It was Saturday morning. Brittny and Danielle were lounging around the livingroom, watching TV, and discussing the events of last night.
Yesterday four new people had moved into the apartment directly across the hall. Elizabeth, Drew, Jill, and Jason. None of them were dating, but they had all been best friends throughout high school and decided to stick together. Their last apartment hadn't worked out, so, they moved into this one.
Being the polite person that she was, Brittny had invited them to dinner.
Everyone clicked immediatly and became friends.
"Who do you think is hotter?" Brittny suddenly asked. "The blonde or the brunette?"
"Excuse me?"
"Drew or Jason?" Drew being the blonde and Jason being the brunette.
"Drew. But Jason didn't look half bad." Danielle answered.
"I noticed you and Drew checking eachother out. He was totally starring at you."
Ryan chose that moment to enter the room. "Who was checking you out?"
"Drew." Brittny answered for her.
Ryan sat down and laughed.
"What's so funny?" Danielle asked.
"You mean you honestly don't know? Drew's gay."
"No way!" Brittny cried.
"Did he hit on you or something?" Danielle laughed.
"No. But he's gay. Trust me on this one. You girls really need to work on your gay-dar."
Danielle shrugged. "It wouldn't matter anyways. I have a date tonight."
"Cool. Who with?"
"Luke. The guy who gave me his number in the coffee shoppe."
"That's cool. I have a date with Brian tonight. We should meet up or something."
"Yeah."
"I have a date tonight, too." Ryan inturrupted. "With this sexy chick Skye."
"Sexy chick, huh? Is that the only reason your going out with her?" Danielle asked.
" Yeah, that and the fact that she did everything but take off her clothes and say 'Take me.'"
Danielle rolled her eyes. "You are such a guy."
Ryan streched out on the couch. "I'll take that as a compliment."
"Well, it wasn't meant to be one." Danielle shook her head.
"Oh well. To each his own."
"No, not to each his own. When I insult you, I don't want you to be happy about it. That takes all the fun out of it."
"Well, to damn bad."
"To damn bad for you when I go Tae Bo on your ass."
Brittny burst out laughing.
"What?" Ryan asked.
She stood up. "You guys are fighting like little kids. It really is ridiculous."
"Well. . . " Danielle slumped down in her seat.
Brittny just shook her head and left the room.
Later that evening Danielle and Brittny were raiding eachothers closets for date outfits, and Ryan was brushing his teeth when the doorbell rang. "I'll get it!" Marian yelled, running to the door in her platforms, and short red dress.
She anxiously threw the door open, and put on a bright smile. "Hi, Alex."
Alex smiled nervously, and held his hand out. In it was a single tulip. "This, um-" he cleared his throat. "For you." he was gripping it so tightly that his knuckes were white, and Marian was afraid the flower would wilt under such pressure.
"Thank you, that was very sweet." she said, practically prying the flower from his fingers. She opened the door a little wider. "Would you like to come in for a moment while i take care of a few things?"
Alex just nodded and silently followed her into the living room where he took a seat.
"I'll just be a minute." she said. She went into her room, which was scattered with Brittny, Danielle, and her own clothes.
She put the tulip on her night stand, grabbed a sheer jacket and her purse, then crossed the hall to Danielle and Ryan's room.
Brittny was going through the closet, Danielle was pulling things out of the dresser, and Ryan was in the bathroom, shaving with the door open.
"Alex is here, so I'm gonna leave now, alright?" Marian announced.
"See ya later." Ryan said.
Brittny turned from the closet. "Ok. Danielle and I are doubling. We are going to The Mix if you wanna come by and hang out later."
"Sure."
"Can I borrow you silk capri's?" Danielle asked out of nowhere.
Marian laughed. "Sure."
"Thanx!"
Marian left the room.
She returned to the livingroom, where Alex was twidiling his thumbs. "Ready?"
"Yeah."
The car ride to The Olive Garden, the resturaunt Alex had made reservations at, was silent, as well as at the resturuant.
Marian could tell Alex was very nervous. After they ordered, Marian sighed.
"You really don't have to be so nervous."
Alex's face flushed. "I'm sorry. It's just. . . your so. . . beautiful. . . and diffrent then most women I date."
Marian smiled. "Don't worry so much. I don't bite.
Meanwhile back at the apartment Danielle had changed into Marian's black silk capri's and a shimmery baby blue baby button down.
Brittny pulled two things out of her own closet. "Which do you like better? My silk pants or my light purple slip dress?"
Danielle studied them for a moment. "Well, the pants say 'I like you, but, hey, I've got class', and the dress says 'I'm sexy. I know I'm sexy. You know I'm sexy. I know you know I'm sexy.'"
"The dress." they said together.
Brittny grinned, and Danielle, laughing, went back to her room.
Ryan was standing in front of the full-lenght mirror. "God damn, you look good!" he said to his image.
"Um. . . don't let me interupt you little pre-date prep-session. . . "
Ryan's face flushed, and he ran into the bathroom.
Danielle studied her image at several diffrent angles before Ryan cautiously re-entered.
"Done telling yourself how good you look?"
"Um. . . yeah."
"Good, because I need your help."
"Alright."
"Which looks better, this shirt, or-" she held up a purple halter. "This one?"
Ryan thought for a moment. "I don't knwo. I would have to see you in it."
"Okay." Danielle began unbuttoning the shirt she was wearing.
"Whoa! What are you doing?"
"Showing you what the other shirt looks like."
"But-"
"Stop being such a baby. It's not like I'm naked. I'm wearing a bra. It's no big deal.
Ryan grinned. "I'm starting to like rooming with you."
"What? Better then seeing Brittny completly naked?"
"Well, when you put it that way. . . "
"That's what I thought. So. . . ?"
"The blue one was better."
"You just want me to take my shirt off again."
"Well. . . "
Danielle laughed and began changing again.
Ryan ran his fingers through his hair as he stepped off the elevatro. He walked down the hall looking for Apartmen 325. 315. . . .317. . . .319. . . .321. . . .323. . . 325.
Ryan knocked on the brown door. Seconds later the door slowly opened.
Skye stood in the frame in a light purple spaghetti stap and a white mini skirt. Her hair was twisted up and several tendrills fell around her face.
"Hey," Ryan breathed.
Skye smiled, as she stepped out of her apartment and shut the door. "Hi. WHat's on the agenda?"
Ryan shrugged. "I was thinking about hitting a couple of clubs. Soung good?"
"Yeah. Shounds great."
"Wow, this place is really corwded." Brittny said to Danielle who was sitting next to her at a table at The Mix. Brianand Luke had left them to go get drinks.
"Yeah. I didn't expect this."
Brittny shook her head.
A mix of 'Miami' by Will Smith blasted over the speakers. A group of peaople in the middle of the floor had just started salsa dancing when Brian and Luke came back from the bar empty handed.
"The bar is way to crowded. We'll get drinks later." Brian said.
Danielle stood up and grabbed Luke's hand. "Let's dance."
Marian and Alex squeezed their was into an over-crowded club.
"Brittny said they'd be here." she yelled over the music.
"What?!"
"Brittny said they'd be here!"
"No! I'll buy the beer!"
Marian sighed and pushed her way to the dance floor. She laughed to herself when she got there. A circle was formed around Brittny and Brian, and Danielle and her date, who were doing their version of the salsa.
"That's them!" she yelled.
"Who?!"
"Danielle and Britt!"
"Wow!"
The song quickly ended, and exausted, the two couples headed back to their table. Marian grabbed Alex and pulled him over to them.
"Hi guys!"
"Hi!" Came a chorus of replies.
"This is Alex."
"Hi!" Alex called.
"Hi!" came another chorus.
Marian and Alex pullled up chairs. "You guys were really good out there. I never knew you could dance like that." Marian commented.
Danielle laughed. "Neither did I."
Brittny pushed a starnd of hair out of her face. "You guys gonna try for those drinks now?"
Brian stood up. "Sure, why not?"
"What did you want again?" Luke asked Danielle.
"Virgin Strawberry Daquiri."
"What? DOn't trust me enough to put a little alchohal in it?" he joked.
"That and the fact thatI don't drink."
Luke shrugged and he and Alex stood up. "Do you want something Marian?"
"Uh. . . Pinia Colada-with the alchohal."
"Alright."
The guys dissapeared into teh crowd.
Danielle threw her head back and shook out her hair.
Brittny rested her head on the table.
"Tired?" Marian asked.
Both Danielle and Brittny nodded.
"I neve rknew dancing could be so tiring." Brittny groaned.
Danielle sighed. "So, hows your date going, sis?"
Marian smiled. "Alex's sweet, but i really don't think it's gonna work out. He is way to nervous. I bet if i gave him a kiss he woudl stay up all night analyzing and wondering what it meant."
Brittny giggled.
Danielle's brow wrinkled as she gazed out onto the dance floor.
"What are you looking at?" Brittny asked.
"Is that. . . ?" she leaned over the table. "Is that Ryan?"
Brittny and Marian followed Danielle's gaze.
Ryan was grinding with some hispanic chick in a very short skirt.
"Yeah. That is Ryan!" Brittny cried.
Danielle stood up. "I'm gonna go play a little trick on him."
"K."
She put on her best hurt look and stormed onto the dancefloor. WHen she reach Ryan he stopped dancing, surprised to see her.
"How dare you!" she cried.
"What?!"
"You and-" she forced tears.
"God, Danielle, you cant keep getting upset every time I do this."
Skye stepped into the conversation. "What's going on here?"
Danielle hung her head. "He. . . and I. . . and our son is going to be so upset. . . how could you cheat on me?"
Ryan's eyes widened.
Skye looked shocked. "How could you do this to her?"
"I didn't do anything!"
"I'm really sorry." Skye said to Danielle. SHe turned to Ryan.
"I can't believe I even bothered with you. Goodbye!" she began to storm off the dancefloor.
Danielle burst out laughing.
"What the HELL was that all about?"
"I was bored. Wanted to stir things up a bit."
"Why don't you stir things up with you own god damned date?"
"DOn't worry. I'll go get her." she pointed to where Marian and Brittny were sitting. "Go sit."
Ryan glarred at her, then headed toward the table.
Danielle ran off the dancefloor taking the path Skye had just taken. She caught Skye just as she was at the door. "Skye!" she yelled.
She turned around.
"Skye, I'm really sorry, I-"
"No, I'm sorry, I can't believe I fell for a creep like that."
"No! LIsten, i t was a joke. Ryan and I are always doing things like that to eachother. We never dated, there is no Ryan Jr., he's not cheating one me. We're just friends."
"So, yo umean. . . ?"
"I hope you aren't mad. Ryan is waiting for you at my table. Please come back."
Skye sighed. "Alright."
Danielle smiled. "Follow me."
They walked back over to the table. Alex, Luke, and Brian had returned.
"Everyone, this is Skye, Ryan's date."
"Hi!"
"Skye, I want to apologize for Danielle trying to be funny. She wasn't." Ryan said.
Danielle scowled.
"It's alright." Skye took a seat between Ryan and Luke. "Would you mind getting me a drink?"
"Sure. What do you want?"
"Margarita."
"Alright." Ryan ran over to the bar.
Everyone was suddenly quiet.
"So. . . SKye trailed off.
"Uh. . . " Brittny laughed nervously.
"Alright. This is broing. Let's talk about something." DAnielle said.
"Alright." Luke said, trunging to Skye. "So, SKye is an interesting name."
"Yeah," Skye laughed. "My parents were hippies. And my mom said that when the doctor gave her pain killeds during my birth, she hallusinated that was was flying in a purple sky. So it was either Skye or Fly. I'm kinda glad they chose Skye."
"That's very interesting." Luke leaned toward Skye.
Danielle slapped him playfully. "Your supposed tobe my date! Tell me I'm interesting!" sha laughed.
"I woudln't have asked you ou tif I didn't think you were interesting, now would I?"
"I guess not." Danielle gave him a kiss on the cheek, then an odd look. "The day you met me I was fighting with Brittny about having sex with-" Brittny shot her a pleading 'don't bring that up' look, and then noticed Skye starring at her expectantly. "With someone."
"Yup." Luke nodded. "And you put up a good fight."
Danielle laughed. "I've had lots of practice."
"With what?" Ryan asked, returning with two drinks. "Being annoying?"
Danielle scowled at him. "Oh get over it. It's over. Skye is sitting next to you, and you have an alchoholic beverage in your hand. Get a life."
RYan rolled his eyes.
About an hour later, Brittny stood up. "I'm goin gto the bathroom.
Marian and Danielle both stood up, too. "Me too." Danielle said.
"Want to come?" Marian asked Skye.
"No," Skye shook her head. "I'm fine."
"Ok."
Danielle groaned as soom as they shut the bathroom door.
"What?" Brittny pulled some eyeliner out of her bag.
"That bitch has been flirting with Luke all night."
"You know, i noticed that. But you and Ryan have been fighting all night." Marian said. "What doyou expect her to do?"
"Get Ryan off my bacK? He won't just let it go . . . no. . .he has to drag all this shit out."
Marian shrugged, fluffed her hair, checked herself in the mirror, and walked toward the door. Danielle and Brittny followed.
Ryan, Brian, and Alex were sitting silently at the table.
"Where's Luke and Skye?" Danielle asked.
Ryan gave her an evil look. "They left."
Danielle's eyes widened. "What?!"
"They left together."
"That bitch!"
Alex looked uncomfortable. "Uh, Marian, Maybe we should go."
"Yeah. . . bye!"
Brittny grabbed Brian. "Dance. Now."
"Bitch?" Ryan asked angrily. "What aout that ass whole you wee here with?"
"Well I like my ass whole better then your bitch."
"Stop calling her a bitch!"
"Why are you defending her?"
"Why are you defending him?"
Danielle starred angrily for a minute, and he starred back. Finally Danielle shook her head. "I don't know. She rested her head on the table and groaned.
Ryan leaned back in his chair. "FUck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck."
"Yes, Fuck. What you aren't getting tonight."
"What's your problem?"
"Gee. . . let me think about that one. . . "
"Why do you always have to make stupid sarcastic comments like that?"
"Maybe for the same reason you don't ever tell me anything."
"I don't ever tell you anything, because you don't listen."
"Oh, bull shit. How many times have I offered to listen to you? Alot. How many times have I listened to you on the phone talk about your girlfriends, and you ex girlfriends, and you parents, and everything since we met? Now tell em I don't listen to you."
"You always try to solve everyone elses problems. You don't really listen to what they are saying."
"What would you know? You can't even fucking spell the word listen."
"Maybe if you stopped trying to solve everyone else's problems you would realize you have quite a few of your own!"
The look Danielle gave Ryan at the moment could have killed. She stood up and walked away.
Brittny and Brian walked back to the table to find Ryan alone, his head resting on the table.
"What happened?" Brittny asked. "Where's Danielle?"
Ryan sat up. "We yelled, and I told her she had problems, and she left. Her jacket is still here, so she probably didn't get very far."
"Then what are you sitting here for?"
"Where else should I be?"
"You should be finding Danielle and saying your sorry."
"Why should I? She as much at fault as I am."
"Your a guy. It's always your fault." Brittny laughed.
Reluctantly, Ryan got up and started looking for Danielle. He found her sitting at the very end of the bar in a dark corner.
"What do you want?" she snapped.
"To aplogize." Ryan sat down.
"No you don't. You think it's as much my fault as it it yours. Brittny made you come here, didn't she?"
"Well. . . yeah. . . how did you know that?"
"I know you that well. . . contrary to what you might think, i do listen. You can leave now. I'll tell Brittny you did your good deed."
"Come on, Danielle. Don't be like that."
"You want me to be hapy that I have problems and that your the only one who notices them?"
"No, I just don't want you to be mad at me."
Danielle laughed bitterly, stood up, and began walking back to the table.
She cut through the dance floor, and just made it to the table when Ryan grabbed her arm, and turned her around. "Would you please just forgive me?"
"I can't forgive you unless you apologize."
"I'm sorry. Do you forgive me now?"
Danielle sighed. "Alright. I'm sorry, to "
"YEA!" Brittny cried, clapping.
Danielle rolled her eyes, as she sat down.
"What? I'm glad everyone is friends again, cuz Liz was here a minute ago. You know they have been here all night and we didn't even know it?"
"Nope." Ryan answered.
"Well, they have been. They had to go, but Liz said her cousin works for MTV, and he gave her 10 tickets on the SS Springbreak. And she invited us to come. . . isn't that great?!"
"Oh my god!" DAnielle cried. "That will be so tight!"
"Yeah, i know!" Brittny cried. "We have to celebrate. Brian, dancce with me."
"Pushy, pushy." Brian laughed, standing up.
"Whatever." Brittny pulled him out on the dance floor, where the last cordes of a fast song was playing.
"So. . . " Ryan said. "You wanna dance?"
Danielle shrugged. "I guess so."
The walked out onto the dancefloor, just as "Keep It To Myself" by Monica was played. Danielle wrapped her arms around Ryan's shoulders, and he wrapped his arms around her waist, and they swayed back and forth with the music.
What will happen in chapter 4? Who will end up where in the morning? What will happen during Spring Break?? Got ideas that will make the story more interesting? E-mail us and let us know! We're always up for ideas! Make sure and tune in for Chapter 4 to find out!