A few days passed by and the awkward moments seemed to be endless. Alex had been spending more time with Mitchie, Lilly, and Oliver.
It was Friday morning and Alex met up with Mitchie, Lilly, and Oliver in the cafeteria.
Oliver looked up and said,"Hey what's up Alex?"
Alex took a seat and took out her sketch pad to work on the sketch of Nate. "Oh, nothing. But I'm ready for this school day to be over."
Mitchie looked at her friend,"You've said that every time Oliver's asked you that."
"It's true though."
Lilly took a bite of her apple,"I think that something's up."
"Haha nope."
Miley walked over to their table,"Hi Lilly! What's up Oliver? Mitchie."
Lilly continued on her apple, Mitchie just looked at Miley and Oliver responded,"Well hey Miley, toni-"
Miley interrupted Oliver mid-sentence,"Yeah whatever. Alex I don't know what game you're playing but I'm on to you!"
Alex looked up at Miley,"What do you mean?"
"Monday night. Why were you with Shane and Nate?"
"I was invited over to their house."
"Yeah? and what did you do at their house?" As Miley spoke she brought her face closer to Alex's.
"What does it matter? It's none of your business."
"Why did he leave me at the party Monday night?"
"What are you talking about? What party? I don't even know what you're talking about."
"Yeah, that's a very common answer." Miley walked off with her stillettos clicking on the ground.
Lilly looked at Alex,"What was that about?"
"I don't even know."
Oliver said in a mock tone,"That's a very common answer."
Mitchie just stared at Alex. Alex looked down at her sketch pad and continued sketching.
It was lunch time and Alex sat with Lilly, Oliver, and Mitchie. Nate was sitting with Tess, Jake, Miley, Shane, and Zoey.
Miley was talking a thousand miles per hour,"Party tonight! It's going to be at my house. I think I'm going to wear those leather leggings, maybe not, yeah I will, with that cute purple retro's tee oh yes, and my cute little hippie headband..."
Nate was starting to develop a headache,"Who'd you invite."
"Everybody!"
"Really. Even them over there?" Nate pointed over to where Alex was sitting.
Miley hesitated,"I said everybody didn't I?"
Nate continued to eat his food.
After lunch ended, Miley walked over to Alex's table,"I need you to come to my party."
Mitchie was a little offended by Miley's tone of voice,"You need us to come to your party."
"No just Alex, but I guess you can come too. It's tonight, be there." Miley turned on her stiletto heels.
Lilly and Oliver looked over at Alex and said in unison,"Are you going?"
"Mm probably not, unless you guys are then I might."
After school, Alex, Lilly, and Oliver walked over to Mitchie's with Mitchie, where they were greeted by Mitchie's mom.
"Hi guys," Mrs. Torres greeted the kids as they walked into the house.
"Hi Mrs. Torres."
"Hi mom."
"Yo yo, Mrs. Torres."
"Hey, Mrs. T."
"I'm trying to add something on the kids' menu, do you guys want to try it for me?" Mrs. Torres picked up a cookie sheet and put it in front of the kids.
"Actually mom, I think we're just going to chill up in my room and then come down for dinner. Then leave for that party tonight." Mitchie said the last part really fast so her mom couldn't hear what she said.
But she did,"Whoa ho ho, Party?"
"Yes."
"Who's?"
"No big deal mom, it's Miley's."
"No big deal? I don't know."
"Mom."
"Okay, okay."
They ran up to Mitchie's room.
Lilly jumped onto the bed,"So, what are you guys going to wear tonight?"
Oliver looked at Lilly,"What? I don't look good in this outfit?"
"Actually no."
"I don't even have any clothes here."
"Well, then I guess you don't have to change."
"Yeah."
Mitchie walked to her closet,"I don't know what I'm going to where but I think I want to pick out what I want to wear and then chill and eat."
Alex walked over to where Mitchie was,"Good idea."
"Wanna borrow this dress?" Mitchie picked out a classy dress top which features shoulder straps with brilliant pearlescent tubular beads sewn on the front and a draped crossover bust. It also has a pretty bubble hem.
"Mitchie that's so pretty! Why don't you want to wear it?"
"Because I think you'll look good in this and I can find something else, it's okay."
"Thank you Mitchie." Alex took the dress and put it on Mitchie's desk chair.
"Lilly I got one for you too!" Mitchie showed Lilly a racerback sequin top and a pair of leather skinny jeans.
"Seriously Mitchie? You're going to let me borrow that?"
"Why not?"
"I don't know."
"So then that's a yes. You are going to wear this."
"What are you going to wear Mitchie?"
"I don't know yet." Mitchie picked out a distressed denim mini skirt with black tights, a dark gray sunburst heart tee, a black fedora and a black fitted vest. "Perfect!"
Oliver was getting really bored with the girls just talking about clothes, "Guys, can we do something else?"
Mitchie stuck in a DVD and The Notebook started playing.
"Aw c'mon guys. Really? Do we have to watch this?"
Mitchie responded to Oliver's whines,"You asked to do something else Oliver."
The Notebook ended, they finished eating dinner, and they were at the party.
At the party, the ground was pulsing from the loud music, toilet paper was strewn across tree branches and the ground, passed out people laid on the front lawn with others standing around have a chat with each other.
Mitchie led the group to the wide open front door where they were greeted by drunken classmates.
One of the drunken boys managed to slur,"Who are you? *hiccup* You have nice eyebrows." As he finished up his sentence his hands came closer to Mitchie's face almost as if he wanted to outline her eyebrow shape.
She pushed his hands away and walked to the other side of his group. They ended up in the living room where a dance floor had been started. They spotted the people they disliked on the dance floor. Miley was grinding up on some senior jock from their rival school. Tess and Jake were dancing just the same. Zoey was "dancing" with, more like letting herself get felt up by a junior from the rival school. Which only left the question, where were the Gray boys?
Alex looked around and said in her sarcastic tone,"Wow, this is a party."
Lilly responded with a wavering voice,"It seems like everybody is enjoying themselves."
Oliver who already spotted some friends said,"Yeah, we should too. Call me when you want to go." He walked in the direction of the kitchen where some of the guys were hanging.
Alex grabbed Mitchie's hand who in turn grabbed Lilly's hand forming a chain and she led them to the bathroom. She pulled them in and closed the door.
Alex turned her back to the door and said,"Guys this party is crazy. There are people drunk and passed out on the floor."
Lilly was pumped,"Yeah, isn't it exciting!"
Mitchie and Alex said together,"No."
Mitchie turned to Lilly,"This party could get really dangerous, I mean think of all the people who will be driving home or who are so high or drunk they might do something stupid."
Lilly calmed down a little,"Yeah you're right, so what are we going to do?"
Alex looked unsure,"Well we're already here, we might as well try to enjoy ourselves."
MItchie said,"So where to?"
Lilly jumped in,"THE DANCEFLOOR! but first we need to find some guys."
The three girls got out of the bathroom and looked around for guys. On her search for a guy to dance with, she caught Nate's eye.
Nate was in mid-conversation when he saw Alex in her dress. His attention was taken off of his conversation and he started towards Alex who was looking around. But he stopped in his tracks when he saw that another guy had already walked up to Alex before he did. Nate slowed down only to see that Alex was leading the guy to the dance floor.
In the living room, Alex began to dance with Bradin. Mitchie and Lilly were already on the dance floor with their guys that they chose. After about ten minutes, Alex was feeling really hot and uncomfortable so she and Bradin went outside. They stood under the branches of the large but not gigantic tree.
Bradin looked up at the sky and said,"The stars are really bright tonight."
Alex looked over at Bradin,"I guess they are."
Bradin looked over at Alex and in a way that it was sort of poking fun at Alex but not cheeky,"Yeah but they're even brighter if you look at them."
Alex wrapped her arms around her torso and rubbed her arms. Bradin smiled knowing that he made Alex nervous.
Almost as if Bradin just noticed that Alex had her arms wrapped around herself he said,"Are you cold?"
Alex reluctant to admit said,"Yeah, but just a little, it's not a big deal."
Bradin took off his gray American Eagle sweatshirt and draped it around Alex's shoulders.
Alex started to blush and quietly said,"Thank you."
Bradin and Alex stood under the tree, it was loud around them but between the two it was awkward silence. Alex's phone started to ring, she pulled it off of her strappy sandal and the Caller ID said Dean. She didn't want to be rude and pick up when she was with Bradin but she didn't want to be rude and not pick up.
She ended up picking up,"Hello?"
"Russo, it's Dean."
"Yeah, I know. What's up?"
"Nothing, just me and the guys are hanging out, I was wondering how my girl was doing."
Dean no longer had the effect on Alex that made her knees feel like jell-o,"Dean I'm at a party, can I call you back later?"
"You're at a party?"
"Okay, bye."
"Alex."
Alex hung up.
If it wasn't awkward enough between Bradin and Alex, it became even more.
Bradin with a little bit of curiosity in his voice,"Who was that?"
"Oh nobody really."
"Nobody really...I don't think nobody really would be calling you this late."
Alex looked at Bradin who was already looking at her,"He's just some guy."
"Oh so it's a he."
"Well yes. Were you expecting my mother?"
"Not entirely but I think it would've meant that I had a better chance of you saying yes when I ask you out." Bradin began to walk away.
Alex stood dumbfounded not knowing whether or not she should follow Bradin or just stand where she was and watch him. She didn't get much time to think about it because she could all of a sudden see all of the passed out people on the ground and hear a couple making out on the other side of the tree. She didn't want to be left alone out there so she started to walk in the direction of the door.
As she was walking towards the door, Shane and Zoey were in view. Zoey had her hands all over Shane and Shane's hands were trying to push Zoey away.
Zoey screamed,"WHAT! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING."
Shane said in a calmer voice than Zoey,"Zoey, I can't do this anymore."
"What can't you do? HUH!"
"I think you need to go take a cold shower and then call me when you sober up."
Shane broke free of her grips and walked out of the house with Zoey clearly upset and high. Shane saw Alex and walked up to her,"You heard didn't you?"
"What happened just now?"
"No, what happened the other night."
"Zoey freaking you out?"
"Alex stop acting so innocent, I know you know."
"So yeah I do."
"Anyway what are you doing out here all alone?"
"It didn't start out that way."
A smile started to form on Shane's mouth,"Ah, you came out here with a guy."
"And what if I said yes."
"Then I would think you came out her so you could kiss the boy."
Alex playfully hit Shane,"No!" And they started to giggle and Shane grabbed Alex and they both fell to the ground still laughing.
They both rolled on their backs looking up at the stars.
Shane wondered aloud,"Why couldn't it be this simple with Zoey? Why can't I just like her and then we just have fun?"
Alex turned her head towards Shane,"Love isn't always simple."
"Who said I ever loved her."
Alex looked up at the stars with Shane and they just stayed quiet.
Until Zoey came out and stomped over to where Shane and Alex were laying.
Zoey began to scream,"WHAT THE FREAK SHANE!"
Shane and Alex got up and Shane said,"What Zoey? What."
"YOU AND HER! NOW I SEE WHY YOU'RE STARTING TO HATE ME!"
"What are you talking about."
Zoey began to cry and through her sobs she said,"YOU ARE CHEATING ON ME! WITH HER."
"I'm not cheating on anybody." Shane knew that he should have hugged Zoey and reassured her that they were still together but Shane didn't feel like hugging a stranger. Shane stood staring at Zoey. He took Alex's hand and led her inside leaving Zoey behind to scream and cry in a whiny way,"SHAAANNNE!" She started to throw a fit stomping her feet and punching the air downwards with her fists.
Alex was a little startled by Zoey's childish act,"Shouldn't you go calm her down or something?"
"I probably should but I don't want to be around her when she's craving a high."
Shane stopped and realized he was still holding Alex's hand, shyly he said,"Sorry."
Softly Alex replied,"For what holding my hand? You can hold my hand anytime."
Nate was roaming around the first floor of the house and stopped by the living room where he saw his girlfriend dancing. She was very sweaty but still going at it with another senior from the other school. She was pretty intense with this guy in her extremely short mini skirt and her all too revealing cami. It wasn't in Nate's nature to get jealous of Miley so he kept on roaming as if it wasn't anything. He saw Mitchie on the dance floor so he decided to go in and dance with her.
Mitchie was startled by her new dance partner so she screamed over the music,"NATE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOUR GIRLFRIEND IS OVER THERE."
"I'M DANCING WITH YOU."
That answer seemed to be enough for Mitchie because she started to dance with Nate and was soon joined by Lilly.
Zoey marched into the house in a childish way and saw Alex and Shane standing together. She walked right up to them and said,"I was RIGHT! You are cheating on me with this, this piece of trash!"
Shane looked over at Alex who didn't seem too fazed by what Zoey had said,"Zoey let's have a talk." Shane lightly put his hand on Zoey's back and guided her in the direction of upstairs. Zoey and Shane walked into an empty bedroom and sat down on the bed.
Zoey said happily,"Y'know if you wanted to get with me tonight you could've just asked instead of making me angry with you."
Shane inwardly laughed,"No I don't want to get with you. It's actually the absolute opposite thing I want to do right now. I actually want to break up with you."
"Oh, the feelings aren't mutual." Zoey got up and left the room leaving Shane sitting on the bed with a grin on his face.
Shane waited a few seconds and walked down the stairs and right in front of him he got a pretty nice view of Zoey snorting with another girl. He was glad that it was over.
xoxoxo
I would like to thank Ilikeslushies1010 and BABY-E for being the only two readers who have left me a review :) It warms my heart that you guys would spend time to review my story. As a thank you gift, I decided that the best way to do that was to write another chapter and post it with a thank you to them :) Once again, thanks :)
So, a lot happened in this chapter too :D haha. Are you happy that Shane finally broke up with Zoey? Did you guys like the introduction of Bradin? When I wrote Bradin, I thought of Matt Prokop (that boy who was in High School Musical 3?). What's on your mind?
