Nathalie POV
Tonight, was the night. The final and last night as a high school student. I had been waiting for this day in what felt like forever now, but truth be spoken it was actual kind of sad to think about that this whole chapter of your life would be over as the day run out. Kind of like the Cinderella story. Today I was a young high school student with a whole life in front of me and tomorrow I would be nothing but just an unemployed young girl who had not figured out what to do with her life yet.
At least I wasn’t alone. I had all my girls with me, and I knew I was going to have the best time of my life tonight. Most of them, Marie and Emma, were going to be just like me tomorrow, unemployed and ready for adventure. We were talking about traveling the world together throughout the next year. A beautiful and adventurous gap year before joining the rest - Alice and Sofie - at the university. I was so proud of them, both of them had just gotten the message that they were going to Harvard. Alice to study law, and I must say I felt sorry for her future opponents in court, cause that little feisty redhead was a fierce and brave woman which had my deepest respect. And I was also a little afraid for the many men she was about to conquer. She was a man eater no doubt about it, and she was proud of it and I proud to be her friend. She stood up for what she believed in, and woman empowerment and equality was definitely one of her beliefs, no exceptions when it came to the bedroom. Sofie was so blessed to have her, she was going to study science: physics, chemistry and biology. She would always be the little brainy one, and it would for sure be healthy for her to get out of her little shell of shyness and innocence, which I knew Alice would be the perfect woman to help her with. Hopefully she would meet a cute guy and finally dump her on and off again douchebag. She deserved so much better.
Marie and Emma were also quite sure of joining Harvard next year to study economy, they were just too adventurous to go straight away. Me on the other hand I wasn’t even quite sure where or what to apply for, when the time came next year. But I hoped that this year would help me figure that out. That’s why I wanted to work through the year to get some experience, save up for university, of course I would travel with the girls too. But for starters only about two weeks to Bali. But that would all be dealt with in time. Right now, I needed to get the last part of myself together, because soon the girls would be outside my door waiting for me and my mom would be crying. Marie had rented a limousine for the night, and I was almost ready to go downstairs and face my parents.
I wore a midnight blue gown which went all the way down to my ankles, it was tight and hugging my figure mermaid style all the way. At the top it had a straight cut right below my collarbone and an off shoulder look with a little sleeve falling waterfall style on my upper arms. I paired it with a pair of black sandal stilettos and tugged a piece of my lightly curled hair behind my ear. My makeup was just a natural tint and I had ended up thinking this would have to do, because I honestly didn’t want to end up overdoing it. I knew it would be a great night and when the prom had to come to an end, the night would continue to be amazing because Alexander would come and pick me up. I had not told my parents about him yet and I had just told my parents that I would be sleeping at Marie’s tonight. It would be our first time sleeping together and I was so excited. The last week had been so amazing. It was almost too good to be true. After the speed date night, he had taken me on a couple of real dates. We had seen each other a lot and I was starting to realize that my feelings for him were stronger than I had first anticipated. He had been so gentle and good to me, and it was driving me insane. Sometimes a girl just want for a man to sweep her off of her feet and do as it pleased him. I was starting to get the feeling that he didn’t want to have s*x with me, because every time we got to it he stopped himself before we ended up crossing that line. And I knew he had told me it was because he wanted it to be special, but still. A girl has needs too. I hadn’t told him the three little words yet, because it felt way too quick, and I knew he would think that I was insane because who felt like this after only one week. But I did. I felt a pull towards him from the moment I saw him, and it were just growing with everyday passing. The little voice in my head didn’t help me either. Kept telling me you love him and saying stuff like mate whenever he was near. It made me feel like a complete psycho around him.
But tonight I would take the risk, I would tell him that I loved him, I knew I couldn’t hold it in much longer and even if it would scare him away, I just needed to get it out there before I was leaving for two weeks to Bali. I didn’t want him to find someone else while I was gone. I had become crazy possessive the last couple of days, and maybe by telling him that I loved him and having this kind of sleepover at his place, he would finally give in and make love to me and then I would be sure that he was mine.
I heard my mom coming towards my room and soon after I heard a knock on the door.
“Are you ready in there honey? I would love to see you and wish you a good night before you leave soon, your dad is waiting too in the living room.” She said through the door
“I’m coming mom just two seconds and I’ll be down” I yelled back at her and heard her head for the stairs again.
I took one last glance into the mirror and put on some sheer lip-gloss before heading down. As soon as I turned around the corner of the door to the living room, mom let out a gasp and her hand flew to cover her mouth as her eyes started beaming with tears, I hadn’t expected any less from her but dad’s reaction took me by surprise when he almost choked on the slurp of coffee he had just ingested.
“Are you okay dad?!” I said as he coughed a little to get his breath back.
“Yes darling… you look …uhm… stunning.” He said and then my mum burst out crying and ran to cup my cheeks in her hands. I knew how hard it was for my dad to show emotion, so I almost started crying myself but then my mom interrupted my thoughts and saved me.
“Don’t cry darling, your dad is right you look absolutely stunning so don’t ruin your makeup now.” She said with the most caring look on her face. She truly was an angel I kissed her on the cheek and wiped away some of her tears.
“Thanks mom I will try if you stop crying too.” I smiled at her and then walked past her to give my dad a kiss on the cheek as well. As I stood up and collected myself, I heard the honks of the limousine arriving outside and I grabbed my purse and slipped in my phone before hugging both of my parents goodbye.
“Have a great night hon, we are so proud of you” I heard my mom yelling behind me as I walked out and my dad tuned in “And take care! Call me if you get in trouble!”.
“I will both of you” I yelled back over my shoulder as I stepped into the vehicle joining the girls on the backseat. They all looked like a million bucks and cheered me in.
“Are you guys ready for the night of your lives” I said loud and raised a glass of champagne and they collided theirs into mine.
“I’ll drink to that!” They all praised as we took off towards the school.