Page 36 of Eleanor & Grey
“Yes, sir,” Greyson replied, moving his hands a bit higher, hardly touching my back. I think Dad kind of made him nervous, which was funny, seeing how Dad was nothing but a big teddy bear.
“If you want, we can drive you two to the school dance and then pick you up later on,” Dad offered, and we took him up on it.
As we drove, Mom kept glancing back and smiling at the both of us. “You two look adorable,” she kept repeating, shaking her head in awe. “Just adorable.”
“Thanks, Mrs.Gable,” Greyson said, and I swore his face was even a little red from embarrassment. At least I wasn’t alone.
We pulled up to the school, and they dropped us off. “All right, you two, have so much fun!” Mom exclaimed.
“But not too much fun,” Dad added, pointing at Greyson.
Greyson swallowed hard and hopped out of the car.
As I got out and started walking away, Mom rolled down her window and called after me. “And Ellie?”
“Yeah?”
She held her hands out toward me, and I walked over to her, taking them into mine. I leaned in, and she squeezed my hands lightly. “Live in this moment, my dragonfly. Live fully in this moment.”
“I love you, Mom.”
She pulled me closer and kissed my cheek. “I love you too. Now go. Have the time of your life.”
I walked over to Greyson, who looked so handsome in his suit. There were a ton of people standing around the entrance of the school, dressed up and laughing.
“Nervous?” he asked me.
“Terrified,” I replied.
This was kind of our first outing in public. Our reveal of sorts. Sure, we ate together at lunch, but Shay was always there. We never looked like we were a thing, but walking into that building together would definitely make it seem that way.
I didn’t even really know what we were, but I didn’t see a need to find out either.
It was pretty simple, actually.
He was him, I was me, and we were us. This was our story.
“Don’t worry, Ellie. I got you. And also”—he took my hand into his, linking us together as one—“you look beautiful tonight.”
Chills.
Chills all across my body.
“Ready?” he asked.
“Ready,” I replied.
When we entered the gymnasium, a few people whispered about the two of us being together, but Greyson didn’t seem to pay much mind to it. I didn’t either, because if he didn’t mind, it didn’t matter.
He looked at me every now and then like I was the only girl in the room, and that meant everything to me. In a room filled with Stacey Whites, his eyes were on Eleanor Gable.
“Do you want to dance?” he asked as an upbeat song began.
My heart started pounding against my rib cage. I shifted my feet. “Oh, no.I don’t know how to dance.”
“You don’t have to know how to dance in order to dance.” He stood in front of me and started kicking his arms and legs around like a wild man. “You just do it.”
I laughed. “You look crazy!”
