"So, are you and Jake official yet?" Eve asked as her and Carson stood with Lena in the line leading into the auditorium for the senior class assembly.

It was the question that everyone wanted to know the answer to--even Lena. Since her date with Jake the other night, he had continually met up with her at various points during the school day. He treated her as a girlfriend but it was never made official.

"Why don't you just ask him if you guys are official yet?" Carson suggested.

Lena shook her head vigorously. "No, I tried that already. And I chickened out every time." It was true, Lena had attempted to ask him about their relationship status but she wasn't exactly sure how to word it correctly. "This is taking forever. I'm going to the bathroom." Lena quickly changed the subject. "If they let you guys in before I get back, save me a seat." The two girls nodded as Lena walked down the hallway away from them.

As Lena passed the janitors' hallway, she heard two arguing voices that she knew didn't belong to the janitors. She stopped, backtracked, and began to listen in on the conversation.

"Please, just, leave me alone, Annabelle. You have Andy. I don't see why you need me so badly." Jake said.

"But Jake!" Annabelle exclaimed with an overly dramatic, whiny voice.

"Look, I really like Lena. I don't want to fuck up with her. She's unlike any other girl at this school and I know that if we keep this up, she'll find out and I'll lose her." Jake explained.

Lena felt her heart racing in her chest and a warm blush creep up on her cheeks at Jake's endearing words. He was standing up to Annabelle for her.

"Come on, let's go." She heard Jake continue. "We're going to be late for the assembly."

Lena's eyes widened. She totally forgot about the assembly and now Jake and Annabelle would know she had been eavesdropping on their conversation about her.

"Jake, wait." Annabelle said.

This was her chance. Lena dashed down the hallway and back into the lobby where her friends were still waiting for her in line.

"Have a nice pee?" Carson joked.

Eve laughed with Carson but quickly noticed Lena hadn't been laughing along with them. "Lena, what's wrong?" Eve questioned.

Lena began explaining what had happened on her way to the bathroom and how she stumbled upon Jake and Annabelle's conversation.

"I told you he likes you!" Eve exclaimed. "I'm sure he'll make it official soon enough. Maybe he's nervous too." The girls all sat down in a row about half way back from the front. Lena sat on the end, leaving one seat open beside her.

Jake being nervous was a possibility but something was telling Lena that wasn't the reason. Lena was thinking the reason was walking towards the empty seat next to her.

"Mind if I sit here?" Andy gave her a charming smile as he was already beginning to sit down without an answer.

"Sure, I guess." Lena moved her bag to the other side of her to give Andy more room.

The loud roar of the crowd of gossiping teenagers hushed to a light murmur as their principal stepped onto the stage.

"Just a few words before I hand it over to your class advisor, Mr. Bates." The principal began.

Lena tried her best to pay attention but just knowing Andy was sitting right beside her made her train of thought wander--as well as her eyes. Every so often, she couldn't help but steal glances over at him.

The assembly clapped as the principal handed the microphone over to Mr. Bates. "Thank you, Mr. Norton." Mr. Bates said.

Lena was fond of Mr. Bates. He had been her math teacher in eighth grade and now he was her senior class adviser. Mr. Bates was one of the younger teachers at the school and all the girls loved him.

"Seniors," He addressed the crowd. "As you know, the end of the year is fast-approaching which means graduation and more importantly for some of you, prom."

Lena rolled her eyes at the thought of prom. No one had asked her and no one was going to ask her. She didn't see a point in going. There was a month left of school. Tickets went on sale next week for two weeks only and Lena had no money for that. Besides, all the dresses had been taken anyway. She knew that finding a dress that another girl didn't have would be impossible.

Mr. Bates blabbed on and on about graduation and prom. He talked about the importance of finishing up strong academically and getting tickets and permission slips for tickets. "And finally, Jake Pitts has a little announcement for us." Mr. Bates stepped aside as Jake and his friend James walked on stage with guitars.

Lena looked to Andy who appeared to be just as curious as she was. "I'd like to dedicate this song to Lena Goldfield." Jake said into the microphone.

Carson hit Lena's arm and she looked over at her friend who's eyes were glued to the two boys on stage.

As Jake and James strummed their guitars, Lena realized Jake was playing her favorite song by AFI. "How did he know--" She began.

"I told him." Andy interrupted her.

She looked over at Andy in surprise. "But how did you know that this was my favorite song?"

Andy chuckled. "You told me. You don't remember that? In the car when you brought me home?"

Lena thought back to the night of their semi "date" and realized she had told Andy a lot more than she thought she did.

As Jake finished the song, he stood up at the microphone and a big flat came tumbling down from the ceiling, with the word "Prom?" painted across it.

"Go up there, Lena! Go!" Her friends encouraged.

Lena stood up from her seat and ran up to the stage, skipping up the steps and running at Jake, tackling him in a hug. He looked her in the eyes and into the microphone said "Lena, will you go to prom with me?"

Lena nodded furiously and hugged him some more. She never expected to be asked in this way or asked at all. It was true, Lena Goldfield was going to prom.

Notes

Shout outs:

-JINXXismyHero_Love_Him_Forever
-My-Five-Saviours
-kimbiersack171712
-Jigsaw
-Kvengeance

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