Kris stayed the night with me, and Luce went to her boyfriend Andy's house to have dinner with his parents. However, she made it very clear that she'd rather be at my house, beating my ass for not telling her about Anonymous.
With love, of course.
Kris and I wished her good luck with meeting Andy's parents and then made our way into my kitchen to scour it for food.
My mother was scrambling around to find her keys.
Mom had the night shift at the local hospital. She leaves at around six, and gets home about an hour or so before I wake up for school.
"Keys are by the door mommy."
I said, sitting in the counter with a slice of reheated pizza, while Kristen fashioned herself a salad.
"Thanks baby. Remember, door stays locked, no boys or I'll beat your ass."
She said, scooping up her keys.
She's kidding, of course, but punishment will be severe if I break that rule.
"What about Jasper?"
Mom has known Jasper even longer than she's known me. But that's just because he's three months older than me.
"Does he have a penis?"
"I think so."
"Then it's a no."
"Damn."
Kristen laughed and threw a piece of lettuce at me, which sailed through the air in a graceful arc before landing promptly down my tank top. And another in my hair.
"Double whammy!"
She shouted.
I peeled a piece of pepperoni off my pizza and launched it at her. It landed squarely on the floor by her feet.
"Oh dammit."
"Fuckin' loser."
"Shut up, asshole."
Of course mom had already left at this point. If not she might have come at me with a wooden spoon.
"So who do you think your stalker is?"
Kristen asked, disregarding my 'asshole' comment.
"It's not a stalker, but I don't know. Jasper suggested Matty Cramer, but I feel like it could be Nolan."
Kristen swallowed her food.
"Nolan seems more the type to tell uh straight up if he likes you. I'm gonna have to agree with Jasper on this and say Matty."
I felt like a balloon in my tummy had just been punctured. Matty is very attractive, but I just can't see myself with him.
"You ever think about how hot Liam is?"
Kristen said, changing the subject.
"Can't say that I have."
My response was muffled by a new bite of pizza.
"He's supposed to be at the party tomorrow."
Kristen finished her salad and made her way into my room. I looked out my kitchen window and considered inviting Jasper over anyway. I decide against it. My mother is extremely lenient with me, and I wouldn't want to break her trust. Also, I want to spend time with Kris.
"Hey loser, Nolan messaged you."
My stomach lurched as I slid off the kitchen counter and bounded into my room.
"What did he say?"
I demanded.
"Calm your tits, he's just telling you what time the party is."
Kristen said, picking up a stray bra of mine and chucking it at me. I caught it triumphantly and waved it around.
"My tits shall remain excited."
I declare.
"You're so odd."
We spent the rest of the night talking and playing card games. I don't remember falling asleep, but sure enough, at 12:37 pm, I woke up to my mother peeling a playing card off my forehead.
"I don't know what game this is from, but the fact that it says "Harry Potter Erotica" on it concerns me."
I opened my eyes and tried to figure out what year was.
"Oh, hi mom. That's cards against humanity."
2017. It's 2017. Now I can function.
"Mhm.... well, I'm going to bed. I just got home from grocery shopping and I'm exhausted. Leave a note if you girls decide to go out, and fill the car with gas."
She kissed my forehead, and caressed Kristen's hair before leaving my room.
"Your mom is actually an angel."
Kristen's voice was muffled due to her face being promptly shoved into her pillow/arm.
"I know, right?"
Once we made some breakfast/lunch and got ourselves to look a bit less like zombies, Kris and I left a note and went to meet Lucero at the mall to pick stuff out for the party tonight. I spotted Lucero's silky dark hair by the main entrance and parked.
We hadn't even said hello yet and she already had a story on her lips to tell.
That's the thing I love about Lucero. Awkward silences aren't a thing.
"LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HOW CUTE ANDY'S MOM IS, LIKE OH MY GOD."
The three of us linked arms and ventured into the mall together. As we walked, I suddenly felt as though someone were looking at me. But when I turned, no one was to be seen. My thoughts drifted from concentrating on Lucero's story to wondering what could have caused the feeling.
I decided to forget about it. There's at least fifty people around, one of them is bound to look at me. That's probably it.
But still, the feeling lingered.
I was pulled out of my thoughts, and into Charolette Russe.
"Okay, we have to slay everyone's soul at this party."
Lucero said, waving a pair of ripped skinnies in front of me.
"Especially you. Now go try these on while we pick out a shirt."
Before I knew it, I had been ushered into a fitting room with the jeans. I looked down at them, doubtful they would look good on me. My timid face stared back at me in the mirror. The reality of everything hit me at once again.
I'm going to a party hosted by Nolan Hudson.
Me, Calypso Average Dawson, invited to a party thrown by Nolan Freaking Hudson.
A rush of confidence came over me and I slid out of my shorts.
The feeling of sliding the jeans over my legs was an unpleasant one, since I hadn't shaved in like, two weeks.
However when I looked in the mirror, my jaw dropped.
My earlier assumption had been proven very wrong. These jeans were actually amazing.
They gathered at my ankles due to the fact that I'm vertically challenged, but that could be fixed by folding them over a bit.
I instantly decided these were the jeans I was going to wear tonight.
When Kristen and Lucero came back with a shirt, they both nodded vigorously in approval.
"Oh yes, mamí."
Lucero said, thrusting a black tank top at me, which fit like a god damn glove, by the way.
We purchased the clothes and a few accessories to go with the outfit, and as we journeyed to other stores to pick out clothes for them, I couldn't help feeling giddy. I absolutely loved spending time with these two girls. They always made me feel like I could do anything. And with the way things were going lately, I just couldn't help squeezing them both into a bear hug.
"I love you guys."
I told them.
"Gay."
Kristen said.
AN:
OMF IT'S BEEN SO LONG IM SO SORRY GUYS IVE BEEN SO BUSY AND I KEEP FORGETTING TO WRITE AKSNJSJAIE IM SORRYYYY
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(The party is in the next chapter!!!!)
