Carressa's P.O.V.

I smirked at my cousin , Emma , who is being fidgety . This is it. She's going to ask Mateo. But of course, she procrastinating. And I'm growing tired of it. I slammed my book shut and Emma jumped at the suddenness.

"That's it." I said and took out my phone.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"Nothing, I'm just going to call Louise and ask him to give me the address and drag you there."

Her eyes widened." You wouldn't."

I smirked at her." Or would I?"

She groaned and sighed in defeat." Fine , I'll call him."

I closed my phone with a satisfied smile on my face." Good."

"But, In exchange, you have to ask Carlos Elliot."

I gaped at her. How did she know that I like Carlos? Unless.....ugh....mom , tell me you didn't. I met Carlos when I was 7 and we were close friends ever since. Dad is still weary of him even though he's been around me for years. To his eyes , I'm still his 7 years old baby girl.

"Fine, I will."

Unknown to her, Carlos and I just started to go out just a few months back. So it won't be hard to ask. Unlike her. The only reason why no one knows is that dad is really, really overprotective parents of me.

I took out my phone that I just placed back in my bag and dialed his number. It started to ring. "Hello."

"Hey Carlos."

"Carressa, is everything alright? What do you need?"

"You think you could come with me as my date for the dance ?"

"But I'm in France ."

I smirked." No you're not, I know for a fact that you're at least half an hour away from here."

I heard him groan."What gave it away?"

"The tone of your voice, that and I have connects ."

"Of course."

We carried our conversation a bit more while Emma was still thinking on how to ask Mateo. When I closed my phone , Emma's started to ring. She looked at it and started to panic. I looked over. Mateo. Oh.

She shove her phone at me." You answer it."

I shook my head." No, you do it."

(A.N. What I'm going to use next is what my sister and I used to do.)

"You answer it period."

"Eraser , you do it."

"Eraser , permanent marker , you do it."

(I miss those times.)

I groaned and answered the phone." Hello? Mateo is it? I'm Carressa, Emma's cousin."

"Um....hi , uh , yeah, I'm Mateo , um....could you please pass the phone to Emma?"

"Sure." I passed her the phone and she took it with shaking hands.

"H-hey M-Mateo, what is it?" She stuttered.

Emma's P.O.V.

I mentally slapped myself for that stuttering mess. I just hope Mateo won't think I'm weird . But still, why did he call though? Is he okay?

"Hey , Emma, uh so .....um your parents invited me to the dance and I was thinking that um.....maybe.....you would....go with me? But it's totally okay if you already have a date or something like that."

Did he just? Somebody pinch me , I must be dreaming. This is not real.

"Emma?"

"Yeah, I'm here and sure , I would love to." Good work Em, no stuttering .

"Really?! Okay then, um, bye?"

"Goodbye."

I ended the call and jumped up and down while squealing my head off. Carressa covered her ears and flinched from the sound." Calm down Emma."

I grabbed her arm, the smile not leaving me face." Come on Carressa, we have to get ready!"

A while later ~

I smiled as I twirled one more time in my dress.

"Carressa, I can't thank you enough for doing my hair."

"And I can't thank you enough for doing mine."

We added some light make up and went down. I wonder what will happen next. Oh well.