Chapter 3: Beach Party

I put my red sundress over my bikini and slipped on my new flip-flops. I had only had an hour or two to explore, so I didn't see much. But I did see something pretty interesting; I'll show it to Justin tomorrow.

I put clear lip-gloss over my red lipstick and redid my eyeliner. I looked at myself in the mirror and redid my ponytail for the third time. "Are you ready yet?" I heard from behind. I turned around and saw Valerie leaning against the wall with her new game in one hand.

"Valerie! You scared me." I said dumbly. "I could kinda tell that." She said sarcastically. We laughed and then she asked, "Why are ya stressing? You look great!" she said. "I could never pull it off." I knew she was referring to my dress and makeup.

"Valerie! You're beautiful too! I'm sure-" I tried to say. "That if I loosened up that I'd have a date? Thanks, but no thanks. I'm not into guys, remember? Your brother is enough for me." she said. We heard a crash from the other room and went to check it out.

We opened my bedroom door and found Justin on the ground with a pizza box on his lap and napkins and paper cups around him. "H-Hey Val." he said casually. Valerie laughed as she helped him up. "I'm just lucky that you aren't this clumsy in video games." she joked. "I'm just glad I didn't have the soda…" Justin said. Valerie made a funny face and said, "Eew! Flat soda!"

We laughed, and I heard a knock on the door. But before I could answer it, dad had opened it and was asking Jake tons of questions. "Okay dad! I think I can take it from here! Don't worry, there will be lots of teachers and students there." I said as I grabbed Jake's arm and tried to escape. "Bye Mr. Bo." Jake said as he waved. "Danielle! Wait!" dad tried to say. He grabbed my arm and told me, "Be careful." I said, "Yes dad."

"Cute dress." Jake said once we escaped my dad's clutches. "Th-Thanks." I said. "Don't be embarrassed. My dad was the same way about my older sister." He said. I remember his older sister… She's in college now, but she use to baby-sit me and Justin when she was in high school. She had dark brown hair like Jake, and gray eyes. Selena was her name I think…

Jake walked me to the beach party and we ran into Hailey and Taylor. Taylor has light blonde hair and blue eyes. He's a pretty muscular, I would have asked him out if Hailey wasn't as in love with him as I am with Jake. We danced, and swam in the ocean, drank punch, at a few snacks… it was pretty nice.

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Two pairs of eyes peered out at the "Private" beach party. "You sure that the girl you saw yesterday?" the older one asked. "Positive." the younger one answered. The older one shook his head. "We try to leave them alone on they property, but they had to go on ours… What do you think they want?" the older one asked. The younger one looked back at the young girl and said, "I'm not sure. But she's up to something."

"Too bad… Her parents were nice folk. Though they did have a few problems with Roshu. Good thing we took care of him." the older one said. "Yeah… dad was pretty upset about that…" the younger one said. They both quietly looked back at the young girl. "Let us go. Her time will come soon enough." the older one said. The younger one nodded and followed the older one.

The girl they had been looking at....... was Danielle!

Author's Note:

Ooooh! Spooky! Lol. The suspence is rising… isn't it? I hoped you liked this chapter! I had fun writing it! Sorry if it was kinda short… Here's a short paragraph for Valerie and Justin! Enjoy! (P.S. Lester is Wesker from RE5, yes, I play zombie games. And Lily is Jill.)

"Ha! Die Jester! Die!" Valerie yelled as she shot the rocket launcher at him again. "Watch out for Lily!" I said as I ran past her. Valerie took another sip of her soda, but didn't take her eyes off the screen. "If I wasn't, we'd have lost already." she said. Finally, they beat the level and saved Lily. Though Jester wasn't dead yet… he never dies…

"Want another slice of pizza?" I asked. "Sure." Valerie answered. I smiled and went to get our pizza. Even if I couldn't go on dates with Valerie… I was happy just to be able to sit close to her…

"Hey Val." I asked as I brought her the pizza. "What did you mean… what you said to Danni…" "Oh! You mean the thing about me and boys?" she asked. "I just meant that I was fine having you as a guy friend than ever having a stupid boyfriend."

I felt my heart sink. "Oh." I said painfully. So she doesn't like me like that… Then I felt my heart rise again. "She care more about me than any other guy…" I thought to myself. That's enough for me too, I thought as I got back to the game.