Chapter 13- Expectaions Vs Reality

                                    

                                          
Today is the engagement party that my dad and Ariana are throwing. I have not yet worn my new clothes because Ashley said that it would be better if I showed off at the engagement party so here we are getting ready. When I went to school on Monday, nobody noticed me because I wore my normal clothes and wasn't talking to Shawn. But I'm done being stuck in his shadow, I'm done not being noticed. 
                          
I made Mason invite Shawn because I don't have the courage to talk to him after what happened. 
                          
"And done!" Ashley says while adding the finishing touch on my make up. I stand up and take a look in the mirror and what I see makes me almost not even recognize myself. 
                          
"So... What do you think?" She asks and I smile 
                          
"I love it! I look-"
                          
"Beautiful" She says with a smile and I hug her. 
                          
"Thank you" 
                          
"No problem" She says and the bell rings, I get up but she stops me. 
                          
"Once everyone gets here, we are gonna make a dramatic entrance. We can ask Thomas to announce us. Let the maids get it for once" She says and I chuckle as she pulls me out the door 
                          
"Thomas? Mom?" Ashley asks while knocking on dads door and he answers 
                          
"Hello girls, wow you two look dashing" He says in a sophisticated tone
                          
"Thanks Thomas, um as stupid as this sounds we were wondering if once the guest arrive if you could announce us so we can make a dramatic entrance?" 
                          
"Of course! Anything for my girls" he says while hugging the both of us 
                          
"Liv, Mr Parker, Shawn and his mother are here" Our maid Clara says and I start freaking out. I think Ashley sensed my nerves because she grabbed my hand and pulled me back into my room 

                          
"W-what am I gonna do? H-he's h-here a-and I... I... I don't know w-what to do" I stutter, I tend to do that whenever I'm nervous. 
                          
"Hey, you can do this. Breathe, just breathe" she says and I take a couple deep breaths
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All of the guests have just arrived so me and Ashley are waiting at the top of the stairs. We hear the clanking of glass and we know that it's out cue to pay  attention 
                          
"Hello everyone, we are so glad to have you all here to celebrate our engagement tonight. Our daughters really took this as a shock, but they learned to get along so here they are Ash, Liv come on down" My father says and I stand there in shock. My dad has never called me Liv, Ariana must have really changed him
                          
Ashley pulls my hands and we go downstairs as everyone claps. I look over in the crowd and I can't help but notice that Shawn and his guy friends are just staring at me
                          
If you got it, flaunt it. Stacy's words play in my head. She's right, if Shawn can move on then so can I. 
                          
Ashley walks over to her friends and I walk over to Mason. He hasn't talked to Beth since Sunday, he believes that "Sholivia" (our ship name) has to happen, but he doesn't get that certain things in life don't turn out the way we expect them to
                          
"Hey baby bear" yup I still all him that. 
                          
"I really wish you'd stop calling me that" he wines and I put on my thinking face 
                          
"Let me think about that....... No" I say with a chuckle while messing up his hair and we both laugh. 
                          
"You look amazing"