The Puzzle Of Jiley

Surprise

I didn't text James for the rest of the day and I drove myself to rehearsals which was really odd because I never drive unless it's an emergency. I don't know why but it was just a habit of mine. I met Giselle in the parking lot ignoring my sister walking in with West.
"I'm really sorry about James and you." She said locking her car.
"It might sounds ridiculous, but we worked it all out." I said walking towards the door but Giselle opened it before me.
"That's not ridiculous! Im glad you figured it out." She said ordering a juice and sitting down. I did the same and we just chatted until it was 2:00 p.m. Michelle walked in with me and was telling me how she may like some guy in her geometry class and I just laughed. I got scared by someone who shook my shoulders.
"BOO!" Screamed a voice. James of course. And I screamed.
"Don't you dare!" I said laughing and Michelle was laughing too.
"How cute," Emily hissed sarcastically and walked right through us.
"What's up with her?" Michelle whispered and I waved my hand clueing that it was nothing. Emily could just have her mood change in a snap. Bam, she's happy and them bam, she's angry and pissed at the world. It's crazy.
"Okay! I don't see stretching!" Miss Kate hollered from her office and we all started stretching and talking with one another. James went over with his friends and I stayed with mine.
After rehearsals I had something planned. James's birthday was this Saturday and the whole troupe changed and walked to the park for the special event I had planned. We all worked together to hang up banners, balloons and tables and chairs. We also called certain people to get them to come as soon as possible too. After about two hours of hard work in the park I texted James.

Come to the park right now c u soon

That's all I had said and James texted me back with a happy face. I just accepted that as a 'Yes I'll see you soon." I shooed everyone to their positions to hide behind the skate wall which was very crowded waiting there for about 3 minutes until slow poke James showed up. We heard whistling coming from a few feet away and automatically knew it was James. We all shushed each other and giggled until we heard a gasp.
"SURPRISE!" Everyone said as planned and James kind of jumped up and looked around at everything we'd done.
"Oh my god!" He said doing the man hug handshake thing with West, Hunter and Eldon. He squeezed me with a hug. While I was in his arms he whispered,
"Who planned this?"
"Me," I said smiling and he let go of the hug. He smiled and kissed my cheek.
"It's for your birthday James! Your friends have been working hard and we also have some other surprises!" Miss Kate said cheerfully. James's mouth dropped and he looked around impatiently for the next surprise. Chris (our old dance teacher and owner) brought out a huge poster that read

We're so glad you're attending The Dance Move with your freinds. Have a great birthday, and we will see you soon!

James was going to go to a huge dance competition/show that only professionals get invited to. Thank god for Miss Kate that got us in. James face was priceless. I hugged him again and he thanked all of us. We would be staying in a hotel in California for the dance show in a few weeks and I was just as excited as James. This was amazing!
"Man, this is amazing. I gotta love you all!" James said hugging Chris and then Hunter. We all sat down and ate and drank and had fun with the people, most closest to us. James was enjoying himself the whole time with a smile on his face which made me smile. When it started to get dark, I drove James home since he'd walked to the park.
"Can't believe I didn't know about that!" He said grabbing my hand.
"I know, we kept is so secretive." I said keeping my eyes on the road. I turned down James's street and pulled in his driveway.
"Thanks for driving me Beeb." He said giving me the nickname I giggled at.
"No problem. Maybe we can hangout soon." I said. Just then, James moved into me and gave me a long kiss on the lips. He pulled away and smiled.
"Bye Riles." He said and I waved biting my lip. Ugh, I loved this guy.

The next day, I got a text that woke me up at 9 a.m. My phone buzzed and I saw it was James so I rubbed my eyes and sat up.

Hey Syd we should hangout today

My mouth dropped as I stared at my phone. I felt like cursing at him and breaking up with him but at the same time, I wanted to kiss him which was just weird. The image of the beautiful Sydney appeared in my head and I just rolled my eyes. I didn't realize I was crying until a tear dropped on my screen. I wiped my eyes and didn't even know why I was crying. They're friends. She even told me. What was I crying about. He got the number wrong, he made a mistake. It's not like they're hanging out in bed or anything. Maybe the mall. Maybe a movie- no not a movie, that's too romantic. Oh Riley, stop. The little voice in my head was telling me that he was doing something else with her but my brain was telling me it was nothing. I decided to take a hot shower to erase all memory of what just happened but it just couldn't. I had so much anxiety about it. I had to say something back.

~sorry for the short chapter, hoped you liked it~