1. A Night to REMEMBER

Chapter 2

Fuck, l thought that beach houses where supposed to be small and comfy not this big, Jessica says in awe at the house in front of us.

Language, I dont want my parents to question the company l keep, l tell her. It is true though, Jessica has a way of making people do things they would not necessarily do on their own.

Shouldnt we be rushing in to pick the best rooms, Raven asks referring to the fact that we are still outside even though we arrived about fifteen minutes ago. As soon as we got here my siblings and their friends quickly took out their luggage rushing into the house but l thought it would be better to give them a few minutes, and also the fact that mom and dad will using them instead of us to make sure that everything is in order before they leave.

She is probably trying to muster up all the courage she can before she has to face Michael, Sisipho mockingly suggests with her rolling the last word while she nudges my shoulder suggestively and the rest of my friends nod in agreement.

NO! I reply too quickly not helping with the situation. Were taking the rooms upstairs since they concluded that they might be too drunk to make their way up the stairs, turning to Emihle l give her a smile, See, they will literally not even be here.

I think its safe to go inside now, mom must already be having them run around. We finish taking out the rest of our luggage and make our way up two stairs towards the entrance where the glass doors are already open. With my friends leading l follow behind them noticing Megan who as always is already trying to blend into the background. Out of everyone in the group she is the oneperson whom l think l will never understand. She is always reserved; making herself small and is good at blending into the back ground, sometimes l would even forget that she is there.

As expected mom already has them running around, Jane gives me a knowing glare as she passes by seemingly having understood my plan.

Darcy brought along with him his friends, Michael; Gregory and Liam while Jane along brought with her, Awande; Lerato; Ally and Sharnice.

With my parents detector senses on high alert we successfully manage to navigate our way around the house and up the stairs without us running into any of them. My mom is making sure that the house is in perfect condition, and if anything is out of place she makes them fix it and they cant even complain because they are lucky to be even here, while l capitalize on that.

We own a simple house in La Lucia which is an eight minute drive from the beach. A two story house with four bedrooms down stairs and two upstairs. Everything important can be found on the first floor while the second just has the rooms and a bathroom.

Dividing ourselves accordingly we split the rooms and put away our luggage.

I thought you said there would be no parents, Jessica asks.

There wont be, they are probably trying to delay for as long as they can. Not pleased with my answer she takes out her handbag from the wardrobe, reaching inside she takes out a half full bottle of alcohol. Immediately l jump up to from the bed onto my feet, Are you mad, put that away! In fact why did you even bring it?

Youre always such a bore, loosen up a bit.

Loosen up, my parents are down stairs. What if they see you? I ask trying not to raise my voice, confused by her logic. She walks over to the door and closes it. There problem solved.

But that doe-.

You dont have to drink if you dont want to, she says cutting me off. Turning to look at the others, Now, who want a shoot? she asks them.