears began to well in her eyes.

"Thank you so much mom! This wouldn't be possible without you," I said as I ran over to hug her one last time for the night.

"Anything for my girls." She hugged me back before slightly pushing me away so she could get off the bus. She nodded to the driver and the moment she got off we began moving.

"I WANT TO SWING ON THE POLE!" Lia bellowed out as she got out of her seat and began carefully swinging around the pole, the train of her dress dragging on the ground. Alex turned the music up as we all began laughing and dancing with Lia, finally beginning to enjoy the night, excited to see what prom had in store for us.

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NOT THE LAST CHAPTER I WILL LITERALLY TELL YOU WHEN THE LAST CHAPTER IS!