That Witch! (26 page)

“See you inside,” Laura said cheerfully before taking her boyfriend and tugging him along toward the entrance.

Cassidy followed suit and took Brynn’s hand, escorting her to the double doors of the ballroom. Inside, the theme was “Once Upon a Fairy Tale.” They had to walk down a white carpet leading through the center of two rows of artificial trees with branches intertwined above. It resembled an enchanted forest, complete with blue, white, and silver balloons as the trees’ magical shrubbery.

Once they passed through the “forest,” everything was covered in glitter. The room sparkled from the rapid pulsing lights flashing in rhythm with the upbeat dance music pouring through the massive speakers set up everywhere. Columns set up to resemble fairy tale castle pillars gave way to a dance floor surrounded by white linen-covered tables, accented by chairs wrapped with satiny blue bows. Strips of sheer fabric hung along the walls, backlit by strings of twinkling Christmas lights. Shimmering stars hung from the ceiling at various lengths.

“Wow, this is—” Brynn gasped as she looked around.

“Magical?” Cassidy laughed. “That was kinda my route when pitching themes to the committee. I may or may not have stressed this idea the most.”

“As always, you’ve outdone yourself, Cassidy.”

“Thank you, but the credit goes to my muse.”

“I hear she’s pretty awesome,” Brynn said, grinning.

“She’s more than awesome. She rocks my world.”

“Quit being a sap in front of all these people.”

“Baby, you’ve not seen sappy yet.” Cassidy smirked and took Brynn’s hand, leading her to the dance floor, where the fast tempo of the music slowed down and Eve 6’s “Here’s To The Night”
started to play, almost as if on cue for them.

Brynn pressed close to her body as they began to sway in time with the song. Laura and Norman danced to their left. Tara and Michelle walked out, also to embrace one another as they danced.

There, surrounded by friends and the magic of the moment, with the girl she loved more than anything dancing with her, Cassidy couldn’t care less about the crown or attention that came with being a prom queen. She had all she needed right there, in an emo black dress and hot pink hair. And that was better than anything else she could be awarded.

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