Not Your Cinderella

Chapter 9- I love hanging out with you

Tasha's POV:

Sara barges into Jake's apartment with Browdy and Jake.

"So, it's not what it looks like," she says loudly.

"Babe, don't be like that," Browdy says with a wink.

"Tashy!" She yells groaning

"Sara, you can't sleep with the professors to get ahead in life. Gosh!"

"Ugh!" She says loudly.

"Can I help you best friend?"

"Yes. You are coming with me. Say goodbye to your man candy!" She says dragging me out of the apartment.

"Bye Jake!"

"Bye beautiful.Behave!" He yelled making me smile. Browdy, Tony and Sara all rolled their eyes.

Sara drags me to our apartment where Nat and Lucy are fighting. They stop and look up at us and smile. "That's not creepy," I mumble. Out of nowhere I'm blind folded. They are all laughing. I'm tempted to scream, but I don't.

"Tasha, relax. We are gonna get you ready without you seeing," Sara says with a giggle.

"I don't trust you guys with me blind folded."

"Aw come on Tash. We want to make you even more beauty-muss," Nat tells me.

"We are just gonna do your hair. Then you can look," Lucy says.

I sit patiently as every hair on my head is pulled and jerked, they aren't gentle hairdressers. "Ready to be un-veiled?" Sara asks me.

"Sure?" I say as the blind fold comes off. I look in our bathroom mirror to find a couple random bright blue strands in my blonde hair, but they look good. I notice Nat has some purple, and Lucy and Sara both have pink. "I love it!"

"We sent a picture to Jake of the dye and asked if he wanted to have blue hair with you. He freaked out," Sara tells me laughing.

"Next is your makeup which we will let you do yourself since Lucy here is too shaky from the drinks we had while doing your hair," Nat says laughing. I roll my eyes.

"Bitches, where's mine?"

"Jake told us you weren't allowed to drink," Sara says with a glare.

"Fuck that. I love him and all, but if he's drinking with his friends, then I'm drinking with mine." Sara stares at me like I've turned a different color or something. "What?"

"You love him?" She asks as her face grows a smile.

"Yeah boo. I think I do. "

"Does he know yet?" She asks. I just shake my head no and continue putting on my makeup.

An hour later we head out the door dressed for the bar they decided we are going to. As we walk past Jake's window I see him watching me and laugh. I trip on the cement, but Sara catches me. We all laugh. At the bar it has bowling, so we decide to play. We look ridiculous in our dresses and bowling shoes. We get drinks from some random group of guys and then we play with bumpers on and just mess around it is fun. We end up stumbling back to our apartment at midnight because it's Tuesday, well Wednesday now. I check my phone for this first time in a while and find one text.

Jake: I saw you trip. lol you look lovely Tasha. Have a great night. Stop by my apartment when you get home, just walk in.

"Guys, I've gotta go see Jake for a second!"

"Hurry, we are watching Sixteen Candles and then going to bed!" Lucy says with a smile. I give her a nod and stumble over to Jake's. I push the door open and see Browdy and some girl making out on the couch. "Uhm. Hello!" I say with a laugh and then curse myself for the drunken confidence.