Hey guys sorry I haven't posted in a few days. I have sinus infection and I quite literally have been curled in a ball the last few days. Not to mention I have a mountain of homework due when I go back to school tomorrow. So you guys should consider it a treat that I'm planning to update between assignments. In other news, is anyone else excited about Aislinn getting an instagram? Her username is aislinnclairee.
"Who was that?" Julia points at my phone as I whip it behind my back.
"Oh, just," I say the first thing that comes to mind "It's just my mom."
"Oh please. That blush on your face isn't because of something your mother said." She rolls her eyes. "I know it's a boy. Who? Was it someone you met at the party?"
"A-actually, it was someone from the party. But I met him before last night."
"So? Who is this mystery boy?" She asks teasingly, reminding me a bit of Alli.
I search my mind for a boy fitting the description who isn't Eli. "Uh, uh..."
"Well, spit it out Clarebear."
The nickname reminds me of Jenna and before I know it I say "KC. KC Guthrie." To elaborate, I start babbling. "I dated him almost all of last year but right before summer break, this horrible girl who I thought was my friend, stole him from me and, and to make it all worse, earlier this week my friend Alli told her I was getting surgery, but didn't say that it was laser eye surgery because I used to have glasses and Jenna went around saying that I was getting a boob job made this awfully nerdy kid, Wesley, who has a crush on me, feel me up to see if I really did get my breasts enlarged and so Thursday, I stuffed my bra with socks and asked Jenna if she noticed anything and she accused me of getting a boob job just to get KC back and I took the socks out and explained that I got my eyes fixed and told her that if I really wanted KC back I wouldn't need fake boobs to get him."
"Wow. It takes balls to stand up to bitchy girls like that. So what does KC have to do with last night?"
"I, uh, well, he-he was at the party." I think I remember seeing a glimpse of him as Eli and I went upstairs. "And he asked for my number because Jenna deleted it from his phone and also because of your amazing makeover you did on me and he's been texting me ever since. I guess I still like him." I sat proudly with my little embellishment of what really happened. To be honest, I don't think I'd really like to date KC again.
"So, are you going to steal him back from Jenna? If so, we need to get you more new clothes, sexier clothes."
"I think I'm going to try." I say, trying to sound confident.
"Great!" She smiles and pulls me back to the car and we head back to the mall.
After our "shopping" spree, we go back to Julia's house and while I'm attempting to somewhat replicate the makeup she did for me last night, she texted on her phone.
"Sooo," She says slowly, to get my attention and I turn away from the vanity mirror to look at her. "A little birdy told me that KC was going to be at tonight's get together." She laughs excitedly. "annnd his little girlfriend isn't going to be there." She looks expectantly at me.
"Great." I smile, and try to sound excited.
About an hour later, we drive a short distance to a park near the school. I see a swing set, a slide, and a jungle gym. There is a few groups of kids, roughly about fifteen people, sitting around the picnic tables under the storm shelter.
As we approach them, the first people I recognize are a group of freshman boys smoking something out of a can with holes in it. I believe their names are Zig, Harry, and Chewy. I wonder if their mothers know where they are and start to giggle internally realizing that my own mother isn't aware of my location. I notice another group of boys that belong to the football team containing Cam, Luke, KC, Owen, Drew, and Dallas. They were sitting at a table all laughing really hard about something. I didn't recognize anyone from the group of girls except Bianca. She was grouped with some tough looking girls that she seemed to fit in well with. To be honest, it kind of reminded me of the girls from Crenshaw Heights in Bring It On: All or Nothing. (1)
Julia led me to the table of jocks and I stood and fidgeted, smoothing my skirt, fixing my hair, straightening my blouse, while she began talking to Dallas.
"Ay, it's the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."(2) He gestures to Julia.
"Hi." She pretends to look down all shy, and lower her voice to sound sultry.
"Who's your friend?" He nods to me, somewhat hidden behind Julia. I take a deep breath and step from behind her so I'm now at her sides.
"Whoa! Baby Edwards, my how you've grown." Dallas claps KC on the back "You lost that for some bubbly blonde cheerleader. Dang, she might even be better looking for her sister now."
KC looks at me after Dallas' comment and I can't help but smirk when his eyes widen. "Hey." I say to him in the manner that Julia greeted Dallas.
"H-hi." He stutters back.
I may not want KC back but with the guy I like being unavailable, what's the harm in a little flirting? I come to realize that this could be fun.
(1) If you have not seen this movie, I would describe this group of girls as multi-ethnic but could also possibly be described as "ghetto."
(2) I know that this is supposed to be Dallas' nickname for Katie after her stupid change to punk but since that whole transformation annoyed me to death, I'm choosing to ignore that it ever happened and replace punk Katie with Julia and have Katie stay her normal obnoxious self. (If you can't tell, I'm not much of a fan of her.)