"You care so much as though you'll bleed to death with the pain of it."
- J.K. Rowling

Bree's pov.
Aiden's coming to pick me up in one hour and I'm still doing my make up. Maria is helping me out by doing my hair. Fuck this spring dance.

I stood up as I was done with my hair and make up. "Thank you Maria, " I say as I look at my reflection in the mirror. Presentable.

I put on the dress. It is floor length red colour dress which is almost backless yet beautiful since my mom designed it.

I love you mom. I put on my heels and pick out a matching purse. I then walk down since Aiden would be here any moment.

The bell goes off. Maria opens it as I walk down the stairs. Aiden. He looked handsome. His eyes were fixed on me.

"Hey Aiden, " I say as I walk towards him.

"Hey , you look beautiful, " he says with a smile.

"Thank you. You don't look bad yourself, " I say walking out.

"Well , thank you, " he says grinning and holding out the door for me.

"Look who's being a gentle man, " I say surprised. He doesn't say anything and closes the door with a smirk.

"Ready for the fucking spring dance?" he asks me.

"Ready to see the bitches getting dumped, " I say with a smirk.

"They really didn't know what they were getting their selves into, " Aiden says as he drives. I nod in agreement.

We reach the school in ten minutes. I unbuckle myself and get out off the car. Aiden comes right up standing next to me.

"Mind walking in with me? " he asks. I giggle as he takes my hand.

"I don't mind walking in with you, " I say giggling.

"Breeeeeeee. Oh my God! You look so gorgeous, " Rachel squeals as I enter the venue. I laugh a little.

"You look better than me Rachel, " I say and she did look beautiful. I could feel people staring at me.

I look over to Aiden who's smirking. "What do you think? " he asks me.

"I think the plans working, " I reply smirking.

We have some non alcoholic drinks since alcohol was not allowed.

"Are you going to the party this weekend? " Rachel asks me.
Tomorrow night which is Saturday.

"Umm..... I'm going, " I say in a cheerful voice.

"Then I'm going too, " Rachel says in excitement.

"Would you dance with me? " someone asks and I look over to see Ricky. I roll my eyes.

"Please....." he requests.

"OKAY. Only for one song, " I say and give Rachel an assuring look.

I walk onto the dance floor and Ricky holds me by my waist.

"I'm sorry, " he says looking ashamed. I look at him surprised

"I shouldn't have done what I did. Would you ever forgive me? " he asks me staring straight into my eyes. I sigh.

"I forgave you the day we played basketball Ricky. If it was another girl unlike me then the consequences would've been different, " I say . He looked really guilty.

"Thank you, " he says looking down.

"I had to ask you something, " he says and I look at him.

"What does Rachel think about me? " he asks me.

"Why do want to know? " I ask him.

"I...I'm falling for her . Maybe that's what made me realise what I was doing, " he says and there was nothing but guilt written on his face.

"She thinks you're an asshole and really kind of hates you, " I say sincerely. He needed to know the truth. He sighs.

"Look Ricky. If you really like her then you need to work towards gaining her trust. But if you are just trying to play with her then you know what I'm capable of, " I tell him.

"I'm trying to make things work , Bree. She never talks to me, " he says with sadness in his eyes.

"It's going to take time Ricky. Your past instincts were not really appreciable. I can't promise you when but she will believe you've changed if you try, " I tell him.

He nods." Thank you so much Bree. I'm really sorry for what I've done, " he says and I was happy that he realised what he's done.

"Don't thank me Ricky. Just don't hurt her, " I tell him with a smile.

"I promise I wouldn't, " he says returning the smile.

"What the hell is happening here? " Aiden's voice comes up. He sounded serious.

"Nothing really. Just a dance, " I say as Ricky releases me. Aiden grabs my hand and pulls me aways from Ricky.

He held my wrist so hard that it started paining. He dragged me towards the empty lawn of the school.

"Aiden you're hurting me! " I yell at him. He stopped near the tree that I usually sat under.

He grabs me by my waist and my eyes widen at his gesture. "Wha.....what are you doing Aiden? " I ask him .

He doesn't answer me instead pulls me into a kiss. I stand there stunned. His lips were soft , sweet and tasted of cigar. I kiss him back.

He deepens the kiss. We break our kiss when we finally got breathless. He rests his forehead against mine.

He kisses me again . It was fierce and rough. He breaks the kiss sooner. He releases me from his hold and stares at me right in my eyes.

"Forget it ever happened. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to, " he says looking guilty and leaves me all alone three. Idiot. Asshole.

He comes up out of no where and kisses me. He just says it meant nothing and fucking leaves.

I set my hair and walk to Rachel. I take my phone and ask Brad to pick me up.

"Is everything alright? " Rachel asks me worried.

"Umm...... Yeah. I'm just having a bad headache, " I lie.

I look over to Aiden who's was staring at me from a distance. I look away first.

"Is something wrong between you and Aiden? " Rachel asks me.

"Let's not talk about it now, " I tell her and she nods understanding.

"Brad is here. Bye Rachel, " I say and she hugs me.

"Call me if you need someone to talk, " she says.

"Yeah , sure, " I say and leave . As I get into the car, I see Aiden smoking a cigar standing at a corner. He continued to stare at me.

I don't bother and get in. Brad starts driving. Why did he have to kiss me, when he didn't mean it?

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