Behind Closed Doors

Chapter Three

Amber is shown above. 

The girls pulled up to the party and Amber had to find a parking spot. Luckily, she found a spot close to the house since it was already packed. Amber and Paige got out the car and walked into the party. They went to kitchen to get something. Both girls grabbed a canned soda because they didn't trust opened drinks at parties.

Aaron were Chris were standing by the stairs talking and looking amongst the crowd. They had two girls and walk straight to the kitchen. They had seen the girls around and at the baseball games but didn't know who they were.

"Who are they?" Chris asked Aaron.

"I don't know. I've seen them around school and at some baseball games." Aaron replied.

"Let's go find out who they are then." Chris said walking through the crowd.

The boys started walking through the crowd to the kitchen where they had seen the girls. Chris heard a familiar voice but brushed it off. He heard it again and turned around. When he saw who it was he froze because he knew there was gonna be trouble.

"There go Chris and Aaron." Paige said pointing towards the crowd.

"OH MY GOSH! WHERE?!" Amber asked while trying to make herself look presentable.

"Over there." Paige pointing towards the middle of the crowd.

Curious about what was going on, both girls made their way towards the crowd. Chris and Kyle made eye contact as everyone continued to make a crowd around them. As Paige and Amber were walking over there, Paige seen Amari in the crowd. She slowed down as her breathing increased.

"What's wrong?" Amber asked as she noticed Paige slowing down.

"Sh-sh-she's he-he-he-here." Paige said stuttering and looking in Amari's direction.

Amber followed Paige's eyes looking dead at Amari. She thought of what she could do to avoid confrontation but still enjoy the party. She didn't want to leave because she wanted to talk to Aaron and also wanted Paige to talk to Chris because she's finally getting out. She pulled her in the corner to calm her down. Amber looked towards the crowd to see what was happening. It looked like a fight was about to go down. She seen it was Chris, Aaron, this boy that looked like Chris and another boy.

"What are you doing here??" Chris asked Kyle while approaching him.

"I decided to get out the house and enjoy a good party." said Kyle.

"Why did you have to come to the party being held by the baseball team knowing I am one of the star players?" Chris said getting frustrated.

"I didn't know we were coming here. I just got in the car and rode" Kyle lied.

Kyle was the one who told his friends about the party being held by the baseball team. He wanted to ruin his cousin's night in front of everyone.

"Okay, whatever man. Just stay away from me and let me enjoy my night." Chris said over the situation.

He knew that his cousin was gonna try to make a big scene so he just dropped the situation. Aaron walked behind him as they made their was to the back porch. Amber seen them walking and figured it would be a good idea to take Paige back there in order to keep her out of Amari way. The girls went around the side opposite of the boys so they wouldn't be noticed. By the time the girls got to the back of the house the boys were sitting on opposite couches watching a scary movie. They girls walked slowly then stopped nervous to be "invade" their space.

Aaron noticed them after they turned the corner but didn't say anything. He shot Chris a quick text telling him to glance to the right briefly. Chris seen the girls and instantly knew who Paige was because she would be at all the baseball games. Aaron was tired of playing pretend and said something to the girls.

"Why are y'all just standing there?" Aaron asked scaring the girls.

They were silent for a minute trying to make up an excuse that didn't seem creepish.

"My best friend's sister is here so we are trying to hide out without her seeing us so we can enjoy the party. This is the only time I got her out and I don't want it to be ruined." Amber explained without telling them the entire truth.

"You guys can join us if you want." Aaron suggested as he slid over.

Chris just stared at Paige as she eased her way over there. He didn't realize that he was still in the center of the couch until Aaron yelled at him breaking him out of his daze. He slid over and allowed Paige to sit down. Amber instantly made herself comfortable beside Aaron.

"What do you guys wanna watch?" Aaron asked the girls.

"How about something scary?" Paige suggested.

"Sure." everyone else agreed.

Aaron put on this new Netflix movie called "Adam's New Eve." They all sat watching the movie quietly. Amber's stomach started to rumble. The boys volunteered to go get everyone some snacks.

"GIIRRRLL, he is soo cute and smells really good!" Amber started whisper yelling about Aaron.

"Then talk to the boy." Paige said.

"What do you think about Chris?" Amber asked Paige.

"I think that he is cute and nice but something seems off about him. Like maybe he has something going on that nobody knows about. What if he's in a similar situation to mine." Paige started rambling.

"I think that you're overreacting right now. You're nervous. Just drink something when they come back and calm down." Amber suggested.

"Yeah, you're right." Paige agreed.

The boys were talking as they getting the snacks. Chris was nervous to talk to Paige because of Kyle. Little did he know Paige was going through the same thing. Both of them are nervous to encounter new people due to their family members.

"What do you think about the girls?" Aaron asked Chris.

"Paige is really cute and chill but something seems off about her. Its like she's hiding something from the world." Chris explained.

"Bro, you tripping." Aaron said laughing. "Just talk to her and see how it goes."

"Alright man." Chris said.

The boys gathered the snacks and walked back to the room with the girls.