I was sitting in my room working on an essay on my laptop when Lily bursts into my room.

"Get up, pancakes. I brought some stuff for you." She said.

I laughed before sitting up and crawling off the bed.

"Take your glasses off." She demanded.

"No. I need them." I answered.

"You think you need them. Now, take them off." She demanded again.

I took them off and tossed then on my desk.

"Focus on something and try if you can see clearly." She said as she tossed her jacket on my bed.

"It's fine. I can see." I replied.

"You promise?" She asked.

"Promise." I answered.

She took out something from a bag.

"I'm going to do your makeup and I'll do it for the dance since you are awful at doing makeup." She said.

She began to put liquid eyeliner on me and then she put on some mascara and a little blush.

"There! You look so great! You look beautiful without it, hell yes! you really do look gorgeous." She said.

There's a knock on the front door making us both jump.

"Who is that?" Lily asked.

"I don't know. I'll be right back." I said before running down down the stairs.

The person knocks again.

"I'm coming." I said hopping off the last few steps.

I was surprised when I opened the door and saw Ethan's back facing me. I speak up and he turn around.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"We need to talk." He replied shortly.

"Hell no we don't." I went to shut the door, but he stopped me.

"Ethan, I'm not going to waste my Saturday hearing you talk about how you're better than everyone. Now, leave." I simply said.

"Elle, please." He begged.

"Look who's begging now." I said quietly.

"Just let me talk to you." He said.

"You've said enough to me already." I replied

"Elle, please just give me a chance". He begged.

I huffed.

"Give you a chance? Really? You didn't give me a chance."

" You've never given me a chance, actually. You bully me and treat me like trash."

" So, no. I'm not going to give you a chance, ever. You don't deserve one."

I answered.

He run his fingers through his hair.

"Please, just let me talk to you. I need to talk to you about something." He replied.

"I don't care what you need to talk about. I'll see you on Monday."

" You'll probably be harassing me anyways."

I said before slamming the door.

"Who was that?" Lily asked as I walk back up the stairs.

"Nobody. Just some kids joking around." I said as I sit down on my bed and unlock my phone.

"I have one last thing." She said.

She pulled out a dark plum gift bag.

"I went to a shop that had masquerade items and got you this." She handed me the bag and I opened it up.

I pulled out a black laced mask from the bag.

"It was kinda expensive, but I had to get it for you. It is so beautiful and I immediately thought of your face as soon as I saw it." She said.

"Lily, it's so beautiful. Thank you so much." I hugged her before she stood up.

"Alright, well, I gotta go. My mom's having some family gathering or something." She said.

"Alright, see you later." I replied.

"Call me tonight." She said before walking out and I soon heard the front door shut.

I decided take a shower and wash the makeup off my face. My mom knock on door and say.

"There's this boy downstairs. He says he needs to talk to you." Mom said

"Make him leave." I said sitting up. I play some music from my laptop and sit back down on my bed.

"Sweetie, he really wants to talk." Mom replied.

I open my book and started reading.

"No, Mom." I answered.

She slammed my door.

"Elle, get up and go talk to him now." She said firmly.

I put my book down and walked to the stairs.

"Ethan, come up here." I said.

Ethan appeared at the top of the steps and he follow me into my room. I shut the door behind me and sit in my swivel chair and went through the music on my laptop.

"What do you want to talk about?" I asked.

"It's actually more of something I want to do." He said.

He looked around my room. His eyes scanned my band posters that covered my walls and my shelves of CD's collection.

"Let me guess, you expected books and science posters." I asked.

"Yeah, I did, actually. Surprises me a lot that it looks like this." He said.

I rolled my eyes turning away from him.

"Of course you do." I replied.