* PaRtY *

"Bye baby" Matt said as he pulled out of the driveway. "I'll call you tomorrow." He called.
"Ok baby! Bye!"
He had just dropped her and Veronica off at Lauren's house. Lauren and Veronica ran into the house and up to her room. They opened her closet doors and started searching through her clothes to find something to wear. Veronica pulled out her silver glitter mini dress and put it on. It fit her perfectly. She spun around in the mirror and decided to wear it to the party. She looked through Lauren's shoes and found the ones to go with the dress. They were knee high, silver glitter doc martins. She laced them up to her knees and stood in front of the mirror.
"Hey, I have the most perfect makeup for that outfit!" Lauren squealed. "It's under my bathroom sink in a glittery bag. All the makeup inside of it, has glittery makeup."
Veronica ran into the bathroom to put her makeup on.
Lauren then continued to look for something to wear. She pulled out her black leather mini skirt, and a hot pink quarter sleeved shirt, with hot pink feathers around the sleeves. This shirt also had NO back to it at all. She loved it. She knew exactly what shoes to wear too. She pulled out her knee high hot pink docs and laced them up. She jumped in front of the mirror and loved her outfit. She pulled her car keys out of her blue purse, and put them in her black one. She pulled out her glitter purse to give to Veronica. She carried both purses into the bathroom, and pulled out her hot pink makeup case that contained all her pink makeup. Lauren told Veronica to put the lipstick she was wearing in her purse, cause there would be some fine guys there, and she would need it. Just as Lauren started putting her makeup on, the phone ran. "Damnit." She said running to her hot pink telephone.
"Hello?" She aswered.
"Hey chica, what's up? And when will you be here? This party is going to be killer! And guess who is gonna be here?!"
"Ok... let's see.. nothing much is up, we'll be there around 11:00, and who is gonna be there?"
"The backstreet boys!" Julie screamed, sounding like she was going to cry out of excitement.
"Oh. That's cool. Well, I'm gonna go finish getting ready babe, and we'll see you soon. Later." She said, hanging up the phone. She deicided not to tell Veronica that the Backstreet Boys were going to be there. Maybe so many people would be there that AJ wouldn't notice her.
She headed back into the bathroom.
When they finally finished, they checked themselves in the mirror, and headed downstairs.
"Bye mom, bye dad." She called.
"Lauren..." Her mother called.
"What mom?" She answered.
"Where are you going? It's 10:45! Your curfew is 2:30, remember?" Her mom called.
"Mom, we're going to see Julie. We may spend the night. I'll call you. BYE!" She screamed, and ran to her car, where Veronica was already waiting.
"Did you put the top up?" Lauren asked Veron.
"Yeah, I was totally freezing."
"That's cool. Ok. Let's go."
They were there within 15 minutes.
"Hey girls!" Julie called.
"Hey babe!" Lauren and Veronica called in unison running into Julie's arms.
"Nice outfit!" They both commented. They were only commenting because normally she was an Abercrombie and Fitch, American Eagle type of girl. But tonight she was wearing red leather pants, and tight black sparkly shirt with a red boa around her neck. Lauren noticed she was wearing black sparkly doc martins.
The party was wild and there was at least 400 people there, so Lauren decided to forget about the backstreet boys thing.
An hour after they were there, Lauren and Veron had not once left the dance floor, they were talking, drinking a little and having a great time. All of the sudden, Veronica stopped. Lauren noticed this, and stopped as well. She turned her head to see what Veronica was looking at. It was AJ, who was coming towards them. Veronica was feeling a little buzzed, but had complete control over herself.
"Veron, can we talk?" He asked her.
"ONLY my friends call me Veron. YOU can you call me Veronica." She said.
"OK, Veronica," He said sounding hurt. "Can we talk?"
'HE is SO hot, maybe I should try to forgive him.'
"Sure, we can talk." She answered leading him to another room.
She left Lauren there alone, who didn't mind, so she continued dancing.
"Lauren!" A males voice called out. She turned, and almost fell backwards. She was looking at the most beautiful guy she had ever laid eyes on. She had once thought Matt was the most beautiful, but this guy was by far, one thousand times cuter that Matt.
"Hi. How did you know my name?" She asked.
"AJ told me. My name is Nick."
"Hi Nick." She said. She hadn't meant to sound rude, but somehow she did, and Nick turned his head to walk away.
"Wait a minute. Don't go!" She called. "Do you wanna dance with me?" She asked.
They were dancing and talking all night. Lauren had never had such fun, and she was really starting to like Nick.
'They haven't played any slow songs!' Lauren though. "Nick, I'll be right back. Please don't go anywhere." She said and disapeared in the crowd of people.
'They haven't played any slow songs yet. I really wanna dance close to her. She is so beautiful. And a really great person.' All of the sudden, Brian McNight's voice filled the room, and Lauren ran into Nick's arms.
"One, your like a dream come true, Two, just wanna be with you, three, girl its plain to see that your the only one for me and four, repeat steps one through three, five make you fall in love with me..." Lauren was quietly singing along with the music, as she put her head down on his shoulder.
'Mmm, her hair smells so good. She smells so good.'Without realizing it, he held her tighter.
Lauren had not thought about Matt since she saw Nick. Usually, he was all she thought about. But unintentionally, Nick swept her off her feet.
When the song ended, they seperated, both wishing the song would have lasted longer. They danced for a couple more songs, and Lauren looked at her watch. 2:15 it read.
"Wow, it's late. And I don't want to leave. Let's go talk. I'm tired of standing up." She suggested and lead Nick to her sister's room.
"This is my sister's room." She said. "This is actually, her party." She added.
"Oh, your sister. I think Brian has a thing for her." He said with a small laugh. She watched him laugh. He had the cutest smile.
'Too bad she has a boyfriend. I'd love to kiss her right now.' Nick thought to himself.
"So, you have a boyfriend?" Nick asked.
"N- Oh yeah! I haven't thought about him since... since I started talking to you." She answered.
They sat in silence for a few minutes.
"Well... Nick, I have to say, I'm really glad I met you. I've had such a wonderful time tonight. Matt would have never danced with me this whole time. He would have gotten drunk and passed out. YOU actually know how to have a good time. And I hope that we can hang out again sometime. I don't remember how you knew my name though. I was a little buzzed when you first came up to me."
"Oh, AJ was telling me that he hung out with this girl I would have liked. Except for she had a boyfriend. And he told me your name. Then he saw you and Veronica here, and pointed you out." He answered.
"Oh. . . So did you like her?" Lauren asked with a smile.
"Yeah, I did." he answered. And at that very moment, Lauren didn't care she had a boyfriend. If Nick liked her, HE would be her boyfriend. She leaned in, and their lips were centemeaters away when someone opened the door.
"LAUREN!" Veronica screamed.
"What?" Lauren asked turning her head.
"I have to tell you something!!" She screamed, and ran up to her. She smelled of alcohol.
"AJ and I made up. And we made OUT too!" She whispered, so loudly Nick could hear her. The party was calming down, there were only about 20 people left.
"Julie!" Lauren called.
"Yeah babe!" She said, tearing her mouth from Brian's.
"Can you make Julie come coffee?" She asked.
"Yeah sure." She got up off Brian's lap and headed to the kitchen. Veronica and Brian joined her. Just then, AJ walked in the room.
"Hey Lauren. Hey Nick. Lauren, where is Matt?"
"Who is M- oh! He couldn't come. And I'm kinda glad he didn't. I think I met someone I'm very glad I got to hang out with tonight." She said.
"ooh. We'll I'll go join Veron, and leave you two alone." He said, and closed the door. This was the best party Lauren had ever been to.

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