Love and Lust

Chapter 8

Prom day came. I woke up early to get myself prepared for prom, and prepared for what will happen AFTER prom.

I checked my phone and got 2 messages from Hunter.

» I got up early. Too excited for prom! & after prom. ;) «

» I'll pick u up at 6. Do u want my hair as it is, or do u want me to put sum gel or sumthin?" «

I laughed at his texts. He's just so excited as I am. I replied:

» I like your hair as it is. But you can try somethin new. Surprise me. ;) «

I put down my phone and went straight to the bathroom.

I took off all my clothes and check out myself. Then I realized there's so much to do. First, I shaved. Like, all over my body. Second, I plucked my eyebrow. Third, I took a shower and bathed for --like 30 min, with a lavender-scented body wash. After that, I dried my hair while I was still wrapped with my bathrobe.

Blow drying my hair took me thirty minutes. I lied down on my bed as I talk to Wilma and Nath into a conference call. They were both getting dressed so early, while I haven't had eaten, and still on my bathrobe. Nath will be with Railey tonight. I didn't even know how it happened. And Wilma will be going with his husband. Well, his husband was into sound system business thingy so he could join the prom.

After the call, I eat lunch. But in my case, brunch. While I was eating, my sister appeared in front of me, her hands on his hips, and she frowned at me, "S! You need to get ready! There is so much to do to you!" she shouted.

You see, my sister is who I call my make-up artist and my fashion guru. She's just so high-fashioned. Always. I asked her to help me get dressed for prom, and of course she loves dressing me up since we were younger. I pouted at her and said, "Yup. Just a minute!" I said.

She ran back to my room, maybe fixing my things, and I can hear her say, "Who is this Hunter, anyway? Why haven't you introduced him to me?! I need to know this guy, S!" she said.

I chuckled. "You're going to meet him later!" I shouted.

"Is he your boyfriend?! I thought we agreed we won't be keeping secrets from each other?" she asked.

I froze. Good thing she can't see my reaction. I felt guilty not telling her about Hunter. My sister and I were really close. But nowadays it doesn't seem like it because of her busy shedule. She always had night shifts in the hospital, so when she got home, I'm about to leave for school. And when I got home, she's already on duty. We haven't talk much lately these weeks. I missed bonding with her.

I brushed my teeth after eating then I went into my room. My sister was preparing her make-ups then she ordered, "Sit."

I sat down while looking at her in the mirror clutter all her stuff. She did my make-up, which took her about half an hour. I don't know what she was doing to me 'cause she turned me around from the mirror so that I won't be able to see how I look.

"Done!" she said, while grinning at me.

I was about to turn, when she put her hands on my shoulders and stopped me from turning. "Oops! No way!" she said. She shook her head, "You need to wear your dress first. I want you to see the whole package of my masterpiece!" she added.

And so I did. Then I asked, "So, can I look now?"

She shook her head, "Not yet. Your hair!" she said. Yeah, right. My hair sucks.

She curled my hair which took her forever again. I always got bored whenever she dressed me up. I could see the curls at the end of my hair. I wonder what she did to me. But I always trusted her with these things. It's her forte.

I glanced at the clock, it's already 5:30. Then my sister shouted, "Yes! Finally done!"

She covered my eyes without touching it, and slowly, she turned me around the mirror.

"Are you ready?" she asked.

I sighed. "About time." I said.

She giggled a little then she removed her hands. I stared at the mirror and wow! I-I look good. My sister did a great job on me. I liked it. Smoky eyes with a touch of grayish-blue that matched my dress. My dress is color teal, a dark shade of royal blue. My cheeks were perfectly blushed that matched my skin tone, and my lips were pink. This is the first time I liked pink in my whole life.

"Shoes!" my sister shouted. And she lend me her two inches black high heels.

At exactly 6pm, I heard Hunter's car parked outside. I checked myself once more in the mirror, and sprayed some breath mint in my mouth. I felt nervous waiting for him to knock. This is so new to me.

I heard a knock then I shouted, "It's Hunter!"

"I'll get it!" my sister shouted back.

I heard the door opened, and some introductions. Then after a while, I heard them laughing so I went out.

My sister noticed me, "Oh! There she is!" she pointed out.

When I saw him in his suit, I was amazed by his wonderful look. Tux suits him well, very sexy. As he looked at me, he mouthed, "Wow."

I forced my legs to walk forward to him. I locked eyes with him as I approach him. My heart was pounding fast, I don't know what the hell is wrong with me.

I stopped in front of him, "Hi." I said.

He was still gazing at me, so my sister cleared her throat.

He snapped out, "Oh, I-I'm sorry. Y-you just look... wow! I don't know what to say. Just, wow, S!" he said.

I blushed as he looked me from head to toe. Then my sister chuckled, "I'm the one who did that." she said.

Hunter was still lookig at me, "Very nice work, sis..." then he turned to my sister, "--Oh, I mean, well, uhm... I don't know your name so..." he said.

My sister and I laughed at him. I held his hand, then I said, "This is Hunter, my VERY special someone." I said.

I looked at him and he smiled, "Very, huh?" he said.

I nodded. "And that's my sister, Payson." I added.

They shook hands, and Pay took some picture of us together. She wished us to have a wonderful night and we left our apartment.

*****

They say prom is great for couples who are in love. I would say I'm very happy to go to the prom with Hunter. Railey and Nath won prom king and queen.

When the music turned to a sweet melody, Hunter asked me to dance and join Railey and Nath, so we went on the dance floor. Wilma and her husband joined too. We waved and smiled at each other.

Hunter put my arms around his neck, then he put his hands around my waist. He pulled me closer to him, so now we were like hugging while slow dancing. I leaned my head against his shoulder as we just enjoyed the moment.

After a while, he whispered to my ear, "You. Look. Beautiful." he said.

"You. Look. Hot." I whispered back.

He chuckled. "Thank you, S." he said.

I looked at him, "For what?" I asked.

He looked into my eyes, "For letting me in to your life." he said.

I gave him a sweet smile. "Seriously, S. I've never felt this way before. Whatever this is." he said.

I was stunned by his words. Too many thoughts were coming into my mind. Does it mean that he loves me? But he never said that he loves me. Maybe I just let him feel... happy. That was enough for me. I wanted him to feel happy. No more pain.

I found myself gazing at his blue eyes as I thought of what he said. He really meant it. We locked eyes again, then suddenly his lips were on mine. We kissed, and the kiss was different. It wasn't lust. It was a very sweet kiss, with so much feelings I felt.

Nath and Wilma broke off our kiss. "Hey!" Hunter protested.

"Can we borrow S for a while?" Nath asked Hunter.

He frowned. "Fine. Just until 10pm. She's mine the whole evening then." he winked at me and I smiled at him.

Wilma said, "Just go there if you already need S. We'll just stay there." she said, while pointing at the round table near the buffet.

Wilma, Nath and I sat there together, just talking. I asked Nath about Railey, if it was already serious. But she just said that they were really just friends. She also mentioned that Railey is claiming that he is the new s*x God. Wilma asked me if I'll go to the after prom party but I said that Hunter and I have other plans.

They both looked at each other and I knew then what they were thinking so I blushed.

"We want details tomorrow, S." Nath said.

"Goodluck! Happy fucking." Wilma added.

My mouth popped open, then I said, "Shut up, you two!" I said.

We laughed. After a while, Peter Gibson, my swimming partner went to our table, "Well, hello there, ladies!" he said.

"Hi." I said.

He pulled a chair and seated beside me, "You look good, S. Wanna dance?" he asked.

I felt uncomfortable when he touched my legs. I pushed his hand away and I said, "No, thanks. I'm good."

Suddenly, Hunter appeared beside me. Peter stood up and was face to face with Hunter. They glared each other for a while, then Peter looked at me, "See you at practice, S." he smiled at me, and eventually, he walked away.

"What's with him?" Nath asked, while looking at Peter walk away.

"Don't mind him." Hunter answered. I looked at him and he smiled. "I'll get S from you now, ladies. We need to get going." he said.

"Like, right now?" I asked him.

He laughed. "Why, yes. It's gonna be a long night." he said.

Wilma and Nath laughed, "Go!" they said in chorus.