DORA'S POV
The party my friends and I put up was a blast as expected cause we never did anything mediocre; it was just as we planned it to be with a little modification though, okay sort of a major issh, we weren't the life of the party, usually all attention is on us at our parties but this one was different, people had attention on some girl who stole the show, she reminded me a lot of my sister who by the way didn't come back home last night, not that I mind but yeah this girl who stole the show simply stunned, ate and left no crumbs with her whole energy and everybody could see that.

I'd say she was Debby but I would know my twin anywhere I see her right? This girl was all too different from Debby, she had make up on, she looked fire in this outfit showcasing all that curvaceous body she had, Debby wouldn't dream of wearing clothes like that or would she? Funny, how I didn't see her at the party all day and through the night but she didn't come home last night which means she must have been there, maybe with her work friends or something.

I on the other hand came back with the group before the party was entirely over, we always liked to leave our parties first, it was a sign that it was officially over but considering how we weren't even controlling the tides last night, we just left cause it was time to, I mean we did rake in all the cash, most of which, we don't really need but yeah that was that.  We came back in and partied our own way alone, we pretty much slept really late; The group were downstairs all passed out in different corners of the room, I'm sure they were starting to wake, I just showered and had breakfast, I'm going for a swim and the rest would most likely join me when they get cleaned too.

"Hey sly, trying to swim without us" speak of the devil or devils since I was practically referring to all of my friends, James was the first to make it out, his hair damp from a shower he obviously just had "I didn't even make it into the pool so technically I didn't sly and you're here now so it's not slyinggg" I yelled the last past of my sentence out and jumped in for a dive, the water felt so good on my skin, I definitely need this "so what are we going to do about the last night situation ?" James asked lounging on a pool chair, obviously deceiving himself that he was getting a tan cause the heat here in our town doesn't ever brown you just enough. "I don't know, what about that?" I asked him "tell me you didn't see it last night, she was the life of our party, nobody is ever the life of our party" he stated matter of factly, "don't worry I don't think she's anything we need to worry about, we don't even know her yet" I say with a slight pang in my chest, we needed to get rid of this person actually.

"Hey guys" Adele says strutting out with sunblock in one hand and a mock tail in the other, the help must be around cause Adele wouldn't make anything or maybe Lola did it, I don't even know which, Lola and Ese follow next with a mock tail in hand "what's the occasion, save any for me and Dora?" James beats me and asks "sure I just felt like whipping something to cool off" Lola answered "there are two glasses for you guys on the kitchen island" she continued, well that answers my question "James be a darling and help us get the mock tails" I say to James with this sugary smile on my face, hopefully he buys it and doesn't refuse "that smile isn't working hun but simply because I'm a sweet boy, I'll help you" he replies and saunters off to get the drinks, I need to up my dentition game, maybe I should see the dentist, I probably need to check my vernier lol cause with a blinding smile like I usually give, James should have no buts, I laugh as he goes away.

"So, what were you and James talking about?" Adele asks as she takes the chair next to James's, "just about last night" I respond. Lola and Ese join me in the pool "what about it?" Lola questions "you know the whole strange girl being the life of the party and taking away our moment" I reply casually doing a backstroke, "you know that's pretty true, she seemed like some good bulb of energy people were drawn to last night" Ese comments "not for longggg" James calls as he joins us with drinks, setting them on the pool stool beside his longe chair "how so?" Lola asks from her spot in the pool "we'll make sure of it" I answer.

"Yooo, you guys wouldn't believe what I just came across" Adele says screaming at her phone, ignoring her once serene position so she could tan, "what did you see?" I ask the question we all want the answer to, it's normal to see a lot on social media after any of our parties, we usually rock the streets like that, always change things a little bit cause sometimes it gets too boring in our circle, "the girl from last night that like took over our party..." Adele says leaving her statement hanging "what about her?" Ese asks "you wouldn't believe it guys" she comes again without actually just stating the thing "whatttt?" Lola and I ask at the same time clearly impatient already, "we all know her" Adele says being very dramatic about it "for heavens sake Adele, fucking say who" James comes at Adele this time "why did we leave our phones inside again?" I ask "okay, okay, don't say I didn't warn you, you're so not gonna believe this" she goes again "whooo?!" This time everybody yells because what is this suspense "it's Debby" she finally says.

"What Debby?" I ask "you mean which Debby?" Lola corrects like I actually care "Debby who?" James reiterates "yeah who's this Debby that we've never heard of?" "Does she go to our school?" Ese asks "what year is she in?" Lola joins in, "whatever year or school , she made a mistake, she's totally toast" James wasted no time to threaten, "But how haven't we heard of a Debby before now" Ese questions and then it hits me, "that's because before now, there has been no significant Debby, this Debby is my sister" I say and Adele nods in agreement "yes that's the Debby, Deborah Chanria, it's all over our social media space, check everywhere, the videos of her twerking and legit rocking the audience is right on the internet" she says. "What the hell, let me see that" James says taking Adele's phone away and we all get out of the pool to crowd them for better access  to Adele's screen; "yooo this is insane" Ese says and gets back in the pool, I follow suit agreeing to what she thinks and wanting to cool off in the pool.

"Now that's something we need to handle" James say as everyone disperses back to their corner, Lola joins Ese and I in the pool and Adonis goes back to his pool chair while Adele keeps to hers and we take our places again, "this is your sister we're talking about Dora, how do we handle this one" Ese asks, "I don't know how we gonna fix this but it's messy" Adele says "don't worry guys, it's not the sort of this we actually need to stress over, I mean it's Debby, the same Debby I told you all about, it's easy to get control of people like her, it wouldn't be a big deal" I tell the group after mulling over everything in my head; I really don't know how but certainly Debby can't be a threat to my friends and I, I mean it's Deborah, she's not in anyway appealing if you don't count last night, I thought of the lie I just told myself for consolation.

"Okay, more details please" Adele requests sitting up with more attention on me this time, "it's simple, we just need to not welcome her into our circle and simply not acknowledge her, as long as we don't acknowledge her, nobody would" I answer lying on my favorite pink swan floater, I got it one time I went on a vacation with dad and one of his ex girlfriends I suppose, yeah my dad was always attached to one new girl or the other, he couldn't help it and I could only manage the situation by taking spoils of the relationship with me.

"What about last night? We didn't even know when she came and next things she was the center of attraction, hell I didn't even know she was showing up" James broke me out of her thoughts, "I told you guys I invited her but I'd didn't even know she had the guts to show up and be very obvious" I replied "but look it's really nothing to be disturbed about, I mean she's really fat and that's not a good thing in st. Ives, everybody knows this, fat is ugly, undesirable, disrespectful and just plain intolerable so why are you even bothered, that party was an out of school event, kids from other schools showed up, there was quite a crowd, we can be certain that the crowd wasn't even from entirely from st. Ives, I don't think she's a threat to our stance at school" I continued "I'm just saying, with how last night went, I'd be upset if the last year of school is ruined by a fatso like your sister" James said heartlessly.

"For the last time I don't see her as a threat and you guys shouldn't, c'mon it's the last year to rule st. Ives, let's actually have fun at it and be chill" I told my group of friends "Dora's right, I mean what's the worse that could happen? We'd squash any rebellion before it even happens, I mean it's us so, we should relax guys" Lola chipped in "okay I'll take your word for it, no need to feel threatened or anything of the sort, when something ugly gets in our way, we'll squash it" James said "I agree with that last line, when something ugly gets in the way, we'll squash it, period, there's no need for any hassle" Adele said from her she had been quiet for a while I thought she was sleeping.

"I like this energy, squashing things everyday, whatever it is, we can always handle it yeah" Ese finally says after her lap of swimming, Ese's the only one among us on the swim team and she's damn good for the team and the whole school, every time we get any pool time, she's always outdoing the regular chill and have fun with the water and instead goes for long strokes and lengthy dives, nobody even bothers to deter her cause it's her thing; the one thing you really can't distract her from except she's really interested in you and as it is of course she's interested in us, "you guys it's just two weeks to the end of summer, what do you say about taking a quick holiday?" James breaks the short silence after Ese's comment with this idea of a vacation that I'm liking already.

"I totally dig that idea" Ese says coming out of the pool and grabbing a towel, from my very comfy position on my floater I give a thumbs up "I'm also in, depending on the location though" I add "wherever it is you're taking me Jamie baby, I'll go" Lola says from beside James laughing, she got out of the pool a while earlier and is now helping James slather on sunscreen, the sun's out and bright but not hot just how I'd prefer it, cool "Adeleeeeee, didn't you hear the new plannn?" Ese calls out loudly to wake Adele who apparently is dozing off "arghh, you guys I'm trying to get some beauty sleep you know, Lola do we still have anymore mocktail please, or a cocktail this time, I need some alcohol to drown out all your voices" "shut up Adele, want to go on a trip or not?" I ask her "of course I want to go on trip with you guys but I want alcohol too" she coos and I laugh "such a baby".

"Anyways, so my uncle's inviting me out to this resort in Korea, his new Korean fling, American-Korean actually has her birthday in two weeks and they've booked out this resort for two weeks before her birthday, he said I could bring friends too and you know how we do it, all expense paid, but I'll be bored as hell if I go alone so which one of you bitches isn't in?" James basically calls us bitches with all casualness  because of course, we're his bitches and drops his pitch on why we should travel with him lol, "Korea huh, never been, so heck why not" Ese says first, "I already said I'll go anywhere" Lola seconds "of course we're not all gonna reply you Donnie, you know we're coming" I answer for me and Adele, "so when do we get to leave?" Adele asks sitting up for the first time in a while, I hope she gets the tan she laid down all through for, "we leave in two days" James drops "whatttt, two days! That's too little time to pack fam" I yell "just pack light we'd be doing a lot of spending on my uncle's account don't worry girls" okay this sounds like a lot of fun and I can't wait to actually get away for a bit. "We'd be so ready for school when we're back" I say more as an afterthought but out loud everybody hears me and they all agree "be right back you guys I need to get that alcohol" Adele says standing up and leaving the group, "order pizzaaaa" Lola shouts "yesss please" James follows "so Donnie why would you be bored, you could actually hook up with some hot Korean boy you know, without our presence" I say wiggling my brows to make fun of him "that's exactly why I need you guys, what would I be without my glam squad" he says making his cutest puppy eyes "right, your glam team is at your service" I reply with a loud salute and everybody laughs, "I really think this would be fun" Lola says "I think so too" Ese replies her and I reply in my head "we are certainly making the most of this trip, no way we aren't and once I'm back here, it's ultimate bitch mode on".

A/N:

And that's a wrap for this chapter🫶
Two weeks till the summer is over, this chapter was all about Dorothy and her friends sulking mostly, Debby stole the show at their party and it's unbelievable, jealousy is rearing it's ugly green head between these twins and just when it looked like they might get familiar, it now seems like they are even further apart than ever. The gang is going on a vacation for two weeks in Singapore! I'd kill to be then right now, I could definitely use a luxury holiday right now, can't wait to hear all about their time when they are back.....

Debby had spent most of her time working at the beach, it's the last two weeks and the time to actually make a difference and make the summer count, let's see how Debby does this in the coming chapterrrrrssss....excited? I am a little actually😅 I hope you're liking this books and how it's going, tell me what your thoughts are and what you think about Loving Me for Me😊
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