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-PARTY TIME! XD
Taylor
The months flew by and in no time it was October, more specifically the month of my 17th birthday. I planned the whole thing myself and my mom executed everything, and it looked better than I imagined. My uncle threw in his two cents and arranged for my party to be in this huge mansion. He spoils me worse than my dad. The whole setting was supposed to be dramatic and elegant. There colored lights everywhere, Couches, curtains, a whole area especially for food almost like a restaurant. There were to side rooms off the main living room. One for the adults and one for the kids. My uncle, even though I'd like to do it myself, hired a DJ. Something about how I won't be enjoying my party the right way if I was standing behind a table the whole night. Whatever.
A couple of weeks ago, me and my besties went shopping for what we were going to wear to the party. Brittany, Angela , and Mykah Lenae. We met at the boarding school. We were the only ones from California. The recruiters seated us in the train together. We talked all the way to school and even ended up sharing a room.
Since then day, we've been as close as ever. They were the ones that made me feel better after I woke up one morning crying about missing Jacob.
I woke up on the morning of my birthday in a very cheerful mode. I had a few things to do today before the party. I had to go to the nail salon, then the hair salon, and take my little brother and sisters trick or treating before the party. I promised them that if they didn't get all the candy they wanted, they could get some more when we get there.
It was kind of early, so I guessed I was the only one up. I went into the bathroom brushed my teeth and showered, fixed my hair into a ponytail and got dressed. Back in my room, I walked over to my desk and turned on my laptop. I went onto my Facebook and my notification box was blowing up. All of friends from school, my family, and some other people I knew from working wrote on my wall. I was happy so many people cared. I replied to all of them, telling them thank you and that I'd see them tonight. Right when I finished replying to the last one, my Skype started going off.
It said - Incoming Call from : MBPrincetonMisfit
I hit accept and waited for him to pop up on the screen. A minute later, there he was and he looked like he was still sleeping. By the looks of it, he was still in bed.
"Hey birthday girl" he said
"Hey. Are you even awake yet?" I said giggling. His bedhead was ridiculous. But he still looked cute.
"Sort of" he said yawning
"What are you doing up so early?"
"I wanted to talk to you" he said simply
"How do you plan on doing that when you look like you're going fall out any second?"
"It'll pass"
"So, since you wanted talk...is there something you wanted?"
"Not really. I haven't seen you in a while that's all"
"You make it seem like we haven't talked in ages"
"It feels like it"
"We were on the phone for three straight hours a week ago!"
"Exactly, a week ago. That's a long time"
"Well, I'm not the one getting ready to go on a nationwide tour"
"True, but that's not really important right now. Are you excited for tonight?"
"Yeah, it's going to be so much fun. Wait until you see the place, it looks awesome"
"What time should me and the guys get there?"
I thought for a minute. "Um probably around 8. Yeah, 8 o' clock is good"
"Okay"
Then there was a silence. It wasn't awkward though.
Jacob broke the silence. "Jade..."
Princeton
"Jade..." I started but couldn't finish
I looked at her and she had a small smile on her face.
"What?" I asked her
"Nothing. It's just that no one had called me that in a long time"
"How could I forget? I was the one who started it"
"I remember. Hey what were you about to say earlier?"
"Oh, right...uh I think I'll just wait til tonight to talk"
"You sure?"
"Yeah, I'll see you later"
"Oh Jacob?"
"Yeah?"
"Make sure you do something with your hair, it's looking crazy"
"Well I got right up to talk to you so..."
"Just make yourself presentable please"
"That won't be hard. I mean look at me"
She rolled her eyes. "Whatever Princeton"
Ever since she came back, whenever she was annoyed, mad, or just wanted to get on my nerves, she called me Princeton. Between us I was always going to be Jacob.
"Look, I'll see you later. Bye birthday girl"
"Bye" she sing songed
The chat disconnected. I leaned back onto my headboard and sighed. I want to tell her how I feel, but I'm just to worried about how she'll react.
Skipping to the party...
Taylor
I parked my car outside the mansion and let Hannah, Corin and Keith out of the car. Hannah was a tiger with her face painted. Corin was a fairy and Keith was a hunter. They looked up at the mansion in awe.
"It's huge" said Keith
"Do you think I could do this when I get older?" asked Hannah
"Of course"
I felt a tugging on my dress. I looked down. It was Corin.
I crouched down to her level. She was very tiny for her age, but it made her look that more adorable.
"What is it?" I asked her.
"Is this a castle?"
"No, it's just a really big house"
"Oh, but what if it was? Would that make you make a princess?"
"I guess. But if I'm a princess then you would be too"
"Really?"
I nodded. "Come on, let's go find Mom and Dad" I took her little hand in mine and made my way inside followed by the others.
When you walk in the door, you see people everywhere. On the stairs, on couches, almost every inch of the had people. I took them to where the rest of the younger kids were and went to find my parents. They were talking to Uncle LoZo near the bar.
"Hey you guys"
"There she is" my uncle said. He looked almost exactly like my dad. Only difference is his hair was cut somewhat lower, he had a mustache instead of a beard and a little taller. He was 3 years old than my dad.
He pulled me into a bone crushing hug. "Hi Uncle"
"Sweetie, you look beautiful" said my mother.
"Thank you"
"Happy birthday princess" said my dad
I hugged him too.
"And speaking of princess, here"
My mom took a box off the counter. Inside was a pretty tiara. I looked at her skeptically.
"Won't this be a little much?"
"Nonsense" she took it out carefully placed it on my head.
I pushed it into place. "Thanks mom. Have you seen the girls?"
"Yes they're over by the DJ"
I said goodbye to them and went looking for my friends. I didn't have to look long, I saw a figure in a bright pink dress and white heels bouncing around. It was Angel. Jeez, this girl loves pink. Next to her I saw Brittany wearing an ocean blue dress with a green belt and black heels, and Nae-Nae was wearing a purple dress with black heels with a purple flower in her hair.
Brittany was the first to see me.
"Whoa" she said causing the others to turn around.
"Damn, who you dressing up for?"
I had on a dark red dress with a black second layer underneath. It had a black midsection and black bows around the bottom. It a small lining of lace at the very top and spaghetti straps. I also had black patterned tights and black my hair it slightly up and hung down my back in curls with a black flower at the side along with the tiara my mother gave me. As for accessories, I had on a simple silver rose bracelet, black flower earrings and a red and black choker with a crystal jewel in the middle. And finally I had on heavy eyeliner and mascara that made my eyes even more eerie and my lips a bright red.
Thankfully there wasn't much light over here because I immediately started blushing as I began to think of Jacob. "Nobody. Can't I look special for my birthday?"
"I guess, but I still think you're trying get someones attention"
"Well I think you look amazing" said Angel
"Thank you"
We spent some time talking and dancing until all of a sudden we heard practically every girl here screaming.
"What the hell is going on?" asked Brittany
"I don't know. Follow me" I said.
We headed over to the adults who were just as curious. I found my parents and my uncle right where I left them. "What's going on?" I asked
"The boys are here" said my uncle
"Oh" was all I said.
"What boys?" asked Brittany
"Mindless Behavior"
They all looked at me like I had two head and was breathing fire.
"You're kidding, right?" asked Angel
I guess I'd better tell them. I brought them over to a quieter corner.
"I have something to tell you guys. Remember that day when I was crying about missing my best friend?"
"Yeah, his name was Jacob" said Nae-Nae
"Right. Well he's Princeton from Mindless Behavior"
"Seriously?"
"Yeah and that's why their here. I invited them"
"Why didn't you tell us before?" asked Brittany
"I don't know"
"Have you met all of them yet? The others I mean"
"Yeah, a couple of months ago. They're really fun"
"So, can you introduce us?" asked Angel. They all looked really hopefully. They are huge MB fans. Angel likes Prodigy, Brittany likes Roc and Nae - Nae likes Ray.
"Of course. Besides I want you to meet Jacob"
They all squealed and hugged me at the time.
Once they let me go I said, "Let's go see if we can find them"
We pushed through people looking for them along the way. I saw them over by the tables covered in gifts people brought me. I pointed. "They're over there"
They followed my hand and as soon as they saw them, they started fixing their clothes. I rolled my eyes. "You guys look fine. Now come on"
As we made our way over to them table. They all had presents for me.
"Hey guys"
They all turned to face me. They had big smiles on their faces. "Happy birthday!" they said together. I looked them over. Jake was right, he and the rest of them looked good. And of course Prodigy and him had on sunglasses even though it's dark now.
I hugged them one by one, leaving Jacob for last. He hugged me really tight, his arms around my waist and mine around his neck. I started to pull away but his arms lingered a little before he let go completely.
"Guys, these are my friends. Brittany, Angel and Nae -Nae"
They all greeted each other. We stood there talking for a while. Jacob was being a weirdo because he kept looking at me and looking away when I caught him. I nudged him. "What's your problem?" I asked smiling.
"You look...really beautiful"
My face might've been as red as the lipstick I had on right now. He was the one person that complemented me, and I actually believed what they said.
"Thanks, you don't look to bad yourself"
He nodded and smirked. "Are you wearing a costume or just dressed up?"
"A little of both. I'm a vampire princess"
"I like it"
Some time later, the DJ called for everyone's attention. "Can I get everyone to come near the booth please?" People moved towards the center of the house where his station was situated.
"Now is everybody having a good time?" he asked and everybody cheered "That's what I like to hear. Question. Where's the birthday girl?"
My friends had to be the ones to point me by making an unnecessary amount of noise. I gave all three of them death stares before heading up to the stage. Someone helped me up the stairs and I awkwardly stood next to the DJ. I don't have a problem with people looking at me if I don't have look back at them.
"Okay. I know you're wondering why I brought you up here. A little birdie told me that you know a thing or two about this right here" he said gesturing to the turntables and soundboard and other stuff.
I nodded. "I learned a couple of years ago and I did do a party at my school and worked at some events"
"I also heard that you wanted to be up here tonight"
"Yeah, but someone thought that would be wrong for me to do" looking directly at my uncle
"Well, I'm curious to see what you can do. How 'bout you guys? Should she give us a sample?" he asked the crowd and they agreed.
Out of nowhere, my laptop was being placed on the deck and hooked up the speakers and other equipment. The DJ handed me the headphones and moved to the side.
My favorite thing to play is dubstep. I absolutely love it. Scrolling through my playlist, I looked for a good song. I found it. I played Moar Ghosts and Stuff by Deadmau5. Instantly people started dancing. Then I jumped to the Dirtyphonics remix of Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites by Skillrex, and my ultimate favorite Cozza Frenzy by Bassnectar. Then I finished with the dubstep version of Ellie Goulding's Lights by Bassnectar. The whole I was dancing and that is what makes it so fun.
I let the song ride out then stepped back and looked at the DJ.
"Well, tell her how she did people" and everybody went nuts, screaming, whistling, stomping, every noise possible.
I took the headphones off and handed them back to him. He patted me on the back and said, "Nice job"
I needed to go to the bathroom. There was a small line at the one downstairs so I went to one upstairs. Back out in the hallway, I saw a balcony at one end and decided to check it out. There was a table and two chairs, and built-in high bench connected to the wall on the longest side. It overlooked the back of the house which had a gigantic swimming pool. Past that was a good view of LA at it's best during the night. I was leaning on the rail when suddenly I felt an arm around my waist which caused me to immediately tense up.
"Relax. It's just me" Jacob
"You scared the shit outta me Jacob" I said smacking his arm
"Sorry" he said chuckling "What are you doing out here?" he said as he put his other arm around me, hugging me from behind.
"Just looking" I said "What are you doing?"
"Looking for you"
I turned around to face him with him still holding on to me. "Well you found me"
"Really? I didn't notice" he said making us both laugh. Then I remembered something.
"Didn't you want to talk to me about something?"
Yeah but..."
"What?"
He didn't continue. I took his sunglasses off so I can look him in the eye. "Tell me, Puffles"
He glared at me. "You're lucky it's your birthday, 'cuz I'm letting that one slide"
I scoffed. "Thank you, you're the bestest friend in the whole world" I said like a little girl and kissed him on the cheek. The look on his face made me laugh. "But seriously, what is it?"
"I knew I would have a hard time telling you, so I wrote it down and put it with your present"
"Okay"
"Let's go back downstairs. Give me those" he said taking his sunglasses back
As soon as we reached the bottom of the staircase, the girls appeared looking at me funny.
"Hey Princeton, could we borrow Tay for a second?" asked Angel
"Sure" he turned to me "I'll be over there"
"Okay"
When he left they dragged me BACK upstairs into one of the rooms and it just so happened that it had couches in it.
"What were the two of you doing up here?" asked Brittany
"I came up to use the bathroom because of the line downstairs. Then I went out to look at the balcony. He told me he came looking for me and we were talking"
"Oh and what were you talking about?"
"Why are being so nosey?" I asked them
"We're just asking"
"I basically asked him what did he want to talk to me about"
"And?"
"He told me it was hard for him to say so he put it with my present"
"Want to go look at it?"
"No. I'll look at later"
"Tay?"
I looked at Brittany. "Hmm?"
"Do you like him?"
"Why?"
"I'm just wondering. Since we like the other three, I was thinking about you two"
I sighed. "Yes"
"Really? Does he know?"
"Of course he doesn't"
"Well, why don't you tell him?"
"Because. I'm scared"
"Scared of what?"
"Finding out how he feels"
I felt like I was about to cry. I always thought about telling him but I felt that if I did he'd hate me. A few tears fell from my eyes as I thought about not being friends with Jacob anymore.
"Why are you crying?" asked Nae- Nae
"I like him so much. Ever since we were little. I can't lose him, he's too important"
They left it at that. Eventually we went back down to the party. Now it was time to bring out the cake.
It was huge. It had 4 layers of sheet cake decorated in Halloween colors with a skull on top that had "blood" coming out it mouth. Seventeen candles were scattered around it mixed in with sparklers. The crowd sung Happy Birthday while I blew out the candles. As I went through each candle, I thought of a wish. I wished for me and Jacob to be together somehow.
After the cake was cut, Jacob and the boys came up to me.
"Hey guys. Having fun?"
"Yeah. We're having a great time" said Prodigy
"You killed it earlier on the stage" said Roc
"You got skills" said Ray-Ray
"Thanks"
"I hope you don't mind but your uncle wants us to perform" said Prodigy
I gave him an amused smile. "It's fine. I'm sure all the girls here will appreciate it"
We all laughed. "What's funny?"
I looked for the voice. It was my uncle. "Oh we were just talking about you. You're making them work?"
"I asked them if they wanted to, so don't act all smart"
"Yadi āpa aisā kahatē haiṁ" (If you say so)
"You know I don't understand Hindi"
"Duh"
He shoved me a little. "Guys go get ready"
They said bye to me. My uncle turned his attention to me.
"Now I have a present for you"
"What?"
"Well. I wasn't sure what to get you at first. But then I thought, since you're not in school anymore , it would be something you'd like"
I waited for him to continue. "I asked Ernie and Padma if it was alright to go on tour with the boys. They said yes. But I'd need your help"
"With what?"
"I'd like to put you in charge of them. You all seem to get along pretty well"
"I guess I could handle that. What would I have to do?"
"I'll make a list for you. So you want to go?"
"Yes" I hugged him tightly. "Thank you"
The boys were almost ready to start. Just as I thought, all the girls started freaking out.
Brittany, Angel, Nae-Nae and I made our way to the front of everyone. I wanted to be able to hear them. They started hyping up the crowd.
I could hear the beginning of #1 Girl coming through the speakers but then they made the DJ stop. The reason why? Prodigy and Roc jumped off the stage and brought me onto the stage. The song started over and the boys started dancing around me. I shook my head and laughed but clapped along with the song. I didn't want to be up here, but soon I relaxed. And I think they were planning on keeping me up here the WHOLE time because they did My Girl and Hook it Up and now they were doing Uh Oh. I started dancing with them while they were doing Girls Talkin Bout. I could see a few girls looking at me all stupid because they aren't up here, but that's not my fault or my problem.
The party continued for a couple more hours, then everyone started to leave. My parents had to help me carry some of my presents home in their car because people brought so many. By the time we got home, it was near midnight. Everyone else went straight to bed, but I stayed up going through the gifts. There were CD's, books, clothes, jewelry, all kinds of stuff. The presents from my family were some of the same things other people got me but my parents gave me $200. My friends got me really good ones. Angel got me that Gorillaz hoodie I've been wanting for the longest, Nae- Nae got me a snapback that said DJ JadeEyes on the front and Brittany got me a dress her sister made. It was black and made with lace and some other type of fabric and the skirt of the dress had pockets.
Then there were the presents the boys got me.
Ray Ray gave me sketch book with some sketches he did in them and they're awesome.
Prodigy got me a chain with dog tags with places they've been or stuff they did.
Roc got me a Mindless Behavior snapback with all of their names on it. That made me laugh.
But Princeton's gift made me want to cry. First of all in the box, he put the necklace I gave him five years ago and it was in perfect condition. Then there was another necklace in there, it was red crystal heart on a silver chain and it had a space missing from like a key was supposed to go in it and there was a key but it was green. But above all, what made me tear up was the letter that was in the box.
There were so many things going through my head, and that made it so much harder for me to figure out what to say. We grew up together and you became one of the most important people in my life. When you went away to that school, I was highly upset. Having your necklace, reminding me how much I missed you, that was hard. Everything was boring and it didn't really get exciting again until I got picked to be in Mindless Behavior. That was a big moment for me and I beyond happy.
And when my mom told me that you were coming back, I couldn't believe it but I was really happy. And spending all that time with you since you've been back, made me realize that I never want you out of my life like that again. I know there are those times where we get on each other's nerves but it's what we do. We bring out the best in each other and that's why I love you.
Nobody can replace you.
The heart necklace I gave you, I have the key that would go into it. I have a heart too but a green one and I put the key for it on yours.
I fought the tears hard and I managed to stop them from falling. I had no idea that he missed me as much as I missed him. It was around 1 and I wanted to talk to him. On Skype it said he was still on, so I called him.
He popped up on my screen.
"Hey"
"Hey, so I see you're wearing the necklace. Do you like it?"
"I love it. Thank you"
"You're welcome"
"So my uncle's present was interesting. It's a trip"
"Really? Where?"
"With you guys...on your tour"
"Are you serious?"
"As serious as a heart attack. He's putting me in charge of you guys"
"Excuse me?"
"Hey, I'm just repeating what he said"
"Well, I guess that just means we get spend more time together"
"I know right. I'm going to have so much fun working. You're going to be having all the fun"
"Don't worry. We'll make sure you have a good time"
"I appreciate it. So when are you leaving anyway?"
"Friday afternoon. We get to Washington in about a day. We're taking the bus"
"Okay, I guess I have to get my stuff together since it's Saturday"
"You got some time"
I carried my laptop over to my bed.
"So did you have fun at your birthday party?"
"Yeah, it was a lot of fun"
I involuntarily yawned.
"Sleepy?"
"A little"
"Go to sleep. Call me tomorrow?"
"Of course. What are you doing tomorrow?"
"Nothing, why?"
"How 'bout you just come over here"
"Okay, but are you going to feed me?"
"Possibly"
"Then I'll be over there tomorrow. The guys might come too"
"That's fine"
"Goodnight"
"Night"
I closed my laptop and put it on my nightstand. I turned my lights off, got back on my bed and stared at all the christmas lights I put all around my room. I thought about Jacob and how in the letter he said he loved me and all I could think about was that he doesn't love me the way I love him.