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"Curling iron?"
"Check."
"Makecup?"
"Check."
"Wax?"
"Check."
"Nail varnish?"
"Check."
"Dresses?"
"Check."
"Okay!" Macey announced, "I'd say we've got everything."
"Ready, Cam?" Bex asked, starting towards Cammie, the nail varnish bottle in one hand and the brush in the other.
"Do I have a choice?" Cammie asked, sheepishly.
"Nope." Macey replied, as she began curling her hair.
After 2 and a half hours, Cammie was finally ready. Hair curled, face made beautiful, and dressed in a sea blue skater dress. "You look beautiful, Cam." Macey grinned at her, then turned back to her closet. "Now, to find Bex, Liz and myself a dress."
After another 2 hours, they were all ready. "Can we go now?" Cam asked impatiently.
Macey laughed, "Yes. Girls let's go!"
And they left.
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"Zach, hey man! Thanks for coming." Nick said, opening the door and clapping on hand on Zach's shoulder.
"Hey Nick." Zach said, and nodded.
"Grant, Jonas." Nick said, nodding to them, as Zach began to walk away in search of Macey.
"Zachhhhhh." He heard a familiar slut drawl out his name, Tina Walters. He turned to her, as she placed a manicured hand on his shoulder, getting awfully close.
"Tina." He nodded.
"Hm, wanna dance?" She winked, nodding her head over to the area in the living room where everyone was dancing.
Zach shook his head, "nah, maybe later." Then began walking away as she walked off to someone else.
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"Nick!" Cammie exclaimed, when Nick opened his front door, and smiled at her.
"Cammie!" he exclaimed in response, as they hugged. Nick and Cammie have been pretty close lately, mainly because of Grant. And mainly because of the fact that he's in her fine arts class.
The four girls walked in, and through to the kitchen once they had all greeted Nick. "Grantypoo." Cammie drawled, when she saw Grant filling a single party cup with the typical red punch.
"Cammiebear." He drawled back, "how's your night so far?"
"Well since I just got here, not much has actually happened yet, although I have a feeling today will reach it's general party uniqueness level."
"Most likely." Grant nodded, "now is there anyone you want me to set you up with?"
"Welllllll..." Cammie started. "There's one person. But I have a feeling you'll disagree once I tell you."
"Who?" Grant asked, intruiged.
"Zach?" Cammie said, "you know him right?"
"He's my guy best friend, obviously I know him, Cam."
"So?"
"Hm, well I'd be fine with it, except..." He trailed off, glancing at Macey. He pulled Cammie out of the kitchen, and to by the stairs. "He seems to have a thing for Macey." He finishes.
"Yeah... I noticed." Cammie nodded.
"And your still trying?"
"Nah, in all honesty, Grant. I thought you know me better than anyone?" Cammie laughed.
"What?" He asked, bewildered.
"I don't like him, Grant. I just wanted to know if it was true that he likes Macey."
"Okay...Well he does." He nodded.
"Okay, maybe you should set them up then." Cammie said, hiding the feeling in the pit of her stomach.
"Yeah, okay." He nodded, then stopped. "Hey, uh. Cam, are you sure about this?"
"Yeah." She nodded. "Definitely."
"Okay." He nodded, then with his single party cup, he walked into the living room.
Cammie sighed leaning against the counter. "What a pleasant surprise." Teased a familiar voice from behind her. She turned.
"Zach, hey."
"Hey, cookie." He nodded, "you know Nick?"
"Yeah, we're practically best friends." She smiled.
"Cool." He nodded, then added. "So how you doing?"
"Well that depends if you mean now, or in general."
"What's the difference?" He chuckled.
"Well now currently at this party, or in general life how I'm doing."
"Either." He shrugged, chuckling again.
"Well this party, is pretty much the same as every other college party. And life? It's okay. How about you?"
"This party? Okay. My life? Okay." He said.
"Hey, Zach." Grant said, walking back in, with his now empty single party cup, then threw it in the trash. "I have someone for you to talk to, mind for him to be excused, Camster?"
"No, no. Go ahead." Cammie nodded, and the two boys left, leaving her alone. Again.
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"Macey, Zach. Zach, Macey." Grant introduced.
"Hey." Macey smiled, Zach nodded and returned the smile.
"Okay...I'm gonna leave you guys to it." Grant said, then left quickly before either of them could say anything.
"You look...beautiful." Zach said.
She grinned, "Aw thanks, you don't look so bad yourself."
"So do you like parties?"
"Sure, but not the crazy ones. I don't like all the nudes in the pool and the shouting drunks, but this party it's pretty calm."
"It is.." He nodded. Then they just stood there. Awkwardness surrounding them like an individual bubble that had been lifted away from the party in Nick's house, and had blurred out any sound but the silence between them.
Zach was never the kind of guy that you would associate with awkward conversations, ever. Except of course for now. He coughed breaking the silence, then thought of something that might be able to free them from the barrier of awkwardness.
"Hey um...do you wanna get out of here?" He asked. She pondered it for a moment.
"Sure." She nodded, and followed him out the front door.
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Cammie set down on the table in front of her, her empty party cup for the fifth time. Her mind was full. Full of tiny voices whispering to her a thousand different things that sounded like a foreign language that she couldn't understand. She also still felt the odd sensation in the pit of her stomach, but hoped that by now it would have eventually washed away after all the drinks shes had. But no use, there was no budging this unfamiliar feeling and it frightened her a little.
"Cams, you alright?" She felt a warm, firm hand placed on her shoulder, and saw Grant once he'd come into view, stepping in front of her.
"Yeah, fine." She replied, trying to wave him off, he was her best friend but she couldn't say anything. The reason for that being, is because in her mind constant images of Macey and Zach pop into her mind, adding a sickened feeling to the unfamiliar sensation in her stomach. She couldn't place it...but then. She realised..she was jealous.
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The night was still quite bright out, as the sun had only just reached the horizon causing different shades of orange, pink and blue to pour out surrounding it. The sky was a deep orange, reaching navy, the stars peaking out slightly from behind the brightness of the orange that blurred them away, the moon was just coming into view, and there wasn't a cloud in sight.
As Zach and Macey walked a long the empty side walk, whilst car after car zoomed by, a light breeze tugged at the length of Macey's hazlenut brown hair, causing it to lightly fly in wild directions, yet letting it fall perfectly back down her back, causing Zach to watch mesmirized.
Zach hadn't imagined his first experience of being with Macey alone, to be well...so silent. He knew he might stumble on words a little, since her model-like presence seemed to overwhelm him, but now? His tongue was completely tied.
"You know, I haven't seen you at one of Nick's parties before oddly enough, as it seems you two are close." Macey says, breaking the silence, her voice smooth.
"Yeah, I guess today was an exception." Zach replied, squinting up at the sky.
"Not a party kind of guy?"
"Yeah." He nodded. And nothing more was said on that.
Macey's phone soon began playing a ringtone that he didn't seem familiar with.
"Oh, I have to take this, hold on." She said, answering it. "Cam?"
Zach looked up at her, but she didn't see him and continued. "Oh, I'm out with Zach. I'll see you after, okay?...What?..Oh. Cam, I'll talk to you later okay? Okay. Bye." Once she'd hung up she turned to Zach.
"Which Zach are you?" Macey asked.
"The Zach here, the guy in front of you..." He replied.
"No. Wait. What college do you go to?" She asked.
"North. You go to West right?"
"How do you know that?"
"Cammie. I know Cammie, and she goes there." He replied. She raised her eyebrows.
"I think I should go." She said, starting to turn away.
"Macey, wait!" He says, causing her to turn back, "Whats going on?"
"You'll find out soon enough." She enoughs and walks on.
And you shall await the next chapter...:)
Thanks to the best beta reader ever- LYKY-United We Spy!