(Maria's POV)
Off to the longest road trip ever LOL
We all sleepily climbed into the car at 6:00 AM all of the arrangements had been made last night and it had taken forever, breakfast for most of us this morning had been like three bottles of Spark (an energizing drink) and it hadn't fully kicked in yet.
We turned on some tunes and headed down the road…
About lunchtime we passed the boarder.
"Can we get something to eat," asked Alicia who had just woken up, "I'm starved"
"So am I" I admitted.
"How about Mickey D's?" Asked Lucia pointing to a sign along the road.
Food: . .
McDonaldsExit 92"Where's exit 92 though?" I ask.
"Straight ahead," answers Alicia, "Onward and upward".
"Oh brother," I mumble.
Finally we reach the McDonalds.
Pulling up to the drive-through window, we realize our server is a really cute guy.
Lucky Me! I get to order!
"Hi" I said
"Hello, what would you like to order?" he asked sweetly, his nametag said, Pablo
"Umm, girls? What do you think?"
"Chicken nuggets in a meal" said Alicia instantly.
Lucia followed right behind with her order of "Big Mac!"
After awhile Brie decided upon, "The Caesar Salad"
Unable to decide I asked
"What would you recommend?"
"Probably, the number three…a sausage and egg breakfast meal, since we're still serving breakfast" he answered casually.
"Ok, thanks, I'll take that" I answered with a smile.
He left to go get our orders.
As he came back and handed the food to me he also slipped a flyer to me, taking a quick peek at the flyer I realized that it was a flyer for a party. I smiled up at him as I paid him.
"Hope to see you there," he whispered to me and he handed me back (I'm sure) half the money I'd given him.
"I'll try to make it then" I told him before driving away.
"Hey girls," I asked, "What do you think of doing this trip in two days?"
"Why?" asked Brie.
"Why not?" asked Alicia.
"No…really, why do you all of a sudden want to change the trip length to two days instead of one?" asked Brie
"One, because we can," I answered, "And two…" I pulled out the flyer; "because of this" I showed them the flyer.
COME PARTY!
AT CRUSH!
HOURS: 7-12 pm, Monday through Friday
TEEN NIGHT: Wednesday from 7-11pm
Obviously since the Teen night was circled that was the one the cute guy was going to. Teen night would be tonight.
"Come on! PLEEEEEAAAASE!" I whined.
Alicia winced.
"I think we should," she said.
The others slowly agreed.
"AWESOME!" I yelled in celebration, "Now, what to wear?"
That question was on all of our minds as we drove around trying to find a hotel to stay at When Brianna snapped her fingers, getting all of our attention.
"Gosh am I blond" (she's actually a redhead) "we're driving around looking for a place to stay when, this is Arizona right?" We nodded our heads. "My mother lives here in Arizona why don't we stay with her?" (Brianna's parents are divorced) She gives me directions and I head towards her mother's house. She calls in advance to make sure it's okay.
"Mom says it's fine," she reported after she hung up. "Her house is right around the corner."
We turned the corner to see a woman that looked like an older version of Brie with chestnut colored hair standing on her front porch waving.
"That's her," Brie said.
"Hello, girls" Brie's mom warmly greeted us as we got out of the car.
"Hi" we chorused back.
"Alright," I said, "we have exactly five hours before the party so we'd better get started."
They all agreed. But first Brie's mom showed us our room. It was REALLY big! Even though it housed four beds, enough for all of us, a wardrobe, a mirror, a vanity table, and some nightstands there was still plenty of space to move around.
We decided upon outfits first. The thing is, that we all wear close to the same size and Brie and Ali wear exactly the same size so often times we borrow each other's clothing. Make-up and hair is always last.
Ali took dibs on the sky blue strapless top that had a corset-like back, she matched it up with midnight blue, hip-hugging, stretch jeans. She finished up her look with a cute pair of calf-length, black dress-boots.
Brie picked out the neon pink halter that came down in a v at the bottom with fringes edged in gold, gold trimmed black jeans and black high heels.
Luce took the pale green peasant top, corduroys, and clogs.
I chose a gold-sparkled, tissue-paper-thin, black, long-sleeved top, paired with a black mini that had funky designs spiraling through it in gold. The shoes I chose to go with the outfit were gold with three-inch heels.
After putting on our outfits we started on hair, Alicia kind of specializes in this department. So if you weren't getting your hair done you were running around getting stuff for the person's hair who she was working with, here's what we got.
Luce was first and Ali gelled her hair put it up in a clip leaving out two strands that framed Lu's face, those Ali curled. The hair that was on top of her head after the clip was in her hair was hair-sprayed to stick up and all over, it was really cute.
Brie was after Luce. Ali helped her straiten her wavy hair, and then put braids, with beads at the ends, at odd intervals in her hair.
I chose to have my hair in two messy buns on the top of my head, and again two strands were left framing the face, Ali crimped these, and after spraying every thing with hairspray she sprayed it with glitter.
Ali pulled all her hair back, except the hair with in half an inch of her hairline, back in to the ponytail. The hair that she hadn't pulled back she put in half-a-dozen braids and then pulled back into the ponytail. The other hair in the ponytail she either put in spiral curls, crimped, braided, or just left alone. The overall look was a messy effect that doubled as a fun, wild, party look.
When this was done Lucia took over with the makeup. Starting with Brie. Her eyes were lined with gold and then brushed over with pink eye shadow. A tiny bit of mascara was applied to her lashes. Her skin was already rosy so she didn't need any blush. A tan/gold staining lipstick was applied to her lips.
Ali was next. She required a tad more attention than Brie had. A midnight blue lined under her eyes. A lengthening and curling mascara was thoroughly applied to her lashes after a pale blue was dusted onto her eyelids. On top of her blue eye shadow a tan was lightly applied. Glitter was dabbed at the outer corners of her eyes. And both foundation and blush were used to even out her complexion, then a small amount of glitter was rubbed into her cheeks. A light pink, also staining, lipstick was applied to her lips to finish the look.
I was after Ali. A powder foundation was dusted over my who face to begin with. Then a banana-yellow eye shadow was applied to my lids to accent my blue eyes, after this enough mascara to curl my lashes was put on. I also had glitter dabbed at the outer corners of my eyes. I also had blush applied, I have a naturally pale complexion. I also used the same gold lipstick that Brie had.
Lucia quickly did her own makeup, flicking on mascara, brushing on pale green and edging the green with a tiny bit of purple her fav color. Tan lined her eyes. A few flicks of the wrist and her cheeks were dusted light red. For a finishing touch a rose lipstick was applied.
We were left with an hour to do as we pleased. And for me it was to figure out where this dance club was located…
It was 6:30 and we were headed towards the club, all of us looking fab and all of us ready to party. And the party drew nearer, two blocks away, one block away, just down the street. And we were there.
I was expecting the security guards to check our purses, pat us down or something like that. But the one at the door we were at smiled sweetly at Brie.
"Are they with you, babe?" he asked.
"Defiantly," she said, from the look on her face she was trying not to laugh, but he didn't notice.
"Well ya'll sure don't look like terrorists, why force you to wait outside, I'll let 'cha go in on one condition."
"And what would that be?" asked Brie sweetly.
"That you save me a dance, little lady," He answered hope in his eyes.
"I'll see what I can do," she said as he stepped aside to admit us, just for good measure Brie blew him a kiss as she walked through the door. As soon as we were all inside we burst out laughing.
After that I went to find my guy.
(Brie's POV)
I was still laughing silently long after everyone else stopped, but as my cell phone rung I had to calm down. Checking the caller ID I found that it was again Ali's parents. Hoping they hadn't decided to come home early, I made my way to the restrooms to take the call.
"Hello?" I said as I answered.
"Brianna?" said unmistakably Ali's mom on the other end.
"Yes, that's me," I answered.
"Brianna, would you please let AK" (Ali's nickname that she only lets her relatives, and close BFs use, we can use it occasionally too, but we prefer calling her Ali or Alicia) "and Mari, Maria, know that something has come up and we will be away from home with the little ones-Maria's brothers and sisters, and AK's sisters-for another month longer than planned, and tell them that it really is urgent we don't mean to stay away so long but there is NO possible way to get back before then."
"Ok, madre, I'll let them know" I tell her.
"Oh and your parents both said they'd take the job of keeping an eye out on you,"
"Thanks for letting me know"
"Alright buh-bye"
"bye"
Awesome I think to myself as I hang up the phone, my parents, wow! They let me and my buds do anything!
I heard the music outside the door, and get back to the party.
(Lucia's POV)
Alicia nodded at me and we went to join the circle of dancing girls before us. I started up a convo with the girl next to me asking about this place I found out that it'd been around a while but the teen night had only been in effect for a couple of weeks.
I hadn't noticed that Ali had disappeared until I had looked up, I didn't pay it much mind though and continued dancing.
(Alicia's POV)
I looked around at the party, nodded at Lacey and with her went to join the closest circle of dancing girls. It was just the regular dancing there is at school dances except closer and more packed.
I turned to find a group of guys against the wall staring, I swear, directly at me. I danced a tad dirtier to tease them. After about twenty seconds of the upgrade I felt something brush my thigh, I didn't think this was odd since it was so crammed in here. But then a hand placed itself on my right hip, I craned my neck to see who was behind me.
I nearly fainted.
The guy behind me was HOTT! Not just 'oh he looks nice', but deathly hot! Girls back home would kill to have him as a boyfriend.
I tried not to let him notice my shock but there must have been one brief moment of hesitation…
He took advantage of it. He placed his other hand on my other hip as well, and slid me closer to him, pulling me away from the group a little ways, soon the crowd had moved in to fill the space I had left and I could no longer see Lucia or the group I had been dancing with. Oh well I thought I'll meet up with them later
Just for kicks I switched to a dance I had learned while dancing with Carlos however many days back it had been. He moved to match it perfectly, only he moved in closer than Carlos had, this guy I had hooked, and I could tell. We stayed dancing that way until the next song came on, it was slower.
I turned to face him, my arms around his neck, and his around my waist. I laid my head upon his chest as he started interrogating me.
"Where are you from?" he asked in a voice as smooth as butter, "I don't think I've seen you around here before."
"You're right, I'm not from around here." I answered, "I'm from a little town in Nebraska, you've probably never heard of it." It was the lie I always told guys I didn't know very well, I didn't want some one stalking me, unfortunately, this guy had learned lie detecting.
"Liar" he whispered as he nuzzled me.
"What'cha gonna do about it?" I asked sexily.
"I'm gonna find the truth." He answered solemnly, searching for my lips.
I lead him to them. My breath caught as he kissed me, goodness he kisses just about as good as he looks. Looks like I'm the one hooked now.
"Gonna tell me now?" he asked in a sexy dangerous tone.
"Maybe" I said impishly. He kissed me again, with a little more force than last time, now if Jake had done this I would have pushed him off and socked him one to the jaw. But for some unknown reason I trusted this guy fairly.
"Will you at least tell my the state now?" he asked
"Oklahoma," I whispered, as my voice wavered a bit I was feeling a little weak. "But I'm headed to a party in New Mex."
"Will you tell me more?" he asked
"No," I answered simply, and the moment he loosened his grip I let the crowd carry me away. Never tell I guy too much I'd already learned that lesson. I went to the bathrooms to calm down, and nearly ran into Brie who was leaving them.
(Brie's POV)
Coming out of the bathroom I stopped myself just before I bumped into Ali, she looked flushed and a little out of it.
"You ok," I asked.
"Fine," she answered, "just a little worn out, Hey what about that guy you owe a dance to he might not let us out unless you go dance with him."
"I'll go find him just as soon as I'm done relaying a message from your mom." I told her.
"My mom?" she asked.
"Yes, it seems as though there's been a delay, and she says she's sorry but there's no possible way she can come back until like a month and a half from now."
"Really?"
"Yeah!"
"Wow!"
"Oh and now my 'rents are takin' care of us!"
"Cool!"
The color had returned to Ali's cheeks, I let her pass me to get into the bathroom, and then I went to find the security guard. It didn't take to long to find him. He was by the refreshment table, he wasn't really all that bad looking, but I didn't approve his attitude. He was a good half-a-foot taller than me, with sandy brown hair, cut short, he also had brown eyes, with fairly long lashes, but not amazing, he was still decked out in his security outfit, but didn't look a day older than seventeen.
"Hey, Barbie doll," he said as I approached.
"Hey," I replied.
"Ready for that dance you owe me?" He asked encircling my waist with an arm.
"Sure," I answered, wriggling out of his arms and floating out onto the dance floor. I stood her arms raised above my head hips swaying waiting for him as he made his way through the crowd.
When he reached me, I placed my arms around his neck and swayed slowly for the next like 20 seconds until that song stopped. I began to walk off, when he caught my arm and pulled me back, spinning me into a position to (what some call) street dance, he leaned down to whisper into my ear.
"I want more."
Smirking I rolled my eyes, and let loose, what the heck I figured…
(Maria's POV)
I met Lucia near the DJ's stand, I still hadn't found my guy. After greeting me, Lucia looked at something past my shoulder.
"Don't look now," she whispered excitedly, "but there's some guys over there checking us out."
"Great," I said, dying to look, but knowing I should wait for them to come to me. To speed up the process I pulled my skirt, which had been up around my waist, down to ride on my hips, showing about an inch of skin between the skirt and the shirt. I almost turned around to look, to see if what I had done had had any effect but Lu stopped me, it wasn't long though until I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around as did Lucia.
"Wow," said the guy who had tapped me on my shoulder. "I didn't think that you'd make it."
"Ditto," I answered.
"So…you wanna dance?" he asked shyly.
"Sure," I answered quickly, in an effort to get him to warm up to me.
He lead me out onto the dance floor, shyly took my hands and led me in a swing dance I knew all to well from el colegio. It matched the song perfectly, and his dancing skills were, well, amazing.
(Lucia's POV)
After talking to Maria, her guy's bff? Came to talk to me. He was almost the exact opposite of Mateo, but he didn't seem too bad, his dancing skills weren't the best, but still pretty good, he also seemed reluctant to let any other guys dance with me, and he declined most of the girls offers, a clingy guy, perfect! Soon a slow song came on.
"I don't think I caught your name," I told him.
"Benjamen," he told me gently.
"I'm Lucia," I told him.
"What a beautiful name," he told me.
(Alicia's POV)
In the bathroom I fanned my face and fixed that guys' face in my memory, reaching into my back pocket for a mint, I felt something else too. Curious I pulled it out.
'My names Miguel, I hope to see you again' is what it said, I figured that it was referring to the guy I had just danced with.
Taking my watch out of my pocket I realized it was ten thirty, time to start rounding up.
I found Brie lightly panting by the refreshment table, she looked worn out.
"We gotta go find the others and leave soon," I told her, she nodded and followed me into the crowd.
It took like twenty minutes to find Lucia and Maria, there were both dancing fairly close together with equally cute guys. We signaled to them that it was time to leave. Maria saw us immediately and came over, Lu needed a bit more time. It wasn't until her dance partner leaned down and whispered something in her ear that she came to join us.
(Lucia's POV)
"Your friends are calling you," Bejamen whispered in my ear.
I looked over my shoulder, he was right. He lifted my chin until I stared directly at him.
"I will see you again, I promise," he said and kissed me softly.
I walked over to join my friends.
"What was that all about," asked Maria as we made our way to the door.
"I made a new friend," I said smugly.
"I guess so," she said, giggling.
We all climbed into the car, and headed back to Brie's mom, Stephanie's house.
Most of us just collapsed on our beds and fell directly asleep upon entering the room, me included.
(3rd person POV)
"Did you notice that car that was following us home," Maria asked Alicia.
"No I was too busy thinking of the guy I met at the party," Alicia answered.
"Yeah, they were in a red car,"
Below them in the street in a red car this conversation was going on.
"We found them," said one of the masked persons in the vehicle.
"Now to track them all the way to their little party in New Mexico," said another with an evil cackle.
"Shhh, you'll wake them, we ARE right outside their window, and we're not exactly sure that they ARE asleep yet," said a third.
The fourth figure sat in the vehicle contemplating.
The vehicle started up and pulled around the corner.
Brie hearing a noise awoke to see Maria staring out the window. All Maria had seen were taillights on a red vehicle, leaving.
Everyone fell asleep.
(Alicia's POV)
the next morning after a quick breakfast, we all dredged out the car to finish the car ride, we made it to New Mexico all right, but every couple of minutes something skirted across the edge of my vision and whenever I looked nothing was there.
Author's note : sorry to bore u with details. Has anyone even found this story yet if so please review I want to know what u think of it. I can take constructive criticisim, my grammar is horrible. I try though and that's what counts right?