Admirable

PART 3

The butterflies seem to swarm around in my stomach. For some strange reason I couldn't move. I was hoping he would be here but I thought I was just crazy. How is he here? Oh that's right he's Mark's friend. Morgan and John start walking up to me and I'm trying my hardest not to look nervous. He now stands in front of me and I haven't notice before how tall he was. He was almost a foot taller then me,I'm 5'4. The fire is making his eyes burn further into me. His eyes now have a tint of red and it's maddening. Morgan is looking at us dumbfounded because neither have us said a word, we're just staring at each other. He's wearing the same outfit from earlier which makes me look like a fool for changing. He said he liked my shirt from earlier so maybe I should have left it on. Morgan clears her throat obviously trying to get our attention.

*coughs*" well umm John this is Ariah, Ariah John."
"Nice to meet you John." I say as I shake his hand. His hand is so soft. He must moisturize. Wait what am I thinking?!
"Hello Ariah." He says with a chuckle
I am rewarded with a dimple cheeked smile. His teeth are so white. Even in the dark I can see the shininess of them.
"Well I'm going to let you guys go I gotta go get the music going, be right back." It looked like she winked at me but I can't really be sure.
"Well Ariah, how are you liking the party so far?"
"Umm I've been having a good time, the bonfire so far is my favorite part, besides the food of course." I just then remembered that I didn't eat anything. My stomach starts to grumble at the thought of those cupcakes.
"Well I'm looking forward to the music, I heard it's going to be 'amaze balls'" he throws in the air quotes. He starts to laugh.
"Oh is that what Morgan said?" I let out a chuckle. He has an amazing laugh. Thank goodness no snorting was added.
"Ha yeah." His smile shows again.
"Well ummm, what kind of music do you like?"

We carried on that conversation for a couple minutes. I find out his favorite band is Arctic Monkeys but he likes a lot of other songs from other bands, like what do you know 5SOS. I tell him my favorite bands which are of course is the wonderful One Direction and many more teenage girl bands. The fire starts to get the best of me as I start to move the conversation near the picnic tables. He sweetly says he understands why I would move since his eyes are starting to burn. His poor beautiful eyes.

"So umm, I saw you at the mall today with your friends, umm what did you end up getting."
My stomach quickly turns into knots at his question.
"Umm I actually ended up getting this outfit, I was planning to wear the shirt you surprisingly became fond of." I start to giggle.
"Oh ok I see hey, I don't really like 5SOS shirts but I must admit I liked the one you were wearing, I mean umm the shirt was nice, not because you were wearing it I mean....umm.." His cheeks instantly turned red. I was trying to hide my smile but instead a burst of laughter came out. I instantly covered my mouth with wide eyes.
"I'm sorry, your ok I understand what you were trying to say." I blurt out.
"Thank you." The smile returns. As long as Im rewarded with that smile ill do anything.

The music begins to fill the yard and I instantly stand up. He gives me a puzzled expression.
"Are you going to go dance?" I ask him
"I don't dance." I swear I saw a hint of a smile but he recovered pretty quick.
"Well I'll see you later then?"
"Umm yeah sure." And with that he got up and walked away.

I feel pretty guilty now that I'm deciding to leave him. I just shrug my shoulders and walk towards the sound of the music. The music is loud but wonderful. It flows through my veins and forces me to jump. I'm now in the middle of crowd which holds about a hundred people. My mind is now lost in the music and I start to move with the thumping of the bass. I look around the crowd and spot my best friend who is accompanied by Tom. Tom? Why Tom? He starts whispering in her ear and she starts to laugh. How can you hear anything with this loud music? Let alone someone whispering into your ear. I push the thought out of my mind and continue dancing. I can't help but think of Toms disgusting breath on my neck. I feel a shiver down my back and taste something like bile come up. Morgan comes through the crowd passing out glow in the dark necklaces, brackets, and batons. I take on of each and continue dancing.

"So Ariah!" She starts shouting over the music.
"Yes Morgan?" We both start laughing
"Where is John? I thought you guys hit it off really well."
"We did I guess, but I asked if he wanted to dance and he said he doesn't dance so we just separated I guess." I feel guilty.
"Maybe he left? I haven't seen him around." My heart instantly drops.
"I hope not." I say
"Well I see you later then." And with that she walks away, leaving me to ponder over my thoughts.

The music is so loud I can't really hear my self think. I really hope he didn't leave, I wanted to talk to him again. But why would he leave? Was it something I said? I try to replay the conversations in my head and I can't think of anything that I was at fault of. Maybe he got sick? Or maybe he got sick of me? I push all the depressing thoughts away and again try to focus on the music. I then feel someone's hand on my side. I turn sharply and notice that it's Tom. A bad taste starts to form in my mouth.

" hi Tom." I say sharply and almost at a mutter
"Aw Ariah your not happy to see me?"
" now why would I be happy to see you?"
"Gees I don't know, maybe because your boyfriend John ran away from you."
I feel a pain in my chest.
"No Tom I'm never happy to see you."
" oh so you admit that John is your boyfriend?"
"I-"
" but you didn't deny it." I sly smile plays on his face.
"Ugh what do you want?"
" I just wanted to know if you wanted to dance that's all."
"What does it look like I'm doing?" I snap back
"Actually I don't know what your doing, I'm gonna guess your attempting to dance?"
"Don't you have something better to do?"
" actually I do but she's dancing with someone else at the moment."
I look over and see that my best friend is dancing with Mark.
"Oh my I guess I didn't notice it before but you like Kennedy don't you?!"
"Maybe I do, maybe I don't"
" here's a tip, chew gum when your around her, or anyone." I crack a smile
"Ugh whatever imma go dance with someone worth my time."

I then felt relieved that he was no longer near me. I never noticed that Tom liked Kennedy. They have been talking a lot today but I didn't think anything of it since he makes his rounds to everyone. But she does seem to smile a lot when she's around him. I feel a hand on my side again and I sharply turn around, frankly annoyed.

"Tom I-"
That's when I notice hazel eyes.