"Ella" Someone called my name and my head snapped up.
"Did you even hear what I said?" my best friend Nudge asked.
"I kind of zoned out about 5 minutes into whatever you were saying" I said and she glared.
I loved Nudge, I really did, but she had one hell of a mouth on her. She would talk non stop if I let her.
"Anyway like I was saying….." she began and I once again zoned out. All I caught out of it was "Class. Books. Shopping. New dress. Party. Alcohol. Dance. Dylan." My head snapped up at the last bit.
"What did you say?" I asked and she sighed. "I might as well be talking to a brick wall. I said that Dylan offered to give me a ride to Angel's party" Nudge repeated.
"Why don't you just stay at my house?" I asked her.
Angel was Iggy and Fang's younger sister. She was in year 8 and already one of the most popular girls in school. She wasn't like the other popular girls though; she was really sweet and kind.
"Well no offence, but where's the fun in arriving to a party from the house next door?" she asked and I shook my head. Nudge was very celeb. She loved being the center of attention so it didn't surprise me she wanted a male to escort her to the party.
"Why don't you get Gazzy to give you a lift?" I asked.
"Because Gazzy isn't old enough to drive a car without an adult present" she said.
"Earth to Nudge. They dropped the driving age remember. Gazzy is only just 17 and he is allowed to drive alone. Plus you know that because Dylan is only 17 as well" I gave her my you-just-got-busted-so-save-me-your-crap-and-spill-it look.
"Well I don't know. He just came up to me and asked if I was going and I said yeah and he said him too and then he offered me a ride and I just didn't want to turn him down" she said in one breath.
"Well why didn't you just say that?" I grinned and she rolled her eyes.
"So are you going?" She asked me. "I don't know" I said. "Oh come on. It's going to be like the party of the year!" She threw her hands up.
"Con, I hate parties" I said. "Pro, its only next door" she added.
Everytime we had an argument like this, we'd pull out the pros and cons. Obviously I was on the cons this time.
"Con, I hate going to the Black's." "Pro I'll be there." "Con Iggy and half the people I hate will be there." "Pro, you know your way around the Black's so if you want to take a break just go chill in Fang and Iggy's room." "Con, what if something happens?" I argued and she went silent.
We were both remembering my ex boyfriend Ron who was going to be there. Lets just say he never took the break up well.
"Pro. Me, Dylan, Gazzy, Angel, Fang and Max will all be there. You'll be fine" she said.
It wasn't long before she had convinced me to go. She jumped up and down squealing and talking at 100 miles per hour about how we had to go shopping and all that.
She had given me a headache by the time school ended from all her talking. So it had been decided that tomorrow after school Gazzy would give us lift into town to go shopping. Gazzy was our driver. He was Iggy, Fang and Angel's cousin and he lived a couple of streets away from us.
Fang, Max, Dylan and Gazzy were the only people we knew that could drive. I hated driving with Max because she was a dangerous driver and driving with Fang was just awkward. Dylan didn't hang with us that much. He was a jock and really hot so he usually hung out with the more popular people. I had no idea who he was until he started dating Max. They broke up about a year ago when Fang won Max over. He had gotten used to hanging with us so I guess he just became one of us. But I had this weird feeling that he still had feelings for Max, he always had this sad and lost-in-love look about him, which also made driving with him awkward. Gazzy was just a bundle of fun. He was always smiling and just made life fun. He was like my big brother. So he was always happy to give us a lift anywhere.
"Hi Max. Hi Fang" I said as I walked up the stairs. "Hey Ella" Fang chuckled for I hadn't even looked; I just knew he was here, like always.
I chucked my bag in my room and fell on my bed.
"Angel get out of my room!" I heard a familiar voice. I got up and looked out of my window to see straight into the window next door which happened to be the room that Iggy and Fang shared.
"Don't be so boring! All I wanted is you to help me set up things for the party!" Angel screamed back at Iggy. She stood in the doorway and he was lying on his bed.
"I'm not even going to your stupid party. Why would I want to help?" he asked, putting his hands behind his head.
"You live here, you have to go" she stuck out her tongue.
"Nope. I plan on locking myself in here" he said getting up and shutting the door in her face.
I went and laid back on my bed. I was just lying there, finished my homework and dinner would be ready soon.
"Ella. EllaEllaEllalalalalalala" Someone sung my name. I sighed and rolled onto my stomach.
Iggy and Fang's window was so close to mine if they were lying on their bed and I was lying on mine, we could hear each other without yelling. If I leant out of my window I could touch theirs.
"EllaEllaEllaEllaElla" Iggy continued to sing and I continued to ignore him, hoping he thought I want there, it's not like he could see I was.
"Under my umbrella-ella-ella-ella" he continued to sing and it wasn't long before his shoe flew through my window and hit me in the leg.
"What do you want Iggy?" I asked.
"My shoe please" I could hear him grinning.
"Well you shouldn't have thrown it at me" I replied.
"Well you were ignoring me" he said in a 'duh' tone.
"What happened if I'm wasn't here?" I asked. "Then I climb through the window and retrieve my shoe" he said. "I have to start locking my window" I sighed. "But then I'd break it" he said I didn't really want a shoe flying through my window.
"Ella! Dinner!" Max called me. "Before you go, can I have my shoe?" I heard Iggy ask.
I threw the shoe with all my might and heard a satisfying thump as it hit him, then I headed down for dinner.