The Sweet Summer Of California

Chapter 25

My First Kiss by 3OH!3 was on high volume in Sam's house. It was Saturday and we would have a party with our friends tonight at Sam´s house. Sam and I were cleaning the living room and out by the pool. We were both excited and danced while we cleaned. The gang would come over for dinner before the real party would begin.

I had a short black dress on and with that I had curly hair. My make-up was finished and I was ready.

"You look gorgeous Jessie!" Sam said when he came into the living room from the back.

"Thanks, you too!" I said and examined him, he was wearing a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a pair of black pants. I put on a pair of blue heels and he took my hands and we started dancing and singing. We started spinning around, fast, and I laughed so much that my stomach ached.

"SAM! I´M GONNA FALL! "I exclaimed between laughter.

"OOOOOOOOOOOH, OOOOOOOOOOOOH" Sam sang along to song but continued spinning us. I lost my balance and suddenly we were both on the floor and laughed even more.

"Shouldn´t the others come soon?" I asked and wiped away the tears from all the laughter.

"Yeah, but you know they aren´t so good at keeping time." He said and laughed. But just then, we heard the doorbell ring, and we got up to go to the door. There was Cassandra, Connor and Trevor. Everyone looked really good and we welcomed them in.

"It's great that you are friends again!" Cassandra said and smiled.

"I can never stay mad for a long with Jessie." Sam said and smiled at me. We went into the living room again and Connor swapped song to Thrift Shop. Everyone immediately began to sing along.

"I'm gonna pop some tags. Only got twenty dollars in my pocket." We all sang.

After just a few minutes came; Jc and Ricardo, followed by Hannah and Ricky. We started to prepare the dinner and had music in the background. I heard the doorbell and I went to open, because I knew who it was, Kian.

"You live the closest but you´re coming last." I said and he grinned.

"It takes time to look this is good." He said and laughed. He was wearing a blue shirt and bow tie with a pair of black pants.

"Well I have a handsome boyfriend!" I said and he walked in the door.

"You're really beautiful Jessica." He said and caressed my cheek. I smiled shyly and he bent down to kiss me. We then heard laughter from the kitchen and he ended the kiss and smiled flirtatious. I took his hand and we went in to the others. Tacos were on the menu because we all loved tacos.

"Hey Kean da Bean!" Exclaimed Ricardo and smiled.

"RICARRRDO" Kian shouted and they walked up to each other and hugged. Everyone laughed at them.

"Oh you are so cute." Said Hannah and grinned. We continued to fry the mince and chop all the vegetables. Jc and I were setting the table.

"Is everything ok now?" He asked me.

"Yes, everything is fine. Thanks again for last time!" I said and smiled gratefully. He came up to me and gave me a hug.

"You know you can always call me if you want to talk." He said.

"Oh, you're the best Jc." I said and was really glad I had him. He smiled.

"I know, haha."

The food was ready and everyone began to take food before we sat at the big table.

"Cheers everyone!" I said and raised my glass. Everyone raised their glasses and looked at me. "I just want to thank all of you for this summer, well yeah for as long as I've known you, but this summer has been awesome! And my birthday trip was truly the best I have experienced, sad that all couldn´t be there all the time. But now, let´s just have fun the rest of the summer! CHEERS!” Everyone raised their glasses towards each other.

"I agree with Jessie, this summer has been really awesome! But it´s not over yet, so now we are doing the best of the weeks we have left. But´s tonight it´s PARTY TIME! "Sam said and smiled. We toasted again.

"Okay, now I want to eat. No more toasting.” Said Ricky and everyone laughed. We started eating and talking at the same time.

It was about nine, and our friends had started to come. The music was on, but not so high because everyone sat and just talked with each other. But when I saw that almost everyone was here I shut off the music. And all eyes turned to me.

"Just thought I'd say this before we started dancing and so on, tonight let´s have some freaking fun! WOHO!" I exclaimed, and everyone cheered. I put the music on high volume and everyone started dancing. Me and Hannah danced like crazy along with Ricky and laughed. Everyone seemed to have a lot of fun and I went around and talked to almost everyone. There were several I hadn´t had time to see so much in the summer so it was fun to talk to them. I saw that everyone in the gang were dancing and I laughed when I saw that Ricky were trying to teach Connor how to twerk. I went over to Cassandra and we started dancing while we talked about everything. But it wasn´t so easy to talk when the bass was pounding in your chest. So we decided to go out to the pool and sit there.

"It´s great that you´re not fighting anymore!” She said and I nodded.

"It's not often you and Sam is arguing either, so it must feel strange."

"No, we fight maybe once every three years, haha no, but kind of." We laughed. Suddenly Kian came out and looked very happy.

"Come in and dance instead of sitting here!" He exclaimed.

"Will you dance with me?" Cassandra asked him.

"Absolutely! Come in now! "He said, and we laughed, but went in with him

Time passed by quickly and it was suddenly 2 am. Most of us sat in groups and talked, everyone were tired and one by one left. Eventually we in the gang was left and sat in the couches in the living room.

"So, that was a successful party!" Sam said. Everyone agreed.

"Con da bon, next party I will teach you to twerk for real!" Ricky said and laughed.

"I won´t be able to twerk no matter how much you try, but okay Pickle" Connor said and grinned.

"Sam, can´t we all stay here and sleep? I don´t want to go home!" Hannah said.

"It's because you're so drunk!" Jc said and grinned. She gave him the finger, but smiled.

"Yeah, but why not, my basement is empty." Sam said.

"YAY SLEEPOVER!" I exclaimed and everyone laughed at my sudden enthusiasm.

"Then let´s make it cozy!" Trevor said.

We went down to the basement and started inflating the air mattresses. We took off our clothes and makeup, well the girls of course, before we could decide where everyone would sleep. Trevor and Ricardo would sleep on the mattresses. Jc and Cassandra had one sofa, Kian and I in the other one, while the rest shared the bed. It was fortunate that we knew each other so well; otherwise we girls would probably not want to be in underwear in front of so many guys.

"Good night! The evening was totally freaking awesome! Let´s do this soon again!" Sam said.

"GOOD NIGHT, YOU ROCK!" Cassandra said. Everyone said good night and it went quiet. Kian caressed my cheek and smiled in the darkness.

"I love you Jessica, I really, really do." Kian whispered in my ear. I got all warm and happy in my whole body when he pronounced those words. I bent forward to his ear and whispered back.

"I love you Kian, you're the best thing that has ever happened to me." We smiled at each other and met in a kiss before lay down comfortably and tried to sleep.