A Night To Remember

It was that night that finally opened my eyes to the world I really lived in. Prom Night. I had been dreading it for weeks as it was the topic of discussion all around the school, and there I was in the midst of it all. No dress. No prom date. Almost no friends.
Honestly it was to be expected, considering my recent stoke of bad luck. My ex-boyfriend had tried to kill himself. My school grades had tumbled and, most importantly, I had turned the entire school against me because of a misunderstanding with one stupid, insignificant kid who had gone running to their sister, the new Queen Bee, complaining that I was going to trash Prom and take back my rightful place as Queen Bee. Which I was.
There was some good that came from the incident with our "Queen Bee", Samantha. I gained respect and popularity within the school as no-one else would dare to challenge her out of fear. Personally, I don't see why everyone is scared of her as all she has done is worm her way to the top by being deceitful and vindictive. At least my friends still want me to hang around with them after all that has been happening lately, finally some good luck in my life. That was when I first realised that it wasn't your social status within the school that mattered to your true friends; it was who you were inside that truly counted. But through my stubbornness I dismissed the thought; completely focused on my revenge instead.
Sitting alone just purely reflecting on my life helped me a lot as I discovered that life was too short to fret and stress over the past as I couldn't change it. All I could change was the future. My own future.
As I deliberated over how to carry out my epiphany, vaguely, my sub-conscious mind noticed a figure approach my position and sit down about a metre from me.
Startled, I looked up to see the one person I really needed to talk with: Michael. He was my closest friend and I still felt as if I could trust him after all we had been through together. Even though we had never gone out with each other, the whole of the student body had assumed that there was something going on between us because there was no secrets between us, no lies and we knew things about each other that out parents didn't even know. It is rare even outside of education and work that such a bond can be formed between two very different people of the same gender let alone different genders. That was probably why the rest of our peers were suspicious as to the extent of our true relationship.
I suppose I already knew why he was there but I guess that being as naive as I was, I thought that he might not ask the dreaded question.
"Lauren, can I ask you about something that's been on my mind for a couple of weeks?"
"Sure."
"Do you remember what Sam told everyone that you did with my best friend?"
"Yes, I remember, but-"
"I don't want to hear excuses. I want the truth from you."
"Okay, but-"
"Enough of the buts I want a straight answer now!!"
"A straight answer about what?" I cried getting angrier as we both knew nothing had happened and nothing ever would.
"I know about you and Oliver as does the whole school. We all know what you did together and you could have at least told Gareth about it seen as you were going out at the time."
"Listen what would you say if I told you that this was just a complete set-up by Sam?"
"I would call you a big fat liar because you are lying to me just like you lied to everyone else about this."
"If that's what you think, Mikey, then you will be the first to hear the true story then won't you?"
"I guess I will be then but you really should have told me the truth seen as it concerned my best friend being used in one of your Queen Bee schemes."
"Oliver was never used in one of my so-called Queen Bee schemes i would never ever-"
"Save your breath, I want the truth not the fabricated lies."
"Mikey, he's not just your best friend, he's mine as well. So, i would really like it if you listened to my version of events."
"Okay, I'm listening and believe me I will know when you are lying to me."
"I know. Well, as you know, thanks to Sam, we were both at a party, that's the only bit of truth in Sam's version of events. From here on is what really happened."
"Thanks, for finally telling the truth."
"No problem. After the party we shared a lift home and spent about an hour sitting on the sofa watching a DVD, as friends do. Then, he was the one who came onto me not the other way around. He was too strong I couldn't stop him. Sam walked in just after he came on to me and well she naturally assumed that.... well you-know. But I swear I was struggling all the time and I couldn't get free. I did everything I could but he was just too strong. I wish I was strong enough. But truthfully nothing happened between us apart from that one kiss." I started crying into his shoulder.
He took me into his arms and he just held me. Just held me there till the tears eased then he looked at me and said, "I believe you, but you must know that no-one else will because seen as you know what Sam is like and the whole Queen Bee rep everyone will automatically believe her because they don’t know the real you."
Whilst saying that he just continued holding me and then the most unexpected thing happened he kissed me. And I'm not talking about a basic peck on the cheeck/lips here people. I'm talking full on kissing like "HELLO S3XY!!" kissing. He leaned in, took my face in his hands, softly kissing me, getting more and more passionate till I pulled away saying, "This can't happen; we're best friends for god's sake."
He paid no attention to that and pulled me in again. This time I surprised myself because I found myself........TBC 5 COMMENTS FOR NEXT PART