Two Hours.
I could feel the excitement bubble over inside me as I hung the last of the orange streamers around the living room. We decided that every room would have a theme, the living room was orange decorated with streamers and carved pumpkins, the kitchen was red with punch that looked like blood and other red snacks, the outside was black themed with black Chinese lanterns, fake bats hanging and a fire pit burning letting the smoky aroma fill the neighborhood. I smiled feeling the accomplished feeling overtake me.
Nick walked around the corner from the kitchen with a small smile, which instantly made me happy. He hadn’t smiled in days on his own, this means he's finally, and slowly, getting over Jessica. I was hoping the party tonight would help that too, make him a little bit more cheerful and remotely like the old Nick.
"Is everything in the kitchen set up?" I asked.
"Yes, the punch is in the refrigerator so it will be nice and cold for the guests, the cupcakes and other sweet snacks are wrapped tightly so they don’t get stale, and the heated food will be put in the oven a half hour before arrival time captain." He said smiling. I laughed and smacked him with a pillow from the couch playfully.
"Alright thanks Nick, everything sounds in order. Have you chosen a costume yet?" He gave me a cocky grin.
"Oh yeah, I'm petty proud of it." He said. I raised and eyebrow and leaned back against the couch.
"Then what are you going to be." He smiled again smugly.
"It's a surprise." I rolled my eyes, with him knowing I hated surprises and started walking towards the stairs. Before I reached them he grabbed me from around my waist and pulled me towards him.
"Aren't you going to tell me what your going to be?" He asked. "I know you want to."
"No, I think I'll wait. It will be a surprise." I said copying his words. He pouted, but I ignored it, breaking from his grasp, and made my way to my room.
My costume was carefully folded in my closet, the silky white dress and white heels, which I knew would look amazing on me. I had chosen to be Marilyn Monroe, because she was always my role model of mine, not to mention a crush of Nick's. My hair was put into tight blond curls, my eyelashes mascarad until there length was impossible, and ruby red lipstick was slathered across my lips. Right on schedule, my phone began to ring.
"Hey Autumn, are you almost here? Have you heard the buzz?" I questioned spraying myself with perfume and getting ready to put the last minute touches on the downstairs.
"I'm right outside about to come in, and of course I heard the buzz, who do you think your talking to? Everyones pumped to be here, so make sure they have a reason to be alright?" I laughed and opened my door going down the stairs.
"Please drama basically starts itself in my world." I said before snapping my phone shut.
Xoxox
The music blasted through the speakers on Nicks stereo system, but you could barely hear it through the voices of the partiers. I stood on the outskirts of the crowd, watching and smiling because if its not already obvious, the party was a success. I was patiently waiting for Josh to arrive, hoping my costume would amaze him. I felt guilty, as usual, for not spending as much time with him lately and hoped that we could make that up tonight. It was weird to think the last time I saw him we had almost gone too far.
A familiar pair of arms wrapped around my waist and I inhaled Josh's scent, smiling. Turning around I saw him dressed in a leather jacket with the t-bird logo on it from the movie Grease and laughed, pulling him into a tight hug realizing at that moment exactly how much I missed him.
"I feel like I haven't seen you in forever!" I exclaimed. He laughed and pulled me into a deep kiss.
"I know, you've been busy lately haven’t you?" He said mocking my excuse for not seeing him. I rolled my eyes and kissed him again.
"I know and im sorry, but we have time now and let's treasure it." He nodded and grabbed my hand, interlocking our fingers and I pushed us through the crowd towards the kitchen, where the long table of foods was.
"So you and Nick planned this together?" He questioned. I nodded my head and took a beer from the cooler placed on the floor, opening and downing a few sips, feeling the tension from josh rub off onto me.
"Yeah we've actually become really great friends in the past month, and im glad because that makes the whole roommate thing way less awkward."
"Oh, really great friends, with your ex, ha." He said obviously not happy about it. I ignored it though, and grabbed his hand again pulling him back through the crowd and back onto the dance floor.
"Come on, lets dance." His hands wrapped around my waist and pulled me against him, and we began grinding to the music, feeding off the heat and passion from the surrounding crowd.
As time went by our bodies began to sweat, and I could feel him getting excited. The sexual tension was growing, at an alarming rate either from the last time we saw each other, from not seeing each other for a while, or just because it was us. Suddenly he was spinning me around, pulling me against him and hungrily kissing my neck.
"Josh…" I murmered. His lips moved from my neck to my lips and a fervent feeling filled me.
"What do you say we-" He said, his eyes motioning towards my bedroom, but we were interrupted.
"I'm loving that costume! Marilyn Monroe right?" Nick asked, appearing fully in a james bond outfit much like what he wore in the Burnin Up video, a few years back.
"Do you mind?" Josh asked angrily, not wanting to be disturbed.
"Come on Evelyn let's dance!" Nick said grabbing my hand and pulling me away from Josh. His hand wrapped itself securely around my waist and pulled my close to him, as a slow song filled the speakers. We began moving slowly, and I watched Josh who was watching us, anger obviously showing across his face, and I knew I should stop dancing with Nick.
But I didn't.
I swayed to the rhythm of the music, safely with Nick, his familiar scent moving any doubts out of my mind.
"So, what do you think of our party?" He asked.
"I think it was a success, don’t you?"
"I guess so, it depends on what you call a success." I laughed softly.
"Alright, it may not be any Hollywood after party like your used to, but for our first college party thrown by us I say it’s a hit." He smiled and watched me with his gorgeous brown eyes, just letting us sway. It was silent between us for a moment, before he spoke again.
"So that was a little intense back there." My eyes locked with his.
"What was?" He motioned towards Josh, and I sighed.
"Yes, and thanks to you he'll be very upset with me for ruining that moment." I joked.
"Well you didn’t have to agree to dance with me you know, I can take rejection." I laughed and nudged his shoulder playfully.
"I'm sure you can, but you’re my friend and I didn’t want to reject a dance with you."
"Maybe it’s a good thing I intervened then."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, he might have pushed you to do something your not ready for, he seems like that kind of person." Excuse me?
"You have absolutely no right to be talking about that, he's not like that and do you really think I would be pushed so easily to do something if I didn’t want to?"
"Well, maybe. I'm just glad I could stop you before you found out." He said. I pushed him away from me, angry. Who does he think he is, ruining my moment with Josh and then insulting us both? What kind of intentions is that, what motive does he have? How dare he.
"Nick, what is wrong with you?" I half yelled.
"No, what is wrong with you? You were practically having sex on the dance floor with that guy, I was just trying to protect you!" I glared at him.
"Well, for your information I don’t need your protection." I said walking away. Josh scampered after me following me to my room.
Xoxox
"Josh, I'm really sorry I'll explain everything later but can I please just have a moment to myself? I happen to be mind numbingly furious at nick the deutch bag across the hall." I said. Me insulting Nick seemed to have cheered Josh up just a bit, so he agreed. Once he was gone I freaked, and Autumn was by my side right when I needed her, because that’s what best friends do. They just know.
"What happened?" She asked. I paced my room, hoping my anger would wear off.
"What's wrong is that Nicks a jerk that’s what. I spent the last month helping him get over Jessica when she broke his heart. Being nice to him, tearing down these walls, this barrier I had built for myself so that being back in his presence didn’t make me want him, and I become his friend. We finally find a way to be friends and enjoy it, and he pulls a dumbass stunt."
"What are you talking about? I'm still lost!" I sighed and quickly explained the events of the last twenty minutes, and waited for her to respond, but all I got was a smile.
"Why on earth are you smiling?!"
"Its so obvious, that Nick was jealous of you and Josh! Are you completely blind?"
"Are you completely delusional?" I questioned.
"No but apparently you are. I just wish you both could see it clearly, what everyone else sees between you. Please do not be upset with him, he didn’t mean to be mean, just forgive him?" When Autumn defends Nick, you know she msut have a point so I shook the anger out and smiled.
"Alright, I guess." She smiled and we got up, making our way down the stairs so I could find nick to apologize to him, and I found him.
Making out with Jessica in the corner, and right at the moment the anger was back.
A/N I know, I know i havent updated in a while, blame drivers ed every night. I hate it, but it will be over soon! I'm not so proud of this chaopter but ill try harder on the next, im getting sick of this story anyways. Add me on mibba && comment :)
