Never In My Life

Chapter 8 - The Party (Part 1)

Hey guys! Finally here is the chapter of the party ;) Enjoy

Btw the picture is what Amelia is wearing to the party.

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I wake up from my nap, feeling refreshed and energised. I look at the time.
It's 4:03pm.
Then I realise.
Tonight's the night of Kayla's party.
I groan.
Ugh, I have to arrive with Liam, but at least Hayley and Jason will be there. The party starts at 7. That will give me enough time to prepare for what will happen, well what I think will happen.

I already start thinking of what I could wear. Argh, I literally have nothing decent. But I guess I didn't really need anything decent. Before all this, I didn't need to impress anyone, I didn't have to actually look good for anyone. Now I'm going to a party with Liam all because of that stupid Instagram photo.
I walk over to my wardrobe. I open it and a mound of clothes fall out.
There has to be something decent in here...
I get and idea and call Hayley to come over and help me pick an outfit.
She comes right away.

I run downstairs to open the door for Hayley.

"I'm here for you." She says as soon as I open the door.

I chuckle. "It's ok Hayley, I just need to pick out an outfit for tonight"

"And I am here for you" she says jokingly.

We walk upstairs, Hayley leading. She opens my door and stops in her tracks when she sees my pile or clothes that have fallen out of my wardrobe.

"Oh" she says. "Well there must be an outfit in here." She turns to me raising one of her eyebrows.

"I know but I need help finding one" I say sheepishly.

"Don't worry Amelia, I am here for you" she says again. We start laughing and soon stop when we realise we have to start finding an outfit.

We start rummaging through the clothes, picking one up, examining it and then tossing it behind us.
It's 5 o'clock on the dot when we start to give up.

"It's no use" I say siting down leaning against my bed. "I just won't go"

"Yes you will!!" Hayley says, determination in her voice. "There are some pretty decent stuff in there you know"

"But, nothing really catches my eye.."

"Oh come on, there's still heaps more clothes that we haven't found yet" Hayley gets up and pulls out some more clothes.

"Look! Here!" she says excitedly holding out a cream knitted jumper with small black polka dots on it. "This is good!"

I look at it for a moment. "Yes, I like that" I say happily.

Hayley pulls out some more and reaches for a black floral skirt that reaches mid-thigh. "This is so cute!" she says grinning at it.
She hurries over to my bed and lays out the clothes. "Perfect" she says proudly.

I stare at it. "I forgot I had these clothes" I say quietly.

"And that's why I'm here for you" she says while patting my arm. We both chuckle.

"Thanks" I say.

"No problem! Anyway, I better go and get ready myself!" Hayley says. Heading towards the door.

"Oh yeah, sorry! See you later!" I call out.

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It's 6:50pm and I have am waiting for Liam to pick me up. I texted him to say I was going (he was very excited) and he will pick me up at 7. Apparently it's cool to be late to a party.
For my shoes I am wearing simple back ballet flats and my hair is out. I'm wearing some makeup; a small amount of foundation (so I don't look cakey), mascara and a pink/nude lipstick.

I sit on my bed for a few minutes. Just thinking. Never in my life have I thought I would ever go to a party, especially the most popular girl's party. I chuckle to myself. Not believing that I'm actually going to a party.

DING DONG!

I jump up, wakening from my thoughts. I go downstairs and open the front door. Liam is standing there. Looking more handsome than ever. He's wearing a short sleeve button up collared shirt and denim jeans. His hair is ruffled which makes him look even more attractive.
He's looking at me up and down. My cheeks go slightly pink.

"Hey" he says with a nice genuine smile.

My breath catches.

"H-hey" I stutter. What's wrong with you Amelia?!

"Ready to go?" He smirks.

"Yes, I am" I chuckle.

We walk side by side down the path towards his black BMW. He opens the door for me and I get in. He walks to the other side, gets in, starts the car and drives off.

The silence is awkward. I don't know what to say. I mean I've already been on a date with him before.

WAIT. THIS ISN'T SOME KIND OF DATE RIGHT??!

I clear my throat. "Um. This isn't a date, right?" I say, looking at my feet.
He looks at me for a second then back to the road ahead.

"Um, I don't think so. Unless you want it to be" he smirks, again.

"Oh, no! I mean, I don't know" I sink into the leather seat.

"Alright. I say it is a date" he smiles at me playfully.

"Ok, great" I force a smile.

We sit in silence for a few minutes.

"Hey," he suddenly says, "About the other day, where I asked you to go to the party with me, I didn't really want to. Not that I didn't want to hang out with you, I still wanted to go to the movies. But, Kayla forced me to go to her party. She told me I had to invite you to come, to ruin our date at the movies. She didn't say that, but I knew. She was watching nearby when I asked you to the party. To make sure I did. I'm sorry, but, this could be our date?"

"Oh" I'm so shocked. Like...what? "No, it's ok. But, you sounded really enthusiastic about it." I say.

"I had to" he says, "If I didn't, Kayla said she would bully you. And I couldn't let that happen..." His cheeks turn red.

Wow. This whole time I thought he was just another jerk.

"I, I don't know what to say..." I'm still processing what he just said.

"You don't have to say anything, it's Ok, I'm sorry."

"No, I want to go actually" I say confidently.

"Really?" He says sounding surprised.

"Yeah, it might be fun" I say, feeling more relaxed remembering Hayley and Jason are going to be there.

We finally arrive at exactly 7:20pm.

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Hey guys, hope you enjoyed this update. This is part 1 of 'The Party' chapters.

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