-1A week later, Maria was once again over at Tess's house, but this time, she was getting ready for her first party. She couldn't understand why she had agreed to go to this party in the first place. Maybe it was the fact that both Tess and Isabel bombarded her with requests that she go to the party. They even got the guys in their conquest to get Maria to go, when she had first declined the offer. Having the two of them plus the four guys asking, she couldn't say no again. So here she was, getting all dolled up for a party, and she had no idea what it was for. She was so excited to be going to her first party, but she was also nervous as well. She didn't know how she was to act. Was she supposed to act uninterested at the party? Or was she supposed to look like she was having a great time? She had no idea and she didn't want to ask the girls, in fear that they would laugh. So she decided to act both at different times.
The girls were all in Tess's room, going through her closet trying to decide on what to wear. So far Isabel had decided on a short black skirt and now she was on a mission on what top to wear. Maria was going to wear a pair of low cut jeans with a white halter top, she was now having trouble deciding on the shoes that would look best. Tess was the only one out of the three to be fully dressed. She had decided on a white skirt and a black backless top, save the two strings that tied it together, and a pair of black strappy sandal heels. She had decided to wear light makeup and wear her hair straight and down. She was in the process of helping out both Maria and Isabel get ready. Both of the girls had their hair and makeup done, but were just a mess. Tess grabbed a pair of white flip-flop heels for Maria and she decided that Isabel would look best in crimson tank top. Handing both of the items that were in her hands to the girls, she headed out to the living room to see if the guys were ready to leave. Walking down the stairs, she noticed that no one was in the living room, but she heard something in the kitchen. As she walked into the kitchen, she saw her brother and her boyfriend already eating, and Max and Alex talking and laughing at Michael and Kyle.
"Hey you guys. Are you ready to go?" Tess asked the guys.
"Yeah, just let me finish the slice of pizza and we can go. Are the girls ready yet?" Michael asked his sister.
"They are just finishing up as we speak. Hey Liz, why didn't you get ready for the party with us?" Tess asked Liz when she noticed that she was sitting at the table.
"Oh, I had some stuff to do at home for my mom, so I thought that it would be easier if I got ready at home," Liz lied to Tess. She didn't want Tess to know the real reason why she didn't want to get ready at her house, because Maria was going to be there. So she lied, instead of showing her true feelings about Maria and the fact that she was being replaced.
Before Tess or anyone else could say anything, both Maria and Isabel came down the stairs dressed ready to go. Looking up at the girls, all of the guys held their breath upon seeing such beauties. Liz looked on with jealousy eating away at her. She kept thinking that they should all be looking at her like that, not Maria. Tess seeing the two girls, who were mere moments ago locked up in her room half-dressed, she walked up to them so that they could talk.
"You guys look great. And it only took you, oh I don't know, two hours to get fully dressed and ready to go," Tess said, but with a joking smile on her face when she said the last part.
"Isabel, you really do look great. And Maria, you look beautiful as well," Max said looking at both his sister and their new friend.
Twirling around Isabel said, "Of course I do. If it wasn't for Tess, I would still be a mess trying to find the perfect top."
Blushing, Maria said, "Thank you Max."
Before anyone else could say anything more, Isabel instructed that everyone should head out to the cars. They had decided that they would take two cars to the party, so that if one or more persons wanted to leave early, they could without taking the others with them. Tess was going to have Kyle drive her SUV and have Max drive his jeep over to the party, so that there would be 4 people in each of the cars. Isabel took it upon herself to decide who was going to go in what car. In Tess's SUV, Isabel, Tess, Maria, and of course Kyle, who was driving, and in Max's jeep, Max, Michael, Alex and Liz. Liz was hurt when she heard that she was going to be riding with the guys. She thought for sure that she was going to ride with her best friends.
With Kyle driving, Tess hoped in the front seat, while Isabel and Maria jumped in the back. Rolling down the windows, the three girls could be seen dancing to the very loud music. Liz was seating the front seat of Max's jeep with a frown on her face. She was mad that not only her best friends were leaving her out, but her boyfriend was even nice to the outsider.
The girls were already out of the car and dancing before Kyle could the car turned off. Maria wasn't dancing crazy like the other two were, but she was dancing and you could tell that she was having a good time too. When the others pulled up, Michael couldn't keep his eyes off of the girl who had brought a freshness to the group that was never there. Getting out of the cars, everyone met up in front of the SUV and decided what they should do if the party got boring. They decided that if one or more persons got bored at the party, or were too drunk to do anything, they would leave. With that said, the group went into the party to have a good time.