ASHTON
"I'll be on the drums this time!" I called out to them.
"Hey! I want the drums!" Paulene whined.
"Back off, Paulene. First come, first serve," I said to her, faking sternness.
"I won't play anymore," She said grumpily as she sat on the Victorian fainting couch.
Is she seriously mad?
I chuckled to myself.
"Done heating! Nice and warm! Domino's Pizza here, people!" Eric said as he placed the pizza box on the small round table of the living room.
"Thanks, babe," Eric said as he kissed Dianne on the forehead.
I haven't seen Dianne for quite a while.
They've been dating for as long as I could remember. I forgot how cheesy they are when they are together.
It's amazing, though. All these years, since high school until now-- still together.
Well, Eric is not exactly the perfect boyfriend.
The guy's a total flirt. But, y'know, at the end of the day, it's amazing that he knows who he truly loves, and that is no other than this little girl Dianne.
They've come to this stage where they already give each other enough space because they trust each other. They don't need to see each other every single day.
Sometimes, when I look at them, I can't help but probably believe in love.
"Are we playing or what?" I asked everyone who was crowding around the pizza.
After quite a while, I put down the drum sticks and went over them.
"What the fuck?! One fucking slice left?!"
"That's especially for you," Dianne said with a chuckle.
As I was about to pick up the last slice...
James took it and gobbled the dough, cheese, pepperoni and everything else in that pizza slice.
"What a starved man you are, James," I sneered.
He grinned at me, mozarella in between his teeth.
Motherfucker.
"Can we play now?" Horace asked.
I quickly went back to the Rockband drum set--
Paulene was already sitting there, holding drum sticks on each of her hands.
She grinned at me devilishly. Her wicked eyes sparkling.
"Are you all fucking with me?!" I bellowed.
"Not gonna happen, Ashton," Krista chimed in.
They were all laughing and I just shrugged and laughed along.
When I saw James though, I can't help but remember that last pizza slice. I gave him my middle finger.
James was on the mic singing Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. Horace was playing the Lead. Franz was playing Rhythms while Tiffany was on the Bass.
And Paulene...
I could facepalm now.
She hits the drums and misses most of the time. She really sucks at this.
"Damn it, Paulene! I get distracted by your awful drumming! That's not even Pro Mode!" Horace complained.
I let out a loud laugh and then a drum stick came flying to me, hitting my chest.
I laughed even harder.
"Hey! Drummer! Hit something!" Horace yelled.
"She already did," I said in a loud voice as I pick up the drum stick on the floor. She was hitting the drums with one stick and Horace is becoming really annoyed.
FRANZ
Everyone seems to have so much fun. After playing Rockband for maybe about an hour and a half, I check my phone for the time. It's 2:30 AM.
"Hey, Eric. Where do we sleep? I need to wash up and go to bed," Krista asked Eric who was playing cards with Ashton and James.
"You can sleep anywhere. Just choose. There's a bathroom in each of the rooms. Uhm, wait. You can use the second room. That's my sister's. She has clothes in there that you can use too. I already texted her earlier and she said it's okay," Eric answered, his eyes still fixed on his cards.
Horace then walks to the hallway with Krista.
I can't help but call out, "Using the bathroom too, Horace?"
Everyone then turned their attention to the both of them.
"Ooooooooooohhhh!" The guys chorused.
"Ha, ha, ha! I'm really sorry!" I tried to give Krista my most angelic smile.
"What's wrong with that?" Horace turned his back on us and dragged Krista with him who was blushing so hard.
"Okay, listen up, everyone! The second room is now off limits!" Eric announced.
"Asshole!" Horace shouted from inside the room.
Who would not laugh at that?
"I think I'm gonna go too," Tiffany said while yawning.
"First or third room, Tiff," Eric reminded.
Tiffany then kissed Ashton on the cheek.
"Goodnight," He said to her. With that, Tiffany walked towards the hallway.
I sigh.
Sometimes, I do not get the relationship that they are having.
I just sat there on the carpeted floor. Paulene was lying on the couch with earphones on. James, Ashton and Eric were still playing cards. Dianne was on the laptop.
"I just finished downloading Ted! Let's watch this together," Dianne announced as she got up while carrying her laptop.
"Babe, we watched that movie many times already," Eric called out to her.
"Let's watch it again! I'm gonna go get your external hard drive!" She said as she ran off to the hallway.
Paulene sat up as she took off her earphones.
"What did she say?" She asked me.
"We will watch a movie."
She lit up. "Great! I like that!"
That reminds me... The tickets!
"Uhm.. Pau? Do you like sports?" I asked her.
Please say yes. Please say yes.
"Not really."
Shit.
She will most likely turn me down.
Damn it.
When have I become so impulsive?
I secured two tickets for the NBA All-Star Off-Season game this Wednesday night at the American Airlines Arena. It's a Dewars Club Ticket. The seats that are right behind the Miami Heat's bench.
I just wanted to give her a first-hand experience of the so-called American Basketball. You know, a unique and non-cliche kind of date.
But, I'm not really a big sports fan myself, to be honest.
This was such a bad idea.
She's not even interested in sports.
"Why did you ask?" She looked at me with curiosity drawn on her pretty face.
"Nothing, just wondering," I said, my voice losing its volume on its own.
Dianne is back with an external hard drive on her hand.
She then turns the smart plasma TV on and plugs the external hard drive.
"Have you seen this movie, Pau?" She turned to ask Paulene.
Paulene answered with a shake of her head.
"Oh my god! You'll love it!" Dianne's voice was full of excitement.
She then ran towards Eric and sat beside him. "Babe, I saw bags of Cheetos in the kitchen. Can we eat them?"
Eric cannot seem to hear. They were busy playing cards.
"I'll take that as a yes!" She cheerfully got up and skipped away.
"Play it already!" She called out from the kitchen.
Paulene took the remote and clicked on the clip that had the filename, "TED_movie.mkv".
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A pic of Dianne and Eric at the Multimedia! Thanks for reading everyone! xx
Btw, I have to apologize for the typos and errors of the previous chapter. I fixed it already, tho! You can go through it again ;)
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