CHAPTER 37 (PARTY)

It's Kyle Bismarck's birthday within a few days.

I've been excited. In fact, I could barely contain my joy. You could tie it up, place it in a high security prison cell, have it chained and padlocked, and even have crocodiles surrounding it and it would still get out.

Yup! I just looooooooovvvveeeeddd Kyle Bismarck that much! My love for him could be expressed in multi-dimensional proportions.

Well, I know that I did like Harry a lot.

But that certainly didn't wipe out my huge obsession over Kyle Bismarck!

Every year, we'd (me, Marie and Trisha) would celebrate Kyle's birthday. It was a small party, but certainly fun. We'd bring over little cakes and some soft drinks.

I actually wanted to invite the whole class but that would be too expensive and I'd be in a financial crisis at the young age of fifteen.

I was currently at home, flipping through the magazines that featured Kyle's band called 'Thriller'. They're an awesome band and they've certainly reached major popularity now. As in their popularity level was off the scale.

Hm…

I think I miss their music now…

I'm gonna go to the place I always go to whenever I want to experience the Thriller's music peacefully and completely.

The park.

The park here was pretty much quiet. Only a few people ever came here.

I was one of the minorities.

I sat on a bench, ear phones plugged to my ears as I looked at the bright sun's rays that were kissing the surface of the earth.

Suddenly, my skin pricked. In a good way.

The song was getting to Kyle's part. I hummed along to the lyrics.

I loved this song so much.

I looked around the park once more. Gosh this place was a bit creepy. It's just so… empty here. Really.

All of a sudden, a pair of hands slapped my shoulder.

I screamed and jumped off the bench.

OH MY GOSH!!!! There's a ghost!!!

I swivelled around and my racing heart began to decelerate as I saw who it was.

Why that little devil…

"Hello Kyleen Nieves Marloes," Harry grinned at me.

I rolled my eyes and my hands shook a bit. "Whatever Harry."

He poked my nose and I nearly toppled to the ground. "Scared you."

I stuck my tongue at him and grinned. "No you didn't."

"Yes I did. So, what're you doing here?"

"I'm listening to Thriller… Oh my gosh it's Kyle's birthday on Wednesday!"

I screamed and made a little stupid dance in front of Harry. I didn't care though. There was no one around to witness my burst of idiocy.

Harry laughed as I finished my dance. "Cool. So how are you guys gonna celebrate?"

"Well, the usual. Cakes, Coke, candies. Only Trisha and Marie celebrate with me though. But…" I said animatedly until I trailed off.

Nah. Maybe he didn't want to listen to my entire girly squabble.

"But what?" Harry persisted.

"Um… Can I tell you? Promise you won't laugh?"

He shook his head. "Of course I won't laugh Kyleen."

I sighed. "Fine. You know, I've always wanted to throw a huge party for Kyle. You know, where all my classmates'll be there. I wanted to be at… Pizzahut. I dunno. I just want to throw a huge party for him."

Harry smiled. "That would be nice. Very nice you know."

I nodded and gazed at the leaves of the grass as they were being blown by the wind. The sight gave me a serene feeling.

"I want it to be like that someday," I smiled at Harry, feeling like a child.

"Well, I hope that'll happen soon," Harry said.

"Yup. I sure hope it does Harry."

After that, we spent the afternoon chatting about other things. Harry was a nice guy to talk to. Probably the best.

And I think I fell for him even more.

I woke up on Wednesday with a smile on my face.

Oh dear. I hugged my pillow. Why was I smiling??

I tried to rack my brains for the answer.

Oh yeah. Now I remember. I dreamt of Harry again last night.

I never thought that I'd have a dream wherein I was on a date with a guy. In fact, we were strolling in the beautiful city of Italy.

How I wished that were true. Even just the couple part.

My cell phone buzzed as it gave off an alarm. I shook the sleep from my groggy eyes and reached for it.

As I saw what flashed on the screen, I nearly screamed.

It's Kyle Bismarck's birthday today!!!

I immediately got up and hurriedly dashed for the bath room.

I have got to look my best today!

I was practically skipping like a four-year-old as I went to school. Everything just seemed so bright today. I'm so glad I was this obsessed about Kyle Bismarck.

Sure it's pretty impossible that I would have a chance with him. But still, it feels nice to feel in love.

I was nearing the school gates now. I could already hear the cacophony of student chatter inside the campus. As always, it was very noisy inside.

As I entered the school grounds, my classmate Terrence waved at me.

"Cool idea Kyleen," he called out and gave me a thumbs up.

"Thanks," I called back, a bit confused though.

Uh… What exactly did I do?

Nah. Maybe some poem or essay I did and he just happened to read it.

I thought about it.

Honestly, was that likely?

I decided to forget about it and headed towards the classroom. I was at the hallway now, and students were already flooding in.

Suddenly, my classmate Clarissa smiled at me as I passed by. "You rock Kyleen!"

I waved at her and grinned. "Er… Thanks."

Okay. This day was getting weirder and weirder. And I don't even know what I did.

I finally arrived at the classroom, and made a beeline for my seat. As I passed by my classmates, they kept on saying stuff like 'You're awesome Kyleen', 'You're the best!', or 'You rule!'.

I, having no idea as to what they were talking about, only nodded my head and murmured my thanks.

I finally sat on my seat, and began unloading the things that I needed for Chemistry.

Suddenly, Trisha approached me. There was a huge grin plastered on her face.

"Kyleen! I never knew you'd actually do it!" she grinned at me, excitement etched in her face.

Marie suddenly chimed in as well. "Yeah! This was a totally cool idea Kyleen!"

Oh no! Even my best friends are all acting weird!

"Here. Don't you know?" Trisha asked as she handed me colourful flyers. I read what it said:

Kyleen Nieves Marloes invites you to come celebrate with her the birthday of Kyle Bismarck at Pizzahut. After school.

My fingers grew icy as I held the flyer. Trisha and Marie gave me a quizzical look.

"Exactly… How many people were invited?" I gulped.

"Uh… Thirty-two to be exact. The whole class," Trisha replied.

My eyes widened. "The whole class?!?!"

"Don't you know?" Marie asked, perplexed.

I shook my head violently as I began to panic. "No!"

What happened?? I do not remember doing any of these!! In fact, I'm sure I never did any of it!

And how am I supposed to pay for this???

A horrible feeling settled in my stomach as my mind raced.

Someone must've pulled a prank on me… So that they could embarrass me in front of my classmates.

I can't go through with this! I have no money to spend on thirty-two people!

Whoever set this prank up, it sure wasn't funny.

And I am gonna wring that person's neck.

But first..,.

How do I get out of this mess that that idiot made?