Unexpected Wedding

Abience

Abience- (n) An urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object.

It's almost nine and I am a nervous wreck. I'm supposed to be in my room but I'm in the kitchen pretending to be looking for some food. I'm waiting for Jace.

Holy shit.

I just realized I don't even know what Jace looks like. I pull out my phone and tap on his account. Blonde hair. Brown eyes. Slightly built. Nice lips. He seems like a good person, let's hope.

I look at the time. Nine on the dot. I go out into the living room and sit on the couch. There aren't that many people. Or at least not that many to fill up the whole downstairs.

"Aren't you supposed to be upstairs?" I turn to my right and see Gabe sitting right next to me. "Yeah. Why? Are you gonna snitch?" I ask. "No. But don't do anything to get my ass handed to me. And go back upstairs in an hour." Gabe looks at me with seriousness. "Understand?" I look at him straight in his eyes and shake my head yes.

He gets up and walks away. Just as he leaves I see a blonde hair guy looking around until he sees me. He waves and smiles. I smile back and we start walking toward each other.

"Hey..." I say nervously. He looks down at me and gives me a warm smile.

"Hey, how's it going?" Just as I'm about to answer him I see Gianni.

Fuck.

I grab Jace's arm and lead him out of the living room. "What's going on?" Jace asked. "Sorry I'm technically on lockdown and I'm not supposed to be down here." I sound like a child.

"Oh so how are we gonna be able to talk?" He's right. We can't be hiding all night long. Hmmm...

Well, Vincenzo said I had to be upstairs. He never said I had to be by myself. "Up here." I walk towards the stairs and he hesitates but follows me.

"Are you sure about this? I don't wanna get you into any sort of trouble." Awww he's considerate. How cute. "Don't worry I won't be." I just lied. We walk in the direction of my room. We can't go in there tho. If Vincenzo or Gianni come they're gonna think the worse.

"Why don't we just stay out here. If I get caught with a guy in my room it wouldn't be pretty." He nods and we both sit on the floor in front of my bedroom door.

"So tell me about yourself, Nicole." How did he know to call me that?

Hmm weird.

Wait.

I'm such a fucking idiot. I have it on my Instagram.

"Well, there isn't much to say. I'm eighteen, my parents are divorced, I have two brothers and two sisters, and I have no favorite color." Honestly, how can one just pick ONE color! All colors are beautiful to me like ughhhhhh.

"Wow. No favorite color huh? That's pretty intense." It takes me a second to realize he's joking but I choke out a small laugh.

"What about you? Considering you were at that party. Which probably means that you're pretty important?" I mean... Am I wrong? 

"Well, not me. My parents are I guess. They own some big company."

I feel like I triggered something, Jace stays quiet for a few seconds.