Chapter Two
Kyla's POV
True to her word, she does try her best. It takes nearly two hours of struggling to fix my face since this is the first time in almost a year I'm wearing make-up.
After making me "sparkle," she rotates the mirror, so I can have a look. I pinch my cheeks to make sure this is my real face.
"Don't touch it. You'll ruin it!" she snaps, and slaps my hand away from my face, getting a little powder to touch up the area I ruined.
"Fuck! I'm gorgeous," I say, turning a little in my seat. I have to admit, Riley is fantastic at what she does. She turned a simple girl into a party bitch.
"You are, aren't you? Let's go!" She sounds pumped and excited unlike me. I just want the night over soon, so I grab my purse, and we leave in a hurry. According to her, we are fashionably late.
My aunt may come home soon. She’d let me go, but I would hate the questions that followed when I came back, so I had to hurry. I need to start acting my age.
We pile into Riley's car while I giggle. I feel a little rush like I’m breaking a law or doing something I'm not supposed to.
"Let's go!" I scream with my hands high in the air, and she drives into the night.
****
Music is blaring from all directions. My first ever high school party. People say that the experience is forever, memorable, and I am about to find out.
"Let's go."
"Why are you in such a rush?" I question, noticing her nervousness.
"Stein might get here soon. I want to see him before the girls start gushing over him,” she pleads with a pout.
"Sooner or later, you'll have to get over that crush of yours," I caution with a playful grin.
"I'm not crushing on him, I fucking love the dude."
I roll my eyes as we step out of the car. "What am I going to do here?"
"It's easy Kyla. Go in, get drunk, and dance like there's no tomorrow." She grins, and I roll my eyes for the hundredth time.
"I don't want to drink."
"Don't be a buzz kill. Just one or two drinks." She tugs at my arm.
"Just one or two drinks,” I agree, and we go in. By the time we reach the door, students are trooping in. If I thought my dress was short, I was wrong. Some of the girls wore extra short dresses, and they didn't even care. Some guys will grab their ass and make them giggle.
I gag in disgust and trail behind Riley. True to her words, Stein and some of his friends drop in. Riley gushes over him, unable to look away. I wonder how someone could ever be in love with Stein.
"Come on, let's follow them."
"But why?" I complain and she shrugs.
"They're going upstairs. I might get a chance to talk to him."
"You know he'll say no."
"Still Kyla. I don't care if I get rejected. I just have to tell him how I feel before I explode."
"Alright, girl. Good luck." I say, trailing behind her. We walk upstairs following them into the room. A group of students are already there.
"This is it. I'll tell him how I feel. There's Stein.” She grins and we hear crackling behind us.
"Joanna!” Riley exclaims. Joanna was like a boss bitch or something and she had just overheard our conversation. She would surely make a mockery out of Riley.
"Good luck getting him to look at someone like you!" Joanna sneers.
"You'll be surprised, Joanna."
"Oh if it isn't the best friend Kyla. How pathetic,” she spits out and walks away.
"Okay people! Who's up for a little game of truth or dare?” a guy suggests, making everyone squeal.
"This is perfect. I'll finally get an opportunity to confess my feelings. Let's play, please!" Riley pouts her lips, and I can't refuse. We move closer to the crowd and the game commences.
****
After a while, the person asking the questions gets tipsy and goes to the restroom for a while.
"I'll continue till he gets back,” Joanna offers with a dirty smirk. "So Richard, truth or dare?"
The guy in question has his head bowed. He acts nonchalant throughout the game. I notice him out of everyone else. He finally raises his head slightly and his eyes darken. They are hazel, and I nearly get lost in them. I quickly avert my gaze, so he doesn’t catch me staring.
"Dare,” he states simply.
"Great. This night is a little boring so why don't I make things a little weird? I dare you to make Kyla Malik fall in love with your best friend in thirty days. You can’t stop until they're hopelessly in love with each other. You're cupid, and I want you to shoot arrows. We all know you never turn down a dare, so this will be very interesting."
The whole room falls silent, and my gaze falls back on Richard. I squint my eyes to get an in-depth look, but he let out zero emotions.