The next morning I woke up and got ready just like any other day. But today was the party, one I was looking forward to very much. Josh had told me that Tess and Tori wanted me to come over and help them get ready.

"I'll just tease you some more." I told him.

"How?" He chuckled.

"I can come out in my dress in public, and you'll go nuts that you can't make out with me." I teased.

"Oh, don't worry, I'll have you in that coat closet." Josh laughed. I laughed at him and smiled. He was too good.

"Sure. You keep thinking that." I smiled; he returned it with an equally sized one. He walked over to me and kissed me right on the lips. I smiled and pulled away.

"Come on, we have to go eat, then we have to—" I rambled on but Josh interrupted me.

"Relax? Hang out? Chill? Kiss?" Josh smirked, with both hands on my shoulders.

"No, no making out today." I told him. "Not until tonight that is..." I smirked. Josh smiled and hugged me. I laughed. "You can't stop me from kissing you." Josh smiled again and kissed my neck. I turned back to the mirror in the bathroom and finish putting on my make up. But he still kissed my neck. "Josh." I moaned. "Yes?" He asked. "Stop." I told him. "Why?" "Because I can't finish putting my make up without totally attacking you if you keep doing that. And then we're behind schedule." I told him. "Reed, it's 10 in the morning. The party isn't until four. We have 6 hours." Josh told me. He looked at me with wanting eyes. I just gave him an unsure look. Then I looked him up and down. His biceps, to his pecks, and my eyes ended on his abs. Then I looked back up in his eyes.

"Fine." I smiled. I got up from the chair and jumped on him. I wrapped my legs around those strong abs of his. He put his hand on my butt and I smiled. I looked into his eyes.

"Happy?"

"Very." He smiled, looking back into my eyes. I kissed him then, because I couldn't wait any longer. Josh sat me down on the counter. I still kissed him though, sitting on the edge of the counter. I was on the very edge, trying to get as much of my body as I could on Josh's. Major heat of the moment.

I pulled away from Josh and smirked. "That's all for today!" I teased. Then I jumped off the counter, re-did my make up a little, and of course brushed my hair.

"What?" Josh loudly hissed.

"Well, not until tonight when everyone's gone. And we're alone." I told him, seriously.

"Got it." Josh said then he left the room.

I got the dress ready in a bag so I could take it over to the main townhouse. All the girls where going to get ready together. Josh was getting out his pillbox when I came in the room. He shoved all of the pills into his mouth at once and then gulped them down with water. I came up from behind him and wrapped my arms around his waist. It was hard, muscle.

"When do I have to be over at your parents?" I asked.

"Uh, I think their starting to get ready at like 2." Josh told me. Taking my hands from around his waist, and put them around his neck for me. I smiled. He protectively put his arms around my waist and pulled me closer to him. Filling most of the gap between us. "Thanks for hanging out with my sisters, they really like you." He told me.

"Oh, your welcome, and I don't care. Their cool." I smiled.

"That's good." He smiled. The rest of the morning we got breakfast, took a break from the schedule for a while and watched TV. I took a shower and it was 1:50 when I was ready to leave for Josh's parent's townhouse. I wore my trench coat that I was starting to love very much, and slipped on some boots. I had the dress and shoes in a bag. Josh drove me over to the house because he didn't want me walking in the snow. "Thanks." I said when he stopped in front of the house.

"Anytime, they live so close." We both started cracking up.

"Well, I'll see you at 4." I shrugged.

"See you at 4." Josh repeated. I smiled and leaned in for a kiss.

"I love you." I whispered to him while we where still close from the kiss.

"I love you too." Josh smiled. Then he leaned in for another kiss. Then another, and another. We just kept on kissing. I completely lost track of time. I pulled back.

"Josh, I really have to go now." I pointed at the clock.

"No." Josh whined.

"I'm sorry." I smiled. I gave him one more kiss and said bye before I opened the door and walked out. Josh didn't take off until I was at the doorstep and the door opened. It was Tess, and smiled instantly when she saw me.

"Reed!" She shouted. "Reed's here!" She shouted again, I walked inside and took off my boots and jacket. "Come on! We're upstairs." Tess told me. I followed her upstairs into what I assumed was her and her sister's room. The walls where painted glossy pink and white. It looked like wallpaper. There was beautiful white furniture everywhere. It looked like our townhouse room, but more decorated and girly. I smiled.

"I love your room."

"Thanks, we just got it re done." Tess smiled. I saw Gia and Tori sitting at what looked like a hair and make up table. It all looked so girly.

"Reed!" Tori and Gia both hugged me. "Thank god your here! I need help with these two!" Gia laughed. I smiled.

"What can I do?" I asked.

"Tori wants her hair done in this bun thing she found in this magazine. And me and Tess can't do it just the two of us alone. We need another set of hands!" She laughed.

"What does it look like?" I asked. Tess handed me a magazine folded over, I looked at the page and found the bun she wanted. It was very complex.

"Wow." Was all I could say.

"That's was Gia said too." Tess smiled.

"Well let's get to work." I told them. We all took a side around Tori's hair and did our best to make it identical to the magazine.

"So what's up?" Gia asked.

"When do you guys have to be back at school?" I asked.

"I have to go back on the 5th," Tess sighed.

"I'm not back until the 12th I think." Gia said.

"Oh, same here." I smiled.

"That's cool; we all so have to go hang out before we go back though." Gia suggested.

"Of course." Tess and Tori said at the same time. We all laughed.

"Reed?" Tori asked.

"Yeah?" I asked. I was twirling a chunk of hair and passed it over to Gia.

"What took you so long to get out of that car?" She giggled. I laughed, trying to cover up my slight blush.

"Your older brother just can't get enough of me." I smiled.

"He really likes you, I can tell." Tess added. "He looks at you, like..." Tori trailed off.

"You just don't know how to describe it huh?" Gia smiled.

"Yeah." Tess said.

I just blushed. I can't believe we where actually talking about this.

"Josh is a cutie." Gia smiled. "Lynn talks about him a lot."

"They both talk about you two a lot!" Tess laughed, I smiled.

"Ohmigod," Gia gasped. "I think we did it." She smiled.

She was right; the bun on Tori's head was just like the one in the magazine. The same twist, and twirls. And the shape was the same. Tori already had make up on, and she looked like she was 16.

"Wow. Tor, you look amazing." Tess smiled.

"I know! I love it! Thank you so much you guys!" She said.

"What are you going to do with your hair Tess?" I asked her.

"I'm just going to straighten it." She told me. It seemed like she really didn't want to. Like she would somehow out shine her older sister.

"Ok." I sighed.

"Oh, I want to see the dresses!" Tori squealed.

"Oh! I'll go first!" Tess volunteered. She unzipped the bag around the dress. She revealed a dark gold dress. It had a gold bow in the middle that wrapped around. And little black circle things that looked like flowers, where by the scalloped neckline.

"That's adorable!" Gia said.

"It's Betsy Johnson, my favorite designer. It was like 450." Tess smiled she turned.

"I'm next!" Tori shouted and she got out of her make up chair and reached for a bag similar to Tess' in her closet. She showed us an emerald halter dress. It was much more sophisticated than Tess'. It was a really pretty dress.

"What happened to fun dresses this year?!" Tess shouted.

"I really liked this dress, and mom said it looked good on me!" Tess said.

"Trader." Tess scoffed.

"Whatever, you'll get over it." Tori smiled.

"Maybe I won't." Tess shot back.

"Ok, girls don't fight." Gia said.

"Fine." They said at the same time.

"Gia, now let's see your dress." I smiled.

"Ok," Gia walked over to the hook and brought over a dress. It was tints of brown. It would look great against her tan skin.

"It's a BCBGMAXAZRIA Metal Taffeta Strapless Jersey Dress." She read off of the tag. She smiled.

"That's gorgeous!" I told her. It really pretty, I was starting to think my dress wasn't very adequate.

"Where did you get it?" Tess asked holding the material with her sister.

"Bloomingdales!" Gia giggled.

I smiled, these girls where great to be around. All of this talk about fashion reminded me of Noelle. And Noelle reminded me of the proposal. What if she absolutely hates it? And she gets really pissed at me? I can't afford that.

"Now let's see Reeds!" Tess smiled. They all gathered around as I took the dress out of the protective bag and showed it to them. It actually looked pretty good.

"I love it! It'll look great on you!" Gia told me.

"We all have great taste in fashion!" Tori clapped. I laughed along with Gia.

"Let's all put our dresses on! I can't wait any longer!" Tess shouted.

We all laughed as we went separate ways to change. I got on my dress and slipped on the shoes. I bought the shoes; I told Josh I wasn't sure if I should wear them. But I brought another back up pair. Just in case.

"Gia?" I asked.

"Ya?"

"Which shoe?" I held out both shoes in front of her. She smiled.

"Uh… I would go with those." She pointed to the Chanel shoes I picked out for back up.

"I like those too." I smiled.

"The silk bow will look great with your dress!" She told me.

"Thanks," I slipped the shoes on and looked in the mirror. Gia and I looked great. But Gia looked a whole lot better than I did.

"You look so pretty." I told her, stepping back to get a good look.

"You look amazing too! I don't know many people who can pull off that dress!" Gia told me.

"Thanks. But your dress is color." I told her, turning back to the mirror. "Mine's like boring."

"Your shoes spicy it up, so it looks sexy." She said.

"Is that bad?" I asked.

"Not at all and most people wear colors like what we're wearing to the Hollis parties. I've been to one before. And it's really peaceful. Like no one wears anything like what Tess is wearing." She laughed.

"She'll look good in it though." I laughed with her. It felt good to just talk and bond with another girl. I've been with Josh the whole time I've been here. And don't get me wrong, I love Josh. But he can't give me fashion advice. He's a guy.

"I'm ready!" Tess called out. She stepped out of her bathroom with her beautiful dress on and black heels.

"Tess, you look so pretty!" I gasped.

"I know! I love it! And those shoes are adorable!" She complimented.

"Thanks!" I smiled.

Next out was Tori, she looked even better. The emerald dress shone in the light and her black heels where high. She looked about 17 now.

"Wow. Tori." Gia gasped.

"You look so old!" Tess added. "But in a good way!"

"You look amazing." I told her.

"Thanks! You guys look great too!" Tori told us. "I love those shoes, Reed."

"Thanks." I smiled.

We all where getting the last touches of our make up on. I was done and curling my hair, a little bit. It was looking good.

There was a knock on the door. "It's me." Mrs. Hollis said.

Tess opened the door and smiled.

"Tess, you look adorable!" Mrs. Hollis said.

"Thanks." Tess said.

"You all look amazing! However, we have to get downstairs; people are starting to get here. Actually a lot of people." Mrs. Hollis pointed to the window.

We all went over to it and watched as limos drove onto the circle driveway, stopped. The drivers got out, opened the door and people came out with dates. Then the driver took off, and so on.

"Well, let's go then." Gia smiled. I got a pinching feeling in my stomach. I had no idea why. Therefore, I just followed Gia downstairs, with the girls trailing behind.

"It's in the ballroom." Gia told me.

There is a ballroom, in a townhouse? That is one of the most craziest things I have ever heard. But hey, we're dealing with people one-step down from royalty.

Gia stopped at the door; she turned around, "Ready?"

"Yeah!" We said at the same time. We smiled and walked into the ballroom. It was already crowded with some people. I didn't see Josh, so I stuck near Gia.

"Where is everyone?" She asked as if she could read my mind.

"I don't know, maybe their over by the—" I was cut off when someone wrapped their arms around my waist.

"Hey sexy." I heard Josh's voice. I smiled and turned around in his arms.

"Hey handsome." I smiled and gave him a peck on the lips. I pulled away but he just brought my lips closer to his by pulling my chin. He dipped me back a bit and held onto me. He finally pulled away and smiled. I stood up straight again and smiled too.

"No more of that." I told him.

"Fine." Josh smiled. "Hey you changed your shoes."

"Yeah, I was right about the other ones. I think I'm going to take them back or something."

Josh shrugged and started playing with my fingers.

"Take what shoes back?"

"Oh the ones I bought."

Wait that was not Josh. That was… Noelle!

"Noelle?" I asked. I turned and saw her close.

"Hey!" She hugged me and smiled. "Merry Christmas eve."

"Hey! And merry Christmas Eve to you too." I asked. "When did you get here?"

"Well we flew in last night, and got here at like 12." Noelle told me. "Hey Hollis."

"Hey Noelle. I'm going to go over and talk to Lynn." Josh kissed me and left.

"You two seem to be getting along very well. I saw that hot kiss from the door." Noelle smirked. I could feel myself blushing.

"So where are you staying?" I asked changing the subject.

"Dash's house just out of the city." Noelle told me.

"That's cool."

"Yeah, I love those shoes by the way." Noelle smirked.

"Thanks," I said looking down at my shoes. "So where's your date?" I asked.

"Dash just like ditched me at the door, he didn't even say good-bye." Noelle rolled her eyes annoyed.

"You'll probably see him again." I told her, watching people gracefully walk through the doors. I saw a familiar head of Astrid.

"Noelle, look!" I told her, I pointed to Astrid and she turned around.

"Oh, finally another Billings member." Noelle smiled.

We walked up to Astrid, who was holding hands with Trey. They walked in smiling.

"Reed!" She squealed. She gave me a big hug. "And Noelle," She gave Noelle a hug and then started to talk in her British accent. "How are you guys?" She asked.

"I'm great." Noelle told her. "I'm going to try to find Dash. He's pissing me off." Then she left.

"How has your vacation been?" I asked her. "You look amazing!"

"It's been great; I ended up going to Maui with Trey. It was beautiful there. And thanks!" She smiled.

"I just got back from St. Bart's with Noelle." I told her.

"How long where you there?" She asked.

"About 5 days." I laughed. "I came home early because I missed Josh."

"Aw, that's so sweet. I bet he's been spending ever minute with you." Astrid smiled.

"I am." I heard Josh say. He wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed my cheek. I smiled.

"Hey Josh!" Astrid smiled.

"Hey Astrid! Where's Trey?"

"Oh, he's just over there talking to Gage." She pointed.

"Ok thanks," Josh left and I watched him walk up to Trey and give him a man hug. I laughed with Astrid.

"I love your dress!" I told Astrid. It was a mini dress that was brown and went up just below her knees.

"Thanks, you look amazing in yours too!" She said. Noelle and me where wearing black dresses.

"Thanks." I smiled.

Soon everyone was here. The party was all-calm. No loud music, no big drunks, no weird lights, no grinding. Nothing bad. I haven't been to a party like this in a long time. In addition, I was actually enjoying myself. All of the Billings girls where talking in globs. Noelle and me where in the center of the glob. We where talking to a bunch of people about the same topic. We where all sipping glasses of champagne. I was only having a top of three drinks if I really wanted to. I did not want to get drunk here and make a fool out of myself.

There was Christmas music softly playing in the air. Now and then, you would hear a group of people laugh and chuckle about something. There was pretty much all of the Hollis family and Easton. Mixed with Lynn's school, Tess and Tori's school, and friends of the Hollis'. There were many people, but everyone spaced out in the big room. So no sweating from the body heat or bumping into each other. It was going by very smoothly. The whole room was gold and white. It was breathe taking. There was gold fabric draped in swoops on the walls. Moreover, there where people walking around with trays of food and drinks for people to take.

The girls started to space out and go in different directions. Astrid, Constance, and me where talking about our vacations and while I was listening to Constance talk about her and Whit, someone came up from behind me and kissed my neck. I knew it was Josh. So I turned around and looked up to see his face.

"Hey!" I smiled and kissed him quickly.

"Hey, come on!" Josh took my hand and led me to the other side of the ballroom. There was a door that almost blended into the wall. He opened it and we where out in the hallway of his parent's townhouse.

"Where are we going?" I asked laughing as he pulled me along with him.

"You'll see." Josh smirked and continued to lead me down the hall.

We finally where in the foyer, Josh showed me a door and started smiling. I gave him a confused smile.

"It's a door." I told him.

"I know that, open it." He told me.

I opened the door and looked inside. It was a huge closet… filled with coats. I started to laugh, remembering Josh's idea on taking me to the coat closet to make out.

"Let's go!" Josh took my hand and tried to drag me in there.

"Josh." I stopped him.

"What?"

"We're not going to make out in a coat closet." I smiled.

"Yes we are!" Josh chuckled. "I haven't seen you all night."

"The night's still young." I told him smiling.

"Reed…" He pleaded. I looked into his eyes, even though I shouldn't. It was the reason I gave in this morning.

"No," I told him sighing.

"Reed, come on. I really want to kiss you." Josh told me.

"Josh, I told you that tonight, we can make out ok?" I said then I whispered. "But our 'night' will be Christmas night. I promise." I swore.

"Reed, just come in here. We can't fight out here." He said looking at all of the people still coming.

I turned around, there are people still coming. I looked back at Josh.

"Fine." I mumbled. I followed Josh into the coat closet and he shut the door behind us. The coat closet was like a big T. There was a main strip that stopped and went two ways. Josh walked up to me once the door closed.

He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me closer to him like he usually does.

"What have you been doing all night?" He asked me.

"Talking to the Billings girls." I told him. "What about you?"

"Gage can talk about himself for hours. But I barely listened." He smiled. I smiled also and looked down.

He took my chin and pulled it up so he could look in my eyes.

"Are you ok? You seem quiet." He asked.

"Ya, I'm fine. I'm just trying not to give into your abilities." I told him with a smirk.

"My abilities?" Josh asked taking a step back, raising his eyebrows adorably, and smiling.

"Yes, your abilities to want you more than I already do." I told him, crossing my arms over my chest.

"Oh, what can I say? It just comes natural." Josh told me holding my hips.

"Ya ya." I smiled. Damn he was hot. No, Reed, you are going to be carried away if you start making out with him. Do not!

"You want me." Josh smiled.

"You already knew that though." I pointed out.

"I know." Josh smiled.

"You aren't going to be some sleazebag and try to get me in bed tonight are you?" I asked him. Giving him eyes that made him look a little offended.

"No! Reed," He put his hands on my arms and leaned back to look into my eyes. "Love, like what we have, is about being cute and stupid together not being in bed together." Josh told me. Looking me dead in the eye. Making sure, I was reading this.

He always found the most beautiful ways to tell me how delicate I was to him. And how much he cared about me, and our relationship. I smiled, "You are truly the world's best boyfriend." I told him.

He smiled. "Come here." Then he wrapped his arms around my back and pulled me quickly to him. Before I knew it, his lips where on mine and we where making out. I wrapped arm around his neck and kissed him back. He just said the sweetest thing I've ever heard. He deserved a kiss.

And so I continued to kiss him back.

OK there is more of the party chapter to come! review plz

peace out,

Lauren