They Don't Know (BOOK TWO)

Chapter 16

To say the party is anything but turnt up is an understatement. Shaun was serious when he said he was going to invite the entire high school. You can tell who the freshmen and sophomores are just by their outfit choices and the way they congregate in the middle of the living room, grinding on one another. The juniors and seniors are the ones with red cups in their hands, hanging out against the walls and bobbing their heads to the music. The air already smells of sweat and alcohol and people are clearly having a good time.

Corey holds Rachel's hand as they navigate their way through the crowd of sweaty bodies to find their friends. "Wow your friend really knows how to throw a party." Rachel's friend MiKayla says. She's a short dark-skin girl with thick thighs and wavy black hair.

"Yeah, if you ever need help with a party leave it to Shaun and he'll end up inviting the whole neighborhood." Corey tells her.

Rachel's other friends Breanna, a slim light skin girl with her hair in a tight bun and bangs across her forehead, speaks up. "I'm guessing he's Shaun." She points across the room where Shaun is standing on a chair dancing with a cup in his hand, sunglasses on and a goofy smile on his face.

Corey wonders how drunk he already is, "Yup that's him. I'll introduce y'all."

Together the four of them cross the room as easily as they can with all the gyrating bodies around them. When they reach Shaun, Corey finds the rest of his friends crowded around him laughing and dancing too. Jackson and Sevyn, Talia and Ty, Monica and Kat and Malcolm.

"Dough boy you made it!" Shaun exclaims excitedly.

"Yeah, sorry we took so long. Girls take forever to get ready." He says dapping his friends. Jackson and Ty nod in agreement. "Y'all know Rachel already, these are her friends Mikayla and Breanna."

Shaun hops down from the chair and gives them one of his lady-killer smiles. "Hello ladies, glad y'all could make it to my party. I'm Shaun, the host."

"And I'm Malcolm, co-host." Malcolm says flashing them a charming smile. The girls giggle and shake the boys hands. After being introduced to the rest of the crew, Shaun and Malcolm pull the girls away to the kitchen for drinks.

Monica shakes her head, "The thirst is real with those too."

"Can you blame them? They're the only ones not cuffed yet." Ty replies taking a sip from his cup. "They're gettin a little desperate."

Rachel giggles and turns to Corey. "I wanna dance,"

"Then go dance." He motions her towards the crowd of bodies moving to the music in the middle of the floor.

She gives him a blank glare, "With you dummy."

 "Yeah dummy," Ty mocks.

Talia bounces up and down excitedly and grabs his arm, "This is my song, come on!" Their friends laugh at how straight his face goes as she drags him into the crowd and forces him to dance to a Chris Brown song with her.

Rachel gives Corey the puppy dog eyes and he chuckles, "Fine, lets go."

She smiles and they head to the middle of the room, finding some space to dance without getting elbowed or stepped on by other people. As they dance, Corey laughs at the cute faces Rachel makes when she's really feeling the music. Her long hair whips around as she turns her head from side to side with the beat. She looks up at him and smiles. "Are you laughing at me?"

"You should see the faces you make while dancing." He tells her.

"Don't watch me!" She exclaims laughing.