Chapter 12

“You both look great!” Kylie exclaimed as she saw Jeremy walk down the stairs with his cousin. She had helped both Sabrina with her dress and Jeremy with his suit an hour before, but the view of them both together was one for the history books. The parents agreed. In no time, pictures were taken, and they were preparing to leave.

Stacy had left thirty minutes before with, to the surprise of everyone, a different guy. Apparently, the fight they heard the night before was about the same thing Stacy did to Sabrina. Someone stole her date. Sabrina just laughed at how things turned out. She was much happier going with someone who she knew actually cared.

“Have fun, and don’t go too crazy with any drinks,” Kylie told Jeremy with a kiss. He smiled and looked over toward his parents. They were going to take Kylie out to the Griffith Observatory to pass the time while he was at the dance. Kylie had also set up some girl time on the phone with Skyler; she wanted to discuss her plan to finally lose her virginity.

“Don’t worry. I will get him home in one piece,” Sabrina stated, hugging Kylie.

The two walked out to the car; they decided to drive rather than rent a limo and do the whole prom night thing. However, they did decide to rent a cool sports car to drive. Kylie and his parents waved as they drove off.

“We will head out in about an hour. That should give you a bit to talk with Skyler,” Cassidy told Kylie as they walked back inside.

“Sounds good,” Kylie responded. She went into the guest room and quickly called up Skyler.

“Hey, girl,” Skyler said as she answered the phone.

“Heyyyy,” Kylie replied. “How’s your day going?”

“Ahh. Not much, just relaxing. Saw Bob earlier. We may go to a late midnight movie tonight.”

“Nice!”

“How was your day? Was it weird seeing Jeremy go to the dance?”

“Honestly, not really. If it was anyone but his cousin, I would have been like a fucking attack dog and torn her apart. But I actually thought it was very sweet of him, and I am going to show him how much once he gets home.”

“How sweet,” Skyler stated, expanding and making the “sweet” phrase long and drawn out like she was talking to a puppy.

“Oh, you...” Kylie responded. “Anyway, talking about what I may or may not do later. I wanted to run an idea by you.”

“Shoot.”

“I think I am ready.”

“Ready for what?” Skyler asked, not getting the reference.

“Skydiving, no, you goofball, losing my virginity,” Kylie said with a laugh. Rolling her eyes even though she knew Skyler could not see her.

“Ohh...,” Skyler responded.

“Here’s my idea...”

Kylie and Skyler spent the next thirty minutes discussing and planning. Jeremy would be really surprised next week when the plan is put into motion.

Meanwhile, Jeremy and Sabrina arrived at the dance just after it began. As they walked in, Sabrina introduced him to some of her friends. They ended up grabbing some food and taking a seat at a large table with the rest of her friends. Jeremy found himself actually enjoying it slightly.

“I just wanted to say thank you again,” Sabrina told Jeremy as some of her friends went to grab more food.

“You don’t need to keep saying that,” Jeremy responded.

“Yes, I do. Listen, I have been a bitch to you for a long time. Stacy and I always teased you and made fun of you every time you came over. It was not fair, and I have no idea why you even agreed to come with me here. I am just thankful you did. You are an amazing person, Jeremy, and I am going to do better.”

Jeremy only nodded and decided it was a good time to refill their drinks. He still had a few hard feelings toward his cousin and still really hated Stacy. But this was the first time he felt confident even sitting with Sabrina in the last few years.

As he walked back to the table, he was intercepted by Stacy.

“Why did you take Sabrina?” she asked. She said it in a nasty tone, so Jeremy did not really feel like dealing with her. He tried to just go around her, but she moved to stop him.

“Listen, Stacy. Lighten up.”

Jeremy tried to walk around her for the second time but was once again stopped. He would have normally just pushed past her at this point, but he was still holding two drinks.

“You have no right to interrupt,” Stacy stated.

“Interrupt what?” Jeremy asked. He amplified the “what” phrase to try to get the attention of someone at a nearby table. Unfortunately, the music was too loud for anyone to notice.

“Know what. Forget it,” Stacy stated before walking away angrily. Jeremy just shook his head in confusion and walked back toward Sabrina’s table.

“Your sister just intercepted me,” he said while sitting down next to Sabrina.

“What did she want?” Sabrina asked.

“She just told me that I was interrupting something between you two before she got angry and walked off.”

“I may know what that’s about,” Sabrina admitted. “Let’s go outside to talk for a minute.”

She pulled Jeremy out to the patio area and found a secluded place away from other students.

“So we have had this rivalry for a while where we would each try to one-up each other with dates and guys we were going out with.”

“So you were competing over guys?”

“In a way, yes. I told her last month I was done. I finally met a really nice guy, well before he really became a dick, but that is beyond the point. I put a stop to it, and ever since then; she has seemed determined to destroy my relationships.”

“Then why is she going after me? Where not in a relationship,” Jeremy responded. He was quite confused about what he had to do with any of this. This was the last thing he wanted to deal with tonight.

I think in her brain, she just knows she can’t get between family. She may have been able to destroy and discredit my boyfriends, but she can’t with you.”