The Road to Passion

First Move

*Bella's POV*

I'm one of the few lucky people that managed to escape detention.

That was because immediately after the food fight began, I ran out of the cafeteria and ran into the bathroom.

I had a nice long cry in there.

I don't think Justin even cared that he had hit me with that tray.

He managed to humiliate me again.

Even if it was just an accident.

A simple apology would've been nice.

But did I receive one?

No.

He's going to be in for one hell of a surprise when I don't show up at his party on Saturday.
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On Wednesday, my game plan was to ignore Justin the whole day,

Even though I've tried and failed with this plan before, why not try again?

But Justin wasn't at school on Wednesday, and on Thursday.

Friday morning is when I figured it out.

He had to have gotten suspended.

After thinking to myself for a while, I decided that abandoning Justin's party without him knowing was unfair.

So I guess I'm going again.

But there was something that told me that his party would be a night to remember.
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*Justin's POV*

It's finally the long awaited party day.

As expected, Scooter was really upset with me for getting suspended, but I hardly cared.

I'm seventeen for Christ's sake.

Let me live my damn life.

Anyway, the party is being held at Uphill Mansion, a large house that is absolutely perfect for the occasion.

It was not easy to schedule a party there at all.

With Scooter constantly on my ass, I could barely breathe without being  watched.

If he knew about this party, he definitely wouldn't have approved.

Not to mention that I had about a million photoshoots this week, which ate up all my free time.

But somehow, I got the reservation in place.

It's almost 1 p.m. now, I'd better hurry.

Scooter isn't at the hotel right now, and that makes sneaking out all the easier.

Lucky me.
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Twenty minutes later, I arrived at Uphill Mansion.

Everyone was crowded outside the building.

Noah was at the entrance, ushering people inside.

I had made him my right hand man for the evening.

My eyes scanned the crowd for Bella.

There was no sign of her.

I sighed with disappointment and was about to enter the building when a black car pulled up at the curb.

Out of the car stepped Bella, and what I saw nearly blew me away.

Let me just say that right now, she looked hotter than some of the female models I worked with.

Her long brunette hair delicately framed her face in stretchy waves, and her dress stopped about three inches up from her knees.

It was a lilac purple color and it fit her all too perfectly.