Worth Playing For (GirlxGirl)

Chapter One: Fireworks

The first time Hailey saw her; really saw her, was at a party. It was also the first time she kissed her.

The Wayne twins had hosted an end-of-summer house party in the absence of their parents and with nothing better to do with her Saturday night, she had attended.

She heard the loud music pumping through the speakers all the way from the driveway. It took all of her will to step inside.

Hailey had never been one for partying and even as she stepped through the doors of the magnificent house that was the Wayne residence, she continued to question why she was there.

Oh wait...she did know why. And the reason took the form of a short redhead slash her best friend pushing through the cluster of gyrating bodies to meet her.

"Hailey!" the girl greeted, waving frantically.

Was she drunk already?

"Are you drunk?"

"I'll never tell," she slurred, "Fancy seeing you here."

Her breath was tainted with the faint smell of alcohol.

"You invited me here, Cait. No idea why I agreed to it," Hailey replied, rolling her eyes from behind a pair of rather large glasses.

"Yeah but I wasn't sure you wouldn't just stay at home and binge-watch Friends...again."

"Wait, that was an option?"

"Not anymore," Caitlin said.

Hailey folded her arms and frowned at her.

"Oh come on. As if you had better things to-" She paused as she took in Hailey's outfit, "What are you wearing?"

Hailey looked down at her T-shirt and jeans combination, trying to figure out what was wrong with it. Or was it the grey beanie that held snug to her head?

"You realise this is a party right?"

"You realise I didn't want to come to this thing right?"

"Fair enough. Just..." Faster than Hailey could react, she snatched the headwear off her head and tucked it away in her purse.

"Hey!" Hailey protested.

"Shush!"

She ran her fingers through Hailey's auburn shoulder-length hair till it cascaded down around her head.

"That's better...I think."

"Can I have my beanie back now?"

"No," Cait answered.

"Rude."

Cait looked like she was about to say more but she froze with her mouth half open which meant one thing: she just spotted a cute guy.

"Cait?" Hailey called. Then when the girl didn't respond, she yelled, "Cait!"

That snapped her attention back to Hailey.

"What? What?"

"I'm still here."

"I see you sweetheart, but Jace just walked in and I mean...he's Jace!"

Her eyes continued to dart from Hailey's face to somewhere far to the side where apparently Jace was.

"Why did I let you talk me into this?"

"Cause you're my best friend."

"I know that. The question is why are you mine?"

"Ouch!" She feigned hurt but ever the rubber ball, she bounced back to half-crazed in a second, "Look, I love you and all but I gotta go. There's tons of girls here who can love you in ways I cannot. My love belongs to cute guys one of which is named Jace. The drinks are in the kitchen, stay away from the punch...it's evil!"