"That's what your wearing?" Startled I jump back from my mirror.

I glance at the clock hung up on the wall.

10:28 pm

I thought I closed my door?

I look towards my bedroom door finding Olivia leaning against the door frame with her hair down along her back, dressed in a small red dress with a slit at the thigh and black high heels.

I look down at my outfit.

I have a cute plaid skirt on with a white button up shirt followed along with my white sneakers.

"Yeah?" I questioned.

"Cute." She shrugs.

I plug my phone into its charger setting it on my side table. I grab my book bag that I brought with me, stuffing my bible and items back inside, putting it against my shoulder.

"Ready?" I fiddle with the strap of my bag.

"You should let your hair down." I grab the end of my ponytail. "Or don't it's up to you, I was just suggesting."

I grab ahold of my lavender bandana that's holding my hair up and pull it out letting my hair be released.

I tie the bandana around my wrist just in case I need it later.

"Better?" Olivia walks over and runs her fingers through my hair.

"Much better! Now we have a party to attend to!" She scurries out the room quietly.

I peak into the hallway seeing pitch black.

Why are all the lights off?

"Oliv-" I begin to say as I exit my bedroom into the living room.

"Shh!" She brings her to finger to her lips.

"Why do I have to shush?" I whisper.

"Everyone is asleep and we aren't supposed to leave. We're supposed to be sleeping as well." She points to the back hallway.

"I thought we could go?"

"We can just secretly."

"Olivia."

"Come on Audrey you already made it this far!"

"You didn't say we had to," I look around quickly. "Sneak out."

"It's fine! We won't get caught!"

"Olivia we can't!"

"Audrey come on!" I stand with my arms crossed.

"Fine stay here but I'm going with or without you." She fixes her hair and makes her way to the sliding glass door.

I watch as she goes and I stand in the same spot glancing from my bedroom and back to her.

Do I go?

Do I stay?

I have to stay.

What if Olivia gets hurt or something happens?

No Olivia will be fine she normally does this.

What if something does happen though?

"I'm coming." I huff.

"Glad you could join the club." She slides open the door allowing me to walk outside first.

She shuts the door behind her and gives me the quiet signal once again telling me to follow her lead down the steps.

"Where's the party?"

"It's a bonfire party just at the beach in front of someone's house." We quietly tip toe down each step.

"Who's house?"

"I don't know, the person throwing the party?" We reach the sand and we don't have to speak in a whisper anymore.

"You don't know who's throwing the party?"

"No?"

We walk along the beach for about ten minutes in silence.

"How are you walking so well on the sand in high heels?" I ask staring down at the movement of her feet.

"Practice I guess."

As we continue to walk, I stare out to the ocean  watching the breeze blow across the waves and I watch as it kicks up sand sending it off with the wind. As I'm watching the wind, only one word comes to mind, freedom.

It's peaceful out here at night.

"Look!" Olivia tugs my shoulder gaining my attention.

I look forward seeing smoke build up from the fire with lots and lots of kids standing around holding glow sticks while blaring music.

"I thought you said few? This isn't a few."

"This is a few for a party." My eyes open with shock with how many people are here.

"Come on I will introduce you to people!" I follow her into the group of people swaying left and right almost falling into each other.

"Be careful some of them are already drunk or tipsy as you can tell." I grip ahold of my bag keeping it as close as possible.

"Camila!" Olivia shouts approaching a stumbling Camila.

"I- Oli-Olivia! You made it! I thought you weren't going to make it!"

"We'll surprise!" Camila gets closer whispering into Olivias ear.

"No! Are they seriously!" Her mouth drops as Camila pulls away.

"What?" I ask getting closer to hear from the loud music.

"Twiddle dee and twiddle dumb are here." She sighs.

"Who?" I ask confused on who she means.

"Calihan and Kaisen, you know the two guys from earlier." My mouth forms a big O when I realize who she's talking about.

"Ok?"

"Audrey remember what I said earlier! They're bad news!" She shouts over the music.

"Oh."

"You have anything to drink Camila?" She turns away from me and gets handed some kind of drink in a bottle.

She takes a big swing of the bottle devouring every taste.

"Olivia!" I urge for her to stop.

"Audrey it's ok! I know what I'm doing!" She pulls it away from her lips for just a second and the continues to pour it in her mouth.

"Well look who it is, Olivia." A voice echos behind me.

"That's my cue to leave." Camila tells me and steps around us.

Olivia lowers her bottle and closes her eyes.

"Great." She slowly turns to her side facing over to me.

I slowly turn around seeing the same blonde guy from earlier except he has a shirt on this time but he's way taller than what I thought before.

I slowly back away joining Olivia.

"Calihan it's so great to see you! You would be surprised at what I witnessed earlier! A complete douche on a surf board splattered me with wat- Oh wait that was you!" She lightly taps her forehead acting like she completely forgot and then gives a smirk.

"I'm shocked your even here I wasn't sure you were going to show up after that."

"Oh come on a little bit of water doesn't hurt, you have to try harder than that to keep me away from a good party, but the question is why are you here by yourself? Where's Kaisen? He's normally right besides you 24/7? Did your friend ditch you because he finally realized your pathetic as you look?"

"Oh Olivia with the same old jokes, hate to break it to you but they get old and a matter of fact Kaisen is right over there." He points across the bonfire to the Kaisen from earlier, shirtless and covered in tattoos and who's currently making out with a tall girl who has fake blonde hair because you can tell her roots are brown.

I scrunch my noise as I watch them.

His hand is wrapped up in her hair and she's pulling him closer by his neck.

I stare at there movements slowly taking my eyes away and back to Olivia.

"Whatever your ruining the party for me." She rolls her eyes, griping her bottle tightly.

"Boo Whoo cry me a river." He takes a step closer.

"Glad-ly." She says slowly jabbing her finger into his chest.

"What I miss?" A booming voice says.

I spin, squinting and quickly widen when I realize who it is.

Kaisen.

I look over to where he just was.

But he-

He was-

How did he get over here so fast?

I raise my eyebrows as I study him noticing he has a navy blue shirt on finally and has his hair neatly pushed out of his eyes.

How did he-

I take my eyes off him, looking around for the girl he was just with.

Her hair is all in knots and is happily drinking with a group of girls.

"You didn't miss much just getting Olivias facts straight from earlier." Calihan says smugly.

"Whatever me and my cousin want to actually enjoy this party so if you don't mind we'll be walking somewhere you both won't be." She locks our arms together bringing my attention over.

"Your cousin?" Kaisen says pointing to me.

"Yep this is my cousin Audrey Evan's." She gleams, locking our arms tighter together.

"Just Audrey." I whisper through my teeth.

"Why does your cousin look like she just got done with school? Didn't she get the memo that it's summer time?" Kaisen looks me up and down making me feel uneasy causing me cross my legs awkwardly.

"Didn't you get the memo that being a douche isn't a personality trait." She snaps with rage.

"Tell me something I don't know."

"Fuck you Kaisen."

"When and where?"

"You're disgusting, let's go Audrey." She tugs me away pulling us further into the crowd.

As I get dragged, I can hear her breathing heavily as her nails begin to dig into my skin.

"Olivia a little to tight." She pulls her hand away swinging her arms around.

"See why you don't want to be around them! There UGH!" She lifts up her bottle trying to take another swing.

"I need a new bottle!" She declares swinging the bottle around in the air.

"You know what I'll be right back Audrey, you stay right here!"

"Wait No-" She squeezes her self into the crowd ditching me leaving me stranded with a bunch drunk teens.

I do my best to stay still but I keep getting elbowed by people swaying.

I clutch onto my bag leaving the scene.

I make my way through, leading away from the bonfire over to the edge of the ocean watching the tide come in and out, soothing the sand.

I plop down on my butt stretching my legs.

I close my eyes breathing in and slowly back out listening to my surroundings.

I listen to the swoosh of the waves with yelling voices in the background.

"Not a fan of the party?" I open my eyes and glance up.

I don't recognize this person.

He's fairly tall with bright orange hair.

He's wearing a letterman jacket with his hands stuffed in his pocket.

"It's not my scene." I look back towards the water.

"Yeah it's not my scene either." I hear the movement of him crouching down next to me.

"Then why did you come?" I glance out the side of my eye.

"I can ask you the same thing."

"I wanted to see what it's like."

"To party? It's fun at first but then it gets repetitive with the same music, same kids getting drunk, and I don't know it just gets old after a while." I look down at my hands picking off the dead skin around my nails.

"Then why did you decide to come if you think it's overrated?"

"I didn't want to be the one person who didn't go."

"Just because everyone else came doesn't mean you have to, you have a mind of your own. Live your life the way you want, be the leader not the follower." Saying with my eyes clam shut, I say word for word without a stuttering.

"I-"

"There you are! I told you to stay put!" We both are quick to turn to a stumbling Olivia.

"Oh I see you met Braxton!" She exclaims.

"Hey Olivia." He awkwardly waves.

"Braxton this is my cousin Audrey!"

"Your Audrey?" He says slowly looking from me to Olivia.

"Yeah." I say sheepishly.

"Braxton is Lenny's son." Olivia try's to whisper in my ear but comes out louder than she anticipated.

End of chapter three

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