Chapter 58

Chapter 58: NIGHT IN THE SKY

Caleb stared at the mirror once he was ready. Earlier at the fitting room he tried out the same outfit, but something about being well groomed from head to toe gave him a much more charming appearance. As a custom he was supposed to pick up his date from her house, but since he never bothered to check her address he asked her to meet at the cafe outside the school. He waited there for a while before she showed up with a beautiful get up, and a frustrated expression.

“I cannot believe you pulled such a stunt on me, I texted you the address”! She yelled at him.

“You did”? Caleb tilted his face in confusion so Tiffany took out her phone to show her the message. Caleb stared at the screen before scrolling up and did a “Ahh” as realisation hit him. “I remember now, I blocked this number”.

“Why”! She shouted at him, furious. “It was an unknown number”, he shrugged. “Your first message is ‘Hey, there guess who I am'”.

“So you will block it”? Baffled, she asked. “I get texts like this all the time. I don’t have time or any energy to keep responding to each and every one of them”. Caleb asserted. “Anyways, you want to fight or you want to go to the dance”? She huffed in anger before she said, “let’s go”.

On the door of the School Gym it was written in big large fonts:

NIGHT IN THE SKY

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Before entering both of them put on their masks. The couple looked perfect with each other given their combination of blue and red. The hidden faces behind the masks just increased their charm ten fold. It was quite late thus many people were already there. Given how many people were dancing, Tiffany urged to Caleb for the dance as well.

He complied with her wish as he and started dancing. After a few steps he looked around a little bit to check who was playing the song and was surprised to see that it was on record. Was the band not here yet? He wondered. Regardless, he promised his date a dance and he kept the end of his promise to her.

After a while when he was tired he went to sit in the chairs. He wasn’t physically tired, given his wolf status he had way more stamina despite not sleeping well the night before, but he did feel drained. He was drinking for his glass when his friend came and sat next to him. “You alright”? Matt asked him.

“Yeah, why not”? Caleb shrugged. “Why are you here, by the way? Where is Carly”? Caleb asked him about his date so he pointed at someone, “She is dancing with that boy. Honestly I am starting to regret asking her out to this”. Matt sighed. “Why are you sitting by yourself? Where is your date”? Matt asked him.

“Somewhere here” Caleb replied flatly. “She was frustrated, and it was starting to frustrate me”. Caleb shrugged. “Hey this is our last prom from high school. You should enjoy it considering how you missed last year” Matt nudged him on the shoulder. “I am enjoying it. I am trying to stay away from the negative energy”. He explained to him. “I want to rest a bit, but if you want you are free to ask Tiff for a dance”. Caleb shrugged.

“You know what? I would! I will show Carly that I can dance with someone else other than my date”! He asserted and left. Caleb chuckled at his friend’s petty behavior as he looked around the entire hall. From time to time he found himself glancing at the station of where the instruments were kept. In fact that’s where he was staring at when he heard someone speak next to him.

“Are you going to spend your entire prom sitting here like this”? Ashton, who appeared next to him, spoke. Caleb turned his head towards him and noticed that he was wearing a complete black outfit, without any mask. Ashton sat down next to him as Caleb chucked. “Not sure. Let’s see”. He sighed. “How did you recognize me with a mask”? Caleb asked him.

“Are you kidding me? I spent an entire day looking for the perfect tux with you. It’s not hard to spot this one in this crowd you know”, Ashton rolled his eyes at him. Caleb nodded as he realised how he forgot that tiny detail. “You look great”. Ashton threw a compliment at him all of a sudden which took Caleb by surprise. “Th..thanks” he replied to him awkwardly.

Both of them sat in a comfortable silence for a really long time. After what seemed like eternity Caleb popped the one question that was bothering him, “Aren’t you going to play”?

Ashton looked at him before replying, “We still have time. Despite a lot of requests to the prom committee we could not get an earlier slot”. He explained.

“So, why don’t you dance then”? Caleb suggested. Ashton gave him an ‘Are-you-crazy’ look before replying, “Unlike you, I didn’t bring a date”. Caleb looked back at the crowd after which he pointed at Matt and Tiffany. “My date is dancing with Matt, so I don’t think that should be a problem” Caleb smirked.

“Forget it, I don’t want to”. Ashton replied flatly.

“You know how to dance right”? Caleb tried to tease Ashton. Ashton, who looked flustered by the question, pursed his lips and avoided Caleb’s gaze before replying, “Of course, I know”.

“No you don’t”! Caleb exclaimed with a gleeful smile. He could tell that Ashton was lying and even if it was not that much of a big deal he loved the reactions Ashton was giving to his playful tease. “Do you want me to teach you”? Caleb played with him further. Ashton’s eyes widened a little bit before he looked at Caleb. “No thank you, I am not interested”. He asserted.

“Come on, what would you do in your prom if you can’t dance”? Caleb insisted with an excuse. “I won’t go, as simple as that”. Ashton shrugged. At that moment Ashton felt a vibration in his pocket. It was a message from George saying {We’re up in five minutes, come} “I gotta go” Ashton mumbled, patted Caleb’s shoulder, and left.

“Hello everyone, today we have a special performance by none other than our own band. A big applause of them”! The announcer announced before the lights started to shuffle on the podium, exactly where the band was.

Slowly and gradually everyone began playing their individual instruments. As they delved into the rhythm almost everyone started to dance to it. Soon, Ashton started singing and indeed it was mesmerizing as hell, so much so that Caleb couldn’t even stop staring. He had never heard of the song they were singing, but the more he listened to it the more enchanted he got.

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[[Song:]]

[So what’s been on your mind?

For me, it’s just you all the time

We don’t need to go nowhere tonight

It’s you and I, we’ll be alright

Cause here we get to take our time

You, you’re fallin’ in so why?

We don’t need to go nowhere tonight

It’s you and I, we’ll be alright

I give you everything (I give you everything)

I give you everything (I give you everything)

You don’t owe me anything (you don’t owe me anything)

So are you ready baby?

You got me screaming

My my my my my my my (my my my my)

You got me screaming

My my my my my my my (my my my my)

And now I’m like ohhhh (yeah)

My my my my my

And now I’m like ohhhh (yeah yeah)

Cause you’re not out of touch babe]

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Hearing the lyrics Caleb felt something in his heart. In a weird way he could relate to the song and thus felt even more drawn to its lyrics.

...

[After it, when you catch your breath

You look at me and say

Love, are you real?

Just don’t pretend you’re just a friend babe

I give you everything (I give you everything)

I give you everything (I give you everything)

You don’t owe me anything (you don’t owe me anything)

So are you ready baby?

You got me screaming

My my my my my my my (my my my my)

You got me screaming

My my my my my my my (my my my my)

And now I’m like ohhh (yeah)

My my my my my

And now I’m like ohhh (yeah yeah)

Cause you’re not out of touch babe]

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The more Caleb heard it, the more he felt all those feelings strongly that he kept hidden deep inside of him, the ones he pushed away because he thought them to be meaningless. That’s the thing about feelings, you cannot always justify why you feel a certain way... All you know is that you do. And what you do with it? It’s up to you.

Feeling overwhelmed, the moment the song ended he found his way to the exit and headed outside the room. He didn’t look where he was going, he just found an empty room and went straight inside. He realized he was breathing faster, so tried to calm himself down. How did a simple song managed to get such a reaction from him? He wondered. He heard the door unlock behind him, but he was too engrossed in his own moment to look, that is until he heard “Caleb”?