Chapter Four:
Annie was inspecting herself in Silver's mirror to make sure that she made an impression at the party her and Silver were about to crash. "Silver, you sure this purple dress is okay on me?" asked Annie fiddling with the dress. "Yes, now stop fiddling," she said slapping Annie's hand, "Okay, how do I look," posing for Annie. "You look hot Silver." "Thanks Annie, maybe this will get Teddy's attention." "Teddy? Silver, are you thinking of getting back together with him?" asked Annie with concern. "No, I just want to make things right with him and since he'll be there, hopefully, maybe I can talk to him." "Okay, ready to go?" said Annie grabbing her new purse. "Yeah let's go."
Dixon was sitting in his room, listening to music when Debbie walked in. "You're sister's still not answering her phone. I think that I'm going to go out and look for her at the party." "Mom, you really think that's a good idea?" "You're right, it's not. Alright, so I'm going to go to the supermarket and pick up a few things and if Annie doesn't answer her phone by the time I'm done, then I'm going to go get her." "Ma wait," said Dixon but it was too late, Debbie had left his room. "I'll be back in a hour or two," she screamed from downstairs. Dixon ran to his window to make sure she had driven away and then called Ivy. "Hey, you close by?" he said. "Yeah, give me like ten minutes," she answered. "Alright, see then. Give me a call so I can let you up. Bye." What is that boy planning? thought Ivy as she drove towards Dixon's house.
Navid was sitting in front of his computer when Adriana texted him to go on his Skype account. "Hey Ad, how are things at…" "San Francisco is great Navid. How are things at West Bev going?" she asked. "They were interesting. The Blaze got a whole new set of people to replace those who left but we don't really have that many things to report so far." "Looks like I didn't really miss that much then." "But you did Ad, there just certain things that can't be said over the webcam…Is that Javier in the background?" "What?" said Adriana, sounding surprised and turned around. "Oh hey Javier. We're almost on. Okay thanks. Navid, I'm sorry, I thought I had more time. I got to go." "Okay Ad, I love…" but she had already ended the conversation, "you. I miss you Ad," said Navid, alone in his room.
At the Beach Club, the party was just getting warmed up. People were showing up left to right with the girls of the evening in the center of the room. "Me and my sister Caroline would just like thank everyone for coming here and welcoming us to West Bev," said Georgiana, using a microphone. Georgiana handed the microphone to Caroline. "And if you decided to get wasted, you better get your ass out of here but enjoy yourselves." The room was quiet but was then filled with a roar. "You want to loosen up a bit sis," said whispered Georgiana. "Please, these people will just have to learn their place in our world sooner or later," responded Caroline. "Wow," exclaimed Georgiana, "some has let dad's billions go to their head." "Enjoy yourself sis," said Caroline as she walked away.
As the party raged on, Annie and Silver finally made their appearance at the club and were surprise to see that there weren't many people from West Bev at the party. "Silver, do you recognize any of these people?" asked Annie as they passed the doorway and scanned the room. "Yeah, some," said Silver as she saw Naomi in the distance with a group of boys drinking. "So should we find the bitch or what?" said Annie turning to Silver. "I think it's to late to find her," responded Silver. "Why?" "Because she's coming straight towards us." Georgiana was indeed walking toward Annie and Silver with her girls right behind her. "English girl, what are you doing here? I don't recall giving either of you an invite and I highly doubt that my sister would have either."
"I brought them with me," said Teddy, coming from the crowd to save the two girls from Georgiana. "Teddy, you should have told me you were bringing guest, I mean guests to my party," said Georgiana, playing nice. "Well I wasn't sure if they would be free or not. Plus there some tension between us and I thought we could work through it here." "Well that's absolutely fine Teddy, any friend of yours is one of mine. I guess I'll see you two around. Bye Teddy. Come on girls," and with that, Georgiana left.
"You didn't have to do that," said Silver, "but thanks." "Yeah Teddy, thanks," said Annie. "You two are lucky that I made it in time. George can be…intense for some," responded Teddy. "But I would steer clear from her though and Caroline, just to be safe." "Why?" said Silver as her, Teddy, and Annie began making their way through the crowd. "Well George likes to toy with people. Whether they're intimidating or not, but she's not as bad as Caroline." "Caroline?" asked Annie as Teddy handed her a drink. "George's fraternal twin. Like George but ten times worse. There she is over there," said Teddy, pointing to the brunette on the dance floor. "Hey Annie, do you think Teddy and I could talk for a second," said Silver, giving Annie the signal to leave. "Sure," said Annie, walking away but turned right back and said, "Teddy, I'm sorry about what happened during the summer." "Annie, it's fine. None of it was you're fault. I'm just sorry that both of us were strung along by my dad that way." Annie chucked. "Okay, well I'll leave you two alone then. Call me when you're ready to leave, said Annie, addressing Silver.
Back at the Wilson's home, Dixon was carefully placing candles around the room but in areas that wouldn't little human contact. As he put the finishing touches on the food he had prepared, Dixon received a call from Ivy. "Okay, I'm outside," said Ivy. "Okay, be right down to let you up." After letting Ivy in the house, Dixon brought her back upstairs into his room, covering her eyes. "Alright, you ready," he asked. "Yes." Dixon removed his hands and showed Ivy the room. Dixon had placed candles and rose peddles around the room and had gotten her favorite food and while she explored the room, Dixon turned on his stereo and played Ivy's favorite song. 'Dixon, this is…this...is amazing," said Ivy, with mildly watery eyes.
"I just wanted to make things right for you." Ivy got close to Dixon and wrapped her arms around his neck. "This definitely tops the beach attempt and the bedroom attempt." Dixon was surprised by what she said. "I didn't mean it as another attempt Ivy." "But we could right? Because this is definitely perfect for me." "We could," said Dixon as he lowered Ivy onto his bed. Ivy began to remove Dixon's shirt and continued kissing him but stopped. "Wait, how long until you're mom comes back?" "Don't worry, we have time." And they continued kissing while removing their clothes and finally, after many attempts, consummated their love.
Debbie had been wandering the grocery store aimlessly for about forty minutes. She had gone to the store for some milk and bread and whatever else she saw but what she really came for was another bottle of vodka. After deciding that perhaps it was time leave, Debbie got a bottle of vodka and nearly ran into Ryan Matthews. "Hello Mrs. Wilson," said Ryan, who was holding a bottle of scotch behind is back. "Hello Mr. Mathews." Both stood there in the store in an awkward silence. "Sorry about Annie," he said. "Well thank you. I should be leaving." "Alright, goodnight."
As she was placing the groceries in her car, Debbie decided to call Annie to see if she would finally answer her call. The phone was ringing and then it went straight to her voicemail after a few seconds. Annie was definitely ignoring her. I guess I'm making a pit stop on the way home thought Debbie as she got into her and drove away from the store.
Annie was wandering the party when her phone began to ring, it was her mother yet again but Annie hit ignore immediately, not bothering to let it ring. While Annie was still had her attention on her phone, one of the many boys at the party accidently bumped into her. "OMG, I'm so sorry, I didn't see you there," exclaimed a lanky boy with dirty blonde hair. "It's fine," responded Annie, "I shouldn't have been standing her." "That's a lie." "Excuse me?" inquired Annie. "I meant me not seeing you. You're not one I could have gone without noticing," responded the blonde. "I'm Tyler," extending his hand. "Annie," she said, shaking his hand. "So how do you know Georgiana?" asked Tyler, taking a sip from cup. "She's the new girl at my school."
"So you go to West Bev. Interesting." "Yeah. Do you go there because I've never seen you before? Wait…what do mean by interesting?" asked Annie. "I just didn't think you were still in high school, that's all. And to answer you're question, I go to UCLA." "You're a college student, then how do you know Georgiana?" asked Annie, still clutching her phone in hand. "I met her my junior year of high school before she transferred to Marymount. And we dated some."
"What a whore!" yelled Georgiana from afar. Annie and Tyler turned around and saw what Georgiana was referring to. Behind them, Naomi was grinding with two guys, while a third poured her alcohol straight from a bottle. "OMG," said Annie from where her and Tyler were standing. "You know her?" asked Tyler. 'Sadly. Look, I have to go," said Annie as she placed her phone in her purse or so she thought. Annie walked up to Naomi and tried to pull her of the guys but Naomi wasn't making things easy for her. "Get the hell away from me Annie." "Naomi, I'm trying to help you," she responded as she continued to pull Naomi of the two guys. "Well I don't want it," said Naomi as she came off the guys and pushed Annie away. "Yeah she doesn't want your help," said one of the guys, as he got closer to Naomi. "Look, I'm just trying to help my friend here," said Annie as she tried to get close to Naomi but was pushed back by one of the guys. "Hey, leave her alone," said Tyler, rushing in to help Annie. "You okay?" "Yeah." Tyler stood in front of Annie as she tried to get close to Naomi and the group of boys backed up. "Oh crap, Caroline's coming."
"Okay, I don't know what the fuck is going on around here, but get the hell out of my party," said Caroline towards the boys, "and don't even think about showing your asses around here again. Got it?" the boys ran off. "Now," she said, turning to Annie, "Get that drunken whore out of here!" Annie grabbed Naomi and started walking towards the exit but stopped when Caroline spoke again. "And if I see either of you at school in my way, you'll regret it."
Upon hearing this, Naomi stood here ground and said, "You get out. My sister owns this place and if you think you're pathetic threats are going to scar me…" "Naomi shut up," said Annie trying to get her out before Naomi started more drama. Caroline walked up to Naomi and said, "Not for long Naomi. Thanks to you, your sister just lost this place and I'll make sure she knows. By the way, you should have listened to your friend, because now I'm going to enjoy knocking off the wash up old Queen Bee off her throne. Your year Naomi, just got worse. Drive safely now." Ending her sentence with a smile.
"Friends right?" asked Silver. "Yeah, friends," responded Teddy. "Thank god because I've missed you." Teddy smiled and laughed. "Me too and I can't believe you don't remember George." "Hey, you only showed me a picture of her once and that was months ago. I just knew she looked familiar." As Teddy and Silver were talking, three boys rushed passed them and headed for the exit. "What the hell?" said Silver. "Caroline probably scared them off." "How does a girl that's five five scare off three guys who are not only bigger but taller?" asked Silver. "Her father is well connected." "So you never dated her?" Teddy started shaking his head. "No, no, no, no. I would never risk that. Well connected father and crazy sister, not a good combination and something you want to deal with if something goes wrong especially after this one screwed George over."
As Teddy finished his sentence, Annie walked by with a very tipsy Naomi and told Silver that she was taking Naomi home. "Do you want me to come with?" asked Silver. "No, its fine, you and Teddy stay and have fun. I'm getting sick of the Farris twins anyways. But Teddy, you'll give Silver a ride home right?" "Yeah," he responded. "Okay so I'll see you guys around." And with that, Annie dragged Naomi to her car, and held her hair back as she puked in the parking lot. "Oh Naomi, what's wrong with you?" asked Annie, as Naomi emptied her stomach.
Dixon was lying in bed next to Ivy in boxers as she traced her finger across his chest. "So, how was it?" asked Dixon. "It was perfect Dixon. Hey what time is it?" Dixon checked his phone. "Eight thirty." "I should probably get going. Don't want your mom catching us," said Ivy, as she got up out of the covers and began to dress. "Must you?" asked Dixon as he threw on a t-shirt. "Yes," said Ivy, "now throw some jeans on so you can walk me out." Dixon did as Ivy asked but was hindered by the kissing between the two. After making out for ten minutes, Dixon walked Ivy out the backdoor and kissed her goodnight. "I'll text you later," said Dixon. "Okay, bye," said Ivy before getting one last kiss. As Dixon headed back upstairs, Debbie walked in the front door and began putting the groceries away.
As Debbie began taking things out of the bags, she couldn't help but notice the boxes cluttering the front door. She began to reminisce about her time with Harry and couldn't stand thinking about him again. She stopped putting the groceries away and reached for the new bottle of vodka and began to drink. "Fucken Harry," she said before taking a gulp.
Annie was going through Naomi's bag, trying to get her keys out, but couldn't support Naomi and search at the same time and decided to ring the doorbell. Annie waited a few minutes before she could Jen walking up the stairs towards the door. "What the hell is this?" asked Jen. "She got drunk at the party," explained Annie, getting the taller girl inside, without Jen's help. "Just bring her to the couch. I'll get a bucket." Annie had some trouble getting Naomi down the stairs and onto the couch but manage to do so. "You didn't have to do that Annie," said Naomi. "I know, but you needed help." Jen came back from the kitchen with a bucket and placed it next to the couch. "Well thank you for your help Annie, but I got things from here," said Jen, sitting on the couch next to Naomi. "Okay. Naomi's car is back at the beach club, just thought you might want to know," said Annie as she headed for the front door.
Annie had left and now Naomi was left alone with Jen, who was actually taking care of her, much to her surprised. "Don't think I'm going to do this every time you get drunk," said Jen as she held Naomi's hair back. "Then why are you helping me now," said Naomi, raising her head from the bucket. "You helped me when I came home drunk from my prom. Just consider us even." "Thank you Jen." Jen was stroking Naomi's hair and said, "Yeah well, your welcome I guess." Naomi was beginning to cry a little. "Jen, can I tell you something?" Jen got off the couch and turned to Naomi. "Look Naomi, I'm tired and this sisterly bonding thing is over so good night." Jen left the room, leaving Naomi alone and crying. "Jen…" said Naomi in whisper, clutching a couch pillow, "I was raped."
But Jen didn't hear Naomi, no one heard her. No one could help her. She was alone and wanted the empty void inside of her to cease existing.