𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗜 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧. a true story

⁀➷ 8- PARTY

-𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐲-

The rest of the week passed by quickly, and Friday arrived. The day of Tessa and Ian's party.

After school, I quickly showered and changed into a pair of jean shorts, a cropped beige sweater, and some strappy brown wedge sandals.

After I dried and brushed my hair, I added a wide, brown headband.

For makeup, I applied a bit of mascara and my favorite light red lip tint.

There.

I grabbed my bag and went downstairs.

"Mom! I'm going over to Tessa's!"

Then, I ran over next door.

"Mel! You're here! Come in!" Tessa exclaimed.

I smiled and gasped. Tess had completely changed her living room, filling it with balloons, snacks, games, and all kinds of other things.

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The rain poured outside as Tessa shouted, "Attention!! A party's not a party until a few rounds of..."

"Spin the Bottle!" everyone called back.

My stomach did a few flips.

I have a bad feeling about this...

Everyone gathered in a circle on the carpeted floor.

"Who's going first?"

"I'll go!" a girl, Macy Andrews volunteered.

I internally rolled my eyes. Macy was in my grade and had always been the "queen bee" of our school- not to mention half the male population at our school liked her. 

She spun it hard.

Ian.

Macy smirked and batted her eyelashes.

Oh crap.

Ian and Macy went forward into the center of the circle, which had me praying for a miracle.

Their lips met. Of course, it was just a stupid crush.

"Melody, your turn."

I inhaled deeply and spun the bottle. It turned for a while before slowing down.

Oh no. No no no no no don't stop there-

Julian. It landed on Julian.

NO!

I groaned under my breath and inched sloooooowly to the center to meet Julian's dark blue eyes. Not wanting to look into them, I focused on his hair, which was chestnut brown.

Oh, screw it.

Then, I leaned in and quickly pecked Julian's lips without warning.

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A few more people went and then-

The lights cut out.

I gasped along with everyone else, but what came next surprised me more.

I suddenly felt someone's lips on mine.

Confused and slightly horrified, I froze. But then, the lights flickered back on.

I finally regained my senses and had the chance step back, but it was too late.

Everyone had already seen who it was.

And so did I.

"R-Reese?"

"Yeah?" he replied, grinning cheekily.

They all started whispering again.

"Three cute guys?"

"Wow, I guess Melody is the next Macy."

"Who's she gonna choose?"

My heart pounding in my ears, I grabbed my shoes and ran outside.

As I stepped out the door, I remembered that it was raining.

"Melody! Come back!" someone shouted from inside.

"Oh shit."

Outfit:

weeeeell that escalated quickly-

-Emmie