Brook-

Once we arrived at the hall, I introduced Alex to my bosses and most of my co-workers before students started to arrive. It didn't dawn on me that some of them would know who Alex was before it was too late. Once most of the kids had showed up, a good majority of them immediately recognized Alex. Many of them at first glance were confused as to why he was there, understandably. Once they figured out that he was there as my date and my boyfriend they were also confused, understandably.

Alex was an incredible sport about the whole thing. I later figured out that he had to know it was coming. He smiled for a ton of pictures and happily chatted with kids who just wanted to be around him. I had overheard him giving one girl advice on how to ask a boy to dance. Later, I heard him give a group of boys advice on what they needed to do to take their band to the same level Alex was at with All Time Low. He even gave them his email address so they could send him some of their demos. It was really touching to see those kids' faces light up.

"You are so going to jump his bones later, huh?" Liz, another guidance counselor at the school said, coming up next to me while I watched Alex talk with another bunch of kids.

"Excuse me?" I turned to her, breaking away from my Alex trance.

"If we were in a cartoon, you would have hearts circling your head and your eyes would be bugging from their sockets,” she said with a laugh.

"That's not true,” I said through gritted teeth.

At that moment Alex had caught my eye from across the room when a group of boys had jokingly requested the DJ to play What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction and the song boomed through the room.

"You were saying?" Liz nudged me as I giggled to myself while Alex mouthed the words to the song to me from across the room.

"What?" I blinked a few times before turning back to her.

"You are so jumping his bones tonight," she repeated and I nudged her with my elbow as Alex made his way over to me.

"I feel like the world's worst prom date. I've barely seen you all night," he said, sliding his arm around my shoulder as I looked over the dance floor.

"Oh don't worry. She's seen you," Liz said with a wink before disappearing.

Alex gave me a confused look and I just brushed him off.

"Ignore her. It's totally fine. You're making these kids' night and pretty much officially making me he coolest faculty member at this school."

"I'm not sure that's possible. These kids really love you."

"How do you know?" I asked.

"They told me," he shrugged. "Duh."

"Really?" I smiled.

"Really," he nodded before kissing my cheek. "Do you want something to drink?"

"No, thank you."

"Okay. I will be right back, I promise. I'm going to grab some water," he said, kissing my cheek again before disappearing.

Almost immediately, Liz was at my side again whispering in my ear.

"He's probably really good in b-"

"Liz," I hissed. "Could you not?" I hissed, gesturing to the students all around us.

"I'm sorry but you have to agree," she said, wiggling her eyebrows.

"Oh my gosh! Go away," I laughed as Alex made his way back towards me.

"Well, Ms. Monteverdi, it appears they're playing one of our songs," Alex whispered in my ear when This I Promise You by Nsync came on during a slow song break.

"So it does," I nodded.

"Would you like to dance?" he asked me, extending his hand to mine.

"Are you serious right now?" I asked, his hand slipping into mine.

"Do I look like I'm not serious?" he asked.

"You're a dork," I said, as I allowed him to pull me to the corner of the dance floor.

His hands rested on my waist and I slipped my arms around his shoulders.

"And you're beautiful," he whispered.

"You've mentioned that," I said, trying to ignore how quickly my heart was starting to beat.

"It's true," he said looking down at me with a smile. “I’d kiss you now but I have a feeling it’s slightly inappropriate.”

"Thank you," I said laughing quietly as we slowly swayed to the song. "And thank you for coming tonight. I know it’s kind of lame but it means a lot to me."

"Hey, it's my pleasure. Besides, I really am having a good time," he assured me.

Before I knew it, the night was ending and slowly the kids filed out of the hall one group at a time. Once the last group was gone, Alex and I said our goodbyes to my co-workers and got back in the limo that was waiting for us.

"So where to now?" Alex asked. "Any wild after-prom parties we should be hitting up?"

“No, no,” I laughed a little, shaking my head. "We'll leave that to the real teenagers. I'm just ready to get home and get out of these shoes."

“Sounds good,” he smiled. "You can leave the dress on a little longer though because I don't know if anyone told you but you look beautiful in it."

“You may have mentioned it,” I smiled, leaning forward a bit and kissing him lightly, “and I don’t know if I thanked you enough."

"You have," he said, "and I told you that you don't have to."

"I know," I sighed, resting my head on his shoulder. "It's just when I was in high school, my senior prom experience was sort of miserable. Tonight was sort of a redo."

“I heard,” Alex said, kissing the top of my head and giving my knee a squeeze. "Jenn told me."

"Did she?" I asked, looking up at him.

"No details or anything. She just said that it was shitty so I better not fuck up tonight."

“Of course she did,” I chuckled. "Long story short. My boyfriend at the time stood me up the day of prom so I didn't go because all my friends had dates and I didn't want to be the third wheel five times over. I did go to a party afterward and he was there with another girl. They both talked a bunch of nonsense about me all night. It almost ruined the end of my senior year until I convinced myself that they didn't deserve the satisfaction."

Alex didn't say anything right away but I could see the wheels in his head turning through his eyes.

"What?" I finally asked when he failed to say anything.

"I was just wondering if you had some sort of weird fetish for dating assholes."

"I was beginning to think so."

"Was?" he asked, tilting his head to the side in question.

“Yeah,” I shrugged. "But then I met you."

"And you think I'm not an asshole?" he laughed. "Have you met me?"

"Alex. Tonight alone proves to me that you are not an asshole. You spent so much time with those kids tonight. I heard you give one girl advice and those boys in that band? You made their life when you offered to listen to their demos."

“I know,” he shrugged. "I've always been good with that aspect of human interaction but I'm terrible with girls. We’ve talked about this."

“Oh, come on,” I laughed again. “You are the biggest flirt I know."

"Brook..."

"No. Shut up and listen to me for a second. You are too hard on yourself. Okay, sure you've done some shady things in the past when it came to girls but you are older now. Whether you want to believe it or not you've mature."

He laughed at that.

"Let me finish," I hissed. "Tonight you gave up one of your very limited free nights off at home to put on a suit and uncomfortable shoes to take your girlfriend to a prom. You rented out limo and made sure your tie matched her dress perfectly and I know you never saw the dress before tonight so you had to be in touch Jenn."

"What's your point?"

"My point, Alex, is that you are pretty amazing," I said, leaning forward and kissing him lightly. "And I really like you."

"I really like you, too," he said before I crashed my lips his.

I moved myself into his lap, disregarding the part where I was in a dress and the whole thing was practically rising up at this point.

Somewhere between Alex gripping waist and his tongue slipping into my mouth, my thoughts drifted back to what Liz kept whispering all night to me about Alex and me jumping his bones. I tried not to give it too much thought but I was beginning to think she was on to something.

While at this point it was almost a guarantee that Alex and I would be going camping, I was trying to psych myself up for the possibility of more.

"Whose house are we going to right now?" I asked, pulling away from Alex's mouth just enough for the words to make sense.

"Mine. Rian isn't home to take care of the dogs in the morning. I can drive you home if you'd like," he said before crashing his lips back to mine.

"No. That's fine?" I said against his mouth this time. "Jenn is going to be up all night writing a research paper for one of her class finals so it's best we don't interrupt.”

Alex just nodded this time before his hands grasped my face and he deepened the kiss just a little bit more. A slight moan had slipped passed my lips as we had somehow shifted our positions and now Alex was sort of on top of me.

At this point I was sure if I had a couple of drinks in me, I would have let him have his way with me right then and there in the back of the limo.

"I think we're home," Alex said, breaking away from my lips, despite the soft whimper of protest from me.

"What?" I asked, leaning up on my elbows a bit.

A second later there was a knock on the window and Alex jumped away from me as if we were fifteen and just got caught making out in the basement by his mother.

I adjusted my dress back into place and gathered my stuff together, taking Alex's hand as he offered to help me from the limo.

I stood on the sidewalk kind of awkwardly as Alex spoke with the limo driver, pulling out his wallet to pay him for the night. Normally this would be the time when we got into a mini-argument because I would offer to give him some money and he wouldn't accept.

Selfishly, I kept my mouth shut this time. I did not want to risk an argument breaking out and ruining the night so far and what I had hoped would come once we got inside.

"Let's go inside," Alex said, slipping his arm around my waist as we walked up to the front door once the limo driver drove away.

I stood behind Alex as he dug his keys from his pocket and lightly pecked my lips at the back of his neck. I could tell by the sharp inhale of breath he had taken and the way his fingers were fumbling with the key in the lock, my plan was working.

"You okay there, buddy?" Alex, bringing my lips behind his ear.

"We may never get inside if you don't stop that," he said, bending down to pick up his keys after having dropped them.

"I'm sorry," I giggled, breaking face.

"We're in," he said pushing the door open and the next thing I knew, I was being pulled into the house and Alex had me pressed up against the door, his lips quickly connecting with mine.

"Alex," I grumbled maybe a little too loudly when his lips started to work my neck and my fingers fumbled to loosen his tie. "Bedroom," I managed to get out.

He pressed another quick kiss to my lips before grasping his hands on my waist and backing me towards his bedroom. I tried not to let it show but I was terrified I was going to trip over something, or worse, sprain my ankle on my stupid heels.

"Hold on," I finally said once we reached the middle of the living room. "I can't," I grumbled, reaching down and unhooking both my shoes and kicking them to the side before Alex was quick to wrap his arms around me and continue our journey his room, attached at the lips.

Something must have snapped in me once we reached his room because I suddenly found myself taking control of the situation. I never really was one who took control when it came to anything sex related. That was until that first night Alex and I had gone camping.

Alex had been so incredible all night I felt like he deserved a little reward.

Alex-

After the prom ended and Brook and I got back to my place, everything was sort of a blur. My brain had been so cluttered with thoughts of where the night could possibly be headed and how damn beautiful Brook looked all night that I almost missed the part where I was sitting on the edge of my bed and Brook was undoing the buttons on my white dress shirt. The jacket of the suit was long gone at this point.

Brook seemed pretty determined to have control over the situation and as her fingers worked the zipper of my pants down, I wasn't about to protest.

Soon enough my pants were gone and my boxers followed soon after and Brook was pressing light kisses down my chest as she carefully positioned herself on her knees in front of me.

I took a deep breath and squeezed my eyes shut tight once I no longer felt Brook's lips on my chest to brace myself for what was about to happen. We had done this before, many times now, and while each time had been amazingly special in their own way, there was something about this night in particular that stood out.

"Holy shit, Brook," I hissed as she continued to work me below the belt with her mouth and before I knew it something tightened in my stomach and I was panting for air as I reached an orgasm.

Once she had composed herself, Brook stood up, using my knees as leverage. In true Brook fashion, she refused to look me in the eye, afraid she had done something wrong.

I reached for her hand and tugged on it until she was sitting in my lap. I touched her cheek lightly, pushing some of her now messy curls from her face before I pressed a soft, slow kiss to her lips. I found with her in moments like this, actions spoke louder than words.

I broke from the kiss a few moments later before bringing my hand up to the top of the back of her dress. I struggled for a second but I was eventually able to undo the clasp and slowly slide down the zipper.

I didn't want to just rip the dress off of her and toss it to the side, so I was sure after she carefully stepped out of it, I gently let it fall to the floor.

Brook realized what I was doing and smiled at me before pressing her lips to mine and letting me lay her back on my bed. Her arms quickly slide around my neck as she pulled me on top of her.

We kissed a little bit longer before I started to move my kisses a little bit south. I slowly slipped Brook's underwear down her legs, tossing them away. My lips traveled back up the inside of her left leg until I reached her thigh. I moved over to the other side and began to work her inner right thigh with my tongue and a little bit with my teeth.

Brook's fingers had tangled in the hair at the back of my head and I could tell by the way she had bent her legs at the knee and spread them just a little further apart, she wanted me and she wanted me now.

"Alex," she whimpered softly as I closed my mouth over her center.

By alternating between slow strokes of my tongue and swirling in small circles, Brook was
squirming underneath me enough that I knew she wouldn't last much longer.

"Alex," she moaned my name again, arching her hips up toward me and tugging a little harder at the hair at the back of my head right before she was gasping for air after reaching her orgasm.

"You okay?" I asked, laying down next to her and using the corner of the sheet to dab away the few beads of sweat that formed on her forehead.

She nodded, turning her body to me and kissing the tip of my nose.

"I'm awesome."

I laughed a little and pushed some of the hair out of her face again before she was kissing me. There was something different about the kiss. She seemed like she was searching for something.

"Alex," she said softly, breaking away from my kiss. "I want to do this."

"This?" I asked and as she nodded her head slowly I realized what she meant. "Are you sure?"

“Yes,” she nodded again, pressing her lips to mine. "I'm sure."

Instantly my heart beat began to increase rapidly and while I tried really hard to concentrate on the task at hand, I couldn't. My mind was racing about a million miles a second and once I had removed Brook’s bra and realized it was the first time I had fully seen her naked, I suddenly felt like I couldn't breathe.

"What's wrong?" Brook asked, sitting up a bit when I had suddenly stopped kissing her.

I took a deep breath, moving so I was sitting next to her.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" I asked again.

"Alex, I told you I was sure. Do you not want to do this?"

"No," I shook my head. "I don't know," I said quietly, afraid of what I'd see when I looked up at her.

Brook nodded slowly, reaching for the sheet to pull up over her fully exposed body. I could see in her eyes her self-confidence plummeting quicker by the second and it made me feel even sicker than I had a few seconds prior.

"Look," I took a deep breath again and reached for her hand. "I've done this before," I explained. "A lot of times, with a lot of girls."

"Now is so not the time to bring up your groupie list, Alex” Brook sighed, kind of frustrated.

"I know and I'm sorry but I have a point. I promise."

"You better make it soon then."

I knew that my history was something that Brook felt quite unsettled by. We never completely discussed it but it seemed quite certain that my number was way higher than hers and I was definitely the more reckless of the two of us when it came to sex.

After we started going camping, I wanted to make sure she was completely comfortable with what we were doing and what I hoped we’d eventually start doing. I had a doctor’s appointment where I made sure I was tested for everything. I was almost one-hundred-percent positive that I had nothing to worry about. I may have hooked up with a lot of girls but I wasn’t that stupid and always made sure I was careful.

Of course, I came out with a clean bill of health. I had the doctor print me a copy of all my test results and I put the papers in a box, wrapped it up and gave it to Brook as a gift. I made it seem like a joke and she did laugh, a lot, but I know that it also was a bit of a weight off her shoulders.

"You are by far unlike any of those other girls and I don't want this, tonight, to seem like you're just another girl I slept with."

“Alex,” her face softened and she gave me slight smile. "I already know that it's not going to be like that."

"How?"

"Because you've known me for almost six months and we are only doing this for the first time now. Have you ever waited for a girl for that long?"

I shook my head no. I knew Brook was trying to make me feel better by pointing out this fact, but truthfully, it just made me feel even shittier.

"Listen," Brook gave my hand a squeeze and forced me to look up at her. "I'm ready to do this but if you aren't, that's fine. Don't feel like you need to postpone this on my behalf."

“Brook,” I sighed, still unable to shake my nerves which was fucking ridiculous. "I don't want to mess this up."

“Hey,” she smiled at me a little wider than before. "I think you have enough experience in the field to not mess up," she said with a wink.

It was strange that for once she was the one making jokes in a serious moment instead of me.
"Brook, you know what I mean."

"I do know what you mean,” she nodded, her face serious again. “You know what? There is a fairly good chance that somewhere down the road you might mess up and there's just as good a chance that I could too. You know why? We're human and neither one of us is perfect."

I had opened my mouth to say something to her perfect comment but she waved me off.

"I guess I'm just nervous," I admitted and she rolled her eyes.

"No shit," she said catching me off guard and causing me to laugh.

"You're not helping here, babe. I'm supposed to be the one making jokes when things are serious."

"Yeah. Well, it looks like the roles are reversed right now," she said, moving a bit so she was sitting across my legs.

"What do you mean?" I asked, resting my hands on her knees, trying not to let my nerves flare up all over again.

"I mean you're acting like the girl right now," she said before her lips lightly met mine. "I never thought I'd have to convince you that it was okay to have sex."

"I don't need to be convinced,” I laughed a little again. “I just want to make sure you know that this is so much more than just getting off. This is about the two of us sharing something that's super special."

"I know," she nodded.

"I've never had these feelings before about someone. It's so different than the others. I'm almost not sure exactly what to do."

"You're doing just fine," she assured me, lightly resting her hand on my cheek before her lips were on mine again.

I melted into her kiss for a second before I let my hands tangle in her messy hair. I noticed she had started to shrug away the bed sheet and her body became exposed me again.

In one fluid motion I was able to switch our positions, ending with me holding myself above her. I was able to get a good look at her entire body in front of me and this time instead of bracing myself for a panic attack, I was actually able to enjoy it.

Brook was truly a beautiful girl and I was so damn lucky that for whatever reason she saw through all my bull shit and thought I was actually a good boyfriend like I was trying to be. I never tried before. It was all new territory for me.

"Brook," I said, the sound muffled against her mouth. "I think I'm ready now."

A smile spread across her features despite the nerves that quickly flared up in her eyes. I didn't want to risk her having a breakdown now too.

I leaned down and kissed her softly. I whispered that she was beautiful before I let my lips roam around her body in an attempt to bring back the mood a bit.

"Alex," she whispered my name into the darkness of my bedroom, the only light coming from the night light in the corner and the little bit from the street lamp and the moon that spilled through my curtains from outside.

I looked up at Brook from where I had been fluttering kisses across her stomach. The look she returned was practically begging for me and I had too reached the point where I couldn’t really wait much longer.

"You're sure, you're sure?" I asked her, one last time as I held myself over her and positioned myself at her entrance.

She nodded eagerly and pushed her hips up towards me in an attempt to get any sort of contact.

I counted to ten in my head before I covered Brook's lips with my own while slowly and carefully sliding myself inside of her.

A soft moan escaped Brook's mouth and I paused all movements, allowing her a second or two to adjust once I had slid myself all the way in.

"Alex," she whimpered softly. "Please move."

After that it seemed like the passing seconds began to slip into one another. With each movement of my body against Brook's and every kiss pressed to our lips and every soft moan that escaped Brook's throat I came closer and closer to release.

"Alex," Brook moaned my name again, her fingers gripping my back in an attempt to pull me closer.

"I know," I muttered out before covering her lips with mine again.

I quickened the pace of my thrusts just a little bit more and Brook’s moans became a little bit louder and a little more often. In an attempt to stifle my own moans, I buried my face in the crook of her neck, occasionally kissing and lightly nipping at the skin there.

"Alex- I'm- I'm going to-" Brook muttered out, clearly unable to form a full sentence.

That was a good boost to my ego.

Brook tangled her fingers in the hair at the back of my head and guided my lips back on to hers. My body was going into overdrive now and I knew I wasn't going to last much longer.

"Me t-too," I stuttered, catching both of Brook's hands in mine and holding them down against the pillow above her head.

Only a few seconds later Brook's hands were fighting against mine as her body began to shake and my knees began to buck and we both reached our orgasms right after one another.

My body collapsed down on top of Brook and once I had released her hands, her fingers found their way tangled in my hair again. A few minutes had passed and neither one of us had said anything. The silence was sort of comforting as we regained our composure and our breathing went back to normal.

"Wow," Brook finally said to break the silence.

I rested my chin on her chest and looked up at her. She had a sleepy smile on her face and even though her hair was going wild in different directions and her makeup was all smudged under her eyes, she was still the most beautiful thing if ever laid my eyes on.

"You could say that again," I said with a chuckle.

"Wow," she giggled and I shifted my position, slipping myself out from inside of her and resting my body next to her.

Immediately she curled herself into my side and kissed my shoulder lightly as my arms wrapped around her waist.

"Are we incredibly lame that we waited to do this on prom night?"

I smiled at her and pressed my lips down to hers.

"Either way, you were totally worth the wait.
***

Notes

Story Title: Taylor Swift - Sparks Fly
Chapter Title: Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
Brook's outfit.

Bow chicka wow wow...