Geekular COMPLETED

Chapter 26

Marcus's mansion was decked out. People showing up in various different costumes, jack-o-lantern scatters the lawn with different creepy faces on them. Xavier parked his car a little bit far from the mansion, seeing plenty parked cars on the curb.

"Wow, I thought we were late." Claire says as we reach the entrance to the house. Xavier chuckles, then guides us towards the door. As we get close, we hear the throbbing beat of the music, blasting inside the house.

"Let's party!" Claire shouts as we enter, spotting many people in costumes and holding red cups and beer. Xavier grabs a hold onto my hands and drags me further into the house.

"Where we going?" I yell, making sure he hears me from this loud music.

"The kitchen." He yells back. I feel a hand on my shoulder, grasping it gently. Claire shouts in my ear.

"I hope Calvin is here already." We get to what seems like the kitchen, filled with high-tech appliances and spacious room.

"Mr. Firemen!" We hear someone calling for Xavier. I spot the boys near the counter with bunch of beer bottle in buckets that has lots of ice inside them.

"Hey, mates." Xavier gives each one a bro handshake. Paul, who's a gladiator for the night, looks at me, drinking his beer, then looks at Claire. I chuckle a little once he lay his on Claire, seeing him choke on his drink. Xavier laughs as he pats Paul's back.

"Wow, Claire. Hot costume." Paul says once he stops choking.

"Thanks." Briefly states, then turns to me. "I'm gonna find Calvin." Then, she heads off somewhere. I look at each boys costume.

As you know, Paul is a gladiator. On his right, Christian dresses as a doctor with holes and scratches, but when he turns to a certain angle, I see the blood and flesh on his face and arm, making him a zombie doctor. Next to Christian stands Marcus, dress as Batman with the cape and everything. Nolan's costume was a shocker to me. He caught me staring for a long period time, smirking as he stares.

"Why are you staring?" He ask, directly to me, causing the boys to look over to me.

"Because of your costume." I motion my hand down his body. His outfit consist of a flannel skinny pants, a white short sleeve button-down shirt that's tucked into the pants and button all the way up his neck. Around his neck is a black bow-tie. He has black suspenders strap on him, attached to the waist line of his pants. To complete his costume, he wears a pair of black glasses with tape on the bridge of the glasses.

"I'm a nerd. A hot one, though." Smiling as he showcase his costume, turning slowly around to show every aspect of his outfit. Shaking my head, laughing, I stand next to Xavier, cuddling against him. We talk for awhile, laughing and drinking in the kitchen. Xavier asked me if I wanted a beer, but since I decide to stay sober for the night, I asked him if he could get me a soda or punch. I talked with Paul and Nolan at times, and even with Christian and Marcus. Those two boys may only talked to me for a second, but it's the first time having a conversation with them. Claire shows up with a dashingly stylish Calvin. He wears a cream coat with a close grey vest, white collar shirt and silky gold tie tuck in the vest. I guess he's suppose to be Jay Gatsby. Cute!

As the boys, Claire, Calvin and I chill and talk in the kitchen, a girl comes in with a polaroid camera.

"Smile!" We hear her yell through the music, looking through the camera that points at us. Caught off guard, she took the picture; everyone was either laughing or smiling while I was confuse on what was happening. Once the picture was taken and developed, she handed it to us. When the photo was pass down to me, I look and see my confused face.