Chapter 9 — The Party (Part I)

TAYLOR’S POV:

I receive a phone call early in the morning when I was having the best dream in the world wherein my prince charming was saving me from all the drama. I was just about to see my prince charming’s face when my phone rings, waking me up.

I look at the caller ID and see that it’s Ava and I pick it up and say, “Do you have any idea how early it is right now?! It’s not even time to dress up yet!”

Ava on the other line says, “Chill girl, I know you are not a morning person, but I need your help for the party. Can you please come over?”

I think for a while and ask, “What do I get in return?”

Ava says, “I will make sure to annoy Melissa with my sarcastic comments about her make-up and clothing because girl, let me tell you, her make-up is so thick that I think she looks ten years older than she actually is.”

I laugh and say, “You have a deal. Give me 1 hour to reach there.”

Ava cheers out loud, making me pull the phone away from my ear. “Thanks. Be quick. Charlotte and Emma are on their way here.”

With that, I quickly took a shower, went to my garage to get my car, started the engine, and drove off.

*Ava's Get-Together*

(Five hours before the party)

“I need the three of you to make sure that no one’s trying to mess anything up or do something funny, okay? I don’t want the teachers to think that I have something to do with it. Anyway, I need help in choosing the songs for this party. Does anyone of you want to be in charge of it?” Ava says hurriedly, panicking a little.

All of us nod our head in response and I volunteer. “Can I be in charge of the music for the disco?” Ava smiles in relief. “Yes. You are always good at choosing music for the party.”

“Okay, then. I will send a list of music to the DJ later.”

“Do you think the red carpet outside of the door and the photo booth outside is a good idea?” Ava asks.

Charlotte nods her head. “Yeah, it’s a great idea. Who doesn’t want to look like a celebrity and post it on Instagram?”

Ava laughs and agrees, “Haha, true.”

“I think this party will be a blast all thanks to you, Ava.” Emma says, looking around.

Ava smiles and says, “Yeah girl. I was hoping to get a certificate of The Party Queen from our principal.”

Emma laughs and says, “Maybe you can tell the principal that at the party.”

All of us laugh except for Charlotte who has a sad smile and she says, “Can we please go back to Taylor’s house to get ready for the party?”

Ava looks around and nods. “Hmm... let’s go and get ready now. Everything has been set up and the only thing left is the song list which I assume Taylor will send it to the DJ later?”

I nod my head in response and say, “Let’s get going then. We have less than 2 hours to get ready.”

When we reach my house, I see four beautiful dresses for the four of us which were personally designed by my mom. My mom is a fashion designer and she is one of the best; I’m not just saying that as she’s my mom but also because a lot of times celebrities like Selena Gomez, Jennifer Lopez and a few others would request her for events.

That’s how mom got famous and was interviewed a few times by magazines. And now, she has her own designer label and owns several stores in New York.

All of us immediately run to the clothes. “Oh my god! The dresses are so pretty.”

Mom walks into the room. “Hope you all love the dresses. I have personally designed the clothing to suit each of you.”

All of us walk to my mom and hug her to thank her for designing the clothes for this special party. She says, “You can keep the dresses and don’t worry about the cost. Go take a shower quickly and get dressed. I will tell you all once the limousine is here.”

“Thanks mom.” I say, smiling at her.

With that, she walks out, and the girls and I quickly take turns to shower and get dressed quickly, finally sitting down to do our make-up.

Emma looks pretty in her black long off-the-shoulder dress, with a slit which showcased her long slim legs and her beautiful collarbones. She likes everything to be simple as well as her make-up and her hair.

On the other hand, Ava looks sexy with her backless dress as always with her curves which I am envious of, especially in this backless dress.

Charlotte looks gorgeous as well in her blue dress which showcased her cleavage and her slim legs. She let her hair down because her hair is really smooth and shiny like those celebrities in the shampoo advertisements.

Last but not least, I wore my favorite dress, which was red. The dress was long enough for me since I was quite tall, and it also classily showed my cleavage. I had my hair into a bun, for a neater look.

All of us look at each other and our mouth open wide, loving the look of each other.

“We look smoking hot today, my girls. Do you agree with that?” Emma asks, looking around.

“We sure do. We are definitely going to attract boys today,” Charlotte said, nodding.

“True. I agree with that as well. Let’s take a photo here as we have to wait for the limo to come over.” Ava says, looking around my room for the perfect lighting.

I took my phone out from my purse and say, “Gather around girls.”

My girls surround me closely, hooking their arms around each other with big smiles on their face and I say, “Say cheese.”

“Cheese.” Everyone says as I snap a couple of pictures.

Once we were done taking a few photos, I say, “Let’s post this photo on Instagram later. Let’s not spoil the surprise of what we are wearing to the party.”

They nod their head in response and my mom enters the room and says, “Girls, the limo has arrived; the driver is waiting for you all.”

“Come on girls. We should arrive early because Ava is the host. We would not want the guests to wait for her.” Charlotte says, excitedly walking towards the door.

All of us laugh and hurriedly walk out to the limo, just barely containing our excitement for the party.

We reach the party on time, with many people looking at us as we step out of the car. People pulled out their phones, taking pictures of everyone.

Once we were done, we walk down the red carpet which led us to the photo booth where we could take funny snaps with props that Charlotte had added at the last minute.

We all pick up a couple of props and continuously click pictures, changing positions every couple of seconds. We had to be finally kicked off the photo booth as the others wanted a chance at the props as well. Our teacher heaves a sigh of relief as we leave as he was our photographer, and we were very picky about our pictures and asked him to retake multiple.

We leave the scene quickly, not wanting to be scolded by the teacher and took the photo from the printing section. We enter the party and it looks so wild with students in their formal attire, all looking handsome and pretty; people dancing to the songs and people talking loudly, gossiping here and there.

Ava turns to us. “I have to leave now and see if everything is in order. Go ahead and enjoy yourself. I will find you guys when I get free.”

I hug her and say, “Have fun too.”

She pulls apart and leaves us. I look around, happy to see lots of familiar faces enjoying themselves.