When I got back to my friends, I saw Kyle and Skylar sitting rather closely together on one of Bianca's pool chairs. Kyle's arm was around her shoulders and she looked quite content. My eyebrows shot up when I saw them. Don't you move fast, I thought. Kyle's eyes met mine and he told me a silent thank you. I nodded in response and sat down beside my sister. I leaned on her a bit and Kaitlyn asked,

"Who's older?"

"I am," I said happily. "By two minutes."

"I would never have guessed," Skylar said.

"I'm more mature," Chantel said. I stuck my tongue out her. "Point proven."

"So, you guys are together now," I stated, nodding to Skylar and Kyle. It made no sense to ask when it was obvious. Kyle nodded happily, nuzzling Sky's neck, while Sky flushed crimson. I gave a short burst of laughter. "Oh, CiCi's gonna have a fit on Monday!" I exclaimed.

"Looking forward to it," Skylar said seriously.

"Why don't we speed it up a little?" Chantel asked. I looked up at her and saw a familiar, mischievous sparkle in her eye. That sparkle must have mirrored in my eye when I realized exactly what she meant.

"What do you mean?" Kaitlyn asked, slightly confused.

The mischievous sparkle that had been reflected in both my sister and my eyes was replaced by a dangerous glint, as we smiled wickedly at each other.

"Let's dance," we said.

*************************************************************************************As soon as we got to the dance floor, we began to dance up a storm. Kyle kept trying to dirty dance with Skylar but Chantel kept him off her. Skylar looked a little upset, but I reassured her that there would be plenty of time for that later. We could not find Bianca or Ciara anywhere. After about fifteen more minutes of dancing, we saw them. Chantel released Kyle and I gave Skylar a little push in Kyle's direction. They immediately started dancing with each other like a pair of horny teenagers. Maybe they were a pair of horny teenagers.

As I danced, I saw Ciara walk up to the DJ booth and whisper something in his ear. Then the tempo began to change to something slower, more romantic. "Alright ladies and gents, we're gonna slow it down a bit." I skillfully made my way to the punch bowl and stood where I could see my friends. Slow dancing created a bit too much intimacy that made me a little bit queasy if I was involved. A couple of guys had asked me to dance I was walking from the dance floor, but I politely said no. I chuckled to myself as I thought of how oblivious Ciara was to what had just happened. I had just expected Ciara and Kyle to dirty dance and for Ciara to see and maybe throw a fit. Now they would be slow dancing. There was no dirty dancing in slow dancing. Slow dancing means romance. Romance means kissing. Skylar and Kyle kissing.

From where I stood, I could see Ciara and Bianca walking through the crowd. They seemed to be searching for someone. Hmm. Wonder who? Then I saw Kaitlyn dancing with a line back. Josh I think his name was. I saw Chantel and Jake dancing together, not seeming at all awkward. Interesting. Chantel was usually a bumbling idiot when it came on to boys she liked. (Sorry, sis. But it's true). Then I spotted Skylar and Kyle together. They looked so cute and happy. Kyle was holding Skylar so closely you could barely see where one started and the other ended. Her head was resting on his shoulder and her eyes were closed in perfect contentment. They were rocking in perfect time to the music that was playing. Then, suddenly they stopped. Skylar looked up and her eyes met Kyle's. Trust me when I tell you, the connection between the two was tangible. Then they kissed. A soft sweet kiss in the middle of the dance floor. It was like something out of a movie.

Then there was a high pitched, ear-splitting scream that I am sure the entire city heard. The music screeched to a halt as everyone faced the source of the scream. Kyle and Skylar broke away, and Skylar stared defiantly at Ciara, daring her to do something. She calmly slipped out of her shoes while Ciara stood fuming. The crowd noticed what was happening and cleared a path between the two girls.

"This!" Ciara screamed. "You turned me down for this? This putrid, nasty ugly piece of shit!"

"Ha-ha, bitch," Skylar responded, smiling sweetly.

"I mean look at me," Ciara said, gesturing to her body. "I'm everything you want. Everything you need. Everything that she can't be."

"Please, ho! You look like something my cat just barfed up." Skylar retorted.

"Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh," the crowd went.

"That's it bitch," Ciara said. She charged Skylar and Skylar stepped nimbly out of the way.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Skylar asked her voice low and lethal. Truthfully, I was a bit scared of Skylar in that moment. The look in her eyes was enough to let a serial killer run away.

Ciara let out what could have been called an Amazon warrior cry. Then it was an all out war between the two girls. It all happened so fast that I did not even see exactly what happened. I can tell you, however, that when Kyle had hauled Skylar off Ciara, her eyes were reduced to slits and her iris was an icy-blue. Kyle pulled Skylar outside quickly and I was able to get a good look at Ciara.

Her face had long streaks of red all over it, as if a cat had taken its claws to her face. Her arms and legs were also covered with the red scratches. Her lips were swollen and bloody and the area around one eye was starting to look a bit discolored.

"You're gonna pay for this, bitch," Bianca whispered, helping Ciara to her feet. "I swear you're gonna pay."

I hurried outside with my sister to see Skylar fuming in Drake's car and Kyle trying to calm her down.

"Hey, Drake," Kaitlyn called from behind me.

"I thought you were supposed to keep her out of trouble Kate," Drake snarled.

"Calm down, sweetie," Kaitlyn responded. "Bitch had it coming."

"What if she had -"

"She didn't," Kaitlyn snapped. "Shut up and be grateful for that."

"Do you know what they would've-"

"She didn't. So they won't."

"What if-"

Kaitlyn shrieked and stormed off in the direction of the party.

"Where are you going?" Chantel asked.

"Back to the party. I'll get Josh to take me home or something."

Chantel got into the back of Drake's car, leaving me to occupy the front seat, since Kyle and Skylar were already in the back. I hopped in nimbly and closed the door. As Drake drove us home, muttering angry things under his breath, the gentle rocking of the car lulled me to sleep.

*************************************************************************************When we got to school on Monday, Ciara was nowhere to be found. Neither was Kaitlyn. All everyone was talking about was the fight at Bianca's party. A group of gothic girls came up to Skylar today and congratulated her. The cheerleaders shot daggers at Skylar for the whole day.

For the entire week and half of the next, Ciara was out of school. When she came back to school, she wisely avoided Skylar. Nothing really worth mentioning happened until almost three months later in December, when Kaitlyn came back to school.

Alright. So that's part one of the story. Part two is next. May not be able to upload for the next two weeks or so. This chapter was SATURATED with a lot of stuff. See if you guys can figure them out. Leave them in a review. And tell me what you think of the story so far. Tell me what you like or hate. What you'd want to see added. What you'd want to see more of. Stuff like that. Or you could just write any random thing. Either way, reviews make me happy.

Till next time, Happy hunting.

-Sophie loves you.