Forever And A Day

Sixteen : The Past

The sound of loud music blared through every single open window of the house that the party was held at .

Katrina and I walked to the front door where we were met by Linda De Necker. She was a voluptuous redhead with the brightest light green eyes I'd ever seen on a person and she was oddly friendly .

I don't think she recognised me . I have changed, you know?. From an awkward looking teen to a young woman .

Katrina and I was lead in and I was suddenly in a room full of people who I didn't know . Except for one particular guy who stood talking to a girl in the one corner of the room .

I felt suddenly so nervous . I wanted to turn on my heels and run like hell .

Wasn't it enough to have seen him on the beach earlier?. Apparently fate didn't have that mindset .

I tried not to look at him as I walked with Katrina over to the drinks bar where a man was serving some people .

I didn't want to drink so I ordered a coke while Katrina went for a beer . Once we had our drinks Katrina wandered off to a guy wearing orange jeans and a maroon jersey .

I blinked at that colour clash , but didn't say a thing  . At least I didn't go over there as well . I wouldn't be able to keep my mouth shut then .

A hand fell onto my shoulder and I almost jumped out of my skin in fright . What a laugh that would've been ,I suppose . Or people would maybe have been grossed out if they saw a skin lying on the floor while the rest of me ran around . Ugh , sometimes my mind can really think the craziest things.

I looked up to see who's offending hand it is that had the audacity to touch me. I shouldn't have . I should've known that there was only one person in the room who'd touch me without permission and that person was Max  .

" Hey ", he said giving me a friendly smile ," I didn't know that you'll be here tonight".

I looked at him wondering what I should say to that . Did I even want to talk to him?. Wasn't earlier enough?.

" Hi ", I said , the words passing my lips without  leave," Yeah , Katrina and I came , not that I really wanted to ,but yeah...".

He looked down at me nodding as if he understood which I'm sure he didn't . He was probably used to faking it .

" Want to go somewhere quiet and talk for a bit ?", he asked .

I shrugged and said " I guess ."

Grabbing my arm he lead me through a door that lead out onto a  small patio with the white  cliché patio furniture .

It wasn't really quiet there , but the noise was a little less than inside the house.

We sat down on a bench  and he asked me about my life . I gave him only a summary . There was no need for him to know everything, right?. I mean it isn't like we're still friends .

I asked him about his life and he laughed and I knew why . He's  famous and I just asked the stupidest thing . He just doesn't know that I don't actually keep track of his career .

Why should I?. We're not friends and we haven't been for a long time . I didn't care about famous people and he was one of them . Hell , I don't watch TV very often .

In the next half hour I learned much about his life in America and over the world . His career was at it's best right now and his life was quite hectic . Except for now while he took this vacation to visit his family .

He didn't say much about his love life  and I didn't ask about it . I wasn't going to pry into someone's private life.

Once he was done talking he asked if I wanted a drink . I said yes and he and I went into the house to get our drinks .