Feeling safe, calm, and relaxed is how I would describe my mood and emotions right now. I am waking up next to Ace and I couldn't be more happy about it.
"You two are the most boring people to watch sleep," Blake utters.
We both stare at him in shock well Ace more than me.
"When did you get here," Ace asks.
"About thirty minutes ago," Blake says.
"Why, why did you have to come and ruin my sleep." Ace gets out of bed and walks over to the bathroom.
"Because I need your guy's help with something," Blake says.
"Let me take a wild guess, you need our help to ask your girlfriend to prom," I say jokingly.
"Correct," Blake says.
"Fine we will help," Ace says from the bathroom. "Only if after you are done explaining all the details you get your ass out of my house."
"Yes sir." Blake does a salute towards Ace, which in my opinion isn't terrible.
"Okay so give me the information," I ask.
"So I am gonna need you to take Alexis away for almost the whole day. I already spoke with Gracie and she is gonna help me decorate."
"Is that all," I ask.
"No, I'm gonna need to use your house Ace. I have the idea in my head and if I am able to use your house then everything will work," Blake says confidently.
"How long is this gonna take," Ace asks.
"About an hour and we can all hangout afterward," Blake suggests.
"Fine but what if she says no," Ace says. I give his arm a slight punch. "I mean she would never so hanging out is a perfect idea."
"I agree. Blake are you sure Alexis won't suspect anything if Gracie isn't hanging out with us today," I ask.
"No I got that covered," he says.
"Okay sounds good to me, I will call Alexis up and ask if she's free. What time should I bring her here?"
"Six," Blake says.
"Sounds good, now leave," Ace says.
"I'm gonna be back here at three to start setting up," Blake says.
Blake runs out of the house not wanting to be caught up in a fight with Ace.
"Okay, you could've been nicer."
"What did I say," Ace repeats.
"Nothing but."
"But I would have if he wasn't smirking the whole time," he states.
"Maybe, he's just excited about tonight."
"I doubt it," Ace says. "Also you could ask Alexis if she would like to go prom dress shopping today."
"That's a brilliant idea."
"Just make sure that you are also looking for one."
"I will try, sometimes my taste in dresses can be very picky."
"As long as your trying I'll be happy," ace says. "Breakfast will be ready soon." He plants a kiss on my forehead and walks downstairs to start getting breakfast ready.
****
"So why did Gracie not want to come today," Alexis asks me.
"Didn't you hear?"
"Hear what," she says.
"Gracie got in major trouble for something, Ace tried explaining it to me but Blake doesn't give information well."
"I'm going to call her just in case," Alexis says and dials Graice's number.
"Gracie me and Mia are going shopping do you want to join," Alexis says.
"Sorry Lex can't talk now," Gracie says in a whisper.
"Grace!" We could hear her mom yell downstairs. "Si subo y estás hablando por teléfono, saldrás."(Translate: If I come upstairs and you are on that phone, you will be out.)
Me and Lex look at each other in shock because we never hear Gracie's mom on the phone. Also, we never hear her parents speak, let alone speak Spanish.
"Okay, well see you later," Alexis says in a whisper.
Gracie doesn't say anything back. She quickly hangs up the phone.
"If I were Gracie I would be praying to God right now," Alexis says.
"Agreed," I tell her.
****
"So what are we exactly looking for," Alexis asks me.
"Well, I wanted to look for a prom dress," I say.
"That's perfect considering the fact that Blake might ask me if I should start looking for one," she says with excitement. "Do you know when Ace will ask you?"
"No, I don't. However, we were talking about it last night during our date."
"Wait Mia you went on another date with him," Alexis says.
"Yes, I went on a date with my boyfriend."
"I know he's your boyfriend and all but I'm just excited. How did it happen? Where did you guys go? Did he pay for everything? Why didn't you invite us over to help you get ready?"
Alexis proceeded to interrogate me with more questions.
"Lex chill out. Ace did pay for everything because that's how he is. We were studying for his ACT test, and then he asked for a break. I said okay and went to the bathroom but when I came back out I found a note telling me how the date was going to happen."
"That's adorable. I swear if you guys don't get married love will not exist in the world," she says.
"Whatever," I say.
****
"That color will look amazing on you." Alexis points out.
"Maybe, I'm going to look around for a bit and if I find one I like then I will call you," I say.
"Same goes for me," she says.
We part ways and go to different areas of the store. I rummage through so many dresses with many details on them. I didn't have a dress in mind but I knew I wanted either a blue, purple or red.
"Are you finding everything okay?" One of the employees asked me.
"Yes just looking," I say with a smile.
"Okay well let me know if you need anything," she says and walks off.
I keep looking and try to at least find one dress that I like. Almost all of the dresses are either too expensive or have too much detail on them.
"Mia, Mia, Mia," Alexis says while running into me. "I found the most perfect dress for you."
"For me?"
"Yes! Now you have to come and see it," she says and drags me along to go look at the dress.
It was a red dress, that had a little bit of detailing at the top but the body of the dress was covered in a sparkle texture. The dress looked gorgeous on the mannequin, but would it look good on me?
"Try it on, you have to," Lex says.
"Okay fine," I say.
We found an employee to help us get the dress off the mannequin.
***
"Now it's just gorgeous," Alexis says as I come out.
"I mean I can't argue with you because it truly is. The dress fits my body amazingly and outlines my curves so well," I say.
"You need to get it," she says.
"I don't know," I say and check the price tag. "1,150 dollars, now that's a no."
"Mia come on, treat yourself," Alexis says.
"I don't want to spend that much. I limited myself to only one thousand dollars, even though Ace is paying I still wanted to stay under budget."
"Mis your boyfriend is paying for it and I am pretty sure Ace would say spend as much as you want," Alexis says.
"Fine, I'll get it."
"Yay!"
****
We spend the rest of the afternoon looking around at dresses for Lex. She only found one that she liked and wanted it to be ordered to her house instead of buying it at the store.
"Do you want to head back home now," I ask her.
"Yeah, I'm getting pretty tired," Lex says.
"Same, we could go to Ace's house," I ask her.
"Why, did he invite us?"
"Yes he did, I forgot to mention that he wanted to have everyone over for a bonfire and some hot tub time."
"Sounds fun, let's go!"
****
"Do you think Gracie will be here?"
"I don't know, but maybe," I say.
"Only one way to find out," she says.
As we walk into Ace's house. I start recording on my phone.
There is Taylor Swift music playing in the background and rose petals on the floor.
"Alexis, don't blame me for forgetting what to say. I always thought we had bad blood towards each other but recently I have learned to tolerate it. Call it what you want but please be mine. Also, get ready for it because this is not a glitch in the universe but a good way to make some sparks fly. You are the 1 for me, Alexis. I think that you are incredibly gorgeous, fearless, and the happiness in my life. Alexis Taylor look what you made me do, you got me making this a part of our love story. And with that will you be my date to the senior prom," Blake says.
"Yes." She runs up and gives him the biggest hug ever and a little kiss on the lips.
"Please tell me I named actual songs after her," Blake says.
"You did you definitely did," I say.
"He spent several days on that speech, and rewrote it several times," Gracie says.
"Gracie you were in on this," Alexis says.
"Someone had to make sure these two boys wouldn't destroy the house," Graceis says.
"Fair point," Alexis says.
"How was shopping anyways, did you guys buy anything," Gracie asks.
"Yeah me and Mia both bought a dress," Alexis says.
I can feel Ace's eyes already on me.
"Don't worry princess I have an idea," Ace whispers in my ear.
"Good," I say.
"Okay guys now that this is over with let's hang out," Blake says.
We all groan because Blake gives the worst ideas.
"Fine let's watch a movie," he says.
"I like your thinking," Ace says. "Also I don't even want to hear any arguing, since I never choose movies I am going to choose one this time and tonight we are going to watch Creed."
"No not some sports movie," Alexis complains.
"Michael B. Jordan is the star of the movie," Ace says.
"Okay let's watch it," Alexis agrees.
Once the movie starts and everyone is seated we all are engaged by what is being presented on the big screen. I cuddle up into Ace's side and watch the movie while drifting off into sleep.
A/N
Okay, guys now how did you like the way Blake asked Alexis to prom? I thought it was cute and the words in italics are the names of the Taylor Swift songs!
Also, another thank you for reading, voting, and commenting on this book. I love you all so much.
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