Chapter Two: Aaralynn
We finished up our game of pool, once I beat Andy 12-3; I'm a bit of a pool shark. My dad would take me to pool halls when I was little and I would play with all the fat biker guys, my mom didn't like it too much but dad did it anyway.
"Dude." I glanced at Andy while I drove to her house, "You suck at pool."
"Sorry my dad didn't take me to bars when I was seven like somebody's did." She bit back.
"They weren't bars, they were pool halls." I smiled as I kept my eyes on the road.
"It's the same thing."
"Whatever."
Andy tied her long honey blonde hair back and turned up the air. Andy and I were very alike in looks, when we were little people would mistake us for twins. She has long honey blonde hair and green eyes that sparkle when she laughs. Her eyelashes are so long and thick. Myself on the other hand, I have now long chestnut brown hair with streaks of auburn when the sun shone, I have my dad's ice baby blue eyes and very thin and light eye lashes.
"Here we are." I smiled at Andy.
"Finally." She groaned.
Brooke came outside and smiled at us. She walked to the mailbox and got the mail.
"Aaralynn, stay here, your mom and dad and the rest of the clan are coming over for dinner." She smiled.
"Family dinner!!!! WooooHooo!" Andy and I cheered at the same time, sarcastically of course.
"Don't get too excited girls." Brooke smiled as she rolled her eyes.
"We won't, believe me."
Andy and I walked inside after Brooke and I shut the door. Ella, my ten year old cousin and Andy's sister, sat in the living room watching Hannah Montana.
"Hey El." I smiled, I got along with Ella, and I was her 'cool cousin.' To Andy she was just a pain in the butt.
"Aaralynn!" She exclaimed. She ran up and hugged me. She smiled and I hugged her back.
"Look what I've been practicing!" She smiled as she got on the tile.
"What?" I asked 'excited'.
The little girl when down in a split which was pretty much flat to the floor.
"You keep that up and you'll be on the varsity squad when you're a freshman." She gleamed as she got up from her split.
I smiled as she went back to watching television. We headed towards Andy's bedroom, which was all the way upstairs. I groaned as Andy skipped up the stairs. She loved her stairs, I hated them. My bedroom was the second master suite in our house so it was downstairs and I didn't have to worry about going up and down stairs.
We got to her room, which was practically all blue and black. I sat on her blue and black striped comforter and she turned on the radio and shut the door.
"How are you gonna get your dad to let you come if you are grounded?" I asked while flipping through a magazine.
"Ask my mom and not him. I swear he is sometimes such a douche."
"He's just protecting you-" I tried to get out.
"No he's not. He's just too overprotective."
"Girls! Dinner!!" We heard my mom call from downstairs.
"Be right down!" I called back. I put the magazine on the table and walked out and downstairs, Andy at my heels.
Once we finished dinner we walked into my Uncle Lucas' office.
"Daddy." Andy said sweetly.
"What can I do for you?" Lucas asked.
"Can I spend the night at the beach house with Aaralynn? Please."
"You're grounded." Lucas stated flatly.
"but Daddy!"
"No."
"Please."
"Who else is going to be at the beach house?"
"James, Justin, and Jeff." I smiled at Uncle Luke.
"Yeah, and we both know that nothing will happen with the Scott brothers there." Andy smiled.
"I suppose you can, but you need to talk to your mom about what time you have to be home."
"Thank you!!" Andy squealed.
"Yeah." Lucas smiled.
We then went into the kitchen where my mom and Aunt Brooke were having a glass of wine.
"Mom?" Andy asked.
"Yeah?"
"Dad said I could spend the night with Aara at the beach house. What time do I have to be back by tomorrow?" Andy asked.
"Ten thirty."
"Why so early?"
"Ella's confirmation."
"She didn't come to mine!"
"That doesn't matter."
"I'm not even her sponsor."
"Aunt Haley is." I moaned in my head, because that meant I had to go.
"Okay…"
"Aaralynn has to go that means you have to go. We are going to the Johnston's after wards for lunch, so dress in something… presentable."
"I do!"
"Not always babe." Brooke smiled
"Okay. I think they just don't like me."
"Why wouldn't they like you?"
"I think it's because I 'stole' Chase away from Melinda."
"They wouldn't do that Andy."
"Yeah they would. There always bia's to me."
"What is a bia?" My mom asked.
"A bitch mom." I answered.
"Aaralynn Hope! Don't use that kind of language!" My mom yelled.
"You asked." Andy stated.
"Andrea Elizabeth! Don't a smart ass!" Brooke yelled.
"Sorry." We both said simultaneously.
We walked upstairs and started gathering our things to get dressed for the party, knowing that if we left the house dressed like we were going to be our parents would know what we were doing and we wouldn't be allowed out of the house without parkas and jeans on until we were thirty.
I stole one of Andy's dressy tops that were baby pink with hints of yellow flowers on it and a pair of pink heels and jeans. Andy on the other hand chose a black tube top from Body Shop and a pair of short shorts.
I smiled. "Have you called Chase?" I asked.
"I'll do it now." She dialed his number and told him to be there at eight, and to bring Matt My future husband. I swear he is like a Greek God too. He agreed and they hung up.
We headed to the party in my cherry red BMW Mini Cooper, the sunroof open and the wind blowing through our hair.