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"You've got so much hair, Grimm! How much hairspray did that lady use?" Gabby asked as we headed out to my car with El. "I think she made the ozone layer completely disintegrate!"

"Shut up! It's not my fault my hair won't hold curl! If she didn't use that much hairspray, it would be straight way before we actually get to the dance," I complained, getting in the driver's seat. "It's not my fault you two have short hair!"

The harvest dance was tonight and we all actually had dates. Reid asked me, Tyler asked El, and Gabby asked some random kid in her biology class. I was so happy Reid and I made up, the thick knot in the pit of my stomach was gone.

We laid it all out that night on that backroad and things have been completely different between us. There were no secrets and he reintroduced me to his parents, but that still didn't work like we wanted. My gram, on the other hand, really liked Reid and even had him helping her wash dishes by the time dinner was over.

"That much work on your hair just for him to ruin it as soon as the dance is over," Gabby clucked, shaking her head disapprovingly. "It's a shame!"

"Oh whatever, El's hair is going to be gone by the end of the night too," I said, winking at her through the rearview mirror.

"Are you and Tyler finally gonna do it?!" Gabby exclaimed, making me smirk and Eleanor blush. "It's about damn time! You're both still virgins, it'd be so cute to lose it to each other."

I just let Gabby go and gush about losing her virginity until the direction was directed to me. "Grimm, tell her it hurts the first time, but it's worth it."

"I'm not going to lie, sex was terrible until I got with Reid," I said, shrugging my shoulders nonchalantly. "I'm sure it's not like that for everyone, but Bryant was just shitty all around."

Bryant Conrad was my first real boyfriend. He and I got together when we were thirteen and he was my first everything: kiss, love, and time. He wasn't necessarily a bad guy or anything, we just didn't fit together like we should have. I didn't even understand the puzzle metaphor until I got with Reid and we snapped into place.

"Does everything make sense with Tyler? Do you have to question how you feel in your heart of hearts or do you know?" I asked, cutting off Gabby's gory recounting of her first time.

"I've always had a thing for Ty, but he does make sense. Sometimes he even says stuff that I'm thinking," El replied, sucking her bottom lip into her mouth and smiling. "I love him, don't I?"

I laughed and Gabby echoed it, clapping her hands together happily. "Eleanor, you're in love with Tyler Simms! I'm so happy for you!"

We got back to school and headed up to mine and Gabby's room to get ready. El basically lived in there lately because Hannah's best friend was always in there room. It was no secret Eleanor hated Bethany, but Hannah didn't really care too much. Most of the time El was in either mine or Gabby's bed when we woke up and we just went with it.

"I think I'm just doing simple winged eyeliner," I said once when we started doing our makeup. "I don't want to wear too much, you know?"

"Especially considering Reid's gonna make you sweat it off in his bed later," Gabby joked, shooting finger guns my way jovially.

"You know what, we probably will have sex after the dance. Hell, we might leave the dance just to go have sex!" I finally agreed, making her and Eleanor laugh. "Sex with Reid is addicting and I'm not ashamed of wanting it!"

Eventually our laughter died down enough for us to finish our makeup. It took longer than I thought to get ready for this dance. I thought we'd have extra time to eat or something, but as soon as we were ready Gabby wanted pictures. She had one of our neighbors take a few of us in exchange for us taking them of her and her friends.

"Grimm, your dress is gorgeous," Kat, the neighbor, told me.

"She's not wrong," Reid said, coming up behind me and sliding his hands along my waist. "You're more gorgeous than anyone I've ever seen."

He kissed the side of my throat exposed by my hairstyle and made my knees weak. I bit the inside of my lip and tilted my head to the side, placing my hands over his on my waist. Contentment filled my stomach along with warmth –this was where I was supposed to be. I couldn't believe I ever questioned whether or not I belonged with Reid when it was so obvious.

"Stop being gross and come take a group picture with us," Gabby said, making Reid groan as he pulled away from me and spun me around.

"You look pretty dapper yourself, Mr. Garwin," I grinned, following him over to our friends and wrapping my arms around his waist.

We were outside now taking pictures and I was already over it. I just wanted to go to this dance long enough as socially acceptable and go back home with my boyfriend. I glanced over at Pogue and saw that he looked the same, just leaning against the wall by Reid.

"Why aren't you all over getting pictures like they are?" Pogue asked, noticing me staring at him. "Isn't it in girls' DNA or something?"

I rolled my eyes and pushed away from Reid's side. "Well, if that's the case, I'd better get over there before I explode!"

He held up his hands in surrender, but I went over to the girls anyway. I did kind of want pictures of all of us together for the sake of memories. I didn't have a lot of them from high school, like I said I basically studied my life away. I came up behind Gabby and Eleanor while Sarah made Caleb take a picture of the four of us together.

"This is nice and everything, but the dance is going to be over before we get there," Tyler said after we took a million and four pictures.

Reid made a sarcastic remark about Tyler's excitement and I figured he knew about his and El's plans for tonight. It was kind of sweet that he wasn't all out bragging about it. I guess he really was trying his best to change for me. I stood on my tiptoes and draped my arms over his shoulders before pressing our lips together.

It wasn't an intense kiss, but he still held my hips tightly and our friends whistled. When I pulled away and looked up at him I saw that he was blushing a little. His lips were also faintly lilac and I realized I had lipstick on.

"Shoot, I forgot I had on lipstick," I muttered, rubbing his lips with my finger until the color was gone. "There you go, all masculine again."

He just rolled his eyes and kissed my forehead. "I love you, G."

The dance was in a barn, an actual hay-filled barn. I immediately felt overdressed in my gown and heels even though everyone else was dressed similarly to me. Reid's hand was on my lower back as we walked through the chandelier-lit aisles.

I looked up at Gabby and saw her date staring at her in complete awe. She was talking with El about something and laughing in that was she does with her head thrown back. Warmth blossomed in my stomach for her, she finally found someone who enjoyed her for her. I couldn't wait to talk to her about him after everything was over.

"Come dance with me," Reid said, kissing my temple gently. "You're not leaving my arms all night, I'm never letting you go again."

Tears pricked the back of my eyes at that. The two of us have come such a long way since that drunken night in his bedroom. He twirled me onto the floor and I saw Gabby and El look at us with raised brows. Oh yeah, they didn't know how much we liked to dance together. I just brushed them off and focused on Reid and nothing else, playing with the hair at the nape of his neck and holding his liquid gaze.

"I don't ever want you to," I whispered back.

"Do you two plan on ever breaking apart? I'd like to dance with my best friend at some point!" Gabby shrieked, grabbing my hand and yanking me away from Reid. "Go drink some booze that I know you all snuck in."

I laughed and let Gabby and El pull me out onto the dance floor. It was some poppy song about partying with your girls on the weekend. I released my inhibitions and spun around with them, making more memories to keep forever. Gabby and I even danced barefoot to a slow song as Reid watched and smiled sappily at me, looking at me like Gabby's date did earlier.

"Oh, did I mention that your date was totally looking at you like Flynn looks at Rapunzel in Tangled?" I asked, twisting one of her curls around my finger as we swayed goofily.

"You mean the way Reid freakin' Garwin always stares at you?" she asked, raising her brows knowingly. "Like, all the time!"

"Don't change the subject, I just meant he looks like he really cares about you. How'd the two of you meet?" I asked, unable to wipe away my smile.

"He and I had art together all year and we partnered up for a project last month. He's really sweet and he makes my stomach knot up like it's supposed to… I think," she said, scrunching her nose. "I really like him, G. He's amazing."

"I'm pretty sure he feels the same about you. I mean, he's putting up with Reid for you and we both know how hard that is," I said, gesturing over my shoulder to where the guys were sitting watching us and talking. "Maybe they'll be best friends, too!"

"I want my girlfriend back," Reid said a few minutes later, coming up behind me. "Plus your date is driving me crazy asking me questions about you."

"I told you!" I said, pushing her shoulder playfully.

I slid my arms under Reid's and held his shoulders as he held my torso. We were completely pressed together with no space between us. I could feel his heart beating steadily against the cheek lying against his chest.

"Are you ready to go back to my room?" Reid whispered, tracing his fingertips along my shoulder blades. "This tie is choking me…"

"Mhmm, you just want to have sex with me," I murmured, kissing his jaw. "I worked really hard to look like this, I want to get an entire night out of it."

"Grimm, I swear to you that dress will look a whole lot better on my floor," Reid promised, pulling away and leading me out of the barn.

"I need to say bye to Gabby and El!" I argued but made no move to turn around.

"El and Tyler already left so we're going to my house," he explained, opening my door and lifting me up into his Jeep. "Don't want to ruin their special night with our rowdy love making."

I pushed his shoulder before gathering my skirts and allowing him to close the door. I didn't want to rant about him opening my door AND lifting me into the car. I wanted to feel like a princess tonight because I was dressed like one and Reid was so good at it.

"You're ridiculous!" I complained as we drove to his house. "Oh wait, are your parents home?"

"No, they're in Aspen or the Hamptons or something really rich," he replied, taking my hand and rubbing his thumb over my knuckles. "It's just the two of us all night, G."

He pulled into his driveway and I waited for him to open my door and help me out. I gathered my skirt in my hand again with my heels before hopping on Reid's back. He just sighed and held my calves as he walked into his house. I loved it when he packed me, it was a guilty pleasure of mine.

He packed me all the way up to his room and sat my feet on the ground. I turned around and waited until he got the message and unzipped my dress. I dropped it to the floor and turned around with my eyebrows raised again. He grinned and stepped forward, holding my waist and kissing my forehead.

"I'll get you some clothes, dork," he said, stepping back and digging through his drawers for clothes.

I pulled the t-shirt on and went into his attached bathroom to wash off my makeup. I should've got in the shower and washed out the hairspray, but I didn't feel like it. I just unbraided it and pulled it into a sloppy bun on top of my head. I just wanted to go to sleep with Reid, I didn't need to be sexy.

He was already laying on his bed with the covers turned down waiting for me. I jumped in and burrowed close to his chest, kissing his collarbone as he held my tight. This was what my future looked like and I was really happy about it.

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