Neely entered the dorm with a dreamy little smile playing on her lips.
"What're you all woozy about?" Kayli teased, eyeing Neely.
"Kay! You're home!" Neely shrieked, jumping up and down. She bounced her way over to Kayli and hugged her.
"Yeah, well. This babe is on a roll," she bragged, grinning. "October 31st," she whispered, glowing.
Neely's eyes widened and she screamed. "Kay! That's your twenty-third birthday! Ohmigod that's so so so so cool!" she gushed, grabbing Kayli's hands to jump around in a circle.
"Yeah!" Kayli shouted as they hopped around.
A very disturbed looking Brianna slammed the doors on her way to the living area, where she glared at Neely. The happy party stopped jumping and their hands fell to their sides as they gawked at Brianna.
"I got a ride home," Neely said finally.
"Yeah, I kinda noticed," Brianna growled.
"Nick drove me." She paused. "You know Bree, you were a real bitch at that signing. Just cuz you don't like them doesn't mean you can rain in on my party. Why co-"
"Did I rain in on your stupid little party? Did I keep you from that blonde-haired pompous brat? Did I drag you with me? NO, I didn't Neely, so shut your face. You stayed at your damn little party, so shut the hell up about it." Brianna walked into the kitchen to retrieve a cup of tea before she headed back to the bedroom to continue writing. Neely wasn't going to kill her good mood; not today. Brianna sat at her desk and held the pen in her hand. She glanced at the clock, 5:36 pm. Shrugging, she switched on the tv and flipped through the channels. She quickly got bored and reached for the phone after digging a piece of paper out of her pocket. She dialed the numbers and waited....and waitied....and waited-
"Nick?"
"No....is this AJ?"
"Oh. Hang on..."
"Yeah?" another voice asked.
"AJ?"
"Yup, that's me! Who's this?"
"Brianna."
"Bri- Oooh, Brianna. Hey."
"Hey."
"What's up?"
"Nothin' much, just bored. What're you up to?"
"Not much either, waitin' for Nick to get home...he drove your friend home, I believe."
"Yeah," Brianna mumbled. "Unfortunately, he did."
"Ohh.. what's up with you two?"
"Nothing, she's just getting on my shit list. It's like she has to impress little Nicky and that means she hasta ditch me...oh well."
"Yeah...Well whattdya know, Nicky-boy just walked in the door."
Brianna laughed after she heard 'what the hell are you talking about me for? And to who?' in the backround.
"What's your friend's name again?" AJ asked.
"Neely."
"Oh yeah, that's right....Nick, it's Neely's friend. Brianna."
"Neely?" Nick asked, a spark of excitement dancing in his eyes. "Can I....I mean, is she....well....Is she able.....can...."
"Hey Brianna, can Nick talk to Neely?"
"Yeah I suppose. Hang on 'n let me get the....her." Brianna set the phone on her desk before yelling to Neely to 'pick up the damn phone'. Brianna put the phone back to her ear.
"Okay, I got it Bree."
"Fine. See ya J," Brianna said before hanging up. She switched back on the tv before Neely yelled for her to get back on the phone.
"Yo," she said.
"Hey hey," AJ said.
"Hey," Nick growled.
"Nick," Neely hissed, giggling.
"Why am I on the phone with Nick, Neely, and AJ?" Brianna asked, annoyed by Nick and Neely already.
"Well, we were planning on going out on Thursday night," Neely said.
"That's wonderful Neely, I really needed to know about you and Nick's little date."
"No, I mean...me, you, AJ, Nick, Kayli, Howie, Brian, and Kevin."
"Fine, that works for me. So can I go now?"
"Damn girl, do you have a stick shoved up your ass?" AJ joked, then added, "that was a joke." when he heard nothing. What he least expected happened.
Brianna laughed. And laughed. And never stopped laughing. "Yeah actually I do AJ, would you mind pulling it out?" she exploded between laughter.
"No that's quite all right," AJ said, laughing.
"But honey, don't you love me?....oh AJ, I love you sooo much!" Brianna gushed in a teenie-bopper voice.
"Yes baby, I love you," AJ played along. "A whole lot."
"God, you guys could at least do this shit when me and Neely are off the phone," Nick scowled. There was a beep. Brianna giggled.
"He hung up," she said happily.
"You're such a fuckin' bitch, Bree," Neely growled, slamming down the phone.
"Oh yeah, Neely?" Brianna yelled down the stairs, the phone still near her mouth. "I don't give a fuck what you think I am! I am what I am and you don't know anything about me!"
"Damn girl, ya got a big mouth on ya," AJ said after he'd heard her door slam.
"Yeah well, that's something I do about every two weeks, so you get the hang of it sometime," Brianna said. "Shit, I gotta go. I hafta pick Meiry up from work, sorry! See ya!" Brianna put the phone in the cradle and rushed out of her room, into the kitchen, straight into Neely. "Get outta my way!" she yelled, shoving Neely out of the way. Neely kicked her in the shin and Brianna turned to her. She flung her shoes at the floor and walked over to Neely. "I don't know who the fuck you think you are, but the shit better stop, now," she said darkly. "Do you get me?"
"Yeah whatever Bree," Neely said rolling her eyes. She turned and walked away.
Brianna flipped her middle finger at Neely as she pulled on her shoes and tied them. She ran out to her car and flew off, ten minutes late to arrive at Sam Goody. Meiry was standing outside the store, looking around. Brianna pulled up and honked. Meiry got in.
"I'm really sorry about being late, Neely and I are getting into it again," Brianna apologized, sighing.
"It's okay... Again? Damn girl.. That's the sixth time in the past two weeks!" Meiry exclaimed.
"I know...holy crats!" Brianna said, her eyes and smile lighting up.
"What?" Meiry asked, eyeing her friend.
"So...are you busy Thursday night?" Brianna asked, grinning.
Chapter 7
