Chapter 10 Surfer Girls' Party
Shakira walked into the house with Tony, Ryan, her parents and sisters right behind her; Dom and Mia were in awe when they looked around the house, it wasn't a house it was a mansion! They looked at each other as a whole bunch of people dressed in gray uniforms came into the room.
"Master Gonzales, Miss Gonzales, can we help you?" one of the girls dressed in gray asked.
"Yes, you can. You can all have and/or take the rest of the night off," Danny replied.
"As you wish Miss Gonzales."
They all left and Danny looked over at her daughter, "We better get started," she said as she headed to the kitchen.
"Let's go," Ryan said as they followed her.
They entered the kitchen and begun to open chips and dumped them into plastic bowls; they then pulled out bottle after bottle of soda. They took everything into the living room, and dinning room, "Can I help you with anything?" Mia asked.
"Yeah, go in the kitchen and get all the plastic cups you can carry, and do that until all the cups are out," Shakira said as she placed two bowls on the table.
"Okay."
"This party's gonna kick ass!" Tony shouted as she ran over to Shakira. "Let's go get changed."
They ran up stairs and into Shakira's room; a few minutes later they came back down. Ryan had on a red bikini top with a tight black leather skirt that tied up on the sides, and showed the strings to the bottom of the bikini. Tony had on a pair of tight leather caramel pants that looked like jeans and a mid-drift t-shirt with the words 'Aloha' on it. Shakira came down next in a Hawaiian printed mid-drift top, with a pair of blue jeans that laced down the front. Danny came down in jean cut-off shorts with a white tang top, "Why do you always go so simple Danny?" Ryan asked. "Yeah, you could something from Letty or our wardrobe," Tony added as she sat down in the closest chair.
"Thank you very much for offering, but I would like to stick to my clothes," Danny replied as the doorbell rang. She answered it and people began to piled into the house. Everyone seemed to know every body and were getting along, well at least enough so they weren't fighting.
Later on at the party.
"Hey Let," Dom said as he walked over to her. she turned to face him, "Hey Dom, didn't know you were here. How have you been?" Letty asked as she hugged him. He smiled and replied, "Better now that I finally get to see you. You never said goodbye, thought you ran away." She laughed, letting a smile spread across her face, "My parents said I could finish high school here and I jumped at the idea, guess I forgot to say goodbye to everyone," she replied, she had hoped no one would miss her. "Everyone misses you, wanna know when your coming home." Home? Letty had never thought of LA as her home, she hadn't thought of going back there either, she forgot about everything. All it seemed she could think about was surfing and staying there forever. "Really, didn't think anyone would notice." Dom laugh, a long heartfelt laugh that put a smile on Letty's face. "Wouldn't notice? What are you stupid? Of course they noticed, you're family." Family? She had thought only the people in Hawaii were family, she didn't think about the people in LA. "Family, I miss them too." And she did, she truly did. "So, what did you do here?" She smiled, "Besides surf?" He nodded his head, "Surf," she replied laughing. "Figures." She looked at him, "What do you mean by figures?" Dom thought for a minute and said, "Danny told us that all you ever did in Hawaii was surf." She looked out the window, "Well, what else is there to do?" Dom looked out the window and said the first thing that came to mind, "Swim." She looked at him as if he were an idiot, "In shark infested water, what are you suicidal?" He chuckled at her commit. "No, not really, but there is a lot of water." She rolled her eyes. "Not to swim in." He looked at her with one eyebrow raised. "But it's safe to surf in shark infested waters?" She smiled. "Yeah, stupid," she said smirking. Hey I resent that." She laughed, "But I don't." They both laughed and Letty realized how much she missed his laughed, how much she missed him. "So, when you coming back home?" Dom asked, so much hope in his voice it was contagious. Letty looked into his eyes hoping to find the answer; she turned and ran out of the room, she headed to the backyard.
Once Shakira was out the sliding doors she took a seat by the fountain, she watched as the water flowed down the marble statue. When she was younger she used to come out here all the time when she need a quite place to do homework or to cool down, relax, cry anything, even to write in her diary. She watched the water for what felt like hours but was truly minutes. Was she gonna stay, or was she gonna leave? She was so damn confused she couldn't even think straight. Kala slowly made his way over to her, "How did you know where I was?" Shakira asked, not looking up. "This is where you always go when something's wrong. So, what's wrong, Cinderella?" She looked up at him, she could easily read his emotions, they were always right on his sleeve, that's just the way he is. "Is there something wrong with you?" He sat across from her, "You could always read me." She looked back at the water. "You were always easy to read." He looked at her, a fake shocked expression on her face. "You aren't good at faking emotions." He glanced down at the water. "I know." She looked up at him, a questioning look on her face, "So, why do you try?" He let a soft, quite chuckle escape from his mouth. "I'm suppose to be Mr. tough guy, and how can I be that if my girlfriend can read me like a book." She smiled, "Why do you have to be Mr. tough guy?" He looked around the backyard, there were huge trees, some orange, others apple, pear and ever lemon. Roses grew all over, all different colors, a rainbow surrounded the garden; three smaller fountains surrounded the largest one, where Shakira and Kala were sitting. So many beautiful flowers covered the garden; perfect green grass laid under and around the fountains. "To protect you." She looked at him surprised. "To protect me? You don't have to protect me, I can do that," she replied. He shook his head. "You think I don't know that? Cuz I do and you're really good at it. So good in fact you really don't need me." Shakira's heart fell, "Yes I do, I love you." They both stopped and looked up at each other. "I love you too Shakira." She smiled, great as if my decision wasn't hard enough, Shakira thought. "I don't know if I'm gonna stay." Kala looked up at her, his smile gonna. "Stay where?" She looked up at him, he wasn't gonna make this easy. "Here, Hawaii." He had a puzzled look on his face as he asked, "Why?" She sighed under her breath. "Because I didn't really count on the people in LA actually missing me. They're like family to me." He looked at her anger boiling at the surface. "And we aren't?" She let out a long sigh. "I never fucking said that stop putting words in my mouth!" she shouted back. He stood up and started to walk away. "I don't want to influence your decision, I think we should break up." Shock passed through Shakira's entire body. "Kala, no!" He stopped and turned to look at her. "I saw you talking with Dom, then your talking about leaving. Face it Shakira the only reason you're my girlfriend is because he wasn't around and you aren't even sure if you love me, the way I love you. You need to go back to LA and finish living that life before you come back here and say you love me. I saw the way you looked at him, it was the same way you looked at me before you went to LA and before you saw Dom again. You think I'm so blind by stupidity that I don't see it but I do, and I can't, you can't and he can't deny that there's something there. You need to live out one life before you move on to another. And you know I'm right." She looked away. "I'll miss you, Shakira.hopefully you'll come back after you've lived out that life, if you ever do." She heard him as he slowly made his way to the doors. "You know you're wrong about one thing," Shakira said finding her voice again. He stopped and turned one last time to look at her. "I do love you the way you love me, I always have. You just want to believe what you said. And when did I finish living out this life?" He picked a single white rose and threw it at her. "Now." And then he left. She dropped the rose into the fountain, and left. Shakira walked back into the house, she glanced at the clock hanging on the kitchen wall, eleven o'clock, who knew how long this party would last. She ran up the stairs and into her room she locked the door and brought out two diaries one of LA another of Hawaii, which life need to be lived out first before the could be started?
Shakira walked into the house with Tony, Ryan, her parents and sisters right behind her; Dom and Mia were in awe when they looked around the house, it wasn't a house it was a mansion! They looked at each other as a whole bunch of people dressed in gray uniforms came into the room.
"Master Gonzales, Miss Gonzales, can we help you?" one of the girls dressed in gray asked.
"Yes, you can. You can all have and/or take the rest of the night off," Danny replied.
"As you wish Miss Gonzales."
They all left and Danny looked over at her daughter, "We better get started," she said as she headed to the kitchen.
"Let's go," Ryan said as they followed her.
They entered the kitchen and begun to open chips and dumped them into plastic bowls; they then pulled out bottle after bottle of soda. They took everything into the living room, and dinning room, "Can I help you with anything?" Mia asked.
"Yeah, go in the kitchen and get all the plastic cups you can carry, and do that until all the cups are out," Shakira said as she placed two bowls on the table.
"Okay."
"This party's gonna kick ass!" Tony shouted as she ran over to Shakira. "Let's go get changed."
They ran up stairs and into Shakira's room; a few minutes later they came back down. Ryan had on a red bikini top with a tight black leather skirt that tied up on the sides, and showed the strings to the bottom of the bikini. Tony had on a pair of tight leather caramel pants that looked like jeans and a mid-drift t-shirt with the words 'Aloha' on it. Shakira came down next in a Hawaiian printed mid-drift top, with a pair of blue jeans that laced down the front. Danny came down in jean cut-off shorts with a white tang top, "Why do you always go so simple Danny?" Ryan asked. "Yeah, you could something from Letty or our wardrobe," Tony added as she sat down in the closest chair.
"Thank you very much for offering, but I would like to stick to my clothes," Danny replied as the doorbell rang. She answered it and people began to piled into the house. Everyone seemed to know every body and were getting along, well at least enough so they weren't fighting.
Later on at the party.
"Hey Let," Dom said as he walked over to her. she turned to face him, "Hey Dom, didn't know you were here. How have you been?" Letty asked as she hugged him. He smiled and replied, "Better now that I finally get to see you. You never said goodbye, thought you ran away." She laughed, letting a smile spread across her face, "My parents said I could finish high school here and I jumped at the idea, guess I forgot to say goodbye to everyone," she replied, she had hoped no one would miss her. "Everyone misses you, wanna know when your coming home." Home? Letty had never thought of LA as her home, she hadn't thought of going back there either, she forgot about everything. All it seemed she could think about was surfing and staying there forever. "Really, didn't think anyone would notice." Dom laugh, a long heartfelt laugh that put a smile on Letty's face. "Wouldn't notice? What are you stupid? Of course they noticed, you're family." Family? She had thought only the people in Hawaii were family, she didn't think about the people in LA. "Family, I miss them too." And she did, she truly did. "So, what did you do here?" She smiled, "Besides surf?" He nodded his head, "Surf," she replied laughing. "Figures." She looked at him, "What do you mean by figures?" Dom thought for a minute and said, "Danny told us that all you ever did in Hawaii was surf." She looked out the window, "Well, what else is there to do?" Dom looked out the window and said the first thing that came to mind, "Swim." She looked at him as if he were an idiot, "In shark infested water, what are you suicidal?" He chuckled at her commit. "No, not really, but there is a lot of water." She rolled her eyes. "Not to swim in." He looked at her with one eyebrow raised. "But it's safe to surf in shark infested waters?" She smiled. "Yeah, stupid," she said smirking. Hey I resent that." She laughed, "But I don't." They both laughed and Letty realized how much she missed his laughed, how much she missed him. "So, when you coming back home?" Dom asked, so much hope in his voice it was contagious. Letty looked into his eyes hoping to find the answer; she turned and ran out of the room, she headed to the backyard.
Once Shakira was out the sliding doors she took a seat by the fountain, she watched as the water flowed down the marble statue. When she was younger she used to come out here all the time when she need a quite place to do homework or to cool down, relax, cry anything, even to write in her diary. She watched the water for what felt like hours but was truly minutes. Was she gonna stay, or was she gonna leave? She was so damn confused she couldn't even think straight. Kala slowly made his way over to her, "How did you know where I was?" Shakira asked, not looking up. "This is where you always go when something's wrong. So, what's wrong, Cinderella?" She looked up at him, she could easily read his emotions, they were always right on his sleeve, that's just the way he is. "Is there something wrong with you?" He sat across from her, "You could always read me." She looked back at the water. "You were always easy to read." He looked at her, a fake shocked expression on her face. "You aren't good at faking emotions." He glanced down at the water. "I know." She looked up at him, a questioning look on her face, "So, why do you try?" He let a soft, quite chuckle escape from his mouth. "I'm suppose to be Mr. tough guy, and how can I be that if my girlfriend can read me like a book." She smiled, "Why do you have to be Mr. tough guy?" He looked around the backyard, there were huge trees, some orange, others apple, pear and ever lemon. Roses grew all over, all different colors, a rainbow surrounded the garden; three smaller fountains surrounded the largest one, where Shakira and Kala were sitting. So many beautiful flowers covered the garden; perfect green grass laid under and around the fountains. "To protect you." She looked at him surprised. "To protect me? You don't have to protect me, I can do that," she replied. He shook his head. "You think I don't know that? Cuz I do and you're really good at it. So good in fact you really don't need me." Shakira's heart fell, "Yes I do, I love you." They both stopped and looked up at each other. "I love you too Shakira." She smiled, great as if my decision wasn't hard enough, Shakira thought. "I don't know if I'm gonna stay." Kala looked up at her, his smile gonna. "Stay where?" She looked up at him, he wasn't gonna make this easy. "Here, Hawaii." He had a puzzled look on his face as he asked, "Why?" She sighed under her breath. "Because I didn't really count on the people in LA actually missing me. They're like family to me." He looked at her anger boiling at the surface. "And we aren't?" She let out a long sigh. "I never fucking said that stop putting words in my mouth!" she shouted back. He stood up and started to walk away. "I don't want to influence your decision, I think we should break up." Shock passed through Shakira's entire body. "Kala, no!" He stopped and turned to look at her. "I saw you talking with Dom, then your talking about leaving. Face it Shakira the only reason you're my girlfriend is because he wasn't around and you aren't even sure if you love me, the way I love you. You need to go back to LA and finish living that life before you come back here and say you love me. I saw the way you looked at him, it was the same way you looked at me before you went to LA and before you saw Dom again. You think I'm so blind by stupidity that I don't see it but I do, and I can't, you can't and he can't deny that there's something there. You need to live out one life before you move on to another. And you know I'm right." She looked away. "I'll miss you, Shakira.hopefully you'll come back after you've lived out that life, if you ever do." She heard him as he slowly made his way to the doors. "You know you're wrong about one thing," Shakira said finding her voice again. He stopped and turned one last time to look at her. "I do love you the way you love me, I always have. You just want to believe what you said. And when did I finish living out this life?" He picked a single white rose and threw it at her. "Now." And then he left. She dropped the rose into the fountain, and left. Shakira walked back into the house, she glanced at the clock hanging on the kitchen wall, eleven o'clock, who knew how long this party would last. She ran up the stairs and into her room she locked the door and brought out two diaries one of LA another of Hawaii, which life need to be lived out first before the could be started?