Okay, you guys are probably getting pretty sick of all these chapter delays, and my lateness, as well as my excuses...but you might have to get used to them I'm afraid : (. THIS chapter delay was caused by me having a friend from Brisbane stay for two weeks, so I really didn't have any free time to sit down and write as I was playing tour-guide (and to be able to write I basically have to be alone in my house and given about five solid hours, ha). And I'll be starting my TAFE course next week, so no doubt that'll be taking up a lot of my time, so you might just have to learn to be patient little bunnies 3
But you should know by now that I love all your feedback, and I almost always reply to messages (I also tend to give out hints for coming chapters, I simply cant keep that kind of stuff to myself! Haha)
Also, ELEVEN CHAPTERS! When I started this I half thought I wouldn't stick to this writing thing and go of it after 2 chapters, I surprise myself with every update! Haha : p
Emma tugged at the straps of the simple, light purple, beach dress she had borrowed from Brittany's closet. Way to big in the chest area, Emma thought depressingly, but it would have to do. Her stained lime green dress now balled up in her hands, still damp and smelling faintly of alcohol even though she'd run it under the tap for a good five minutes in Brittany's en-suite bathroom. Ty hadn't bothered to try and de-stain his shirt, he could just buy another one easily. Emma had no clue how she was going to explain ruining the, no doubt expensive, dress to Lo. She couldn't pay her back on a wench's salary! Trying to push these thoughts out of her mind, Emma wandered back past the shards of the broken vase,heading back to the party, shouldn't somebody be cleaning that up right now?
Wait, why was she thinking about dresses and stains and broken vases...when she could be thinking about what happened only ten minutes ago! She had just made out with the boy of her dreams! Emma had quickly decided that this particular random hookup at party did not make her at all slutty, since her and Ty were legitimately meant for each other. Seriously, think of it as being less of a drunk-fondling in a back room, and more of a Disney fairytale...only with alcohol and fondling in a back room.
Totally different.
Oh, and before you start thinking along the lines of anything too scandalous, all clothing remained in tact, I'll have you know. Emma wouldn't let anything get too far, you cant make the leap from total good girl to wild-child that easily in one night. And besides, before either of them had the chance to even think of going any further, Ty's cellphone had buzzed loudly from an incoming text message.
'Dude where r u? U totes ditched us the whole night. Nyway, we r leaving in 5 soo trashed lol. If u need a ryde home jst meet out front where we parked k'
And that was the misspelled reason why Ty and Emma had to cut their rendezvous short. Of course he'd said he'd much rather spend more time with her, but Emma knew that he had to take the ride with his friends, or risk being stuck with no way to get home .So Emma had just smiled politely and watched as he quickly dashed out the room with a wave. Oh well, she knew it couldn't last all night anyway. Grabbing out her own mobile as she stepped back out to the deck of the party, Emma checked the time.
Crap, when did it get this late!
Emma lifted her head from the screen of her phone, intent on finding her friends and her own ride home, but she gasped lightly in shock as she was suddenly face to face with the one and only Brittany. Emma laughed nervously "Oh, wow, Brittany! You startled me" The colour drained from her face as she remembered she was currently wearing a borrowed/stolen/taken-without-permission dress of Brittany's, with no Ty to defend her. Brittany's eyes scanned down from Emma's face and onto the dress, a stiff smile in paused like a deer caught in the headlights as Brittany stared her down, before she let out another nervous, awkward, laugh "So um,Brittany, there is actually a reeeally funny story behind all this. You see, I was holding this drink and-"
"It looks cute on you"
"- someone accidentally bumped me from behind and cruiser just went flying every-wait, what?" Emma stopped half way through her rushed explanation of what happened to stop and stare at Brittany, dumbfounded.
That wasn't the reaction she was expecting.
That wasn't the reaction anyone would have been expecting.
Brittany just giggled and tossed her hair "Oh Emma, your so funny. I said it looked cute on you! Its a compliment sweetie" She smiled as Emma just stayed motionless, looking scared, suspicious and relieved all at the same time.
"um...thank..you?" Was this a trap? Was she being tested? Should she be running?
"Haha, your welcome!" Brittany positively beamed as she said it "And you know what, you can totally keep it. I mean it suits you so well and, like, I never wear it! Besides, it would be so much hassle for you to get it back to me anyway, it just makes more sense if I gave it to you, you know?"
Emma's eyes darted around, not quite sure what to make of this sudden display of kindness. She'd only ever met Brittany once, true, but that was when she was trying to get them all kicked out of the party, and she knew she had a history with Lo. Even so, maybe she had been quick to judge. I mean, Brittany's smile looked pretty genuine. Emma let out a small smile back.
"Um, well, okay then. If your totally sure it's alright-"
"Totally sure, Emma, don't worry about it!" She waved her hand flippantly over her shoulder "Now it sucks but I cant chat, I have to get back to being the hostess with the mostess and all that, haha, so it was so nice meeting you and thanks for coming to my party!" Brittany then opened up her arms in front of her and before Emma could even comprehend what was happening she'd been pulled in for a goodbye hug.
"Oh, well looky what we have here then, whaaats this all about huh!"
Both Brittany and Emma pulled apart and turned around to see-
"Lo Ridgemount demands to know what's going on!"
God knows why she said that in a British accent. Lo stood there, hands on hips with Broseph standing behind her, both of them soaked from head to toe. Broseph just gave a casual wave of the hand to the two girls.
"Hey, don't mind her, she's just a little drunk"
Emma blinked. So this was Lo when she was drunk. It was then that Brittany stepped forward " I was just saying goodbye to Emma and- wait, Lo, have you been in my pool?"
Lo stood up tall, and crossed her arms "Maybe I have and maybe I haven't! You cant prove anything!"
"...But your dripping wet" Emma pointed out, dead pan.
"...touche"
There was an awkward silence until Brittany put her smile back in place "Well, I'd better get back to mingling" she turned to Emma "Hope I see you round some time, maybe even when you wear your new dress!" She laughed and Emma smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, um, sure. Seeya!" and she waved as Brittany strode past a disgruntled looking Lo and giving Broseph an acknowledging nod, then disappearing back into the now dwindling crowd, not sending one nasty comment or look Lo's way. Not that that stopped Lo from scowling after her, before whipping her head back to Emma.
"Ugh, I cant stand her! The way she totally just gives off these...I dunno...bitch vibes! Yeah, that's a good name for em! Bitch vibes!" Lo said loudly
Emma shrugged "I dunno, she seemed kinda nice actually..." She said, more talking out loud to herself than to Lo. " and I didn't exactly feel any 'bitch vibes' either"
Lo just scoffed "Yeah right, she's as nice as I'm sober...so not very!"
"What exactly did she do to make you hate her so much anyway?" Emma asked.
"Be a bitch" Lo said, as the simple answer, no joking tone to her voice.
"Yeeeah, but what exactly makes her a bitch?"
"Well, when you act like a bitch, it makes you a bitch"
Emma just gave Lo a look . Lo just rolled her eyes and looked exasperated "Uugh, its like a totally long,boring story, but basically she went out with Ty even though I told her she shouldn't and whatever" Lo said it absent-mindedly, like it was no big deal, but those words slammed down on Emma.
Brittany had gone out with Ty? When? That's how Ty knew his way around her house, knew about that vase and everything. But there was something even bigger than that to worry about.
"You...you would hate someone just because they went out with Ty?" Emma spoke softly and slowly, even though she had a million thoughts and worries flying around her head. Lo obviously didn't sense her friends unease as she spoke, and replied just as nonchalantly as before.
"Well not just any random, no, but she was like a reeeally close friend of mine and yeah, there's a whole lot more silly details and back story and whatever, but that's the gist of it" Emma knew Lo wasn't exactly in a right state of mind as she talked, but she took the words to heart, a sick feeling crept its way up in her throat.
What would Lo do, if she ever found out what she'd done with Ty?
What if Ty ever asked her out, the moment she'd dreamt of, would Lo hate her just like she did Brittany?
That wasn't fair.
"Aaaww the pool water made my nail polish chip!" Lo whined, holding up her hand and inspecting her half purple/half bare nails closer.
Brosephs eyes widened and he suddenly saw his chance "Heeey now!That is just a good reason to be going home, aint it? Yep, definitely, time to go home, you cant possibly party any longer with chipped nail polish" He then gently started tugging Lo back through the house towards the front door.
"Weell, I know chipped nail polish is kind of a big deal...but I think I can still go party-" Lo started as she tried to turn around out of her friends grip, but Broseph didn't let go that easily
"No, no. You need to get home because of the nails" He said , dead seriously before turning to Emma looking desperate "Go along with it, I've been trying to convince her to leave for the last half hour!" he said in a whisper so Lo wouldn't hear.
Emma just nodded, she didn't mind, she wanted to get home too. All she wanted to do right now was sleep. "Yup, home time Lo, Brosephs right about the nails"
Lo pouted but shrugged "Hmm, mmkay then" and Broseph and Emma shared relieved looksfinally reaching the open front doors and standing in the middle of the foyer. Lo turned her head up towards Broseph "So how we getting home?"
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Blank stares all around
That was a good question.
"Well, ripper of course...that's how we got here in the first place" Broseph said it, knowing himself that he hadn't actually seen ripper at all at this party. Last time they saw him was when he went of to get parking...and hadn't come back. Emma knew it as well.
"I'll try calling him" she said, grabbing out her phone and flipping through her contacts.
Brrrng brrrng
Brrnng brrrng
Brrrng brr * click* "Urrggh, Hello?"
Rippers voice sounded thick as he spoke "Um, hey Ripper, where are you?" Emma asked.
"Back at the staff house, sleeping! Thanks for waking me up by the way, appreciate it"
"What, you went home? Why?" Broseph's face fell as he heard Emma say this. Lo just picked at her nails.
"Hey, I tried getting in, but there were these damn bouncers in my way! I said I was a friend of Lo's and they practically chased me off the property"
Emma let out a sigh "Well did you take the car with you?"
"No, I rode my dinosaur back, 'course I took the bloody car!"
"How are we going to get back home then, we don't have any other ride!" Emma started sounding panicked.
"I dunno, bum a ride with someone else or just crash there. Just make sure your back before seven thirty in the morning"
"What? Why seven thirty in the morning?" She questioned. Broseph leaning in, wanting to know what was going on. They could hear Ripper yawn on the other end of the line.
"Since all you guys start work then"
"WHAT!" Both Emma and Broseph practically screamed, startling Lo and making ripper hold the phone away from his ear, wincing. "But we don't start till midday on Sundays! You know that!"
"Bummer just re-scheduled everything and called a few hours ago, he didn't know you guys went out. Kind of makes me glad I didn't end up getting trashed tonight, anyway, all of this is-"
"Wait, Ripper!"
"-NOT my problem! G'night"
and he hung up.
Emma and Broseph stared at the phone in horror, as if it was the reason for all their problems.
"What's happening?" Lo asked, completely unaware of the situation. Of course, she was ignored.
"Well that's just fantastic!" Emma laughed, in a panicked and slightly maniacal way "Now what the hell are we gonna do!"
"What's fantastic?" Lo tried again, only to be further ignored.
Broseph put his hands on an obviously stressing Emma's shoulder, keeping a good, safe, distance I might add "Well first, lets just caaalm down Betty"
"calm down? Why on earth should I calm down! Were stranded here, it's nearly 3 am in the morning! I have to be up at 6:30 to get ready for work at 7:30! None of us have money for a cab, buses don't run this late and if we walked it, we might actually get there 20 minutes late if were lucky!"
Lo stretched out her hand and started tapping on Emma's shoulder trying to get her attention. Emma shrugged her off
"AND we have to look after Lo, who isn't exactly helping the situation-"
"Hey, Emma" Lo shook harder
"- and to top it all off I've just received some very bad news that might complete jeopardise my relationship with the boy of my dreams! SO, SORRY IF I CANT CALM DOWN!" Emma let out a huge breath as she finished her anxiety fuelled rant and a silence fell over the three.
Until Lo started using both her hands to shake Emma back and forth "Emma, Emma, Emma, Emma, Emm-"
"WHAT! What is it Lo!"
"Why don't we get Johnny to drive us?"
Broseph and Lo both stared. Emma looked like she might snap again so Broseph quickly butted in "Ugh, Lo, Johnny didn't come remember?"
Lo turned her head and pointed out the wide open front doors " Well who else drives around in that?" she said, and Broseph and Emma turned to stare out the door too, both doing a double take when they saw the unmistakable whale bus parked right in front of the house.
Inside the whale bus, Johnny was furiously unbuckling his seat belt, his face red, an expression of rage, determination and manic happiness on his face. He'd arrived! He had made it! Yes, it had taken him ages to get here! Yes, he got lost a total of three times and yes, he had burst in on the wrong house not ten minutes ago (That poor Chinese immigrant family will hopefully get over the trauma of having a raging teenager bust into their home and yelling at them to "GET THIS PARTY STARTED!") ...but then he had remembered the whale bus had a GPS system, and now he was sure he had the right house! He was gonna have a good time, he was gonna dance, he was focused, he was not going to miss out on anything! Johnny slammed open the bus doors, stepped down, startd marching up to the front doors like he had something to prove, ready to have the time of his lif-
"JOHNNY!"
Johnny was practically bowled over by a force ramming itself into his stomach at a rapid pace, successfully winding him too. Johnny looked down in anger,Now who the hell was trying to stop him from-
...Oh...it was Emma. Angry face gone.
"Oh..um, hi Emma"
Emma looked up at him, her arms wrapped around him in a crushing bear hug, close to tears "I'm so glad your heeeere!" she said, so relieved she could barely contain herself.
Johnny blushed and awkwardly out his arms around her to hug her back, an unsure smile on his face "Well, um, thanks Emma" He laughed nervously. Okay, so this wasn't how he'd planned his dramatic entrance, but getting hugged by Emma was nothing to get upset over. After all , she was totally 'glad' he was here. Oh yeah. It was then that he noticed Broseph strutting over , a huge grin on his face and a hand raised, Lo tottering behind him precariously on her heels.
"You owe me Five bucks Broseph, I told you I wasn't drunk enough to be hallucinating!"
"Dude, this is the most epic timing! You would not believe how much love I feel for you right now!" he said, giving Johnny a high five.
Johnny's grin grew even larger. They really wanted him here! The party must've sucked before he came, this was the warmest welcome ever!
Emma finally pulled away and turned to Broseph "I know! It's like he totally knew we needed to get home!" she said, smiling again at Johnny like he was their saviour.
Johnny's face faltered. "Wait...home?"
Emma laughed "Yeah, Ripper went back home in the car and we had no way of getting back. I swear you have a sixth sense for these things Johnny, you always know when were in trouble and you always end up saving us" she beamed, oblivious to the way Johnny's left eye was twitching.
Broseph nodded "Totally, see, this is why I love having at least one responsible friend" he said, as he got himself up on the bus, making sure Lo herself got up without any injuries either.
"Yeah" Lo agreed and giggled "We should totally not invite Johnny to parties more often"
The others laughed lightly as Emma got on the bus, and all three of them settled down onto one of the plush seats, glad to be going home without any hassle.
Johnny stood rigid outside on the lawn, still facing the house. I'm sure you're all familiar with that old Simpson's quote, and I'm gonna use it since I think it fits Johnny's mood right now pretty well.
Urge. To kill...rising.
Emma rolled down one of the bus windows, sticking her head "Johnny?" she yelled over to him "..Are you alright?"
Broseph stuck his head out next to her "Yeah, you comin' bro?"
Lo sat in the drivers seat, honking the horn "BEEP BEEP, lets get going!"
Johnny shut his eyes, counted to five in his head...and slowly, got back onto the bus without a word.
Meanwhile, back on a stretch of beach somwhere
"Are we nearly theeere yet!" Reef moaned as he trudged along the wet sand, his ruined shoes held in his hand.
"What do you think?" Fin asked as she splashed along in the surf besides him as she walked. "You know, the waters not that cold when you get used to it"
"It feels like we've been walking for hoours!"
"It's even kind of pleasant. We should totally night surf again with the gang sometime"
"Can we rest for a liiitle bit?" Reef didn't even try to sound mature.
"And look at all the stars out, it must be a clear night"
"Fiiiiiin!"
"Oh for gods sake Reef!" Fin dropped the whole 'the-waters-nice-the-stars-are-out-everythings-lovely' act "I'm sick of walking along this beach too, but I'm not complaining every second! Whining doesn't get you anywhere" she said, folding her arms. She looked over and saw Reef pouting at her, a pleading look on his face "..and don't think I'll resort to kissing you just to shut you up, because I know that's what you want!"
Reef frowned. There went that plan. "But I'm not lying. My feet do hurt, I really am tired , I haven't had anything to eat all night, I'm wet, cold and I have sand in places that sand shouldn't be." he stopped walking "Can we please stop, even just for a little bit?" he asked, practically pleading.
Fin sighed. I guess a rest wouldn't hurt, after all, she felt exactly the same way Reef did. "Yeah, sure" she started walking up towards the dry sand, Reef following her, practically dancing for joy (Though thankfully containing himself, actually dancing might cause his tired knees to cave in on themselves right about now). The two practically fell to the sand, both letting out huge sighs of relief as their poor feet finally left the ground.
"Oh my god, I never want to get up" Reef mumbled , laying on his stomach, his cheek resting against the sand.
"Yeah, I know what you mean" Fin said lazily, her eyes already closed as she sprawled out on her back. "What do you think the time is anyway?"
Reef grunted, his eyes shut too, practically asleep already "I dunno, check your phone"
Fin thought for a second, then her eyes snapped open" Oh my god!" she said, suddenly wide awake as she sat up in a flash. Reef opened one eye lazily and frowned .
"What? What happened?" He said calmly.
"My phone!" Fin panicked as she scrambled into the pocket of her dress, while something seemed to click in Reefs head too as he frantically grabbed out his own phone from his jeans pocket.
They hadn't even thought of their phones when they dashed into the ocean.
"Is yours dead?" Fin asked.
Reef nodded as he tried jabbing every button on his phone with no success "Yep, yours?"
"Yes!" Fin sighed as she dropped the phone down onto the sand. It was another minute of silence, only the sound of the ocean and the occasional roar of a car going past up on the road, before Fin let out a frustrated "UGH!" and flopped back down onto the sand angrily "This sucks so bad! This whole night has sucked so bad!"
Reef looked over at her "Well, kinda.." he shrugged, still fiddling with his now useless phone.
Fin rolled over, unable to take the glare off of her face "What do you mean 'kinda'?"
Reef let out a small smile, looking back down at the sand "There were some crappy parts I'll agree...actually, yeah, there were a lot of crappy parts. But there were a few parts I liked" he said, looking over at Fin.
Fin smiled "What, like the part where I stacked it playing Beer pong?"
Reef cocked his head to the side like he was thinking deeply "Well, I was gonna say the part where you kissed me...but now that you mention it-" He couldn't even finish the sentence before Fin gently punched his shoulder. She laughed though, and there was a smile on her face.
"You are such a Kook"
Back on the bus-
"Hey look! There are a couple'a people on the beach!" Lo had her face pressed up against the glass window, pointing outside "Who the hell would wanna go swimming at this hour? Crazy people" she said. Emma was sitting across the aisle on the opposite seat, but she looked down at the wet patch that had formed under Lo, but she didn't speak up, just rolled her eyes and leant back in her own seat. She didn't know how to feel towards Lo right now. I mean she'd kind of gotten the feeling that her crush on Ty annoyed her a little, but she;d pinned that down to her always pining and never shutting up about him, she didn't actually think Lo had a problem with it in general. But seeing the way she acts towards Brittany now, by Lo's own word all that hate stems from the relationship she had with Ty. Emma had always considered her friendship with Lo to be pretty strong, she didn't think Lo would completely disregard that if she ever started going out with Ty...but still...the thought worried her.
And what exactly were the reasons Lo didn't like her friends going out with her brother anyway?
It was at that moment Lo stumbled over from her own seat, to crash herself down next to Emma " Heeeeey Emma!" she announced as she wrapped her arms around her red-headed friend in an affectionate drunken embrace. "What's the happy-happs? You have fun tonight?"
Emma stiffened at first, mostly because Lo was cold and wet, but she put on a smile and put an arm around her anyway "Yeah...yeah, it was...good" she said, reflecting on most of the night, particularly focusing on one event of course. And of course, that sent her right back into dream-world again.
Lo looked up at her friends face, noticing the far-off-totally-not-on-this-planet-anymore look in her eye. "Emma!" Lo sat up so quickly, breaking away from the hug, and said it so loudly Emma was jolted straight out of her daze, Broseph turned around to look at both the girls. Johnny just sat rigid in his sit, still not talking.
"What, what!" Emma said, startled, eyes darting around as she looked worriedly at Lo, who was staring her down with an intense expression, her face completely serious. Emma looked over at Broseph, he just shrugged back. Lo suddenly leaned in closer, never breaking eye contact, a small frown playing on her face and her eyes narrowing. Emma backed away as far as she could, which was hard considering she was in a bus seat, managing to press herself into the corner as Lo leant even closer so the two girls were practically nose to nose. This intense examination lasted another few uncomfortable seconds before Lo suddenly pulled away , her eyes wide and her mouth forming a perfect 'O' shape. Emma just looked confused.
"Emma!" Lo declared again , pointing dramatically at her friend "You made out with someone tonight didn't you!"
Emma felt like she just got slapped in the face. Broseph just let out a laugh and Johnny finally seemed to be listening.
"What!" Emma exclaimed "No!No, no I didn't!" she said nervously.
Lo smiled rather evilly "Don't deny it, I can see it in your eyes!"
Emma scoffed and laughed "Lo, you cant tell if someone...kissed...or anything, just by looking in someone's eye, that's crazy! Don't be crazy Lo!" f course this was only what Emma said out loud, the voice inside her head on the other hand..
oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap
Lo ignored Emma's protests and put on a little sing-song voice "Liar, liar, pants on fire!" Emma only blushed bright red as Broseph laughed even harder.
"Aw, c'mon Emma, you can tell us! We don't judge. Who's the lucky guy?" he winked at her as Lo only continued to sing louder.
"Ugh, Broseph! Don't encourage her! I mean she's only joking around anyway...I did NOT kiss anybody!"
Liar, liar pants on fire is right.
"But I'm not joking! I am never wrong with my predictions, I can just tell!" Lo threw up her hands and waggled her fingers around "I'm, like, magic or some shit!"
Broseph absolutely lost it as she said this, and fell onto one of the chairs laughing without control, even Johnny cracked a smile at the thought of Lo being 'magic, or some shit'.
Of course Emma was the only one who took it remotely seriously, after all, she did guess right! But Emma couldn't tell her the truth, well, not right now anyway. Actually maybe never. Emma honestly hadn't decided what to do about this whole Lo, Ty mess she'd gotten herself into. But now definitely wasn't a good time. Besides, Lo was drunk anyway, she probably wouldn't even remember any of this tomorrow.
It was a pretty dull ride after that, and the groms suddenly realised just how tired they were after this long night. By the time the whale bus pulled up outside the house all anyone could think about was sleep. Emma let out a big yawn as she stepped off the bus, followed by Broseph who was carrying an already asleep Lo on his back.
"I've got to go drive the bus back to hotel, I don't want bummer finding out I took it" Johnny said "And your welcome" The bus doors closed as he drove off. The three made their way up the stairs and onto the porch landing, Emma grabbing the spare keys from under the doormat and letting them in.
"I really need to take a quick shower before I go to bed, I feel gross" Emma said, still feeling sticky from the spilled drink and smelling a little like chlorine from Lo's hug earlier. "Can you put Lo into bed Broseph? I doubt she'll manage by herself"
Broseph nodded "Sure, she's pretty dead to the world anyway, should be easy" he said as they both headed up the stairs and into the girls shared room. Emma grabbed her towel and pyjamas quickly before heading back out the door "Be back in a few minutes".
Broseph looked down at Lo's bed. There was only one way he could think to do this.
"AH!" Lo yelped as she fell onto her bed, having been so elegantly dropped by Broseph "Oooow , that was rude" she giggled, nestling into her covers.
"C'mon, its a bed, how much could it have hurt?" Broseph smiled.
"Have you felt these mattresses? They are waaay harder than the ones you get in the boys room. It's so unfair! Sexism wins again!" her voice was muffled as she buried her face into her pillow, while Broseph suddenly jumped and dropped down onto the mattress himself, sending Lo a good few inches up into the air from the bounce, earning another shriek.
"AH! Do it again, do it again!" she yelled in delight as she rolled over laughing, kicking her legs in the air. Broseph just shook his head and smiled. Alcohol practically reverts this girl back to the age of five.
They heard a banging on the wall "KEEP IT DOWN IN THERE!"
"YOU SUCK KELLY!" Lo cracked up, proud of her fantastic comeback.
"SHUTTUP, ALL OF YOU!" Ripper boomed through the walls
"YOU SUCK TOO RIP-" Lo couldn't finish her sentence due to Broseph lunging over and covering her mouth with his hand, forcing her down, both of them trying not to crack up any more.
"IT'S OKAY! WERE SHUTTING UP NOW!" He yelled back through both of the walls.
And then finally the house was silent.
"Psst, Broseph!" Lo whispered.
"Yeah, Lo?" Broseph whispered back.
"I wanna play UNO!" Lo said, with a stupid grin on her face. Broseph again had to try and not laugh.
"No, c'mon, It's bed time now, you need to sleep girl"
"Naaaw but I don't wanna" she said, grabbing her pillow and hugging it close to her chest, letting her head fall back onto the mattress. She let out a small yawn. Broseph looked down at her doubtfully "...okay, maybe I do wanna sleep...just a little"
"Thought so" Broseph went to go and get up from the bed, but he felt himself being tugged back. Lo had grabbed onto his arm with both hands, still lying down on the bed.
"I don't want you to go" she looked up at him with sad eyes and a pleading expression. "I want you to stay here. With me"
Okay,so just quickly, I want you to imagine yourselves in Broseph's position right now. He's alone, in a room, with the girl he's wanted to call his girlfriend for who knows how long now, and she's wearing a revealing dress, her wet hair is fanning out on the bed behind her, oh and keep in mind she is on a bed,... and she wants you to stay. With her. Did I mention the bed part?
You really cant imagine how loud he was screaming yes in his head. How much he wanted to tell that he wanted to stay, and then get down on that bed with her.
But then he remembered she was drunk, she probably doesn't even realise what she's saying. She probably doesn't even mean it like that, but still, if he stayed, would he be able to resist being that close to her? Broseph thought about the kind of guy who would take advantage of this situation, and realised he wasn't one of those guys. He wasn't like lance.
"Lo...I.." He started, his face stoic, his arm still being held on too, but Lo interrupted.
"Don't you like me?" She asked, seeing the look on his face and sensing the no coming.
Broseph looked away from her face and down at the floor, he couldn't stand her looking so hurt, even if he was the one doing it. He just knew he should leave before he did or said anything stupid.
But before he could even bring himself to say anything, Lo cut him off again, but this time it was from her pulling down on his arm, and bringing herself up to kiss him, her lips landing on his before he even knew what was happening. For a second he forgot about everything, and kissed back. It was a sweet kiss, not passionate, not even romantic, just sweet, and in a way Broseph liked that more. Lo was the one who pulled away first, loosening her grip on Broseph's arm and letting her hands fall back to her sides. She looked up at him. "Because I really, really like you?" She practically whispered.
Broseph didn't even say anything. He couldn't.
He just left the room.
And the party is officially over! So this is actually where the real drama starts.
I hate leaving chapters on a tense note, I'm a comedic writer at heart! I don't think drama and romance scenes really fit with me hahaha, I try though I always want to slip in a joke somewhere...
Anyway, Emma might not be in a very good position right now, even if things seems to be going well with Ty himself, how do you think Lo will react to this budding romance? And what's with Brittany's sudden attitude change? Lo and Broseph seemed to be doing so well, but will Lo understand Broseph's reasons for leaving, or take it as a snub? Reef and Fin are going fine relationship wise, but there still stranded on a beach somewhere ...has nobody even realised they're missing? I guess everyone has their own problems to worry about...speaking of problems, what happened to that cellphone picture?
Hope you enjoy the chapter, I'll be practically glued to the computer just waiting to hear your lovely reviews! (Yes, my life is actually that sad) so please tell me what you think, your opinions, what you didn't like, what could be better, and how much you hate me for being so mean to poor Johnny !