In The Dark

Chapter 24

~ Jocelyn's P.O.V. ~

It's 7:30pm. The party starts at 8. I'm currently in my bathroom putting on heavier makeup than I usually wear.

Niall helped me pick out an outfit. I'm not sure why but he really wanted to help me pick it out. He's such a girl sometimes.

"Hey is Jocelyn up here?" I hear a girl's voice yell.

"Yeah! I'm in the bathroom!" I yell back. I check the time. 8:45pm. 15 minutes. My heart starts to beat faster.

Alyssa walks into the bathroom all prettied up. She's wearing an adorable white haltered crop top with black high-waisted shorts and a black and red patterned flannel. She topped it off with cute white converse.

"You're adorable oh my god so jealous!" I laugh. She laughs and then sighs. "What's up?"

"Well I'm not very good at putting on makeup. Could you help me please?" she mumbles.

"Of course!" I smile and have her sit down. I quickly put on a light layer of foundation on her face. I then put on a coat of my favorite black liquid liner and wing it out. I put on two coats of black mascara and apply red lipstick.

"All done!" I say and turn her to the mirror. She gasps.

"It's amazing thank you so much!" she says as she hugs me.

She then heads downstairs to find Liam. I check the time once more. 8:50. 10 minutes.

I quickly put on what Niall helped me pick out. I grab the cute black dress and slip it on. Next I take the cute printing navy leggings. I grab some cute heeled boots. I check my makeup once more before heading into my bedroom.

I check the time once again. 8:55. 5 minutes. I start breathing heavy. I'm about to face one of my biggest fears.

4 minutes. I shakily grab my phone and check twitter. A lot of girls have been tweeting me recently. They either say how beautiful or ugly I am. But, because of my mother the bad tweets don't effect me much.

3 minutes. I hear a couple people walk in the front saying hello. I heard Niall laughing and I really wanted to go downstairs, but I was a bit nervous.

2 minutes. I hear footsteps coming up the stairs and someone knock on my door.

"Who is it?" I ask.

"It's me," I hear an Irish voice say.

"Come in Ni," I smile at my shoes. He walks in and I stand up.

"Wow, you're so gorgeous Jocelyn," he smirks looking me up and down.

"You look pretty good yourself," I smirk back. He really looks hot in his dress shirt and jeans. I just wanna rip that shir-

"You ready to head down?" he asks. I look up and see him closer than I remember him being just a second ago. I smile and he slowly leans in and kisses my lips.

I kiss back, putting my arms around his neck. He gently grabs the sides of my face. He picks me up and puts my legs around his waist. I moan. I leave a line of kisses along his jawline.

I feel his heartbeat speed up, just as mine does. He kisses me again and sets me down.

"I love you," he moans into my ear.

"I love you more," I kiss his neck. I look into his blue eyes and I smile. I smile because he's my everything. And he's standing right in front of me. And he told me he loved me and I said it back. And he kissed me so passionately that I really believe that he loves me.

"You know, you're really good at that?" He blushes.

"Really good at what?" I smirk at him. He laughs.

"Oh you know exactly what I mean," he smiles. He grabs my hand. "Ready?"

"Always," I breathe in and put on my best smile. A real smile.

We walk down the stairs hand in hand, and I see a lot of people drinking and laughing together. Everyone sees me walking with Niall and they smile in our direction.

I smile back and wave at a few people.

"Do you even know these people?" Niall whispers into my ear and laughs.

"No idea," I laugh.

"I'll introduce you to a few people," he smiles.

"Okay, I'll go wherever you go."

He grabs two drinks and he hands one to me. It's alcohol. I shouldn't be drinking with school tomorrow. But I take a sip anyway.

"Hi Paul this is Jocelyn, my girlfriend," Niall says.

"Paul Higgins?" I ask.

"Yes ma'am," he smiles at me. I reach out to shake his hand, but he pulls me in for a hug. "So happy for both you and Niall. He really deserves someone great."

I blush and Niall kisses my forehead. I hear someone laugh as they walk in. The laugh sounds very familiar. I look towards the door and see someone who I wasn't expecting to see.