Bri pulls out a black skater dress and applies minimal makeup. She looks beautiful. Her long dirty blonde hair flows behind her like a cape. She matched the dress with some small heels.

   "What do you think?" Bri twirls around so I can look at the full outfit.

   "Cute," I say.

   "Hail, is everything alright?" She leans forward to look at me and puts a hand on my shoulder.

   "Yeah, everything's fine. I'm just not in a party mood right now." That's part of the reason. Will loved to party. And with everything that happened, I really don't want to see his face. I know a party's what I need right now, to relax and get my mind off him.

   I can't help but think "what if he's there?", "what if I have to see him", "will he speak to me?", "do I acknowledge his existence?" Multiple scenarios play out in my mind, some are good encounters, some are bad.

   "Hailey, I know you. I know you're playing out crazy scenarios in your head. But you have to trust me on this. You'll be fine. Plus, who knows, some other guy could catch your eye." I roll my eyes.

   I take out a black lace lined tank, crop top and put a jean jacket over it and decided to wear black skinny jeans and sandals to complete the look. I pull my brown, wavy hair into a slightly messy ponytail. Some of the smaller pieces that don't reach the hair tie and fall beside my face. I apply more makeup than Brianna but still keep it natural enough so that I don't look like a clown.

   "Hailey, you look beautiful. You are so going to kick William's ass in that outfit." Brianna smiles at me and I smile back. For the first time, I do feel cute. Not because anyone gave me a compliment, or because I needed reassurance that I was enough; I looked in the mirror and I felt cute and enough.
   "Come on, we don't want to be late!

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   After spending an hour singing along to Heathers in the car, we arrive at Joe's house. There's already a handful of people from high school here. Bri grabs my hand and leads me to where Joe is.

   "Oops. Sorry. Pardon me. Excuse me. Sorry." I say, apologizing to all the people Bri has us running into.

   "Oh, sorry." I say again. But this time, the girl looks back at me with disgust. It was just an accident, I think. The girl huffs and rolls her milk chocolate eyes. Her bangs cover most of her forehead and her freckles on her cheeks make small constellations.

   Before I can look at what else she looks like, she turns away and Brianna tugs my arm. The interaction lasted only a few seconds, but time seemed to slow down.

   A small smile creeps into my face and I feel a wave of heat rush to my cheeks. I walk around to talk to some of my old friends from senior year. We catch up with one another; explaining who broke up with who, who got together, whose in college.

   It doesn't take long for my night to go downhill though. I turn around after talking to Quinn Riddell, he played Simba in The Lion King, and suddenly my heart sinks. It feels like my entire world has been ripped apart and torn into a million pieces.

   There he was, he was here. And he was here with me her.

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