"Oh gosh..." I say out loud to myself. "Dude, just wear some shorts and a cute tank top and be waiting for me" Rose complained. I looked around my room and went to my closet. There's this pink sparkly tank top that's my favorite. I take it out and put it on and look at myself in the mirror. "My arms are so long" I whisper. "Mae lets go, Oscar lives twenty minutes away!" Rose yelled through the phone. "Okay okay, I'm ready. I'm going to tell my mom I'm leaving." I told her. I walk down stairs and tell my mom I'm going out with Rose. "Be safe sweetie! Love you!" My mom screeched from the kitchen. "I've been here for fifteen minutes, let's go." I hesitantly walked out the door and hung up the phone. "Well, are you ready to go to your first high school party?" I nodded and swallowed quietly.
I know she wouldn't let anything happen to me because it's Rose, she protects me with her life during school. I'm scared what's going to happen at the party if a guy tried to even talk to me. I don't mind if a guy talks to me but if he isn't Dave Franco then I don't want him to talk more than five minutes. She's driving really fast, too fast for my liking. "If a guy even grabs you, you better make some serious eye contact with me and I'll come over there with hot dog slicer." I laugh at her words but her tone of voice tells me she wouldn't hesitate to beat the crap out of someone who touched me.
We arrive at Oscar's house and there's already cups thrown across the yard. Wow, someone is going have a fun time cleaning that up. "Okay, you ready?" Rose asks me. "Yeah, just try not to murder anyone tonight." I grin at her. She returns my grin with a laugh and takes my hand.
We enter the party and there are so many people. Sweat is drenched on the first guy I see. I remember homecoming last year and half the kids were on this drug molly. Maybe that's what that guy is on. Rose protectively shoves everyone out of my way so no one touches me. Even though she tried, people bumped and pushed into me. Rose's death glares could most likely give Beyoncé self-confidence issues. We get to what looks like the kitchen and she invades the fridge. This is her first party too but she acts as if she's been to many before. She's very assertive, which is why I like her so much. I can't confront people at all so she's my backbone. She tells me to stay by the fridge until she gets back and to tell her if any guy tries anything. She walked away cautiously and I'm honestly scared for the guy who comes near me.
I see her say hi to Oscar and I try to move around like I'm dancing. It was awkward because I was standing alone but I keep seeing Rose glance over at me, her blue eyes piercing into everyone around me. Her whole face changes as she turns to talk to Oscar. She could be an actor the way she changes her facial features so fast. I look away from her and see this guy making his way towards me. I could feel my palms begin to get clammy and my heart start to race. He smiles drunkenly at me and I can already see Rose staring in my direction. As soon as she sees who it is I could see murder in her eyes. She's just standing there waiting to pounce. He snakes his arm around me and I move to the side, out of his grasp. "Hey come back" he frowns. I shake my head and try to make my way towards Rose. He grabs my wrist and I knew Rose saw. She started making her way towards him. I rip my arm away from him and he slurs something incoherent.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing?" she demands as she steps in front of me. Everyone started to quiet down and watch what was about to unravel. "Trying to get some. Lay off" he slurred and smiled. I could tell Rose was about to snap but she wasn't there yet. She is the scary calm mad, and him being drunk wouldn't help her calm down. "Don't fucking come near my best friend, don't touch her and especially don't-" She got interrupted by him pushing her into me sending me to the ground. I hit my head on the counter and I went to touch it and pulled back my hand. There was a lot of blood. Rose turned to look at me and her eyes widened at first and then her entire facial expression went blank and that's how I knew she snapped. She threw me a towel and quickly stood up.
