The Twist In Life

Chapter 10_ Let's party!

I decided to wear my newest dress. It was pretty but not very fancy. Perfect for the party where I was invited as a helper, not a guest.

It was a black, light blue and white, sleeveless dress which reached below my knees. I wore black tights underneath. I don't like exposed legs.

I sneaked into Lily's room to put on some makeup. Even if Margaret does notice that I put some effort in getting ready for the party, she won't say anything, she's different from Lily in that sense.

I went downstairs when Margaret texted me. I slid into Simon's car, which was sometimes used by Margaret and Lily, even though both of them had no licence. Aunt had a car of her own, and the others were too young to drive.

The drive to Skylar's house was a short one. I entered her house and saw what you see at most teenage parties. Luckily, Skylar's party was adult supervised. There wasn't any adult in the house but there were cameras recording everything, and thus no alcohol could be sneaked in.

I decided to be on my best behaviour so that Mr. McDonald thinks I've turned into an angel, if he sees the video footage. It's not like he would have forgotten me. I used to come to a lot of parties here, and fought with his precious McDonald junior. Yeah, Harvey's surname is McDonald, and his dad called him McDonald junior till middle school, but no one made fun of him. Except me.

Skylar told me all I had to do. It wasn't much. Just to keep the table topped with drinks and snacks at all times. She showed me where the little store was, in the pantry.

The party had not been going on for long, so there was no lack of edibles on the table. I could enjoy myself till the party got in full swing. I decided to find Harvey and thank him for dumping his chocolate milk on Hilda's head.

I searched for him everywhere downstairs, but he was nowhere to be seen. I didn't want to ask anyone about him and risk being made fun of. Again. Maybe he wasn't even home. Or maybe he was in his room upstairs. But upstairs was off limits.

I got bored and sat down on a couch. After sometime, a guy came and sat with me. I wouldn't say I didn't think his eyes were out of this world, in addition to being gorgeous. But I knew better than to let his gorgeousness lighten my mood.

"Hey," he said.

"Hi," I replied, bored.

"You don't look you are enjoying the party," he stated the obvious.

"That's because I'm not," I replied.

"Why not?" he asked.

"You are not from our school. What are you doing here?" I ignored his question and asked rudely.

He shrugged.

"So, you are a party crasher?" I asked.

"Something like that. So, are you here with a guy?" he asked, his deep blue eyes, bright with energy.

"What's your problem?" I glared at him. Whenever I'm in a bad mood and see someone else having fun, I get into an even worse mood.

"I just wanna dance," he said shrugging.

"I don't want to," I replied. I hate jerks like him who only come to parties to dance with random girls. I hate boys and I hate dancing. Don't judge, I have a load of facts to support my opinions.

I stomped to the table to load it with food again. I was just setting some sodas, when I saw Harvey come towards me.

"Hi," he said.

"Why did you wink at me after school today?" I spat at him angrily.

I wanted to play cool, and ended up playing angry. I wasn't really playing, I had gotten annoyed with that guy. I had also realised that it was stupid of me if I started to believe that Harvey was on my side.