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Chapter 12: Sleepover party time!
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Finally! Sleepover party time! 'God, I hope this is it.', I thought as I entered Ade's house. Connor had already gone home, pretending that 'episode' never happened. In that moment I just wanted to enjoy the time with my friends and pretend too.
"Hey Hannah!", all my friends yelled when I came in Ade's room.
There was: Adrianna, Sophie, Katherine, Mira, Tatiana and me. "You took so long!", Tatiana said.
"I'm sorry guys, I had an unexpected meeting…", I sighed, remembering the dark alley.
"Oh I see… You were making out with that cousin of yours…", Mira said and they all laughed.
How did I get friends like that? Sometimes I just wonder.
"No, that was not it. Jake decided to show up.", I explained.
"Oh God…", S rolled her eyes.
"That jerk? He was at your house?", Ade asked.
"God no. I met him on the street. He was with Will.", I said and they all sighed. They all knew the idiots they were.
"Did they mess with you?", S asked.
"Yeah…"
"The usual?", Ade asked.
"No, they had been drinking. Jake decided to be the asshole of the year and… Well he…", I didn't quite know how to explain it.
"He what? Did he hurt you?", S asked.
"He…", deep breath, "He pushed me to a wall and started putting his hands… everywhere.", I knew it was ok to tell them, they were the best friends a person could have.
"Oh my God.", some of the girls said and I think they were trying not to laugh. Even I was trying not to laugh. It sounded so stupid when I said it like that.
"Are you serious? What did you do?", Kat asked and we all turned serious.
"Well I hit him and screamed but the guy just wouldn't let go. He was really drunk.", I explained and two of the girls covered their mouths with their hands. "Luckily… Connor showed up."
"What?", Kat almost yelled and the story had just gotten seriously interesting.
"Connor just appeared out of nowhere and saved me.", I said and they all giggled.
"What did he do?", S asked.
"Well they had a pretty bad fight. Connor just pulled Jake when he was grabbing me yelling 'get your hands off her' and threw him like he was a bag of trash.", I said to their interested expressions.
"Well he kind of is.", S said and we all laughed.
"That is so sweet!", Ade said, "Did he fight them?".
"Are you kidding me? He beat them so hard they couldn't even stand up in the end.", I explained and all of the mouths were wide open.
"Oh my God, are you freaking serious? He fought both of them? And won?", Mira asked surprised.
"Yeah. Jake is never going to leave me alone now… When Connor was finished he had so much blood on his face I thought he was going to die or something close to that.", I answered.
"Holy cow! No way!", Ade yelled with her hands on her head, "Connor beat them up? To save his g… cousin? That's so sweet.", I can't believe she almost said it.
"Oh my God, I just want to freaking marry that guy!", Kat said.
"Yeah, we all noticed at the party, Kat.", Mira said.
"What?", Kat asked, acting surprised.
"Oh come on Kat…", Tatiana said. "You were hitting on him like he was Brad Pitt or something."
We all laughed. "Even better.", S said.
"Does he have a girlfriend, Hannah?", Mira asked.
"Uh…", I thought about something to say, "I don't know… Probably."
"Lucky her.", Ade said, looking at me smirking.
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Alright! We had our pajamas on, brushed teeth, sleeping bags ready and we were all sitting in a circle, talking. Ade's mom came in when we laughed really loud.
"Hey girls, is everything ok?", Mrs. Tyler asked.
"Yes Mrs. Tyler.", we all answered and she smiled.
"Alright, I'm going to sleep. I had a busy week! Tomorrow I'll probably sleep late, but you girls feel free to get up and eat whatever you like, alright? Good night, try not to make lots of noise."
"Good night Mrs. Tyler.", we all said.
"Good night, mom.", Ade said.
Ade's mom left and we were all alone again.
"God, I can't believe the Summer is almost ending…", Tatiana said and we sighted.
"Yeah… We're half way there.", Ade said.
"Girls, let's not talk about that right now.", I said and they smiled.
"What shall we talk about then?", S asked.
"Well, how about the ball that's coming up in two days?", Kat suggested and I remembered it.
There was a problem with our school in the end of the year, so the annual ball had to be postponed. I had never gone to a ball and honestly didn't really want to. Once again, I had decided not to go. It was kind of like a regular prom: the girls wear beautiful dresses, there's lots of food and drinks, dance, a king and a queen…
"Oh yeah! Have you girls seen my dress?", Adrianna asked.
"I haven't!", Kat and Tatiana said at the same time.
Ade tried not to make much noisy as she rushed to her closet and carefully took out her beautiful dress. I had already seen it, but that didn't make the surprise of seeing it and imagining it on Ade go away. It went down until her feet, it was light blue, it had no sleeves and a black belt with a dark blue rose in it. It was quite nice. She was going to wear it with these cute black sandals and a short black jacket.
"Oh my God."; "It's beautiful.", we all started saying as we came closer to the dress to get a better look.
"Mine is pink.", Kat said.
"Mine is purple.", Tatiana said.
"Mine too.", Mira said.
"Mine is orange.", S said and they all looked at me like they were waiting for my color.
"Oh, I'm not going.", I said and they rolled their eyes.
"Again?", Mira asked.
"Come on, Hannah. I'll be there, so it will be fun.", S said and I smiled.
"You girls know I'm not the ball kind of girl.", I said, just wanting to speak about something else.
"But Hannah… We may never get balls like these again. We have to enjoy them!", Adrianna said.
"Ade… Come on, you know I wouldn't even enjoy it.", I explained, rolling my eyes.
"Why? Don't you have someone to go with? Just come with us, we'll go as a group of friends.", Kat suggested.
"Ask Connor to go with you.", Ade said.
Damn it Ade.
"He's my cousin.", I said, giving her an 'I'll kill you' look.
"Well, if you want I can go with him.", Kat said, making the girls laugh.
"I'm sure you could.", I said.
"Seriously, would you mind if I went with him?", Kat insisted.
Oh crap, she's serious.
"What? Well… Uh. No, I guess.", she better not be freaking thinking about it.
"Come on Kat… We all know you're going with John.", S said, making me calm down a little bit.
"Yeah…", Kat sighted.
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It was almost midnight and we were trying to make the least noise as possible (failing). Suddenly we heard someone whisper outside. Ade sh'd us all.
"Girls, girls… Do you hear that?", she whispered. We all became silent.
We could hear a voice whispering outside: "Hannah? Hannah!".
"Oh my God, what is that?", S asked and I looked at Ade.
"Looks like somebody is calling you…", she said and we all got up.
"Hannah?", we heard.
I was the first one to get to the window, but after two seconds we were all there. I blinked lots of times until I could see who was outside.
"Hannah! Thank the Lord I found you", the man said.
"Connor? What the hell?", I asked. Damn it, why did he keep doing that?
"Hannah! I need to talk to you!", he said and half of the girls were laughing their heads off inside.
"Damn it, Connor! What's going on?", I sort of whispered through the window, (pretending) like I was mad.
"Well… Uh… Can I go up there?", he said and I put my hands on my head, not knowing what to say.
"Yes!", Kat yelled and another laugh attack invaded the room. "please do.", she joked.
"Connor, you can't be here.", I tried to calm down and say.
"But, Hannah… Your parents are home.", he said and my heart raced.
"What?", I almost yelled and the girls turned serious.
"It's true.", he said with a really cute 'please believe me' look.
"And they didn't call me? Damn it!", I got really mad and looked at my phone, across the bedroom. I turned to Ade: "Can he come inside, to talk?", I asked, praying she wouldn't think I was asking too much.
"Hannah, I can't let him in the bedroom!", she whispered and I sighted.
"Can we just talk in the hall?", I asked.
"Damn it, Hannah! What if my mom wakes up?", she asked, mad.
"Why are you worried your parents will see him?", Mira asked me and I got really nervous, not knowing what to say.
"I'm not… I just… Ade, please!", I turned to Ade.
"I'm sorry Hannah…", she sighted.
"Fine", I said, picking my robe, "I'll go out there."
"Damn it, Hannah! ", she said and then lowered her voice, "You're starting to worry me, you're risking so many things for this boy!".
"Guys, what is going on?", Kat asked but we ignored her.
"I'm sorry, Ade. I am! I'm sorry you got caught up in all of this, but you don't understand!", I whispered, not even caring the girls were hearing us anymore. Ade looked even angrier now.
"I do understand, Hannah! You like him! But this is too damn much! The world doesn't spin around him and you can't just ask me to do things like these for a guy I don't even know!", she said, nor whispering anymore.
"I don't like him, Adrianna! I…", I started and then sighted, "You know he's different! You know his story!"
"This is going too far!", Ade almost yelled.
"Guys, calm down! What the hell?", S said, getting between me and Ade.
End of Chapter 12. Hope you liked it. Please leave opinions and ideas on the reviews.
