"Pumpkin-" "don't you dare call me by that word ever again!"
*****
Melanie Miller, not your average girl. She turned herself from a fatso and a nerd, to a hot girl and a team captain.
Pumpkin, is the word she loathes!
She has grown to hate the word...
Our house was packed with people. My friends, Derrick's friends, friend of friends, everyone was here. The door bell rang and I opened the door to find a girl standing in front of me. She was beautiful! But who is she?
"Umm hey, do I know you?" I ask,
"Are you Melanie?" She asks in an Australian accent,
"Yes I am but-" she cut me off with a hug. "Aww I finally meet you. You're even more beautiful in person. Derrick has talked a lot about you and Alex."
"Who is it Mel?" Derrick shouts out from the living room.
"Babe!" He said once he sees the girl and kisses her. What's happening?
"Mel, meet Amelia, my fiancé." He introduced,
My eyebrows rose in surprise, "your fiancé? You're engaged? When? How? Where?" I had so many unanswered questions right now.
"Calm down Mel, let her enter and then you both can talk. I'll go join my friends while you both get to know each other." He said and left me and Amelia alone.
"Don't stand outside, come in." I said and pull her in by her wrist. "Em!" I call out and she comes up to us, "who's she?" She asks,
"I'll tell you, let's go upstairs to Alex's room." And we all went upstairs. We enter Alex's room and see her usual self; headphones, laptop, and tapping fingers on the keyboard.
I remove her headphones, "what the he- who's she?" She asks once she sees Amelia.
"Guys, this is Amelia, Derrick's fiancé." I said,
"WHAT! Derrick's engaged? When did this happen?" Alex asked,
"How? Where? Why didn't he tell us?" Em asked.
We all sat down on the bed and I asked Amelia to speak, "let's start from scratch. I'm Amelia Carter, I'm 23 years old and by my accent, you can tell I'm Australian. Me and Derrick met at our college three years ago. He used to flirt a lot-"
"He did?" I ask,
"-yeah. Anyways, his flirting turned to love in no time and then he asked me out after a month. Of course I said yes-" she chuckled, "-he took me to dates everywhere. We spent most of our time together. Just like that three years went by like a blur. And then the day I'd never forget occurred. He proposed in front of everyone in the college, and as you can see by this ring-" she showed the ring, "-I said yes! This happened a month ago, on the day we were celebrating our anniversary."
"Wow! All of this happened and I didn't even know. This is great! He chose the right girl." Em said.
"Yeah!" Alex exclaimed,
"He talked a lot about y'all. He never stoped talking about you, Mel, Alex and Emma. He showed me your pictures of when y'all were kids and also now. And you guys look just like he described y'all, really beautiful girls." She said,
"But you're even more beautiful than us Amelia." I said,
And just like that, we talked for hours-that's exaggeration-. We talked about everything, Derrick's embarrassing moments, funny moments, stupid moments etc etc. Our talk was stopped by a knock on the door, "if you girls are done talking, will you come and enjoy the party downstairs?" Derrick asks and we all laugh.
We all went downstairs and left Alex in the room, because obviously, she can't be downstairs. I went straight to the mini bar a.k.a kitchen and found Dylan and Nathan doing shots.
"Woah guys, stop before you both get really drunk." I said,
Dylan stopped after his last shot before Nathan gave up, "I give up Dylan, I can't beat you in this, you win." He said and we all laughed. Derrick was tired, so him and Amelia went upstairs to his room, but not before saying, "if anyone troubles you Mel, just call me and I'll be there to kick some ass, ok?"
"Ok." I agree. He kissed my forehead and went upstairs.
Nathan and Emma were dancing together, so I was left alone in the kitchen with Dylan. "Who was that girl? She was hot!" He said,
"Watch your mouth Dylan, she's Derrick's fiancé. Say anything wrong about her in front of him, and we all will be attending your funeral." I said, making him chuckle.
"You know, we should play truth or dare."
"Just the two of us?" I ask,
"Nope. Me, you, Nathan, Emma, Daniel, Thomas, Samantha, and Emily."
"Oh ok."
Quick intro: Daniel and Thomas; jocks, Dylan and Nathan's friends.
Samantha and Emily; players of the volleyball team, mine and Emma's friends.
I call all of them and we gather around outside, by the pool. Yeah, we do have a pool. We all sit down in a circle. "Why are we here?" Emily asks,
"We're here to play a fun game of truth or dare." Dylan said and grins.
He stood up, entered the house and came back with some beer bottles and an empty beer bottle too. He placed the full bottles on the table next to him and the empty one in the middle.
"Let the game begin!"
***** Aah, a game of truth or dare in a party. Classic. Let's see what happens in this game of truth or dare in the next chapter. Comment and vote ;)
Ps. This is his fiancé
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