Wanderlust [ editing ]

5. Wicked Games

  "Kris! Hurry up!" I hear from the living room.

I finish putting a few Bobby pins in my hair and walk down the hallway to find Emily walking out the door.

"Dammit Emily. Wait up!" I say as I grab my jacket from the coat rack and try to catch up to her.

"No time to wait. We gotta go" Emily replies.

There's this big college party tonight that EVERYONE has been talking about and knowing Emily, of course we have to be there. Emily goes to every school event and I'm always dragged along with her.

"BEEP BEEP!" I hear Emily's car.

"I'm coming!" I say.

I finally get in the car and we're on our way.

All I ever do in this city is look at the sky. I just love it. I look out the car window in awe. The sky looks beautiful tonight. The stars dance across the sky.

  All I need tonight is for things to go well so I can go home and rest.

"We're here" I hear Emily say as she steps out the car and I quickly followed.

"Kiss Land"

"Oh, c'mon Emily!" I say "Not this place, again."

"Hey! Don't blame me. I'm not the host of this party." she laughs, walks in and I quickly follow behind trying not to lose her.

I look around and its exactly how I remember it. The lights, the music, the vibe, it's all the same. I follow Emily as she leads us to a couple of classmates.

"Krissa!" I turn to find Jessica.

Jessica is about 5'0, which is around my heights, with box dyed red hair. She's in my class and she's great. Actually, I find her a bit obnoxious, but she's growing on me. She's cool, but she just goes on and on about stuff.

"Jess!" I say

"You came! Oh God. Now this party can get started." she begins. "I didn't think you were gonna make it. I'm so glad you did. This is the first party I've hosted and I just want you all to have fun and-" I interrupt

"I'll catch up with you later, Jessica!" I smile and walk away. God, does she ever breathe?

I walk around and bump into my friend Caleb.

"You're here!" he says with a huge smile and hugs me.

Caleb is a psychology major, but met him around campus. He's about 5'8 with a smile to die for. He's actually asked he out a few times, but I was never feeling it.

"I am!" I say. "Emily dragged me."

He laughs. "As always"

The lights dim and people start cheering.

"Hey, what's going on?" I yell over the roar of the crowd.

"Oh, a celebrity is performing here tonight." Caleb yells back.

A celebrity? Cool.

The DJ starts to speak

"For the moment we've all been waiting for! Give it up for my boy, The Weeknd!"

A man walks onto stage as my heart drops a little.