High Heels and Lip Gloss

Chapter Two

Chapter Two

The Party

When we get home, I change out of my clothes at start to get ready for the party. I'm going simple, with light makeup and just blue jeans and a nice top. Unlike my sisters. When they've finally come out of the bathroom, I hold back a groan. They're both wearing gobs of makeup, Jasmine in jeans that are covered on glitter making me squint when she walks in the light, with a sparkling shirt that shimmers when she moves. She's topped it off with a pair of gaudy earrings and high heels. Sophie, just like she said is wearing my dress. Oh and look! She's even stolen my favorite high heels! They clack down the stairs and I cover my ears. To my horror, they've forgotten their pajamas and are now clacking BACK up the stairs. I roll my eyes and slump into a chair, laying my pajamas on the table.

"Are you excited?" My mom asks, pulling up a chair beside me.

"Yeah," I say. "Although I doubt we'll get any sleep." Mom laughs.

Jasmine and Sophie are clacking down the stairs now, pajamas in hands. "Let's go!" says Sophie, impatient.

Mom drives us to Jessica's house and then with a kiss on the cheek, leaves us there. When we walk in, music booms in my ears. Jessica bounces over in her heels to greet us. We leave our pajamas in her bedroom, and then recline to the living room to enjoy pizza and coke. Just as I suspected, the talk is all about boys. How cute they are, whose dating who, and whose a cheater. After half an hour of THIS, I retreat to the bathroom to be alone for awhile. That doesn't help. After a few minutes Jessica starts pounding on the door. "Why aren't you coming out Miranda? You can't hide in here forever." I don't answer. Instead I flush the toilet, wash my hands, and come out. "Come on. We're starting to play games," says Jessica, grabbing my hand. I allow her to lead me to her bedroom, where all the other girls are. "Let's play, truth or dare," says Nicole, a girl in my science class.

All the girls like that idea, so we start. Jessica, always liking to be in charge, goes first. She turns to Jasmine. Jasmine picks truth. "Ok. What boy do you have a crush on?"she asks.

Jasmine turns beet red. "I have a boyfriend." she stutters.

Jessica laughs. "So what? You can still have a crush."

Jasmine bites her lip. "Um, actually I have always had a crush on Michael."

"Ooh the one on the swim team?" she asks.

Jasmine blushes and nods. All the girls laugh and Jasmine burrows her head in a pillow. Patricia, another girl that's in my science class goes next. This I dread, because she used to date my boyfriend that left her to date me. She's hated me every since. She stands up and circles the room. To my horror, she spots me and heads me way. I try to hide behind another girl but Patricia just shoves her out of the way. She sits down and smiles sweetly. "Truth or dare?" she asks me.

I toss my hair behind my back and pretend not to care. "Truth," I say.

"Oh no, you're having dare." she says. "But I said-"

"And I don't care! You're having dare!" she cuts in.

"Lay off her!" says Olivia, appearing out of no where.

"Get out of here loser! I'm just trying to have fun," she says, pushing her off hard. She turns back to me and grabs my chin. "Hmmm what are we going to do with you?" she asks herself. Then she brightens up and turns to Jessica.

"Hey Jessica you have a pool don't you?" she asks.

"Yeah," she answer.

"Perfect." She grabs my arm and yanks me up. "Jessica, I need to borrow one of your bikinis."

"Ok! I'll get it!" She runs to her closet and grabs a bright pink thing. Sophie catches my eye and gives me a sympathetic look.

Patricia grabs the bikini top and bottom and shoves them towards me. "Put these on."

"But it's fall! The water will be FREEZING!" I protest.

"Good thing you're smart," she says smugly. "Now put them on."

I hurry off to the bathroom and pull off my clothes and fold them neatly next to the sink. Then I pull on the tiny bikini and bottom and tie the strings. Then I walk back to the bedroom. All the girls stare at me and giggle. I'll be the talk of school for sure. Patricia probably thought of that.

Patricia grabs my hand and leads me to the back porch door. She pushes me outside and then locks the door. She then points to the pool.

I'm shaking already and quickly walk over to the pool and pull off the cover, showing the glistening, cold water. I walk back to the door. "Now what?" I ask.

She smiles crisply and opens the door.

She looks me up and down to see if I have enough bare skin. "Yes, I think that will do. Now we have to toss you in."

"Toss me? I though I was jumping in!" I cry out.

"Oh what's the fun in that? We're throwing you in."

All the girls pile out of the room and circle me. Then, they grab my legs and arms with their cold hands and lift me up. I pray a silent prayer to God saying to please don't let me get pneumonia. They've edged me towards the pool, giggling all the way. Then Patricia stops them and comes up towards me smiling widely all the way. Then she stops and whispers in my ear. Her lips tickle my ear. "You stole my boyfriend. This is my revenge." Then she pulls away, and motions them to throw me in. "On the count of three."

The girls start chanting. "One. Two. Three!"

I shut my eyes as I hit the freezing cold water. Icy cold water shoots up my body. Then I come up, gasping for air. Just in time to see them hurrying inside the door. Including my sisters. So much for family support.

I pull myself out of the water, and hurry towards the door, shaking. To my horror, the door is locked. And I can't go pounding on the door, that will bring Jessica's parents, or even worse, her older brother, who is graduating next year. What does Patricia want me to do? Hasn't she humiliated me enough? Then I know.

She wants me to walk, down Main Street to get to the front door. Main Street! On a Friday night! With all the drivers in cars. I would cry if I hadn't known that the girls would be upstairs looking through Jessica's bedroom to see what I'd do. So I decide to surprise them. I turn around to the pool and run and jump back in. Again I'm freezing. But I hide my coldness very well. I can almost hear the gasps of the girls. This pleases me and I float around the pool, diving and swimming around. I'm beginning to not be able to feel my feet, but I pretend to not notice. But then, a wave if numbness comes over me. Then drowsiness. I drag myself to the edge of the pool am just able to pull myself up on the edge when I begin fade away. Then last thing I see is a bunch of feet hurrying my way.

~hope you liked it! I really enjoyed writing this chapter. Please comment and vote! Thanks! Savannah~