Unconditional Validation

Chapter 8

"Hey Tyler?" Skyler asked me while swiftly walking into my room.

"Yes?" I replied while chewing on my breakfast.

"Since you're the fashion god, how do you like this?" Skyler questioned me while turning around and showing off a new outfit that I haven't seen yet. She was wearing some black jeans, paired with a pastel pink and cream short sleeve top, and a white cropped denim jacket.

"I actually love it! I think the colors compliment your complexion and eyes!" I exclaimed with a big smile.

"Thanks! I was gonna wear it for the party tonight!" Skyler beamed with excitement, while clasping her hands in front of her chest.

"Oh crap! I need to put an outfit together as well", I sheepishly smiled down at my crop top and sweatpants.

"You got that right," she smirked, "What are you drawing over there?"

"I-It's nothing that special, it's just a homemade birthday card," I smiled while trying not to show that I was blushing.

"That's cool", Skyler smiled and walked out of my room, again leaving me in silence.

After finishing my food, I started putting in the colors. I guess I was so deep into finishing his drawing because I had gotten a notification on my phone. Walking over to its charging port, I checked on what it was. I smiled because it was Skyler sending a picture of her party outfit to our group chat. After closing the text message app, I looked over at the time on my phone.

Oh shit! I only have two hours left until the party! I frantically thought to myself.

I frantically finished the drawing and then started to get ready. After showering, I had to choose my outfit for the party. That was going to be the hard part because I still didn't have a clue on what to wear. When I was desperately looking through my closet, I had a great idea that jumped into my head! I could invert the outer look that Skyler was wearing, but keep the pink top underneath the jacket. I found a pair of my white jeans, a pink top, and my black denim jacket from my walk-in closet. Before I could put on my outfit, I had to do my skincare routine, which I had to do quickly because of the time constraints. When I was totally dressed and ready, I quickly checked myself in the mirror to see how everything looked.

"You're really good at this," I smirked with confidence into the mirror.

I snatched up the gift, the drawing, and my small bag and headed out of my bedroom. Quickly running down the stairs, I saw that Skyler was waiting for me by the kitchen.

"Well, look at you! So original!" Skyler exclaimed jokingly. I rolled my eyes with a smile.

"Why thank you," I replied playfully while doing a fake curtsy.

"That was extra gay no slay, bruh!" Skyler chuckled at my silly response.

"Huh? Wait what?" I asked with a confused face, which made her laugh a bit harder than before.

"It's a new saying for our generation," Skyler explained after calming down from her laughing fit.

"Ohhh okay," I replied with still some confusion to the joke.

Our conversation was interrupted by a car horn outside of our house. I knew who it was.

"That's America and Meghan!" Skyler exclaimed to our parents, "Tyler and I will let you know when we're on our way back!"

"Okay sweetie!" our mom smiled at us, watching the two of us walk out of the door.

Skyler and I walked briskly to America's car. I got into the back and set the gift and the drawing down onto the seat in between me and Skyler. After getting buckled up, America floored it down the street towards Justin's house. It was now 7:45 pm, but I knew we would be there on time because we didn't live too far from his place.