Unabated Understatement Of The Century-RYAN ROSS

I hate the way boys do anything in their power to confuse you.
Especially when they're good at it.
"Hey, can I sit here?" Ryan asked Spencer and I during lunch.
"I don't know, where's your whore?" Spencer mused.
"I`m sorry about that, okay?"
"It's alright, sit here." I said, smiling at Ryan.
"Thanks."
It was mostly silent that day. Just filled with me stuffing pizza in my mouth and akward glances at Ryan. Ashlee kept glaring at us, which made me laugh.
"Hey, i`m gonna go, i`ll see you two later." Spencer said, grabbing his books and heading to the library.
"Finally."Ryan sighed.
"What?"
"I wanted to ask you something."
"What did you want to ask me?" I questioned curiously.
"Will you go to prom with me?"
"Yeah, sure. Anything for a friend."I said through a mouthful of pizza.
"Oh."
"Well,did you want it to be anything else?"
"Kind of."
His voice was getting lower and lower as he looked at his feet.
"What's your point, Ross? Do you like me or something?"
"Yeah, kind of."
By now, I was on the Sprite, and I spit all of it out.
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah." He smiled at my reaction.
"That's great, so do I."
"So, you'd go out with me?"
I thought for a moment.
"Let's see how prom goes, then we`ll decide?"
"Yeah." He agreed. "What about Brendon?"
"Good point. We`ll see how that goes, as well."
"Okay, good." He said, holding my hand under the table.
The butterflies were back.
But this time they were bursting through my chest.

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"I sort of like this one." I said, twirling around in the flowing pink dress I was in.
"No, it makes you look fat, try this one on."Alex replied, handing mea shorter black dress.
"Alex, I can't wear that, I don't have the body for it."
He laughed.
"Missa, you're not a twig, but you're skinny. And you've got boobs that would make me go straight for,so shut up and try it on."
He pushed me back into the dressing room, throwing the dress over the door.
"Well?"
"It looks alright." I stated, opening the door.
"This is the first time i've ever wanted to get laid by a girl."
"Alex, ew. So, I guess i`m getting it."
"Let's hope $800.00 wasn't over your budget." Alex laughed, grabbing the dress from me and handing it to the cashier.
"Yeah." I laughed.
"Ryan is going to pop out of his pants."
"Oh my god Alex! Don't say that."
"What?"
"You're such a pervert."I grinned,pushing him out of the store.
"But what I say is true, you know that."
"Truer than the blue in your eyes."
"My eyes are green, Missa."
"That was my point." I yelled.

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That night all I did was open and close my closet door to try on the dress. It was so soft and beautiful. I loved the way it felt and looked on me. It made me feel beautiful, like I never have before. I gazed into the new mirror I had bought, three days after Ryan asked me out. Somehow he'dgiven me a newfound confidence that no one else could or had.
I loved it almost as much as I loved him.
Of course, Ryan didn't love me, he had made it clear that he didn't, but wasn't going to say he wouldn't or couldn't, which gave me hope. Everyday I woke up with a smile on my face, and everyone but Brendon knew why it was there.
I put the dress away for the seventh time that night, and lay down in my bed.
My life was perfect, and prom was two days away.
"It can't get much better than this." I said to myself, then turned out my lamp and went to sleep