Christmas really was crazy this year. One of my friends Teresa threw a party at around 2:00 and she invited a lot of my friends. While I was getting ready, I was texting Emma about the party. Emma is my best friend. We’ve been friends for two years; it feels like we have a psychic connection. We were talking about what we were going where and who was going to be there. My boyfriend Callum was going to be there. He is really sweet, and good-looking too. He has short blobby blond hair, is about 5’11’’, and is a starter on the basketball team. He was supposed to pick me up to go to the party, but he never showed up and I ended up getting a ride from a guy in my art class named Mark who has green eyes and long brown hair and is the wing spiker on our high school team’s volleyball team. Emma has a huge crush on him.
When we got to the party, I immediately went to go find Emma. She was hiding in the corner of the living room scrolling through her phone. She looked up and ran towards me. “What the fuck, where were you?! I was alone for at least seven minutes!” She was freaking out. “Calm down.” I said, “Callum didn’t pick up, so I had to find someone else to drive me.” That is when Mark made his way through the crowd. “You got a ride with Mark!?” She really likes him, and I really hoped they got together. “Where is Callum?” I asked. She pointed towards the kitchen, so I made my way there. I found Callum talking to Teresa by the pitcher of juice and it looked like they were enjoying each other so I walked over with Emma supporting me from behind. “Hey, what are you doing here I thought you couldn’t come?”
“Well, I wasn’t able to go before but I begged my mom to go.” His voice sounded very honeyed. “Then why didn’t you come and get me.” My voice was raising, and I could tell that the number of people staring was increasing. I could feel Emma’s grip on my arm harder and harder. Then Teresa interrupted. “What do you mean your parents didn’t let you? You were the first one here.”
“You’re really not helping.” Now Callum started sounding worried. “I wasn’t trying to help.” She spoke. Then she looked at me clearly trying to say something and I understood. I ran out as fast as I could Emma trailing behind with Callum not far from her. “Hey, Jasmin come on slow down. I can explain I swear.”
“Explain!? Explain what?! Did you lose feelings for me after two years?! Does the bracelet I gave you mean nothing?!” Just to add insult to injury Teresa pulls her sleeve down revealing the bracelet on her arm “Oh, you mean this one?” It was like she was trying to provoke me, her voice sounded grating, shrill I couldn’t take it anymore. Then bursting through the crowd cam Mark with his hand in his fist throwing it as hard as he can connecting with Callum’s face throwing him to the ground. “How could you do this to her?” he sounded genuinely concerned for me. “She is the sweets, kindest, most adorable girl you will ever meet, and the fact that you can just give all that up so easily really says a lot about you.” Even though he said all those things about me I didn’t like the fact that he kept keeping beating up Callum. I ran as fast and as far as I could with my face in my hands. Emma was trying to keep up, but I didn’t stop, and she eventually gave up. I found a bench near a park close by that I decided to cry on. I then felt a hand on my shoulder. “Hey, you are doing ok?” I recognized the voice. It was very calming and nice to listen to, but I didn’t answer. “I’ll just take a seat right here then.” He put his arm around me, and I lean on his shoulder still crying. I look up and I see Erik’s face glowing in the sunlight.
His face looked golden with his short blond hair in his signature modern quiff and his blue eyes sparkling like the ocean and a smile that will make anyone’s heart melt. I used to like him before Callum and I started dating and I’m pretty sure he liked me too, it’s just Callum asked me out first and I was too nice to say no. He pulled me in closer. “Emma was the one who told me to come here. I was at the fight and if Emma didn’t come back then I probably would have just stayed there staring wondering if you were all right.” He chuckled. His laugh made me smile, and he looked down. “There the smile missed.” He smiled again like one time wasn’t enough and I just couldn’t stop staring. He leaned in and we both closed our eyes. The next thing I knew I felt his soft, sweet lips against mine. That is when we hear a squeal coming from behind us so turn and look. There we see Emma jumping up and down with pure joy on her face. We shrug our shoulders and go in for another kiss as the sunsets.
