A Girl’s Diary novel Chapter 11

What the fudging nuggets? That was the very first thought that came in my mind when I set foot in the pool area. Too much people were there, that was definitely not just what Ian told me. This was exactly what I told them not to do. 

My next thought was I'll call you when the party is over. 

I began turning around when I heard a voice I despised, calling me. What was he doing here? Ian! You are going to pay. 

"Hey, nice party," Louis said. Ugh! 

"Get out of my house, Louis." 

"Ouch! You're hurting my feelings. But your brother invited me." I knew it. "It would be rude to just leave." No, it wouldn't, just leave. 

"Then go annoy him, not me." I groaned, trying to walk away from him but he wouldn't budge. Stop following me, you stalker! 

"I know you don't like me-" 

"-More like hate." 

"Yes. But we could still be friends." I sighed. "And maybe you'll see how charming I am." I rolled my eyes. 

"Louis! Hey man, glad you could make it." Ian gave him that guy hug-bump thing, while I gave my dear brother what I imagined to be the most fearsome death glare and left looking for Skyler. 

From the corner of my eye, I saw Loca kissing some tall guy. Was that her boyfriend? I thought she wasn't dating. I looked away, no need for me to see my sister kissing a guy! I was still searching for Sky, but it was almost impossible with all these people swirling around. I decided to settle down and have a drink, a non-alcoholic one because I liked to stay sober! I sat on my favourite spot, on the marble wall lining the pool area. Everyone was in the centre away from me, I took a sip from my coke scanning through everyone. At least queen bitch and her minions weren't here. 

"Can I join you?" He jumped and sat next to me. 

"Now what?" 

"Can we start over?" 

"No, you can't delete the past and you shouldn't treat a person differently based on who their family is." We sat in silence. A non-awkward silence for too long. 

"You're right!" Louis said and left, just like that. People started leaving too because Ian, true to his word, said he'd handle it. He said that our neighbour called the police and now we had to cut the party short. Even though, the house next to ours was empty. There, used to live my childhood best friend whom I was still friends with, Thomas. I send him emails like a lot but we didn't talk since forever. It had been years since both his family and mine started moving frequently because of... no, I wouldn't think about it. 

"Now, the house is all yours," Ian said, I smiled. We had this agreement with our parents that if they weren't at home, we wouldn't leave. That was why Loca and Ian didn't try to leave with any of their friends. They could be good kids sometimes. I jumped down and found Sky by the pool along with Jason, Cici, Loca and two of Loca's friends who I think are Olivia and Courtney, they were both cheerleaders. 

"Eliii! We were going to play truth or dare. Come join us." Skyler said, her voice a tone higher. They were all sitting in a circle soon Ian and I joined them. 

"You're Olivia and Courtney, right?" I asked the two girls. They both nodded then giggled. 

"Elena, start," Ian said. Hmm... 

"Sky, truth or dare?" 

"I have nothing to hide. Truth," She grinned. 

"Do you have a crush on a guy from school?" I had my suspicions but I needed to be sure. 

"Maybe!" She shrugged and took a sip from her drink. 

"And that means?" Ian asked her. 

"That means yes," Jason answered him. "You should have asked her who it was, Elena." We chuckled. Colour began creeping into Sky's cheeks. 

"Now my turn. Olivia?" Sky said swiftly. 

"Truth." 

"Who was your first kiss?" 

"It was Adam but we didn't even date for a day before he blocked me out of his life." She sighed heavily and downed her drink. If she was talking about the same Adam I knew, then she should have known he was bad news. His whole appearance screamed playboy! From his tattoos to his piercings, to his reputation, to the way he spoke, in addition to him never settling for just one girl. "Ian, truth or dare?" 

"Dare. I'm feeling a bit adventurous tonight." He grinned. 

"You have to kiss the prettiest girl here." Ian stood up and walked toward a very surprised Skyler without hesitation. He put his hands on both her cheeks and pecked her lips the returned to his seat. What was that? 

Everyone stared at him, wide-eyed. Sky blinked as if waking up from her trance while Ian only winked. Everyone was so silent until Jason burst into a fit of laughing. 

"What the hell, Sky? Your look is priceless!" Soon enough, everyone followed except for Sky who kept staring ahead of her.