Page 9 of When Ellie Falls in Love

Is that the only reason?Sadie wanted to ask.

But she didn’t. She only had one chance at going to her senior prom, and apparently, Trevor was how she was going to get there. Sadie would eventually have to figure out how she felt about that, but for now, she nodded her head.

“Yeah. Sure.”

“Cool,” Trevor smirked as he winked. “I’ll get us tickets tomorrow.”

He didn’t give her time to say anything else before he walked down the hallway and out the door to the parking lot. Sadie stood, completely in shock, as she tried to process what the hell had just happened. Thankfully, no one else had been around to see the exchange. She knew she had to be the epitome of awkwardness, which only confused her more about why Trevor asked her to the prom.

Pushing the door open, Sadie made her way to Charlie’s truck. It was the only one left in the parking lot, and Charlie was leaning on it while scrolling on her phone.

“Hey, you ready?”

“Yeah, sorry that it took so long.”

“It’s okay.” Charlie took her bat bag and put it into the truck bed for her. “You did great today.”

“Thanks.”

“You still up for going to Straight to Ale with us?”

Sadie nodded as she opened the passenger-side door. She climbed into the truck, and Charlie did the same on the other side.

“You okay?”

“Yeah, just…” Sadie stopped herself from spilling the beans that her mind was distracted by the fact Trevor had just asked her to prom and the images of Ellie singing to her in the theater earlier.

Well, nottoher, exactly. They had locked eyes, yes, but that didn’t mean anything. It was probably accidental on Ellie’s behalf. Sadie had interrupted her and Ellie was probably pissed at her for doing so. If the lights had been brighter, she might have seen the frustration in Ellie’s eyes across the room.

Yeah, right.

Sadie could try to explain away how she felt when Ellie looked at her, but it was useless.

“Nothing,” Sadie sighed.

“Have you made a decision on prom?”

Sadie laughed nervously. “Well, kinda.”

“What does that mean?” Charlie playfully laughed.

“Well,” Sadie said, taking a deep breath and pushing the images of Ellie out of her mind. “You know Trevor Mariano?”

“Trevor? The jock?” The surprise was evident in Charlie’s voice. “Yeah, I know him.”

“Well, he kinda just asked me to go to prom with him.”

“Just now?”

“Yeah.”

“Is that why you were late coming out?”

“Partially.”

“Wow,” Charlie exclaimed and Sadie wished she could disappear. Why had she told her? She knew what was coming. “I didn’t know you liked Trevor.”

“I didn’t say I did.”

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