Ellette-
“Elli hurry up! Were going to be late! Scratch that we are already late! Stop being such a girl and come on!”
I could hear Beth yelling at me from downstairs but I ignored it. It’s not my fault that I wanted to look good for this party. There may or may not be this guy I really want to impress. Just because my best friend downstairs is a natural beauty and doesn’t even have to try to look good doesn’t mean we are all so lucky.
I take one last look in the mirror and though I’m not exactly happy with what I see I know that it’s not going to get much better. I take my brown locks and twist them up into a quick up-do. One last scan of myself and I move away from the mirror, knowing it was time to go or I would end up switching outfits, again.
I’m nothing special. I can tell you that people will always say different. Maybe I just have a low self esteem or something. who knows. I just have to try harder to look good.
“ELLETTE!!!!”
Ok time to go. I adjust the silver halter top I’m wearing and wink to myself. Then I grab my purse and bolt out the door, sliding down the banister to land right in front of my best friend Beth.
“Ready!” I cry out in a slightly out of breath voice.
I receive one of my friends famous eye rolls and it’s out to the car we go. It’s time to party!
***
Moving through the mass of people I’m pretty sure I don’t know any of them, not that it really mattered. I see a few people I know and though I wave I go pretty much unnoticed. That’s fine by me as long as Henry notices me. I’ve been crushing on him for so long that I could totally become his stocker if I was that crazy.
He was the kind of guy that everyone wanted. what made him so special though was that he separated himself from everyone. he had a small group of friends and wile he stayed in his little group he was never mean to people. Girls were constantly trying to hang all over him but he always turned them down nicely.
Now with a guy like that you might wonder how I would ever have a chance with him. Well for the past two weeks he’s just been giving me this look. Sure it could all be in my head but then there was also the fact that whenever we passed in the hall his hand brushed against mine and he always seemed to be around to keep the cheer squad from starting trouble with me. (those girls totally had it out for me. no clear why )
It could be all in my head but I had plans to find out. tonight.
As I looked around the room I saw just how many people were here. it was like the whole school had showed up and then some. The music was a little too loud but oh well. “hey Beth…” I turned to ask my bestie if she wanted to go get a drink with me but she was gone. Shit. I have never done well on my own.
With a groan I make my way through the sea of people, totally lost. I didn’t even know where the entrance to this place was anymore.
***
Marcus’ POV-
Coming to this party had been a bad idea. It was loud and there were so many flashing lights that it made it hard to see. Already I could feel my head start to pound.
I knew she was here. I had been keeping tabs on her for weeks now and I had watched her and her friend Beth enter the party. This was the one place that no one would ever notice her go missing. At least not right away. It was the one place where it would be easy to grab her and slip away.
There were too many people packed into this place. I knew that for my plan to work this was a good thing but on a more personal note I really hated being in big crowds like this. It’s like all the air gets sucked out of the room.
Either way the conditions for my plan were idea and I was tired of waiting. I had to get her tonight. I wanted to be human again. I wanted Mr. Adams to pay for what he did to me. For what he had made me.
When I spotted her by the drink tables I sighed with relief. At least I had found her. Now I only needed to wait till she got a little drunk and then I could make my move. Sure I could just take her but with enough alcohol in her system she would never see it coming. Hopefully she would be a cheap drunk, that way I would not have to wait long. I was not in the mood to drag this out.
Someone bumped into me and I nearly fell over but managed to catch myself. I yelled at the person but my voice was easily lost to the music that pumped through the place. It’s probably for the best. There was no point in confronting whoever it was and starting a fight. I did not want people to notice me. I needed to blend in and get what I had come here to do done and over. Shit! I had gotten distracted!
I looked to where I had last seen Ellette and cursed when I saw she was no longer there. I moved to the spot and looked around. I caught a glimpse of her moving through the crowd and I followed. There were just so many people here and with the bright lights it was hard to see. I couldn’t allow myself to lose sight of her again. If I did then I knew that this would never work and I would have to wait and try again at another time. I didn’t want to have to do that.
I pushed my way through the sea of people, my eyes locked on Ellette Adams.
