A GOLDEN EMPIRE

CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE

"RELAX GUYS, WE'VE BEEN planning this for weeks. There's no way anything could go wrong," Avalon said, swirling her spoon in the colorful bowl she had filled to the brim with frozen yogurt and rainbow sprinkles. The yogurt was almost the same shade as the LPA top she wore. It was cropped, ending a few inches above her bellybutton and was held together by two thin strings on either side of her torso. Paired with some medium wash GRLFRND 'Cindy' shorts and tan SERGIO ROSSI 'Virginia' over the knee boots, Avalon dressed as the boho and flirty girl of the group. "We gave the caterer the menu, booked the venue, and we bought her gift, like, two weeks ago."

Adrianna played with the Adina's Jewels silver choker around her neck. Sometimes Avalon was too confident. "I still don't agree with flying in the Strawberries Arnaud from New Orleans. We could just do the Frozen Chocolate Haute from Serendipity for dessert."

"I think she'd like the Strawberries Arnaud," Autumn said, propping her chin on the palm of her hand. "There isn't as much chocolate. What I'm more worried about is her gifts."

Adrianna, Avalon, and Autumn sit in PINKBERRY, discussing party plans before Diana showed up.

"We're giving Aurora a custom made CELINE. I don't think she'll be sad," Hayden giggled.

"And Justin bought her that HARRY WINSTON necklace she's had on hold for eons," Adrianna added. "But I see what you mean. I think Brandon might try and order some strippers to give her a lap dance again." The previous year, he paid a group of male strippers to perform at Aurora's seventeenth birthday. He was lucky her mom wasn't there, or he would've gotten his balls cut off.

Autumn shuddered. Her golden hair swayed in the high ponytail it was in. "That's one image I can never get out of my brain. We have to make sure he and Kingsley don't make her want to scratch her eyeballs out."

"Are you two thinking what I'm thinking?" Avalon asked- screamed

Adrianna shoves the papers that littered their small table into Autumn's vintage FENDI embroidered baguette purse when she sees Aurora open the store's door. "She's here, shut up."

"Why were you screaming? Were more James Franco nudes leaked?" Aurora asks Avalon as her hand, adorned with a silver PATEK PHILIPPE 'Twenty 4' watch, pulled out a chair. The yellow satin Michelle Mason mini slip dress she wore was almost as shiny as her hair.

"Something even better," Avalon cut in. "Anyways, are we changing before we go the game? I have something I wanna wear."

"As long as we aren't late. I think the guys would flip the fuck out if we weren't there." Aurora slipped the pair of SAINT LAURENT aviator sunglasses off her head.

Adrianna rolled her eyes. "Boys and their pre-game rituals." She was actually hoping to talk to Brandon, Kingsley, and Brighton. She wanted to make sure that they would keep their promises of making Aurora upcoming birthday better than last year.

But Adrianna didn't anticipate the problems that would be created by her fellow party planners and even the birthday girl herself.

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"THATS TONIGHTS GAME PLAN; stick with it and we'll win!" COACH PATTERSON shouted. Justin thought the veins on his neck looked like little snakes slithering up and down. "Grab your helmets and meet me out on the field."

A hand clapped his shoulder pads. "We've got this in the bag," Kingsley said, his face, decorated with two thick black lines, tight in focus.

"That's only if you get some passes to Brandon and I," Mario cradled his green and white helmet in the crook of his arm. "Hackley's got that damn defense."