That night, we walked upstairs from talking in the kitchen and got ready for bed. Noelle called me right when I got into the room. I sighed before I pressed answer. "Hello?"
"Reed, hey! I was wondering if you wanted to go to the spa with me and Kiran tomorrow?" Noelle asked. Asked me on a spa get away? "We'll be relaxing the whole 2 hours. And then we can go out to eat and plan out the whole New Years party I was telling you about the other day." She added.
"As long as you don't come over to Josh's townhouse, blindfold me, dress me, and shove me into a limo." I winced at the memory of my early Billings years.
"Deal and I wasn't going to do that anyway." She pointed out. "Well, I just made the reservations." She announced.
"Ok, well then I'm going to go. I'm tired." I told her.
"Ok, it's at 3, so I'll have Kiran's driver pick us all up at like 2:45. Later Reed!" Then she hung up.
I blew out a big sigh as I looked down at the phone. A spa day. Tomorrow. Then planning for the party. I couldn't wait for the spa. A nice relaxing facial sounded great.
"Reed?" Josh asked.
"Yeah?" I asked turning around.
"Do you need to use the bathroom?" He asked.
"Uh, yeah." I walked over to the bathroom and washed my face before I brushed my teeth. I looked at myself in the mirror. My brown hair was starting to frizz a bit on the ends, but I finally got those dark circles under my eyes almost all gone. I finished brushing my teeth and walked into the closet to change into my fleece pajama pants and t-shirt. I slipped the t-shirt over my head and walked out. Josh was in the bathroom brushing his teeth. I leaned against the doorframe and looked at him. My arms where crossed over my chest and smiled. He saw me staring and spit out the foamy toothpaste in his mouth before smiling back.
"Are you tired?" He asked.
"Actually, yes." I told him.
"That's good. Because it's going to be hell tomorrow. Maybe if we sleep in, and don't answer the door, Hunter and Rose will just leave." He scoffed. I laughed.
"We just can't sleep in past 2." I told him.
"Why not?" He asked walking up to face me.
"I'm going to the spa with Kiran and Noelle at 3. I'm leaving at 2:45 though." I told him. I prayed to god that he wouldn't get mad at me. He just shrugged and walked over to the bed.
"Are you ok with that?" I asked and turned around to watch him. Confused on why he didn't start saying all of this crap about Kiran and Noelle being horrible people.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" He asked. He threw a show pillow off the bed and onto the floor.
"Maybe because you hate Noelle and Kiran." I pointed out and walked up to him. He looked up at me.
"Well, their your friends. And you should spend time with other people besides me. You're probably getting really bored of plain old Josh huh?" He joked. I walked up and snaked my arms around his neck.
"I would never get tired of plain old Josh." I smiled before I leaned in and kissed him.
When he pulled away he said, "Good." Then kissed me again. I pulled away this time and walked over to the other side of the bed.
"Thanks though, for letting me do this." I said.
"You need time to relax." He told me and we got into bed. I pulled the silk comforter over my body and that with Josh's body heat instantly warmed my bare arms.
"Night." I said and kissed his cheek.
"Night," He told me and wrapped his arms around mine and bringing me closer to him. And then I fell asleep in his arms.
The next morning, we woke up to a phone ringing. It just kept on ringing. It would die down for a few minutes and then start back up again. Josh let out a groan before he got up and walked over to the home phone.
"Hullo?" He asked drowsily. "Ya barely, right now? You are? What time is it? Ok bye." He hung up and ran his hands up his face and into his curls. I propped myself up on my elbows and smiled at the sight of him.
"Who was that?"
"Hunter." He spat.
"What does he want?" I asked and sat up.
"He's here. Like right now. Ready to 'move in'. Josh said. He looked so mad.
"What time is it?" I asked.
"11," Josh told me and walked back over to the bed. He got in and I lay down on my side, facing him.
"Really? You cousin's ready to move in at 11 in the morning? On a, Saturday?" I asked. It was two days after Christmas and it felt like so much longer.
"Apparently." He sighed.
"Well, I get to go to the spa." I teased.
"Oh it's better than being here with Hunter. At least I don't have to worry about him hitting on you." He pointed out.
"Yeah, what about his girlfriend?" I asked.
"How about I just leave, and go to my parents. I don't really want to be around them. I'll hang out with Lynn. Maybe have Trey over. I don't know something like that." Josh suggested.
"I don't care if you hang out with them." I lied. I did care, because I didn't want Rose to force him into something like cheating on me. I don't think I could handle that.
"Ok, I really don't want to though. I might have to. My mom might think that I have to because you know he's family. And my mom's all about being with family." He sighed and lay on his back.
"You should hang out with him." I told him. I couldn't be selfish. This was Josh's family. It's like never talking to my mom while she was on drugs. But I had to anyways, she was my mom no matter what I did or thought. And Hunter was Josh's cousin no matter how much he hated him or denied it.
"That'll last a few minutes." He said sarcastically.
"Their here like right now?" I asked. "Waiting at the door?"
"No their at my parent's. Waiting for us to call them when we're ready for them to come over." Josh said.
"Ok, then let's get up." I said.
Josh let out a groan. "Why?"
"Because I don't want them to come as much as you do, but we can't be rude." I sighed and got out of the bed and walked over to the bathroom.
"Reed!" Josh whined.
I laughed. "Come on."
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I was ready an hour later and I was packing my big Chanel bag for the spa. Josh was taking a shower, getting ready for his day with Hunter. I shivered at the thought and went back to putting my cell phone in my bag and such.
Josh came out of the bathroom fully dressed and he looked over at me. My hair was flowing down my back and I was walking back and forth around the room finding stuff to bring.
"Ready?" Josh asked.
"Yeah. Tell him to come over." I told him.
"Got it." Then he walked downstairs to call and answer the door. I sighed and placed my bag on the nightstand before I walked downstairs also. I came downstairs to find Hunter and Rose with many bags in the living room. I sighed and walked down the rest of the stairs.
"Hey!" I greeted them. Josh smiled when he saw me.
"Hey Reed," Rose said in her deep accent. I took in a deep breath. "Josh was just telling us that it was only going to be him and us today." She smiled.
I wanted to knock all of her teeth out right there and then. "Yeah, I'm hanging out with a few friends today." I told her biting my lower lip to keep myself from saying anymore.
"Uh, how about I show you guys your room." Josh suggested. Then he brought them upstairs.
I trailed behind and watched as they placed all of their bags on the floor and my phone buzzed. I quietly walked into our room and answered it.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Hey, Reed! It's Astrid," She smiled.
"Oh hey. What's up?" I asked her.
"I'm just hanging out and Trey wanted to know if you guys wanted to hang out later." She said.
"Um, you guys can hang out with Josh." I told her guiltily.
"What? Why? Where are you going?" She shouted out questions.
"Uh, well Noelle, Kiran, and I where going to the spa today. I'm sorry, I should have invited you—"
"Reed! It's fine! But you need a spa day waaayy more than I do." She told me.
"Thanks Astrid. Noelle just asked me last night, and I didn't want to turn it down." I told her.
"It's great that you're going!" She told me.
"Ok, well umm guess who's staying with us now." I said. I got on the bed and lay on my stomach.
"Um, Hunter? No that's too bad." Astrid shooed the thought away.
"Nope, that's it." I replied.
She was silent.
"Astrid?" I asked.
"I'm so sorry! I'll come over later tonight so you guys don't have to be with them the whole time." She told me.
"Good. Because I don't think I can handle party planning with Noelle and then coming home to hell." I smiled.
"Got it, we'll be over like by 6ish." She promised.
"Ok." I smiled.
"I'll talk to you later Reed. Bye!" Then she hung up. I looked down at the phone and ended the call. I got off the bed and started to walk back over to Hunter and Rose's room to see if Josh was still in there.
"Reed?" I heard Josh's voice call.
"Yeah?" I shouted back.
"There you are," He was in front of me in no time.
"Hey, so Astrid and Trey are coming over around 6." I told him.
"Did you just call her?" He asked and walked downstairs. I followed him into to kitchen while saying,
"No, she called me. But she wanted to hang out with us today. Because, you know the whole movers." I rolled my eyes and took my usual bar stool spot. I rested my arms on the counter that was in a bar shape.
"Really?" Josh asked he grabbed two waters from the fridge and handed me one.
"Yup." I sighed and grabbed the water off the counter and slowly opened the cap.
"What time do you have to leave?" He asked.
"Uh, Kiran's driver is going to be here at 2:45." I told him.
"Ok, it's like 12:30." He told me.
"So you have about 2 hours left with me?" I tried to make the estimate.
"It'll do." He flashed a big smile and leaned over to counter to kiss me.
"How many more weeks left of break?" I asked.
"Like a little over 1." Josh smiled.
"Good," I laughed, and then I leaned in to kiss him again.
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Noelle was a little off on the time; Kiran's driver arrived at 2:30. I said a long good-bye to Josh and then was out in the cold walking to the car. The driver opened the very last door of the limo for me.
"Thank you." I told him as I got in.
"You're welcome." He replied and closed the door.
"Reed!" I heard someone shouted. I saw Kiran for a split second and then I was wrapped up in a hug the next.
"Hey!" I breathed.
"I'm so happy you made it!" She smiled. I saw Kiran on Christmas Eve, but it seems like it's been longer than that.
"Me too, I really need a spa day like you wouldn't know." I told her smiling.
"After everything that I've heard. I think I do." She told me. Then she popped open a bottle of champagne and let out a whoop.
Same old Kiran.
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"So you're serious? London and Vienna are spending their vacations apart?" Kiran gasped.
"Positive, Vienna called me last night talking shit on how London didn't want to go to Greece that year because her ex lived next door to her parent's house there." Noelle said finishing off the rest of her champagne as a woman doing her toenails finished up.
I just got out of getting a massage. And I felt the best I've felt in a long time. Like someone just clicked the refresh button on me a million times. Now my hair was getting blow-dried and I was listening to Noelle and Kiran gossip.
"I can't believe that. Every year their together for breaks, and summer. I think they are even going to the same Ivy." Kiran said.
"I heard that their applying to the exact same college. But London says that she wants to go to a college with Portia because she's smart. But, Vienna and Portia fight a lot." Noelle smiled. Enjoying the gossip.
"Whatever." Kiransighed. "Let's not talk about them." She shook the thought out.
"Ok." Noelle sighed and placed her empty glass on the table next to her.
"I'm so happy you don't really need a high school diploma for modeling in Paris." Kiran let out a sigh. "It's just such a shame I couldn't finish the year off." She started laughing.
"I actually was nice and went back! It's actually better now that Cheyenne isn't there." Noelle smirked.
"Noelle!" I scolded her.
"It's true, I mean, do you really want her to be raping your boyfriend again?" She asked me. I let out a sigh at the memory.
"What?!" Kiran shouted.
"Yeah, well actually here's the story—" I couldn't hear what Noelle was saying anymore because the blow dryer went off again. When it stopped, so did Noelle's story. Which she probably made a lot more dramatic than it really was.
"That's horrible!" Kiran gasped.
"Yeah," I sighed. "But we're all good now. But his cousin moved into our townhouse."
"Oh ourtownhouse?" Kiran teased while her hair was being styled.
"Yes our townhouse." I smiled.
"Our little Reed is growing up." Noelle said sarcastically. We all started laughing. This felt good. Everything, being with Kiran and Noelle, at a spa laughing and having a great time. Feeling like the weight of the world has been lifted off my shoulders. Everything.
"So have you guys—"
"Kiran!" Noelle shouted laughing.
"What? I just wanted to know." Kiran said as if it was a completely normal question. I blushed and smiled before I said.
"New subject."
"So that's a no?" Kiran asked.
"Kiran!" This time both Noelle and I said it. We all started laughing.
"So I've heard that little miss Kiran over here has been going home to every night and not partying or drinking anymore." I raised my left eyebrow.
Kiran almost spat her drink back in her glass. "Where did you hear that lie?" She almost looked mad.
"Uh, this girl in Pemberly." I told her.
"Really? What Pemberly girl would hear something like that? Doesn't matter, that dorm is all on crack." She shook her head and laughed.
"Yeah, Reed would know." Noelle smirked.
"That wasn't my fault I was sent there ok?" I forced a smile trying to make it seem like a joke. Even though that joke hurt a little.
"I know it was a huge mistake." She said looking at the window to her right. Then she took a long gulp of fresh champagne just added to her glass.
"Yeah," I sighed. Then a bunch of silence and awkwardness coated the air. I took a sip of my champagne. Noelle broke it when she said.
"Wow, my hair looks great." Then she got up and stretched.
I finally was able to see my reflection. My brown hair was now glossy and soft. I ran my hand down the side of it. My side bangs where even cut a little too. "Thank you." I smiled to the woman who did my hair.
"You are welcome." She smiled and then left. I shrugged and finished the rest of my champagne.
"Ready for dinner ladies?" Kiran asked grabbing her bag.
Noelle and I nodded and we all walked out with our designer bags on our shoulders.
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I forgot the name of the restaurant when we got inside. Rich cherry red colors where everywhere. We where seated at a table with three chairs. We talked about everything, Billings, Easton, fashion, Headmaster Cromwell, and what we where doing for the rest of winter break. We never really got around to planning the party.
"So are you just going to be modeling for like…ever?" I asked Kiran before I placed a fork load of pasta into my mouth.
She placed her glass on the table. It was her second glass of wine and she was starting to get a little loose with that and the many glasses of champagne she previously had. "Yup. That's the plan."
"We so have to have more days like these when we go back to school." Noelle said.
"Definitely." I agreed.
"I'll come pick you guys up, we can only go when I'm in New York though." Kiran stated.
"We have to bring more people though." Noelle said.
"Like who?" I asked.
"Maybe we could invite Portia, the twin cities—" Noelle was cut off.
"No twin cities, we want to get rid of our problems, not cause more. Besides, whenever we go out we talk about them anyways. Just like half of the Easton population." Kiran laughed. I smiled along with her.
"She has a point." I told Noelle.
"Fine. No twin cities, who else? Tiffany, and Rose." Noelle listed.
I noticed that she hasn't invited any new Billings members yet. "Any Juniors?" I laughed jokingly.
"Yeah, you." She said sarcastically.
I smiled and sipped more of my wine.
"Are their like a lot of juniors this year?" Kiran asked.
"Well, their kind of even with the seniors." Noelle sighed.
"But get this; Cromwell just dumped them into Billings on the first day. You should have seen how mad Cheyenne was." I told them smiling.
"No Initiations." Noelle sighed.
"So you never know if the girls where Billings material?" Kiran asked her eyebrows raised and her face wore a confused and disgusted look.
"Nope." I sighed.
"Son of a bitch." She swore and then gulped down the rest of her wine.
I smiled at her carelessness. Then ate the rest of my dinner. I pulled my phone out of my bag as Noelle and Kiran started a topic on Marc Jacob's new line, something I could never contribute to. The clock on my iPhone read seven. Astrid and Trey where supposed to be at the townhouse around six. I wonder how everything was working out.
"Hey, I have to get back. Trey's coming over at 6." I dared not to say anything about Astrid being there with him. It would totally give a hint of their secret relationship. Even though they said they might as well go public, I didn't want to be the one to tell everyone. Meaning, if I told Noelle, then everyone would know all the way over to Vienna in Greece.
"Ok, we better get going then." Noelle said. Kiran called for the waiter and paid for the whole meal leaving a hundred dollar tip. We where in the limo about 10 minutes later. And pulling onto Josh's street a ½ hour later. We where laughing, finishing off the ending to a perfect day out. It was dark outside and I could see Trey's car in the driveway behind Hunter's which was next to Josh's.
The limo came to a smooth halt. "Thanks you guys. So much. I had a great day." I thanked them.
"You're welcome Reed." Noelle said proudly.
"We are going to do this again! I promise!" Kiransaid just below a shout. Then she gave me a heavy hug and I laughed at her drunk self.
Then I hug Noelle bye and got out of the limo. I waved once more before the limo pulled out into the street again that disappeared.
I unlocked the front door and opened it, leaning most of my weight on the handle. I felt all bubbly and smooth. Still just like, I got back from the spa.
"Josh?" I shouted. My voice echoed through the house. I took my jacket off and put it in the coat closet. "Anyone here?" I shouted again and looked up the stairs. The house seemed untouched. Like no one was here. I pulled out my cell, about to call Josh but then I heard a faint,
"Reed?"
"Josh?" I asked. He appeared on the top of the stairs. He was smiling bright. He trotted down the stairs and wrapped his arms around my waist.
"How was your day?" He asked.
"It was great!" I gushed and placed my arms around his neck. I gave him a sweet passionate kiss.
"That's good." He smiled and kissed me again. "You look great." He told me.
"Thanks." I smiled.
"What the hell are you doing!?" We heard someone shout loudly. We looked at each other before rushing up the stairs.
"It's not what it—" Astrid's accent shouted pleadingly.
"Really Astrid? Because it looks like you're cheating on me!" Trey shouted.
"What?" I hissed. We finally reached the room everything was coming from. Trey was standing, tense, and furious in the front of the room. Astrid was in front of Hunter who was smirking. Astrid looked hurt and confused. Rose just walked in and creased her eyebrows. She gave me a confused friendly look. She almost seemed to be laughing. I gave her the dirtiest look I could work up. Screw it. I'm not being nice anymore. She gave me a shocked look and stormed up to Hunter's side.
"What the hell happened?" Josh asked.
"I just caught Hunter and Astrid making out when I got in!" Trey shouted. Why must their always be a storm after the calm? Every time I spend a relaxing day out, I always come back to drama.
"Trey! No he—" Astrid tried to explain.
"Let me guess he kissed you right?" Trey asked.
"Yes!" Astrid shouted.
Trey shook his head.
"Trey! Don't do this." She cried.
"I… I got to get out of here." He mumbled in a deep voice.
"Why did you kiss her?" Josh asked walking up to Hunter.
"I didn't kiss her." He smirked. "The girl just jumped on me."
"Shut up you bastard!" Astrid shouted.
"Come on Astrid," I said in a calm voice. I put my right arm around her slumped crying body and led her to our room. She was crying and I could still hear Josh shout at Hunter.
"Come on babe, let's go to our room." Rose said as if this never happened. Didn't she care that her boyfriend was cheating on her? They walked down the hall after us and into their room after we got to mine and Josh's.
"Astrid are you ok?" I asked her.
"No. No, I'm not. Why can't he just trust me! I would never cheat on him!" She cried.
"It's ok; he'll find out sooner or later that Hunter is an ass that hits on girls for a living." I told her.
"I hope it's soon. I really liked him." She said, finally calming down her tears.
Josh came into the room all worked up. "Stupid son of a bitch." He mumbled and pretty much slammed the door.
He looked surprised when he saw that Astrid was here lying on the bed weeping. "Oh, I didn't know you guys where in here." He said sheepishly. "I'll just go."
"Wait Josh!" I shouted. "I think Astrid's going to spend the night here. Can we get her a room?" I asked.
"Um, how about you guys just sleep in here and I'll go over to Trey's." He already was walking towards the closet packing his stuff.
"Oh, ok." I sighed and followed him in there.
"Are you coming back tomorrow?" I asked.
"Of course." He smiled. Trying to lighten the conversation. "I just need to knock some sense into Trey. Tell him how bad my cousin is. Then he and Astrid will be back together in no time." He told me. I watched from the doorframe as he threw a shirt, boxers, pants, and socks into his bag. His shouldered the small duffel bag and walked up to me.
"I think Astrid's going to need your help anyways." He told me nodding to the room Astrid was in.
"She does doesn't she." I said quietly.
"Yeah." Josh said. There was a silence and then he gave me that natural sexy smile. "I better go." I took his hand as we walked downstairs.
We made it to the door and I sighed. I bit my bottom lip and leaned up against him. My neck was stretched up so I could look into his eyes. "I don't think I'm going to sleep tonight."
"Because of Astrid?" He smiled.
"No, well yeah that but something else." I told him.
"What would that be?" He asked me.
"You're not going to be here." I told him.
"I promise I'll be back in the morning." He told me.
"I trust you." I smiled and leaned in to kiss him. "Bye," I said when we pulled back.
"Bye," He said and then gave me one more kiss before he opened the door and left. I sighed when the door slammed shut and the headlights from his car poured into the front windows and danced along the walls before it disappeared. I let out another sigh as I trudged up the stairs. Ready to hear one hell of a story.
Duhn duhn duhn! Now Rose and Hunter are looked at as bad people! DUHN! lol. Wow. I worked on this chapter all day. I even got out our exercise ball and started doing crunches while I was typing! I got worried about my health ok? I've been on this computer all day! but this my friends is a 9 page chapter!! I'm so excited to hear about your thoughts! I would love for you to review
And a heads up, I'm thinking of not doing their whole vacation. I won't end the story there though. I also want to do their first 2 weeks back at school. B/c I have some drama go on there. But only some! So please tell me some things that should happen at Easton Academy after winter break. But ah-course I'll write about New Years! :] I probably won't be updating until later this week b/c I'm getting a feeling I'll be getting a lot of homework for my new classes :l blahh.
One more thing! You guys are Ah-mazing reviewers! I just love it when I get to read a nice long review on my story. I'm happy you guys think it's good. So the more reviews I'll get the better chance of me updating quicker b/c you guys make me smile :D
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