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chapter 21 // casey

lalala heres chapter 21 this fanfic is prob gonna have like 70 chapters idek man just bare with me here okay

--flashback from last night--

11:39PM

I changed into my pajamas, and grabbed my phone out of the back of my jeans pocket. I marched downstairs to see Louis inserting a disk inside the DVD player. I sat down beside him, and checked my phone for new text messages. Niall didn't text me yet about the next volunteer dates. I turned off my phone, and shoved it in one of my pockets. I looked up at Louis, who was working the DVD player.

"Where's mom?" I asked.

"In the kitchen, preparing popcorn." He answered.

I nodded, and kept questioning him. "What movie are we watching?"

"This romance chick flick mom rented yesterday." 

I rolled my eyes, and sighed. We had a minute of silence, till Louis blurted out something.

"You do know Niall has a girlfriend, right?" He stated.

"Yeah, I know." I dictated. 

He turned around, and gloats at me. "If you like the guy, you could've just told me."

I jumped up, and gave him a glare. "I don't like him." I defended.

He smirked, and he didn't say anything but just turned around and kept working the DVD player. Mom walked out of the kitchen, carrying two bowls full of popcorn fresh from the microwave. Louis finished off, and the movie started. He dimmed the lights, and sat 3 spaces away from me. Mom sat in between us, and I leaned on her shoulder. I grabbed the pillow closest to me, and snuggled it the whole movie. The movie begins..

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--end of flashback--

October 26, 2013 - Saturday 10:42AM

I slowly gander my eyes open, as the sunlight bathed my skin as I lay on my side. I shoved my hand under my pillow and tried to feel the solid structure of my phone hidden underneath. I grabbed it from under my pillow, and checked my latest text messages. The most recent one was from Niall.

Niall: hey sorry i didnt text you last night ! i was rly tired :( we volunteer on sunday, monday and the day before the carnival which is wednesday! :)

I replied, peeking only one eye open since I don't feel fully awake yet.

Me: hey! it's okay haha and sure i'll see you on sunday :)

I scrolled down my notifications, and saw that Naomi texted me also.

Naomi: casey babe hey x busy today?

I replied.

Me: nope, what's up xx

I turned off my phone, and pulled myself up. I stretched my arms and legs, and positioned my feet to face the edge of my bed. My tiptoes came in contact with the cold floor wooden floor. I got up, and walked out of my room, proceeding to head downstairs inside the kitchen. There I saw mom, sitting on a stool, reading the newspaper like always. I walked to the fridge, grabbed the carton of orange juice and drank directly from it. Mom looked up from her newspaper, and looked at me disgustingly.

"Aren't you a little ray of sunshine this morning." She stung sarcastically, looking back at her paper.

"Sorry," I apologized, "I just felt like doing it."

I could see my mom roll her eyes from the corners of my eyelids, and continues reading her newspaper. I felt my phone vibrate from the palm of my hand, as I was clutching it tightly. I checked a notification, and it was message from Naomi. I opened it, and read her text.

Naomi: rachel, emma and i are going shopping for the carnival. come with?

I replied.

Me: yeah sure :)

Within seconds, I got a reply back and this continued.

Naomi: meet us at the front of pineridge mall, at 1pm x

Me: okay, see you!

I turned off my phone, and looked at Mom who focused on the newspaper vigorously. 

"I'm going out with my friends," I said, as my Mom's head jerked up, "I'll be back home before it gets dark."

"If you're gonna be late, call or text me." She nods, and looks back down at her paper. "You know what to do."

I nodded, walked out of the kitchen and jogged upstairs into the bathroom. I went inside and closed the door behind me. I grabbed my towel from the cabinet, and hanged it on the side. I took a quick warm shower, and headed inside my room. I dried my hair with the towel, and left it up on my head leaving me towel headed. I laid out my maroon sweater and a pair of black ripped jeans. I untangled my towel head, and dried my hair with a hair dryer. The strands of my hair soon became slightly arid, staying curly as it is. 

I settled in the clothes I picked out, and began putting on my socks. I wore my dark red vans, and tucked my shoelaces inside my shoe like I always do. I grabbed my wallet and my keys and shoved it in my bag. I checked the time on my phone, and it was already 12:30. I quickly walked outside of my room, downstairs, greeted my mom a goodbye, and left my house.

I quickly walked down 4 blocks to the bus station, and luckily, the bus arrived shortly. It took 10 minutes to get to the mall, and I was nearly 5 minutes away from 1PM. Once I reached my stop, I got off and walked inside the glass double doors to be standing in the center of a jam-packed mall. I stood in a corner and gazed for the sight of Naomi, Rachel or Emma. I couldn't find them, until I squinted and saw a short girl with wavy blonde hair near the jewelry stand. She was talking to someone.

I went even closer, realizing that was Naomi. I ran up to her and called her name. She turned around, and saw me. She received a big smile on her face, and inched in for a hug. Then I saw Emma and Rachel who was standing right beside her. They greeted me, and I gave each of them a hug. We walked around the first floor, till we saw Top-shop. Naomi eagerly squealed, ran into the store, dragging us along with her.

We all went to several different stores, tried on different clothes, and even tried on different clothes together at the same dressing stall. Surprisingly, the only person who didn't get to buy anything was Emma, who she claimed already had something in mind for the carnival. Later on, we decided to take a break, and go eat at Domino's Pizza which was right across from Papa John's, but in my opinion, Domino's slay. 

We all sat down at the front booth, and Emma suggested to order. We all told her what we want, and she placed herself in line. 5 minutes later, we all receive our food and began to eat.

"So, what did you do with Niall yesterday?" Naomi engrossed.

"Not much." I shrugged, "We just helped, and he took me home."

"He took you home?" Rachel repeated.

I nodded.

"That's so sweet." Emma added, sipping on her coca cola.

I smiled. I gazed at Naomi, who invisibly rolled her eyes hoping I wouldn't notice but I did. 

"Oh shit." Rachel jumped, and held a tight grip of my shoulder.

"What's wrong?" I look at her.

"I gotta wazz." She quickly scooted over me, and paced to the girl's bathroom in the far back.

We all talked of our plans about the carnival. Emma is having troublesome finding a date, and Naomi plans on dressing cute by wearing a dress even though it's going to be cold as fuck on the night of Halloween. Right when Emma was in the middle of saying something, Rachel appears out of nowhere and shushes Emma up. She squints at a far distance, and quickly ducks down. 

"Guys," She mumbled, "I saw Louis."

end of chapter 21