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Party, Party, Party

"Hey Layla. Wake up, Deran just texted me saying to come to their house around 5." Scarlett shakes me awake from my nap that, might I add, I was thoroughly enjoying.

"Ughhh I already told you, I don't want to go." I told her while barely keeping my eyes open. As I'm trying to go back to sleep, she throws a pillow and it hits my face. "Fine. I'm up."

"Good now let's get ready to go. Here's a bathing suit." She handed me my blue, push-up, halter bikini top with black bottoms. I know that if I don't get dressed she will just keep bothering me so might as well just get dressed. To cover up my bathing suit, I put on a black crop top and jean high-waisted shorts. We get in my car and drive to Deran's house.

As I'm pulling up to the curb in front of their house, I realize that their house is huge. From what I can see, the house is a beige color with a pool in their big backyard. Coming towards the house I see at least 3 very expensive cars, a Ducati, and tons of other 'toys' in the actual garage.

"Woah. Where did you say they work?"

"Deran told me once that they're in real estate, but now I'm not so sure." She shrugs, "Come on let's get you a man." Scarlett tells me as we get out of the car.

••••A Couple Hours Into The Party••••

I'm sitting in a corner by myself because as soon as we got here Scarlett got me a drink and ran off to talk to Deran. All that I am doing is drinking some spiked punch and watching the rest of the drunk people jump into the pool by doing crazy stunts. I spot the two boys that we saw with Deran earlier, J and Craig, I think. They were on the roof of some kind of shed or pool house and they looked like they were about to jump off of it. Craig said something to J when he looked around at everyone else at the party below him. It seems like J isn't going to jump off the roof, which is understandable because I wouldn't either; however, just as I relax into my chair Craig basically tackles J off the roof into the pool. I stand up in shock almost dropping my drink in the process. Thankfully both guys made it in the pool and when Craig came up he shook the water off of his face and hair and let out a victory scream. J, on the other hand, had a look of shock on his face (probably because he was surprised to be alive).

Craig and J eventually got out of the pool to dry off some and I sat back on my chair. Just as Craig finished drying off, he throws his towel on an empty chair and comes over to sit next to me.

"That was quite a jump." I say taking a sip of my spiked punch.

"Yeah, J wasn't gonna do it, so I just made him jump with me." Craig told me with a proud look on his face. He sat up and looked at me. I turned my head to face him and he was just staring at me.

"What are you looking at?" I questioned.

"You."

"Oh" I blushed when he responded. He just smirked shaking his head, stood up and motioned me to follow him inside. Since I'm alone and I have nothing else to do, I got off the chair and followed him. We went to the kitchen and he opened the fridge handing me a cold beer, instead of the ones that had been sitting out for a while.

"So, tell me your name again."

"Layla." He nodded his head while we walked back to the chair I was previously sitting in. After talking for a little bit outside, a young, brunette girl walked up to him, sat on Craig's lap, grabbed his face, and started kissing him. I just kind of sat there in shock because she came out of nowhere and that's really awkward to have this hot dude making out with a random girl in front of me. I cleared my throat and she seemed to finally acknowledge my presence.

"What?" She asks me rolling her eyes. Okay bitch. First off, rude. "Do you need something?" I swear I'm about to beat this little girl.

"Sorry. Nicky this is Layla; Layla this is Nicky."

"I'm his girlfriend," she bragged with a smirk on her face. If this girl thinks that I will let her walk all over me like that, she obviously doesn't know who she is talking to.

"Hi Nicky," I said sarcastically, trying to be civil. She just rolls her eyes at me and goes back to giving Craig attention by kissing his neck. He looks kind of uncomfortable and gently pushes her off of his lap. "Well, I think it's time for me to go find Scarlett and see what she's up to, bye Craig." He gets up, completely leaving Nicky hanging, and begins to help me look for my best friend. I see Nicky out of the corner of my eye glaring at me as I was smiling to myself. We eventually find her with Deran in his room, making out, and of course we walked in on that, unannounced. I gasped in surprise and told her, "Scar I think it's time to go."

"No, I think we should stay for a littlewhile longer." I give her the look and trust me she knows my it's-time-to-go-because-I-have-something-important-to-tell-you look. "Alright, yeah it probably is time to go," she told me a littledisappointed. She got off the bed and gave Deran a wink before we headed out.On the way home I told her about the whole Craig and Nicky situation and howshe treated me. Well I guess if he has a girlfriend I can't get in the middle, but still, why can't I stop thinking about him?