This is the next chapter, and will have drama… yaaaaay (:
Thank you soooooooo much to Paranormalcy for giving me so many ideas and helping me (: You're amazing!
I do not own Night World.
She took a deep breath. "Ready." She replied.
Rashel POV
I walked out of the car and waited for Jez and Morgead. It was hard to see them so obviously loved up, but I didn't want to sound bitter, so I kept my mouth shut. We all walked to the front door, which was opened and went inside. Keller had an absolutely huge house, with 3 stories and a huge room where you could dance or socialise. Right now, we could hear everyone in there. Jez and I walked in together with Morgead next to us and we opened the doors. I was oddly nervous. We walked in and the conversation stopped, and all eyes were on us.
Jez just gave them her best glare and haughtily walked off, as usual. I spotted Keller and waved, rushing over to her. It was still silent, so I talked loudly with Keller on purpose, hoping everyone else would follow my lead. They did.
"Hi! How are you?" I asked her happily, still slightly high from the obvious adoration from my friends.
Keller completely ignored my question and asked some of her own and stared at me. "You look amazing! Jez did your hair and stuff for you, didn't she? And where were you? I waited after school, but I couldn't find you. Then Ash told me you'd driven off with Jez."
When she stopped to take a breath, I jumped in. "Yeah, well, I was too tired. I needed to recharge with Jez and Morgead. And yes, this is the work of Jez."
"Well, you look really nice!" She said. But I barely heard her, because Quinn was standing in the doorway, looking straight at me with his mouth hanging open. God, how bad did I usually look? I made my way over to him, but it took a long time as I kept getting stopped by boys. They were all looking hungrily at me, and trying to get me to dance with them. I politely declined and mad my way through the laughing bodies. By the time I got there, he had shut his mouth and had an awed expression on his face. I stood there for a while, expecting him to say something.
"Hi." I said after a while, when the silence was getting a bit awkward.
"Hey." He said, with that same awed and dreamy expression on his face. An on goes the silence.
"How are you?" I asked with forced nonchalance.
"Great. Absolutely amazing. You clearly are as well." Quinn said.
"What?" I asked, confused.
"Oh, uh, I meant, uh, you look… um… really good." Quinn mumbled.
"Thank you." I said coolly. And with that, I walked off to Jez. "How did I do?" I asked her.
"You did amazing. Well, I did for making you look that hot, but still." Jez relied with a smirk.
I hugged her and said, "Thank you so much! Everything is perfect." But Jez didn't seem to hear me. She was looking over my shoulder, at something faraway and then gave me a look of pity, which changed into determination. I gave her a confused look and turned around. And all at once I understood her expressions. The pity was for me, because Quinn was chatting and laughing with Hannah, who was easily the best looking person here. She looked remarkable in a simple white, gauzy dress and it looked so pure and effortless. Determination from Jez's expression was easy to decipher, and it lent me strength, the determination to get Quinn back for me.
She laughed at something she said and intimately caressed his arm. They both looked shocked and she hastily said something and walked away. I followed her into Keller's bedroom. She was standing by the window, leaning on the window sill for support. She didn't notice me come in behind her. I shut the door quietly behind me, and it made a soft click. She heard this and turned around.
And smiled. "Hi Rashel. Wow, you look really good." I was shaking with rage. How could she just stand here and pretend that nothing had just happened between my boyfriend and her. Come on now, Rashel. If I confront her now, the whole plan will be ruined. All this went through my head in about 1 and half seconds, and she was still waiting for me to reply.
"Thank you!" I said with what I knew was a dazzling smile. "You're not looking too bad yourself." She smiled modestly, which just made her look more angel-like. "So, what were you and Quinn talking about?" I asked in a friendly tone.
Her face didn't look so angelic anymore. She looked conflicted and shocked. "Oh, nothing much. He was just filling me in on which teachers and nice and things…"
What a lie! I thought. I breathed in and out for a few seconds, trying to regain control over myself. "Well, there is this new teacher called Mr Descoudres and apparently, he is unbelievably hot. Hey, a bunch of us are going out clubbing later. Wanna come with?" I asked. I knew Jez wouldn't mind as it was part of the plan.
"Um, yeah sure. Is Quinn coming?" She asked in a not-at-all causal voice.
"Maybe." I replied.
"Oh, okay. When shall we leave?" She said.
"In about an hour…"
An hour later
We all crowded into the big Range Rover Ash had brought and went to one of the best nightclubs there was, Sizzle. I ended up sitting next to Morgead, yet again and wondered why we kept being put together. It was slightly tense at the beginning, but we both warmed up, especially when Ash made a sharp turn and I ended up falling on his lap. We both looked at each other and burst out laughing, and I suddenly felt slightly better as I saw Quinn look at us.
After we had got there, we all naturally got split up apart from me, Jez, Morgead, Quinn and Hannah. We ordered shots for all of us and sat at the bar. We got them and Jez said, "Ready? Okay. 1, 2, 3, go!" I downed it as fast as I could and saw the others doing the same, even Hannah. Me, Morgead and Jez put our glass down the quickest, with Hannah half a second behind, and then Quinn.
"Nice." Morgead commented about Hannah. She smiled back at him.
"I was the undisputed champion of drinking games in my old school." Hannah said, to general shock and amusement.
We carried it on a few times, and the last time we did it, Hannah actually beat us three. I was reluctantly impressed. We then scattered, Hannah off with some guy she met, Jez and Morgead went on the dance floor and me and Quinn were left on our own.
"Wanna dance?" I asked him. He nodded. It felt easier on the dance floor where everyone else was, probably because we didn't have to talk. Just as we walked there, the music shifted towards softer, lighter tones than the previous pulsating beats. A slow dance.
Quinn put his arms around my waist and I put mine around his neck. It felt natural, easy. We danced for a few minutes before the song shifted once again. It was a slightly more upbeat song, but we kept that position. He leaned his head toward mine and we kissed. It was a sweet one, and I was surprised that he even did it. It was a kiss to make me forget all of my doubts for a few seconds. But then it was over, and it came rushing back.
After that, everything was slightly boring, just more drinking, dancing and talking. After a while, we all met outside the entrance and headed home. I realised something. "Hey, where's Hannah?"
"She got lucky!" Ash shouted from the front of the car. "We saw her leaving with some guy. I wonder who is getting some tonight!"
"Oh." This made me feel strange. On one hand, I was glad she had left, leaving me and Quinn on our own, and even gladder that she had gone with another guy. But then, even if I am not really her friend, shouldn't I have kept tabs on her, as she was obviously completely drunk. I hope she is okay…
