I was at my room looking for something to wear at Kevin's sister's party when a knock came from my door.

I stopped looking and headed for the door to open it. To my surprise, it was Ed. He was still wearing the shirt he wore that morning and he looked so sad you could mistake him for the dog in that one Tom and Jerry episode.

"Why so sad? And why haven't you changed yet? It's almost 9 o'clock." I said and looked at him with my forehead all scrunched up. "Weren't you supposed to be with Aubrey, watching a movie?" I asked.

His shoulders slumped when I finished my question. He must be really tired. "She decided to watch the movie with her friends instead, just because I didn't get to pick her up on time. She didn't even let me finish when I tried to explain that my step mom needed help with some of her things left in her old house. So it explains why I look like garbage." He explained.

Honestly, I was mad at Aubrey. She didn't even give Ed the chance to explain. She doesn't have the slightest idea about what Ed's life is like at home. She doesn't have the slightest idea because she doesn't even care for anyone but herself.

"That bitch." I said. Even though Ed likes her so much, she doesn't have the right to treat Ed like that. Nobody has the right to treat a person like that.

"It's okay Sidney." He placed his hands on my shoulders. "I should've told her that I might be late. It's my fault."

I groaned. Love is cruel sometimes. Look what it did to my best friend. He was blaming hisself.

"You want to watch a movie with me instead?" He suggested with obvious hope on his face. And I feel really bad that I had to crush that hope.

I bit my lip. "I'm really sorry, Ed." I apologized and took a deep breath. "I have to go with Kevin at her sister's birthday party." I said.

His face dimmed a little. His eyes were clearly sad, and I felt bad that a quarter of it was my fault (the other is Aubrey's fault of course).

"You want to come? I can tell Kevin right now." I suggested. I planned on giving him autograph from Ryan Tedder, but nothing's better when meeting your idol in person.

He shook his head swiftly. "No. You go and have fun with Kevin. I can find something to do for the night." He said. Before I could even protest, he said goodbye and closed the door of my room, leaving my mouth hung open.

My heart ached. No, everything in me ached. I couldn't believe that I traded something unimportant than the person I really love. People say that love make sacrifices, but no, this isn't a sacrifice. This is a wrong choice.

I should've told Kevin that I couldn't come and watched a movie with Ed instead when the person he likes was mad at him and make him feel better.

I heard a car engine running on our parking lot. At first when I looked through the window, I thought it was Ed. But the car was different. It was familiar. It was Kevin's car.

I groaned and tugged my hair. I reached for my closet and decided to just wear the first thing I see. A t-shirt that says, "Life Sucks". It pretty much explained everything.

Before I could even change, a knock came from my door. I opened it and saw mom standing outside.

"Your friend is here." Mom said, gesturing his head downstairs.

"Tell him I'm not dressed yet." I said.

Mom tilted her head and saw the shirt on my hand. "You're going to wear that?" She asked and I nodded. "Well, you're little friend here looks like brought you something to wear."

I immediately threw the shirt on the floor and ran downstairs. Mom was right. Kevin was on the couch, holding a black long dress on his hand.

It was a beautiful, a little bit, but a not-like-me dress. The sleeves were like as thin as a barbecue stick, the top part looked like it could only cover half of the percent of my top, and the waistline looked like it could only fit a Victoria's Secret model's waist. Not the kind of dress I would ever want to wear, but the kind of dress what Aubrey would go head over heels for.

Kevin stood up from the couch and handed me the dress. "Wear this."

I immediately shook my head in disagreement. "No, I would not wear that. Not ever." I exclaimed.

He frowned, which made me feel guilty. "Why? I.. I personally bought this for you."

Something hit me. Why would he buy me a dress that would make me look like a prostitute? But it looked like I hurted him. I guess the right thing is sometimes a wrong choice.

"Fine, I'll wear it." I said and his eyes immediately glinted with joy. "But, I will wear a blazer." I conditioned. At first, he looked disappointed, but then he nodded.

I excused my self and ran up to my room to change. I put on the dress, and as expected, it was too revealing for me. I never wore anything like it. My back was bare, and it only covered a little but of my chest. With the maxi skirt, I had no problem with since it was a normal maxi skirt. No slits and all. But the top disturbed me big time. If Ed sees this, he would scold me.

Ed........

I pushed the thought back away and looked for my blazer on my closet. When I did, I put it on without closing the buttons.

Horrible mistake.

My chest was still bare. It's like it's not me that I'm seeing in the mirror. It's like I'm a clone of Aubrey and those wannabees at school. How could someone even design a dress like this?

I closed the buttons and looked at myself at the mirror again. Two words flooded my mind. Much Better.

I picked up the purse that I borrowed from mom earlier and went downstairs.

Kevin didn't say a word and just gestured for me to head to the car. I did. And the whole ride to his house, he was silent. Was he mad? I didn't know. Was he disappointed? I didn't know. Was it because of the dress? I didn't care.

When we arrived in front of their house, he finally spoke. "Dad's not here. He's in Mexico. Please be nice to my mom though, she can be a bit cranky sometimes. I think you'll get along with Kelly though, she's a bit just like you. Maybe that's why I like you." He explained.

But I didn't really focus on what he said. My attention was on the facade of his house.

The house was like a modern glass house, surrounded with trees and bushes that was neatly cut. The smell of the surroundings was freshing to my nose. It smelled like nature that never got trashed by mankid. The house itself was neatly designed, an award winning architect must've designed it. The glass that surrounded the house was very pleasing to look at. You could even see the beauty of the interior.

When we reached their what seemed to be humongous back yard, I saw Aubrey. I was confused because Ed said that Aubrey was watching a movie with her friend. Then why is she here?

She saw us and headed towards us. "Hey Kevin!" She greeted. It's Kevin, not Ed, but what did I expect? Of course she'll ignore my presence.

Even though she acted like I wasn't there, I still asked her, "Aren't you supposed to be at the movie theatre?"

She scoffed. "Nothing nice is showing. And didn't Ed tell you that he did something wrong?" She crossed her arms like she owned the world. The world of stupidity, maybe.

I rolled my eyes. She's just so annoying I want to dump her in a dumpster. "He did tell me. But what the hell it wasn't his fault that you're an impatient bitch who doesn't give chances people to speak for thems......"

"Oh shut up!" She cut me off. I could tell that I hit her, because all she did next was roll her eyes and walk away.

"You know, she needed that." Kevin said.

I smiled. "I couldn't agree more."

Kevin and I sat on a table near the front, because he was family and I was sort of his date he said. It sounded weird for me. The term date. And yeah, I've never dated before. And so was Ed. Partly because he's always with me, and partly because he had been inlove with Aubrey for years, and every single day I wonder what he had seen on that girl. I know that Ed is not the kind of guy who's only after for looks.

There was a mini program for her sister, where people get to say a speech in front of everybody. Ryan Tedder even gave a speech. It looked like Kelly and him were really close. Ed would've loved seeing this. But then, if he came, he would only get hurt that Aubrey lied to him and she was here.

Kelly was beautiful, and I ain't lying. She has dark brown hair with a few streaks of red (which I like very much because it proves she's not one of Aubrey), and she has the eyes and lips of Kevin. Like when she looks at you, it's like she's looking through your soul. She also has this egyptian kind of look like Kevin. The only difference they have is that Kevin is tan and Kelly is pale. Despite their skin differences, you could still see the resemblance in them. They both have their father's lips. But the eyes, Mr. Frederick has a different one. Maybe their eyes were from their mom. Kevin did say her mom could get a bit cranky, so the eye resemblane must be a clue.

Just right after that last person to give a speech finished, her mom, Cassandra, gave her a short birthday wish.

I was right. Kevin and Kelly got their amazing eyes from their mom. Their mom was probably around her 40's, I think. She has brown hair just like the rest of her family does. But the way she gave her speech, I could tell she was a bit annoyed that Kelly wore a black tshirt and black pants instead of a dress. I could tell it. She was looking Kelly from head to toe and gave her a warning look.

But I knew better than to say or ask something to Kevin.

Right when I was going to starve to death, the food finally came.

A bunch of waiters came in with a plate for each and everyone. When a waiter placed my plate on my table, I was intimidated to eat it. It looked like it was worth a thousand bucks. Okay, maybe 50 bucks to lessen the exaggeration.

I was staring blankly at my food when I heard a scream that almost broke my eardrums. Like a bell gone off tune, if that's even a thing.

Everybody turned to the sound, and we all saw the no other than Aubrey Hart covered in high quality food.

I know it isn't a dumpster, but I thank my fairy godmother for this. She deserved it.

I looked around to see other people's faces, and they were priceless. They were all holding their laughs. Of course they were keeping it from Aubrey. Aubrey's parents are one of the most richest persons in the country. Mess with her, and then see you jail.

I still wonder why I'm still not a prisoner right now, though. Maybe I'm not annoying her as much as I thought.

She had to take a dramatic exit before everyone forgot about her and continued their meal.

One bite from the meal: Delicious. Two bites from the meal: Amazing. One plate of the meal: Heavenly.

When I finished my food, my stomach was so satisfied that it didn't decide to want to go to the bathroom the whole night. It actually wants more. But, of course, I didn't ask. That would be embarassing.

Without even a warning, Kevin grabbed my hand and dragged me away from our table. To my surprise, he dragged mo to his family's table.

When I faced them. I froze like stone. I was intimidated by his mother's scary aura, and was speechless at his sister's cool vibe. I didn't know what to do. I probably looked crazy standing there like ice.

"Mom, Kelly, this is Sidney. Sidney Stewart." Kevin introduced. Without dissiminating my shocked expression, I did the the most proper thing to do that moment. I shook their hands.

I first shook Kelly's, where she greeted with a smile and a 'nice to meet you'. I felt confortable with her. Like I could talk to her when I wanted to. I never got the chance to ask Kevin, but I'm guessing she's probably just two years older than Kevin. You might actually think that Kevin's the older one if you didn't know them.

Kevin's mom was the opposite of Kelly. Her face was intimidating, but her clothes wee definitely of the charts.

She wore a studded knee-length and sleeveless dress that looked like it's as expensive as my tuition fee for the whole year. She has the curves that no mother usually have. Her eyes were staring deep into mine and when she shook my hand, she scanned me from head to toe.

I'm guessing she doesn't like what I did to the dress Kevin bought me, but didn't say a word. Instead she just nodded at me without saying anything, and got back to her meal.

She ate her meal like 1cm long of food per bite.

Kevin could tell I didn't like being around his mother, so he whispered to my ear that he needs to take me somewhere, and I just said yes.

We went inside his house, and I don't even have the right words to detail everything as perfect as it is. All I could say is that it probably looks like your dream house.

I'm not going to explain the first floor, but they have a grand piano, a flat screen plasma tv that's probably as big as a regular middleschool classroom door, they also had a chandelier with different kinds of crystals, and what mostly caught my eye was a huge painting on the wall.

It wasn't a regular painting, it was like 3D. And not a painting of a fish or anything, it was a painting of their whole family. Each member was probably their exact size in real life. It's like they're actually there. It sounds creepy, yes, but when you look at it clearly it becomes amazing. It probably costs a fortune.

When we finally reached the second floor, there were tons of doors with signs taped that led to who-knows-where. On each wall was a record of probably famous artists that his Dad had signed with. I wasn't surprised when I saw Alanis Morisette's name on one.

Kevin led mo to the far end of the hall. He stopped in front of a door with a musical note taped on it. Wild guess (not really), it's his music room.

Kevin swung the door open, and I was right. But it wasn't any ordinary music room. It was like a huge recording studio.

Lots of instruments were in the room. The piano, guitar, violin, harp, maracas, and even a tambourine. There was also a recording studio and a snack machine. Even though it had tons of instruments inside this room, the space was still huge, you can still dance in the middle.

"This is amazing, Kevin." I said in astonishment. My eyes were still wandering around the room in awe.

He smiled like he was proud he did something right. "Can you play an instrument?" He asked.

"A voice is an instrument, right?" I asked, joking.

"Yeah, you could record inside if you want to." He said and I didn't expect him to take my joke seriously.

I shook my head. "No thanks." I said, biting my lip and acted normal. Like I didn't say any joke.

The atmosphere around the room suddenly became quiet. I didn't know what to say, and it seemed like so was Kevin. We were facing each other like two year olds that were forced to be friends with each other.

I was fiddling with the hem of my coat when Kevin finally spoke. "Hey, Sidney." He called. He seemed shy about what he was going to say next. He was scratching the back of his neck. "Do you, uh, already have a date to, you know. Prom?"

"Uh, no." I said hesitantly because I already knew where it was going.

There was a bit of smile on his lips. Like a tiny twitch. "Will you go to the prom with me?"

I didn't answer. I just looked at him.

Should I say yes? Should I go to prom?

Prom doesn't really sound like a big deal, but it is to me. With what happened last year, I don't ever want to get nominated again.

He was looking at me like he was really hoping I would say yes, and I was tempted. Why don't he just find someone prettier to date with at prom? It's not like I'm the only girl in the world.

But then I came to think of it. A few months ago, I would've laughed at myself. But now, I really did want to go to prom.

I thought about what Ed told me. That he would be my date if it is the only thing that would make me want to go to prom. But am I really that selfish to take away his chance to Aubrey?

I sighed. Kevin is here, asking me to be his date, and Ed could be happy to go to prom with Aubrey.

"Sure." I simply said. He looked at me with glint in his eyes and he smiled as wide as the London Bridge. He looked so happy that he hugged me tight. I was too shocked that I didn't hug him back, but I didn't tell him to let go either.

Some sort of warmth spreaded on my chest. Like it was something so amazing I'd like to feel it forever. It's like I was happy that I made Kevin happy. I couldn't understand the feeling.

He finally let go and faced me with still absolute smile on his face. "Thank you, Sidney." He said. "I was a bit afraid that you were gonna turn me down, since you said no to every guy who asked you." He chuckled. I could tell that he was proud because it was him who got me to say yes.

I couldn't even believe I said yes. Ed would be happy that I'm going to prom, for sure. Ed....

"Kevin, can you drive me to Ed's house?" I asked. "I need to talk to him."

He looked at me with a bit of disappointment. "Why? Aren't you happy hanging out with me?" He asked.

"No. It's not that." I immediately said before he could have said anything else. "He just needs me right now. Please?" I pleaded. He looked hesitant for a moment, but he nodded.

He drove me to Ed's house. When we arrived, I just said a simple goodbye and walked out of the car. I went towards their front door and knocked.

Ed opened it and when I saw him, he had a bruise on his face.

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