Chapter 6

I woke up to see the sun trying to make its way through my cream-colored curtains. I turned over to my side and pulled the covers over me. I don't want to wake up now. I'm too tired. I yawned and closed my eyes.

WAKE UP, SUNSHINE!

My eyes shot open and I growled.

Demitri, how many times have I told you not to wake me up in the morning! GODDAMN YOU! I HATE YOU! WHY DID YOU WAKE ME UP! GRR!

I grabbed a pillow and rammed it into my face. I hit myself a couple of more times until my arm ached. I pulled my covers over me and attempted to go back to sleep. I closed my eyes.

"WAKE UP SLEEPY HEAD!" Erinne's yell was heard.

My eyes shot open again. Oh God, why are you doing this to me!

HA! HA! Poor baby!

People jumped on my bed, people were screaming, people weren't letting me get some sleep. I groaned. Someone took the covers off me.

"TIME TO WAKE UP!" Megan said, shaking me.

"No, not time to get up. Time to sleep." I murmured, digging my face into the pillows.

"Aww, come on. You lazy boob." said Kristen.

"Like I said, we should just leave her there." said Nicole from the doorway.

"Cracky? Would you get up if I told you we are having a party today?" asked Erinne, grabbing one of my pillows and hitting me.

"That's not going to work again." I murmured.

"But it's true! We invited the Curtis brothers, Dally, Two-Bit, Steve, Johnny, and some more people." said Kristen.

"Your lying!" I said, turning over on my back to see that they were all clean, dressed, and ready to go somewhere.

I then heard distant yells from downstairs.

"Your having the party at this time in the morning?" I asked, sitting up.

"It's not morning, it's twelve thirty!" said Megan.

"What should I wear?" I asked, standing up and heading for the closet.

"Tank top, shorts, and get your bathing suit." said Kristen.

"Your having a pool party!" I said, as they nodded.

"Hurry up, everyone's waiting." said Nicole, as she and Megan headed downstairs with Erinne and Kristen following.

Oh lala, pool party, can I come?

No, you woke me up. I hate you!

I was rummaging through my clothes, trying to find something decent to wear. I grabbed a random pair of shorts, and a random bathing suit. That's what you do when you don't know what to wear. I quickly changed and looked into the mirror.

Not bad.

Thank you–wait...since when do you check me out?

But, Demitri was right. I didn't look half bad. I had the top of my bathing suit(it's a two piece) showing and a pair of black shorts. My bathing suit was black with the word ROXY in pink on the front. I grabbed a brush and brushed my hair. I picked it up in a ponytail, and quickly placed on black flip flops. I ran out of my room, grabbing a towel out of the bathroom on my way, and headed downstairs to hear loud music. I walked to the kitchen where the were glass doors that led outside. I opened one and closed it. My jaw dropped to see tons and tons of people walking around. I didn't know they invited this many people! I looked around if I could spot one of my friends running around. I finally saw them talking to the guys we met last night. I started to make my way through the crowd when I rammed right into someone, and fell.

"I'm sorry!" I said, looking to see who I bumped into.

I gasped.

"B-Brett!" I said, as he helped me up.

"You're the girl from the ice cream place yesterday." he said and I nodded.

Brett was so handsome. He had dark brown hair, which combed back nicely. He had cool blue eyes that you notice right away. He had on a white t-shirt and green cargo shorts with white sneakers. I stood there silently, rubbing my arm up and down from my nervousness. Brett was looking around the place, his hands tucked in his pockets. He then settled his eyes on me.

"Where did you get that cut?" he asked, pointing to my stomach.

Ah crap, I forgot about that...think think...what should I tell him?

"I got scratched by the Mortoson's cat while I was babysitting." I said, crossing my arms.

"Oh, so you're the one that babysits Erica and Bryan." he said and I nodded.

"Well, me and Megan babysit them." I added.

"How come the others don't babysit?" he asked.

"Well, after we found out we were running low on money, we decided to write down random jobs on pieces of paper, put them in a hat, and pick one of them." I said.

"So, you and Megan got babysitting, and the others got..." Brett said, trailing off.

"Well, Kristen got a job to help my sister at the salon, Erinne got a job in the newspaper, writing articles and etc. Nicole got a job as a waitress at Dairy Queen." I said.

"Those are nice jobs." he said, and I nodded.

It was silent again. I looked at the floor while Brett was looking up.

"CRACKY!" I looked around and saw Erinne waving to me.

I grabbed Brett's arm and made my way through the crowd. I managed to get there and everyone was looking at me.

"Everyone, this is Brett. Brett this is...everyone!" I said, introducing them.

There were a few Hi's and Hey's. Kristen came over to me with a smile on her face.

"Ooh, Gina's got a boyfriend!" she whispered, and I blushed.

"Shut up. No I don't!" I said.

"You don't what?" asked Nicole.

"Uh, I don't...have..." I said, trying to think of something to say.

Underwear. You don't have underwear.

"Underwear! I don't have underwear!" I said, as I realized what I just said.

Everyone looked at me with wide-eyes.

"Duh, you have your bathing suit on." said Megan, pointing out something.

"Uh, yea." I said, nervously.

You're an idiot.

But it was true, you do have your bathing suit on.

Shut up, Demitri.

"Hey Kevin! You made it!" said Megan, waving to someone behind me.

A smile spread across my face. I spun around.

"HEY KEVIN!" I yelled, running up and hugging him.

"Hey there, little buddy." he said, hugging me back.

"Where have you've been these past few days?" I asked, letting go of him.

"Filling in for Nicole at the restaurant." he said.

Kevin is our best friend. He also lives with us. He has dirty-blonde hair and emerald green eyes. He has a navy-blue shirt and his orange and black zigzag trunks. And of course, he was walking around barefoot. We knew Kevin since we were little. He used to live in an orphanage until my sister signed some papers that she could take care of him. He's only seventeen years old, but he acts like a six year old, sometimes. Oh, and he's a big time pervert.

"Whose that?" asked Ponyboy to Erinne.

"Oh, that's Kevin." she said.

"Is he like...uh...her boyfriend? It looks like Gina knows him a lot." said Ponyboy.

"Nah, you see, Kevin is our best friend. And all of us are close to him. He was gone for two days because he was filling in for Nicole at the restaurant and because he was staying over his friend's house." explained Erinne.

Kevin's POV

I glared at the kid Gina was talking to.

"Whose he?" I asked.

"His name's Brett!" said Gina, smiling.

Something about him just didn't sit right. I still don't see what Gina see's in him. I looked over to the rest of the girls. Kristen was drooling over Soda who was talking to Steve. Erinne was talking to Megan and Nicole. Gina was talking to Brett.

"So, uh who are these guys?" I asked, placing one hand in my pocket.

I really didn't need to ask that question. I already knew them, but I just couldn't stand Gina being so comfortable around Brett. I knew these guys because I met them at the park and played football against some other greasers.

"Oh this is Dally, Steve, Soda, Ponyboy, Johnny, and Two-Bit." said Nicole, pointing each of them out.

"Hey." I said, and they greeted me.

Megan came up to me with the same smile she has on every minute of every day.

"So how was Alex's house?" she asked.

"Same as ever. He don't give a damn about it and it looks like a tornado, typhoon, hurricane, blizzard, and any possible, horrible storm had gone through his house." I said, and she laughed.

"So, Megan. Who do think is hot?" I asked, and she blushed and smiled.

"I'm not going to tell you!" she said, and I raised an eyebrow.

"So that means you do have a crush on someone." I said.

"Now, did I say it was anyone here?" she said, placing her hands on her hips.

I opened my mouth to say something when Kristen jumped in front of me.

"Let's throw Megan into the pool!" she said, and I heard some people agree with her.

"No. I have a better idea, let's throw Gina into the pool." I said, seeing that she was talking to Ponyboy and that Brett was checking out every part of her body.

Brett kind of reminds me of...well...me! Well, the checking out part is so me. Kristen quickly went over to Two-Bit and asked him to help her throw Gina into the pool.

"Hey, Two-Bit, how about we give Gina a chance to cool of?" I said, and he smiled.

Gina looked at us when I mentioned her name.

"What are you guys talking about?" she asked, as I gave the signal to Two-Bit and we ran to her.

We picked her up, as she dropped her drink, and we swung her once, then a second time. Then we swung her into the pool.

"WAIT! I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO G–" she started to say, but hit the water.

I was laughing my head off, when she surfaced.

"You guys! I wasn't supposed to get my shorts wet! They're new!" she said, trying to climb out of the water.

I ran to her.

"Hey, guys. Let's play Chicken!" I said, and pushed Gina back into the pool.

well im leaving for washington DC on sunday, july 16 and i wanted to update before i leave. and i wanna ask to please review because im not getting a lot of reviews and if i dunt get aleast 3 reviews then im not going to update so please review!