Roses & Wallflowers

“Julian!” I yelled in the parking lot. I walked up to him and he smiled. “Do you want to come to my New Year’s party tonight?”

“Um, I have something tonight. I’m sorry.”

Did he just say no? “Oh. Um okay.” I smiled and he sighed.

“Besides, if I do come I will be majorly drunk and I don’t think you’d want me to ruin your party. I am sorry.”

“Oh no it’s fine.” He hugged me, and he held onto me a lot longer than I thought he would and then he pulled away and walked to his car.

I sighed and walked to Luke’s car and she drove us home. I invited like maybe 30 people, and I’m guessing that she invited a lot because she said that there was going to be 500 maybe 550 people there. Carol isn’t going to be there, so we’ll have the whole house to ourselves for three days.

“We need to buy drinks and stuff.” Luke said when she pulled up to a liquor store.

“How are you going to get some? You’re under age.” I said and she got out of the car. She smiled and nodded her head, leaving me in the car.

Then she came back out with 10 bags of alcohol. She put them in the backseat and when she got in the car she came face to face with my shock.

“How did you- But- I- Mmm…” I looked down and she laughed.

“I know people.” Then she drove to the grocery store and I ran in and grabbed a bunch of snacks and soda.

After I went out of the store we immediately went home and started setting up. For my first party, this is going to be exotic.

The party is supposed to start at 7:30, and we’ve got ten minutes until the party starts. I wanted to wear my own clothes, but Luke insisted for her to dress me up again.

She gave me a skin tight, black dress with red heels. She curled my hair and put some makeup on me. I looked better than I did since, forever. And I was proud of the way I looked. It was fantastic to actually feel good about myself.

“Haize! Naive girl!” Mason is here already? And Harry isn’t? Strange. I ran up to him and went to hug him but he held my arm before I could. “What is up with your new wardrobe girl? You’re going to get a lot of attention from some strangers. And Harry won’t like that.”

“Hey Haize I have to get something-” Luke walked into the living room and stopped when she saw Mason. “Who’s this?” She asked, walking up to us.

“Luke, this is Mason.” I said and she smiled, making Mason smile.

“I like your name, Luke.” Mason said taking a step forward in front of Luke. And I saw that same glint that Harry got in his eyes in Mason’s, and I decided to leave them alone and let more people in.

More and more people showed up and by 7:50 there were at least 200 people, and it was already overwhelming for me. And then by 9:00, more people than expected was there.

But Harry hadn’t showed up yet.

“Haize. Oh my gosh this party is better than I expected.” Luke walked up to me with the brightest smile on her face. “There are probably more people here than I thought there was going to be. Oh but this is so exciting.” She smiled.

I grabbed the party lights from the bag on the counter and said, “I’m going to put these up.” I smiled and grabbed the step stool and walked to one side of the house.

It took me about six tries to hang those stupid lights up, and I finally had them surrounding the whole house. When I turned them on, they started flickering like crazy and everyone started to cheer.

I smiled and put the stool back, walking up to Luke and Mason. “So, are you guys gonna like, start the new year together?”

“What do you mean?” Mason asked.

I hit him on the shoulder, “As if you didn’t know.” They shrugged. “Well we have about an hour until midnight, so, you better look forward to each other.” I raised my eyebrows and they both looked down, blushing.

“Oh and what about you? When is your lover boy going to get here. You know, Harry.” Luke said and then it was my turn to blush.

“He hasn’t showed up yet. Mason do you know anything about that?” I asked.

“No I’m afraid I don’t. Me and Harry haven’t talked since yesterday.”

I sighed and went to the drinks, making a margarita. Suddenly I was tapped on the shoulder. And I was hoping it was going to be Harry, but when I turned around, I was greeted by a drunk Julian.

“I thought you weren’t coming.” I said.

“I wasn’t going to. But I was walking down the street and I saw a bunch of party lights and people walking into this house, so I figured that I’d join.”

“Oh really? So where did you go before this?” I asked and he gave me a sly smile, looking at the countdown clock on the mantle.

“I went to the bar, and guess what? We have thirty minutes until January first, and I am looking forward to finally kissing you Mrs. Jones.”

“What makes you think I’ll be sharing a kiss with you?”

He spread his arms open and smiled. “I don’t see tattoos around. So I am practically your next choice. Now are you going to stand here like an owned girlfriend, or are you going to come with me and dance?”

I bit my lip and smiled, taking his hand and walking to the middle of the dance floor. I didn’t want to do this, but this is partially my party, and I haven’t danced once.

His body kept on hitting mine in ways I didn’t know he was capable of doing. He put his hands on my hips and I smiled at him.

We danced for about 5 minutes, and he was desperate, and I was drunk. But I still knew what was going on enough to know that he was taking me to a bedroom.

“Julian we’re leaving the party. We have ten minutes left.” I said when he closed the door. “Julian?”

“Did you seriously think I was drunk?” He asked, shocking me.

“Well yeah. And if you’re not then you’ve been doing a very good acting job.” He walked towards me and I took a step back. “Why are you acting like this?”

He walked up to me until my hands hit his chest. “Harry kissed you in front of me that night on purpose. Me and Harry have a bad past, and we’ve hated each other since. And while you were getting drunk, I texted your boy toy Harry that you were in trouble. So he should be here any minute. And I know he likes you, so I’m going to give him the same pain that he gave me.”

“What, no.” I ran my hand through my hair and let out an exsparated sigh.

“Yeah I bet you feel pretty stupid now.” He laughed and looked at his phone. “Seven seconds beautiful.”

I tried to get out of the room, but he pushed me back onto the bed and pinned my legs down with his and I gasped when he put his hands on my chest.

“Listen.” He whispered. Then I heard Harry call my name loudly, and he shut the music off. “Here he comes. And 3, 2, 1…” He pressed his lips onto mine and Harry slammed open the door.

I shoved Julian off of me, and stood up from the bed.

“What the hell?!” He yelled, balling his fists.

“Harry I can explain.” I said and he shook his head and laughed.

“You know what? I really don’t give a fuck! Way to start of the new year Haize!” He yelled, slamming the door in my face, and running out of the house.

Great Haize. Way to start off the new year.

Notes

MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! I'M NOT UPDATING UNTIL JANUARY 5 2015!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! X