I've actually uploaded within a decent time! YAY!

Aha..I need to keep that up!

Well...yeah, anyway...thank you to those who told me about the American school yearrss :) it helped a lot...and I've come to realise that I think then it might be a little incorrect in the story...BUT however..for the sake of the story I'm just going to have it with the school being combined, all grades together on the same grounds....it'll make things easier :) thank you to those people for explaining though :)

Ah....hope you enjoy this chapter!

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CHAPTER 74

“Enjoy yourself tonight everyone, have fun but also please stay safe” The voice of our principle speaks as she stands up at the front of the large hall on the stage, her voice echoing around through the speakers hanging on the auditorium, , “It's being done a bit differently this year as you all know, those of you in seventh, eighth and ninth grade will be here tonight in the hall from six to nine in the evening and those in tenth, eleventh and twelfth grade you are from nine to midnight” She tells us and a hush of whispers spreads through the auditorium, “so there's going to be a lot of you around the grounds tonight, so please will you all be responsible and take care of yourselves, and that hall and the toilets closes will be all that's open to you tonight and please leave with a friend when you go, especially the later we get into the night..” She spills on will all the safety and information, that has already been told to us...but I guess she feels the need to tell us again.

“There will be members of staff present all night so if there's any problems, please find one of us..” I smirk to myself a little as I hear a few groans come from people sat around me.

“Okay...well, that's all! You all know everything I'm sure anyway, and I will stop now to let you all go home...” A few quiet cheers are heard and the principle smiles “ You all enjoy tonight! You all deserve it and I look forward to see you all here later! Have good long weekends everybody, I will see you here for your last days next week”

Applause is heard throughout the auditorium, which is filled with the entire school. Which means we are all squeezed in together as all grades from seventh to twelfth are in here, filling up each and every single seat, and even a few cheers are heard from down the back from the elder students as they seem to be happy that they will be leaving now.

Chatter is immediately spread through the hall as everyone gets to their feet, including myself and I turn to meet the excited faces of Charlie and Abby.

“It's tonight, it's tonight! Lexi It's tonight!” Charlie chants, grinning from ear to ear as she tugs at my arm as we slowly shuffle our way out from the rows of seats.

I know Charlie...I know..” I chuckle softly as she practically bounces behind me, still clutching my hand as we get stop moving...seeing the hundreds of students trying to file out at the same time...yeah, we're going to be here a while

“Oh I'm beyond excited guys! This is going to be such an amazing night!”

I smile at Charlie as she starts gushing with Abby, who's slightly leaning back against Nathan who's standing behind her, which only makes me smile even more at the couple, who may not be completely 'official' yet, but I have a feeling tonight will change that.

We've all decided to actually arrive together tonight. Charlie, Abby and Nathan have all decided to arrive together, Nathan, the lucky thing getting two dates, and the reason Charlie suggested this was that she didn't want to arrive alone, and said she'll find a single lad once in the hall and leave Abby and Nathan, but only told that part to me, claiming that those two will be together by the end of the night, which I definitely agree with, and think that Abby is secretly happy that she doesn't have to go through the awkwardness of asking Nathan, which makes me chuckle to myself as the pair of them are so sweet.

“We still alright for later Lex?” Charlie pipes up, turning her attention to me, “Coming to yours by five?”

I nod my head smiling, “Of course” I reply she grins, again excited that we're going to get ready together at mine, all four of us as then it'll be easier to all leave together too.

As much as I thought that I really wouldn't be up for this dance, but over the past few weeks...the idea has grown on me, and with the constant excitement from Abby and Charlie, I think a little has rubbed off on me as I do feel the slightest bit excited for tonight..as in a way, it's the first actual event that I'm attending to in this school, no wait.....it's the first event I'm attending in any school.

I've never been one for all those school events that happen throughout the year, with it being dances, fates, parties, celebrations...anything, I would never bother with it, never finding it important. But now, now that's changed and I'm now finding myself feeling the slightest of excitement for attending this dance...

Wow...things have certainly changed.

“Oo hey! Lexi, Noah's over there!” Charlie suddenly nudges my arm and I blink, forgetting my thoughts as I follow the direction she's looking in, to a few rows of seats back to where Noah has ended up sitting...

“OH..oh, why's he talking to that for?” Charlie mumbles, a scowl forming on her face as she sets sights upon a familiar blonde haired standing, a little too close, to Noah.

I frown myself, where they sat together this entire time?

The way she stands with Noah, facing him with twirling a piece of that fake hair in her fingers gently as they seem to be in the middle of a deep conversation, the occasional laughter coming from them makes my stomach clench. It's not that I'm jealous, well yes I am but that's not the point, Noah talks to many other people, girls and guys and I don't get this stomach twisting feeling, the jealousy only being a small amount whenever he talks to other girls in this year, but that's normal, it's just with her. There's something in the way she stands and talks when they are together, the twisting of my stomach from having the uneasy feeling as I don't like her being around him.

God...I sound like some over protective girlfriend or something.

I'm not!....no, no way. It's just...just...Melanie.

“She always seems to suddenly appear out of nowhere...always appearing with Noah.” Charlie comments with a grunt, turning her nose up in Melanie's direction.

I shrug, finding myself saying, “Yeah...well....they have been friends for years...” I repeat the words Noah once told me, “They're parents are friends or something like that..” I shrug again, glancing briefly back up towards their direction

Charlie scoffs, shaking her head, “Who would want to be friends with her?” She mutters and I see Abby widen her eyes slightly and I bite back a chuckle at the bluntness of my friend.

“Charlie!” Abby gasps, “That's not nice...” She frowns to the brunette, always being the sweet and kind one.

Charlie rolls her eyes, flashing her a cheeky grin and laughs, “I'm kidding, I'm kidding!” she grins, slyly sneaking me a look that says, 'no, I'm not' and I hold back another smirk so I don't let onto Abby.

“Anyway!” Charlie declares as we only manage to shuffle along a little more, “Oh look! There's your twin! Seth! SETH! HIYA!” She bellows out, waving her arm wildly to catch the attention of my twin and I scan the faces to try spot him.

Standing a couple rows below us, his blonde head looks up and gives Charlie a small, slightly nervous smile, obviously wondering why she's waving to him so madly and I chuckle, giving him a smile when his eyes meet mine, but that smile wavers a little as I see the person stood beside him.

Typical, they are always together.

Unfortunately, our gazes meet briefly, and even though she's showing a smile on her face, I can see within those dark eyes a completely different emotion and I try my hardest not to scowl at the creature that is called April.

No, don't scowl. I have to be nice. I tell myself, as I push up that smile on my lips a little further. I have to be nice for Seth's sake. I've decided that if my brothers can put aside their sudden dislike towards Noah, if my twin can, then I will do my best to do the same towards other females that come into their lives, more specifically, that devil that's attached to my twin's arm.

No. no. No devil, it's April. Just April. Like the month. Lovely, sunny April.

I nearly laugh at my thoughts, yes, so lovely, with those sudden showers of pure evil rain.

Groaning to myself, I shake my head to clear these thoughts. No. I will try. Try to be...at least civil.

After all...she is my boyfriend's sister.

And with that thought, I do cringe a little, squinting my eyes and looking away, gosh, that sounds horrible.

“Lexi!”

Luckily, my thoughts get interrupted, and I lift my head to see the one person I'm always happy to see.

“There you are!” A grin covers Noah's face as he makes his way down towards me, by climbing over the seats that are separating us, and once he climbs over the last one to make it right beside me a smile comes to my face as well as my heart to flutter.

“Ah...I made it...” He chuckles with a relieved sigh, taking a step towards me and immediately his arm snaking around my waist and pulls me closer towards him, instantly causing the warmth to spread over my skin.

Smiling shyly as my body gets pressed into Noah's as he pulls me towards him, smiling towards my friends as he speaks, “So..what I miss?” He grins, eyes landing on Charlie as he knows she's probably been the last one talking.

“Oh nothing, we're just talking about tonight!” Charlie replies causally giving Noah a look, “But what did we miss?! You and Mel sure did look like you were having an interesting conversation...” Charlie speaks, a very slight smirk tinted on her lips as she looks to Noah as if she's about to catch him out.

I widen my eyes at her for bringing that up. We don't need to know! It's none of our business! Why did she have to say that...now he's going to think I told her too!

But yes, I do want to know. The thought pops up into the back of my mind, but I push it away shaking my head towards Charlie.

Noah raises an eyebrow at her, clearly surprised and glances down to me before letting out a chuckle.

“What are you talking about Cherry?” He questions, a smirk in his voice as he speaks to her using yet another nickname that he has just come up with on the spot.

“Hey!” She scolds crossing her arms, “You can't keep using more names, twinkle!” she huffs and I bit my lip to stop a giggle wanting to escape as I always find that nickname funny.

“Instead of coming up with names, you should be telling us what you were doing with...Melanie” Charlie frowns at him, saying her name in a tone that shows she has a dislike for her.

Noah still raises his brow, glancing down towards me again which makes me wonder, but he replies to Charlie still, giving a small shrug, “We were only talking Cherry..” he chuckles softly with a shake of his head, his arm tightening around my waist and starts moving us forward, “Look we're moving now!” He interrupts everyone's thoughts as our row starts to shuffle forward again, and with a smile clear on his face he moves me with him as we take the few steps forward..

We we're just talking...

I know, I know that this is true, because that is what I saw. But somewhere in my mind, the question, 'what were they talking about' niggles away and keeps me from having a full smile on my face as we shuffle down the row to finally get out of here..

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“You didn't listen to Charlie earlier did you?” Noah questions curiously, as he is now laid across his bed in a relaxed position.

“Hmm..?” I raise my head in a little confusion, looking up to him as I approach his bed, only having come back here after school ended.

“What she was saying....” Noah trails off looking at me closely, “Mistakenly thinking that there's something going on with me...and Mel..” he tells me tilting his head to the side a little and I try to ignore the annoyance I feel at the mention of her name.

I shrug, shaking my head as I step towards his bed, “...you know Charlie, always speaking before thinking...” I respond, with a small, shy smile.

Noah changes position, sitting up on the bed causing it to squeak a little and I sit on the edge of it slowly.

“We were only talking Lexi, you know that right?” Noah speaks, his voice softer than usual, “She was just talking about tonight, you know how excited girls get...” He says, a small sly smirk tugging at his lips and I roll my eyes at his small attempt to tease me.

“Yeah...I know.” I nod my head, turning to look at him and give a smile, a not so forced one, “It's okay, I'm not bothered...” I shrug, “She's a friend..” I bite my tongue before saying more and give him another small smile hoping it'll reassure him.

He moves again as the bed squeaks, coming closer to me until he's knelt behind me and I feel my breathing hitch a little as I can feel the heat from his body on my back.

He chuckles deeply as he hovers his head right beside my ear, the vibrations of it running through my and I feel a blush come to my right cheek where his head is.

“You know your cute when you act all, 'I don't care, she's your friend'” He mimics with a smirk in his voice and I gulp, slowly forming a frown to my face.

I scowl, nudging his torso behind me “I didn't say that..” I frown, a little offended at how he pulls of 'my' voice.

He chuckles again, his throat resting on my shoulder sending the rumbles of his chuckle down the right side of my body and I swallow again as I feel his lips brush over the bare skin of my neck.

“No, but it's what you meant..” He smirks, one of his hands now resting on my hip, “just admit it Lex...” He hums, “You have a little green eyed monster in your mind..”

I can hear the amusement plain as day in his voice, which only makes me frown more, knowing that he's finding this amusing is slightly irritating me....but also I'm getting a little distracted from his hand on me.

“No...” I shake my head at him, denying what he's saying, even though, I know deep down...that he's speaking the truth, but only a little.

Chuckling again, Noah continues to move his hand, both of them now touching me, one on me hip while the other slowly makes it's way up my left arm.

“It's okay though...” Noah whispers, “Because I think green suits you pretty well....”

I bite my lip as he speaks, his lips now trailing up the side of my neck to my ear and I have to let out a few shaky breaths as my heart rate increase and I'm sure he can feel, and hear it.

“I have green jeans...” the words slip past my mouth before I can think of them as I'm too lost in his touch as my eyes are partly closed, and once I feel him chuckle again I widen them realising what I said.

Wow....why would he want to know that!..so stupid, stupid, stupid!

“Yeah?...You should wear them then..” I feel his smile on my skin making a shiver run through my body and I let out an involuntary sigh as I let my back relax against him and my head turns slightly towards him, not wanting to talk any more...

“You know I can't wait for tonight either..” He quietly whispers, his face hovering dangerously close to mine as I've turned my body.

“Hmm...” I reply hardly recognising his voice as I just want him to move that little inch closer.

“Yeah....because I can't wait to be with you all night...” He whispers, my head leaning forward to try catch his lips with my eyes till closed..

I hear him chuckle and this time his arm pulls me around the waist so I'm now pressed against him and I gasp a little, eyes opening.

“Oh...and I can't wait to see what your going to look like in that dress of yours....” He smirks slyly once again before his lips meet mine quickly and my eyes flutter close as I eagerly accept him, forgetting his previous words and loose myself in his touches and kisses...

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“Right! We have three and a half hours guys! Three and a half hours to get ready!” Charlie grins, instructing us on the times as we enter my bedroom once again within the same week, and she dumps all of her bags onto my bed, before laying out the hanger with her dress wrapped inside onto the bed and Abby soon following.

“Okay! I have this all planned! The first hour we need to do our hair and make up!”

Shaking my head to myself as I watch Charlie pulling things out of her bags, hair straighteners, hair dryer, some things that look like hair straighteners but look to be just a black rod, and endless and endless supplies of small bags, that I really, really do dread to what's in them...

Biting my lip as I back up away from the bed where the two girls are fussing over everything on there and excitedly talking, I just stare towards them feeling a little overwhelmed from all the things I see Charlie laying out on the bed.

Is this really what girls our age do?

No wonder I never bothered with all the event in my old school....this is all just too much.

“Come! Come Lexi...see what shades you want!” Charlie grins calling me over.

I blink, shaking my head “Oh no....” I mutter staring in horror at the amount of small containers that fall from one of those small bags, all sorts of different kinds of make-up that I have no idea what are called.

“No...no I can't...do...this..” I shake my head, eyes still fixed on my bed.

“What?” Charlie questions, laughter in her voice as she glances up to me..

“I can't do this.” I repeat, waving my towards my bed, “I can't spend hours and hours getting ready! Why do we even need that long?!” I shake my head in disbelief, “No..no, I just need an hour...but some eye liner on, straighten my hair and I'm done!” I sigh, “No...no you guys can do this, I...I will just wait back here until Nate gets here...” I tell them with a nod my head and back away again, taking a corner seat of my room and intending to wait the whole hour for Nathan to get here as he that's when he will because he wouldn't want to sit here watching all this....neither do I.

The two girls look to each other, having a conversation with their eyes it looks like, before a chuckles leave their lips.

“Lexi, you can't be serious...” Charlie looks to me, a laughing smile on her face as she shakes her head, “Oh babe, it really does take this long...” She chuckles, “You have no idea..”She smiles a secret smile.

I frown shaking my head, “No, no I don't...and I don't want to. It's all pointless, I just...I don't think I need to..” I tell them, “I'll just stay here watching you guys until Nathan comes...”

I hear Charlie sigh shaking her head amused, “ Don't you want to look utterly irresistible tonight? For Noah? Get him so he feels weak at the knees just by looking at you? To show that Sl^t Melanie that Noah is yours and he wants you?” A cheeky smirk covers her face as she looks to me, her words sinking in though as I gulp, averting my gaze.