"Wow, you got all dressed up for me?" Cam teased, he's going to drive us to Cherry's house. His eyes were focused on Nacina. She was wearing a red-orange halter dress with gold accessories. Her hair was held up with a matching flower pin and she also had shoes the same color; her legs were covered as well with black stockings.
"Of course not," Nacina replied. "This is my cake eating outfit, I'm dressed up for the cake." Cam pouted then he looked at me.
"You look nice too Akina." He commented.
"Thank you," I replied awkwardly. Cam held the passenger door open for Nacina then got back into the driver's seat. I sat alone in the back but Nacina made sure to keep me involved in the conversation so I wouldn't feel isolated. It barely worked, but it did work, and that made me happy.
I've never been to such a huge social gathering and if I had to describe it in one word I'd use "loud".
"Want to dance, Nacina?" Cam invited, with a smug smirk on his face. Nacina scoffed.
"Why the hell would I want to dance? No one else is dancing! I don't want to be the only pair of dancing weirdoes." Nacina was going to continue but Cam grabbed her hand and dragged her out into the middle of the room. He started dancing first, Nacina protested but she was laughing the whole time and soon she gave in and danced with him.
"Boo!" Someone snuck up behind me and I screamed. It was Will, he started laughing heartily at my terror before saying "Hi." I waved at him while clutching at my heart. "You look pretty... I think this is the first time I've seen you sleeveless." He commented.
"...Thank you..." I felt confused and anxious... I also suddenly wished I bought a cardigan with me. My breasts are larger than most girl's my age and I hate having that be noticeable. (Once puberty hit me hard I noticed that people were staring at me more, I hate standing out. So I rarely leave the house hoodie-less). Will grabbed my hand and interlocked our fingers. I stared at our conjoined hands, a strange feeling was boiling up inside of me... what is this... am I angry? ... I really want to pull away, but would that be rude?
"What do you want to do?" He asked while smiling at me.
"I... want to sit down," I answered honestly. He laughed and led me to a table where Yai and Kriss were chatting.
"Oh, hi Akina!" Kriss greeted merrily. Yai glanced and me and waved half-heartedly.
"My boyfriend is here now, thanks for waiting with me, Kriss," Yai stated, rising to her feet and walking away.
"No problem Yai-cakes! We can chat anytime!" Kriss shouted, I heard Yai chuckling a bit. "I'm so glad you could make it Aki!" Kriss declared while leaping from her seat to hug me. I blushed slightly from the sudden human contact.
"Me too." Will agreed, then he hugged me from behind. Oh god, I'm going to die from a heart attack because of these two!
"Hey! What are you doing to my Aki?" Nacina interrogated, walking over to the table with Cam not far behind her.
"Hugging," Will answered with an air of nonchalance.
"Yeah, what he said." Agreed Kriss and a few seconds later they both released me, I couldn't help but sigh with relief, then my legs instinctively led me behind Nacina for protection. Nacina patted my head, to comfort me. That's when Cherry finally spotted us and left the guests that she was conversing with to come our way.
"Hey, I hope everyone is enjoying the party." She greeted. Although she was smiling her words felt empty and forced.
"Yes," I spoke first. Even though I haven't been here long and I think everyone else is definitely having more fun than me.
"You betcha," Kriss stated, with a grin while throwing her arm over Will's shoulder. Will's face went red then he looked at me and quickly pushed her arm away, causing Kriss to frown deeply.
"Yeah... me too." He whispered. Nacina and Cam didn't see a point in responding to her and were having a random conversation about dinosaurs with each other instead.
"Well I'm glad you are, the cake will be brought out soon," Cherry announced loudly to everyone in the house, that's when Nacina cut her conversation short with Cam and simply said,
"Cake?" Such selective hearing. Cherry nodded with a grin.
"It'll be out any second now," Cherry confirmed, and right as she was saying that, a man carried a huge cake into the room. It was chocolate with whipped chocolate frosting but this tiered cake looked more like a wedding cake than a birthday cake, it looks at least 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall. Nacina left us and ran to get in line. "Well... I better blow out the candles. Oh and thanks for coming Akina." She stated to me directly as she was walking away. I filled up on chicken strips while everyone else got in line for cake, I'm not in the mood for sweets today. Cherry had to climb up on a ladder to blow out the candles and dozens of pictures were snapped. A while later I got up to throw my empty plate away when I passed Cherry talking to some of her friends.
"See I told you I could get her out of that hoodie, sooo ~ you owe me 20 bucks," Cherry stated.
"I thought it was impossible but you win this bet, a boy I don't know stated." I glanced at them and saw Cherry handed money.
"What stupid thing should we make a bet on next?" She inquired excitedly. So that's why she invited me. I saw Nacina, Cam was chasing her and yelling.
"Put the cake down you've had enough!" He urged.
"I'll tell you when I've had enough!" She screamed back at him while somehow managing to keep eating. She's obviously enjoying her sugar rush, but I need some air. I don't want to ruin her night... I went outside to sit on the porch bench. Moments later, I heard the door open behind me so I moved over as to not be in anyone's way.
"Are you okay?" It was Will's voice. I looked up and smiled at him.
"Yeah... I'm fine..." I replied. He brushed my hair from my face and moved it behind my ear.
"...I was wondering... are you free next weekend?" He inquired.
"Yeah," I answered because I am free, I rarely have anything to do.
"Then do you want to go out to eat with me?" He asked. My heart raced and to be honest I became kind of excited, this will be my first time going somewhere with a friend other than Nacina!
"Sure... sounds fun." Will sighed with relief then smiled at me before leaning in and trapping me in a hug.
"Thanks." I wonder why he's thanking me? Maybe he's felt isolated as well, no... he has Kriss. After that Will went back inside, leaving me alone and I decided to walk home instead of waiting for Cam and Nacina to be ready to leave. I like walking and the night air feels refreshing... I stared at the sky as I walked to keep my mind off my aching feet. About 10 minutes after my walk started a strong gust of wind assaulted me. I almost fell over and was forced to close my eyes until it ended. When I opened my eyes again a boy was standing in front of me. His reddish-brown eyes glowed faintly in the dark and his curly locks of pitch black hair perfectly framed his face... but from his expression it was clear that he was extremely ticked off.