Over the next few days, Reid and Mattie had grown closer and closer. She wasn't even pretending to like him any more. That's what scared her the most.
The day that Justin was supposed to come over finally arrived. However, Mattie had forgotten. She was out in the backyard, swimming with Reid. Well, he was swimming. She was standing at the edge.
"Stop splashing me!" Mattie shouted to Reid.
"Fine," Reid said. He climbed out of the pool.
"What are you doing?" Mattie giggled when Reid wrapped his arm around her waist.
"This," Reid said. He picked her up and tossed her into the water.
"Oh, no you didn't," Mattie shouted.
"Oh, yes I did," Reid laughed.
Around four o'clock, Reid and Mattie were still in the pool.
"Miss Mattie, Master Reid, you have a guest!" called Julie.
"Thank you Julie! Show him to the east living room," Mattie said. Julie rushed off to the guest.
"I'm going to shower," Mattie said. She crawled out of the hot tub, Reid right behind.
"I'll join you" Reid said.
"Don't get your hopes up," Mattie smirked. She walked to her room and then to the shower.
"Mattie?" called a voice from outside the bathroom.
"Hold on," Mattie shouted back.
She finished her shower, wrapped herself in a towel, and stepped out into her room.
Reid was sitting on her bed, along with Justin.
"Okay, can you guys leave so I can change?" Mattie requested. The two boys reluctantly left the room.
She put on white capri pants and a pink mid-drift top. She walked out of her room and down into the east wing living room.
"Hello, boys," she said sweetly.
"Hey, Mattie," said Justin.
"Hey Mattie," echoed Reid.
"Mattie, I really need to talk to you," Justin said.
"Then you can talk to me and my husband," Mattie replied. She winked at Justin as she sat with Reid.
"Fine. As a goodbye, maybe we could go to a club tonight, y'know, a last date sort of thing," Justin suggested.
"I don't know. Are you okay with it Reid?"
"I guess. It'll be fun to go out with my future wife," Reid said.
"Then it's settled. We'll leave tonight at nine," Justin said.
"Okay. But in the meantime, who are you going to the club with?" Mattie asked Justin.
"I'm going to go with you. As I said, it'll be a last date," Justin said.
"Okay, then who's going to go with Reid?" she asked.
As she said this, Julie walked by.
"Hey, Julie!" Mattie called to her.
"Yes Miss Mattie?" Julie asked.
"Do you want to go to the club with us tonight?" Mattie asked her.
"Um, sure, Miss Mattie," Julie said.
"Please, come sit," Mattie said. Julie timidly sat beside her.
"So, Julie, what's been going on?" Justin asked.
"Uh, um, nothing," Julie said quietly.
"Cool," Reid said.
The four of them chatted for another two hours.
"Julie, how about you and I go get ready?" Mattie suggested.
"Okay," Julie said.
The two of them walked to Mattie's room to get ready.
"Okay, you take a shower, and then we'll pick something for you to wear," Mattie said to Julie.
"Yes, Miss Mattie," Julie replied.
"Please, call me Mattie. We're friends here," Mattie said.
"Yes, Miss—I mean, okay, Mattie," Julie smiled. She walked into the bathroom and took a shower. Mattie dug through her closet to find something for Julie to wear. She decided on a frilly white skirt that stretched to her shins and an army green tank top that stretched to her bottom. Julie came out of the shower and found Mattie with a cute outfit in her arms.
"Am I going to wear that?" Julie asked.
"Yes, now you change while I find something to wear," Mattie said. She walked the closet, searching for an outfit of her own She emerged and saw Julie spinning around in the outfit.
"Do you like it?" Mattie asked.
"Like it? I love it!" Julie exclaimed.
"Good! Now, whatever will I wear?" Mattie asked herself. She dug through her wardrobe and closets. She finally decided to wear a white mini skirt, a red camisole, and a black mid drift denim jacket. She grabbed a pair of chunky white heels for Julie and a pair of white, slim heels for herself.
Mattie put on deep red lipstick and thick black eye make-up, and put natural looking make-up on Julie. She then flat ironed Julie's black hair and curled her own brown hair at the tips. By the time they were done, it was time to go.
They walked downstairs and found Justin and Reid sitting on the couch in the east wing living room. The two boys immediately stood when they saw Mattie and Julie.
Justin's hair was messily styled, and he was wearing a black polo shirt and straight jeans. Reid's hair was also messily styled, and he was wearing straight jeans and a white polo shirt.
"Whoa," Justin said.
"You guys look great!" Reid sighed.
"Great? I'd say drop dead gorgeous," Mattie said, arching an eyebrow. She hugged Justin.
"Ready to go?" Julie ventured.
"Yes," Reid said.
"Let's go pick a car," Mattie said. Reid, Justin, and Julie followed Mattie to her garage. She opened a door and turned on the lights, revealing at least twenty cars. There was a ramp leading to where she kept the motorcycles.
"Pick one," Mattie said. The other three walked around, examining each and every car.
"Let's use this one!" Julie said, pointing to a black convertible.
"Okay," Mattie shrugged. The four of them climbed into the car and drove off. On the way to the club, Reid decided to question Justin. The boys sat in the front seat, while Julie and Mattie sat in the back.
"How long have you and Mattie been dating?" Reid asked Justin.
"Since sophomore year," Justin replied. Reid took this as a hint to stop talking. The rest of the ride was silent.
"We're here!" said Justin when they arrived at the club. The valet took the car as the four nineteen year olds walked into the Night Sky. The club was decorated with black lights, vibrant wall colors, and a glowing bar. Go-go dancers were on top of tables and in cages.
"Wanna dance?" Justin asked Mattie.
"Sure," Mattie giggled. She walked onto the dance floor with him.
She saw Reid dancing with another girl. Dirty dancing with another girl.
A wave of emotions washed over her. Was it…? No it couldn't be… jealousy?
After awhile of thinking, Reid walked to Julie and sat with her.
"Um, Justin, I'm going to get a drink… you want one?" Mattie shouted over the music.
"Sure!" Justin yelled back. Mattie scampered towards the bar.
"What'll you have?" the lady behind the counter asked.
"I'll have a beer and an apple martini," Mattie replied. The bartender got the drinks and gave them to Mattie.
"Thanks," Mattie said. She brought the drinks over to the table where Reid, Justin, and Julie were sitting.
"Here you go," Mattie shouted to Justin as she handed his drink.
"Thanks," Justin shouted back. He took a swig of beer and wrapped his arms around Mattie's shoulder.
"Having fun Julie?" Mattie shouted to Julie.
"Yeah!" Julie said happily.
Mattie smiled.
Later in the night, Mattie was dancing with Reid, and Justin was dancing with Julie.
"I'm going to uh, get some drinks," Justin said.
"I'll go to," said Julie.
"Okay," Mattie and Reid said together.
Julie and Justin walked towards the bar and sat there for a few minutes, laughing. Then Justin got up and walked away towards the bathroom. Just as another girl had gone in. Mattie walked towards them and saw a horrible sight.
Justin was flirting with the girl and after a few seconds, kissing her neck. Mattie's eyes filled with warm tears, stinging her blue eyes.
"Thanks, Justin," she said loudly. She turned around and ran to Reid.
"I'm leaving," she said.
"Why?" Reid asked.
"Because I just… Justin was flirting and hitting on this other girl and I need to get out of here before I kill her!" Mattie yelled.
"Okay, okay," Reid said kindly. "Let's go… where's Julie?"
"She's over there waiting for Justin," Mattie said.
She ran to get Julie.
"We're leaving," Mattie said.
"What's wrong?" Julie asked.
"Let's just go," Mattie said.
"What about Justin?" Julie asked.
"Go!" Mattie commanded. Julie jumped out of her seat and walked to the door with Mattie and Reid.