Chapter 26: Not Quite A Rave, But The Perfect Birthday Party For Our Girl
Olivia's birthday party, not too crazy, but just perfect.
**Jordon's POV**
Well, we get dressed and hang around down stairs, becuase everybody is upstairs they're decorating for Olivia's party. It's like 4:50 and they said they we're gonna start this around 5:00. I didn't really know what to get her so I got her a Hollywood Undead t-shirt, she told me she's getting more into it, so I figured why not, oh and I got her some purple stil- stilettos? I don't know what they're exactly called, they're really sexy high-heels, Julie helped pick them out, that stuff is upstairs put up.
"WE NEED JUST JORDON UP HERE!" I hear Julie call when we're just sitting on the coach I'm watching Olivia play the first Assassin's Creed game, and she's pretty good at it.
I get up, "Be right back,"
"Mmkay," she says, not looking at me, she's really getting in to that game. I walk up the stairs and what I see isn't really my kitchen, there's balloons of multiple colors, and some say "Happy Birthday", there is a cake on the table with a "20" candle on it, there's one of those hanging banners over the door to the living room that says "Happy Birthday" and on the kitchen counter there was booze, lots of booze. Next to the booze was four boxes, all presents. One was from me, one was from Julie and her boyfriend (I think his name is Josh), and I didn't know specifically who the other two were from.
"How's it look?" Julies asks.
"Great, she's gonna love it," I say.
"Go ahead and bring her up here,"
"Okay," I walk back downstairs to get her. "Hey, c'mon" I say. She pauses the game and puts the controller on the couch. I grab her hand and lead her up the stairs. When we reach the top of the stairs I hear a gasp from her.
"Guys, this looks awesome!" she says "Thank you so much,"
Everybody responds with a "Thank you" or a "No problem"
"So what do we do first," pipes up Funny Man, "Is it cake, presents, and then booze?" he asks.
"Sounds good to me," Olivia says, walking over to hug Julie. I walk over and stand by Funny Man, who is standing in the living room doorway.
**Olivia's POV**
5:30 p.m.
So everyone sang Happy Birthday to me and we ate cake, now it's time for me to open my gifts, I shouldn't be nervous, but I am.
"Okay, present time!" Johnny says. "Josh and Julie's present is first,"
"Yay," says Julie, gets up from the table and walks to the counter to get her gift, it's a smaller box of the ones that are up there, but I really don't care what I get, I didn't ask for anything so it doesn't matter. "Happy Birthday Olivia," she says as she hands the box to me, and it's heavier than I thought it would be. I put it on the table and I start tearing the paper off, when all the paper is off a new camera is sitting in front of me.
"Julie, you guys got me a new camera?" I stand up.
"Yeah, so you can take pictures for Facebook ya know," I hug her.
"Thanks, this is great, I can take pictures and stuff now,"
"Yo does it take video?" asks Funny Man with a chuckle.
"Probably," I say, "Wait, wh-? Ohhh," I get what he's hinting at and laugh, so does everyone else. I sit back down at the table next to Jordon, and across from Jorel and Matt. Funny is still standing in the doorway, Johnny is leaning up against the counter by all the booze, and Josh and Julie are standing off to the right of the counter.
"So who's next?" Asks Johnny as I slide my camera over in front of Jordon.
"I'll give her mine," Says Matt, he gets up and retrieves a small box with purple wrapping paper. (Well all of the boxes have purple wrapping paper). He walks over to me and hands it to me, "Happy Birthday Olivia,"
I open it to find a really cute pair of earrings, there pale pink seashells, "These are really cute, thanks Matt," I get up and hug him, then return to my seat and set the earrings on top of the camera box.
"You're welcome," he smiles at me with a nod.
"Mines next!" Johnny announces, "Just so you know Olivia, I did not in any way pick this out, I agreed it was good and I paid for it, and that it's more for Jordon than for you," he hands me a more flat box.
I hesitate for a moment, "Should I be scared?" I ask.
"Not at all," Johnny reassures me. I tear the paper off of it, revealing an all white box. I opened the lid and found a set of red and black lacy, practically all see though lingerie.
"Very nice, thanks," I say with a laugh.
"You're welcome, Julie picked them out, I just payed for them,"
"What the hell Julie?" I look at her, and she's got a smirk on her face.
"You're welcome," she says.
"I like 'em," says Jordon.
"Of course you do," I say.
"You're welcome Jordon," says Johnny, making everyone laugh, including me.
"And lastly is Jordon's present," Johnny says.
Jordon gets up and grabs the biggest box that's up there, it's the size of a shoe box, and he hands it back to me, I tear the paper off and it is a shoe box and it's all black, I take off the lid and there is a t-shirt, I unfold it and it's a Hollywood Undead t-shirt.
"I love it!" I hug him.
"There's something else," he points at the box, there is some tissue paper covering something, I take the tissue paper out and I am looking at a pair of purple sequined stilettos that I have been looking for in my size for months!
"Oh my god! I've been looking for these in my size FOREVER! Where did you find them?"
"At that shoe boutique on Fourth, I think, I just found them and thought you would like them,"
"I love them," I hug him and give him a peck on the lips.
"Thank you guys so much!"
"Funny and I bought the cake, decorations, and booze," Jorel says.
"Thanks guys," I hug everybody and go to take my presents to my room.
**5:45 p.m.**
When I come up Funny says, "Let's get to drinking bitches, we ain't just celebrating Olivia being 20 but we're celebrating that there's only one more year til she can drink with us in public!"
"I'm not gonna drink too much tonight, I wanna remember this," I say with a smile. I want to remember my first real birthday party.
We all grab our drinks of choice if we hadn't already and head to the living room to chill out. Me and Julie sit down on the couch closest to the kitchen so we can talk and stuff, so I'm in the middle of Jordon and Julie.
"You don't have to sit here with just me," I say turning to Jordon, "Go hang out with your guys, get to know Josh a bit," I smile at him.
"Okay, if that's what you want," he smiles and gets up to go join the guys watching Johnny and Josh racing onNeed For Speed.
I turn back to Julie, "Thank you so much, this has been my best birthday ever," I say.
"You're welcome Liv, you totally deserve it, it's the least I could do to help you out and get your mind off everything after what happened last weekend," she smiles.
"What do you mean after what happened last weekend?!" I ask.
"After you got into that fight with your mom,"
"Oh, yeah that, haha," I laugh nervously, "I must have been trying to forget about that so hard that I actually forgot it happened," I laugh. Did I mention Julie still doesn't know about the whole kidnapping thing? We told Julie that Jordon was and old friend and one of my dad's friend's son and that he saved me from getting mugged the night I was actually kidnapped.
"That happens... I guess," she says, but she sounds like she has no clue what I'm talking about.
"Yup," I smile and laugh, I should tell her what really happened that night... but she'll go fucking ballistic and she'll think Jordon's not that good of a guy.
Suddenly my phone rings and it's an unknown number, I answer it and head for outside.
"Hello?" I answer.
"Olivia?" the person says, well more asking than saying.
"Yes, who is this?"
"Olivia, it's your dad,"
I almost drop my phone, I haven't really heard a word from my father since the eighth grade.
"Dad?"
"Yes, I've been trying to get a hold of you all day with the house humber,"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I don't live with mom anymore, and mom doesn't live in L.A. for the time being,"
"Wha- what happened?" he asks.
"It's a long story, but it ended with a bottle to my head, the cops getting called, and me moving out. Dad where are you? We haven't talked in almost five years."
"You have no idea how many times I've called the house wanting to talk to in the last few years, but your mom would always say you were asleep, or you were in the shower, or you weren't home, or she would tell me not to call ever again and hang up,"
"She usually never let me sleep past nine or ten and she rarely let me leave the house during the week," I say, my dad is acting the way he did before my mom started drinking.
"I'm sorry I left you there with her by yourself, I should have divorced her and fought for custody of you, I should hav-"
"Dad, it's okay, I know the reason why you called wasn't to apologize,"
"I know, I just wanted to wish you a happy 20th birthday, I hope you've had a great day, and since you're not living with your mother anymore maybe we can start talking more," he says the last part more like he's asking a question.
"Thanks, I'd like that dad,"
"You're welcome, I'll let you get back to what you were doing,"
"Okay, thank you dad,"
"You're welcome baby, I love you,"
"I love you too, dad,"
"Bye kiddo,"
"Bye dad,"
This was the first time I had talked to my dad since the eighth grade! And it wasn't even because he didn't love me anymore, it wasn't because I was a he thought I was a mistake or because I was unwanted by him, like my mom told me he said. It was because my mom separated us, because if she couldn't have him in her life neither could I. How selfish.
After I cry for a little I go back in and slip downstairs without anyone noticing to wipe my smeared makeup off and re-apply mascara and eyeliner, and I go back upstairs and join Julie back on the couch.
"Who was that?" she asks like I knew she would.
"My dad," I say.
"Really?! What did he say?" If you couldn't tell, Julie is aware of the fact that my father and I haven't spoken in a long time, Julie knows everything.
"He wanted to call and wish me a happy birthday and say sorry for not being there for me,"
"Really?" she asks.
"Yeah, and he wanted to know if I wanted to talk more because I'm not living with mom anymore."
"Why now?"
"Because he's tried to call and talk to me numerous times in the last few years but my mom kept him from having any contact with me,"
"That's so wrong," she says.
"I know,"
"Are you okay Liv?" she asks.
"I'm fine!"
"Okay!" She hugs me.
We go over to watch the guys play more video games including Black Ops, Guitar Hero, more Black Ops, moreGuitar Hero, Left 4 Dead (I think), and Need For Speed, Madden, and some other games. Somebody suggested karoke but everyone else was like "Nah,".
**8:00 p.m.**
Now I'm sitting on the couch with Matt and Jorel while Jordon and Funny are playing Madden and Julie and Josh are sitting on the couch where Julie and I were sitting before my dad called, they're just watching the guys play the game and talking amongst themselves.
"Thanks for throwing me the party guys! I'm really having fun!" I say to the two.
"You're welcome," says Matt.
"No problem, I would have done the same if my girl had never actually had a birthday party before," says Jorel.
"Your girl?" I ask, confused.
"My girlfriend," he pulls out his phone and turns it on, the picture is Jorel with a really pretty blonde.
"She's beautiful! What's her name?" I ask.
"Well thank you, and her name is Vanessa, you'll have to meet her sometime,"
"That'd be nice," I smile at him as I get up to go to the kitchen and grab a Mike's Hard Lemonade, those things are my favorite alcoholic drink. Ever. Julie probably suggested they buy them. I walk past the guys and Julie and Josh, and am scared, well more like startled, to see Jordon standing there, fixing himself something to drink.
"Hey!" I say, walking over to the counter where he was standing and where all the booze was.
"Hey babe, you having a good time?" he looks over at me and smiles.
"A great time!" I say grabbing a Mike's to open it. Jordon takes the bottle from me and puts it on the counter.
"What?" I ask.
"This." He grabs me by my waist and eliminates the space that was between us to kiss me. I poke at his bottom lip with my tongue, making the first move, he opens up and his tongue starts fighting mine.
"FUCK! Can you two get a room," Johnny laughs as he walks in the kitchen, probably for the same reason we were in here, to get more to drink. We pull apart and both look at him.
"C'mon Johnny, we're all adults here," I say as he walks over towards us and grabs a beer.
"Yes, we may all be adults, but that does not mean that I like to see you two playing tonsil hockey everytime I walk in a room," he cracks a smile and Jordon laughs. Then he starts to walk out.
"Sorry," I laugh as he is walking back out of the kitchen.
As soon as he is back out of the kitchen Jordon looks back at me and we continue kissing.
While we're doing that Johnny walks back in, "Oh my god, what the fuck?! Did we not just have a conversation about how I didn't want to see this everytime I walked into a room?" He laughs.
"Fine," Jordon and I laugh and go back into the living room, I sit back down by Julie because every guy in the house is in front of the t.v. screen watching Jorel and Funny in what seems to be a pretty intense game of Madden.
While that is going on I offer to show Julie around down stairs. I walk her down stairs and show her the den, and then I lead her over to the hallway just like Jordon did me the first night I stayed.
"This is Jordon's room," I point the the right. "That's the bathroom," I point ahead of me. "And this-" I open my door, "Is my room," We walk inside and she takes it all in, I sit on my bed and she does the same.
"Cool,"
"Yeah,"
And what she asks next I knew would come up.
"What does Jordon's room look like?" she asks.
"It's pretty much just a normal room, normal black walls, normal carpet, a bed just like the one in my room here, a futon, two dressers, a t.v., and his closet, nothing big Julie,"
"Can I see?" She asks.
"Um, I don't think he'd like that, I mean I doubt he would make a big deal about it, but it's still his room," I say.
"Okay, I get it," she says. And thank God she does, because I think my panties are still on the floor in there. That would be kind of embarassing.
"Hey! How about we charge your camera up so you can take pictures later?" Julie suggests.
"Yeah, I think I have a memory card in my drawer," I lean over for the side table drawer where I keep my iPod and find a small blue memory card.
"Sweet," she replies.
I get off the bed and walk to the dresser on the right wall where I put all my presents and grabbed my camera box and opened it as I walked back to my bed. Taking the camera, the accessories, and the manual out of it I put the box on the bed. I took the camera and the charger out of the plastic, I got up and plugged the charger into the wall behind the left side table (where I didn't keep my iPod and charge my phone), I put the charger in the camera and it made a small beep sound, which meant it was charging.
"Okay, now that that's all done, let's let it charge and we'll go back upstairs," I said to Julie.
"Okay," she says. We both got up and head for the den, I shut off my light and closed my door behind me once I was there. As soon as I shut the door who do we run right smack into? That's right! Charlie Scene himself!
"Oh, sorry! Hey Jordon," Julie says since she ran into him.
"Hey babe," I say.
"Hey girls, I was wondering where you two ran off to," he says, beer in hand.
"I was just showing Julie around downstairs, and then I showed her my room," I say.
"Okay, um, hey Julie, do you think I could take Olivia away from you for just a moment?" he laughs lightly. He takes a drink of his beer.
"Yeah!" She starts to head for the stairs.
"You don't have to go up stairs, I was just going to talk to her in my room for a second, you can wait down here," he says.
"Oh, okay, thanks,"
"No problem," He grabs my hand and leads me to his room, when we're inside he closes the door. He turns around to face me. "Hey," he puts his arms around my waist.
"Hey," I answer.
"Are you having fun?" he asks.
"I'm having a great time, thank you for this," I look at him.
"Eh, this wasn't all of my idea," he pushes it off.
"I know, but you're the only one I can thank like this," I put my lips to his and instantly I am met by his soft lips, his taste, instantly all the bad goes away. I pull away, although I did not want to end this kiss, I had Julie waiting on me.
"Well, you're welcome then," he smiles once I pull back and he releases me from his arms.
"Kay, Julie's waiting on me," I turn around and his arms are around my waist once again from behind. He whispers "Happy Birthday" in my ear and kisses me on the cheek before letting go of me.
I open the door and head toward Julie, before I get to far Jordon takes my hand from behind me, intertwines our fingers, and then we all head up stairs.
**Jordon's POV**
10:00 p.m.
So that's why Julie told me just to take all the credit for the shoes, she obviously knew that Olivia had been looking for those shoes for a long time. Well, I appreciate that, because she totally helped me score some points with Olivia.
It's about 10 and right now we're all in the living room. Josh, Jorel, Funny, and Johnny are taking turns playing Black Ops, Matt is on the couch on the far wall, while Julie, Olivia, and I are on the couch nearest the kitchen. Oliva has a Mike's in her hand, I have a beer in my hand, and Julie isn't drinking. I got my buzz on right now, I'm feeling pretty good ya know? All that good stuff, I'm all warm inside from the liquior.
"Hey Josh," Julie says.
"Yeah babe," he responds, not looking at her.
"Hun we need to leave around 11, okay?"
"Okay, you got it,"
Another hours passes by and we have just a really great time all talking and laughing it up toghther. I decide to not drink as much, because like Olivia, I want to remeber this. Josh and Julie have to leave, so Olivia gives them big hugs for throwing her a birthday party for the first time in a very long time.
Soon after I am feeling sleepy, and Olivia can just tell.
"You ready for bed babe?" she asks like she already knows the answer.
"Hm? Oh, yeah, I'm getting kinda tired," I admit.
"Okay, do you wanna go to bed?" she asks.
"Mmhmm," I nod.
"Okay,"
"Hey guys," she says.
They all mumble a "Yeah? or an "Mmhmm?
"We're gonna go ahead and head to bed, he's getting tired," she says.
"And by that you mean you're gonna have sex?" asks Johnny with a smirk.
"Mm-Maybe," she says with smirk back and laugh.
"Night guys," she says.
"Night," they all say, not in unison.
I had already got up and was headed for my room, Olivia soon followed not far behind, when I got to my door, I turned around as she opened her bedroom door and I do a little step and hug her from behind, "Meet me in my room soon," I whisper in her ear.
"Okay," she says, I can feel her smiling. She goes in and closes the door, and I go to my room and take off my pants, I can sleep with this shirt on, and I find my sleep pants.
She knocks on my door a few minutes later, "Come in," I say, I'm laying in bed and the lights are off. When she walks in she's wearing pink zebra print short shorts and a black tanktop.
"Hey," she waves.
"Hi," I wave back, "Do you wanna sleep with me tonight? Not sexually, I kinda just wanna cuddle with you tonight, unless you want to have sex, you can pick which one, since it's your birthday," God, I am letting her see a side of nobody can ever know about. I mean me? Cuddling? Don't some people see me as like a sex god or something? I don't even know. I don't even care. I'm too damn tired, I lost too much sleep this past weekend over everything that's been going on.
"I would just really like to cuddle with you, I like doing that," she walks over to the bed, flips the covers back, gets under the covers, and scoots over to me. Like instinct I put my arm over her side.
"Thank you for throwing me a birthday party, I had a lot of fun,"
"You're welcome baby, I'm glad you had fun," I kiss her forehead.
"Mmmm," she scoots closer up against me, "You're so warm,"
"I know right, do you like it?"
"I love it," she says, "I just feel so... comfortable around you,"
"That's good," I smile, even though she can't see me smiling.
I really want to tell her...
"How did job searching go today?"
"Good, I got like six applications," she says.
"That's great!"
"Yeah, soon I'll have a job and be able to get an appartment to put all my stuff in and live in," she says, she sounds like she's kinda excited and kinda not excited. Maybe it's just because she's tired.
It's all dark quiet now except for the sounds of the guys still having a good time upstairs, and before I know it I feel Olivia's breath even out beside me, she's asleep. I decide to do the same, I kiss her forehead, "Goodnight Olivia,".