Its chilly in my school today. Grr Colleges….anyway, I'm acing my Chinese class, I'm so happy because I'm trying my hardest to learn a new language, because I know barley any Spanish and just as little Dutch. Anyway, enough about me…enjoy the next chapter. Oh and I will tell you how much you guys made me laugh and everything at the bottom…
Mitchie and I arrived at Harper's with Mackenzie and Conrad, just a few minutes later after leaving her place. It was still bright outside, but the sun constantly hid behind the trees and buildings.
"So are we really bowling? Because I thought we could play a mean game of laser tag." Conrad was bouncing up and down in the back seat. I could tell he didn't get out much.
"Dude, chill. Maybe we could play a little L-S-T but you have to calm down." I waved my finger at the boy as he pouted. Truthfully he reminded me of Coco at that moment. Harper came dashing out of her house with a huge smile across her face as I watched her. Mackenzie and Conrad slid over as she climbed in behind me.
"Oh Alex." Harper came into me, squeezing me from behind, her arms wrapping around my neck.
"I can't breath." I huffed out as Mitchie stared at the girl confused.
"Sorry, I was just…yeah." The brunette sat down before squealing again.
"Uh, okay. You guys suck at keeping secrets, I mean really." Mitchie was staring at me before facing the others. I only shrugged and started the car once more, pulling off towards downtown.
"Can we pick up Justin?" Harper asked, moving her hands in the air as I gazed at her from the rearview mirror.
"There's no room." I answered, because truthfully it wasn't.
"Come on Alex, please. Please. Please."
"Fine. He's riding in the trunk." I made it to the next coming light before turning right and heading back to my place. "I'm not putting gas in the tank." It didn't take me long to head to the house as I spotted Justin crossing the street with a box in his arms. Maybe it was the decorations for Mitchie's party. I gasped a bit before slowing down.
"HEY JUSTIN!" Harper yelled, pulling on the window button.
"Harper, come on now." I whined as the girl sat back. I parked out front as Justin darted into the sub shop. "Stay put. All of you." I faced everyone before climbing from the car. I knew there was no keeping secrets from Mitchie, she would soon find out about her party. I made it into the restaurant, spotting Justin trying to stuff the large box into the kitchen.
"Idiot." I called out, as a few people faced me. My mom was working the register as I ran over to Justin. "Take this stuff upstairs. How can you walk around with stuff in your arms? Mitchie could of seen it."
"Alex..you try…getting this…up stairs." He huffed, as I knocked the box onto the floor. I was glad I knew what was in there, because honestly I wouldn't want that to happen if it was glass.
"Take it upstairs and meet me outside in two minutes." I faced my mom who was questioning my actions, but I ignored her, heading back outside to my friends, and Mackenzie, because I still don't trust that girl. Harper was now in the driver seat, pressing buttons on the radio I suppose as Mitchie whispered things into the backseat. I leaned over the passenger window before poking Mitchie's side.
"Eep." I heard her yelp as I giggled.
"What are you doing?"
"Nothing. What are YOU doing?" She put a enfaces on you. I only shrugged before spotting Justin.
"Harper, to the back please." I tapped the hood of the car before climbing back in my set on the other side.
"Where am I sitting?" Justin asked as I pointed to the trunk.
"Giddy up." I snapped my seatbelt into place as Harper waved to him. She was acting oddly in-to Justin, I mean one day Derrick, and now my brother. Again.
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Mitchie's P.O.V
There was definitely something going on between the lot of them. Alex was actually doing things with Justin, and Harper was wildly insane today, but then again she's usually this kooky.
"So if we're going to play laser tag, we have to have teams." I faced Harper as she nodded.
"Call em." She encouraged me.
"Okay. Since there's six of us, I want Conrad and Alex on my team, Harper you and Justin can take Mackenzie." The back seat went in a uproar. Mackenzie didn't want to be separated from Conrad, Justin didn't want to be on a team with Harper, and Alex didn't want to be on my team because I had a sore knee.
"Hey!" I yelled as everyone went silent. "The teams are made." Once I faced Alex she pouted. "And you," I hit her arm, "don't ever try to NOT be on my team."
"But…" she frowned jokingly, "I'm always on your team."
"That's how its suppose to be." I smiled, leaning back in my seat as everyone began complaining again. The map from earlier was still on the floor. I glanced at it before placing my foot on the edge of the thing, trying to knock it open. The breeze outside was turning from warm to cool as we passed through tall buildings.
"Well I need all of your help tonight. Minus Mitchie." Alex's voice echoed in the car.
"Because this is so not obvious." I shook my head at her as she looked away. "What am I going to do when you guys are planning something, hopefully not a birthday party that I don't want, anyway?" I caught my breath just as Alex parked.
"You'll be with Max. He seemed content in hanging out with you earlier."
"Oh sure, toss me off to your little brother."
"So we agree that you'll be with him?"
"Sure Alex." I rose my eyebrow as everyone climbed out and went onto the sidewalk. I quickly grabbed the map up in my hands, peeling it back as I saw little scribbling writing on it.
"Hey!" Justin was still in the car, I forgot he was in the trunk. He climbed over the seats and actually hit me.
"Ow." I stuck out my lip, rubbing my hand as the map fell.
"Nosy aren't you?"
"A little." I went to where Alex and Harper stood before Conrad, Justin and Mackenzie followed. We stood in front of an old brown building. It was painted in greens and reds in some spots as we walked inside. I was up for a game of laser tag.
"Change of plans." I called to the group. "Alex, Mackenzie and Justin on one team, Harper, Conrad and I on another." I was going to go the safe route and have Alex on the other team, we couldn't shoot at each other, not even in a game. Well, at least she couldn't. I smiled as they agreed before Alex signed us in.
"What's your plan?" Harper whispered to me as I smile.
"Just you wait and see."
We all traveled into this brightly lit room, with a small maze in the middle.
"You guys will start here, and end up in there." He signaled us to a inner maze that I couldn't see at the time. "One team is blue, the other green."
I smiled knowing Alex loves green, "We call green." I rose my hand as Alex stomped.
"Mitch, you know I like green."
"I know." I rose my eyebrow, turning to the laser guns and jackets.
"You're going down." She told me as I giggled.
"Sure."
The man left the room after telling the blue team to start in the maze first, and we would soon walk in before the lights went off.
"I swear I better not catch you two kissing on the battlefield." Justin told me as I shook my head.
"Of course not, but you better watch your back." I created a peace sign before signaling to my eyes and then to his. "You're going down." I whispered as the game began. Once we were all inside, the lights went off and Harper and I let Conrad go out to scope for the other team.
"Okay Harper, I'll watch your back and you'll watch mine, but first…we need to take care of Alex." I grabbed the brunette's hand, leading her towards the way Conrad went, before I heard him scream.
"It's a trap! Run, run!" He laughed while screaming as he ran past.
"Who was it?" I asked.
"Alex, now run!"
"Bingo." I smiled before placing Harper behind me. "Just stay put." I told her before walking out into the lit yellow zone. I saw Alex raise her gun to me as I did the same.
"Bye-bye Mitchie." Alex said, reaching for her trigger as I limped forward.
"Ow, my leg."
"You okay? She asked, staring at me.
"Harper!" I called to the girl as she shot at Alex. I could hear her jacket going off as she stood up. I giggled running back to Harper.
"Green one, blue nada." We ran after Conrad as Alex stood waiting for her jacket to stop beeping.
"I'm going to kill you." Alex screamed.
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It was no more then forty minutes when the laser tag game was over. I shot Alex three time, she shot me once by accident which was hilarious. Apparently Mackenzie demanded Alex to shoot me, which is why she didn't, but her finger slipped on the trigger. Great game. And to Justin's surprise, neither Alex nor I dared to kiss the other in a dark, barley lit, battlefield zone. It was extremely dark outside, which was weird since it was practically daylight not too long ago.
"Who's treating us to dinner?" Harper asked as we stood on the winning team. Three hundred to Two-ten.
"I'll call the Chinese restaurant a block from my house, we have things to do people." Alex called over us as I watched them head to the truck. I wasn't going to be in the dark about this forever, it was just so much I could take before I lost it. Once we were all ready to go a siren shot off behind us.
"Justin duck!" Alex told the boy as he did so. I sat up to watch the police car stop behind us. "We didn't even move."
"Great, this is illegal and now this is going on a record." Justin began panicking as I leaned more towards Alex.
"Wow. Just go." I told her as she faced me."
"Are you stupid?"
"Stupid is as stupid does. Its my dad." I told her, signaling her to check her rearview mirror. Once we all were clear it was my dad, Alex put the car in gear.
"To the Chinese place." I said, as everyone repeated me. Alex drove off before my dad could get a good glance at the car. I didn't even know he was back on the force, I knew he wasn't, he couldn't be. I dialed my dad just as fast as we turned the next corner.
"Mitchie what are you doing?" My dad asked as I looked behind us.
"Leaving you in the dust. Since when were you a police officer again?"
"I'm not. I just placed the siren on the car to scare you guys, and now I see you'll run from the law."
"And I see that you'll go to jail for having an illegal siren on your vehicle." We were quiet on both ends as Harper reached between Alex and I to turn up the radio.
"Well, are you coming home tonight?"
"No, why?" I asked.
"No reason. I guess I'll see you tomorrow then."
"Okay."
"I'll catch you later pumpkin." Did he just call me what I think he called me?
"Um, sure thing, dad." I hung up the phone as Katy's song came on the radio, California Girls I believe. Justin squealed, causing me to giggle, a lot, as Harper began bouncing up and down.
"Turn that up." Mackenzie told us, as she held the back of my seat close.
"Fine, fresh, fierce, we got it on lock…" Mackenzie was into the song, moving back and forth. I watched her through the mirror, as Harper joined in.
"Oh-whoaa-oh…oh..oh..oh." The both of them together sounded like a cat was dying, that or they were just horrible singing together, so of course I had to join in to make them seem at least a little bit better. I'm just kidding, we all were awesome singers in our own way.
"Sex on the beach," I reached towards Alex as Conrad covered his face, "we got sand in or stilettos, oh whoa."
"We freak, in my jeep." Harper faced Justin as he pulled himself away from her, pressing his back into the door as best as he could.
"California Girls, we're unforgettable." We harmonized as Alex shook her head, apparently paying attention to the rode as best as she could.
"Remind me to NEVER ride with you girls in a car again." Conrad told Alex as she quickly faced him.
"Remind me to NEVER drive when Mitchie's in the passenger seat."
"Deal." He gave her a thumbs up as I giggled, still bouncing and singing along. Once the song was over, we were at the Russo's. Justin and Harper decided to walk to get the food, so the rest of us made it upstairs into the condo. Mackenzie and I sat side by side on the sofa as Alex and Conrad did something in the kitchen.
"So Alex didn't tell you what we were doing here?" Mackenzie asked me as I questioned myself.
"Sure she did." I lied, trying to get some information out of the girl.
"Oh. Well, you still have to act surprised come Saturday, you know with your birthday and all."
"Of course." I nodded, hearing a little bit of a party, maybe. I didn't want a birthday party, I was against it, but if Alex was making it a big of a deal to turn eighteen, I was going to go along with it. "So, what extra stuff are you guys doing?"
"I'm not too sure yet, I mean we're still trying to…"
"NO!" Conrad had placed his hand over Mackenzie's mouth just before she said anything else.
"Mitchie, stop it." Alex whined from the kitchen, walking with sodas in her arms.
"I'm sorry, I hate not knowing stuff." I mirrored Alex's reaction.
"Wait so you didn't know?" Mackenzie asked, shocked.
"Why would she know?" Conrad sat next to her as Alex did the same to me. I pulled the strawberry soda towards me, opening it as everyone else chose their own.
"I promise you Mitchie, it won't be a secret for long. You'll see." Alex sipped on her grape soda as I sighed, before raising my eyebrow.
"If this is to get back at me for not being here for your eighteenth birthday…" I began before Alex cut me off.
"Trust me, its not. I want you to enjoy your birthday." I could see everyone exchange glances before Justin arrived. If you knew what if felt like to be in a room of people who all knew something you didn't you'd freak out like I was just at this moment.
"Promise me you'll stop trying to force birthday plans out of people." Alex had her fingers against my chin.
"But…"
"Promise me." She said once more, her eyes gentle and stern.
"I guess so."
"Promise!"
"I promise." I sighed as she nodded, leaning into me before her lips fell over mine. A chill ran down my spine as I pushed into her a bit before I pulled back.
"Great, dinner and a show." Justin sat the food before us all as Max and Coco came from upstairs. "I can't see how you two can stand this…kissing stuff."
"I think its cute." Conrad said.
"I don't really want to think." Mackenzie added in before we all pulled up our food boxes. We worked through them, passing them along, sharing what we didn't want, just before they all decided to leave me with Max.
"So." I sighed as Max pulled out a game.
"I would say lets sit and wonder what they're doing, but in my case, I just want to play this new dance-dance-revolution game."
"I'm so in." I stood up as Max nodded.
"Lets do this then."
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Alex's P.O.V
Justin was on his laptop, sitting on my floor, looking up music. Mackenzie and Conrad were working with the decorations and drawing out a floor plan, while I sat on my bed tapping a pen to the empty notebook-page.
"I hate big plans just as the next person, so…" I pushed myself up to my knees. "Who should I invite?"
"Well our parents of course, and Mitchie's." Justin spoke up.
"Thanks for stating the obvious."
"Well I try. Wait…was that sarcastic?"
"Of course not." I moved my eyes onto the two on the floor. "Conrad, Mackenzie?"
"I don't think I should be able to choose people, Mackenzie either, we don't know you're friends as much as you do." Conrad was right.
"Fine." I fell forward, my chin landing against the edge of the bed, on the foot end. "I'll choose people. Family, friends…Harper…," I sat up. "Justin where's Harper?"
"She didn't come up when we did. Maybe she's still downstairs with Mitchie."
"I'll check, you guys keep working." I left the room, actually relieved that I didn't have to think about the list of people for now. I moved down the hall before I spotted Justin's room light flashing against one of the photos. I paced myself backwards, going slow enough not to make much noise. His room looked usual, normal, plain. A white bed spread, whitewashed walls, and everything stacked up, or placed in order.
"Yawns-Ville." I gripped his doorknob as I spotted Harper, moving under his bed. "As your friend, I won't ask." I said aloud, but I guess she thought I was talking to someone else. "Harper!"
"Huh?" She sat up quickly, or at least tried to, knocking her head against the bed column.
"Yeah, good game." I told her, as she pushed herself from under the bed, standing before hiding something behind her back.
"What's that?" I asked as Harper shrugged.
"What's what?"
"That!"
"That what?"
"Behind your back Harper."
"Nothing." She shook her head as I ran over to her. She darted past me, screaming. "Justin! Justin!Justin!" I followed her, as she fell into my room, sliding over towards Conrad before ducking behind him.
"What's going on?" I asked as Harper signaled Justin over to her.
"Here, its in your hands now." Harper moved away from the boy, smiling at me, before brushing her hair back. "Its all good now."
"Justin, what's going on?" I asked as everyone faced him.
"I told you Alex. You have your secrets, and I have mine." He slowly shifted more towards my bed, hiding the contents in his hand between his computer and body.
"Fine, I won't ask." I told him, before running to reach for him.
"CONRAD CATCH!" Justin tossed something over to the boy. It was too small for me to see. Conrad looked between Harper and Justin before running into the hall. I followed him as everyone else followed me.
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Mitchie's P.O.V
Max was beating me by at least fifteen points on this game. I was trying my best to remember all the footsteps, but apparently not thinking about the next step is the key to winning.
"Come on Max, give me this one." I pleaded with the boy as Coco's ears rose up. She was sitting in front of the video game, only blocking the sensor from us.
"CONRAD CATCH!" Seemed to be the only words I heard before the floor upstairs rumbled.
"What's happening up there?" I asked, trying to focus on the game before Max stepped a bit off tune and I caught up. After a few more steps the T.V. flashed with the words 'winner' on Max's side, running across the screen.
"Yeah Buddy!" Max did a few fist pumps into the air as I moved off the mat.
"Good game." I left him where he was, walking to the steps to look up.
"Everything okay up there?" I asked as I spotted Conrad running to the edge.
"Mitchie Catch!" The boy yelled before everyone screamed, 'NO!' I saw him drop something but all I could do was watch it fall. I suppose the 'NOs' that shot form upstairs started me a bit. Just before whatever it was landed against the floor I grabbed it as everyone piled down the steps. I didn't bother glancing at the item as I ran down the stairs to the sub shop.
"I'm not here!" I told Teresa as I ran into the kitchen, darting under Mr. Russo and his knife.
"Mitchie…"
"Shush." I told him, trying my best to cover myself before I heard the sub shop go into a uproar. I finally took a deep breath, lifting the item in my hand up to my face. Something was definitely under the wire. Who wraps things with wire? The circle was just as wide as both my hands put together. I tried to peel the wire back but it wouldn't budge.
"Dad where's Mitchie?" Justin asked, catching his breath as Mr. Russo stepped back.
"What are you kids doing, playing hide and seek?"
"No, but its important that I find her. It deals with Alex's plan to…."
"JUSTIN!" I heard Jerry stop the boy, before I saw him staring at me. "Gigs up."
"Alex's plan to what?" I asked, standing up, as Justin grabbed, whatever it was from my hand.
"Nothing." The two of them said in unison as I nodded. Justin left out, telling everyone he found me, before I heard Conrad yelp. Maybe he was hit by someone, actually that's a good guess.
"Jerry…" I gazed at the man as he nodded at me to go on. "What's this big secret?"
"You really want to know?"
"Yes!" I stomped my foot in a demanding way."
"You better act surprised come Saturday."
"I promise." I nodded as he looked over his shoulder and out to his wife.
"Okay then. We're throwing you an eighteenth birthday party." He smiled, before chopping on meats again.
"And…"
"And what?" He asked.
"And, what else?"
"Oh…Alex wants to surprise you…"
"With?" I was waiting for him to say anything else, but he closed up quickly. "Jerry please, my sanity rests on it."
"She wants to sing to you, okay." He seemed relieved after saying that as I chuckled a bit. But he was serious. I watched him for a few more seconds before leaning against the wall.
"I haven't heard her sing…well really sing since we were little."
"I know." Jerry was making a sandwich as Teresa walked in, staring at me.
"The game is over, you can go back upstairs now." She ran her fingers over her apron as I smiled.
"If Alex is going to sing to me in front of a lot of people…I think not only will I blush, I'll be totally…"
"You told her?" Teresa cut her husband off as he shrugged.
"I didn't say a word."
"Liar." She hit him with the back of her hand. I guess that's where I get hitting Alex from, but mine were always playfully.
"He didn't tell me. I figured it out." I bit my bottom lip, still grinning before walking back out into the restaurant. Eyes were on me, but I didn't care. I ignored the people and made it back up stairs, spotting Max on the game once more.
"Mitchie, come on now." He signaled me over.
"Okay, okay, I'm coming."
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Alex's P.O.V
"You guys want to keep whatever that is away from me and Mitchie?" I asked Justin as Harper, Mackenzie, and Conrad agreed. "What's in that thing anyway?" I poked the wire object as Justin chuckled.
"A key to something." He lifted the wire into his hand, moving a few things back before exposing a key to me, then just as quickly as he showed me, he re-covered the thing.
"Fine, whatever." I sighed, turning my notebook to a blank page. "Should I do a few lines?" I asked everyone as they nodded. Harper was by my side on the bed now and everyone else were in their usually spots.
"Wait, I'll check for Mitchie." Justin left the room as I scanned back through my book, then coming to the blank page once more.
"Harper, write down the words…its just if they change."
"Alex, are you really going to do this?"
"Yeah."
"Besides the song….are you really going to do this?" Harper asked as I smiled, nodding.
"Okay." She sat against the headboard before I tapped my knee. Mackenzie was actually one hundred perfect focused on me. Conrad was slightly working between me and his decoration task and Justin gave me a thumbs up to go. I took a deep breath, trying my best to stay low.
"It's just you and me and there's no one around
Feels like I'm hanging by a thread, it's a long way down
I've been trying to breathe, but I'm fighting for air
I'm at an all time low with no place to go
But you're always there, when everything falls apart
And it seems like the world is crashing at my feet
You like me the best when I'm a mess
When I'm my own worst enemy
You make me feel beautiful
When I have nothing left to prove
And I can't imagine how I'd make it through
There's no me without you…"
I stop the song, eyes on me as Harper pats my shoulder.
"Its beautiful…she'll love it." I faced the girl, dropping my notebook before I spot my hands shaking.
"I think I'm nervous." I said as the room lit up in laughter.
"Yeah, you should be." Conrad walked over to me, sitting on the bed. "But hey, we'll all be there, we'll be your groupies."
"Go Alex, go Alex, or something like that." Mackenzie spoke up as I giggled.
"Besides, I bet Mitchie won't see this coming." Justin said, running his fingers along the laptop once more.
"You're right, this is something new to the both of us," I hugged Harper, before standing up, shaking a bit to clear my nerves.
"This better be new to the both of you." Justin narrowed his eyes as I shook my head, as we all went back to work, this time, only on the decorations.
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Mitchie's P.O.V
After maybe five hours of Alex-less-ness, we were downstairs on the let out couch. Everyone decided to stay over due to the fact that it was one in the morning. Max took Coco with him for the night, and so Alex and I were against one end of the let out bed, and Mackenzie and Conrad were on the other, with pillows in the middle. Alex's idea. Harper and Justin, were on the floor, surrounded by pillows and some stationary bed.
"So, you want to tell me what was in that wire thing?" I face Alex. She was holding me, so I had to turn a bit to my side to actually gaze at her completely.
"A key, believe it or not."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Justin's an idiot." Alex brushed my hair across my ear a few times as I closed my eyes, nodding as my head grazed her chin. I yawned one good time before I felt myself drifting off to sleep as the television played some movie. Mackenzie was giggling next to Conrad with whatever they were doing, and Justin was still trying to move away from Harper, even if I couldn't see it, I knew it. I pushed myself up quickly, opening my eyes before hovering over Alex.
"I love you." I whisper to her as a smile ran across her face.
"I love you more."
I nodded, shivering from the kiss I gave her, as my body began to warm up. I felt a tingling spark run across my lips before I pulled back, kissing her cheek and laying back down. I didn't pay attention to anything else after that, I was too sleepy to even bother.
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