So Heather is going completely insane over this goddamn party. I swear to god I think she's going to explode. She has never looked so red. I've been running some errands for her with Ruby. We've been getting streamers, soda, snacks, and balloons. I've somehow managed to not say anything completely rude to Heather yet even though she's been extremely rude. She's under a lot of stress with finals, college applications, and this party. Well you know what they say..."Work pays off" or something like that....because that doesn't sound right.
Ruby is driving the car while I get to sit in the passenger seat. It really comes in handy to have a friend who can drive. "You want to stop for frozen yogurt?" Ruby asks me looking down the plaza of shops. "Heather will kill us if she finds out we're slacking," I sigh out. It's true. No matter how much I wanted the sweet sweet rip-off of ice cream my sister would literally have a heart attack. "She won't find out," Ruby says as she stops the car and gets out. I guess some fro-yo couldn't hurt.
We get in line with 3 people in front of us. I was looking at all our options and just decide to get strawberry with round sprinkles. Ruby gets some type of mixed berry flavor that sounded more like a margarita. We sit and eat a bit slower than I hoped. "So how are finals?" I ask Ruby. "I would literally rather kill multiple puppies than finals," Ruby says rolling her eyes at the thought of finals. Ruby is a smart girl but hates working or studying. I laugh at Ruby's comment on finals and continue eating my fro-yo. "How about you?" She asks shoving a mouthful of blueberries in her mouth. "I don't hate them as much as you do," I tell her with a smirk and she smiles back. "But they do really suck," I shrug. She agrees and we continue eating. All of a sudden Ruby looks up with her mouth open. "Hey," I whisper to her. She snaps out of it and looks at me "Sorry but did you see that really cute guy," She whispers to me as she watches the guy get in line.
"Don't you have a boyfriend?" I ask her.
"Let's not talk about that right now," She whispers to me and I smile. She continues staring at him. "No way," She mumbles under her breath. "What is it?" I ask eagerly. "That is my boyfriend," She says. "Zeke!" She calls out. 'Da.mrit' I think in my head. We're never going to pick up the balloons in time. He comes over and they chat and do all the couple-y things like kiss and hug all while I finish my yogurt. "Ruby we have to go," I tell her, biting my lip. "Oh alright," She says standing up. They kiss and hug and say their goodbyes. We're in the car again and on our way to pick up the balloons. "I can't wait until you get a boyfriend," Ruby says while driving. I laugh "Neither can I," I joke while looking out the window. My phone starts ringing and I answer
"Did you get the balloons yet?" The voice says impatiently
"Oh hi Heather, no we haven't we're on our way right now," I tell her.
"Scarlett, you should've had them by now!" She shouts at me
"Oh calm down the party isn't for another 3 hours," I tell her rudely.
"Whatever...just...get them here on time!" She shouts and hangs up.
"She sounds stressed," Ruby says while she parks the car. We get the balloons and bring them back to the house along with the streamers, soda, and snacks. Ruby leaves and Heather continues getting the house ready.
2 hours past and Heather is literally running around the house making sure everything is perfect. I stay upstairs in my room as I listen to music and try drowning the music Heather has blasting downstairs. The door bell rings and our first guests arrive. It's the football team and they brought dates. I put my sign on the door and close it. I turn off my music and go to youtube to look up hair style tutorials that I will never attempt. The music downstairs is shaking my room. More people are coming and before I know it teenagers have filled every inch of the house. I am resisting the urge to pee because I don't want anyone to talk to me but my bladder took over my mind and I went to the bathroom. I came back to find 2 guys on the football team kissing in what seems like a really awkward way to kiss someone. I stand in the door way as I throw my slippers at them. "Out!" I shout. They notice and look panicked. As they leave they keep saying "don't tell anyone!" Or "We aren't gay," I don't care if they're gay or not but don't do the dirty in my room. DOES NO ONE READ THE SIGN! Ugh. They left and I sat back down to learn how to do a fishtail braid. I become bored and soon fell asleep in my full sized bed.
I wake up abruptly as a boy about my age shyly walks in. I rub the sleep out of my eyes. "Oh hello," I say surprised. It was Heather's boyfriend's little brother. He's a sophomore so that means he's 16 years old...I think. I never knew his name though. "Uh my brother dragged me here and I don't really-uh...I can't be there so would it be alright if I just...stay here?" He says quickly and quietly.
I think about my options. He could stay here and keep me company or he could stay in the party and feel awkward. "C'mon," I tell him. He closes the door and sits on the floor near my bed. "Sorry for waking you up," He tells me genuinely. "It's okay," I say "You can sit on the bed if you'd like," When he hears these words he gets up and sits at the edge of the bed. "What's your name?" I ask him still rubbing my eyes and yawning. "Oh I'm Derek, and you are...?"
"Scarlett," I tell him. He's so nervous it's adorable.
"Oh you have a nice name," He says fiddling with his fingers in his lap. He's so nervous. "Thank you," I say and giggle. I pat on the bed space next to me for him to sit. He gives a panicked look as if he doesn't know what to do. "Don't worry it's alright," I tell Derek still patting the bed space next to me. Derek kicks off his shoes and sits next to me with his legs crossed like a kindergartener. He holds his hands tightly in between his legs. "You want to play a game?" I ask him eagerly. "Uh sure why not,"
"Okay we're going to play 2 truths 1 lie. Have you played that game before?" I ask. He nods his head. "Okay I'll go first...um let me think...oh okay! Uh okay once in the 6th grade I called a girl a ticking time bomb and got a detention...um when I was little I would put banana peels everywhere to see if people would slip and I put bleach in my sisters shampoo and it was blonde for a couple days," I say and smile as he tries to guess which one is a lie. "Okay you did not dye your sisters hair blonde," He says in disbelief. "Is that your final answer?"
"Yes,"
"Wrong! It was during the summer and we don't talk about it because she still gets upset about it," I say and he starts laughing and then just smiles. His smile is so adorable he's like a puppy. "Okay my turn! Uhm...I was convinced that my brother killed our dog when I was younger, I passed my drivers test, and I play the violin," He says with a smile that shows he's proud of what he came up with. "You were convinced your brother killed your dog is a lie," I say
"Wrong!" He says and I start laughing. "I can't play the violin," He says with a straight at first and then bursts out laughing which makes me laugh. His laughing is contagious. I playfully push him and he does it back. "You're really.....," He mumbles so I can't hear the last part. "What?"
"What? Oh. You're really funny,"
"Oh thank you. You are too," I say. 'And adorable' I think in my head.
We play another 4 or 5 rounds of the game before we call it a quits and just watch TV. We decide on The Big Bang Theory. I put my pillow up and lay my feet down with the covers on and Derek does the same. I'm still insanely tired so I put my pillow back down. "Derek I'm going to sleep wake me up if anything interesting happens," I mumble "Sure," He says as he
I wake up with my head on his chest and my arm wrapped around him. I quickly get up hoping that Derek isn't upset with me for falling asleep like that(even though I didn't really mind it) "You love birds better cut it out before Heather see's this you know she'll flip," The voice says. I sit up and stare at the person. "Oh hi, Blake," I say. Blake being the guy my sister has been in a relationship with for the past year or so. I notice Derek waking up and he notices Blake. "Oh Blake we weren't doing anything-She just...-We just kinda uh...,"
"Dude I know don't worry. Not even Kat Dennings could get you to give up your flower," He says smiling. I smile and look back at Derek who just rolls his eyes. Derek must have given Blake a look because in less than a second Blake is gone. "What time is it?" He asks me. "It's 10pm. We have about 3 hours before people start leaving," I say. "Sorry for uh falling asleep like that," I tell him.
"Oh yeah uh that's okay I didn't mind- I mean...I was just being polite," He says correcting himself.
"What do you want to do?" He asks me. "Well I want to kiss you but-," Oh sh** sh** sh** did I really just say that. I'm going to cry. "I mean...," I say trying to think of a way to play it off. Meanwhile Derek is giggling like a godd.m schoolgirl. "I didn't mean that," I say finally choosing words. "It's okay Scarlett," He laughs out. "Would you settle for a date?" He says stretching. "Really?" I say hopefully. He laughs again making my stomach twist. "Sure," He says. "What's your number?" He asks taking out his phone. I give it to him and my phone beeps
"Just making sure you didn't give me a fake number," The text says and I smile. We ended up playing stupid games for the rest of the night like guess the song, would you rather, 2 truths 1 lie, and marry, kill, screw. It was the most fun I had since that time my dad fell out of a boat and said "There's so much water,"
It was a good night.