Chapter 7
I groaned and rolled over as the door bell sounded throughout the house again. Who could that be? I rolled out of bed, literally, and slammed into the floor. I groaned in pain and slowly got up, my head pounding. I made my way down the stairs, the doorbell still ringing over and over, until I opened the door squinting my eyes from the bright light. In front of my stood Viviana, her demeanor bright and smiling, like always.
"Hi?"
"The party is today, and me knowing you," she pointed to myself and then herself as she said this "know that you aren't prepared."
I smiled down embarrassed. It was true, I had completely forgotten about the party let alone that it was tonight.
"So..." I pressed her to continue.
"We are going to go shopping and then get ready together. I already asked your mom, she said it was fine."
"Oh alright, let me just get...changed." I let Viviana inside as I went upstairs and changed into a grey t-shirt that had dinosaurs on the front and tucked it into high waisted shorts. I put my signature high top converse on and followed Viviana to her car. It was a sleek (describe your dream car). Her outfit, a black dress with cut outs in the side, seemed to go with the car and I felt out of place. We drove to various different stores, all the while I had no idea what I was looking for. I tried on a white red and twirled around in it laughed.
"That looks cute, you should get it." Exclaimed Viviana.
"It looks trashy on her."
I frowned and turned to find Ashton, Calum, and Luke.
"Mate, let's just go I'm hungry." Michael appeared from the side of the store, his voice in a whining tone. His eyes laid upon me and he smiled wide.
"Scarlett!" He rushed towards me and scooped me up in a hug. I laughed, something I hadn't don't in a while.
"Hi Michael."
He broke the hug and turned to glare at Ashton.
"Be nice. Don't be jealous just because you can't look this good," he gestured towards me, "in that dress."
I grinned up at Michael. Oh, sassy Michael.
Ashton rolled his eyes and turned around.
"Whatever. Come on Michael, we are going to the food court now." He stalked off and Luke followed. Viviana and Calum were deep in a conversation, yet Calum saw the boys leave and gave Viviana an apologetic look. He brought her in for a hug, his arms resting in her shoulders due to the height difference, and her small arms wrapped rightly around his torso. I took notice of Calum move his head ever so slightly as he gently kissed her forehead before turning and leaving, his cheeks a shade of red. I grinned at Viviana before looking over at Michael. He smiled at me.
"Thank you for earlier." I said.
He shook his head and smiled.
"It was nothing. Ashton's just a jerk." He shrugged and hugged me before going off and joining the boys.
Viviana dragged me into yet another store and I let out a groan. She turned to me and glared at me. Viviana glared. At me. That's new.
"Scarlett, this will be the last store so please just cooperate."
I nodded my head with a sigh. Going through the store everything looked the same, nothing stood out to me. I continued going down aisle and aisle of clothes until I spotted something that caught my eyes. It was a black dress, the bottom was long like a maxi skirt and had two slits in either side. The straps criss crossed in the back, and I knew in that instant that it was the one.
