James and I were sitting on the couch, still waiting for the girls. There was an awkward silence, until I heart the sounds of footsteps coming down the stairs.
'Finally," I thought. I couldn't take anymore of this silence between James. James and I both stood up and straightened our clothes. As I was looking down my tie, I quickly loosened it and lifted my head up. The first thing I saw was Lilly entering the room. She looked......amazing! Her hair looked so neat and her dress perfectly suited her! I continued to stare at her, making sure I wasn't drooling anywhere. Then behind her, Miranda came out. She looked amazing as well.
Lilly went straight to her boyfriend and he wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Doesn't she look beautiful Oliver?" asked Lilly, while smiling at Miranda.
Miranda blushed.
"Yeah, really pretty."
I saw Lilly and James smiling at each other, while I kept staring at Lilly. I never thought Lilly was this pretty.
"Well, let's get going then." she said.
We all made our way to the car and drove off.
As soon as we arrived, we walked into the building. I could already hear some music playing. That is why I love business parties, because they're never serious and always loads of fun. I recognised a lot of people as they do work in the same place as I do.
"Lilly, glad you could make it."
I turned around to see my boss smiling at me.
"Oh hey boss, great party."
"Please, just call me Julie."
Julie introduced me to several people. I kind of felt bad because I left James, Oliver and Miranda on their own. They looked slightly bored.
After Julie finally let me go off on my own, I made my towards my friends and James. They were just standing there looking bored until I came.
I took them to the food table, seeing as they were looking shy. But it was a good thing I brought them because this party was more suitable for couples. Just when I thought the party couldn't get any better, the DJ started to play some slow romantic songs. Normally I'm not into romance, but ever since I got a boyfriend, it kind of made me like it. James took my hand and led me to the dance floor. I turned around to Oliver and waved him over. James put his hands on my waist and I put my hands around his neck.
Just Great! I thought. The party was getting so boring. Firstly, I was stuck with James and secondly, I hardly got to see Lilly! When Lilly finally returned, we didn't get much time to talk because James led Lilly to the dance floor. However, Lilly turned around and waved me over. I held Miranda's hand and stood near Lilly. Miranda already had her hands around my neck. I hesitated to put my hands on her waist, but still did.
"Isn't this romantic?" she asked.
I nodded my head.
As we were dancing, I turned my gaze from Miranda to Lilly. She was smiling and look at James. As soon as I saw that, I knew I still wasn't over Lilly yet. But I didn't want to break her relationship with James because I've never seen her like this before. I continued staring at her direction, until she looked up and saw me staring at her. I felt so embarrassed. But she smiled at me instead of giving me weird looks. Our eyes were still locked to one another until Miranda turned her head around to see what I was looking at.
I quickly turned down to look at her.
She finally rested her head on my shoulder and I turned my gaze back up, hoping to see the smiling Lilly again. Unfortunately, this time James was staring at me. He kept glaring at me and I quickly looked back down. I hope he doesn't think I like Lilly, or else I'm in trouble!
I saw Oliver staring at me as I looked over James's shoulder. I gave him a smile and we continued to stare at each other. Although I missed him a lot, I just hope his crush for me 5 years ago was gone. Miranda is a great girl and I'm sure he'd be happy with her. But why was I still staring at him? Oliver looks so different now. He's very gentle and in good shape instead of that thin looking boy he once was.
James noticed me staring behind him so he quickly turned me around, so he was facing in the direction I was looking before and I vice versa.
The party was finally finished and we all went home. Miranda and I went back to our hotel. For some reason she was very quiet. She didn't seem angry though. But I wasn't sure if I should ask or not.
She walked straight into her room and quietly closed her door. I went inside my own room and shut the door behind me. I sat on my bed and slowly took off my shoes and started thinking. I really wanted to go back home because I knew I was falling for Lilly again and I couldn't let that happen again. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.