"Don't you dare fucking talk to me like that." I snapped at the seething boy in front of me.
"Like what, princess? Like you're full of shit? Someone had to say it!" He yelled back.
"No, don't talk to me like you're better than me! You and I are the...
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When I got to Kie's house, we were immediately wrapped up in getting ready for the night's event, and I had no time to tell her anything that had happened to me in the past few hours. She knew JJ was out of jail, and that was all I told her to make sure she didn't freak out.
I knew it was kind of pointless to rant about my bickering with John B. and JJ, so I left well enough alone. I wanted to have a nice night at this point, and going with Kie to this crazy up-scale party would be just what I needed to get my mind off of everything.
Kie and her mom had a little back and forth about the morals of the party, Kie's mom eventually winning, and then we went to pick out a dress for me once my hair and makeup were up to her mom's standards, little white flowers adorning either side of my head. The dress they found for me was a cream-colored flowy thing that had a tight upper half and breezy mesh bottom half.
It looked insanely expensive, too expensive for someone like me to wear. Maybe JJ was right, I didn't fit in with the girls that would look at this dress and find it normal to own something as elegant as it. I was used to shorts and tank tops, there was no way in hell at any point tonight I would get used to this.
They pulled out some heels too, little white heels that looked like I'd have to sell John B.'s van if I ever actually wanted to afford them. I tried not to look too shocked and received the garment from Kie's mom, going into the bathroom and putting it on. I looked at myself in the mirror and sighed. I never would've thought I'd see myself like this.
"Let me see!" Kie playfully whined from outside of her bathroom, and I snapped out of my self-induced trance for a second, leaving the room. I walked over to Kie, giving a tiny curtsy, and she smiled widely.
"Oh my god! You look so good. JJ's gonna drool over this, I swear," She said, and my smile faltered slightly. Her mom walked in again, praising how I looked and urging us to get going. "We're gonna be late girls, I'll meet you in the car," She said with a hurried smile.
We looked at each other and sighed. It was going to be a long night, we could already tell. I remembered that, of course, the Camerons were going to be there. Kie had told me Ward Cameron was being honored tonight for something I didn't care enough to find out about, and that meant his kids would be coming too.
I'd bump into Rafe at some point that night, I was predicting it, but I decided to be the bigger person. I wouldn't let him scare me anyway, he didn't hold that power over me anymore, and I was determined to keep it that way. We got in the car and drove off to the Island Club in a hurry, her mom was eager to please.
