Ch2. Get her

"Did you hear that, Chris?" The dark haired boy asked.

"Hear what?"

"I thought I heard the doorbell."

"Shit. Cops?" Chris exclaimed.

"I don't think so; it's too early."

"Maybe we should turn down the music just in case."

"Good idea." The dark haired boy walked over to the stereo and turned in down. The people in the room turned and looked at him. He raised his arms. "We thought we heard a doorbell." He and Chris waited anxiously for several minutes.

"Did you hear anything?" Chris asked.

"No. And it's been a couple minutes."

"I"m gonna turn the music back up."

"Ok."

The music revved louder. Then a doorbell rang clearly through the house.

"Turn it off!" Chris waved frantically. "You want me to check the door?"

"No I can do it."

"But…" Chris followed the dark-haired boy up the stairs.

"No, Chris, wait here. I can handle it, all right?" The dark haired boy reached the door and turned the knob. He looked out in shock. In the doorway, was one of the most beautiful girls he'd ever seen. He just stared at her, jaw dropped slightly, and then his open mouth spit out the first clever thing that came to mind: "Er…hi."

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Allyson looked at him as the door opened. He was pretty darn hott. Tall, athletic build, dark-haired, but had blue eyes. He just stood there in the doorway looking at her, and Allyson felt herself start to flush.

"Er…hi." The boy started.

Smooth, Allyson thought, smiling. "Hi," she replied.

The boy cocked his head to the side. "Are you from…" he pointed to the house she had just moved into.

Allyson nodded. "Yes; I moved in today."

"I'm Ben," the boy said.

"Allyson," Allyson said.

The two looked at each other for a few more moments.

"Do you want to come in?" Ben asked awkwardly. Please, please, come in.

Allyson smiled. "Sure." She stepped forward into the house and looked around. Nice house. It was a lot like hers, except it looked so much bigger.

Ben shut the door and approached Allyson. "We're all downstairs."

"All?" Allyson asked as he guided her down the stairs. The volume of chatter increased.

The got to the bottom of the stairs. "Just some friends," Ben replied, smiling.

"No parents home?" Allyson guessed shrewdly.

Ben grinned. "How can you tell? No, they went on a cruise. Won't be back for another week!"

They walked through the doorway and Allyson was totally surprised. The room was totally full of people, refreshments, laughter and chatter, as well as the smell of perfume, cologne, and perspiration.

"Yo, Ben! What's going on?" A blond haired boy came over.

"It's all good, Chris. The music can go back on."

Chris whooped and made a circle with his hands in the air. "Turn it on! Turn it on!"

Ben turned to Allyson. "Allyson, this is Chris; Chris, Allyson."

Chris turned and noticed Allyson for the first time. He raised his eyebrows at Ben. "Pleased to meet you. You new?"

Allyson smiled. "Yes. I moved in today."

Chris gestured around. "Know anybody here?"

"No."

"You will." Chris laughed. "I gotta go catch up with some peeps, but I'm sure I'll see you later. Ben, Allyson." He nodded at both of them and then disappeared in the large crowd dancing in the middle of the floor.

Ben looked apologetically at Allyson. "Actually, I've got to split too. But I'll come and find you later." He gestured the right corner of the room. "If you're looking for some people to hang out with, I would try that corner. Just tell them you're with me." He winked at her and then he, too, disappeared into the crowd.

Allyson was walking uncertainly towards the right corner when a hand came out of nowhere and stopped her. Allyson jumped and turned.

A very tall, muscular boy stood by her. "Hey babe, I think you and I should go somewhere."

Allyson looked at the boy in disgust. "No thanks; I think you need to go somewhere by yourself."

The boy grabbed her arm slightly tighter. "Babe, every other chick in the school would be dying to go somewhere with me right now."

Allyson smiled and took his hand off her arm. "I'm sure they would; but I don't. Goodbye."

"You can't just walk away," the boy said staying right behind her.

"Yes, she can." A girl with long red hair grabbed Allyson's wrist. "Stand down, Matt."

The boy backed off slowly and the girl looked after him in disgust. She turned to Allyson and smiled.

"Thanks!" Allyson said, astonished.

"No problem! That dude is just a big jock. He goes for anything with legs," the girl said. She guided Allyson over to the circle of girls in the right corner. "I'm Brittany, by the way."

"Allyson."

"Everybody, this is Allyson. Allyson this is Stephanie, Amelia or MJ for short, Meghan, and Jordan."

"I saw you come in with Ben. Is he a friend of yours?" Stephanie asked Allyson.

Allyson smiled. No, but I wish he was. "No. I just moved into the house across the street today."

"Oh!" MJ exclaimed enthusiastically. "You're going to Grahsni High School then?"

"Yeah, starting as a sophomore," Allyson replied.

"Me too!" Meghan said.

"Me three!" Brittany added.

"Me four!" Stephanie declared.

We all looked at Jordan. She shrugged and smiled. "Sorry guys, what can I say? I'm a junior."

"Maybe we'll have classes together!" Stephanie said excitedly. "And then we can…"

"Pass notes…" MJ said.

Allyson looked at her. "Girl, it's the 20th century. We can text message each other."

The others laughed.

"True, True," Brittany said.

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Ben grabbed a coke off the refreshment stand and settled against the wall, watching the dancing in the middle of the floor.

"Who's the chic?"

Ben turned hurriedly. "Shit, Chaz, you shouldn't sneak up on people!" He shook his head. "I don't really know. I just met her. But she is damn hott. Nice too."

Chaz smiled. "Good. It's time you got somebody in your life again."

Ben sighed. "It's not that way. Besides I've known her for a total of like five minutes."

"Ben, if you don't get her, I will."

Ben gave Chaz a look. "Chaz, I will kill you if you do. I'm going to get her, I just don't rush into things like you do."

Chaz smiled. "Hey what can I say? The ladies love me."

"In your mind," Ben added slyly.

Chaz shrugged and then pointed. "Here she comes."

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Allyson had been hanging out with Steph, Brit, MJ, Jordan, and Meg for about and hour and a half. They walked over to the refreshment table to grab drinks.

Allyson rummaged through the coolers to find a water. She found one and twisted it open. She greedily drank from it, draining half of it in one chug. "Hmmm…muy bien."

The others looked at her and made the sign of the cross.

"There is no language speaking outside of school," Stephanie said, very formally.

"I guess that'll have to change," Allyson said. "Yo siempre hablo espanol."

MJ thought. "I think you said 'I something something spanish.'"

Brittany grinned. "In the MJ translation maybe."

Allyson felt someone come up behind her. She turned and saw Ben standing there.

"Actually, I think she said 'I always speak Spanish,'" Ben said smiling.

Allyson applauded. "Good job. You can translate better than MJ."

Ben smiled and coughed. "Ahem. That's not hard."

MJ gasped. "That was mean!"

Ben shrugged and turned to Allyson. "Let's see how well you translate." He looked into her eyes. "Bailaras conmigo?"

Allyson smiled softly. "Si, yo bailare contigo."

Ben grasped Allyson's hand and gently pulled her onto the dance floor.

MJ looked at the others. "What did he say?"

Brittany smiled. "I'm not a Spanish expert, but look at what they're doing and I think you may find out what he said."