Can't Touch This: Chapter 14
Heyyyy! I'm sooo sorry for not updating in like…forever, but here's a wayyy longer chapter to make up for it. SPOILER ALERT: This is the chapter where Alexia meets a guy at the party and they are toe-dally soul mates! Until next time, this was: starzzthatfly
"Alex! Make sure the playlist for the DJ is perfect!" Katrina barked.
Alexia rushed over to the DJ table while tossing her wispy blond princess curls over her shoulder. "Pon de Replay by Rihanna, Taylor Swift's 'I Knew You Were Trouble', 'Selena Gomez's 'Love You Like a Love Song', Demi Lovato's 'Give Your Heart a Break', 'Suit and Tie' by Justin Timberlake, Rihanna's 'Diamonds', 'Rolling in the Deep' and 'Set Fire to the Rain' by Adele, Katy Perry's 'Part of Me', 'California Girls', and 'Fireworks', 'Little Things', 'What Makes You Beautiful', and 'Up All Night' from One Direction, and a ton more songs that I'm sooo not naming." Alexia prattled off in one breath.
Katrina flashed her best friend a thumbs-up and turned on the heel of her lilac strappy stilettos towards the buffet table. Rayna held a white and gold Claire Fontaine notebook and a glittering blue-raspberry scented pen.
"Ray! Did Chef Bofantini deliver the crepes and scones yet?"
"Yup!"
Rayna nodded and Katrina whipped towards Hallie.
"Hal! Is the décor perfect? I need confetti, balloons, and flowers to be ready!" Katrina shouted to Hallie, who was fussing with her curls. Hallie nodded and made a check motion in the air. Katrina finally breathed a sigh of relief. This party planning was hard work. Christina had already taken care of the glass dance floor, silver disco ball, streamers, and wallpaper. Katrina had called Chef Bofantini, the most sought after pasty chef in New York state, to install a chocolate fountain and make his world-famous crepes and scones. Katrina surveyed her sparkling surroundings with bright emerald eyes. Digging into her Chanel clutch, she withdrew a tube of Gloss It Girl's Sugar Cookie and swiped it across her lips quickly. "Girls, line up for rating!" Katrina said. Her best friends, Alexia, Rayna, and Hallie, all formed a neat, uniform line in front of her. Alexia twirled in her gorgeous pink dress. "Nice curls, Alex. Just regloss and at a touch of rosy blush." Katrina suggested. Alexia nodded and quickly swiped some Lipalicious Limeanade gloss on her perfect coral lips. Hallie looked at her expectantly. "Hmm…" Katrina scrutinized her dress carefully, and grinned from ear to ear. "Perf! Just add a bit more gold glitter." Hallie triple-clapped and reached into her DKNY clutch and grabbed a white-and-gold framed YSL compact. While Hallie was dusting her nose and high, delicate cheekbones with gold powder, Katrina faced Rayna. Katrina looked Rayna up and down, carefully inspecting her friend for anything that said ALW. "Gloss and you're good to go!" Katrina announced. Rayna sighed in relief and mimed wiping sweat of her brow and lifting a tube of peach Nars gloss to her lips.
"Okay, now me!" Katrina demanded.
The girls circled Katrina slowly, noting her flawless liquid liner job and full voluminous curls. They whispered in hushed tones like seasoned fashion judges. "Congratulations, Ms. Haggen. You are a…10.4!" Alexia boomed in a loud voice, mimicking a sports announcer. Katrina giggled and relaxed the tension in her shoulders. She speed-glossed with Sugar Cookie and ran a finger through her curls to check for fly away hairs. Ding dong! The doorbell rang, and Katrina paused to hear the click-clack of heels and swish of fabric surging into her spacious foyer when Olivia greeted them cheerfully. Katrina nodded once at the DJ, and he pressed the play button on her purple-gel cased iTouch. Rihanna's smooth voice flowed from the speakers at the four-corners of the room, as guests started to speed-clap to the quick beat of 'Pon de Replay'. Ancient? Yup. Sick of it? Never. "Ohmigosh! Katrina, this party is sooo awesome!" Lucy Halle squealed as she waved frantically at Katrina. Katrina smiled and allowed the CTT to be swallowed by a mass of adoring fans. A pair of hands slid around her skinny waist, lifting her off the floor. "Darren?" Katrina giggled lightly. Darren grinned slyly and kissed her on her high-glossed lips gently. Katrina could hear her heart pounding to the beat of the loud song. Darren gently tucked a soft purple tulip behind her diamond-studded ear and spun her around.
"Evening, milady. May I have this dance?" Darren said playfully in a terrible British accent. "Of course." Katrina curtsied and grasped Darren's hand as he led her onto the dance floor. Katrina's heels clicked on the glass dance floor above pulsing neon LED lights placed into the glass as Darren twirled Katrina in circles. Katrina sighed dreamily and closed her eyes, allowing herself to relax for the first time in weeks. She just wanted to live in the moment. She loved her life right then.
Alexia stood against a wall checking messages on her iPhone while watching her friends flirt and dance with their boyfriends. Alexia sighed quietly, and resumed scrolling through her empty inbox. 0 MESSAGES. It might as well have said, 1 ALW. "Hi there." Alexia looked up from her glowing screen and jumped. A tall, slender boy with perfectly messy jet-black hair and playful army green eyes was standing next to her, grinning at her cockily. "Um, hi?" Alexia asked, clearly confused why this stranger was talking to a dateless girl while there were so many others. "I'm Calvin." The boy stuck out a tanned hand and continued to smile cockily at Alexia. "Klein?" Alexia joked, meeting his grip with a firm, business-like handshake. Calvin threw his head back and laughed hysterically.
"Nah, I wish. And you are?"
"Alexia Duristan."
"Nice meeting you. Wanna dance?
"Uh, sure."
Alexia took Calvin's hand gently, and allowed herself to be walked onto the glass dance floor. On their way, they bumped into Katrina and Darren. "Alexia! You have a date!" Katrina squealed when she noticed Alexia and Calvin hand-in-hand. Alexandria blushed, her cheeks flooding with color. Calvin glanced at her amusedly. Darren clapped Calvin on the back and said, "Congrats on getting a girl in five seconds!" Calvin shook his head bemusedly. "Nice seeing you here too, Darren. Coach has been nagging me about my positions again." Calvin replied. "Ehmagawsh, you play lacrosse too?" Katrina blurted. Calvin nodded slowly, running a hand through his inky-black hair, making it stick up. Katrina took Alexia's free hand and squeezed it excitedly. Alexia shook her head, but squeezed back harder. Katrina was running around in crazy circles internally, because all of her friends had dates, and they were all on the lacrosse team! Katrina made a mental note to start bringing her girls to Brighton Academy lacrosse games. This was going to be ah-mazing.
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