The party felt a bit awkward, a lot of me standing or sitting alone while Kian ran off to talk to so and so or to show this person this thing or to ask that person something. I have to admit it was horribly awkward for me, but it gave me a great opportunity to people watch. People watching is the act of standing to the side, becoming a wallflower if you will, and watching what the people around you are doing and how they are acting. Other wonderful locations for this activity is the mall, airport, train station, and parks. Though I must say you will sometimes see things that you would rather have not and sometimes you will get caught. When someone else makes eye contact with you the best thing to do is to casually look around as if you're just taking in the scene not watching that specific person, which to some people is quite creepy.
So I stood to the side watching the party, with half the people outside and the other half inside it gave for a decent amount of people without being too overwhelming. I sat down on a stool at the breakfast bar in the kitchen, which was full of drinks, plates, napkins, etc. the rest of the kitchen counters covered with plates full of burgers and all the fixings. I had to admit that for Jc and Dom cooking the food it was actually pretty good. For the short time I knew them I can't say that I expected them to be good cooks, I was pleasantly surprised.
I swiveled in my chair facing the glass sliding doors that were left open so the party could flow together between indoor and outdoor. Though I was facing the doors I let my eyes wander to the people inside. Mostly girls who hadn't brought swimsuits, the indoor half of the party seemed to be a bit more dull than the outdoor. The music was louder than my parents would have ever let me play, but not quite loud enough to get us a noise compliant. There were three girls sitting on the sofa noses into their phones. I couldn't help but feel sorry for them, who would want to spend their time at a party in their phone. But then I questioned myself, who would want to spend their time at a party people watching from afar.
The girls seemed quiet but that was only because they were only speaking to each other in whispers. It wasn't long before one of the girls started glancing toward me. I did my best to remain calm but inside I was freaking out.
"Hey there little lady," Kian said sitting next to me. I was thankful to have him to break the awkward glances.
"Hey there little guy," I said awkwardly. "Pretend I never said that."
"I was going to ignore it but you pointed it out so," he laughed grabbing a can of Sprite off the counter behind us and popping it open.
"Are you sure you don't wanna swim?" Kian asked and I shook my head no again. He had been asking me all night but I couldn't bring myself to say I wanted to. Partially because I thought it would be weird and partially because I didn't want to wash my perfectly executed make up off. "Fine, but if you change your mind just tell me."
"You got it," I said glancing toward the couch as Kian took a sip of his drink. The girls were all staring now and making it horribly obvious, if they were people watching they were doing a horrible job. I could feel their eyes burning into my skin. I must have looked uncomfortable because Kian followed my eyes to girls and stared shaking his head. He raised his hand toward the girls causing them to get up and move to the backyard. "What was that about?"
"Oh nothing, don't worry about it." Kian said don't worry but his clenched jaw said otherwise.
"No really," I laughed. "They've been staring at me for the past ten minutes, I can still feel their stares burned into my skin. What's up with that?"
"It's not important," his clenched jaw told me otherwise and as he slammed his can down on the counter I knew something was up. My eyes widened a bit with fear of how hard he slammed the can down and a bit from being uncomfortable. Why couldn't he just tell me?
"Fine," I muttered out.
"No I'm sorry," he said swiveling my stool to face him and placing my hands in his. "Look I really like you and I want to see more of you so I don't want to ruin it by bringing up the past and making things weird."
"The past?" I asked.
"The girl in the middle of the other two," he said closing his eyes briefly before starting again. "That girl is my ex girlfriend Andrea."
"Oh," I said slowly easing my hands out of his. I was more than uncomfortable at that point and I couldn't help it. What if they were going to get back together and I was some home wrecker. I felt terrible, everyone else knew except for me.
"No, don't let that make things weird. Her and I have been apart for a long time now and we were never going to get back together. Really, like ever. We just happen to be apart of the same community and share a lot of the same friends. Sometimes we are in the same location but that's not necessarily on purpose." He laughed, "Like it just happens but in the end she's just another person. There's history but it's not important. What's important is the future!"
"Ok," I finally managed to spit out. I trusted Kian but I still couldn't help but feel a little weird about the whole thing.
"I know it's kind of weird but it's just hard to explain. Like the blonde over there, that's Lia, Jc's ex. There's history but it's not important. Just happen to be in the same location because we're all apart of the same community." I looked over toward the blonde girl sitting with her feet in the pool. I couldn't help but feel as though she looked familiar but ignored it. I still felt weird about it all but I decided I wasn't going to let it ruin the perfect night I was having.
"You are a total weirdo," I said "But not just because you're civil with your ex."
"Thank you!" Kian said pulling me into a hug. His embrace was warm and comforting and made me feel as though I wasn't being stared at through the glass sliding doors. Even though I could feel their eyes burning into my skin once more. "Now what do you say we go outside and chill on the hammock? The sun's about to set."
"Sounds perfect," I said standing from my chair just in time for Kian to take my hand and head outside toward the edge of the patio where the hammock was. It was a bit quieter over there and with less people crowding around you.
We laid in the hammock, Kian's arm around me staring up at the sky watching the blues and yellows turn to pinks, oranges, and purples. Cotton candy skies, as my grandma used to say.
"Kian!" Jc yelled from across the pool. "Help me with this real quick!"
"What?" Kian yelled back sitting up.
"Help me!" Jc yelled again waving his arms like a mad man.
"Shit, he's so stupid. I'll be right back," he said running around the pool and toward Jc. I stayed laying, taking a moment to take in everything that had happened that day. Everything seemed to be falling into place. I was in my dream city, I was in a beautiful house, watching a beautiful sunset with someone that I couldn't help but imagine spending a lot of time with. But at the same time I thought of home and of my parents and if I had truly done the right thing by running away. Without running away I wouldn't be here and I wouldn't be happy. But if I hadn't my parents would be happy and definitely wouldn't be as worried as I knew they were.
However sometimes in life you just have to take that one chance while you have it and not have regrets. How can you regret something when at that moment you did exactly what you wanted.
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Extraordinary: A Kian Lawley Story
Fanfiction"You're much too extraordinary to live such an ordinary life." Some people feel as though they are destined for greatness. Ella feels as though she is destined for the more ordinary side of life. Always feeling as though there is more to life than h...
