Disclaimer: I don't own Meg Cabot's characters, but I do own Brandi, Tommy, John and Jake.
A/N: Ok, so I got two reviews saying that I have to keep this story going, so, now to let down my two fellow fans, I give you, Chapter 9 of Princess Mia.
Oct. 18: At John's house for the party
Well, whenever these people talk about their parties, they make them sound like so much fun! HA!
Fun… yeah…right! That's the one thing I didn't have at that party. Well, I shouldn't say I didn't have any
fun. I did have some laughs at the end. But more about that later. The beginning of the party stank! Big
time stinking. Well, Tina, Lana, and I walked into the house, which was a nice size house, but not as great
as our loft. But anyhow… we walked in, and everyone stared at us. I don't know if it was because we
came with Lana or if it was because royalty was attending John Smith's party. Either way, it was way
uncomfortable having all those people, ya know, the pretty people of the school, staring at me. Maybe
not for Tina, who was enjoying it immensely. For her, this was a dream come true. Being stared at by the
'hot' guys of the school, that is. And maybe for Lana too, though I'm sure she's used to it by now. Tina
and I had made deals with them before we went in. If they went to see a movie, we wouldn't tell on them.
But the second we needed help, we were to call them. So we were there until we called them, but to tell
you the truth, they work very hard as it is, and have very little vacation time, so Tina and I promised each
other we would give them a lot of time to just hang.
Lana led us over to a group which consisted of Josh, Brandi, or Randi, I should say, since she
immediately asked me to call her that. -"My mom just wanted to burden me with a name that stared with
a B. B's are the worst thing in the world." She told me. Can we say psycho? – Jake and John. Randi is
Jake's girlfriend, and of course Josh was with Lana, so that left Tina, me and John alone. Well, not
exactly alone, but, you know what I mean. Anyway, the music was blasting, but it seemed that no one
was dancing. Don't ask why. I mean isn't that what music's for? Apparently not for the popular crowd.
John- "Do any of yous want a drink?"
Me- "What kind of drinks do you have?"
Josh-"Duh! BEER!!!" he said as he high-fived Jake.
Me- "Only beer?"
John- "Well, we have water, for those who over do it on the beer."
Tina- "Oh, well you know us…" she looked at me, " We'll take two beers."
Randi- "You two drink? I wouldn't have guessed."
I was about to say 'No!! I don't drink!!! Tina may but I don't!!' but Tina said something first.
Tina- "Oh yeah, people always mistake that about us." Sounding oh so convincing. But they bought it.
After that, it was like we'd been friends since forever. Randi and Tina got into this deep, well as deep as
you can, conversation about Beniffer's breakup. I stayed out of that conversation, cause every time I
tried to listen to them, I felt my IQ go down by the second. So, then I tried to talk to Lana, but her and
Josh were having this big make out session, that I really didn't want to witness, so I ended up going to the
kitchen to see if I could catch John, before he came back with two beers, and myself a water instead. I
walked into the kitchen only to see John and some chick on the cheerleading squad making out there too.
They were all over the place too. So gross! I left the kitchen I tried to find someone to speak to, or at
least somewhere I could hear myself think. I found a room that looked like it wouldn't be occupied, and
took my chances. Thank god I was correct. I don't know I if I could handle seeing another couple eating
each other's tongues. It turned out to be a study room. Or maybe you would call it library. Maybe both.
Anyway, I sat down in the enormous rich red leather chair, which must belong to John's father, whom I
guessed to be a doctor or a lawyer, something special like that. I got bored really quick of sitting there, so
I started to look at the mini library they had. Not many good books to choose from. They were all about
life, or something like that. Not something I wanted to read at that moment. Though maybe I should,
since, my life isn't all that great at all. Well not that it's bad, it's just not… great. I finally decided to go
back to the party and try to convince Tina it was time to leave.
I opened the door and started my search for Tina. I swear, my sitting in the study room was only for
about 5 minutes. Where did all these people come from? Some of these people I didn't even recognize. I
think I must have circled the house 8 times, and still couldn't find Tina. Though I did see Lana.
Me- "Lana, have you seen Tina?"
Lana- "Tina? Tina who?"
Me- "Tina! The girl who came to the party with us?!?!?"
Lana- "Oh her… she was trashed… she went home awhile ago."
Ok maybe I wasn't in the study for only 5 minutes, but it sure felt like it.
Me-"Home? But who took her."
Lana- "I think some guy took her home. She said to tell you that she called Lars and told him that he was
off duty, because you would be home in like 5 minutes by the same guy who drove her home. She looked
for you everywhere, but couldn't find you, so decided that you must have went home already."
Me- "But I'm still here! Now how am I supposed to get home?"
Lana- "Beats me?!! HAHAHAHAHA!"
I go so mad at Tina. Why did she do that? She should have looked for me longer. Now I am here, with
no one to talk to, and no way to get home. I couldn't call mom, she would kill me if she found out I went
to John's party and his parents weren't there. And dad would probably fire Lars, when really it wasn't his
fault at all. And Lars was off duty now, which probably meant he had his cell off, because, I mean it was
going on 11:30 pm. I didn't know what to do. Who could I call? I could try to walk home I guess, but
that would take forever, seeing that I live on the other side of town. But then I thought… Lilly, maybe she
could help me. I mean… I know she isn't talking to me, but, I'm in trouble, and I don't think she would
just let me here. Would she? Well, I had no time to dwell on it. I had to get out of here and fast. I found
a phone and with one hand clutching the phone and the other pushing down on my other ear so I could
hear, I listened to the ring coming from the ear speaker.
"Hello?" a voice said on the other end.
Me- "Hi is Lilly there?"
" She is out with my parents. Is this Mia?"
It was Michael. It just had to be Michael. Of course! He was the one who told me not to go, but I went
anyway, and once again, being the genius he is, was right again.
Me- "Um, yeah this is Mia."
Michael- "What is all that noise?"
Me- "Music. Ok I know I didn't listen to you. And now I'm stuck here without a ride, cause Tina went
home without me because she got 'wasted' and I know it was the wrong thing to do, just go and hide in
the study hoping that the party would end soon, but I really didn't want to be around all the beer, and I'm
sorry. So PLEASE do rub it in my face saying 'I told you so.' Ok?" I said, my words running together as
I spoke, or more like screamed, so he could hear my voice.
To my surprise, he didn't have any rude, smart-ass remark for me. Instead he said-
Michael- "Wait right there. Don't leave the house. I'm coming to get you."
Me- "Thank you sooo much Michael!"
I hung up the phone and tried to make my way to the door. But it was like swimming through a sea of
people, that's how crowded it was. Finally I made it to where Lana was standing.
Lana- "Are you leaving?"
Me- "Yeah, I had enough partying for one night."
Josh- "Awww, come on. It's not even past midnight yet."
Me- "No that's ok… I'm getting a ride."
Randi- "Oh, with who??"
Me- "Michael is coming to pick me up."
Randi- "Oh that hot senior in my computers class? He is definitely a hottie! But I must say, he is a weird
person. He is really into computers. Not just ya know IMing and stuff, but like how they work and
everything. Why on earth would you want to know something like that?"
Just as she was done saying that, Michael walked in the front door. He spotted me right away, thought I
have no clue how. I mean those gorgeous brown eyes of his are good, but I didn't know they were that
good.
Michael- "Are you ok?" he asked very concerned-like.
Me- "Yeah, I just really want to get our of here."
Lana- "Oh but you guys should totally stay. You look SO CUTE together."
Me- "We aren't together… he's just here to pick me up."
Lana- "Oh sure… whatever you say Mia."
Michael- "Are you ready?"
Me- "YES!"
We made our way out the front door and to his car. I have never been in a car that Michael was driving
before. To tell you the truth, I didn't know Michael could drive. But obviously he could. We sat there in
silence for some time. I had expected him to blow up at me at any time soon, but he didn't. Which was
kind of weird, cause he told me NOT to go. But I went anyways. Still, he gave no lecture. Finally he
broke the silence.
Michael- "Are you sure your ok?"
Me- "Yeah I'm fine. I just didn't know what to do. I was there alone."
Michael- "You know, you can call me if you need any help. It doesn't always have to be for Lilly."
Me- "Oh, thanks Michael. But I don't think I will be going to any parties like that any time soon."
Michael- "That is good to know. So tell me, why did you go? I mean I had told you you shouldn't go. But you still went. Why?"
Me- "Well, I didn't want to go. But Tina begged me to go, so I said I would go."
Michael- "And then she just ditched you there?"
Me- "Well, no, um… yeah… I guess she did."
Michael-"Some friend."
Me- "It wasn't her fault really. I hid in the study and she couldn't find me, so she thought I had gone home already."
Michael- "Why did you hide in the study?"
Me- "Cause I wasn't really comfortable around them."
He pulled up to my house just then.
Me- "Thank you so much Michael! I owe you big time! If there's any thing I can do for you, just let me know."
I had thought, like, take his dog for a walk, or do his chores or something. Which is why what he said
next through me off a little.
Michael- "Well… there is something…"
Me- "Yes?"
Michael- "Well, it's my grandmother's birthday next weekend, and I was wondering if you could come with. I'm supposed to bring someone since Lilly won't be there. And well…what do you think?"
Me- "Um… sure… but I'll have to ask my mom."
Michael gave me this big grin.
Michael- "Great! See you later!"
And with that he drove off.
'Wait, did Michael just ask me out on a date?'
A/N: I hope this makes up for that time I didn't update. This (according to Word) is 7 pages long!!
Longest I've ever written. So please, PLEASE, R&R ASAP!!!!
Love,
Krystina