Proving A Point

Chapter Twenty

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"Hey girls how was practice?" Chelsea's mom Regina asked as we walked in the front door and threw down our cheer bags and joined her in the kitchen where she was preparing dinner, it's scent made my stomach growl.

"It was good!" We both answered at the same time and plopped ourselves in the bar stools and started snacking on potato chips that her mom had just laid out for us.

"How is practice going Erika? Your body handling it okay?" Chelsea's mom asked with a soft smile, sympathy written all over her face.

"It's going great, my body is all healed up now." I reassured her and honestly it was. At first it was a little hard but nothing I can't handle.

"I'm glad to hear that. So when is yalls homecoming?" She asked changing the subject and I was grateful for that.

"About a month and a week away!" Chelsea beamed at the sound of homecoming.

"Oh it's getting close! We need to go shopping for yalls dresses for the dance. We should make a day out of it. You could invite your mom I'm sure she would love that." Regina suggested and it was my turn to beam. It was so thoughtful of her to suggest inviting my mom considering the circumstances. I didn't want anyone to blame my mom for what happened or look at her any different.

"I would love that!" I had never been excited about homecoming before. I didn't have a date to the dance, and Chelsea would no doubt go with Matt so I would be the third wheel but that wouldn't stop me from going, not my senior year.

"We will arrange something soon. Check with your mom to see what day she has free and we will plan something." I nodded in agreement.

"Well dinner is done. I have to go return a few calls to clients but go ahead and eat before it gets cold." She smiled warmly and then excused herself to go return her calls. She's a loan officer for a mortgage company so she has to work from home some nights.

"What are you going to wear to Payton's party tomorrow night?" Chelsea asked as we both made our plates. I had almost forgotten about the party that I agreed to go to. I felt guilty for agreeing to go with Brian after Dakota said he wanted to get to know me, it just felt wrong even though we aren't a couple or anything.

"It's chilly outside so probably ripped skinny jeans, a cute top, and some boots or something." I shrugged casually. I wasn't to concerned about what to wear because honestly I didn't really want to go anymore but I was going to try and at least act like I wanted to.

"I think I'm going to wear that new capri romper I got from rue 21 last time we went and some flats or something." She added and I nodded, it was super cute floral print and flowy, of course it looked amazing on her and her long legs.

"Oooo good choice!" I added nodding in approval. We spent the rest of the night huddled in her room doing homework and chit chatting about the party and random things like we usually did.

"Do you think Dakota will be at the party?" I asked as I was laying on my stomach doing homework on her bedroom floor.

"Hmm I don't know. He doesn't usually go to the parties I've been to. He has a few times but not usually." She looked up at me as she answered me. I was just curious if he was going to be there or not especially since I was going with Brian.

"Oh." Was all I said as I went back to finishing up the last few questions of my math homework and once I was done I closed my textbook and stood up and stretched my stiff limbs and yawned.

"I'm going to bed Chels. Goodnight sweet dreams." I made my way to her bedroom door and watched as she crawled into her bed tucking herself in.

"Goodnight Rik. Love you." She smiled tiredly at me and I turned off her bedroom light and started to shut the door.

"Love you too." I shut her door and made my way to my room and crawled into bed. I pulled my phone out of my purse and made sure my alarm was set for the morning and noticed I had a text message so I opened it, it was from Dakota.

'Got plans tomorrow night?' Was what it read. Of course he would ask me if I had plans on a night where I actually did, with another guy...

'Yep I'm going to Payton's party..' I typed it and hit send, guilt pulling at my insides, for some reason I just couldn't shake it off.

'Whoa Barbie is going to a party?' I rolled my eyes at his sarcastic comment, I could practically see him smirking in my mind.

'Is that so hard to believe?' I typed out and sent it.

'Kinda you just don't seem like the partying type.' He replied and he was right, I'm not the type but what if I wanted to be? Would that be so bad? But truthfully I didn't want to be the type but I wanted to have normal high school experiences while I still can. I want to go out and have fun and make new friends and be normal for once.

'Because I'm usually not, but change is good huh?' I strummed my fingers along my screen as I typed and hit send. I waited a while before he texted back.

'It can be but don't change to much I kinda like you the way you are. ;) Don't feel like you need to change for anyone, just be you. Goodnight Barbie.' My heart skipped a beat with his reply and there was a shit eating grin spread across my face.

'Goodnight Dakota.' I sent back and as I lied there trying to fall asleep I couldn't stop thinking about Dakota. The more we talked the harder I fell, everything about him draws me in and I was hooked, deep.