The mirror was kind to me. The military print ruffle dress Zack bought for me fitted perfectly on my petite body. I wore leggings and boots since it was freezing outside. I let my long wavy brown hair rest on my shoulders as I wore a little bit of eyeliner and mascara. I wasn't the type to wear lipstick so I put on some chap stick so my lips wouldn't dry. I grabbed my black coat and my backpack before heading downstairs.

Lily was waiting anxiously in the living room as I glided down the stairs. She smiled when she saw me.

"You look so pretty," she complimented. "You are definitely trying to impress Zack, huh?"

I rolled my eyes. "No, I just want to look nice for the party. All of the band guys are going to be there so…I wanted to look decent."

Lily raised an eyebrow. "Are you going to flirt with other band dudes?"

"What? Heck no," I sat down on the couch and crossed my legs. "Is it bad for me to want to look pretty?"

She shrugged. "It's just suspicious."

I studied what she was wearing. A wine red mini dress with black heels and a coat, no leggings. "Are you sure you're not going to freeze to death?"

She grinned. "With Jack by my side, I'll be hot all night, Jenny."

I started laughing. "Wow," that was all I could say.

A knock was heard from the door. Lily and I stood up, doing last minute preparations before answering the door. Lily walked over to the door and opened it. Alex looked pretty sharp in his dark blue polo shirt and black skinny jeans. His jaw dropped when he saw Lily.

"Lily…you look good," Alex complimented. "Jack would definitely want some of that tonight," Lily giggled as I walked over to the door. Alex took a glance at my outfit as well. "Zack would want some of that too," I hit Alex on the shoulder. "Ouch, man that hurt," he rubbed his shoulder. "You can't stop Zack since you're his girl for tonight."

I glanced at Alex. "Wait…you know?"

Alex nodded. "Pretty much everyone knows this whole Zack and you being a couple for tonight except for Cash Cash and some other people," we all walked out of the house and walked to the van. "Jean-Paul is a creep so I understand why you would do this. Why do you have to pretend, though?"

"I was going to ask her the same question," Lily chimed in, adding more fuel to the fire.

I didn't answer and Alex just sighed. "You better make up your mind before we leave this place. You don't want any regrets," he opened the door of the van and we all got in. Why was everyone annoying me with this Zack thing? I sat beside Zack while Lily and Alex sat by Jack in the last row. Zack placed his arm around my shoulders and tried to kiss me in the forehead, but I pulled away.

"We are not even at the party yet," I muttered.

Zack smirked. "We need to do some practice to make this believable," I sighed as he gently kissed me on the cheek. "See, that wasn't so bad."

"Yeah, yeah whatever," I rolled my eyes as Rian turned around and grinned.

"So…you two are an item now, huh?"

"Only for tonight," I added as Zack grunted.

Rian laughed. "This is going to be interesting."

xxx

Everyone from Jingle Bell Bash was at the party. People were dancing, drinking and making out, very crazy and wild scenery. I recognized many of the bands that were there and some were hitting it up with the girls who were there. Zack held my hand as we walked around the place. The lead singer of the Maine was eyeing me as we passed him to go to the tables. It made me feel uncomfortable since I already had another dude to deal with. When we sat down at the tables, I turned to Zack.

"So…everyone knows about this whole thing?"

He nodded. "Yeah, almost everyone knows about this," he glanced around the room.

I looked up at the singer of the Maine, who was still staring at me while he was drinking his beer. "Who's single in this room?"

Zack scowled. "Are you seriously going to…"

"No, I mean I'm just curious," I replied innocently.

Zack looked around the room. "Well, Alex from Hey Monday is single as well as John from the Maine. I think that's it…oh yeah and Jean-Paul," he said condescendingly.

"John is the lead singer of the Maine, right?"

"Yeah," Zack's eyes narrowed. "Why? Do you like him?"

I smirked. "Maybe," I lied as I glanced over at John. "He seems pretty sexy to me."

Zack leaned in closer to me. "He's so scrawny. Why the hell would you like him?" I was beginning to like this game.

I took off my coat. I heard Zack gasping a little bit. "He turns me on," I said seductively. "I wouldn't mind being with him during the very not so clean after party. I mean, the way he was moving around the stage during the concert, he makes me want to make out with him," I bit my lip. "I wonder if he's really good with his machinery," I turned to Zack and he looked like he was going to blow. I burst out laughing. "You know, you look so hilarious when you're pissed off!"

Zack's eyes widened. "Wait…that was all…" I nodded. "Ugh, you're so mean."

I smiled at him and kissed him on the cheek. "You shouldn't take things so seriously," I rested my head on his shoulder. Whoa, what did I just do? I kissed him and now resting my head on his shoulder. What has gotten over me? I stood up from the chair. Zack held my arm.

"Where are you going?"

"Uh, I, uh I," what the hell was wrong with me? "I, I need to…I'm thirsty. I'll be right back," I blurted out. As if on cue, the song that started playing on the speakers was "Stuttering" by The Friday Night Boys, Lily's favorite band. I went through the crowd of people to go to the drinks. I grabbed a Sprite from the table and downed it.

"Slow down, sister," a girl with brown hair with blonde highlights on her bangs. "Don't want to get too drunk."

I looked at her. "I'm drinking Sprite."

"Oh," she laughed. "Sorry, I thought it was something else," she held out her hand. "By the way, I'm Cassadee."

"Nice to meet you," I shook her hand. "I'm Jenny."

"So you are the Jenny everyone has been talking about."

I gave her a puzzled look. "What?"

"You're the Jenny that Zack likes, correct?" I nodded. "Just to let you know, Zack is madly in love with you."

Maybe she was the drunken one here. "How can he love me if he only met me just yesterday?"

"He talks about you all the freaking time. He's like obsess with you."

"That's not good to know."

"It is good to know because that shows that he likes you more than your looks," she tilted your head. "Maybe you should give him a try for real instead of this pretend crap."

I shrugged. "We'll see," I smiled. "It was really nice meeting you."

"Yeah, you too!" Cassadee ran over to Rian in the dance floor. They started jumping around to "Hot Mess" by Cobra Starship.

As I walked back to Zack, I bumped into someone I never wanted to see.

Jean-Paul smirked. "We meet again."

To be continued...

Party scene part two currently in the making and after party scene part two, the (maybe) not so clean after party will take place, hopefully. Thanks for reading, you guys! I really appreciate the feedback!