This New Year Stephanie is going to host the biggest, baddest party the Burg has ever seen… maybe. After receiving threats concerning the up coming party, Stephanie is inclined to cancel. Unfortunately, her mother isn't thrilled with that plan and Stephanie is sick of being a disappointment to her mother, so the party preparations continue. Somewhere in the throng of townspeople Stephanie is being stalked by a homicidal maniac bent on wiping her off the grid, permanently. Can she capture the murderer by midnight while also hosting a party, and trying to fend off Joe and Ranger without being killed? Or will the ball drop on Steph? This is one party Trenton will always remember. ( Okay this is my first story I have put on so I would really love some feedback, thanks)
Chapter 1
When I got up I felt awful. I had gotten no sleep at all, I was up all night worrying about my mother planning my New Years party. Of course I had to let her she's my mother and she would have been upset. It would have been another black mark on my record, another disappointment on the list (and believe me it was a big list).
Sighing I got out of bed and took a shower. The hot water felt so good I stayed under it until the water turned cold. Lazily I toweled off and got dressed. After I put makeup on and dried my hair, I went out to the kitchen for coffee. Once I was finished with the coffee, I looked around my kitchen for breakfast and selected a piece of pineapple upside-down cake left over from dinner at my parents. Then I rummaged around the fridge and came up with a carrot for Rex, my hamster. I dropped the carrot into his cage and watched while he scurried out from his soup can bed, grabbed the carrot, and ran back into the can.
As I went by the answering machine I saw that the red light was blinking so I pushed the button to listen to them. The first one was from Morelli "Call me," the second was from my mother "Stephanie come over for dinner tonight I want to go over some party details with you, and bring Joesph." I tried to come up with an excuse my mother would buy for why I couldn't come to dinner and groaned when I couldn't come up with one, maybe I will come up with one later. "Yeah right!" I told myself. No one could get out of dinner with my parents unless they died and even then they would be mad that they had to die before coming to dinner.
I knew that I had to go but that didn't mean I had to go alone, right? I dialed Morelli's number, he picked up on the third ring.
"Hey" he said.
"Hey, Yourself," I said, "what's up?"
"Want to come over tonight? Bob misses you."
"Will there be pizza?" I asked.
"And beer."
Fortunately he had said just what I wanted him to, letting me know he was desperate for me to come over by using the "Bob misses you" line.
"Okay," I said, "under one condition. You have to go to dinner at my parents with me tonight." I bit my lip and crossed my fingers hoping my plan worked.
He sighed, "You drive a hard bargain," there was a brief pause on the other side "Okay but I might be late, I'm working tonight."
"Nice try," I said smugly, "I called the station you don't have to work tonight so if you don't go I wont show." I hadn't really called the station but I did know Morelli and he'd do anything to get out of dinner at my parents. I was also desperate not to go alone so I was playing all my trump cards.
On the other side of the line I heard him sigh in defeat and I grinned.
"Dinners at seven" I said then disconnected.