*Leah's POV*
It's the day of the party. I have absolutely no idea what to wear! I don't want Jack to think that I'm ugly all the time. Just at school.
I look in my closet and decide on this cool short skirt that is black with white spots on it. I also decided on a white shirt tucked into the skirt. I went into the bathroom and brushed my teeth, combed my hair then put my hair into a waterfall braid. I put on concealer, eyeliner and some mascara. Then I paired my outfit with black combat boots.
I waited on the couch by the window. Jack told me he'd be here at 7:00 sharp. Right now, it was 7:15. I started to read my book, The Longest Ride By Nicolas Sparks. It's such a good book, but I was rudely interrupted by my brother.
"Why are you dressed so nicely?" Asked Eric. I rolled my eyes and went back to my book. "You know, Shawn is coming tonight." I looked up at him and said, "Yeah, I know. Also, I'm going to a party." I said rudely. Eric rolled his eyes and mumbled, "It's someone's time of the month." I glared at him and looked out the window as a car pulled into the driveway.
"Bye Eric, I'll see you after!"
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"Are you excited?" Asked Jack with a nervous smile. I nod my head. Jack looks back at the road. I pull out my phone and play a game, when the car stops, I get out. I look up at the huge mansion in front of me. I gasp, Jack stops beside me and laughs.
"Like the house?" He says.
"I-I love it" I say. I giggle and Jack grabs my hand and leads me toward the house. Loud music and teenagers drinking surrounds me. Jack and I find a quiet corner. We talk for like two hours when he leans over and kisses me. I'm shocked for a second but I start to kiss back.
When he pulls away, we both smile. We talk for like two more hours when he decides to start drinking. After he leaves, I decide to go find Bree.
I find Bree and Hayes at the bar. Bree is slowly getting drunk. She always does at parties. I walk over to them, and say, "Are you her personal driver then Hayes? Because you aren't drinking." He smiles,
"I guess I am then Leah." He says with a smile. I laugh.
"LEEEAAAHHH" Bree screams. Hayes and I both jump surprised. I walk closer to her, "What Bree?" I ask. She stumbles over to me with her drink still in hand. She drops your drink then falls to the ground. Hayes drops to the ground to see if she was all right, he looked so worried. I laughed. He looked at me incredulously.
"What, she does this everytime she gets drunk. You should probably take her home now. Her parents won't get mad at you, don't worry, because they are never home."
He helps her up, Bree laughs.
"That tickles!" She said drunkly. I laugh at her. Hayes nods his head at me and they walk out.
"Now what to do?" I think. "Bree and Hayes left. Jack is drinking with Johnson." I take a big breath. I walk into the kitchen to get a drink.
I walk in, squeezing past a bunch of people in the hallway. When I see Jack kissing a blond chick! Ew it's that Madison girl that's liked him since kindergarten too. Except she's popular, so she had a better chance with him.
"Shit" I whispered.
I felt tears roll down my cheeks. I run outside and see a taxi waiting for someone. They weren't occupied yet so I took it.
"Hello, can you take me to 5812 54th Orange Street?" I ask.
The man nods his and head and motions for me to get in.
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I got out of the taxi, tears still rolling down my face. I run up the steps and slam the door. The couch looks oddly comforting, so I walk over and plop myself down on it. I keep crying, when I hear footsteps, I stopped crying. I looked over and saw Shawn.
"Awe Lee, what's wrong?" He said. Shawn walked over to the couch beside me and I laid on him.
"What happened at the party?" He asked. I sighed and more tears streamed down my face.
"U-Um I s-saw Jack kissing Madison-n...." I started slowly through the tears.
"Didn't you go WITH him to the party?" Asked Shawn. I nodded my head. He got really angry for a couple of seconds. After he calmed down a bit, I started to cry again, but Shawn was comforting me.
"Ssshhh it's okay Lee, it's okay forget about him!" Shawn said. I kept crying but when his head slowly started to come closer to me, I stopped. He kept leaning in and when our lips connected. I felt nothing. I didn't know he liked me like that. We've been best friends for forever. I pulled away very soon, and I could see the hurt in his eyes.
"I'm sorry, I can't do this." I say. I get off the couch and run up my stairs into my bedroom, and lock the door.
