Take You - Janoskians

Chapter 28

Later that afternoon, in the hotel, all is quiet and peaceful until Ariana rushes in. "OH MY GOD! GUYS, I'M PERFORMING AT THE DELOUA GARDENS!" Ariana screams. "WHAT? That's amazing, oh my gosh, congratulations!" I scream back. Jai kisses her. "You deserve it." He says. Aw. We all gather around and talk about it. Ari is so excited and we are just as excited for her. Lydia throws an arm around her shoulder and kisses her on the cheek. "I'm so proud of you, you talented bitch. We have to celebrate!" We all chorus an agreement. "Guys, no! It's not even that big of a big deal!" She reassures, but also kind of smiling. "Oh shut up Ari, we know you want to celebrate. It's a big deal and you know it." Luke says, picking up a table and moving it to the wall to create more space. "Now, brother, take your girlfriend on a nice celebratory date, you can even hold hands if you want to. Everything will be done when you get back. BYE." He says, pushing them out of the door. Once they're gone he grins wildly at us. "I'm so up for a party." He grins and Beau cheers. "Fuck yes, party in America."

"Will Gina approve?"

"Oh, she loves Ariana, she'll be like 'omg we must party'" Beau nods.

Hahahaha, I love Gina. "Hey Skip, wanna come find some cool party things?" I ask, grabbing the key card. "You too." I say, grabbing Luke's hand. "Only cause you two are the cheekiest. Not because I like you at all." I joke.

We walk around for a while before going down to the lobby. Kye is at reception. He smiles at us. "Hey, Kye!" I wave, skipping over to the desk, my fingers entwined in Luke's. "Hey guys," he nods at the boys. "Jess." He smiles. I smile back. "Hey, you wouldn't happen to have some party stuff that we could buy or something? Cause we don't know where anything is and we just wanted some stuff to celebrate with, you know?"

"Uh, we have a sort of general gift store?" He frowns. "Right, thank you. Where would that be?" I grimace. He laughs. "Juuust around the corner." He points. I flash a smile. "Thanks, Kye." As I drag the uninterested Luke and Skip to the store.

We end up with some balloons, some ribbon, a bubble blower, pink tissue paper, red tissue paper, about 20 snow globes, a big teddy bear, some glitter, some sparkly hats and some lollies. We stroll out of the store, bags in hands and as we are walking past reception Kye calls to me. "Jess!" I turn and smile. "What's up?"

"Well, I was thinking, I might have something for your party."

"Yeah? What's that?"

"Come with me." He beckons, leading us into a store room sort of thing. Luke's arm tightens around my waist. "I don't like this guy." He mutters in my ear. "Play nice." I whisper back. Kye drags a big black thing out from a corner, dusting it off. "Is that... A karaoke machine!?" Skip asks. "Yep. They used to set it up in the bar for entertainment, but then they got new management, decided to get a band instead. 'Course, no one wanted this old thing so here it is!" He says, leaning on the top. "Dude, cool!" Skip chortles. "So can we have it?"

"For sure! Will you guys be right getting it upstairs?" He asks, nodding towards the roof. Luke steps in, staring at Kye. "Yeah, we can do it." He says coldly. I widen my eyes from behind Luke as Kye tenses up and motion to Kye to cut it off. He sees me and steps back from Luke, putting his hands up. "Alright, good luck." He says, throwing a grim smile Luke's way. Luke grunts and lifts the big machine. Skip gets on the other side and I move to help but Luke stops me. "Jess. We're good." I frown. "Can't I help?" He chuckles. "You? No." I clench my jaw. "What's that supposed to mean?" I demand. "Um-" he starts. I push him in the chest. "Drop it." I say. "What?" He asks. "Drop the fucking box." I say. "Jess, it's not a big deal. I mean, you're a girl-"

"Excuse me?" My eyes widen. "Calm down." He says.

"No, I will not calm down. Drop the goddamn box or I will drop you on your goddamn head." He sighs, puts the box down, and steps back. "Thank you." I say. "You're welcome." He replies with sarcasm, his arms folded over his chest. Skip and Kye stand there, watching us in bewilderment. "Skip, shall we?" I motion to the box.