Enmeshment

Chapter 5 - The Party

I was done showering when a few minutes later Jen burst inside the dorm. She was looking around before she saw Jack and I, and then running toward us. "Guys! One of the residents is throwing a party tonight. Everyone is invited!" she emphasized the last word. "We should come! Come on it'll be awesome. And, and, and I met this Dauntless guy and he is so cute!" Jen held my hands and shaking it off excitingly. "Please can we come?"

I didn't want to go anywhere and wanted to just straight going to bed but looking at Jen and how excited she is about this changed my mind. "As long you don't ask me to wear that insanely tall heels you bought a couple days, I'll be fine." I smirked. Jen squeaked happily and took my hand. "Come on! We need to go to the Pit!"

"What for?"

"Oh please, to get you something nice to wear tonight, duh! You can't come with just your plain sweatshirt."

"Is it really necessary?" I slowly got up from my bed.

Jen rolled her eyes. "You just need to trust me!" She pulled me to started going to walk. Jack was about to follow us when Jen stopped him. "Nah brother, you stay here! It's girls only!" She waved at him and dragged me faster. We arrived at the only dress store in the Pit and Jen started to look around to find her favorite. Most of the dresses were black with a little touch of colors.

"So who is this cute guy you're going with?" I asked as I nudged her elbow. Jen giggled. "Well, he's a Dauntless-born guy" She answered as she took a one-shoulder dress. "What do you think?"

"That's cute." I replied. "Cute? Uh oh nope!" She immediately put the dress back. "How do he look like? How long have you been seen him?" I smirked and Jen blushed. "A couple of weeks. Oh! You really need to see him. He is tall and handsome, with dark, bronzed skin and dark, brown eyes. His smile looked white against his bronze skin. He has brown hair. He also has a snake tattooed behind his ear. Oh he is so dreamy! That's why I wanna look good!" She took another one, a body-con dress. "Well, that looks great!"

"I'll try this one." And then she went to the dressing room.

I was wondering around the store and sometimes checking some dresses when I heard the front door was opened and I saw Eric came in and approaching the girl in the cashier. "You've got the leather jacket I asked?" He asked and she nodded before going to the storeroom behind her. He was waiting against the counter when he realized I was staring at him. I quickly turned around and trying to make myself busy checking on the rack. I saw him coming closer to me at the side of my eyes.

"You lost stiff?"

"Huh? What?" I turned around and he stood a couple feet from me.

"You can't find some boring grayish stiff clothes in here." He made fun of me again as usual.

I sighed. "Just accompany my friend looking for something for the party" I replied lazily. "Sir!" I added. I didn't understand Eric one bit, like he was being nice for helping me earlier and then turned into a jackass in a second. Right after that Jen came out from the dressing room. "Does it scream sexy?" She shouted but then shut her mouth when she saw Eric, "Sir..." Eric didn't bother to see Jen and he just staring at me. "Party huh? He asked. "Yes sir. You should come." Said Jen politely as she got closer to us.

It was really awkward for him standing in front of me not saying anything and just looking at me. The store attendant called Eric knowing him that she got him the jacket he asked. He took a second before walked to the cashier, paid her the money and got out from the store.

"Ha! That's something!" Said Jen as she nudged me. "Come on, let's find something for you!"

It took a while for Jen to pick the perfect dress for me. She asked me to try maybe almost half of the store collection and she decided that the last dress I tried is the perfect one. We paid for our dresses and then when I thought we were going back to our dorm, she took me to a hairdresser.