Chapter 5

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We arrive at her house and immediately are greeted by Kristina's mum, welcoming us home and for us to do as we please. We went to her bedroom as she wanted to get me ready for the party tonight but I'm still not thrilled, I would much rather order pizza and watch a film on my couch...
"C'mon Gray it will be fun" she insisted, like she just read my mind. "I know I'm just not thrilled about going, I'm the nerd remember?" I question her, reminding her about the title I have already achieved in only 2 weeks of school. "But we know you're not like that, you know how to have a fun time" she says back. "Yeah but with people I know, not just anyone..." I explain. "I promise I'll make it fun for you" she says raising her pinky and I do the same, intertwining the two fingers together with a smile. "OK fine" I say laughing and she does a little victory dance, making me laugh even more. Her mum had brought us some snacks and I started munching on them while Kris was looking at her wardrobe looking exasperated, obviously wanting to find the perfect outfit. "What... Are you hoping to impress Dan?" I smirk, raising an eyebrow knowing exactly why she was acting like this. "You could find someone to impress too you know." she says sassily and I fake gasp and act offended, laughing afterwards. "First off decide if you want to dress casual or go in one of your cute dresses, then we will decide the final outfit" I say as I continue eating and she agrees, deciding on causal. At that point I get out an outfit I think would look good, making a few alterations like making the shirt into a crop top by tucking in and adding jewelry

This is the outfit I decided:

I give her a pair of black boots with a chunky heel and I deem my outfit a masterpiece, and she looks just as happy with it as I am

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I give her a pair of black boots with a chunky heel and I deem my outfit a masterpiece, and she looks just as happy with it as I am. "I'm honestly so jealous of your sense of style, like you put this together in 10 minutes!" I laugh at her statement and she joined in. "Well I'd rather shower first and I think you should as well but in the meantime make yourself at home" she says before grabbing all her stuff and heading into her bathroom.

Not knowing what to do I just wonder around her bedroom, looking at all the stuff she has on her shelves and all the pictures hung up on the wall untill my eyes land on one picture in particular. It's of two kids, probably about 10 years old, at what I assumed to be a dinner with another family since I doubt that is her brother. The more I look at it the more I smile at the photo of a young Kris with her wide smile that has followed her all her life, but as I take in the picture more I can't help but feel that I know the little boy to her right. Could it be Ethan? I think to myself and suddenly it clicks. It is Ethan, she did mention they were childhood friends, I wonder what happened to have them separate, they seem really close here...
Not realizing how much time has passed, I hear the door open and out comes Kristina wearing some old clean clothes, she never does her makeup in her clothes for the day, it's either her pj's or some old t-shirt. "What are you looking at over there bubs?" she says walking over to be next to me. "Oh just this picture, it doesn't matter" I smile and she smiles back. "Ok, the shower is all yours, I'll see if you can borrow some shirt of my brother's that's too small, you can't show up like that I won't allow it" I laugh and answer with a simple ok as I walk in the bathroom and take a shower.

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