Chapter 7: Third Leave: Party
12, February 2018 6:00PM
Location: Robert's house (Western Heatherfield)
Irma and Robert decided to have a party at Robert's house to celebrate the squadron's promotion as well as their recent achievements in combat. Irma invited Taranee, Hay Lin,
Nigel, Eric, Matt, Caleb, Cornelia and Elyon; while Robert invited Kim, Ron, Will, and the pilots from the Tophatters and Eagle teams.
Robert took care of refreshments while Irma took care of the planned for the party to last all night. Robert went to the store to pick up some snacks as well as other necessities. Once he got back, he and Irma set up a dance floor in the basement. At 12:00N, the guests began to arrive.
First came Will and Cornelia, followed by Taranee, Elyon and Hay Lin. The other guests arrived a half-hour later.
At that moment, the party began. The guests were already wearing their swimsuits when they arrived and they immediately jumped into the swimming pool.
Robert brought out his stereo and turned it on before going inside to change into his trunks. Wow, this is going great! Robert thought as he came out. A few minutes later Irma went towards the bathroom.
"Wait here, baby. I want to surprise you." Irma said as she winked and went into the bathroom to change. After a few minutes, Irma came out wearing her blue bikini.
"Let's have some fun!" Irma said as they went into the pool area. Irma jumped in first, with Robert close behind. Robert surfaced first and looked around and saw Irma coming up. He just couldn't help but stare as Irma came out and waved her gorgeous brown hair.
Two hours later, Robert got out and turned on the hot tub and got in. The others got out of the pool and went into the hot tub as well. After an hour, they got out and dried off before going inside. They then changed out of their swimsuits and that's when the party got really good.
The partiers went into the basement-turned-dance floor and got their groove on. Robert let Alchemy operate the stereo system and got onto the dance floor with the others. Just to be funny, Robert started doing the Robot, which made Cornelia, Hay Lin and Irma laugh.
"Your boyfriend's a great party guy." Bloom said as she danced next to Irma.
"Yeah, nothing ever goes wrong at his parties." Irma replied.
"That, and he has a great taste in dance music." Musa added.
"Yeah, he definitely knows what we all like." Will replied. Irma and all of the other girls were dancing in an awesome manner, but Irma's dancing was the some of the best, and Robert and Cornelia couldn't help but watch.
The next song that came on was the Macarena.
"OOH, THIS IS MY JAM!" Alchemy said as she rushed to the dance floor.
As the song went on, everybody did the dance in near-perfect unison.
"Wow, we're so good, I wish we had a camera!" Hay Lin said as the song reached its halfway point.
"Yeah, this would look great on the Internet!" Cornelia replied. After the song ended, a slow-dance song came on.
Each couple slow-danced with each other.
"This is one of my favorite parts of any party." Irma said as her lips met Robert's. They stayed in that passionate embrace until the next song came on.
After the next two songs, the partiers left the dance floor. They saw that Alchemy had set up the karaoke machine in the basement's home theater room.
"Wow, a sing-a-thon, too?" Irma asked. "
Yep, looks like that's a party standard nowadays." Cornelia replied.
"Sweet, I like that idea!" Will exclaimed.
"This is gonna be great!" Taranee said.
"All right, let's do it!" Hay Lin said as she took the stage first. The other guests sat down to watch, with Robert, Caleb, Eric, Matt and Nigel sitting in the front row.
Hay Lin smiled as she held the microphone and began to sing. The crowd was mesmerized by Hay Lin's voice as she sang an upbeat song.
Eric was practically in a trance by the time the song was nearly over. Wow, they must really be enjoying themselves. Then again, why wouldn't they? Hay Lin thought as she finished singing the last few lines.
Everyone applauded when the song ended. Hay Lin walked off and handed the microphone to Cornelia as she got on stage. Irma pressed the PLAY button and the room once again fell silent as Cornelia began.
Caleb stared at his wife, who was showing the pop star within her. Irma was also fascinated by Cornelia's awesome voice, which filled the room with every line.
The cheering started once again when Cornelia finished singing. Will then got up and high-fived her as she took the microphone.
The cheering stopped when the music began. Will smiled and began singing.
Taranee and Matt were speechless as the song went through its first chorus. Wow, Will picked a good one! It's so beautiful, especially when she does it! Taranee thought as she watched attentively. Wow, she's so talented, I think she could be a good professional singer! Matt thought as the song approached its end.
"Wow *sniff* that was beautiful!" Taranee said as she wiped off a tear after Will was done, at which point the room was once again filled with the sounds of cheering. This time, Taranee and Monique were going to do a duet.
The room fell silent as the song began. Will was staring in fascination as Taranee and Monique sang their duet flawlessly. Will was practically hypnotized as they sang the last lines.
"Wow, that was awesome!" Will said as the song ended. After the cheering started again. Taranee and Monique walked off as Irma took the stage.
"This one's for you, dear!" she said to Robert as the song began. Robert stared as if in a trance as Irma sang with a beautiful tone. Wow, I can see her as a singer in the next five years or so! Robert thought as Irma began the last part of the song.
Once Irma's song was over, the whole room exploded in applause. Irma blushed as everyone cheered and cheered. "How was that?" Irma asked Robert. "Dear, you just get better and better every time." Robert replied.
"Oh, you!" Irma said as she kissed him.
A few minutes later, they all left the room.
"Hey, who wants to have a partner shoot-off?" Robert asked. The rest of the partiers cheered as they went to the basement shooting range.
Robert opened his gun safe and got out his AK-47, his AR-15, his Dragunov, his 30-06, his .22 rifle and his array of handguns while Irma prepared the targets in each stall. The others began checking out the guns as Robert got out the ammunition and loaded the magazines.
Everyone each got out a pair of earplugs and put them in.
Irma and Robert got the AK-47, while Cornelia and Caleb got the AR-15, Will and Matt got the Dragunov, Taranee and Nigel got the .30-06 bolt-action rifle, Hay Lin and Eric got the Glock-17, Musa and Bloom got the Desert Eagle .357 magnum, Techna and Flora got the Colt .45 semiautomatic pistol, and Alchemy, Elyon and June got the 12-guage pump-action shotgun. Each gun had two magazines, except for the 30-06 and the shotgun, which had no separate external magazines.
Each pair picked up their gun and took aim.
"Game time!" Robert said as everyone began shooting all at once. The room began to echo with the sound of gunfire as the bullets flew.
After the first magazines were empty, the pairs handed the guns to their partners and reloaded them while Robert and Irma set up a new set of targets. Once the new targets were ready, the shooters took aim and got ready.
"Weapons free!" Robert shouted , signaling the next volley of bullets, which began flying.
"THIS IS FUN!!!" Alchemy shouted over the noise of gunfire. After the magazines were empty, everyone handed the guns to Robert, who put them back into the safe.
They all went back upstairs and all of the guests began to leave because the party was now over.
Robert and Irma then went to the bedroom. "Whew, parties can be real tiring sometimes!" Irma said as they lied down on the bed.
"Yeah, just like flying: tiring, but fun." Robert replied.
"Yeah, I hope the others had as much fun as we did." Irma said. "I'm sure they did; after all, who doesn't?" Robert replied as Irma got under the covers.
Robert put in an action movie and got under the covers with Irma. They watched the movie and afterwards, Robert turned off the TV and the DVD player and they were both asleep within minutes.
