Viridescent Flares

20

The girls have seen the tweets, and just like Lauren and I, we couldn't contain the happiness we're feeling. We talked about it throughout the breakfast and agreed on having a small pool party. Ally and Normani bought few alcohols and fell into a pit of laughter from Lauren's reaction upon seeing the cause of her worst hangover.

"I'm not drinking that again. No, no, no, no," she said, holding her hands up in front of her body as she backs away from the liquor Normani have placed on the table by the pool.

"We bought cocktails for you in case this would happen," Normani told her, still laughing at the green-eyed girl who looked scared for her life.

"I don't think I'd like any alcohol for tonight," Lauren said, clutching her stomach as if remembering the pain she've gone through the last time she drank. "I'll just have iced tea, guys."

"Come on, that's no fun!" I chirped behind them, making my presence known. "Don't you like to make a bet again?"

"Shut up," she replied, hitting my stomach playfully.

Suddenly, Dinah and Camila appeared with plates in their hands and above it were taco shells, dip, cooked meat, and few ingredients you could use to make up your taco. Ally walked behind them with a tray containing the shot glasses we're going to use.

"Girls, go get change to your bikinis now. We'll start the party in a minute," Ally announced, setting the tray beside the alcohols on the table. "I called Calvin to operate the music and the lights for the pool. We'll have so much fun tonight!"

All of us squealed and memories from our high school suddenly came washing over me. I remembered the time we'd set up a party like this and just forget about the world. It was something that makes you feel alive even just for a night and you'll have yourself craving for more.

After getting myself into a pair of black bikinis, I grabbed my towel and let it hang on my shoulder before getting out of the room. I headed down the stairs when I figured Lauren was done changing from across the room. From the second floor, you can already hear the music blaring through the large speakers located around the pool area. I got even more excited and sprinted with my flip-flops to the pool, the girls coming at a stop with whatever they're doing as they saw me.

I immediately felt the burning of my cheeks, not used to having their attention when I'm exposing my body. I don't know but I'm not really conscious with what I have but I always see the girls as someone you should impress and with the bikini I'm in right now, I can't help but feel a little shy. I even caught the light tint on Lauren's cheeks as she stopped on the stairs in the pool just to look at me. She wasn't so bad in red.

"Wow." Camila was the first one to break the stare, coming closer to me with her own neon pink bikini. "We should see you more in those."

"You always look way hotter when you're showing your tattoos," Dinah noted, changing the music that was conncted to her phone. I knew it was hers.

"Come over, hot momma!" Lauren yelled, earning laughter from us. She was already in the middle of the pool with Normani and Ally.