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been chosen to announce all the prom announcements to the seniors in the senior assembly. Due to her alarm clock that didn’t ring, she is more than late for her announcements. She runs through the opened double doors she goes back stage and informs Mrs. Zello, Century High’s activity director, she’s here. She notices the signals between Principle Grant and Mrs. Zello. She’s ready to put her act together and smile for the audience’s benefit.
    “And let’s present Ms. Alyssa Pike, head of prom committee to inform you all of the most-waited-for night.”  She meets him halfway and politely shakes his hand. The balding principle smiles sincerely and disappears to stage left.
    The crowd claps, shouting her name as she stands straight behind the podium. She quickly adjusts the microphone and smiles to everyone making sure she has eye contact, a great marketing technique.
    She turns to stage left. “Thank you, Principle Grant.” She turns her full attention to the Senior Class in front of her. “Who’s ready for graduation?” She yells with confidence. Everyone screams, agreeing with her. She laughs. “I agree with all of you. Well, I bet all of you have heard about the problems surrounding our prom including budget, the price of tickets, and so forth. You shouldn’t worry too much because all that has been fixed. Plus, we were able to raise so much money with the candy sales, the carwashes, and donations, that everyone in the audience will not just be able to go to prom, but we will also be able to book a live band to perform.”
    She smiles at everyone as they cheer and comment. It’s so easy to remember the times that she thought she was never going to make it this far in life. She really thought that maybe it wouldn’t be possible for her to graduate because she wouldn’t stop remembering. Her depression was strong. Her health was weak. Now she stands to look at all the seniors united and feels proud to be part of this community that she has grown to cherish.
    Alyssa continues to captivate the audience and smiles her forced smile. A sudden feel opens her senses. She can feel something wrong. Like someone is watching her, but she shakes her head. She’s just paranoid. Everyone here is focused on her. There’s nothing out of the ordinary, nothing to really worry about.
    She continues to speak with ease, but then the audience turns into an abandoned theatre. The theatre turns into a large and empty ballroom. At the end of the ballroom awaits her past lover. She drops the microphone with a start. Julian extends his arm to her. His face is covered in the shadows of the moon that shines through the glass roof. She takes a step forward. In a blink of an eye the ballroom disappears. Everyone in the audience stares at her.
    She picks up her microphone and does what she’s done for years, act like everything’s okay.
     
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    Three days later, Julian sits in the back row surrounded by students who pay no attention to him. He hasn’t seen her for four years. She drops her microphone and stares out to the audience with vacant eyes. She looks like an oracle. He observes her reactions. He narrows his eyes at a specific reaction that is strange. Pain clearly shows in her eyes. Those purple eyes he’s learned to hate and love at the same time.
    His eye brows come together in a frown as his jaw clenches tight. How could he even care! She betrayed him. He gave her everything he had. He would have given up his wings for her, and what did she do? She betrayed him. Her secrets are well hidden, but he isn’t stupid. He will never be that weak ever again.
    Julian’s body relaxes, he can’t hate her. He’s her Elim now and he’s sworn to protect her. That doesn’t change the facts though. He will get explanations. That, of course, he is sure of. He continues to observe her. Even after all this time he forgot how beautiful she is, how so together she is. Her smile is so beautifully carved on her face, it seems