The Winter Formal is tomorrow and I am currently single.
I could be going with someone if I wanted too. I know Ashley would want to go with me.
But there's just someone in particular who I want. And they're going to be the hardest for me to get.
"Hey favorite teacher." I storm into Ms. Reed's room during lunch because she's always here. Where else would she be? She hates all of her colleagues.
Ms. Reed facepalms as I bounce up and down, standing in front of her desk. "What do you want, Jules? Can't you see I'm trying to enjoy my lunch right now?"
"Salad is a disgusting thing to enjoy." I point to her nasty ass Caesar salad that she eats every fucking day. "But I do have a question or two for you."
I receive a nod from Ms. Reed and I feel my knees get weak.
"Are you going to the Winter Formal tomorrow?" I'm sweating so bad right now.
Ms. Reed stabs her salad with her plastic fork like it just did something to her. "Unfortunately. I have to go and chaperone you annoying, immature children." She looks up at me with suspicious eyes. "Are you going?"
I sigh and cross my arms. "Yeah. Claudia's making me wear one of her rich ass black dresses."
Ms. Reed chokes on a laugh, covering her mouth with the back of her hand while my eyebrows furrow. "You? In a dress?" She leans back in her chair, looking at the ceiling. "Never thought I'd see such a thing."
I roll my eyes at her teasing. "Yeah yeah." I tilt my head. "Why, what are you wearing?"
She shrugs, taking a sip of water from her bottle. "Something nicer than what I normally wear to school."
"That doesn't mean anything."
"I guess you'll just have to wait and see." Ms. Reed gives me those eyes and smirk and I groan.
There's been something that's been eating me up inside and I know I shouldn't ask it but I'm going to. "Will you have the last dance with me?"
It takes a moment for Ms. Reed to say anything so I know she's considering my offer. If she really doesn't want to have a dance with me she would've said no immediately.
"Stop worrying about the last dance and focus on the first."
She technically didn't decline...
I grin. "So you'll think about it?!"
"Get out." Ms. Reed has a smile that I can tell she was fighting not to show but it didn't work. I turn around and make my way towards the door.
You heard it here first folks, Jules Oliver has a date to the dance and it is Georgia Reed.
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Claudia, Max, Maisie, and I walked into the packed gym and it smelt exactly what I imagined it to smell like.
Like a bunch of body odor and sweaty boys who don't know what deodorant or cologne is.
Even I'm wearing cologne.
"Jesus Christ, how did you guys convince me to go to this? How did you guys even convince me to wear this dress?!" Every other second I'm tugging at Claudia's expensive black dress that I am currently wearing.
"Girl don't complain. That tight shit fits you so well, it's definitely going to be catching some eyes if it hasn't yet." Max is wearing a suit. She says she isn't gay but I know she is. "Whelp, I'm going to try and spike the punch. See y'all."
Now it is just me, Claudia, and Maisie in the sea of teenagers who are either dancing super awkwardly or dancing with their partner with their bodies teen feet apart from each other.
"I think I see someone coming your way, Jules." Maisie points over somewhere and my eyebrows furrow trying to figure out who. But then I see.
Payton's hair was slightly curled, bouncing up and down lightly as she strutted her way over here in her tight sparkly red dress, gold jewelry, and black heels. Damn did she look breathtaking.
"You guys don't mind if I steal this one, do you?" Payton points to me as my friends nod 'no' and Payton grabs me by the wrist, dragging me away. I turn to my friends pleading for them to not let me be taken away.
The music playing right now was poppy enough to dance crazy but also if you wanted kind-of slow dance with your partner.
Guess what one me and Payton are doing? Good job.
"So why are you dancing with me? Don't you have a date?" My hands are starting to hurt from the glitter and sparkles I'm touching just above her ass. It's very grainy and uncomfortable but I'm going to pull through. I like Payton.
Payton's hands are wrapped around my neck, her nails scratching it lightly enough for it not to hurt but to feel soothing. "Well the person I wanted to go with sadly didn't ask me."
I feel like she's talking about me but I'm not sure.
"It's not me right?" Payton looks at me with those eyes that made me get my answer. "It was?! Seriously?! No offense I thought you were capital S straight."
Payton sigh's as she continues to look at me with her puppy eyes. "I'm bi, and it's okay. What matters is that we're here together now, right?"
I nod and smile at her.
I do feel a little guilty and bad. The thing is though, even if I did know that she likes me, I'm not sure I would've asked her out.
Suddenly someone taps on Payton's shoulder, whispering something to her ear. "I have to go do something, Jules. I'm so sorry. Last dance with me?"
"Yeah." Payton's gone just as fast as she was here. I'm not sad at all though.
There's still someone I need to search for.
Luckily with my height being 5 '11, I have a good advantage against all these short people so I can scope the area out better. I finally find Claudia and Maisie dancing in a group with some girls and boys and then I finally see her.
Ms. Reed is standing near the food with a few of her co-workers, looking as bored as ever.
I nearly tripped when I saw what she is wearing.
She is wearing a white silky button up shirt but the buttoning stops just right before her cleavage. She's also wearing black dress pants and black heels. Unexpected. But there's something missing.
She's not wearing her glasses.
I blink, trying to process this ethereal figure I am looking at right now. The way the shirt is tucked in so perfectly and even, just everything. How she looks so different without her glasses on but is the same bitchy, strict teacher. Not towards me anymore though.
My mouth feels dry and I'm suddenly craving her in a way I had never before.
She turns her head and we make eye contact.
Ms. Reed looks me up and down, slowly, examining every part of me. I do the same with her.
When her eyes meet mine again, I get too nervous and I look away first.
"Jules come dance with us!" I get startled by Claudia's voice and her waving me over.
As I make my way over to join her and the rest of the people, I turn to look at Ms. Reed and she's suddenly gone. She disappeared from the spot she was just in a minute ago.
A lot of time has passed on and I assume that there are only a few songs left.
This just made me realize that I haven't spoken with Ms. Reed yet, and that our dance together is soon to be at arrival.
I've been searching the area for her but she's nowhere to be found. All of this searching is making me sweaty so I'm going to go outside for fresh air. Besides, don't shame me, it's a little cool in San Diego in the month of December.
Once I exit the school, I finally see her. It's only a shadow but I know its hers.
This is my chance. It's time to make my way over to her.
She's leaning against her car, scrolling on her phone until she hears my footsteps and forwards all of her attention on to me.
"I have to admit Jules, you do clean up pretty well." Ms. Bodacious once again looks me up and down.
I feel like I'm about to choke again. I can't tell if she's messing with me or not but I feel like she isn't for once.
I clear my throat. "Never thought I'd see you in something that wasn't athletic clothes. Thought you would be more of a dress girl."
Ms. Reed sets her phone on the front of her car, it magically not sliding. "Yeah well, just thought I'd wear this tonight." She looks unimpressed. "Never thought I'd see you in a dress."
I look down at my dress then back at Ms. Reed. "Yeah well, peer pressure, you know? If I didn't have to wear this, I wouldn't."
Ms. Reed hums and crosses her arms. "Shame. It suits you."
I freeze. But before I can think of anything to say back, I hear the muffled voice of the DJ from inside the gymnasium interrupt.
"Alright guys, you have been such an amazing crowd so how about one more song?!"
My chest tightens.
This is it. My first and only chance to ask her for the last dance.
I swallow hard. "Dance with me."
I take my hand out for hers but she exhales sharply and looks around. "I don't know Jules. I don't think that's appropriate."
"No ones going to see. Here." I urge for her to take my hand and she hesitantly accepts.
Our skin has touched each others' very little times but yet her skin feels like home.
I walk us to behind her car to where no one can see us. The fog helping us disappear even more.
My hands press on the lower of her waist and there's a small hitch in her voice. She wraps her hands around my neck. It's awkward and stiff at first until I hear it.
"My love must be a kind of blind love..."
I Only Have Eyes for You by the Flamingos starts playing. One of my all time favorite songs.
As the song keeps playing, we relax more and more into each other's touch. We are still kind of distant from each other but still able to feel each other's breath.
"Your glasses. They're not on your face." I examine her face very closely.
"I prefer not wearing them."
"I think you're more beautiful with them on." I look at her, with my head tilting a little bit. She has an expression which is unreadable.
There's a second of silence until we get to the chorus of the song.
"You really do look beautiful in that dress, Jules. I mean it."
I don't know what to say or do. I feel paralyzed.
Kissing her would be a bad idea right? Probably.
Little by little our bodies are getting closer to each other but neither of us are doing anything to move away. It's getting difficult not to press my lips onto hers but I'm doing good so far.
In the blink of an eye, the song is coming to an end and now all of the students are shuffling out of every entrance of the school; whether it was the front doors or the gymnasium doors. We part before anyone can catch us.
"I guess I'll see you uh,"
"Monday. You'll see me Monday."
"Yes. Monday. Bye Georgia."
Instead of looking angry or looking regretful, Ms. Reed shoots me a smile. Her eyes sparkling even more without her glasses on.
I begin to speed walk my way towards the front of the school to where Claudia's limo was.
All of these obnoxious kids yet I can still hear my heartbeat pounding.
Making my way towards the limo, I remember that I didn't do the last dance with Payton. But it's whatever.
I only have eyes for Georgia Reed.
Authors Words:
I have waited so fucking long to write this chapter and today was finally the day
Hopefully it lived up to ur guy's expectations as much as it lived up to mine <3