Elodie May DeLoughrey
Seeing the look on his face and his smile only made this moment better, feeling like she was doing the right thing. Feeling the right way. “Really,” she mouthed, slowly nodding while keeping a smile on her face. It was strange to see he didn’t believe her at first, you’d think a guy like him would already know that and be flattered, but it didn’t seem like that. And for some reason, she liked that. It made everything seem… real. Before his whole attitude changed. You can’t.
“What?” She quietly asked with, now, a confused look on her face, loosening her grip on the teddy.
Unfortunately, she couldn’t even process what he said, she couldn’t say anything else because someone else showed up, interrupting them. She didn’t even have to look at the person to know who it was, she knew his voice pretty well so her eyes were still glued on Lyonrad. In disbelief.
Things happened quickly and before she knew it Lyonard was walking away with Daniel following him, right after giving her a hug, which she didn’t return. Not because she didn’t want that - if she was able to do that, she would. Instead, her grip on the teddy tightened again, feeling like all eyes were on her right now and she looked like the biggest fool.
It was hard but she tried to keep her face as straight as possible, not showing any signs of… sadness. But she was, she was sad. Maybe having Dorian scare off every guy that ever tried to get close to her before wasn’t such a bad thing, because this was not what she expected. This was not how she imagined getting close to a guy would feel like. People would think she was experienced with these things but she wasn’t. She always tried to be seen with someone, usually someone that works with her dad, just so everyone would think she was dating someone when she wasn’t. Instead, she was a girl that never experienced love, dating or just simply… kissing a guy. But that was her little secret, no one really knew that and she always wanted it to be that way. So standing there alone, with a teddy in her hands, she tried hard not to let the tears form in her eyes.
What made it even harder was what happened next. As a mix of confusion and sadness washed over her face, she took a few steps back, biting down on her lip. Just minutes ago she had this guy ask her to prom but now… now he was asking someone else with all these amazing things. If things weren’t the way they are now, she would be both jealous and happy for the girl - Kara. But she hated every second of it. If she knew better, she would walk up to them and give Kara the teddy she was holding, because it obviously didn’t belong to Elodie. But if she did, it would only make things worse. She didn’t want people to think she was dumped, this way it might look like it was just a silly gift from… a friend. And if someone asks, she’s just going to say how her good friend Kara had the best promposal. That only seemed easy in her head before Daniel walked back to her, looking rather pleased with what just happened. Or that was just something she could guess because of the tone of his voice since she couldn’t bring herself to look away.
“Yeah, wow.” A smile she had on was visibly forced, avoiding to even glance at Daniel. “The con-” As her voice cracked she tried to cover it with a chuckle, finally shifting her gaze to him, hoping the smile she had on didn’t look as fake as it felt. “The confetti was a perfect finishing touch.” With yet another chuckle, she looked to the other side, taking a deep breath in as she felt his hand on her back and heard his last words before walking back in. Have a good day, she sarcastically repeated in her head, still standing there frozen. But before anyone could get a chance to approach her, she turned around and finally walked in with a goal to find Dorian and get rid of the teddy.
Well, to put him in his car. She did promise he wouldn’t end up the trash, plus he was cute.