"Who is that?"

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The drive was short that was expected, but it was actually quite pleasant. The fall had finally put its effect on almost all of the trees in town, making them have a gorgeous array of warm yellows, purples, and oranges. I loved the fall even though it was always stressful because of getting adjusted to school again. But it had my heart for the cool nights me and Nadia always had bonfires and listened to our favorite music on. I pulled myself out of my distracted state and carefully opened my car door so that I wouldn't hit the car next to mines. Then I walked up to the door and was greeted by Nadia's mom. She had always been almost a second mom to me due to how much time I spent at her house. I greeted her back and asked her where Nadia was. She replied, and I directed myself to where she was not paying close attention to my surroundings.

I nearly bumped into a wall on my way to the living room, but luckily didn't get injured some how. As I entered her family's living room I payed attention to how It was beautifully decorated with multicolored streamers hung all around. Which was not a surprise considering that her family usually goes all out for decorations. Eventually after looking around for a bit I saw Nadia in the exact spot her mom said she would be. I think she noticed me at the same time as for she ran up to me and gave me a quick and tight hug. " Genevieve I'm so glad your here!! I needed someone to help me put this up." I looked down at the "Happy Birthday" banner she was holding and assumed that  she needed help with it. "Where is it going to go?" I questioned, and she replied and told me it was going on their fireplace mantle. We walked the short distance that was between us and the fireplace and quickly hung it up with command hooks. We high-fived each other proud of the project we had just completed. 

Since Nadia had asked me to come a bit earlier then others I helped her with  putting up some other scattered decorations. After we were done, the living room looked some how more gorgeous then before. I admired it for a while looking through the giant windows to admire the shining fall colors in the forest, the same as I had did on the drive here. We decided to sit on the couch and catch up as we were waiting for all of the other guests to arrive. Me and her did that for quite a while until the first out of many guests arrived. As more and more people came to the door Nadia had to get up more. But it was fine because I was content with watching the shuffling music videos on the television. Plus I was not paying attention to the growing number of people in the house, so I was fully in touch with what was happening on the screen.

Nadia gently tapped my shoulder and told me that almost everyone was here, but we didn't have to wait for the one  person who was not there yet. I didn't think much of that as she told everyone that she is going to give all of us a house tour. I was excited, though I had been here dozens of ltimes I always loved looking around, almost each time I found a new detail that I did not see before. For example, the dust was cleared on the top of the piano the last time I was here. This time their yearly fall family portait was hung perfectly straight above the dining table. I was an observer, that is for sure.

After that we ended up just chilling in random spots around her house. But that didn't last long, because we all just heard the faint call of her father saying "Dinner is ready" out in the distance. I smiled knowing that this meal was going to be good.  We only waited just for a bit in the dining area for food to arrive. For dinner, her dad had made a steak with various vegetables on the side. Just as we started eating there was a knock at the door, and Nadia exited the dining room to answer it.

At this point I could tell she had met the door. I thought of if this was the person who was late that she told me not to worry about earlier. I listened curiously to their conversation, trying to capture any details in my brain but there was nothing more then simple small talk. No name or nothing. Then I heard footsteps approaching the bright room, and eventually they met the room. Nadia had returned to her seat beside mine but the person she had brought was someone I had never seen before. I quickly examined him, careful to make sure I did not get caught for fear of embarrassment. God, he was gorgeous. Everything from his long brown hair to the way he presented himself, was absolutely breathtaking. I got distracted for a moment in the conversation everyone at the table was having.  But, of course that obviously did not last long because the unknown boy chimed into the conversations. Ok, he was already good looking but to add on more his voice was nice?!! After the party I desperately needed to talk to Nadia about him, I would take any little piece of information she could offer. And I did ask.

The night went on typically how usual birthday parties go. We had a cake that her mom made that was absolutely divine. Then after that she opened her presents. I swear she looked like she was about to cry when she opened her gift from me. Which, I was glad of because I had put a lot of thought into it.  I didn't really pay attention to the other people's gifts, but more to Nadia's reactions. I loved seeing her face light up with happiness like that. Eventually, it was the nameless boys turn to have Nadia open his present. This time I paid closer attention. He got her a book she really wanted and a gift card to target, which I thought was sweet.

After a while more, the night had come to a close. Everyone had left at this point, including the boy I had myself stuck thinking about all night after his arrival.  The only reason why I was still here was to help Nods with cleaning up, which I was grateful only took a short amount of time. We were just sitting on her bed and I finally decided to ask her about the long haired brunette boy. "Hey Nadia, who was the boy who came late around dinner time?" "Oh I have English with him 6th period. He was always nice to me so I just decided to invite him to my birthday party." So that's who he is I thought, but there is one thing I was missing, his name. "Also, Nadia what's his name?"

"His name is Jake, Jake Kiszka."

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So that was Genevieve and Jake's first time seeing each other :)) please let me know how you like the story so far in the comments 💗

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