Chapter 9
The party was at nine that following week. It's a formal party, guys actually have to look nice. I walk briskly to our meeting place wear me and Rose planned out. I see the trees above me and I know I'm in the right place. It doesn't take long before I hear the sounds of heels on the pavement. I look over my shoulder and I swear you could hear the sound of my jaw hitting the pavement. Rose was waking towards me in a red velvet dress that was a one shoulder. She had curled her hair into ringlets and had red heels on. As she walks over to me I manage to close my mouth. She gives me a one over. I was wearing a suit. With the dress pants, and dress shoes, even a tie. "You look nice." She starts as we walk to the house. "Are you kidding look whose talking!" I manage back. She smiles, blushes and turns away. *SCORE* that voice goes. But somehow it doesn't seem so annoying anymore. We walk until we hear the sound of the music and we hurry the rest of the way. Arnold is there greeting his guests. He smiles when he sees Rose, but frowns when he sees me. Rose walks up to him. "You did say I could bring a friend" she chides. Arnold just nodes and shows us in. Its a good set up. There are banners everywhere, a disco light flashing colors everywhere. The music is so loud you have to yell to be understood. "IM GOING TO GET SOME SNACKS, YOU WANT ANY?" I yell. "NO THANKS!" She yells back. As I make my way over to the food I see one of my good friends, Nathan. Nathan is a super smart guy. You give him a pencil and a couple of paper clips, he comes up with a way to draw my pressing one down. He's into mechanical stuff, the kind I just don't get. He sees me to and waves me over. "HOW DID YOU GET IN?" He yells just barley over the music. "I CAME WITH ROSE" I shout in return. "HOW DID YOU GET IN? IM PRETTY SURE ARNOLD DIDNT INVITE YOU." He smiles mischievously, "WHO SAID I WAS INVITED?" I smile back and as I'm about to reply a slow song comes up. I snap my head up and see Arnold heading for Rose. *Beat him to her!* the voice goes. This time I agree. I start to make my way towards her and before I know it I bump into her. "Hey, how was the food?" She asks. "Better than it looked" I look into her eyes. "Hey, u wanna dance?" And gesture to all the couples around us slow dancing. "Josh, I thought you'd never ask." These words make me feel on top of the world and right as I place my hand on her hip and hers around my neck, Arnold walks in, sees us and throws his punch on the ground and steams off in another direction. As the song goes on Rose and I get closer and closer and before you know it, she's leaning on my chest. I smile at the thought of this. She suddenly looks up at me and I look at her and for that moment the music is forgotten. Acting on what seems like instinct, I lean in and prepare myself. Lucky for me I don't have to. She goes in all the way and the entire world just melts away. Nothing matters now, it's just us. I kept thinking. She finally ends the kiss and hugs me tightly. She then goes off to the food table as I stand there and try to remember who I am.
