Runway Love

Chapter Twelve

"Julian, wake up! I called him from the kitchen. Maybe five minutes later, Julian entered the kitchen and took a seat at the table.

"What's for breakfast?" he asked, scratching his eyes and stretching. I picked up the pan, and planted a fresh pancake onto his plate. "Ooh, your specialty." he said, drenching the pancakes in syrup and cutting himself a huge piece. He stuffed it all into his mouth, and I rolled my eyes. "What?" he said, though his words were muffled. There was a huge ass piece of chewed up pancake in his mouth.

"Well, it's definately hard to believe you're going to be leaving tomorrow." I confessed. "What time do you have to be at the airport?"

"Around eight at night." he told me. "You know what? We should throw a party." Julian suggested, continuing to stuff the pancakes down his throat.

"A party?" I questioned his idea. "Who would we invite?"

"Kelly." that was the first word that came out of his mouth. And it was only two seconds after I asked. I tried not to let it bother me that he didn't approve of Connor and I, yet he was all over Kelly and getting in her pants. I wouldn't ever tell him this, but I really hope Kelly rejects him after all he's put Connor through.

"Okay, but I'm not just going to invite only Kelly." I put my foot down. "Connor's coming too. And Dana, and George, Annie, Chris, Andrew. I'm inviting them all."

"Okay, do that." he said, placing his plate into the sink and started to head back to his room. "What time are we going to be partying it up in here?" 

"Eight." I replied, cleaning up the kitchen.

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I heard a knock at the door. Excusing myself from the conversation I was having with Annie and Chris, I headed over to the door to find Kelly, George, and Dana. 

"Hey, guys!" I greeted the trio. They all came in an orderly fashion, commenting on the black dress I was wearing. 

"Did you get that from my latest collection, honey?" Dana asked as she walked through the door. 

"Where else would I get a nice dress like this?" I said. Dana smiled, and walked over to where George was already standing. That's when Julian came out, wearing a light blue dress shirt and khakis. He quickly made his way over to Kelly, who greeted him with a warm smile.

"You look nice tonight, Julian." she complimented him, making him smile. I feel like Kelly could describe in detail a gory wound, and Julian would still smile and think she's perfect. 

"As do you, Kelly." he took her hand, kissing it. "Here, let me take your jacket, I'll hang it for you."

"What a gentleman." she flirted back, handing him her jacket to reveal her light blue romper. "Hey, look! We're twinning in color!" she pointed out, squealing. Julian laughed, and gestured for them to walk over to the other room. I groaned, feeling grossed out over what I had just witnessed. Just then, I heard a knock at the door once again. I opened it to find Connor, standing there wearing a black dress shirt. I found it awkard how we were wearing the same color unplanned, like Kelly and Julian. But I shrugged it off, and kissed him at the door. 

"Hey." I said, smiling as his placed his hands on my hips. 

"Hey." he greeted me back, taking my hand and leading us inside.

Everyone greeted Connor as he walked through the door with his hand in mine. Some people made comments about Connor and I matching, but I brushed them off as well. We joined in the conversation between Chris and George, which was mostly just Chris talking.

"According to George, Dana has some really big news to share with us tonight." Chris informed us as we squeezed into their closed group. "Right George?"