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mackenzie ziegler
i repeatedly blink as lauren applies mascara on my eyelashes. between annie, lauren, and i, lauren's always been the best at make up and the most interested. sometimes annie and i would be too lazy that lauren would do our makeup for us, which is being done right now.
"should i wear this one, or this one?" annie says showing two dresses, a blue one and a lavender one.
"the blue one," lauren says.
"kenzie?" annie asks.
"the blue one," i say.
"blue one it is!" annie says, going into the bathroom in my room.
"your makeup is done!" lauren says eagerly.
"looks great! thanks lo." i say.
i examine myself, looking at my large mirror. i chose to wear a black shirt with a plaid skirt. good enough, i'd say presentable.
we finished preparing for the party, and we all head down the stairs.
"wait, don't you guys just go yet." my sister maddie says, pressing the off button of the t.v. remote.
"you guys better be home by 11:00 or you're dead. no alcohol or sexual interaction with men, got it? i'm in charge of you guys." maddie says.
"yes, maddie." we all say, getting out of the house.
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we arrive at mark's doorstep, ringing the doorbell.
mark has always been the party king. usually, you can expect that parties are being thrown by him. people always end up having a good time, or being exposed once they play the risky game of truth or dare. once one hears your secret, the whole school will.
"hey guys! thanks for comin'!" mark says as he opens the door wider, making space for us to come in.
a disco ball, carson singing, and people dancing wildly. what a party.
"woo! i'm gonna go dance if that's alright?" lauren says loudly in order for us to hear since the music is blasting.
"yeah," annie and i reply.
"sorry but i'm gonna go hide somewhere before people see me, i didn't want them to bother me about hayden." annie says.
"yeah, it's alright." i say. now i'm all alone, i wonder what's going to happen.
i go to the table which shows punch, dorito's in a bowl, pizza, and everything else you could mention that's unhealthy.
once i finish filling my plastic red solo cup with punch, i see johnny at the kitchen. maybe here's a way to fix things like how lauren and annie said.
"hey johnny," i say nervously.
"hi kenzie," he replies.
"all alone because lauren went to go dance and annie's hiding from the truth or dare people," i say.
"same goes here, carson volunteered to sing upfront and hayden's worried about annie. funny situation you could say," johnny says. he seems like he's okay talking to me, i should be okay talking to him. it's not that awkward anyways.
"the other guys on the team are off getting drunk. i've always hated how people drink underage," johnny says.
"exactly!" i say.
conversation is going out well.
"how have you been doing?" i ask.
"well, i've been doing alright. basketball's going out good, and i've got a part-time job at the pizza place as you may or may not know. you?" he says.
"i'm doing alright as well. average grades and really nothing much," i say.
"you guys should try this," mark says, handing us cups. the bitter scent smells like alcohol, but i'm not entirely sure.
"okay then," johnny says. we both take a sip from our cups. it tastes— good.
"ooh, i like it." johnny says.
"same, it tastes great." i say.
we both head back to the table, reaching out for more. the cycle repeats.
i sigh in satisfaction as i take another sip. i refilled my cup. three refills is enough. but drinking more is affecting me somehow in a way i don't know. i could see the same thing was happening to johnny.
johnny then looked at me strangely, staring at each and every part of my body. i feel strange as he does this, but, i feel this spark between us that makes me swarmed with butterflies.
he then took of his jacket, showing his white button up. a bit hot if i do say so myself.
then he looked into my eyes, i looked at his. suddenly, he kissed me. my arms go around his neck as his go onto my waist.
no wait, i can't do this! he's my ex, what's happening?
"we can't do this," i say as i i push away, because if we did anything further that would ruin everything, again.
"oh yeah— shoot, i'm so sorry." he says.
"it's okay. but, let's just forget that this happened, alright? just friends, nothing more." i say, a bit worried.
"y-yeah, nothing more." he replies.
"i better get going, it's almost 11:00, maddie's gonna get mad," i say as i notice it's 10:51.
"yeah, i'll see you soon." he replies.
AUTHOR'S NOTE ! okay, i know this story escalated quickly but to be honest i think that's what i want to do, i want this book to be straight forward. but wOw, that just happened! let me know what you think down below because i'm not sure if this is even a good chapter ♡
