Wait... What?

Chapter 17

Chapter 17: The First Slumber Party

The week goes by with routine, we sit in the commons in the morning and chat then Brandon and I go to Speach and goof off, then he drops me off at Spanish where I snore through the boring classes. 3rd hour Geometry finds me sitting between Adam and Steve their laptop vents keeping me warm throughout the hour, US History I sit between the twins Bryan flirts with me while Brandon grinds his teeth, I'm not sure if it's out of jealousy or annoyance. I'm guessing the latter. 5th hour is Chemistry where once again I am alone, then I meet everyone at lunch where I sit between Jillian and Brandon socializing while the laptop boys play minecraft and Bryan flirts with everything that moves. 6th hour is American Literature another class alone and then Jil and I walk to Choir. It was like this everyday throughout the week. Until Friday at lunch...

We are sitting at the lunch table and I am enjoying a particularly cheesy bite of the schools cardboard pizza when Bryan stops flirting and asks, "So Cort are you coming to Jils place after school for the slumber party?"

I swallow and look at him, clearly confused. "What slumber party?"

Jil covers her mouth with her hands and gasps. "Oh no!!! I'm sorry Cortney I was supposed to ask you Wednesday but I got to a very intense part in Inheritance and I completely forgot!"

I smile at her, "Its not a problem. Just tell me when and where and I'll be there."

"It's at my place... we were all going to walk there after school... we already packed our bags..."

"It's cool I'll just text my mom, I'm sure she'll be thrilled." I grab my phone and begin to text mom,

Hey mom? Jil is having a slumber party at her place. Could you grab some stuff for me and drop it off at the school?

Aren't you a bit old for a slumber party?

I've never been to one so I wouldn't know.

Perfect just the right amount of guilt trip.

Sure sweety. What will you need?

I look up from my phone and grin, "Well you can count me in!"

After choir I stop by and grab my bag mom seems to have packed much more than I told her to and I struggle to carry the heavy bag, Brandon takes it from me and throws it over his shoulder.

"show off..." I grumble.

He laughs and says in a mock girl voice, "Oh thank you so much Brandon! You're so strong and handsome!"

I elbow him in the ribs and begin to follow Jil to her house. I walk in silence along with the rest of our group when something dawns on me.

"Hey Jil? Do your parents know that your bringing four boys to your house? To stay over night?!?!"

I hear four boys cracking up behind me and Jil spins around her plaid skirt following her, she smiles and says "Oh yes. We do this once a month actually. Ever since we were in elementary school! Why is that weird?"

"Yes it's weird!!!" I reply horror clear in my tone.

The guys burst out laughing and Jil clutches her stomach wheezing heavily. I snort frustratedly and wait for them to explain what's so funny. Brandon is first to recover, "yeah we know it's weird, but we behave ourselves and have fun so no harm done."

I continue walking trying to figure this out. That would mean they aren't remotely attracted to her and that she's never had a relationship. If either of those were true her parents wouldn't be so eager to let boys sleepover.

By the time we reach Jils place I have another realisation. Where are all of us going to be? I ask Jil and she explains that her room is actually the entire basement. I picture a damp dark dreary room and stiffle a groan.

But I am proven wrong. Like... very wrong. The basement is large and one room, divided by the hall the stairs are in. To my left the carpet is a peach color and the walls a pale pink, posters of various movies line the walls including Harry Potter and Eragon. I whistle as I turn the corner and see a black leather sofa and chair, four white bean bags all in front of a big flat screen tv, hooked up to the tv is a Wii and Xbox.

My jaw is on the ground as I stand at the base of the stairs and the guys make themselves comfortable on the bean bags. Jil runs over and grabs my hand, "Come on! I wanna show you the bedroom part of it!"

I nod blankly and let her drag me over to the other side of the stairs, the walls here are a dark blue and the ceiling black, more posters are surrounding a queen bed, glow in the dark stars are on the ceiling and bookshelves line the wall by the stairs.

"Jil.... this is amazing!" I turn and give her a huge smile.

"Yay! I'm so glad you like it!" she jumps up and down clapping her hands excitedly.

"You ladies done yet? I'm hungry and bored!" Bryan calls from the other room and I snort out a laugh before following Jil back to the living area.

"What you boys can't grab a bag of chips yourselves?" Jil says with her hands on her hips.

In response Bryan rolls off his bean bag onto the floor he is on his back and moves his arms and legs in the air like a turtle flipped on its shell. Jil laughs and runs back up the steps. I sit down on the floor by the boys and ask what they normally do at these gatherings.

"Play videogames... watch movies... eat..." Bryan says while Brandon counts them on his fingers.

"Annnnnd that's it." Finishes Adam, looking up from his laptop.

I give them a pitiful look and slam the two laptops shut just as Jil appears, "Well that's about to change. Jil, truth or dare?"