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Yeah, yeah, tell me something I don’t know :P. Now, I gotta get myself all prettified for you *kisses*
CapGuy:P
I mean, if it’s for me... Maybe wear nothing under a silk robe? We can hide out in my room!
I shake my head, let out a laugh, and close my phone. His text doesn’t need a response from me. If I don’t get my ass moving on putting myself together, Brittney will be honking her horn for a while.
My beautiful heart pendant is hanging from my neck; I did tell him it’d be worn every day, and it has. For tonight’s outfit, I decided on a pair of dark bootcut jeans, and a yellow ruffle top with the front hem tucked behind my solid brown rectangle belt buckle. No sandals for me tonight, settling on a pair of faded cowgirl boots. Knowing that we’d be spending most of the night outside, either in the barn or by the fire, I want to be prepared for the temps to drop. After I finish straightening my hair, I lightly add some foundation, blush, mascara, and a juicy lip gloss. Just as I slide my boots on, I hear Brittney’s signature honk outside. Three light honks with the last one being longer than the rest. My parents and brother are at a friend’s BBQ tonight, so no one to say goodbye to as I run out of my house.
“Let’s go!” Brittney yells, her body hanging outside of her Bronco’s driver side window.
“Hey, what’s the rush? We can totally be fashionably late to my party!” I yell back to her while skipping down the walkway to her vehicle.
“Well, that’s true, I guess. But we wouldn’t want to keep that hot man of yours waiting for too long, am I right? Look at yourself, already blushing just from the mere mention of him!”
She isn’t wrong; I can feel my face getting hot from the blush taking over my cheeks. I really am so fucking happy. Opening up the passenger side door, I take in Brittney’s outfit; she’s wearing thigh-high dark brown boots with a light brown strapless dress.
“Okay, yes, you’re right. I get hot just thinking about his sexy ass. But damn, girl, who are you showing up for?” I fan myself.
Brittney looks forward. “Ehh, no one in particular. Seeing you so happy makes me think I need to jump on that dating wagon. Maybe there will be some new faces tonight?”
“Oh, there for sure will be! Jared texted earlier saying there was going to be more people than we had originally expected. And I’m definitely here for that now, hoping you find a panty-dropping sexy guy for yourself!”
“Well then, shall we get this night started?”
“Heck yes, girl! Beth and Sarah should already be there.”
We buckle ourselves in, and Brittney turns on the radio, skipping songs until she stops on “Promiscuous”by Nelly Furtado. With the windows down, I smell hot dogs and hamburgers being cooked on a neighbor’s grill. We’ve got around thirty minutes of music to sing and dance to before arriving at Jared’s. I’m excited to see Greg and Steffan too. I know they’ve become close with him, and I couldn’t be happier.
“I’m ready formytwenty-first in a couple weeks!” Brittney yells over the stereo.
“Ah, it’ll be here before you know it. Then we’ll be able to go bar-hopping!!! And legally order drinks!”
CHAPTER 17
Jared
The party’s in full swing. “Bartender Song” by Rehab is being blasted out of someone’s parked truck, while people roam back and forth from the barn to the bonfire. Joey’s idea of setting up beer pong in the barn has been a huge hit. Greg and Steffan are currently playing against two other guys. Earlier, I saw Beth for a quick second, before she went straight for my brother and his new friends—each of them carrying overly filled water balloons. There was another girl with her, but I didn’t get that good of a look at her.
Kailey still hasn’t arrived yet. I’ve been busying myself by walking around the party and saying hi, and making light conversations with the people who showed up.
“Where are Kailey and Brittney?” Greg’s voice catches me off guard. I didn’t even hear him come up beside me.
“They should be here by now.” I shuffle my feet uncomfortably and pull my cell phone out of my back pocket. No new messages or calls.
Greg looks over my shoulder. “Well, the service out here is shitty; maybe they had a late start. Those girls can never be on time for anything,” he states while scanning the crowd near the bonfire.
“Are you looking for someone?”
“Yeah, a girl from out of town. We’ve been texting a lot, so I invited her. Hoping she actually shows up. I might shoot my shot with her.” He smiles around his beer bottle and makes eye contact with me.
“Oh, that’s cool. I’m supposed to meet Sarah tonight. She’s the one friend of Kailey’s I haven’t met.”
I take a drink of my water while watching the dirt road for any movement in the distance.
“Why aren’t you drinking?” Steffan asks, using his beer bottle to point towards my water.
I give him a cheeky smile. “I wanted to wait for Kailey before diving in.”
