Flower of the Flame

Chapter 2

Jillian looked through my closet and huffed. "You don't have anything cute to wear for the party. You don't even have any dresses or bikinis!" She looked at me as I sat on my bed.

I shrugged. "I don't wear either. Wait, what do I need a bikini for?" I was hoping she wasn't going to say what I was thinking.

"It's a pool party, silly!" She exclaimed happily. Ugh. Pool parties lead to water, water leads to bikinis, bikinis lead to pretty girls wearing them. I'm not one of those girls.

"Oh, well in that case. I'm not going." I laid back on my bed. There was no way I was going to be caught dead in one of those skimpy outfits meant for the water.

"Oh, come on Em! It'll be fun! Plus it's at Simon's house." She tried to convince me.

"All the more to stay here." I gave her a straight face.

"You promised you'd give him a chance. What if he's expecting you?" I highly doubt he is.

"Well I'll have to disappoint him. You can't have everything." I shrug. This is pointless I'm not going to make a complete fool of myself. Maybe a partial fool but not a complete one.

"I will drag you there against your will if I have to." She looked at me seriously. Is she crazy?! Oh...yeah..I forgot who I was talking to.

I groaned into my pillow. "I don't even have anything to wear. I am not just wearing a bikini either."

She smiles "You can borrow one of my dresses and bikinis. Let's go before we're late!" She grabbed my hand and rushed me out of the house.

Once we arrive at her house, we head to her room. Cream colored walls were filled with posters. Pop boy bands, favorite tv shows and movies, anything a normal highschool girl would have. Something I'm not.

I went to sit on her queen sized Supernatural customized bed. Hm. Dean is cute. She walked over to her walk in closet and pulled out a bright pink and blue bikini. Uh no. I looked at her with a look that said it all.

"I don't do bright colors." It would probably look good on her but on me? Ha! Forget it! No way.

"Oh. Right." She then gasped and went searching frantically through her closet. Finally, she pulled out a long black bikini. "This is perfect for you. It's not a bright color and doesn't show much. Plus I know black is your favorite color." She smiled brightly at me. I didn't know she knew that.

"I never thought I would say this but, you're right. I guess I'll look alright in it." I shrugged. All of a sudden she was squealing and squeezing me in a tight hug.

"Uh..Jillian..let go.." I struggled to say, she instantly let me go.

"Sorry." She apologized laughing. "Now, instead of a dress, I think you could just do a nice wrap." She grabbed an autumn colored wrap and gave it to me, as well as the bikini "Get dressed, the party starts at 9." She pushed me into her bathroom and closed the door. Why so late?

Once I was dressed, I timidly stepped into Jillian's room. She was fixing her hair, her red hair bounced with short curls.

I cleared my throat to make my presence known. She turned around and gasped as she smiled, she had on an orange and pink two piece. "You look gorgeous." I stated eyeing the way her body fit into it so perfectly. A part of me felt jealous.

"Me? Look at you! You look beautiful!" She pranced over to me and hugged me again, this time not so tight. "Let's go! We've got 5 minutes 'til the party starts."

I looked at her alarm clock that settled on her nightstand. 8:55 read it's blue blinking LED light. Quickly, I grabbed my wrap. Putting it around me hurriedly as we rushed to her car.