Chapter 7
Payson Keeler looked sophisticated but at the same time classy. She paired a navy/green Kirra Pocket Racer Tank dress with navy espadrilles. Her hair was French-braided and tied with a navy scrunchie.
Lauren Tanner looked sizzling hot in an off-white Roxy Backstage Pass dress and white 6" peep-toes. She had waterfall braids on both sides of her head. Both braids met at the back of her head and were pulled together in a braid.
Kaylie Cruz looked outstanding in a purple O'Neill Phish Phan dress and Fendi platform studded leather ankle boots. Her hair was pulled back into a messy, but chic, bun.
All three of them walked into the party at the same time. They stood at the door and all the males' attention was on them. Three guys walked up towards them. The first one said, "Hey girls, never seen you around before."
"You guys are looking hot," the second one exclaimed.
"Can I get you girls a drink?" the third one asked.
"Hey, you guys aren't looking too bad yourself," Lauren flirtatiously said and flipped her hair.
"Yeah, lead the way to the bar," Kaylie continued. The guys smiled and turned around. They began walking towards the bar. "You guys, we're gymnasts. Remember the last time we were at a party?" Payson reminded them.
"Yeah, I did a keg-stand that was more memorable than my gold medal at Nationals or Worlds," Kaylie began, "And my best friend hooked up with my boyfriend."
"Sorry, bad example," Payson apologized, "But Kaylie, you have a boyfriend now. And there are four guys here that are probably waiting for us. Come on, let's find them and not get drunk with three guys we barely know." Kaylie and Lauren understood and nodded. They looked around for the four familiar faces that they see everyday at The Rock.
The guys' POV
"Holy shit, dudes, I didn't know they could look that hot. I mean, they look hot daily in their leotard, but this," Nicky said while pointing at them, "This is fucking hot, man."
"Yeah, I agree. Payson is just," Max began but then lost his words.
"Yeah, no doubt," Brad said.
"Who knew my girlfriend and her best friends would show up at an Austin-Tucker-party dressed like that. They had the attention of every single male in this room when they walked in," Austin implied.
"Wait, who are the three guys they're talking to?" Nicky asked.
"My friends. What do they think they're doing?" Austin replied.
"Austin, I think you're girlfriend just agreed with what they were saying, and speaking as a male, I think the guy just said, "Can I get you girls a drink?"" Max answered.
Jealousy spread across all four of their faces even though the only guys that had the right to feel jealous was Austin and Max, seeing as guys that weren't them greeted their girlfriends.
"Come on guys, let's claim our girls. They're free from Austin's friends," Max said. The guys all went up to their girls.
"Hey girls, and can I say: beautiful," Brad said first.
"Thanks," the girls all said simultaneously.
"Come with me, girls," Austin said, "We guys have something to announce." And with that, Austin turned and led them towards the stage.
"We do?" the guys whispered.
"Yeah, we're going to tell every-fucking-one in this room that these three girls can't be touched. They're ours, got it?"
"Good plan," Max said while Brad and Nicky simply nodded.
They reached the stage and the boys jumped up. Austin cut the music and everyone turned towards the stage.
"Alright you guys, here's the rules," Austin began.
There were murmurs amongst the crowd, people wondered since when Austin Tucker's parties had rules. They're questions were quickly answered.
"Rule one: drink as much as you can!" With that, everyone cheered.
"Rule number two: the party only ends when we run out of beer or the police breaks this party up." Even more cheers erupted.
"Rule number three, the last rule: these three girls," Austin waved for the girls to come on stage. Whistling erupted from the male crowd. The girls smiled while on stage and they were confused as to why they were up there.
"These three girls," Austin repeated. "Are off limits."
"What?" one of the guys said, "how are they off-limits? They don't look off-limits to me!" All the guys agreed and kept on whistling.
"This young girl here is – "
"Hot!" One of the guys cut Austin off.
"Yes, she is. She's also my girlfriend," Austin stressed while sending a death glare to the guy that interrupted him before. "Who are you?"
"I'm Chris, a friend of Sean's," Chris replied. "Anyways, since when did Gymnastics'-Bad-Boy-and-Life-of-The-Party Austin Tucker have a girlfriend?" The guy shouted back. Everyone murmured in agreement.
"Clearly, you have not read the tabloids these days," Austin replied.
"The last one I read said: Gymnastics' Bad-Boy Austin Tucker – the life of the party. Our question: where is Kaylie Cruz?" A girl yelled.
"Austin and I may seem like the unlikely couple, but in the end, we're together," Kaylie said.
"Yeah, sure," Chris sniggered, "There's no proof you guys are dating, hot stuff."
"Hot stuff? Are you kidding me? So you want proof?" Austin challenged. He moved closer to Kaylie, grabbed her and kissed her. Once their lips parted, they were both gasping for air. Kaylie was stunned and she kept staring at Austin. She then slowly smiled. "Did that shut you up?" Kaylie questioned Chris.
"You guys kissed, so what? Everyone kisses each other."
"Yeah, okay, whatever suits your needs," Kaylie superiorly said.
"Back to the off-limits ladies. Her, she's taken as well. She's my best friend, Max's, girlfriend," he said while pointing at Payson. Even more disappointing grunts erupted from the male crowd and Chris did not question it.
"This blonde beauty here, Lauren Tanner, is," Austin was looking at his friends and they knew exactly what he was worried about: Lauren Tanner did not have a boyfriend.
"She's my girlfriend."
