||Chapter 11: Swinging Party||
"Hey guys!" Amanda greets them at the door. "I'm so glad you could make it! Where's my present?"
"Hey, Amanda! Happy birthday." Cecily smiles, broadly.
Cecily glances over at Matt.
"I have your present right here." He says, revealing a bright orange gift bag from behind him.
Amanda squeals with delight, reaching over to give Matt a hug. "Thank you Matt! You are the sweetest!"
Cecily cringes a little.
Oh no. Why did she just cringe?
"Come in! Come in!" Amanda guides them into her house.
Derrick comes out of nowhere. "Wassup? Happy birthday girl!"
Where the heck is he learning to talk like this from?
Amanda laughs. "Thank you."
"Ay. So do you know if a girl named Mikkala is here tonight?" My brother asks.
"Oh yeah! She actually just walked through!" Amanda smiles.
"Thank you. Ight." Derrick disappears into the house.
The beginning of it is a dark hallway decorated with Christmas lights everywhere- which is a little strange because we are in the middle of April. There are picture frames of Amanda and her family smiling proudly to the camera.
Loud music is blasting through wall speakers.
Amanda grimances at Cecily. "Ew. Please do not look at those."
Cecily laughs. "Why? You and your family look so happy."
"And that's exactly why." She murmurs.
Cecily gives Amanda an uneasy stare and decide not to keep asking questions. She has already asked enough.
"Well, make yourselves comfortable and have fun! Drinks and food are in the kitchen!" Amanda walks away.
All awkwardness is gone.
Matt stands close behind Cecily and wraps his arms against her waist, whispering into her ear. "Let's go into the kitchen."
Cecily grins and sarcastically whisper back into Matt's ear, feeling antsy with him so close to her. She pulls his arms away, oh so slowly. "As long as there's pizza."
Matt smirks and does it again, this time holding her tighter.
Cecily rolls her eyes.
The two saunter into the kitchen area and there are even more people in there.
Cecily frown, looking down at the array of snacks. There are baby carrots, salad, sliced apples, cheese cubes, crackers, punch, soda, et cetera.
Where the hell is the pizza?
"There's no pizza?" She has to ask aloud.
Matt grins. "Do you even eat pizza in France?"
"Of course we do!" She scoffs. "We just eat it with a fork and knife."
She reaches over for a plate and makes herself cheese and crackers.
Matt reaches over and takes one off of her plate and eats one.
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BLACK AMERICAN PRINCESS (BWWM INTERRACIAL)
Romance"Your dad and I have been disscussing this for months now and we have decided to be a family." She says, smiling at us both. "What do you mean by 'deciding to be a family'?" Cecily asks her, crossing her delicate arms over her chest. Derrick looks a...
