At last, it's finally lunch. The bell has just rung and both Mia and I make our way to the canteen. On the way, for probably the thousandth time today â exaggeration, maybe a little but still â people are speaking about a party going on tonight.
All I've heard is 'Are you going to the party tonight?' 'What are you wearing tonight?' 'It's meant to be the best party of the year, we have to go.'
Really, all that it's going to be is; an overcrowded house that reeks of alcohol, hundreds of teenagers getting drunk, people getting stoned and people grinding. Let's just say it isn't exactly my scene.
We get to a free table and I'm not even sat down for a minute before Mia tells me Cole's making his way over.
"Erm, Andie, I think Cole is on his way over here." Mia awkwardly points towards the direction behind me.
"What?" Before she can even answer, I turn around and he's right in front of me.
"Hey." Is the first thing he says, accompanied by his signature smirk that makes his greeting almost unbearable.
"Hey," I drag out. "Are you after something?" I ask.
"Nope, I just want you to come to the party tonight." He says smoothly and I burst out laughing. Did he really think that I would be going and if not worse, he could get me to go?
"No, sorry but no. Definitely not." He fake pouts at my answer. Kinda cute. Nope, I've spent to much time with him. God, help me, please.
"Come on, you haven't been to one since you've moved here. It'll be fun."
"No Cole. I'm not going." He sighs and nods in defeat.
"Fine. Why are you so boring?" He huffs.
"Just because I don't want to go to a stupid party doesn't mean I'm boring," I respond, crossing my arms.
"Just you calling a party stupid means that you are one-hundred percent boring." I roll my eyes at his pettiness. Why is he being so persistent?
"Well I'm leaving to head to my next class so if you don't mind, I'm gonna go." Mia stands up and follows me out but as soon as we get outside she speaks up.
"Why didn't you go? He wanted you to be there."
"Not you too, I'm not going. End of story." I groan out of frustration while she sighs.
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"Fine. I'll go just stop going on about it please." I put my head in my hands, relieved that she has finally stopped asking.
If you didn't know, Mia has spent the last hour making it her life mission to bug the hell out of me so I would agree to go to the party.
She wasn't exactly fussed about me refusing after Cole asked me but since a boy asked her to go, she was pretty determined on me going with her.
Since she was being so annoying, I'm now having to hunt for an outfit. I wanted to just go in jeans and a top but Mia being Mia, wouldn't let that happen. She's lucky I'm even going and now she's trying to get me to get dressed up.
"What about this?" She asks while pulling some type of clothing out of my wardrobe. I freeze when I see it's a navy blue dress that is around mid-thigh length. It's a skater dress, a beautiful skater dress, and the memory of when I got it fills my mind.
"Mandy! Can you come here, I have something for you!" My mother's voice fills the whole house and I quickly stop what I'm doing and head downstairs.
"Yeah, what is it?" I get down the stairs and just as I turn the corner, my mums holding a bag in front of her.
"Look inside." I take the bag from her and gasp as I pull it out. It's navy blue and one of the nicest dresses I have ever seen.
"Wow," I say, I adore it. She smiles and takes the dress and holds it up against me.
"It would look beautiful on you. You have to try it on." I nod scurrying off to find out it's the perfect fit.
I stand frozen trying to keep the tears in my eyes. She brought the dress just two days before she was diagnosed. I remember it all like it was just yesterday. She was complaining about the intense bone pains and I urged her to book a doctors appointment.
After everything that started to happen, the dress just stayed in my wardrobeâcollecting dust.
"Hey, Andie, are you okay?" Mia asks, looking concerned.
I snap out of my deep thought and nod, hiding how I truly feel. "Yeah, I'm fine. I'll wear that."
An hour later we're at Mia's and she's doing my hair and makeup. I met her parents for the first time today and they're extremely nice. "When I go to find the guy I'm meeting, you'll be okay by yourself for a while won't you?"
"Yeah, but who is it anyway?" Her eyes go wide.
"I-Erm... Just some boy." Thanks for that Mee, because that narrowed it down.
"I know that but who?"
"Andie, I love you but I can't tell you who it is just yet. But when you find out please don't be angry." I frown. Why can't she tell me and why would I be mad?
"What why?" Just the way she's looking at me tells me she is pleading for me to not continue asking. I sigh in defeat, "Fine."
"Thank you." She smiles warmly.
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We finally get to the party and as we get out of the car I'm not surprised when I see what the view holds in front of me.
There are red cups scattered on the floor, music is blaring and there are teenagers everywhere, some puking in the bushes and others stumbling with every step they take.
As soon as we get inside I grab myself a lemonade as I'm not planning to drink. Mia and I both part ways as she goes off to find this 'mystery guy' she won't tell me anything about.
Why did I come again if I was going to end up by myself anyway?
I walk around for a while and then spot Cole. He's dancing with another girl, and when I say dancing I mean they're close to having sex in front of everyone.
She's in a short dress, like just about covering her ass type of short, and it's so tight it might as well be a second skin on her perfect figure.
I grab another drink after I quickly finish the first one and when I turn back around he's now kissing the girls neck. For an odd reason, my stomach starts to churn and I start to feel nauseous.
How can he always change girls? Doesn't he know that he will break a girls heart afterwards? The way he's all over her is infuriating the hell outta me. Because you don't sound like a jealous freak right now.
He whispers something in her ear and she giggles. I don't have a clue what he said but when I decide that I'm gonna get out of here for some air he looks up. Crap.
He looks shocked and he pulls away from the girl and starts to push through to get to me. I turn the other way as fast as I can and start to walk away, more like jog.
I see Mia talking to Josh and I go to walk over to them before Cole can stop me. Why hasn't she met with her date yet? That's the whole reason why we're here.
As I get closer to them, someone grabs my wrist stopping me from moving anywhere. I turn around expecting to see Cole but I don't. It's a drunk guy who can just about stay stood up but I see Cole over his shoulder, he's still pushing through a bunch of dancing people.
"Wanna dance?" He slurs and I'm surprised he even managed to form a sentence from how wasted he looks.
I shake my head while cringing, "I'm good thanks." I try and hide my disgust as I don't want to make the guy angry.
"Are you sure?" He takes a step forward and I step back. I nod trying to get out of this situation as fast as possible and I see Cole's getting closer and closer.
Trying to get to where Mia and Josh are still standing, I go to leave but this time he grabs my wrist with a firmer hold.
"Get away from her, Scott." Someone says and then I find out it's Cole. Great.
"Fine, chill out." He walks away, or should I say stumbled, and I quickly try and head to Mia's direction. But once again, I fail.
"Hey, are you okay?" His voice is soft, caring.
"I'm fine thanks," I say awkwardly. This is what I wanted to avoid.
Why did I have to stand watching them for so long? Then he wouldn't have seen me. But why did he have to come after me?
"I didn't know you were coming tonight. You said you weren't going to." I shrug.
"I only came because Mia wanted me to." I go to turn back around but he speaks again. Jesus, can't I just leave already?
"You should've said, I would've met you here." I just shake my head getting ready to decline.
"No it's okay, I wouldn't have wanted to stop you from the other stuff you had planned. You can go back to your girl, what's her name?" I ask as if I care but all I want to do is get out of here.
"It's err." He scratches the back of his head like he's nervous of something.
"Shouldn't have even asked, it's not like I expected you to know anyways. That's what you do right?" Christ Andie! Talk about being harsh!
He frowns at my brutal comment, "Are you jealous?"
"No! Why would I be jealous?" That's what I say but I think we both know I'm lying. Why the hell am I jealous anyway?
I've got to be due surely, that's what it's got to be. My hormones. That's all I can think of.
"She doesn't mean anything to me, Andie." His voice is softer again but I answer back as soon as he's finished.
"It doesn't matter, It's not like it's any of my business anyway. Do you what you want with whoever. I'm not gonna stop you." I shrug, putting on a front.
Cole and Josh hate each other, you can't be acting like this. Besides, you can't be jealous. You have no reason to be.
Something is calling out to me in his eyes. Like he's begging for me to say something else like he wants me to take back what I said.
I can feel his grip on my wrist start to loosen. He nods, I think more to himself, and something within me starts to ache.
"Right. You're right." He lets go of my wrist fully and he walks away.
I stay standing as I finally lose sight of him when he disappears behind the many groups of people.
Why are you like this Andie? It's not like he did anything wrong.
I push my thoughts aside and head to Mia and Josh. "Hey, guys." They both look towards me and at the same time, they respond.
"Hey."
"Mia, I thought you were meeting that guy you were talking about." She blushed straight after.
"He, erm...Went to get some drinks." The way she said it so fast makes me suspicious. Josh starts to frown.
"I thought you came with me, you never said you were meeting anyone else. Who is this guy?" My jaw drops.
Did he just say... So Mia came with Josh? But who is this other guy then? Which one was she telling me about? Mia just glares at Josh and hits him lightly on the chest.
"Why are you so stupid? We talked about this not even ten minutes ago, we weren't going to tell her yet." She moans at him.
"Oh yeah... sorry." He smiles at her sheepishly and she rolls her eyes but I can see the smile she's trying to hold back.
"Hello? What's going on?" I ask, still confused.
"Right..." She drags out and I signal for her to continue.
"Please don't be mad. We were going to tell you soon I promise but you weren't meant to find out like this. But, we're dating." Mia squeezes her eyes tightly shut as if she's waiting for me to blow up.
I grab Josh by his shirt and pull us a little further away from Mia.
"What is she talking about?" I ask, demanding an answer.
"Andie, I know you might freak out but I like her. I really, really like her."
"I've never heard of you having a girlfriend. Ever." He nods, agreeing with me.
"I know you might think that she's temporary but she's not. I think we could last."
I remember hearing things about him getting around â nothing compared to Cole â but he still slept with a lot of people. I need to stop thinking about this, he's my cousin. Gross.
He quickly turns round to look at Mia and when he turns back he's smiling to himself.
I can't stop them from seeing each other. I wouldn't be a good best friend or cousin if they like each other and I stopped them.
"Fine, I believe you. But if you hurt her I won't hesitate on kicking your ass, cousin or not." He smiles and we walk back over to Mia. He kisses the top of her head and she looks up at him smiling.
"Looks Ands, I'm sorry I didn't say anything."
"It's fine, honestly. I'm okay with it." I give her a supporting smile and she hugs me but we get interrupted.
"Alright enough of this you two. I'm meant to be the boyfriend and yet I'm the one third-wheeling."
Yeah, this might take a little getting used to...
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