Yasmin
There was a live band on the stage playing the softest music. The multipurpose hall had been beautifully decorated. It was hard to believe it was the same place. The men were dressed in tuxedos, while the ladies had on fine dinner dresses.
Everyone looked so happy. They were in different groups, chatting and laughing aloud. I wished I felt the same. I glanced at Tessa. She was on her third drink, waving at people she didn’t know.
I wouldn’t even be here if Tessa and Eli had not cried sacrilege when I said I didn’t want to attend the gala we had been planning for since the beginning of the school year.
I didn’t have a date because Ryan and I broke up, and I didn’t bother to find a last-minute one. All my friends were here with their dates. Even Ryan. He had brought someone too—no
