Later that night, the girls went to the Night Sky. They all ordered cosmopolitans and raised their glasses in a toast. "To us!" Jesy exclaimed.
"To us!" they exclaimed they each took a gulp out of their drinks.
"Fancy seeing you here," said a familiar voice from behind Mattie. She turned around and saw Reid.
"Hey Reid," she said happily.
"I know you, but I don't know these lovely ladies. I'm Reid," he said gracefully. He shook Jesy's hand, then Sadie's, then Kimara's, and Victoria's.
"Nice to meet you," they giggled.
"Oh, the pleasure's all mine," he smirked. Mattie rolled her eyes.
"Kimara, would you like to dance?" he asked.
"Sure!" Kimara said joyfully.
He walked with her onto the dance floor. They danced together, and Reid danced with each of the girls, even Mattie.
But as Mattie watched her friends dance with Reid, jealousy coursed through her veins. She ordered herself another martini.
"I should be dancing with him… he's my husband," she muttered to herself under her breath.
"Is something wrong?" asked a voice from behind her. She turned around and saw Justin.
"What do you want?" she asked quietly.
"I wanted to apologize to my beautiful girlfriend," he said sweetly.
"So do it," Mattie instructed.
Justin sighed. "I'm sorry about kissing that girl. It was wrong of me."
"Apology accepted, I suppose. Only two more weeks 'til we run for it," Mattie smiled.
"I've been planning it. Come dance with me, and I'll tell you all about it," Justin said. Mattie walked onto the dance floor. Another slow song played.
"So, what's this genius plan you've cooked up?"
"Just think… it's midnight, and you're laying on your bed. You hear a tapping on the glass door of your balcony. You open it, and I'm standing by the pool, throwing pebbles at your window. I've already got your bags. You jump from the balcony into my arms, and we ride into the night," he breathed.
"One problem with that plan," Mattie said.
"What?" Justin asked.
"Reid sleeps in my room to," Mattie explained.
"Sleep in another room… I know, have Kimara, Jesy, Victoria, and Sadie sleep over that night. Then he can't sleep in your room!" Justin suggested.
"That's a good idea," Mattie sighed. "I can't wait to be free with you."
"I can't wait until we start our life together… college, jobs, retirement home… I can see it all now," Justin laughed.
"Funny," Mattie said. "One more thing though… what about Destiny?"
"You might have to leave her behind. If you take her with us, they'll know you ran away with me."
"It'll be hard, but I'll do it," Mattie said sadly. "It'll all be worth it in the end."
"It will. Especially when we tell our kids of how we ran away to be together," Justin joked.
Mattie rest her head on his shoulder. Something felt wrong about staying with him, but she didn't know what else to do. After all, she hated Reid... right?
When Mattie came home, Kimara, Sadie, Victoria and Jesy joined her. She told them Justin's plan, and they agreed. They were going to stay at her house for a few days.
"It's going to be so romantic… you'll finally be with Justin and you'll be happy," Kimara gushed as she sat on the large bed. Jesy sat next to her and turned to Kimara.
"Oh, Justin," Jesy started, pretending that she was Mattie and Kimara was Justin. "I love you so much! Let us make kissy-face at each other all night long! Kiss! Kiss!"
"Oh, Mattie," Kimara said in a deep voice, "I love you to! We shall ride into the night! Kiss! Kiss!"
"You guys sound like a bunch of idiots," Mattie giggled. She started to jump on her bed in excitement.
Victoria joined her.
"You guys are hyper," Kimara said from the foot of the bed. She then jumped with them. Jesy and Sadie also jumped. Destiny stared at the five girls jumping on the bed together.
"You guys are freaks," Reid laughed from the doorway.
"Are you going to join us or what?" Victoria giggled.
Reid answered by hopping onto the bed.
"Oh, my, gosh, this is, like so much fun!" he said in a girly voice.
"Shut up Reid!" Mattie laughed. She hit him over the head with a pillow. The pillow came back and hit Kimara.
"Oh no she did not," Kimara laughed.
"It's on," Victoria giggled. She grabbed a pillow and hit Mattie with it. It turned into a full on pillow war. Each girl had at least ten pillows and was hiding behind chairs or in corners of the room.
Victoria threw a pillow and it hit Sadie
"I'm going down!" Sadie exclaimed. She went down to the floor and acted like she was dying.
"Not on my watch!" Jesy said loudly. She fought the flying pillows and brought Sadie over to her tiny fortress of pillows and a few chairs.
"Speak to me, Sadie!" Jesy begged. Sadie answered by hitting her savior over the head with a pillow. Jesy tackled Sadie, and they play-wrestled.
"Is it okay if I just watch? I'm loving the action," Reid smirked. The girls looked at him and ushered him out of the room.
"That was so not cool!" Reid called in the same girly voice. They heard him stomp down the steps.
"Okay, please tell me, why are you running away with Justin when you have such a great guy right downstairs?" Jesy asked.
"It was your idea!" Mattie exclaimed.
"That was before I met him… you have a great guy who you have to marry and your going to run with Justin?"
"Yes, because like Victoria said, I've been with him since sophomore year, and I want to be with him a lot longer," Mattie said. "At least, I hope so."
