The Boy Next Door

Chapter 33

Chapter 33:

It's party day!! Woho! I'm dressed up in my signature Forever 21 mini-dress, high pony-tail and six-inch pencil heels. It's 4.39 and party's at 4.45 so six more minutes. I look at the room where party'll be held.

"Can you move the television a bit at left?" I point at the 56 inch television.

"Uff...it's perfect there Kath!" Josh cries.

"Is the music ready?" I ask Ash and Alex.

"Aye, aye, Captain Katherine! we've got Five Seconds of Summer, One Direction, Coldplay, Imagine Dragons and Katy Perry,"Ash says

"Great!" I post thumbs up.

"All the pleasure!" Alex says.

Ding dong! I open the door. Oh great, cake's here, just in time! Josh pays the delivery man and we set the cake on the table

Ding dong! It's Allysse.

Ding dong! Mark's here.

Ding ding! My team-members.

Ding dong! My class mates and no Stuart I call him.

"Hello?" He receives it.

"Coming?" I ask.

"Yeah, on my way," he replies.

"Not grounded?"

"Nah, getting the 'silent treatment'. Kath bother opening the door?"

"Why?"

"Cause I'm bloody standing at the blood doorstep!" He replies. I open the door. There he stands looking stunning (An: hehe, see what I did there! die hard Stuart Broad fan, ain't I?) in his blue checked shirt and black hoodie which is unzipped from the front

"Glad you're here," I smile and embrace him in a hug. "Come on in!" I shut the door behind him once he's in. I introduce him to my Mum and my three brothers.

"So you are the mysterious Stuart," Alex says. Stuart raises a brow.

"He means, you're our Kathy's mysterious Stuart, aren't you?" Ash says.

"ASHTON PHILLIP DAVIDSON!!!!!!!" I cry. "WE are just BLOODY friends!!"

"Are you sure you want to be just friends?" Ales teases me.

"Shut up!" I snap. "Come on, Stu let's watch.."

"The Fault in Our Stars," Ash cuts me.

"Oh do shut up!"

" No, A Walk to Remember!" Alex says.

"Ugh!" I leave the room and lead Stuart to the hall and help Josh put on Insurgent.

"You're looking great you know!" Allysse says.

"Come on!" I reply.

"Modesty? That's new," Allysse grins. "Honestly you're looking hawt!" I blush. "Ask Stuart if you don't believe me!"

"Ask me what?" Stuart sits next to me.

"That Kathy's looking good."

"Yeah, she is."

"See, believe me now?"

"Eh, let's watch the movie," I reply.

"Happy, eh? Stu told you that you're looking good!" Allysse whispers in my ear.

"What's the whispering about, Al?" Mark says sitting next to Allysse.

"Nothing, girl talk."

"Seriously?" Mark grins.

"Seriously what?"

"It seems new on your tongue. I thought it would be 'Tomboy Talk' or 'Sports Talk' or 'Football Talk' or.." Mark says but Allysse cuts him off, playfully punching his shoulder. He grins.

"Can we watch the film with silence?" I say.

"NO!" Mark says. Stuart taps my shoulder.

"Leave the love birds, let's eat pop corns," he produces a bowl full of American Garden's Butter Flavoured Pop corns, my favourite. I pick one and nod.