Freak Show (Carnival Series book 1)

Chapter 18

In my room, there's this poster of Harry Styles. I'm not even a fan of One Direction, but I used to be. I just never felt like taking it down. But that poster has seen so many things, I can't get rid of it now, for fear it may tell people things. I know what you're thinking, posters can't talk but you know what I mean. It holds memories. 

I sit on my bed, staring at the outdated poster, reminiscing in all the memories. All of the sudden, my phone explodes with Trevor's ringtone. I grab the phone and look at the picture of Trevor. 

"You've reached America's number on sperm donors, where our motto is you squeeze it, we'll freeze it. Now what can I do for you today?" I answer the phone with. Trevor bursts into laughter at the end of the line, so loud, I have to pull the phone away from my ear. 

"Where did you get that?" He asks me, still laughing. I chuckle at his reaction. 

"I don't know, I just came up with it." No I didn't. My friend told that one to me. "What do you need?" I ask him. 

"Oh  my god, I'm crying, Andraya. I was wondering if you wanted to come to this party that me and the boys are throwing on Saturday. It's Andrea's birthday, and we're inviting a ton of people to the O2L house," He explains to me. 

"Sure! Sounds like fun." I could almost hear him smiling. 

"Great! See you there. Actually, I'll probably see you in thirty minutes. You're coming over, right?" I laugh at him.

"Yeah. See you in a bit." I hang up the phone and look at the poster. One more memory for Harry. 

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"Oh my god, I'm so excited!" I say to Connor. He and I were on our way to pick Brittany up, then head to Andrea's party. 

"I'm glad. Did you bring a present?" I show him the small box wrapped in silver paper with a red bow. "What'd you get her?" 

"You'll see when she opens it." I say to him. He laughs as we pull up to Brittany's house. She comes out the door and gets in the backseat. She buckles and then looks up at me and Connor. Her facce lights up with joy and she almost falls out of the car from excitement. 

"Oh," she says, suddenly calm. "Hey, Connor. Hey, Andraya." she looks out the window, doing her best to not freak out again. 

"Hi, Brittany." Connor says to her. In the dim light, I could see her cheeks getting red. Connor and I exchange glances of amusement. 

The whole car ride to the O2L house consisted of silence, awkward silence, and music that didn't really help the silence. When we pulled up to the house, through the windows I could see purple and green lights, people dancing, and I could hear the bass from whatever song was playing. When we stepped in the house, there were people everywhere, cups and streamers all over the floor, and every once in a while, you would find a half-eaten slice of pizza. I walk around the crowd, searching for a familliar face. But that wasn't hard, because all I saw was people from YouTube that I knew. It was as if they had invited every popular YouTuber from the area. 

I finally spotted Trevor standing over by the pizza. I walk up to him and look out at the crowd.

"This is a crazy party" I shout to him over the m usic. Trevor grins and nods. 

"This is a normal party for me. Crazy would be with more people." Trevor shouted back. I laugh, but he probably didn't hear it. I take a slice of pizza and lean against the table. Brittany was with Connor, talking to Tyler Oakley. She looked like she was having a lot of fun. Trevor takes my elbow and pulls me through the crowd and up the stairs. He brings me into Jc's room, and shuts the door.

"I just want to be able to talk to you without having to shout," He explains. I walk over to the bed and sit down.Trevor follows.

"Okay, so what did you want to talk about?" I ask him. 

"I don't know, I just didn't like yelling." I roll my eyes.

"Well, Brittany seems to really like Connor. She hasn't left his side since we got here." I say to him. Trevor chuckles and looks down at his hands. 

"That happens a lot," He says. "Girls seem to be attracted to him the most" 

"Are you jealous?" I ask sarcastically. 

"What should I be jealous about? His coffee addiction?" Trevor accidentally lets out a high pitched giggle. He covers his mouth with his hand, just as shocked as I was at the sound. 

"Don't worry," I laugh. "It was cute." His face turns red. I shove his shoulder gently, trying lighten him. He looks up at me, and stares in my eyes.

"Andraya, I'm glad we're friends."

"We are? I wasn't aware." He snorts at my comment, causing me to break into laughter. 

"Yeah," he whispers. His hand finds mine, and he squeezes it. I look at the intertwined hands, remembering the last time he held my hand. I hadn't wanted him to hold it. I wanted to disappear. But now, I don't want him to let go. I look back up at him, and  find him leaning in slowly. I mimick his actions, my eyes slowly closing. 

His other hand moved to cup my face, pulling me closer to him. "Please don't run away again." He whispers. His mouth smashed against mine. The sparks that were there the first time he kissed me, had returned, but stronger. I let go of his hand and wrap my arms around his neck, my fingers running through his hair. His hands moved to the small of my back, and he pulled me even closer to him. I straddled him, doing everything in my power to be even closer. I smile into the kiss, enjoying every second of it. Trevor's hands move to my thighs, stroking circles on the sides of them. 

Then the door opened. 

"What are you doing?" The familliar voice said. I break away from the kiss and look at Jc standing in the door. I get off Trevor and smooth my shirt. "Get out of my room!" Jc shouts. I take Trevor's hand and drag him downstairs. 

"Trevor, I have to leave. Where's Connor and Brittany?" Trevor gives me a sad look, then looks around the room. He points to the corner of the room. Brittany and Connor were making out like the world was ending. His hand was tracing up and down her back, every so often, going underneath her shirt. I roll my eyes and go up to the two. 

I pull Brittany away from Connor. "We need to leave." I say to her. She puts and stomps her foot. "Now." I say to Connor. He nods and heads for the door. 

"But Connor and I were having fun!" Brittany says to me, her words slurring together. 

"Oh god, you're drunk." I sigh. "Your mom is gonna kill me" She giggles, and almost falls over. I wrap my arm around her waist to keep her up and bring her out of the party. I put her in the back of Connor's car and buckle her in. 

"Wait, I forgot to tell Connor he's sexy" She says to me. Connor laughs.

"He's right there. Connor is gonna bring us home." I remind her. She giggles and I shut the door. I got in the passenger seat and Connor began to drive. 

"Why did you let her drink? You know she's underage." I snap at Connor. 

"I didn't. She disappeared for a while and when I found her again, she was like this." I scoff, not believing his story. "It's true." He says to me. Brittany was humming quietly to herself, swaying back and forth to the beat. 

"Why did you guys have to leave early?" He asks me. 

"Just drive, Connor."