4. Let the Groove Get In

"SULLIVAN!" I yelled on the top of my lungs. We were at the beach in Malibu, since it was perfect day to go surfing. Nola and Hannah – Sulley's girlfriend (it was still hard to believe that this mountain troll was happily in love) were baking in the sun, while me, Sulley and Kevin were fighting with huge waves. "YOU MORON! HOW COULD YOU BREAK MY FUCKING BOARD! THESE THINGS ARE PRCTICALLY UNBREAKABLE!" I was furious. Because, seriously how stupid you have to be to break somebody's board?

"ALLY, IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!" he protested.

"I'LL SHOW YOU ACCIDENT! WHEN I ACCIDENTLY CHOKE YOU WITH YOUR TIE!" I screamed back at him. I could see Hannah getting a little nervous, but Nola immediately calmed her down. She probably said something about it being normal and that I wasn't serious while threatening him. Not this time.

I stomped off infuriated and laid on a towel next to Hannah. Hannah was really cool girl. We got along fairly well, although she was much more shy and quiet (I guess that opposites really do attract each other, since Sullivan was nowhere near being shy and quiet).

"Ally, Ally, Ally," I've heard Nola say "Look at the bright side of it. Sulley owes you a brand new surfing board. You can pick anything you want, maybe this awesome green one you were gushing about few days ago?"

"Yeah, I'll make sure that Sulley buys a new one," Hannah added. I rose from the ground and looked at girls.

"Well, if that's case, I already feel better. Don't worry Hannah, I won't touch your man now. He's all safe," I said smiling triumphantly in Sulley's direction.

I laid back on the hot sand and decided that it would be a good idea to enjoy heat of the sun, instead of spending whole day in a water.

Few minutes (or maybe hours?) later the boys got out of the water and sat with us. Sulley sat as far away from me as he could. Let him be scared, I smiled to myself. When I was about to get up and get something to eat from a bag I brought with me, I heard my phone go off, signalizing that I had a new text message.

'Greetings from ChiTown.
How are you?
I've heard that you're spending
day with the gang and that
Sulley's girl's with u. I have
to meet her! It's phenomenon
that she puts up with his
loud self – K'

Ever since first day of tour Kendall and I were texting each other on daily basis. Our, let's call it, friendship was even stronger. But you know what they say. Absence is making the heart fonder. And it was true as hell, because I was really missing him. And on top of that... I just wanted to cuddle with him. Was I weirdo or what?

'I'm good. Sulley broke
my board, but Hannah
said she'll make him buy
me a new one.
ChiTown hmm? My friend
Alisson lives there and I
know she's going to the show.
Maybe you will be able to
spot her :P – A"

I hit 'send' and smiled. I shoved my phone back to the bag and turned to Nola.

"Don't say anything. I know who were you texting and I think it's just ridiculous that any of you hasn't made a move," Nola said, not even bothering to sit up.

"He's on tour," I said, laying flat on my belly.

"Yeah, yeah whatever, just do something about it when he comes back," she stated lazily. I just rolled my eyes and decided to drop it.

It was getting dark when Sulley said that he knows somebody who is throwing a party. And hell if summer isn't about having fun and partying as much as we can. We started gathering our things and I found a song that suited our day perfectly. Once I, Nola and Hannah were sitting in my car I plugged in my phone and played Lavigne's 'Bitchin' Summer'. Both girls recognized this song after first chords. We rolled all the windows down and sang on top of our lungs.

Uh oh oh oh
Uh Oh Oh

Everyone's waiting on the bell
(on the bell)
A Couple seconds we'll be raising hell
(raising hell)
The sun is shining down
School is finally out
Nothing matters so we might as well
(Might as well)

Everybody's bakin' in the sun
Come and party, do it while we're young
Move your body when you hear the drums
So put your hands up

It's gonna be a bitchin' summer
We'll be living fast, kicking ass together
Like high school lovebirds
Gonna have a blast, make it last forever
I'll pick you up at the liquor store
Hurry up we can fit one more
It's now or never
It's gonna gonna be be , a bitchin' summer

Uh oh oh oh
Uh oh oh a bitchin summer
uh oh oh oh
uh oh oh a bitchin summer

Throwing empty bottles in the fire
(in the fire)
Whiskeys got us singing like a choir
(like a choir)
We're all gonna run
When the police come
But in the morning we are so alive
(so alive)

Everybody's bakin' in the sun
Come and party, do it while we're young
Move your body when you hear the drums
So put your hands up

It's gonna be a bitchin' summer
We'll be living fast, kicking ass together
Like high school lovebirds
Gonna have a blast, make it last forever
I'll pick you up at the liquor store
Hurry up we can fit one more
It's now or never
It's gonna gonna be be , a bitchin' summer

Uh oh oh oh oh
Uh oh oh a bitchin summer
uh oh oh oh oh
uh oh oh a bitchin summer

Right right near the beach
The party dont stop
If we dont get harassed by the motherfuckin' cops

A quarter tank of gas
About a half of pack
My cell phones dying but theres no turning back

I can feel the breeze
Steerin' with my knee
Drumming on my dashboard
Bumping to the beat
Hit the windsheild wiper
Searching for my lighter
I gotta get right before this all nighter

It's gonna be a bitchin' summer
We'll be living fast, kicking ass together
Like high school lovebirds
Gonna have a blast, make it last forever
I'll pick you up at the liquor store
Hurry up we can fit one more
It's now or never
It's gonna gonna be be, a bitchin' summer

Uh oh oh oh (hey)
Uh oh oh a bitchin' summer
uh oh oh oh (hey)
uh oh oh a bitchin' summer

Pick you up at the liquor store
Hurry up we can fit one more
It's now or never
It's gonna gonna be be, a bitchin' summer

"You know I'm really glad I met you. Both of you," Hannah said with a small smile.

"You won't be as happy as you're now when you see how we party. Thanks to alcohol we don't remember our trip to San Francisco that we took in the beginning of July," Nola laughed. Hannah looked at us wide-eyes.

"Seriously?" she asked us, truly shocked.

"Yup!" we said in unison.

"Wow," Hannah breathed. I don't know whether was she impressed or scared or shocked or whatever, but couple seconds later she smiled at us and stated that she was more than happy to go with us to that party Sulley was talking about. I guess that this girl was ready to live the life a little bit and if we were supposed to be her mentors – fine with me.

"You have to tell me whole story, cause I cannot imagine how the two of you could end up in San Francisco without remembering it!" so we did tell her. We tried our best to not leave anything out of our story.

"Kevin and Kendall must have been furious with both of you!" Hannah said after we told her everything about our little trip.

"Yeah, I have never seen Kevin so mad in my life. He went on and on about something bad happening to me. But after like ten hours he has calmed down and said that he's still upset about me getting this drunk, but after all I made it home alive and healthy. And that he wanted to forget about it. His only request was to never repeat it, cause he didn't think he could live in fear that something could happen to me," Nola said with a loving smile on her face. Have I ever mentioned that Kevin and Nola were sickeningly in love?

"What about Kendall, Ally?" Hannah asked me curiously.

"He doesn't know anything," Nola answered for me.

"What? Ally, I mean I haven't met the guy, but you should tell him! Put yourself in his shoes. How would you feel if your boyfriend got so drunk that he didn't remember whole night and on top of that ended up in completely different city? Honesty is the foundation of every relationship!" if you didn't suspect it, yes Hannah studies psychology.

"WAIT, WHAT?" I yelled deeply shocked. My boyfriend?!

"Ally, you can't build a healthy relationship on lies! Is that complete news to you?" she asked clearly getting irritated.

"No, this part is very obvious to me. What's new to me is Kendall being my boyfriend. That's very, very hmmm baffling".

"Kendall is not her boyfriend?" confused Hannah asked Nola who was currently laughing like a madman. Great. Really, really awesome. And they were talking about me as if I wasn't there with them! Dammit.

"N-n-n-o," Nola managed to say between sputters of laughter. Thank you, Nola! I always knew I could count on you! "No, they are not. But it's bout to change, Kendall just needs to grow balls and finally ask her out" Nola said after she had calmed down.

"Oh, Ally I'm sorry! I just assumed since you are always texting him and how your face lights up when someone mentions him ,that you guys are together. I'm really sorry," she said with a worried expression on her face.

"Hey, don't worry about it. No harm done, except for the fact that now this monster next to me will think that she's oh so awesome because she could sense that me and Kendall should be together, since the very beginning. And now she's not alone in thinking so," I smiled at Hannah.

Twenty minutes later I pulled into the driveway of... Schmidt's house.

"Sulley?" I asked uncertainly. What the hell were we doing at Schmidts'? Weren't we supposed to go to a party?

"WHAT ALLY?" this huge ogre questioned me.

"What the hell are we doing here? I mean, you said that you know someone who is throwing a party today. AND we were supposed to go to that party. So, I;m asking you this again: WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?!"

"KEVIN'S THROWING A PARTY, SILLY!" he said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Annnd, it's going to be awesome!" Kevin added, smiling smugly. He bumped fists with Sulley and they both were so happy as if they were riding a fucking unicorn.

"Stop grinning, cause it's scary. Veeeery scary!" Hannah said.

"It's going to give me nightmares," I've heard Nola mumble loud enough for the boys to hear.

"Oh hush it all of you," Kevin said a little mad. "I've prepared awesome music, great snacks and colorful drinks. For us I have beer," he added, looking at Sulley. "So? What do you think?" he asked when we stepped into the living room.

"We'll stay. Only because of colorful drinks," I simply stated.

"You're an evil creature. I really don't know what my brother sees in you," Kevin shook his head in disbelief.

"Stay where you are! Don't move! What EXACTLY your brother sees in me?"

"Oh, he, ummmm... Yuma! There you are! Come here! Did you miss me baby girl? C'mon it's time to feed you!" and he ran out off the room with his precious pig in his arms.

"Coward!" I yelled after him. Hannah and Nola both sputtered with laughter. I just smiled at them like a winner that I was and walked up to the MacBook. Playlist that Mr. Coward had prepared was not so bad. I immediately spotted one song that I knew had to be played first.

"Ladies," I grinned "Let's get this thing started with one of the most wonderful songs ever created, by one of the hottest men alive – what is just a cherry on top!" Nola cheered and clapped like a weirdo she was, while Hannah laughed at her.

"Ladies and gentleman! And that cowardish something that is hiding in the kitchen with it's pig! May I present JUSTIIIIIN TIMBERLAKE!" Sweet melody of 'Let the Groove Get In' filled the room.

Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In,feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In, feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In,feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In,feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In, feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In,feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In,feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In, feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In, feel it right there

Come on, shake, like you know you got something to prove little mama
Move, like the groove's taking over you, make no mistake
You're in the place to be by far, so let's get crazy
Like we ain't never gon see tomorrow

Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In,feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In, feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In,feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In,feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In, feel it right there

Shake, like you know you got nothing to lose, make it move
Girl you know what we came to do, make no mistake
You're in the place to be by far, so let's get crazy
Like we ain't never gon see tomorrow

Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In,feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In, feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In,feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In,feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In, feel it right there

Cause when the groove gets on, ooh it's on
And if you need some lead, take mine
Cause when the groove gets on, ooh it's on
So let's have the night of our lives

Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In,feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In, feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In,feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In,feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In, feel it right there

Cause when the groove gets on, ooh it's on
And if you need some lead, take mine
Cause when the groove gets on, ooh it's on
So let's have the night of our lives

Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In,feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In, feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In,feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In,feel it right there
Are you comfortable, right there right there
Let The Groove Get In, feel it right there

"MY GIRL IS JUST AMAZING! WHO KNEW YOU COULD SHAKE YOUR BUTT LIKE THAT!" Sulley beamed with pride. Hannah turned bright red and hid her face in ogre's chest. I guess that they were a really sweet couple. Looking at them was really heart-warming.

"Honey, stop typing away on your phone. It's a fucking party, party that you are hosting. You are supposed to have fun AND make sure that we're having fun as well. So give me your phone, or you're not getting any for next month!" Nola told Kevin, who was clearly more interested in texting somebody than having fun with us. After hearing the 'not getting any part' he immediately turned off his phone and gave it to Nola. I just snickered. He wasn't going to live that down. Ever. And I was going to be the one that made sure of it.

Few hours had passed and they were filled with really good music, awesome drinks and laughter. This so-called party was going really good, until I got a text message that made me want to kill Kevin. Or maybe clone him first and then slowly and painfully kill every clone of him.

'Ally, I have to say that
I'm pretty impressed
If I knew you could dance
like that, I'd make Kevin
record whole party
But that vid he sent me
was enough to keep me
awake for next few hours
Have fun! - K'

"KEVIN! HOW COULD YOU?! AND ON TOP OF THAT YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THAT YOU ARE SENDING HIM THAT!" I screamed as loudly as I could.

"What is she talking about?" Nola asked disoriented.

"HE KNOWS VERY WELL WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT! THAT FUCKER THAT YOU CALL YOUR BOYFRIEND SENT KENDALL A VIDEO OF ME DANCING" I screamed probably red on my face.

"Ally, so what?" my roommate asked as if nothing happened.

"So what? SO WHAT? NOLA ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS? YOU'LL KNOW WHAT ONCE YOU READ WHAT KENDALL TEXTED ME!"

Nola caught my phone and studied what Kendall sent me with a huge grin on her face.

"Guys, we gotta leave you for a moment. We'll be back in a few minutes. C'mon Ally," she grabbed my elbow and led me to Kendall's bedroom. Sneaky bitch.

"Ally, you dense motherfucking bitch!" Nola exclaimed once she closed door to Kendall's bedroom. "'But that vid he sent me was enough to keep me awake for next few hours' Ally are you out of your damned mind? It's good that he won't be able to sleep – he will be thinking about you all that time! And damn, Baby Schmidt is getting bolder and bolder! It seems that he finally grew a pair! In my opinion Kevin did the best thing he could by sending Kendall that video. So stop this thing that you're doing" she gesticulated widely with her hands " and start acting like a grown up woman. I know that it might be hard, but let me tell you, that tonight you're not the only one with umm hard problem, cause trust me that Kendall also has a problem to handle" she added winking.

"Nola!" I shouted "And who is the perverted one, huh?" I laughed and smacked her arm. She shook with laughter and smacked me with Kendall's pillow.

"C'mon let's go back to these loosers downstairs," she said when we calmed down.

"You know what? I'll just stay here for a little while".

"As you wish. But I'm going downstairs," and then she was gone. I stood up and looked around room that belonged to Baby Schmidt. There pictures of the band, Schmidts' family and their pets. It was clean, but a little messy at the same time and cozy and it suited him perfectly. Two guitars were standing in the corner of the room and a large couch was placed vis a vis queen sized bed. I sat on the couch and curled in a ball. Nola was right. It was a good thing that Kev sent his lil' brother this video. And Kendall was really getting bolder. I remember thinking about future – what if me and him did end up together – and then I fell asleep, surrounded by Kendall's things and scent. That day I admitted one thing to myself – I was in love with him, whether I liked it or not.