Shadow

Chapter 27

"Why the fuck does it smell like pineapple pizza in here?" Josh exclaimed, pushing past me and walking into the house with his arms spread wide apart.

"Oh that's just the house farting," Vivian said, folding her arms.

"Wait, really?" Josh said, confused.

Vivian smacked Josh on the back of his head, causing him to flinch, "We had it for lunch, idiot."

"What was that for?" Josh growled, rubbing the back of his head furiously, "And who the fuck eats pineapple on pizza?"

"Why does everyone hate pineapple pizza!" Vivian snapped, throwing her hands into the air.

"I know right!" Brent piped in, "It's the best thing to ever exist!"

"Thank you!" Vivian and I exclaimed.

"If you guys have finished talking about pizza," Aidan rolled his eyes, "Can we leave?"

"Wait!" Josh exclaimed, stretching his arms out to stop everyone, "Raven's wearing something girly!"

I rolled my eyes, "And?"

Josh retreated his arms and grinned, "You look hot."

"Subtle," Zayn commented.

"At least I don't just creepily watch girls from the sidelines," Josh smirked, "Maybe that's why I've had five more girlfriends than you, and I've only had five."

Zayn scoffed at Josh's insult and rolled his eyes, "Yeah and they left you just as quickly."

"Denial isn't just a river in Egypt," Josh grinned at Zayn.

Zayn rolled his eyes at his friend, then looked at me, "You look great Raven."

"Thank you," I smiled, "You don't look too bad yourself."

Zayn was wearing a white button-down shirt, the sleeves rolled up to this elbows, showing off his muscular forearms. He completed the look with a pair of black, ripped, skinny jeans and black high top Vans.

I looked towards the others.

Aidan was sporting a black Adidas hoodie and black skinny jeans, similar to Zayn, but with no rip. He completed the look with black Timberland boots.

Brent was wearing a simple white tee under a button-up denim shirt, opened and rolled to his elbows. He wore matching denim jeans underneath and finished the look with a pair of basic, black Vans.

Josh was wearing a simple red tee and black jeans underneath, a pair of white Adidas finishing off the look.

"You all look great," I added, receiving a satisfying smile from them all.

"Vivian," Brent said, looking away from me, "Do you want to come along?"

"I, uh..." Vivian stammered, looking at me desperately.

"She has a date," I said quickly, "Yeah, with her boyfriend."

"Oh," Brent said dejectedly, "Have fun, then."

"Thanks," Vivian said, relieved.

"Let's get going then?" Aidan said, clapping his hands together.

"Yeah," I said.

We all waved at Vivian, who grinned back and walked out of the mansion. We walked to Aidan's car, which had changed once again, and now he was driving a Tesla, the same one as mine.

I took a seat beside Aidan in the passenger seat and rest of the guys squeezed in the back. Josh complained about how both his legs were touching other legs and that he wasn't getting enough space to man spread. Brent smacked him on the back of his head for talking too much. Unfortunately, this only resulted in Josh talking more about how he was always getting smacked and that it was unfair. So Aidan turned up the radio to drown his voice out.