Elsa ran outside quickly, shouting behind her, "Bye, Anna!"
Jason stepped out of the car and looked Elsa over. "Alright, it'll do." He opened the car door for her and got in the other side. His dad was a large, burly man that grunted a hello when Jason introduced him and drove the rest of the way in silence. Elsa and Jason talked a bit, but Elsa couldn't ignore the butterflies in her stomach that grew as they got closer to the party. When they arrived, Jason's dad said, "Be sure to be back by eleven." then drove off.
The house was relatively packed with people, but there was enough space to walk across the room without touching anyone. A small kid that Elsa recognized from school was trying to DJ on a table in the living room with an old laptop and some speakers. He was actually doing a pretty good job of it, considering the quality of his equipment. The music was loud enough to make out the words, but soft enough that you could barely hear it when you went into a room and closed the door.
Elsa looked around. The large majority of people were dancing in the living room. There were a few loners sitting on the couches that had been pushed to the side of the room, drinking what looked like orange juice, and probably wondering why they even came to this party in the first place. Across the room, a door was open enough so she could see some people in a kitchen, talking with cups of orange juice and bottles of water in hand.
Jason allowed her a moment to look around, then pulled her across the room to where a large group of people were standing in a blob shape, most of them dancing and talking at the same time. "Hey guys!" Jason greeted everybody. They all turned around and greeted him, some of the guys doing that weird guy handshake thing.
"So, this is my girlfriend, Elsa." he gestured to Elsa and she waved at them awkwardly.
"Hi…"
One of the girls came up and shook her hand enthusiastically. "Hi, my names Anastasia, Anastasia Tremaine. That's my sister over there, Drizella. Drizella, say hi!" Drizella lifted her hand in a half-greeting and kept talking to someone. "She's kind of annoying. Do you like the party? I love parties, I get to dance and meet cute boys, and sometimes there's food! I adore food, even though Mother says it makes me fat. Say, you don't talk much, do you?"
"She's a little shy at first." interceded Jason. "Don't worry about it."
"Hehe…" Elsa laughed awkwardly. It seemed that everything she did was awkward at the moment.
A large guy that was probably on the football team walked up to Jason and engaged him in a conversation, leaving Elsa to fend for herself.
Anastasia continued talking to her. "I hope there's going to be something other than orange juice and water served at this party. Honestly, I think the best parties are the ones that have food in them. Anyway…" she leaned in close. "Did you hear what happened to Hercules?"
"What happened to him?" said Elsa, trying to keep up with Anastasia while attempting to dance. It was difficult, to say the least.
"Haven't you heard? It's all over school. He was playing football and he broke both of the bones in his leg. Everyone says he's at the hospital, although I haven't seen him. He hasn't been in school though, so it's entirely plausible. Didn't you notice when he wasn't here? I thought everybody noticed."
"Well, I don't really know him or have any clas-"
Elsa was cut off by a brown haired girl in a short purple dress as she sashayed over to Anastasia and said, "Hi Ana, how's it going?" She seemed to suddenly notice Elsa standing there. "Hey, a newbie! What's your name?"
"I'm Elsa." Elsa said timidly.
"She's Jason's girlfriend." Anastasia said.
"Jason, huh?" The girl looked Elsa over. "Perhaps he sees something I don't. Anyway, hi. My name's Megara, but my friends call me Meg. I suppose you can too."
Jason came over and stood beside Elsa. "Hey, ladies."
Anastasia giggled. "Hello, Jason."
Meg nodded in his direction.
"I'm going to go get drinks, do you want anything?" he asked Elsa.
"Some water would be nice." she replied. Jason smiled at her and then left once again.
"So, how'd you start dating Jason?" Anastasia asked excitedly. She was very interested in everyone's business, so it seemed.
"Well…" Elsa said. "We were talking after school and he asked me if I wanted to go out with him and I said yes."
"Have you gone on any dates yet?"
"Yes, one. My sister and her boyfriend tagged along."
Anastasia sighed. "I wish someone would take me on a date."
Meg smirked. "Fat chance of that happening. All the boys 'round here are idiots." She looked at Elsa. "Except for Jason, of course. He's practically the king of Arendelle Middle."
"Oh." Elsa felt strange all of a sudden. She had never considered the giant popularity gap between Jason and her.
"Which makes me wonder…" Meg looked at Elsa critically. "Why did he choose you?"
Before Elsa could answer, Jason reappeared with her water. She thanked him and sipped it shakily. No matter what she tried, she couldn't get that question out of her head. Why was Jason dating her? He could just as easily have any other girl in the grade (and probably in the other grades if he wanted to) but he chose her.
On the way back from the party, she asked him. "Jason?"
"Hmm?" He turned to her.
"Why are you dating me?" Elsa looked at him fearfully.
"Well, you're pretty, or you could be, and you're moderately skinny, and I really like you without your glasses."
"Oh." A silence sprung up between them. Elsa was relatively satisfied with his answer. He sounded like he liked her. But if he really liked her, why did she feel so funny inside?
I'm rather proud of this. I managed to get over 1,000 words with only one scene. Yay!
I wrote this while I was supposed to be doing my homework. I should really stop doing that, but it produces chapters, so who's complaining?
Don't be worried, I did my homework eventually.
-D&ATF :)
