Chapter 5

Last night Paris barely slept. She turned and twisted in bed, anxiously waiting to be rejected by the suitor. The morning she was so tired and barely had the energy to get out of bed to get ready for work.

Today is the day I'll be humiliated by the stranger after he sees me, she thought sadly.

Tears filled her eyes thinking about being shoved aside just as she had been treated in the past at her high school dance. Every girl had someone to dance with, even those who just came to the dance hoping someone would ask them for a dance. Paris thought she would luckily be in the same position as them, but no one asked her for a dance. The entire night she stood at the corner watching every female smiling happily with their dates and enjoying themself. It was the most painful time of her life.

Paris fell to the floor crying, before she could reach the bathroom to get a quick shower.

Her mom entered her room.

"What is wrong Paris?" she asked worriedly.

"I don't want to be rejected by him,