I lead the way as he followed me in the room. I turned the light on and turned around and met his eyes. "So you were up too all this Mr. Orton?" i teased
"Yep i sure was Miss. Orella"
"Ha ha well... thank you" i said and reached in for a hug.
He pulled back and smiled at me. "You look beautiful you know"
I started to blush "Thank you" i said looking down.
"Rach... are you blushing?" he asked as he put his finger under my chin to look up at him.
"No no I'm not blushing" i said and looked away. It was obvious i was blushing, what a fool.
"Rach... you are beautiful"
"Randy... just stop it. You use to tell me I was so beautiful and all that, I told you not to tell me that any more, i told you not to compliment me"
"And i meant it Rachael... do you think i was lying to you all that time, you are so beautiful to me"
"Then why did you just leave like that Randy... why?" I felt the tears starting to form in my eyes. I looked up at him, and he looked away. He let go of my hand that he was holding and sat on my bed.
"Rachael... you'll never understand why i did what i did to you, i won't ever understand why. I just did ok?.. i did it out of respect for you and you're parents. I did it because i was older... i wanted one thing and one thing only at that age and i wasn't going to get that from you because i didn't want it from you ... you were young." he sighed. "shit. That didn't sound right did it?" i nodded. I understood what he was trying to say... but hell i wanted him to explain.
"Rach..." he got up and took my hands in his, "Rachael... I didn't want to use you or abuse you for sex... i didn't want you to party like i did, i didn't want you to be in trouble. And i didn't want to hurt you, because i know i would have, not purposely though. I thought maybe once i got older and you got older that we could test things out, you know once I got out of that stage and i could be mature about things, i was immature then."
"I understand Randy... but let's just do this as friends for now... I really want to focus on my career right now."
"Alright" he said it with disappointment in his voice. What was i going to do? Tell him i love him and then get hurt all over again? Uh.. No. I want my career to start out good, I do love Randy as a friend, and as more but i won't be distracted because of that.
"I'm Sorry Randy... I just can't be distracted right now you know? I want to see if i have a future in this business, and i want you to be able to focus on you're career too"
"Ok... i understand, Come on lets' get back to the party" he said and opened the door
We walked out of my room and headed back into the party. I mingled with all of my old friends, Charlotte, Sherise, Brenda and Katie were all there. Us five caught up on lost time. And by the end of the night most of the guest had gone back home besides them four. We had our old slumber party, only we were drunk.
The next morning i woke up around eleven and so were the other girls slowly creeping from their sleep. We all looked at each other and laughed.
"I can't believe we're all in the same room that we used to sleep in because we were so drunk, and you're mother never realized it Rach" Katie said as she fingered her hair.
"I know it.. Here we are five years later... doing the same damn thing we did when we were sixteen years old" Brenda said.
"Woo Hoo Deja Vu" Charlotte laughed.
We got up from bed and headed out to the kitchen. We all sat and stood around the island in the middle of the kitchen and reminisced about the events that happened last night, and how so and so looks now, or where so and so is. I told them that i ran into Dave the other day. And i let them in on what Randy had to say last night. They were all shocked.
They all knew that he always liked me, and that he would some day admit it to me. I guess they were pretty right huh? When it was twelve we had decided to go out to lunch together, and then head downtown to shop a bit.
After a good five or six hours of hanging out with the girls...We decided to go our separate ways home. The next week was hectic... i had phone calls and more phone calls. More voice mails that i could keep up with. Me and Randy had hung out a couple times during the week, just as friends. And finally now... a week and half home, this was my last night out with my best friends and then I'll be leaving in two days. We decided on going to our own homes, and getting ready to go out to a bar for the night. It took me about an hour to get ready, when Charlotte and Katie pulled in my drive way and walked in the house.
"Brenda is riding with Sherise" Katie said as she walked in my room, looking for perfume. Charlotte laid across my bed, careful not to spread her legs widely in her short skirt that she had on.
"Ah.. Im so excited to be home" she said.
"I know it... it feels so good to be here, but im leaving in a two days now." I said with a frown, as i myself jumped on the bed... laying next to her, not adjusting my little black dress that exposed my lower half.
"Hey... nice black panties Rach" Katie said.
"Aren't they cute?" i said as i lifted up my dress completely. I was the wild child in that group, i didn't care what i showed and what i didn't show.
"They are cute... man look at them abs Rach... that year's work pulled off huh?" Charlotte said.
"Yeah ... i guess so, I'm just happy its' finally starting to happen though."
They both nodded. "Well let's get out of here!" I said as i got up from the bed and fixed my dress. We walked out to the front porch to see Sherise and Brenda just getting out the car.
"Who's the DD?"
"I'll come pick you girls up, just call me" my mother said, as she walked outside.
"Thank's mom!" i said and gave her a hug and kiss goodbye.
We got in Charlotte's SUV and headed downtown again to the local bar. When we arrived, it was around 10 pm. We walked in the bar, and was greeted by every body we knew. We were greeted by a few random drunk guys trying to buy us drinks.
After about an hour of drinking... We we're all fucked up. And we were crazy, we we're dancing every where, but for some reason when he walked in the door i sobered right up.