"I believe purpose is something for which one is responsible; it's not just divinely assigned." - Michael J. Fox

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Amaya

Monday morning came before I knew it.

I groan as I get out of my warm bed and walk to the bathroom to shower. I stick my hand into the shower and turn on the hot water.

I look down at the ring on my finger and slowly slide it off, laying it on the sink. I grab my tooth brush and hurry and brush my teeth.

I strip out of my clothes and throw them into the dirty clothes hamper. I grab a towel and hang it on the towel rack and get into the shower.

I sigh as the hot water hits my body.

I wet my hair and grab my shampoo bottle and massage it into my scalp then do the same thing with conditioner after rinsing it out. I rinse the conditioner out and grab my body wash. I squirt a little soap onto a loofah and wash my body.

I rinse my body off then turn off the water, getting out of the shower. I grab my towel and dry off a little before wrapping it around me.

I cut off the light in the bathroom and walk back into my room.

I go to my closet and start looking for something to wear to school. After looking for a few minutes I finally decided on a pair of dark ripped skinny jeans, a mustard yellow shirt, and my black vans.

I walk out of my closet with my clothes and put them on my bed and then walk over to my dresser and pull out a pair of panties and a bra.

I put my undergarments on and my clothes and walk to my make up table. I plug in my straightener to let it get hot and start doing my make up.

By 7:30, my clothes are on, hair and make up is done, and I'm headed out the door with a bottle of water and an apple in hand.

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As I pull into the school parking lot I happen to look down at my hand. My eyes widen as I realize I forgot my ring laying on the bathroom vanity.

"Shit." I curse.

I don't want to see this ring off your finger.

Kane's words echoes throughout my head as I get out of my car.

I have no idea what he will do if he finds out I don't have the ring on. All I know is I cannot let him see my hand at all during his class.

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I'm leaning against my locker during my free period reading my book when I hear someone clear their throat. I look up and meet the eyes of one of the guys on the football team.

He doesn't say a word to me just hands me a red rose and walks off. I open my mouth to call after him but I get handed another red rose by another guy from the football team.

I look where they both came from and see a bunch more guys from the team with roses in their hands. One by one they give me the flowers and walk off in the same direction the first guy went.

I look down at the roses in my hands confused. Who sent these?

I look up as one more rose is being placed in my arms to see Ryan Greene, the captain of the football team. His looks make him seem like he'd be a player but he's not, he is by far the sweetest guy in school.

I'm not going to lie, I had the biggest crush on him last year but I never thought he even know who I was. I guess I was wrong.

"What is this?" I ask him.

He gives me a wide smile. "A proposal."

I raise an eyebrow. "A proposal?"

He nods. "Will you, Amaya Ross, be my date to prom?"

Out of the corner of my eye I see someone standing at the end of the hallway. I turn my head to see Kane with his arms crossed over his chest and giving me a look at says 'don't even think about it.'

I want to say yes so bad because this is the first guy that's ever even asked me to prom and it's Ryan Greene! I know every girl in school is dying to go to prom with him and here he is asking me.

I don't want to say no to him, but I know I'll have to because if I don't Kane is going to have my head for something else. I already know I'm going to get yelled at when he finds out I'm not wearing my ring, don't need to add something else to it.

Gosh I sound like a child.

I sigh and look back at Ryan.

I put the roses in Ryan's arms and give him a sad look. "I'm really sorry but I can't."

"Why not?" He frowns.

"I'm not sure if I'm even going to prom yet or not." I tell him. "And if I do I'll probably just go with my friends."

"I'm sorry, Ryan, this was probably the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me and I feel so bad having to turn you down." I give him a sad smile.

"You're good. I'll see you around, Amaya." He shoots me a fake smile and turns walking down the hallway.

I sigh and pick up my bag from the floor as the bell rings. I walk toward Kane and I guess he thought I was coming to talk to him because he opened his mouth to say something.

"Don't even." I say walking past him not even glancing at him.

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