"I CAN NEVER DITCH YOU."

It was the prom night and Tiffany had looked forward to this day ever since she came to know about it.

She checked herself out in front of the mirror one last time, twirling around making sure that even her behind looked fantastic.

"Tiffy come on! It's time!!"

It was Melanie who called out for her, waiting downstairs for the boys to come pick them up.

"Coming!!"

Tiffany let out, excitedly and nervous at the same time. Internally praying that Adam would like her dress and look.

She had spent an entire month coming to decide on this dress, a V-lined red gown, with jewels adorning the dress piece, letting her blonde hair down, reaching up to her shoulder, she kept the makeup light.

Hurrying down the stairs, not wanting to make her boyfriend wait for her, she collided with the one person she did not think would be there.

"Steady Steady tiger!"

He caught hold of her and she pushed him out making her give her a playful smile.

"Fuck off Steven."

"That potty mouth! Damn."

He poked fun at her, shaking his head dejectedly, making her eyes narrow down at him.

"What are you doing here?"

She folded her arms against her chest, inquiring about it. He barely showed up at their home.

"Don't you know, princess?"

He chuckled and it made her almost walk past him but then he held her back, stopping her from leaving.

"Do not play with me, Steven."

Tiffany sassed. She never liked him, to be honest. He was the most unliked Herrington brother.

If Adam was the quieter one, Steven was the mischievous one, always inviting trouble everywhere he would go.

Even though when he was young, he was a shy little kid he had changed ever since he had hit puberty.

Since then he would always try to rile Tiffany up to the point that she would call out for their parents and it never ended well for Steven but in the presence of his mother, he would always be spared, taking that as the sole advantage.

"Fine! Fine. I'm here to escort you, dumbhead."

He finally let out and it made Tiffany raise her eyebrows, not believing him.

Was that another part of his tricks?

She knew better than to fall for it. She did not want to ruin the evening when it was only beginning.

She had been the victim of his games for so long by then that she did not even want to listen to him.

Gone were the days when she would want to be called out as a dumbhead again for believing him.

"Didn't I tell you not to fuck with me anymore before?"

She spat at him, making him grin as if he was having the time of his life when she for sure was not.

"You have..."

"Then which part did you not understand?"

Tiffany retorted back interrupting him right in the middle.

"...but only this time, I m not fucking with you."

Steven let out a smile that pissed her off to no extent. And he knew about that all too well.

"I'm done with you. I'm going down."

She remarked, walking past him and climbing the stairs down only to find her sister, Melanie sitting on the L-shaped sofa all by herself.

"Where is Adam?"

She could not help but ask. If he was not here then why the hell Melanie would call out for her?

"With my parents in the United Kingdoms."

She turned around to find Steven by the edge of the staircase answering her question that was directed to her sister.

She did not know if she was hearing it right, knowing that they, her, and Adam planned about this day for so long then how could he come to ditch her without even telling her about it?

She could not believe him. Could it be that Adam was planning some sort of way to surprise her?

She unlocked her phone screen and dialed his number but every time it would go to his voice note.

The last time when she had reached the peak of her patience, she threw off her phone, crashing against the wall and breaking it into pieces.

"Tiffany!"

Melanie called out her name, not expecting that move at all. She also looked back at Steven, who just casually stood in his original position.

Her mind was boiling with anger and disappointment, and more so, she wanted to cry out too but not in front of everyone.

So she turned around and ran up the stairs, past Steven, declaring that she was not going.

Kicking off her heels, she fell on top of her super comfy bed on her front and pressed her face against her pillow, trying to muffle her cries.

How could he ditch her just like that?

And how come Fiona took him with them when she knew that it was the prom night?

Adam had already gone to his because he was senior to her and even though he had asked her to be his prom date back at that time too, her father had denied her permission to be his date.

So he had promised her that he would be her date from that time and here he was retreating from his own words.

Having no inkling about the time when she heard the knock at the door, she did not respond at first, but when the other side tended to get aggressive, she could not help but yell out, annoyed.

"Fuck off!!"

"Tiffy! It's me..."

She raised the upper half of her body, not knowing exactly if she heard it right or not.

"Open the door."

And she immediately got off the bed, walked towards the door to open it, and found him standing in front of her.

She could not reckon if it was some sick prank that both the brothers played on her or that she was having a hallucination.

"I can never ditch you."

He smiled at her and it did not take more than a second for her to launch herself on him as he encircled her waist with his hands, hugging her with all that he had.