Prom was next week.

It was next week.

And I haven't done my promposal to Jace yet. Each time I try, I get so nervous and back out last minute. It's horrifyingly very similar to the nervousness I felt whenever I overstepped my boundaries with him, like when I asked him out and whenever did stuff.

It's like a checklist now, clammy hands? check. Ragged breathing? check. Dizziness? check. Feeling of imminent rejection? Check.

"Dude, seriously, you need to do it today." Ben ushered me. I took the phone off the speaker and held it to my ear, "everything is ready, it has been since Monday.."

"Everything but me." I sighed and took a seat on my bed. Hanging on my wardrobe door was my tux, ironed and ready to wear. It was being protected by dust with a plastic cover. My shoes were nearly put away in its box too.

"Come on, you can do it. Don't be a wimp." He tried again. I didn't answer and he continued, "We have an hour until Jace would walk in through those school doors so think quick. We can't postpone for another day. It's been four days! FOUR."

I gulped and still didn't reply, I couldn't. I was speechless. "Yeah.. Ok. Gather up the guys. I'll be there in twenty." I choked out.

I ended the call and sat on my bed for for what felt like hours. Why was I so nervous? I know Jace loves me, I know he'd be more than happy to go prom with me, so why was I feeling so damn nervous?

I've never done a promposal before, heck, I never expected to be doing one to a guy. I thought I could just fake my straightness until school was over and done with but nope, nobody knows what the future holds. It wasn't until I met Jace that he made me question everything, he gave me the confidence to come out to the school and to my own family.

I stood up off the bed and straightened out my denim shirt and jeans and started buckling up my converses. This had to be done today.

I looked at my reflection in the mirror, for some reason, I felt that even though I've done absolutely everything to make my appearance drool-worthy today, it wasn't enough for Jace. I've never had self esteem issues but since I've met him, I've always been putting extra effort into my morning routine.

"You can do this."' I whispered to my reflection.

I grabbed my phone off its charger and headed out my bedroom door, meeting Liam in his room. He was in his boxers and looking through his drawers and his hair was all over the place.

"Can we leave now?" I asked. He turned around and rolled his eyes, "I need to be there before Jace."

"Yeah sure." He shrugged off and took out a a pair of black jeans from his dresser. "Give me a moment."

I sighed and hurried downstairs, grabbing my jacket but then putting it back down on the coat hook. According to the weather, it was going to be a hot day with blue skies.

I grabbed the box full of red roses from the kitchen table and smiled to myself open opening the box when I saw they were all healthy and beautiful. The won't be a point where these roses die before I get to school, right? They have to remain looking perfect and vibrant.

"Let's go." Liam said, tucking the last bit of his shirt into his jeans before grabbing his keys and spinning them around on his index finger.

I grabbed the box and then we both slid into our seats in the car after making sure the front door was shut properly. Liam revved the engine, raising the volume of the music to decibels that could most probably deafen me. He reversed out the driveway and then we were finally off.

I could feel my heart hammering against my skin and an all to familiar warmth fill my chest. Butterflies flooded into my stomach but they didn't bother me as much as they did because I was used to the feeling.

Ben met me in the car park of the school with a couple people from Torvux (excluding Flynn of course) and a few of his friends, including the ones I sit at his table with. I should really thank Ben, he was great at helping me put this all together and he was actually being cool about having to mix with people from Torvux. He was doing it all for Jace and I.

"Okay, so I just got a text from Jace and he said he'll be in school in fifteen minutes so now we have even less time to set up." Ben gushed out. "Have you got the roses?"

"Well duh," I chuckled and showed him the tall box of roses that were hiding behind me.

"Okay, good, let's go inside then."

We all speed-walked inside and stood in a neat line at either side of the entrance corridor. A bunch of people from Torvux were being helpful by not so kindly asking people to move the hell out of the way.

"Zach you stand at the end of the corridor for over there, round that corner, and then you walk out as he collects roses." Rebecca said. "Oh, I'm so happy for you."

"Thanks." I muttered and opened up the box of roses, handing one to each and every person standing along the walls, there were at least twenty on each side. People who I didn't even assign to do the job were joining in, obviously knowing what I was planning.

"Rebecca are you pitching in? In that case you can meet Jace outside and guide him this way." Ben said.

"On it!" She squealed and ran outside after saying she'd give us a signal when he's coming this way.

Once I made sure everyone had a rose in their hand and they were stood in a neat line on both sides of the corridor, Rebecca made a not so discreet signal (she was waving her middle finger in the air) and I rushed round the corner of the corridor.

I peeked round the side of it and saw through the windows that Rebecca was walking with Jace up to the door. He looked nice today, not that he doesn't look nice everyday. He wore a red sweatshirt with a white dress shirt peering underneath paired with black jeans and matching red Nikes.

I could feel my heart thumping in my ears and even a bead of sweat drip from my forehead but I tried my best to keep my breathing steady, I didn't want to be a sweaty mess when I see him, especially not after spending a lot of time this morning getting myself ready.

I saw Jace come through the door and instantly looking confused. The first two people in the rows gave him the roses and Rebecca gave Jace an awkward side hug before standing back and letting Jace walk on his own.

The second set of people, Ben and another guy, gave him their roses and Jace gave Ben a quick fist bump and grabbed the third set of roses from the next row. He held them all gingerly in his hand and his cheeks were flushed the exact same colour as the roses.

I walked closer and closer to him, being sure to not let him see me by standing by the wall, behind the row of people.

He was grinning gleefully, which made me extra happy because this stupid promposal didn't feel so stupid anymore. He took each rose and collected them in his arms, holding them the same way you'd hold a baby.

When he was at the last row, I popped out from behind the people, planning to embrace him but my feet were planted on the ground, so ow as just stood in front of him with a goofy grin on my face.

"Did you do this?" He asked.

"No. I didn't." I rolled my eyes, "kidding, of course I did."

"That so sweet." He chuckled and looked down at the roses in his arms. "They're very nice."

"Jace." I snorted, lifting his chin up with my index finger before he probably starts rambling, "will you go to prom with me?"

"Of course I will, you knobhead." He leaned forward and captured my lips in a chaste kiss.

"Wow, that's one way of putting it." I grinned and wrapped my arms around him, finally able to move my feet. "I love you."

"I love you more." He whispered back.

A series of applauds and hollers echoed around the corridor and I finally looked behind me to see that a bunch of people were crowded around us and even the teachers were clapping. I'd have expected them to ask us to clear the hallways because the big crowds of people would be a fire hazard.

We stayed in each other's arms for what felt like hours, people started clearing off and the bell went moments later but I liked being in his arms, right here, right now.

"Zach, you need to let go because otherwise we'll miss our exam." He laughed and pecked my lips.

"They don't let us in for another forty minutes anyway." I sighed and nuzzled my head into the crook of his shoulder.

He chuckled again and let go, then he grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the quad where everyone waits to get called in to take their exam.

I perched my butt on the fence and Jace stood in front of me. "Let's hope all that physics revision paid off."

"Well, recently, we haven't been doing much physics." I said quietly and poked his nose. He flinched and flicked my cheek. "I still need to get my payback."

"Sounds interesting." He chuckled and pulled at my shirt teasingly.

"H1, please go in as quickly and quietly as possible." An examiner announced. I gave Jace and really tight hug and wished him good luck before he went for his exam.

After this exam, we had a few days off and then everyone in the year group has to come in for a leavers assembly in the afternoon. We're also given our yearbooks too and I don't know anybody in the yearbook team but I've heard whispers that Jace and I were included in it. That evening on the same day is our prom and everyone was practically squealing in excitement.

I've never really thought much about prom, I always thought that it sucked. I still do think it sucks but I know I'll be there with Jace so it makes it a lot better. Doesn't change the fact that prom is for sods though and attending it would make me one too.

Perhaps I could plan for Jace and I to skip half of it and we could go somewhere else. What did he think of prom? I never actually knew.

A teacher announced my class to go into the exam hall and with my breath stuck in my throat, I scurried through the murky, dull corridors and stood in front of the examining hall with a bunch of other students. I took my phone out and switched it off and shoved it at the bottom of my bag before taking out the equipment I needed.

The examiner rudely ushered us in by scowling as if telling us 'you're all going to fail, mwahaha'. I followed my class into the dusty, old hall that I've become so accustomed to having so many desks and chairs inside over the two weeks instead of basketballs or gym equipment and threw my bags down on top of a plastic chair inside a sporting equipment cupboard and double checked my pockets.

I saw Jace sat near the back of the row that was along the tall, glass windows. He was facing forward, drumming his pencil lightly against the fat exam booklet that seemed so very intimidating. I took a seat along the row my class were all sitting along and tidied up my desk.

"Make sure your bags are in the cupboard and you've checked your pockets for anything that you may be disqualified for." An examiner called out in an extremely nasally voice.

It wasn't until fifteen minutes of the examiner constantly repeating the same thing every now and then had passed that we were all sat down and ready to begin. She, in her annoying voice, went over the rules at the front of the booklet as if none of us could read and told us to write our full names and our student numbers. I seriously felt like ripping her vocal cords out but we can't all have what we wish for. Sigh.

When the clocked turned twenty seven minutes passed ten, we were finally allowed to begin. I flipped open the first page and found it surprisingly easy. The first pages are always easy.

I flipped to the next page and read over the question multiple times and studied the possible outcomes. It wasn't long until I was on the next page, and the page after that. Wow, I was on a roll.

I hope my handwriting is readable, god, what if it isn't?

Time passed me in a blur and when I had finally finished the paper and checked over it, I saw I had twenty minutes left still. I rolled my eyes, and then I rubbed at them. I smiled to myself as discreetly as I could thinking about Jace. I've never seen him wear a suit before and he'd undoubtably looked absolutely stupefying. Doesn't he always? I so badly wanted to turn around to see his face but I knew I couldn't because apparently, it would count as cheating and therefore, I'd be disqualified.

It sucked sitting at the front, especially when there's all these annoying examiners walking around and taking stationary out from the small box on top of the table in front of me.

What was even more annoying was the clacking of their heels against the creaky floorboards and when they whispered amongst each other. I was so glad this was my last ever exam, I was knackered and seriously sleep deprived.

Mum said she'd pick me up from outside the school gates later on so that saved me a forty minute walk home and Liam finished all his exams last week and he only had to come in today to collect his yearbook, lucky bastard.

"Pens down." The examiner announced. "Your time is up. Do make sure your name is at the front. We will take in your booklets now."

I blew a strand of hair out of my eye and slumped in my chair. I was still stuck in this dreary room and will be for the next twenty minutes whilst the exams call out every row separately to collect their bags.

The examiner called out my row and I bolted out my seat and grabbed my bag and literally ran towards the doors. I gave Jace a goodbye hug and jumped inside the familiar silver car.

"How did-" my mum started.

"Home now please please please." I whined and clicked my seatbelt in. Mum shook her head and rolled her eyes before taking the car off park and driving out of the school gates.

We got home eventually and I bolted it upstairs to my bedroom and belly flopped into my bed without even bothering to take my shoes off. My phone buzzed in my pocket and I scrimmaged around in my pockets and took it out.

Molly: you better have that bed ready for me. I'm absolutely knackered. Oh, and some tea would be nice too.