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"I see that sexy look in your eyes and I know we ain't friends anymore. If we walk down this road we'll be lovers for sure"
The Other Side - Jason Derulo
Ours
The Stoll's Place
By: Ary Hyuga
Beta: Sparkling-Iris
Reyna's POV
I looked at the girl in the mirror. She was wearing a purple dress, tight to her body with just one sleeve, golden threads running through the dress diagonally, forming a spiral that accentuated more her curves, until her knees where the dress ended. Her black hair shone like oil on water and fell in beautiful waves over her shoulders. Her skin seemed clear, soft and glowing and she wore little make up; a little eye shadow, with her big eyelashes framing her beautiful brown eyes. Her pink shining lips were parted in surprise.
And I just couldn't believe that beautiful girl was me.
"I'm not sure about this dress." I said after my initial shock to Hazel. She laughed.
"You look beautiful!" I looked at myself in the mirror once again.
"Now wear this." Hazel said, tending me a pair of not-so-high heels. They were gold and had a pretty bracelet around the ankle.
"Why do we have to dress this elegantly?" I asked when I was wearing the shoes. I looked at Hazel and her cyan dress. It was short and complimented her figure, smaller details adorned the left side and made Hazel's curves be even more accentuated. Her high silver heels just accompanied her dress perfectly, making her seem very beautiful, sexy and mature.
"You'll see." She replied, looking at her curly hair that was slightly fluffy, but still appeared surprisingly wonderful. Just then, she left the room, probably to brush her teeth or something like that.
Since my mom was out of town and Hyllia was on a course at Dartmouth University in New Hampshire, I was going to pass the weekend at Hazel's place.
Now I wasn't sure that it was a good idea. She had forced me to pass all the morning at a spa and the rest of the day shopping. When we got back home, she forced me into the shower and when I got out, she just told me to dress like this, saying; "We're going out today." To where? I didn't know.
Honestly I was scared.
"Where's Hazel?" Nico spoke up. I looked over my shoulder at him; he was at the door of Hazel's room. He was wearing black jeans and a white dress shirt with a tie undone on his neck.
"She's brushing her teeth, I think." He nodded and walked away looking for his sister.
Stop, let me explain.
When Hazel was younger, Nico's parents, Pluton and Marie Levesque decided to go on a trip with Pluton's brother's family, Hades and Maria Di Angelo, who happened to be Hazel's parents.
So both families started a trip to NYC. Sadly, there was a car accident, and Hazel's parents and Bianca Di Angelo (Nico's real sister) died on the crash. Since then, Hazel has been living with the Di Angelos, she didn't remember so much about her parents but decided to keep her last name.
So technically, Nico and Hazel were cousins, but they had been living together for so long that they looked more like siblings, cute if you ask me.
My phone rang in that moment taking me out of my thoughts. The Steelers logo appeared on the screen and I knew it was Leo calling.
"Hey." I answered.
"Are you ready?" He asked and I furrowed my eyebrows.
"You're coming? But where're we going to?" I asked and he laughed softly.
"I should've guessed that Hazel wasn't going to tell yo." he said, "Don't worry, I'll be there."
"Yeah, but where's 'there'?" I sat at Hazel's bed and grinned slightly nervously.
"You don't need to know, call me when you got here; I don't want you to be alone any second." he said and then hung up. I frowned at the phone. Hazel got back to the room just as Leo hung up.
"Let's go!" she said, smiling.
"Where?"
"Somewhere, let's get lost, is Friday night." she said cheerfully and I rolled my eyes.
Nico was already in the garage, turning on his black Volvo c40.
"Nice car." I said and he gave me a little smile. That considering that it was Nico that we were talking about, it was so much more than just 'nice'.
"I love it, so be careful with your super big heels." he said and Hazel rolled her eyes.
"I said we could go in my truck if you're going to be so protective." She pointed out while we got inside the car, but Nico didn't bother answering.
"Can I know where we are going now?" I asked from the back seat of the car, after Nico drove out of the garage and was now on Union St.
"You didn't tell her?" Nico asked and Hazel ignored him.
"You'll see Reyna" she said once again and I rolled my eyes one again.
"We are going to the Stoll's place" Nico said when he realized that Hazel wasn't planning on telling me. I furrowed my eyebrows, confused.
"The Stoll's? Travis and Connor?" Nico nodded and Hazel gave him an angry look.
"It was supposed to be a surprise…" She muttered.
I ignored her little comment. "Why are we dressing like this" I asked, "Are just going to the Stoll's house or…?"
"It's Katie Gardner's birthday" Hazel explained, "And Travis made this super big party to celebrate, the theme is "Las Vegas" so there are going to be games and all sorts of cool stuff, they asked us to dress like this."
"It's a load of crap." Nico said and Hazel rolled her eyes at him.
"But it's so cute! He's making all this because he want's Katie to be his girlfriend!" Hazel explained me.
Then of course, she and Nico started to argue about that and I stopped paying attention to them. I took my phone and wrote a message to Leo.
"A party? You know that's not my deal." I got straight to the point.
Leo's answered a moment after.
"I know, but this is going to be funny, I promise."
I grinned as I answered.
"I hardly think so. Wanna go home :("
"Don't be a baby. Can't wait to see you in a dress ;)" I laughed at his answer.
"Careful, I got heels and won't hesitate on use them" I got a silly smile on my face when I pressed Send.
"What are you laughing at?" Hazel asked and I blushed when I saw her.
"Nothing."
"We're already here" Nico said, just then. I looked at the Stoll's house. It was big, really big. It had three floors, the last one with a big balcony where you could see some teens already dancing. The front yard covered of grass was now full of cars. I recognized the Prius that belonged to Percy, Frank's green van and my favorite, the blue, old Camaro.
We got out of the car and walked to the door which was propped open. There were laser lights flashing around inside the house. I noticed that the living room had no furniture except for the poker tables and some other Vegas games. All of the girls were wearing dresses and really big high heels.
"You didn't call me." Somebody said in my ear, sending a charge of electricity through my back and up my spine. My cheeks were red when I turned back to face Leo.
"I was about to call you." I said and he smiled to me, raising an eyebrow. I looked at him; he wore a pair of denim jeans, a dark gray shirt, and a black jacket. His black hair still looked wet but settled into their classical waves. I noticed with surprise that he was using dress shoes.
"Those are your super painful heels?" he asked and I laughed. I noticed that even when I was wearing heels he was still a little taller than me. I liked that.
"Come here." he said, gesturing me to come over. I grabbed Hazel's hand and she followed us.
"Leo," she said, "Have you seen…"
"Frank is upstairs" he answered, almost yelling over the music, "With the rest of the guys.
We got to the second floor, and Leo took us to another big balcony that I hadn't seen from outside, there were a lot of tables and in one corner was a big buffet bar.
On one of the tables was Leo's crew. Percy was wearing black dressing pants with a black shirt, his hair seemed like if he just passed a hand through it. He was holding Annabeth's hand who was next to him, she was wearing a silver dress, it was simple, with no sleeves and tight to her figure, her blond hair was falling on her shoulders. Even sitting, she looked amazing, beautiful, strong, smart….you can totally see why Percy was so in love with her.
Next to Annabeth was Frank, also wearing black pants with white lines and a common black shirt with a black jacket over it, he looked at us and gave Hazel a bright smile, she almost jumped at him. I sat next to Hazel, with Leo on my other side. Juniper, who was wearing a beautiful green dress, was next to Leo and Grover, who wore a white shirt and black pants also.
"I love your dress Reyna." Annabeth said to me. I looked at her and she was smiling.
"Thank you, it's actually Hazel's." Annabeth's eyes widened in recognition.
"I knew I'd seen it before!" Hazel and I laughed and suddenly all the guys had decided to have a poker game.
"Can you please take care of her?" Leo asked Annabeth, looking at me. I rolled my eyes.
"I promise." she said, still smiling. Leo winked at me before leaving. I blushed bright red.
"He's so cute." Annabeth said to me, but before I could answer, a red-haired girl arrived at the table. Rachel was extremely happy, with her little black shorts, and her bright green blouse that made her eyes shine even more. I loved the way her outfit was complemented with pretty black booties.
We started a really nice conversation, looking at the other girls' dresses, talking about gossip and boys… I was surprised with how easily I got along with these girls.
"Where's Pipes?" Rachel asked casually and Annabeth put down her glass of water to answer.
"She and Jason had a fight as soon as they arrived…" She said. Junniper nodded.
"She seemed so angry. I can't believe they are having so many fights lately." She said, and all of the girls nodded in agreement.
"They're fighting?" I asked.
"So much. It's weird, they were so in love and suddenly they couldn't even stand being together." Rachel explained.
"I guess Jason and Thals are having problems with Zeus again." Annabeth pointed out. "She hasn't even called me, I'm a little worried."
"Where's she now?" Hazel asked.
"Last I knew, she was at her house on Miami, but I don't know if she's moved."
I raised an eyebrow. "She has a house on Miami!?" I blurted out, surprised. Annabeth laughed softly.
"His parent is the president of a really important company, they're more than rich." she explained, "They have houses everywhere."
"So why do they fight so much?"
This time, Rachel answered.
"Zeus is crazy, he wants to control Thalia's and Jason's life. Jason used to let him but Thalia didn't."
"I bet Jason is trying to rebel." Juniper said.
Annabeth looked like she was about to say something else, but she instead smiled to someone behind me. I turned around and saw all of the guys walking our way having finished their poker game. Percy was arguing with Nico. Leo, Frank and Grover were laughing.
"How was the poker, sweetheart?" Annabeth asked and Percy made a grin, everyone at the table burst into laughter.
"Nico cheated on me!" he said and Annabeth hugged him dramatically, saying; "Oh my seaweed brain!"
I looked at Leo, he was smiling smugly.
"Do you win something?" I asked, he grinned.
"Frank is going to wash my car all next month!" he said triumphantly, and I laughed.
"Are you already drinking something?" Somebody asked just then, and we all looked at the boy. A blond boy with green eyes wearing a complete suit was there.
"Hey Polux." Leo greeted him, reading the nameplate, with the rest of us at the table.
"Are you the bar man today?" Frank asked and Polux smiled at him.
"This is Vegas baby!" he said and all of us laughed. After ten minutes of that he brought us a bunch of cocktails and bottles of beer.
"Is this legal?" I asked hesitantly, and Leo laughed.
"Just if you want to believe it is." he said and took his bottle of corona.
And we kept on talking, and talking; about everything and nothing. Sometimes with just Hazel and Frank, sometimes just Leo and me, sometimes with everybody… Leo had his arm on the back of my chair and sometime he took my hand and played with it absently. I felt him closer than ever but I didn't step back because I liked it. I liked to feel him next to me.
Time ran by quickly and suddenly it was twelve o'clock. Travis took the microphone. We couldn't see him because he was at the third floor but we still could hear him.
"How's everybody doing tonight?" he asked and we all screamed and clapped.
"That's good! I'm here, to give you two amazing pieces of big news! Wanna hear them?" the crowd answered a "yes" and Travis continued.
"Such an amazing and beautiful girl called Katie Gardiner is now my girlfriend!" The crowd broke into applause and cheers at the statement.
"Yeah, gentlemen! So don't get closer to her if you don't want to make me angry." We all laughed.
"Wanna hear the second good news?" he asked after the laughing had died down, and we all screamed a "yes".
"With you, right here and right now, the best DJ of all Delaware…. Please everybody welcome… MICHAEL YEW!"
"I thought he was going to say David Guetta." Frank said.
"David is not from Delaware" Rachel countered, and Frank rolled his eyes.
"I know, it was a joke." he explained.
"Well, it sucked." Nico said and now everybody laughed. Then the music started and Hazel jumped out of the chair. She dragged Frank to the third floor without hesitation. Percy, Annabeth, Nico and Rachel followed them.
"Let's go." Leo said. I stood up and suddenly the earth seemed to sway under my feet. I was about to fall when Leo took me in his arms.
"Whoa!" he exclaimed, "Are you ok?" I nodded.
"I'm not used to the margaritas." I said and stood upright, this time without stumbling. "Let's go."
The third floor was full of people, all of them dancing. The warmth of everyone's bodies and the smoke of cigarettes were filling the air. It was midnight and we were on the balcony but I didn't feel the any breeze at all.
We got to where our friends (yes, now they were my friends too) were dancing and we joined them. The music was good, but suddenly Yew changed to a faster song. Once again Leo was dancing so close to me.
We danced, and danced, and danced… he moved amazing and together I was barely aware of the rest of the crew or all the eyes on us. We were dancing, it felt like we were alone, and I loved it.
"Leo I'm tired…" I spoke up after probably an hour of dancing. I was sweating and exhausted.
"Let's take you home." he said. We looked for Hazel and Nico but Hazel was going to stay more and we couldn't find Nico so Leo was going to take me back to Hazel's house.
"Hey guys!" Rachel found us when we were walking to the stairs of the second floor. "A photograph." she raised the camera that she held in her hand and I smiled shyly.
I don't know how, but I slipped and I would have fallen if Leo hadn't put his arms around me. The flash of the camera made me close my eyes and I opened when I was sure I was standing again.
"What happened?" I asked, but before Leo answered me, Rachel held out the photograph.
Leo was holding the girl that I saw in the mirror before. She had a beautiful smile on her lips and her eyes were closed, she had her hands on Leo's chest while he held her back and smiled at her.
"I love it!" I said and Leo laughed.
"Me too," he said "Sorry Rach, we're leaving now. Wanna ride?" he offered, but Rachel declined, saying that Percy and Annabeth were going to take her back home. We said good bye to each other.
When we finally got out of the house, the two am cold air hit my uncovered back and made me tremble.
"Cold?" Leo asked, smiling and I nodded; he took off his jacket and put it around my shoulders. It smelled like him.
"Maybe you'll like to take your shoes off." he joked and I pushed his arm. He laughed.
Leo helped me to get into his car and there I took my heels off.
"Those things looks like mortal guns." he commented teasingly once he was behind the wheel and I burst into laughter.
"They can kill you." I agreed, and he smiled. I crossed my legs on the seat and looked at Leo while he was driving back to Hazel's home,
"You didn't look like you've been drinking." I commented, and he laughed.
"No, but you do." He told me and I frowned.
"I don't feel drunk!" I protested and he smirked at me.
"Yet." He completed, and I pouted, which only made him smile.
"Did you like my dress?" I asked suddenly, he raised an eyebrow but nodded all the same.
"I do." he said.
"And my shoes?" He laughed again.
"Yeah, but I like you more with your converse and denim shorts." he said, and my stomach gave a big flip inside of me.
"I liked the photograph." he smiled and gave me a quick glance before looking at the roads again.
"Me too, I know a special place to put it." he said and now it was I who smiled.
"Me too." We fell into a comfortable silence the rest of the way back home. The drive didn't take too much time since it was late at night and no many people were out.
Leo parked in front Hazel's house and then looked at me.
"This is weird" he said.
"What'?"
"Leaving you at the front door." I laughed and rolled my eyes. We went out of the car and Leo walked with me to the door.
"Did you have a good time?" I asked and he beamed.
"A terrific one." he said, "What about you?"
"Fantastic, I've never known you could move like that." I joked, pushing his shoulder and he chuckled.
"It's in my blood." he said to me and I rolled my eyes but smiled.
When I looked at him I felt a nice feeling in my stomach that climbed to my chest and then I blushed. Leo smiled and looked in my eyes. I immediately lost myself on his chocolate colored eyes of his. For a second, I could see inside of him, all his tenderness, his passion, his intelligence, his humor, and even his wounds…all that was Leo and for that little second, I could see it all.
I wasn't aware that we were getting closer until I felt Leo's breath on my lips. I moved so I could kiss him…but he moved away.
"You should go to sleep." he suddenly said and I felt my whole face go red. I was about to kiss Leo! And the worst part… he moved away!
"Y-you're right." I answered, still embarrassed, and trying not to sound disappointed, I failed miserably.
He took my face in his hands and laid his forehead on mine. "It's not the time." he whispered.
I looked at his brown eyes and the feeling on my stomach returned, but this time I seriously started to wonder if it was the alcohol that was making me feel like this.
"I should go to sleep…" I said and Leo smiled, separating him from me.
"See ya in the morning." he said and I nodded. He was about to leave when he got closer to me and kissed the corner of my lips fleetingly.
I saw him walking to his car.
In that moment, I knew what people meant when they felt "butterflies in their stomachs."
And to be honest…I instantly loved that feeling.
Oh I love Leyna so much! *u*
I know I promised a preview but I late so much writing this that I decided to post it as soon as my beta send it to me...
Still I'd send you a special preview!
Hope you like it!
Please, review!
Love, Ary!
