Make Me Better

"Blue?" My mom asked. I had barely gotten the words out before she dragged me off to the mall. I was getting tired of dress shopping and but my mom was on a mission.

"Mom, I don't really care for the color and we've been here for an hour, I doubt I'll find a decent dress." I sighed, I took hold of her hand and she frowned. I realized that she was truly excited, she had that gleam in her eyes. I let go of her hand, I hadn't seen my mom excited in a bit. I decided to let her have her fun, maybe it was taking her mind off the baby in the hospital. For her pleasure, I tried on every dress she handed me. I wasn't much of a 'dress' girl, but I would admit that some of these dresses weren't so bad. They were all nice dresses but none of them were for me. My mom pushed me back into the dressing room, handing me a plum colored dress. It was strapless and fell about an inch before my knee. I slipped it on and zipped it up. It was a bit poofy at the bottom, but nothing too ridiculous. It had a sweetheart neckline, and I had actually taken a liking to the dress. I walked out, a bit awkwardly only because I was a little embarrassed.

My mom smiled brightly, "You look so perfect, darling." I laughed a bit,
"Really? It doesn't look too out of the norm?"

She shook her head, "You look great, Olive! I think you should get it." I nodded,

"Ok." It was a bit odd, I had actually started to get excited about this whole prom thing. I felt like one of those typical teen aged girls. Prom wasn't for another three weeks, and I seriously couldn't wait.

Later that I day I went over to Lindsey's house. I didn't let any of my excitement show, it would probably annoy her.

"I slept with Gerard." She blurted out when I took a seat on the edge of her bed.

"What?" I choked out.

She shook her head and closed her eyes for a moment, "I know, I know. He was all pissed because he thought I had a boyfriend, so last night he came over, talking all this crap. One thing lead to another and we were having sex. Hot, angry sex." I cringed a bit.

"Ok, so what happened after? Did you two talk about things? Are you thinking of getting back together or was that just mindless sex?" She sighed, Lindsey seemed conflicted and I couldn't think of anything to say.

"He left right after." She rolled her eyes, " I called him and told him we needed to talk. He either wants to be with me or he doesn't. If he doesn't then I'm done trying with him."
She blushed a bit, "do I look like I'm trying too hard?" She asked looking down at her attire.
I shook my head, "you look great."

"He'll be here in a bit."

"You want me to leave?"

She shook her head, "I think Frank is coming with him." When Frank strolled in, I tackled him with a hug. He chuckled into my hair and held me tightly.

"I went dress shopping with my mom, I got this really pretty dress-"

"Are you sure you're the Oli I know?" He asked. I rolled my eyes and slapped his chest playfully.

"Fine, I'll just Mikey to be my date."

"Mikey has a girlfriend."

"So?"

"I'm sorry, babe. Go on, tell me about this pretty dress."
When I didn't go on, he frowned and grasped my face in his hands, pressing his cold lips against mine. His lip piercing made me pull back, it was freezing cold.

"I just came to drop Gee off, want me to take you home?" He asked. I nodded, looking over my shoulder. Lindsey was speaking quickly, while Gerard stared at her with an amused face.