Chapter 2

“Lucy, I am going to do your hair, nails and makeup because Toby is taking you to the junior prom. This was all planned and everything is all set with your mom and my dad.” Heather said surprising.

“But I don’t have a dress or shoes or a hairstyle picked out. Nothing was planned.” I protested.

“Oh. But something was planned. Do you remember Toby asking you what your dress size you were? Well, he texted me your answer and I went dress shopping for you. He also knew your shoe size by looking on the bottom of your sandals. Now if you trust me, let me get started.”

Heather started painting my nails this silverfish color and she also painted my toes the same color. Once she was done with the nails, she moved onto the hair because it took the longest. The makeup was very easy to put on but Heather didn’t want to have my dress all smeared with makeup. A couple hours later, my hair was all twisted and curled. It was lovely and I couldn’t ask for anything better.

“Are you ready to see your dress? I can’t wait to see your reaction to the color I chose for you.”

She had me close my eyes as she got the dress out of her closet. One of her traits was a perfectionist. If she was going to show me the dress, the dress had to be hanging straight so I could see. The color of the dress was a long, strapless white dress. But at the bottom, it merged into black but the white went through shades before going to black. The shoes to go with it were silver to match my nails.

“On the count of three, I want you to open your eyes. One, two… THREE!” Heather exclaimed.

When I opened my eyes, a gasp escaped my mouth. The dress was so beautiful. Heather did a really nice job picking out this beautiful dress. I couldn’t have asked for anything better. She told me that she went a small size that what I said because of the b**b area. My only question was when I could put it on. I was able to take my clothes off with no problem. And Heather told me to strip naked. NAKED!

So I’m naked in Heather’s room while she gets a strapless bra and underwear that I had to wear under my dress. I was so antsy to get into my dress that I couldn’t wait. Heather unzipped the dress from the hanger, brought it over to me and asked me to step into the dress. It was really easy but I had to be careful because of my knee. Reality was starting to sink in as I was holding the dress so Heather could zipper it up. She started to dress me up in all of this makeup and then jewelry before the shoes. I couldn’t thank her enough for doing this for me. My dress fits perfect but my only worry was if my feet were gonna fit in the shoes since I have wide feet. The shoes were silver and there was a strap that went around my ankle so the shoe wouldn’t fall off. After my shoes were on, Heather decked me out with the final touches. She finally let me see the finish product before I went down to see Toby.

Turning around towards the mirror, excitement was flowing inside of me. Tears of joy were being released from my eyes. I have never felt so beautiful in forever. Everything was starting to feel right. The way the dress hugged my b**b area and wouldn’t fall down. My hair was amazing, thanks to the way Heather pulled it up and back so no hair would go into my eyes or on my neck. The jewelry complemented my dress and so did the makeup and honestly, I didn’t want a lot of makeup. My shoes were the right size and I was able to manage to walk in heels. The dress color was amazing. I guess tonight will really be a fairytale after all. Heather was ready to bring me down to Toby where he was waiting patiently for me.

Walking in high heels was a little bit awkward but I was able to maneuver in them quite well actually.

“When we walk down the stairs, I want you to be three steps behind me so Toby can be really surprised and wowed at the same time. He doesn’t know anything about the style of the dress or shoes I bought for you or the hairstyle. This I kept all a secret.” Heather informed me.

I didn’t really care what happened as long as I was able to surprise Toby with my beauty. Watching Heather walk onto the fourth step, I picked up my dress and started slowly walking down the stairs. There was a banister that blocked the view so Toby won’t see me until the bottom step. Heather told me to wait for her to start speaking before going onto the bottom step for everyone to see. The only thing you could hear was the sound of my heels going down the stairs and my heart beating a mile a minute. Heather was out of my sight as I hit the last three stairs.

“I have never seen someone so beautiful as Lucy. She was very surprised at the color and style of the dress and shows. I think you will be really amazed when she turned that corner.” Heather wrapped it up.

I slowly made my way down the last three steps. At first, Toby could only see my feet, but that’s because he was looking down. He didn’t look up until I was off the stairs. Toby slowly raised his head and studied the masterpiece that his sister produced. Words couldn’t describe the way I look. Only Toby’s expression would be able to also describe it. I smiled at him and put out my hand so both our hands can touch. For all of the hours I’ve spent with Heather, I’ve been yearning to be near Toby. To finally be able to touch Toby was a breath taker.

“You look absolutely amazing. My sister did an amazing job. I couldn’t be more ‘wowed’”. Toby finally spoke.

I walked over to where Toby was standing and threw myself into his arms. I was able to smell the cologne that he dashed on before we left for the prom. But before we left, pictures had to be taken. Mrs. MacStar was the photographer until it was time for her to take pictures with the couple. At first, Mrs. MacStar started taking random pictures of me and Toby being crazy. It was time to take the serious pictures and Toby put the nice corsage on my wrist. I was able to relax into Toby’s arms but my head had to rest in the crook of his neck with my hands overlapping his and I had to smile because it was a picture. After we took pictures together, Toby got pictures with his sister, Heather. They ended being crazy as they are brother and sister. It was my turn to take pictures with Heather, my designer. We didn’t do anything crazy because I was in high heels. The next set of pictures was of me, Toby and Heather. There were formal pics and then we ended up doing something crazy, but not too crazy as I was in high heels. Mrs. MacStar handed the camera over to me so I could take the pictures but it didn’t last for long. Everyone looked so handsome and beautiful. I had requested a group photo of everyone including Mrs. MacStar. We put the camera on auto shot and we all ran together to jump. After all the photos were taken, Toby snatched the camera to take a look of all the pictures that were taken. His favorite one was of me and him. I think that’s my favorite of all of them besides the one that we all jumped in. These pictures are definitely going up onto Facebook. So my mom could see how affectionate we are.

Before we knew it, the limo pulled up. It wasn’t just me and Toby who was going to be in the limo. Max and his date were already inside along with one other Toby’s friend. The driver didn’t mind us taking pictures before we actually went to the prom. It was more torture for me because of the high heels being in pain for my knee and for my right foot. Everyone reentered the limo and we were off to the junior prom.

“Thank you so much for taking me to prom. It means the world to me that I’m here with you.” I whispered into his ear.

When we arrived, I was the first one to exit the limo followed by Toby and his friends and their dates. It was going to be a wonderful night. Toby had out tickets in his tuxedo jacket. He handed them to the door people who allowed us inside. The music was pumping. The first thing I do is try to find our table so we could eat dinner and dance the night away. We were sitting near the buffet but I wasn’t hungry so we headed for the dance floor. The music was pumping when all of us entered the floor. It was so crowded that I could barely see where Toby’s friends were. Seeing Toby dance was quite a show and to be honest, I can’t really dance so I just followed Toby and enjoyed myself. The majority of my favorite songs were playing. When you have a good beat, you have a good grove. I think you could see me start to sweat just a little before we sat down to eat. You didn’t have to wait for your table to be called. You just had to walk up, grab a plate, and start piling food on it. We also got drinks when you went down the line. Our utensils and napkins were already at our table when we got there. Max and his friends with their dates sat at our table too.

I didn’t put too much food on my plate knowing that my nerves are still acting up. I was also trying not to make a mess while in my prom dress. When I tried to stab a piece of salad, you can tell how shaky and nervous I was. It was really weird because I wasn’t trying to make it obvious. Everyone was having a good time especially me. But one dance I had to sit out. My feet were hurting me so much that I had to sit down but I told Toby I would join him on the next song. I kinda felt that the room was closing in on me and it was hard to breathe. They allowed people to go out on the porch to either cool off or grab some fresh air. I was one of those people who need the fresh air. There were a couple of empty benches outside and I chose one to be exact.  I was trying to take in everything that has happened so far tonight. Toby was still on the dance floor when I was sitting outside. The song ended and Max and his friends were able to find Toby this time around.

“Have any of you seen Lucy? She said her feet hurt and she sat down. I just can’t seem to find her.” Toby asked without trying to worry.

Not too long ago, Toby got a text message from me saying where I was and trying to find me.  I don’t think it would take Toby that long to find me considering there was only one bench in the corner where I was sitting. He came over with a what-the-f**k-is-wrong-with-you look.

“I couldn’t breathe in there. I felt so claustrophobic. And I was shaking so badly that I felt like fainting.” I replied.

Toby put his arm around me to comfort me. I ended up giving in and started to cry so hard that I was shaking. I hated feeling like being left out. I was fine with going to the prom with Toby but I get very emotional. As soon as I stopped, Max and his date found us and got us back grooving on the dance floor. The rest of the night was amazing. Max and his date were crowned the junior prom queen and king. The whole limo was buzzing with gossip of how the evening went. Toby and I had gotten in the limo first because we were the last stop to be dropped off at a different house.

The house turned out to be Toby’s dad’s house. It was another surprise but not exactly. I knew that Toby goes to his dad’s house on the weekend but since it was prom, I thought he would stay at his mom’s apparently, my thoughts were confusing me. I couldn’t really think straight. Lately, this has been happening. Maybe it’s because I’ve been spending so much time with Toby. But it couldn’t be. Toby got out first and then I had to scotch my way out. At one point, my legs were sticking to the seat of the limo. When Toby saw me coming to the end, he held out his hand like a gentleman to help me up and out. He, then, closed the door of the limo and walked me up the walkway to the front of the house.

“This is my dad’s house. We will be spending the whole weekend here. You already have permission to sleep over. Heather came over to take out your hair and have your dress back on its original hanger. Your clothes for the weekend are already here.”

Before I entered the house, I took my shoes off because they were hurting my feet so badly. To have my feet on the some-what cold cement meant everything to me. I was able to wrap my arms (even though I’m holding my shoes) around his neck to pull him down so I could have a reassuring kiss.  That reassuring kiss turned into a bunch more kisses before we actually went inside. The cold was getting to me and that was when we finally decided to go in. Heather was sitting at the kitchen table with her father having a hot cup of coffee before bed. They didn’t notice us until they were hearing the chatter of my teeth.

Heather got up from her seat and asked me to follow her up the stairs to her room (again) but in her father’s house. First things first were to get me out of the dress. My bra was bothering me so much that it hurt. It was one of those strapless ones. Once my dress was off, Heather attacked my hair. She didn’t use a lot of hairspray but enough to hold my hair back for the night. After forty-five minutes of pulling out pins from my head. Heather had to wash my hair so all the hairspray and hair products were out. I was able to take a full shower to get the prom smell off of me. When I got out of the shower, I got dressed in a tank top and shorts. Heather braided my hair as it was still wet. She went to go say her goodbyes to Toby and her dad before she said goodbye to me. I ended up finding my way to Toby’s room where he was already changed into boxers and his shorts. You could tell that the both of us was really tired as we climbed into bed.

Toby turned off his lights and closed the door once he saw me inside his bed. I uncovered myself so Toby could come into bed and recover the both of us. He started to kiss me. I didn’t mind if he was doing that. It just meant that the both of us were wicked tired and kissing was helpful. Except he was sinking in and wanted more than just a kiss. He started out gentle and soft but then it was rougher.

“Would you be alright if we had sex tonight?” Toby asked as he was almost out of breath.

“I don’t mind. I would give up myself to you even if it wasn’t prom night. You are my only love.”

It was true, Toby was my only love and I would give myself to him. He went back to deep kissing. We ended up rolling me onto my back with Toby on top of me. I still have the headache from yesterday but now it’s going more into dizziness. I remember Toby moving his lips from my mouth to my neck. He was only nibbling but it kinda hurt. I was able to take my tank top off as it was drenched in sweat. Before I knew it, Toby had my bra off of me in seconds and both (my tank top and bra) were thrown off the side of my bed. Toby had to tell me before that this was fun. He explored my top half. It was amazing. Toby actually made me realize that I am important. He kept teasing around my short line but always ended up back to my mouth.

“Go inside me. Please bring me to paradise.” I whispered in his ears.

 He had my go ahead to continue on. At first, his hand found me and just started to bring me to my peak. He got my shorts off in less time than taking my bra off. Next came the underwear where at that point, I started to tug at these shorts. That was when he got the clue that I truly wanted it. He took his shorts off but he had to roll off so he could pull his shorts down and off. As soon as they were off, Toby got right back on and started to kiss me. I went straight for his boxers. I started out by grabbing and searching for him. When I found him, it was like a present and my eyes were big. He, then, told me to take his boxers off and I did. Once they were off, I threw them with the rest of the clothes. I sat up to where his head was and pulled it back down so I could kiss him. I continued to do that as he slipped inside. I barely made a noise but I could feel the beat and the heat. I let him take over because honestly I was so dizzy that I felt like passing out. I remember telling Toby that I was really dizzy. When he stopped, he rolled over so I could get comfortable in his chest. This pain wasn’t going away. Maybe closing my eyes might help. I did that and it got worse.

“Toby, I don’t feel so good.”

That was when I grabbed my stomach and bolted right up. Toby knew something was wrong and grabbed the closest thing. Everything came out all at once. It sounded like I was choking but I wasn’t. My whole body was shaking. While Toby called his dad upstairs, he put a sweatshirt and his shorts on me and his boxers on him so we both wouldn’t be naked. Toby didn’t bother to turn the lights on because he was so concerned about me. Mr. MacStar came into Toby’s room as my stomach contents were being emptied into the bucket. He switched the lights on to see where we were. When he looked inside the bucket, all Mr. MacStar saw was blood. His immediate reaction was to take me to the hospital so they could see why I was throwing up blood.

“Toby, get her dressed and we need to take her to the hospital. Throwing up blood is not a good thing especially for her age.”

Hearing the word “hospital” always gives me the creeps. I waited for Mr. MacStar to leave the room so I could get dressed. I shrugged off Toby’s shorts and put my underwear on. I had to take off Toby’s comfy purple sweatshirt so I could put my bra and tank top on but Toby said I could put his sweatshirt back on. He also gave me a pair of his basketball shorts to wear. Those things are wicked comfy. Once I was completely dressed, I had the urge to throw up again. Toby got dressed faster than I did. It also looked like my bucket was going for a ride. I honestly felt like s**t.

Mr. MacStar was already in his blue pickup truck waiting for the two of us to get in. Toby got in first so I could be next to the door if I needed any air. He put his arm around me as I lifted my head so I could rest and tried not to throw up while in the truck. I felt myself going in and out and I also heard Toby’s soft voice. I think he was trying to tell me to stay with him until we got to the hospital. It was to a point where I ended up putting my head into Toby’s shoulder and sighed. But I didn’t stay there for long. I felt another wave of nausea come on and I thought it would cause me more pain so I pushed the button to lower the window for some fresh air. Having my head up against the window felt amazing. I felt Mr. MacStar’s truck stop short. That was when everything came back up after I thought everything had settled.