“Really?” I could barely hear her soft voice over the noise in the room.
“Really,” I replied.
She was grinning widely and didn’t hesitate to take my hand as I helped her up on stage. I kept hold of her hand as I walked back to the microphone and smiled out at the crowd. “Thank you guys for being so awesome tonight. It’s time for our final song of the night, and I think you guys might know this one…”
A flurry of excited gasps echoed around the room as I gently let go of Hayley’s hand and began strumming the chords to “Love Story” by Taylor Swift; the song from my promposal. I didn’t once look down from the stage as I started singing directly to Hayley. I felt the meaning of the lyrics so much stronger now that she was really my girlfriend. I think she felt the same, because she raised her hands to her cheeks and her eyes glazed with tears.
She started jumping with excitement and dancing to the music when the guys joined me on the guitar and drums. This wasn’t the rendition of the song I’d played for her before though. We’d prepared a Taylor Swift medley, and as we changed key and started to sing the lyrics to “You Belong With Me” the crowd went wild. Hayley stilled on stage and her hands went to her lips as she gasped. Her eyes were big and her shocked expression was just about the cutest thing I’d ever seen, but she quickly recovered from her surprise and started to dance again.
Her excitement only grew as we moved through song after song, and she let out an excited squeal each time she heard the music shifting. She sang every word to every song, and I could hear the crowd singing along with her. We played five different Taylor tracks in total, returning to “Love Story” for the grand finale. When our medley came to an end, a cheer erupted from the room unlike any we’d ever heard before.
Colin and Dex ran forward and the three of us bowed together. It was a performance I wouldn’t quickly forget, and there was one main reason why: Hayley. I took her by the hand, and the cheers followed after us as we made our way off the stage.
I pulled her into my arms the first chance I got, and her eyes sparkled with happiness as she clasped her hands around my neck. “That was quite a show,” she said. “I can’t believe you didn’t tell me you guys were playing tonight.”
“I wanted it to be a surprise.”
“Well, it totally was. And you sang all of those Taylor songs for me. I think this might be the best prom ever.”
“You think tonight is good, you should see what I have planned for tomorrow…”
“You’re planning to top this tomorrow?”
Her voice was so incredulous I laughed and shook my head. “No, but I am pretty excited for tomorrow. Do you want to know why?”
“Why?”
“Because tomorrow’s the first day I get to really be with you.”
She slowly started to smile as she closed the distance between us to capture my lips with hers. “Maybe that will top tonight, after all.”
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The End
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ALEXANDRA MOODY is an Australian author. She studied Law and Commerce in her hometown, Adelaide, before going on to spend several years living abroad in Canada and the UK. She is obsessed with dogs, loves to snowboard and has a love/hate relationship with the gym.
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