Between the Lines

Chapter 2

"Laurie, I told you, I'm not going to your party," I said as I emptied out my locker.

"Please Cass, I'd really like it if you came!"

"I already made plans to babysit that weekend, you know that!" I said, walking towards the exit.

" What if I told you I had moved the party to Saturday?"

"As in tomorrow? Laurie!"

" What?! I didn't want to wait that long anyway."

I don't understand her sometimes, she can be such a rash! Laurie would kill to get me to go to her stupid party. What was I going to do there anyway? All they ever do is have sex and vomit out their insides from all that drinking. I'd stand out like a sore thumb! Oh what was I getting myself into.

"So you'll go right?" She asked.

"What would I wear?"

"That we can sort out now at my place. You can borrow one of my dresses or something. Let's go, oh and this time, we're taking my car."

"Why are you hating on my car? What's wrong with it?" I asked, with my hands on my hips.

"We don't have all day to discuss this misfortune. Let's go."

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"Laurie, I need help putting on this dress." She zipped up the dress at the back and walked me to her full body mirror.

By now I was at Laurie's house trying on every piece of clothing she owns, modelling them for her.

"I don't like it. It makes me feel frumpy," I said waving the dress from one side to the other, "I look like a goth!"

I had tried on a very short, black, tutu shaped dress with spaghetti straps.

"You're right. Let me see if I can find something for you." Laurie started searching.

"Here you go." She said with a big smile.

"Uhm Laurie..."

"Yes?"

"This is lingerie."

"I know."

"What am I going to wear on top of it?" I asked.

"Nothing, but I'll tell you what you're going to wear it with..." She said pulling out killer heels, "Pride!"

I lightly laughed at her dry joke and decided to try it on for fun. I walked out of the bathroom in her room and did exactly what she told me, wear it with pride.

"It actually looks pretty good on you. I see you have curves." She said jokingly.

"The only curve I have is the one between my shoulders and my head."

Laurie laughed and threw me a black skirt.

"Try this on with this purple crop top."

I tried the clothing on and decided to wear that to her party. I had lunch with her and her parents then decided to go home, because it was getting late. Laurie drove me home and told me she had sent someone to get my car for me. I thanked her and walked out the car.

As I walked in through the back door I heard strange noises coming from my bedroom. I walked up the stairs with a baseball bat in the one hand, and a fork in the other, trying my best to be as quiet as a mouse. The closer I got to my bedroom the louder the sounds became.

I started feeling sick as I realised that what I heard was moaning, and not the common moaning a child does when they don't get their way, but the type of moans you hear when two (or more) people get sexual.

I was now standing outside my door wonder whether I should walk in, knock or ignore the whole thing. I made my decision, took a deep breathe and walked in. There is nothing more in the world I wish I could have unseen.