Chapter 9

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by Bironugget

by Bironugget

Y/n
Party day. Ugh. To be honest, I'm not really a 'party' person. However, Andrew, Derek, and Tevin were going.
I pulled on a black tank and my jeans. Nothing particularly fancy, but whatever. Avian called for me, and I rushed downstairs. The boys were here to pick me up.
"Hey, guys," I waved at them. Andrew gestured to the back. Not surprising.
"No drinking, smoking, or doing drugs!" Avian shouted. I rolled my eyes.
"I know, Mom," I climbed into the car. "He says that every time, but it's not like I'd actually do it." Andrew chuckled.
"Heh, my Mom's like that too," he commented as the car pulled out of the driveway. I stared at the houses and trees we passed, occasionally stopping to chat with my friends. We ended up playing a very vicious game eye spie.
"I swear! That house is not blue, it's green!" Derek screamed at Andrew.
"It's blue, stupid!" he shot back.
"You're both idiots!" Tevin and I shouted at the same time. "It is motherfriggin magenta!"
The car was silent after that.
"Welp, here we are," Derek announced, stepping out of the car. I observed the house, bright with lights and booming with music.
We entered the house, splitting up. My friends either started partying or chatting with people. I stayed in the back and drank some water I brought with me. Hey, someone might've spiked the punch. I'd rather be a dork than sorry.
Somehow, I ended up dancing with everyone. And I'm not talking about the grinding and twerking crap, that stuff is just weird. No, I was actually dancing. Yeah, I can dance. Which is amazing. (I can't dance.)
"I thought you weren't in to parties," a voice behind me said. I whirled around and saw Justin, cup of punch in hand, smiling at me. I blushed and smiled back.
"I'm not," I confirmed, continuing to dance.
"Well, you've turned into the life of the party," Justin laughed, pointing out all the eyes that were watching me.
There's something that you should know. I loathe parties for two reasons. One, it's too loud. Two, when I start dancing, people just watch like freaking stalkers. And I hate that.
"Damnit," I muttered under my breath, speed walking out of the house. I sat in front of the garage, inhaling deeply. Letting out a shaky breath, I heard someone's footsteps. Somehow, I knew it was Justin.
"You okay?" he was checking on me, how sweet. I blushed, which is stupid because he was A) dating my best friend and B) I didn't like him.
"Yeah," I mumbled, observing an ant crawl across the driveway. When I looked back at Justin, his brow was raised in suspicion.
"You sure bout that?"
"Yes, Justin. Let's just go back inside." We walked back in. Ella ran up to Justin.
"Where were you?" Ella asked, grasping Justin's hands. Damn, she was so cute when she was worried. He kissed her temple. I breathed shakily.
"Just checking on Y/n, Ellie, I'm fine," Justin smiled at her lovingly. Ella turned from Justin to me, worry smeared across her face.
"Are you okay, honey," she grabbed my hands. I couldn't help but smile.
"Yeah, I'm good, thanks, Ella," I kissed her cheek and walked away quickly. Did you seriously just do that, I glanced over my shoulder. Ella was smiling like an idiot while Justin was laughing at her.
Ella rolled her eyes, grabbing Justin's collar and kissing him. Smashing her lips on his. It was so... heated, so full of love. My heart ached. I guess I really did like him. I guess I really did love him. I tapped Andrew's shoulder.
"Hey, I'm going to walk home. Thanks for bringing me here, Drew," he looked at me in a concerned way.
"Are you okay?" Andrew worried. I smiled falsely and nodded my head.
"See you tomorrow, bro," yeah, we have a bromance. Got a problem with that? I WILL FREAKING FIGHT YOU.
On my walk home, I felt my cheeks getting wet. Shoot, is it raining, I shot a glare at the sky. No rain. Shoot, that only meant one thing. I was crying.
"I'm home!" I called. Avian was probably in the living , watching tv.
"How'd it go? Oh no, ice cream and movies?" Avian said when he saw my tears. I nodded, sitting on the couch and curling in a ball. My wonderful older brother grabbed the new ice cream pint (I ate the other one) and turned on Disney movies. I fell asleep on the couch, drowning my heart ache in ice cream, Disney, and sleep.