Chapter 112
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"Aspen, you've been saying that since we left the mall" Carolina says with an annoyed tone as she stops at a red light
We've been driving for five minutes but it feels like forever.
I was so hungry that I practically shoved my food down my throat which resulted in the horrible stomachache that I have now.
"Maybe you shouldn't have scarfed down your food so quickly" she says as we pull into Charlotte's driveway
"But it was so good" I complain as I unbuckle my seatbelt
She rolls her eyes at me as we grab our dresses and get out of the car.
As we walk through the door Charlotte immediately runs up to me and hugs me tight.
"Ouch" I squeak out which makes her pull away
"Are you okay?" She asks with a concerned facial expression
"I have a terrible stomachache" I say as I look over to Carolina who winks at me and walks away
"You should've stopped eating when your stomach started hurting" Charlotte says with a smile as she takes my shopping bag
"I know, but the food was so good" I say as I imagine the food
The flavorful rice and sweet chicken.
"Babe, you're drooling" she comments which causes me to reach up to my lips, where I am in fact drooling
I blush in embarrassment and turn away from her before I make my way towards the stairs.
As I enter Charlotte's room I kick off my sneakers before laying on her bed.
Charlotte walks in not too long after me and sets my wrapped dress in her closet. She closes her door before walking over to me and maneuvering me so that I'm sitting in between her legs.
My back is against her stomach and pelvis while my head is on her chest.
She starts to massage my shoulders which makes me hum in appreciation.
My girlfriend is the best.
Prom is in an hour and everything that could possibly go wrong is going wrong.
Carolina randomly got the flu three days ago.
None of us know how she got it, heck, she doesn't even know how she got it.
Kayden spontaneously fractured his arm five days ago.
I think Carolina and him bumped each other too hard, if you know what I mean.
And Charlotte is stressing out more than normal.
It's gotten to the point where she's locked herself in the dining room.
She's been acting weird for a few days now.
Whenever her phone rings, she immediately checks it. After reading the notification she either makes a lame excuse as to why she has to leave or she just gets up and leaves.
I've tried to talk to her about it but she just blocks me out.
I'm not the only one that thinks that is weird, right?!
"What the hell is happening?" I yell out in frustration as Kayden walks into the kitchen
I'm so confused.
How did all of this happen in such a short amount of time!
"You're asking the wrong person" he says as he reaches up and takes a cosmic brownie from my snack cabinet. He attempts to open it but ultimately fails since he only has one arm.
"Hey, that's mine!" I yell at him with annoyance but don't take it from him since he's recently been injured
Whatever, I'll just start hiding my snacks.
"Aspen, have some sympathy for us crippled people" Kayden says with an eye roll
Is he serious right now?!
"Incase you haven't noticed I have the same cast" I say as I hold up my three week old cast
I'm so happy that I'm getting it taken off next week.
He glances over at me and sucks his lips into his mouth as he turns his attention back to the, still unopened, cosmic brownie.
"Oh" he says with a tone of realization
"Yeah, oh" I say with an eye roll
I suddenly see someone moving, rather slowly, out the corner of my eye.
I turn my head in the direction of the figure only for my eyes to widen in shock when they land on a lifeless looking Carolina that's leaning against the kitchen door frame.
She looks worse than she did this morning.
She's very pale.
Her messy bun is basically a knot on the top of her head.
Her under eye bags are a grey-ish color.
And she can barely stand on her own two feet.
"Carolina?" I say in shock which causes Kayden to drop his brownie and face her with wide eyes
"Babe, What are you doing?!" He says with a half scolding half soft tone as he makes his way towards her
"I missed you" she rasps out quietly as she slowly closes her eyes
What I've noticed is that Carolina has been way more clingy towards Kayden ever since she's been sick.
Kayden doesn't seem to mind though.
"I missed you too, but you need to stay in bed" he says with a sweet tone as he grabs her hands
"Can you please lay with me? It's boring without you" she says with a tired tone
She kind of looks like she's on the verge of falling asleep right now.
"Of course" he says with a smile before he carefully picks her up and carries her out of the kitchen
Wow.
They're so random.
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Prom started an hour ago.
I'm currently dressed and ready for prom but Charlotte still won't come out of the dining room.
I wouldn't be so concerned if it wasn't dead silent in there.
I knock on the dining room door for the fifth time in thirty minutes.
"Babe, can you please come out" I ask as I lean against the doorframe
I suddenly hear the doorknob violently jiggle which causes me to jump back in shock. The door swings open to reveal a stressed looking Charlotte.
Her beautiful blonde hair is in a messy bun.
Her gorgeous green eyes are slightly dull but hid behind a pair of reading glasses.
Her lips are very red and swollen which tells me that she's been biting them.
Plus she's slightly biting them right now.
"Hey, are you okay?" I ask her in a worried tone as I place a hand lovingly on her shoulder so that I could get a better look at her face
She looks down at me and smiles.
"Have I ever told you how cute you are?" She says as she wraps her arms around my waist
"Charlotte" I say in a warning tone
"Aspen, please," she says as the smile falls from her face
"I don't want to talk about it" she says
"Fine, but when you are ready I'll be there for you" I say which makes her smile
"Is that a 'Friends' reference?" She questions which causes me to blush
"Maybe," I say as she laughs
"Go get ready you dork, we're already an hour late" I say as I gently push her away from me
"Yes, your highness" she teases as she walks out of the kitchen and up the stairs
I roll my eyes at her as I inwardly laugh.
She's such a goofball, but I hope she's okay.
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Not too long after Charlotte got dressed in her basic tux, we arrived at our high school where we paid for our tickets and entered our schools prom.
We walked down the main hall before reaching our main gym.
"Wow" I say as I enter the gym and see the beautiful job that the decorating committee did
They replicated an 'under the sea' type of look and it's amazing.
There are blue lights all around the gym which makes it appear a dark blue shade. There are also some various shades of blue balloons all over the gym floor, walls, and ceiling.
They also put out some cardboard cutouts of buried treasure, fishes, and starfishes. Along with streamers and a disco ball.
They went overboard in a good way.
"They did a good job" Charlotte says as we make our way towards an empty table
As soon as we reach the table I go to pull out my chair only for Charlotte to beat me to it. I blush as I thank her and take a seat in the chair.
She quickly sits across from me just as our principal walks on stage.
"Hello, Seawood High students," he greets with a professional tone
"I'm here to announce that the prom queen and prom king drawing will be held soon, so make sure you vote which is being held out in the hallway" he says with an emotionless tone
Charlotte and I both decided that we weren't going to vote for anyone.
Mainly because we don't know anyone on the ballot.
I see some girls and their dates stand up and briefly exit the gym before making their way towards the voting table.
"If you need a quick refreshment or snack the snack table is over there against the wall," he says as he points to the right side of the room where the large snack table is resting
They put a bunch of treats over there.
Like multiple types of wafers, some packs of gummy candy, various types of Oreo cookies, buffalo wings, pepperoni and cheese pizzas, bags of chips, chocolate and vanilla cupcakes, various types of finger sandwiches, various cans of soda, and two punch bowls.
"That's all" he says before he strides off the stage with a stiff posture
The DJ resumes her catchy upbeat music that makes the whole gym vibrate because of how loud the speakers are.
Many couples make their way onto the dance floor and dance as if nobody is watching.
"Do you want to dance?" Charlotte asks me with an amused expression as she notices me staring at the dance floor
Shit, she caught me.
"Yeah" I say as I start to blush from embarrassment since she caught me staring
We stand up and make our way towards the makeshift dance floor.
Once we reach it we just move our bodies around and hope that it resembles dancing.
Because lets be honest, we have no idea how to dance.
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