My Reunion

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We arrive to the house. Our mouths drop in surprise.

"Wow." Amber says.

I just nod, I'm too speechless to talk. The house is like one of the best haunted houses I've seen. Skeletons hang from the trees, cobwebs around the yard, orange and black lights shine on the house.

It's incredible.

"Well let's go!" Amber cheers opening the car door.

I slip out locking the door from behind. We lock arms as we make our way up the porch. Amber opens the door and you hear the music clearly.

"I love you but I need to go to that hot guy over there." She tells me.

I laugh and watch as she dances over to the guy she was talking about. I walk down the steps and look around. Wow it's already awkward and I've been here for 5 seconds.

I make my to the punch bowl. This is the only place I feel comfortable. I take a cup and take a few sips.

"So how's the party?" A guy with shady brown hair yells to me over the music.

"Just got here but it's going." I reply taking another sip.

"Ah I see. I'm Max."

"Hazel."

"Nice meeting you."

"You too. So you live in Hawaii?"

"Yeah moved in few weeks ago. I live in Taylor bridge."

"No way so do I."

"Really? Wait you're the new family that just moved in."

"Yeah! Ha."

"We already got something in common already." He says.

I smile and look at my shoes.

"Want to go outside?"

I nod smiling. I follow him as we enter the backyard. Ah it's so quiet. We sit on the swing set. I gently swing back and forth looking up at the night sky.

"So what do you like to do for fun?" He asks breaking the silence.

"Hiking, camping, playing video games, you know that kind of stuff."

"Me too well camping not so much. What kind of video games?"

"Call of duty, left for dead, minecraft, halo. I'll play anything."

"Bro I love Call of duty."

"Yes! That's like my favorite game."

"Do you watch the walking dead?" He asks.

"Oh heck yes! I would suck if I didn't watch it."

We both laugh and stare at each other. Wow I never realized he had blue eyes until this moment. And his lips are just perfect. Snap out of it hazel.

"I love this song. Want to dance?" He asks standing up holding out his hand.

I stare at his hand not sure. I look up at him and my mind goes blank. Like all my problems have disappeared. I grab his hand giving a small smile.

We go inside where the music blast in our ears. We get on the dance floor and start dancing. I get lost in his eyes. Just something about him makes me tingle inside. Like I've known him for all my life.

He spins me around and pulls me close to him. He's a great dancer I'll give him that. Soon the song goes off and the crowd cheers.

"Let's bring this to the beach!" Someone yells.

We all cheer and people start running to the beach. Max and I walk behind everyone talking about the walking dead.

"Favorite character?"

"The Atlanta five. Plus Maggie and michonne." I reply.

"Same here but Rick is my main."

I laugh rolling my eyes playfully. Few minutes later we arrive at the beach. I just smile as I see everyone either in the ocean or dancing under the moon light.

"I'm glad you came. It's been fun." He tells me.

I look up at him.

"I'm glad too. I thought I would be in the corner watching Netflix the whole time." I joke.

He laughs and focus back on me.

"Maybe this weekend we can hang out. I know this awesome pizza joint." He says.

"Yeah I'll take you up on that but I don't think it's the best pizza."

"Tell you what. If you don't like it then I'll buy you a strawberry smoothie."

"I do like my strawberry smoothies."

We both smile and I soon find my hand inside his.

"Deal?"

"Deal."