Just Surviving

chapter 3

Me and Claire walk up to Coles house and loom up in awe. The three story house looks even bigger up close. "I don't know about this Claire." I turn to walk away but she grabs my arm and swings me around. "You are not ditching me on what could possibly be the biggest night of out lives so far." I look down at what I am wearing. The tight navy blue dress clings to my body. The sleeves hang off my shoulders and the sequents that are all over the dress shine in the setting sun. I take a step towards Claire and stumble over my black 6 inch heels. "Claire, think of all the people that will be in there! They will eat us alive." I wave my hands in the air to make it more dramatic but it just makes me look crazy. "Madison, you look perfect and so do I. We will do fine." I did look good. My brown hair was pencil straight and the natural makeup I had on made me look flawless. Claire didn't look so bad herself, she was wearing a strapless red dress that looked like a cupcake at the bottom. Her nude heels tied the whole outfit together.

"Alright, fine let's go." When we opened the door and all eyes turned to us I thought I would faint. The boys looked like they wanted to rip our dresses off and the girls looked like they wanted to rip our faces off. As we made our way to the kitchen for a drink we got a ton of compliments from boys, this was so foreign to me and I didn't know how to respond. When we finally got to the kitchen Madison poured us both some drinks. "That was crazy!" All I could do was smile like an idiot and nod my head. I felt a warm hand on my shoulder and turned to find Cole standing behind me. "Hey. Wow, you look amazing." He looked me up and down then finally continued the conversation. "Did you just get here?" "Yeah, the house is beautiful." "What?" The music was so loud that we had to scream to each other. After another five minutes of screaming at each other we decided to go out to the beach. "Just let me grab my coat. Stay here." I turned to talk to Madison while he went to get his coat, she was lip locked with some football player that still had his jersey on. I just giggled to myself and refilled my drink. "I didn't know they invited trash to the party." I turned to find Taylor surrounded by her minions and her perfectly manicured hand on her hip. "Just leave me alone Taylor." "I must say you look rather nice but you can change the look of trash but it will always be trash." I could feel my face get warm and my eyes start to water. I knew Taylor would be here and now I have to live with the consequences. I turn to walk away but I feel a cold liquid drip down my back. I hear a mixture of laughs and gasps from surrounding people. By now I am furious but right when I start to walk to towards Taylor I feel a familiar warm hand on my shoulder. "What the hell is wrong with you Taylor?" Taylors mouth fell open. I couldn't believe it she was actually speechless. " Your the one that invited her?" "Yeah because unlike you she is nice and she doesn't need face lifts to be pretty." Everyone in the crowd commented on the burn she just received and even I couldn't help but laugh. Taylor turned away and stormed off with her minions after clearly losing the battle. " I am so sorry, are you okay?" "Yeah I am fine, how about we just go to the beach." He takes my hand in his as he guides me through the crowd. When we reach the beach I take off my heels and walk barefoot. We sit down on the beach with our toes in the water and look up at the stars. "Its so beautiful out here at night." "Mhm." I look over at Cole and find him staring at me. I blush and look away. "Your not even looking at the stars." "But I am looking at something much more beautiful." I look at him again and ours eyes meet. "I have been watching you everyday and I have never found the courage to talk you." His words are soft and sweet. "Why would someone like you, like someone like me?" "I have been asking myself the same question about you." He slide his hand into my hair, cupping my face and before I know it we are kissing with he stars above us and the ocean beside us.