The New Me

Chapter Six

We arrive at my house, only to find something we didn't expect.

We walk in the door and find a huge mess. I look at the floor and on the furniture. I see a broken vase on the kitchen floor, and what looks like enough paper to fill an extremely large master bedroom.

I navigate my way through the mess and set my bags down in the kitchen. I walk back into the living room where Nichole still stands. I notice that her eyes aren't looking at the mess. Instead, they're looking past me into the kitchen.

"Autumn, don't be alarmed, but Maggie has ahold of your moms wedding dress..." Nichole says giving me a helpful smile. Sure enough, I turn around and Maggie is sitting on my moms wedding dress. I stare straight at her and yell:

"Drop it!" She slowly stands up, and backs away from the dress. I feel a sense of accomplishment sweep over me. "Oh, thank God." I say while I walk over to pick up the wedding dress. I hang it back up and calm down knowing that I dodged a bullet.

I walk back into the living room and clean up the mess. I walk in there to see Nichole already cleaning up.

"Thanks Nichole." I say as I bend down to help her pick it up.

Once we are done cleaning up, we gather our stuff and head back into my room. She goes to the bathroom to change clothes while I change clothes in my room.

She comes out of the bathroom and comes into my room, after we're done changing. She dwells on my outfit before a geekish smile spreads across her face.

"I'm so proud of you." She says with a shake in her voice. "I've never seen you wear something like that." She says the smile growing larger. She walks over and gives me a hug.

Nichole is dressed in some white high waisted shorts that don't even reach her wrist when her arms are down. She paired her shorts with a quite revealing black lace top that I don't even think qualifies as a shirt. She wears a pair of black strappy sandals.

I walk over to my vanity and grab my straightener. I plug it in and get ready to straighten my hair. Nichole gets her makeup bag out and starts to apply an excessive amount of makeup.

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When we were done getting ready, we took out our phones and took pictures.

"Girl..." Nichole starts "we look bomb af right now. I can't believe you're actually doing this!!! You're first high school party!!" She squeals.

"Oh, shut up. I'm nervous enough as it is..." I say shyly.

"Alright. Let's go." She demands as her grabs her car keys and stuffs her phone into her back pocket. I grab my car keys as well so I can drive us there, and stuff my phone into my back pocket.

We arrived at the party about a half hour late. We didn't want to be early, but we didn't want too late either. We settled on fashionably late.

We walked into the party, and it seemed like everyone stopped and stared. I stood frozen as Nichole tried to pull me forward.

"Come on Autumn. It's fine." She tries to reason. It doesn't convince me but I step forward anyway.

We walked around and talked to people and I got somewhat comfortable. Once I had started having some fun, the thoughts came back.

You don't deserve to have fun.

It should've been you.

They should still be here.

You caused your mom that pain, so why do you get to have fun?

"Hey Nichole, I have to use the bathroom. I'll be back." I scream over the music. I walk back towards the entrance, and spot Lucas by the staircase. I try to turn around but I'm too late because he turns around and spots me too.

"Hey, Autumn right?"

"Yeah, hey." I whisper shyly.

"I've seen you at school and let me just say, you look a lot hotter than you do at school." He says eyeing my chest, and making his way down then back up.

"Uh, thanks? Anyway, could you please direct me to the bathroom?"

"Yeah. Up the stairs, to your left, second door on the right." He says with a disappointed look. I give him a thank you and make my way up the stairs. To your left, second door on the right. I turn left and and enter the second door on the right.

I enter the room and suddenly notice that it's not the bathroom. I try to turn around but get stopped when Lucas stands in my way.

"Excuse me" I mutter as I try to step around him.

"Wait, hold up. I want to talk to you." He says closing the door.

"About what? You've never talked to me before.." I whisper suddenly feeling uncomfortable.

"Well, I've seen you around school. And, I just happen to think that you look amazing." He says. I look into his eyes, and see emptiness.

What's wrong with him? Why is he acting like this?
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This is my first book on Wattpad, and I'm doing my best. I'm not very good at the whole cliff hanger thing yet. Anyway, I'm hoping that this is a good cliff hanger! I will update soon. Thanks for reading!

-Anna