musical one shots

only us - the prom

(a/n: hey y'all! it's been a while. also i start school next week *UGH* so don't expect me to update every now and then. -keila)
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emma's pov

"hey emma, can i ask you something?" alyssa asked, taking a seat on my bed.

my heart skipped a beat. this is my first time ever having alyssa at my house. i've had a crush on her for a long time now, and we've lately started talking more and becoming really good friends. we went bowling together, she made me try more sushi rolls besides the basic california, our dream roles in dear evan hansen are evan and zoe, we got to see in the heights at the movies, and for halloween, alyssa wants us to do coordinate costumes as luca and alberto. but today, i invited her to my house and i'm kinda nervous to see how things will turn out. because my main concern is the fact that everyone at our school is homophobic, i'm scared to show who i really am. the only people i came out to are alyssa and my grandmother.

"um, yeah sure." i replied.

"i don't wanna keep our relationship a secret anymore."

wait wait wait. relationship? does she like me back? should i confess? "oh."

"i mean, what are we even hiding?"

"well, the thing is, no one at are school supports LGBTQ+, and i'm scared i might get my ass beaten."

"emma, who cares about what other people say? i just wanna be with you." alyssa stands up and walks over to me, grabbing both of my hands. "i don't need you to sell me on reasons to want you, i don't need you to search for the proof that i should. you don't have to convince me, you don't have to be scared you're not enough. cause what we've got going is good. i don't need more reminders of all that's been broken, i don't need you to fix what i'd rather forget. clear the slate and start over, try to quiet the noises in your head, we can't compete with all that."

she then walks back to my bed. "so what if it's us? what if it's us, and only us? and what came before won't count anymore or matter, can we try that? what if it's you, and what if it's me? and what if that's all that we needed to be, and the rest of the world falls away. what do you say?" she sits down on the bed.

wow. i can't believe this is actually happening. "i never thought there'd be someone like you who would want me."

"well?"

"so i give you ten thousand reasons to not let me go." i've never been so nervous in my life, but there's no turning back now. "but if you really see me, if you like me for me and nothing else, well that's all that i've wanted for longer than you could possibly know." i walk over to her, grabbed her hands, and knelt in front of her. "so it can be us. it can be us, and only us. and what came before won't count anymore or matter. we can try that!"

we both stand up, holding hands. "it's not so impossible." alyssa runs over to the other side of the bed.

"nobody else but the two of us here."

"cause you're saying it's possible."

"we can just watch the whole world disappear."

"till you're the only one i still know how to see."

"it's just you and me."

alyssa slowly walks over and sits down at the other side of the bed. "it'll be us, it'll be us and only us. and what came before won't count anymore!"

she holds out her hand. i run over to sit on the bed with her and grab her hand. "we can try that, you and me." i hold onto her other hand. "that's all that we needed to be and the rest of the world falls away. and the rest of the world falls away."

i'm gonna do it. i'm gonna do it. no turning back now. "the world falls away. the world falls away, and it's only us."

i cup her face and kiss her.