Unthinkable Romance

Chapter 16: Early Morning Rush

Friday morning was slowly easing in for Serena as she woke up at the crack of dawn. She yawned and slammed her alarm clock buzzer. She sat on her bed for a minute and stretched her arms mindlessly. She gasped.

'It's prom day!'

She fell off her bed due to the excitement and sweatdropped, hoping she hadn't woken Grace up. She scrambled to her feet and darted into the bathroom. After washing herself and vigorously brushing every strand of her hair, she turned on her phone and began texting Dawn and Ash frantically. Unfortunately, she had created all too much noise and had startled Grace.

'Do you know what time it is?!'

Her hands were placed rather firmly on her hips as her eyebrows furrowed downwards a little.

'Yes mum, but I have to be ready by midday and you know how long it takes me to get ready.'

'Fair enough.' Grace released her hands from her hips. 'But what is so important that you need to be ready by twelve?'

'I'm going bowling and playing badminton with Ash, Dawn & James before the prom.'

'Blimey, you've let yourself in for a hectic day. Well as long as your home before nine, that's fine by me.'

'No need to worry as Dawn says!'

Grace stifled a laugh and then headed back to sleep for a few more hours.

11:30am. Serena was nowhere near ready to leave as she made numerous adjustments to herself. Ash texted her, asking where she was and sent a cute little x and love heart emoticon with it. Serena looked at the message in awe and then hurriedly texted back: I may be a little late honey x <3. She texted Dawn something similar and then ran up and down the stairs for twenty minutes until she was satisfied with herself. 11.50am. Serena shouted up to Grace that she was finally leaving. With a large thud of the front door, she began what could be the best day of her life, barring her wedding day of course.

'Right, time to frantically run for the 158.'