Let The Best Part Of You Blossom

"A Night In Paris." Wow! I can't wait for our High School prom. It's 1999 and I'm finally a senior in High School. The prom is just around the corner and I'm not ready with anything. I'm not a popular girl at school and I don't have a boyfriend. I'm a plain girl and just want to finish school.

When my mom and dad got divorced, it wasn't easy for me. I didn't understand everything that was happening. I always loved going to school and I wanted to have friends and do a lot of fun things in life. One day my parents decided to change everything in my life. We all started living in different houses. To me this was not anything normal. My mom got together with this man that I don't like. My dad started living with a lady that doesn't like me. This lady is like my sister. We don't get along no matter how much we try. They had us make peace once, but I didn't really mean it. I went to see a counselor a couple of times so she could help me with what was going on in my head, but that didn't work. She explained to me that this is something normal that happens in life. I want this all to be a nightmare. I'll wake up one day and my life will be perfect again.

My last semester is so easy because I have two important classes and the rest are all electives. I don't have any friends, just classmates. I hang around with other nerds like me. Why am I a nerd? I don't know. I think I'm a nerd because I'm different. I know that I'm a girl and I like boys. I complain about myself a lot. I don't think that there is anything good about myself that anybody would like. My mom told me once that one day I will discover something good about myself when it's the right time. I don't think that right time will ever happen. I'm so impatient and nothing good happens in my life.

After lunch I go to the library and stay there til the bell rings. I like to read a lot. Reading helps me to forget. When I read I feel like I escape into another world. I never want to leave that world. It's a place where everything is perfect.

The bell rings and I'm back to reality now. The reality of my life is that I don't have a date for the prom. My sister's prom was perfect because she had everything and I don't have anything. My mom and sister want to help me find a date with their friends. I thank them all the time, but I feel very embarrassed. I have a plan and I hope it works. I want to do something good for myself this time. Last year I saw a very cute guy after lunch. He has dark skin, green eyes, and a great smile. We looked at each other and I had butterflies in my stomach.

His name is Devin. He is captain of the football team and he already has a beautiful girlfriend. I used to think his brother Aron was cute, but not so good looking like him. I became obsessed with him and I was acting strange. One time my friend Celina dared me to go to Devin's house to talk to him. We got off the school bus and we started walking to his house. Celina was hiding behind the bushes and I rang the doorbell. My hands are sweating and I'm shaking. I feel like I'm going to faint right when the door opens. Aron opens the door. "Hi, is Devin home?" "No, he's not here.'' "Ok, we'll come another day." Aron just looked at me with a smile. Celina and I just ran as far as we could and we almost tripped. we looked at each other and laughed so hard. I was mad at myself for wanting to do this challenge. I just wanted to prove to myself that I had the courage to do something so great like this.

Time is passing and I still don't have a prom date. My mom and sister have almost everything ready for me. We have a lunch date one of these days so we can go look for my dress. I'm really dreading that day because I know that I'm not going to like any dress. I'm getting my nails and hair done too.

It seemed like this moment took forever. I'm trying my best to act cool like nothing is wrong with me. But all I can do now is panic in case my plan doesn't work. I see Devin walking out on the school yard one day. I get a little closer to him and make it seem like it's casual. All of a sudden he looks at me with his great smile. "Are you excited about the prom?" "Oh yes, I sure am." "Do you have a date for the prom?" "I have a few dates lined up." "Why?" I was getting ready for him to ask me. "My brother Aron likes you." "He thinks you're cute, and he knows that you've been following him around a lot lately." "I really think the two of you make a perfect couple cause you're both nerds. And he laughed. All of a sudden I felt my head spinning. I felt like fire was going to come out of me. It made me sad to think that I was now talking to Devin, the most popular guy in school. Of course, this moment was meant to happen. I quickly said bye to him and I ran back to class to finish my day. I just wanted my day to be over so I could go home and cry. I had never felt so humiliated in my life.

I clearly learned my lesson this time. I will not go out to look for something that I'm never going to get. Another day is here and now I'm really out of luck with time. Prom is next week and I didn't get my dream date. My heart really hurts when I think about Aron and how bad Devin talks about him. So today I plan to go see Aron and talk to him and I'll ask him if he wants to go to the prom with me. Why not? I used to have a crush on him. I don't think that I'm doing anything bad at all. I think Devin is being mean to us and wants to set us up like it's a joke. I think that someone should teach him a good lesson. I get off the bus and start walking to Aron's house. As I'm walking to his house I start daydreaming. I'm wearing a beautiful long silver dress. I'm wearing beautiful silver heels that match my dress. My hair and nails are perfectly done too. Everything is perfect. But this is all just a dream, I'm sure. I start to walk a little. I see a table with a beautiful corsage that matches everything that I have on. I'm about to pick up the corsage so I can put it on, but I can't. Instead I see a hand pick it up and puts it on my wrist.

This is all a dream, I know. But how can I be sure. I really want to pinch myself if I could, but I just can't. Something is not letting me do it. I'm trying to open my eyes, and I can't open them either. I'm sure that I'm at the prom. But who is my date? I feel stuck and I'm so desperate. What can I do now? I'm so anxious and all I can do is cry. So I start walking and I'm going in different directions. I don't know where else to go. I start running and I don't care that I'm wearing heels. I just want to get out of this nightmare. My heel gets stuck and I twist my ankle. I fall hard on the ground. Now all my body is hurting and I can't stand the terrible pain on my head. I start to cry again. This time I feel a hand wiping my tears. And then I try to open my eyes again. It's hard to see because everything is so blurry.

I finally got out of that nightmare. I can open up my eyes again. Where am I? I'm laying down on a bed. I don't see anybody anywhere. I hear machines that are making noises in the room. I can't move because my whole body hurts. My head feels like it's going to explode from all the pain. Maybe this is another nightmare that I want to get out of too. On my wrist I have the same corsage that I had on that first strange dream. If I cry again I can go onto the next dream? I see someone moving on a chair covered with a blanket. The door opens and I see a nurse coming in. She was happy to see me. The person that was on the chair gets up and comes to me. He wipes my tears again and this time he kisses me. What was that all about? It was Aron! "what happened to me?" "You were walking to my house and got hit by a car." "Did we go to the prom?" "We missed the prom because you were asleep for a whole week." "I'm so sorry that I ruined the prom for everybody." "It's not your fault." "Thank you for having the courage to teach my brother a lesson." "You are beautiful and amazing."

It took months for me to recover from this accident. Aron was so special with me. He always went with me to my therapies. We started being good friends in the beginning of this long journey. Over time our relationship got better. He asked me to be his girlfriend after many years. I was never intrigued by how he looked. My heart melted by the way he treated me. Aron never cared about how I looked either. We were there for each other in the worst moments of our lives.