[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/vEvqjTY.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/cLCtgMF.gif[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/WEr3Ft2.gif[/img] [color=springgreen][b]LOCATION[/b][/color] — Singh Residence [color=00ffff][b]INTERACTIONS[/b][/color] — Kari, Jade [color=0080ff][b]TIME[/b][/color] — 8:10-8:30PM [img]http://i.imgur.com/krmgelf.png[/img] [url=https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c0/73/33/c073334dfa4fa4037eed1d550a425b95.jpg][color=springgreen]Outfit[/color][/url][/center] “[color=cd5c5c]You’re really not going?[/color]” “[color=springgreen]Yes.[/color]” “[color=cd5c5c]Why? Don’t tell me it’s because of what happened with with your crush and the king-to-be?[/color]” “[color=springgreen]...[/color]” “[color=cd5c5c]Really? You’re not even going to say anything, Jason? Whatever, you do what you want. See if I care. Just know that you’re going to miss out on your only chance of possibly getting to know her. Maybe I might just tell her you’re staying home because you’re being a little bitch.[/color]” Jason didn’t say anything. He wanted to, but Kareena was right on all points. Ever since he came home and he had been moping in his room. He played Assassin’s Creed II ever since then. Even with texts coming in every now and then, Jay didn’t respond to them. Hell, he hasn’t checked his phone since the moment he walked into the door with Kareena. When he went upstairs, he could hear her tell her parents about what happened to Jay earlier in the day. Jay heard all of it and he had been sulking in his room since then. His sister’s words were sinking into his gut, and he was feeling even worse than he did before. She was right, after all. Every single thing she said about him not going to the party that obviously everyone was invited to. Though he hadn’t checked it, he was sure his phone had directions to that party. It sucked because Jay, even if minimal, kind of wanted to go, but the fears that he’d stick out like a sore thumb began to set in almost immediately. Added to that, after how things were left off with Sierra, about how he lied to her face, and how he pretty much was verbally absent, he couldn’t face her. So, as he made Ezio jump from a building into a stack of hay, Jay got a phone call. Instead of a text, there was a phone call. Unlike the previous times before, he decided to check it. He saw it was Jade. Hesitating, Jay answered it after the third ring. “[color=springgreen]Hello?[/color]” “[color=e62020]Hey there cousin![/color]” “[color=springgreen]Hey Jade.[/color]” Jay said with a reserved tone. “[color=e62020]What’s wrong?[/color]” she inquired. “[color=springgreen]Nothing, [/color]“ he brushed her worry away, “[color=springgreen]what’s up?[/color]” “[color=e62020]Oh, well just getting ready for Rhett’s Beach Party. You’re coming, right?[/color]” It sounded more like a reassuring statement of facts rather than an actual question. Jay hesitated his response for a few seconds. This alerted Jade. “[color=e62020]Jasooonn![/color]” Jade elevated her voice. “[color=springgreen]Oh...sorry.[/color]” “[color=e62020]Don’t be.[/color]” “[color=springgreen]I think I’m going to stay home tonight. I wouldn’t fit in.[/color]” “[color=e62020]Fit in? Do you know who is going to be there? Ely, Davy that skater dude, Tis the ever-strange, and don’t even get me started on the host.[/color]” Jade said, trying to give Jay some reason to go. “[color=springgreen]I don’t know…[/color]” “[color=e62020]Listen, if things get too socially-awkward for you, I’ll leave too, and we’ll go somewhere else. Deal?[/color]” Though he really wanted to decline her offer, Jason had to admit that Jade was good with her words because he was finding it hard to not say anything that didn’t include the words ‘okay, you win’. “[color=springgreen]Alright, I’ll go.[/color]” Look at that, he said different words than he thought he was going to. “[color=e62020]Wonderful. I’ll have Uncle Leo pick you up, in — oh, how does twenty minutes sound? — I mean, that’s how long it’ll take him to get there, and by the time you get here, we’ll be ready.[/color]” “[color=springgreen]That’s..fine.[/color]” “[color=e62020]Okay cool. See ya then, cuz.[/color]” Jade said. The call ended. As he set his phone on his dresser that had his television on it, Jay didn’t know what he agreed to. At first, he thought he wasn’t going to leave the house, but now it seemed he was going to the party. [color=springgreen][i]How did this even happen?[/i][/color] He had a plan, but somehow Jade was able to convince him otherwise. She was the only one that was able to do that to him. His mother had tried to get him to change his decision regarding the party. His sister, though a bit blunt, tried, but gave up not too long ago. Yet, someone who didn’t even live with him, was able to convince him otherwise. Oh well. Jason would simply have to roll with it for the time being. He first would have to choose an outfit. “[color=springgreen]It was a beach party, right?[/color]” Yeah, it was. That meant Jay would be wise to wear something beachy, maybe a pair of swim trunks or something of the like? Jay didn’t know. And the fact that seven minutes had already passed wasn’t easing his anxiety. “[color=springgreen]Oh whatever,[/color]” Jay decided to throw caution into the wind. He just grabbed something from his dresser, and made a beeline for the bathroom that he and Kari both shared. Once in, he got dressed as quickly as he could. He got his trunks on, his shirt, and a single hair tie to ball up his hair into a single bun. It wasn’t glamorous. Jay had some strands of hair that were falling to the side of his head, but it really didn’t matter. He was dressed. It was just as well because he heard a honk from outside his window. Jason’s window faced the front of the house. When he pulled away the dark green curtain from his window, he saw his Uncle Leo. He was standing beside his car. He had the most ridiculous smile on his face. “[color=cd5c5c]JASON![/color]” Jay heard his sister call out. “[color=springgreen]Coming![/color]” Jay hollered out to Kari. He got his towel, grabbed his phone, and took to a light sprint to the stairs, he went down the stairs, zoomed through the house. “[color=springgreen]See ya![/color]” he quickly waved to his parents, and Jay closed the door behind him. When he got to his Uncle Leo’s car, he gave him a smile, to which his uncle responded with a brofist. JAy didn’t quite understand what was happening, but he went with it. He always liked his uncle. It sucked that he never got to see him as much as he wanted to. Jason remember the old days when he was little that he would spend nights and weekends over at his uncle’s house and with Jade and his Aunt Riley and Jackson. But as the years went on, the times he would spend over there gradually faded into the realm of nonexistent. So, he would savor this time for as long as he could, even if it was just for about ten or fifteen minutes. [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/lTxIgfC.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/Q407U5Q.gif [/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/3yTrKuw.gif[/img] [color=e62020][b]LOCATION[/B][/color] — Drake Residence → Open Road → Aspen Residence → Beach Party [color=e32636][B]INTERACTIONS[/b][/color] — Each other, Jay, Uncle Leo and Aunt Riley, Summer [@lovely complex], and Tis [@Wintergrey] [color=darkorange][B]TIME[/B][/color] — 8:30-9:10PM [url=http://67.media.tumblr.com/550d3b79a04e36c3bc1fcd2df12476ec/tumblr_n4wocaNqWA1r9x32oo3_500.jpg][color=e62020]Outfit[/color][/url] [url=http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/10/16/article-0-18C52E6500000578-93_306x512.jpg][color=e32636]Outfit[/color][/url] [img]http://i.imgur.com/3mfFKLL.png[/img][/center] As Jade set her phone on her bed, she laid there in the nude. She stared at the ceiling for a few moments. She wasn’t thinking about anything in particular. Although, her mind did kind of wander into the realm of the party. A lot of people were going to be there. On the top of her head, Jar was going to be there. What fun that will be - to see her ex at a party where he’ll be whoring around to the sluts at the party. Well, not like Jade was one who could talk since she had a reputation around Beverly Hills High for being the school slut. Once she mentally decided that she had spent enough time letting her mind drift off, Jade perked her upper body up, and swung her lower body around to where her bare feet were on the floor. As she stood up, the blonde teen went through her dresser to dig for something to wear. It took her a few moments, but she found something suitable. It was a little bright, but she wasn’t feeling red or black.It was whatever. She threw it on. It was a tye-dye shirt with a 70s-inspired design on it, and a pair of bright yellow shorts. Once dressed, Jade grabbed a backpack that had some [i]goods[/i] that Jade picked up from Hana earlier in the day. It was a B.Y.O.B. type of party. Some brought food, some brought drinks. Jade was bringing the party favors. Someone had to, right? As Jade left her room, Jackson bumped into her. “[color=e32636]Watch where you’re going![/color]” Jackson said. “[color=e62020]Oh shove it.[/color]” Jade retorted. She noticed Jackson was a bit on edge, more so than he usually was. “Hey, you all good, Jackie?” Jade was actually concerned. Jackson seemed to be seething rather than his energetic rage. “[color=e32636]I’m fine. Let’s just go.[/color]” “[color=e62020]But you’r--[/color]” “[color=e32636]I said let’s go.[/color]” “[color=e62020]O-kay…[/color]” Jade knew earlier was intense. He was shot down by Eve worse than even Jade thought he could. In all honesty, as much as she mocked him for it, Jade actually admired that Jackson was able to hold onto that glimmer of hope of possibly having a shot with Eve. For a moment, it seemed that he did, but Eve turned him down so hard that it completely wrecked him. Even after the topic of Summer came up, Jade noticed something very off about Jackson. It was unsettling. When the two entered the kitchen, they saw that Leo and Jay were sitting at the kitchen table just talking. Riley was also at the table, talking with them. It had been so long since Jason had been at the house, so it was nice. Jade wondered how long exactly Jay had been here. Did they arrive when Jade was lost in thought? It didn’t matter. Jade simply smiled at them, but Jackson had other ideas. “[color=e32636]We’re leaving.[/color]” Jackson said rather rudely, snatching up the car keys. Apparently he was driving. Jade tugged Jay along with her arm, waving bye to her uncle and aunt. Jay looked at Jade briefly, as if wondering if Jackson was okay. Jade didn’t know what to say to him, so she simply gave him a reassuring nod and a smile to accompany it. Whether that was to assure him or her, Jade didn’t know. All she knew was that Jackson wasn’t in a good state right now. As soon as they got into Leo’s car, which was a 2009 Ford F150 of maroon color, it took off with the engine revving as only the engine of a truck that size could. Jade was in the driver’s seat while Jay took the back seat. There was mostly silence aside the occasional coughing and idle chit-chat - well, that was until they arrived at the Aspen House. They were giving Summer a ride to the party with them. Jade literally took a backseat to Summer as she would take Jade’s spot in the frontseat. It was with her arrival that the silence would be killed quickly as she and Jackson(mainly Summer) talked. Jade had to admit that she never knew someone could talk so much. She kept going and going and going. As Summer talked up a storm to Jackson, Jade noticed her other cousin was feeling anxious. Jade, knowing that this was probably a bad idea, reached into her bag. “[color=e62020]Hey, Jay..[/color]” she tugged on his shoulder. “[color=e62020]Don’t worry. I’m sure you’ll have fun. In case you’re worried, try one of these. You might enjoy the sensation.[/color]” Jade whispered. She secretly handed him one of her party favors. “[color=e62020]Take it now, and in 30 minutes you’ll feel better. Here’s another one for good measure.[/color]” The path only took five minutes of walking. Jay and Jade let Summer and Jackson go on ahead as they were probably mostly interested in talking to each other. Or rather, Summer gawking at Jackson. “[color=e62020]She’s so obvious.[/color]” “[color=springgreen]Huh?[/color]” “[color=e62020]Summer, Jay. Look at her - trying to get Jackson to notice her. And he’s not even noticing any of it. The idiot.[/color]” “[color=springgreen]Oh.[/color]” “[color=e62020]I mean, look at how she’s hitting his shoulder. If ever you find a girl doing that, notice it. Push her back gently. She’ll dig it.[/color]” “[color=springgreen]Okay.[/color]” Jade kind of laughed. Jackson being clueless and Jay was confused. How could both of her cousins be such idiots but in different ways? Jade sighed. At least she had her party favors to give out...for a price. She snickered as the group of four finally arrived at the party. “[color=e62020]Well now, this is rather impressive.[/color]” Jade let out a loud whistle. She was indeed impressed. She wasn’t expecting it to be so elaborately decorated. From the bonfire to the floating lights, Jade had to admit that Rhett and Tis outdid herself. Speaking of the surfer chick, there she was. And Jade, just for a brief moment, was..breathless. Tis had always been an odd one, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t good looking. On the contrary, Jade would go out of her way to say that Atlantis was one of the hottest girls at Beverly Hills High School. The problem with most of the so-called [i]girls[/i] was that they were fake. Either they wanted to get at you for some reason or they wanted something. Tis, however, wasn’t like that. What you saw was what you got. She was a unique brand of female, and Jade found that to be quite hot. Plus, the way her nipples were showing through her bathing suit - well, one could say that Jade was moments away from getting wet herself. “[color=e62020]Hey Jay, I’ll be over there with Tis if you need me. Try socializing. You might like it.[/color]” Jade gave Jason a long hug, squeezing him tightly. Jade would then run over to Tis. She definitely wanted to make herself known to the hottie. [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/lTxIgfC.png[/img] [img]https://d.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1386362114ra/7347730.gif[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/lTxIgfC.png[/img][/center] When Jade left to go greet the person who was really responsible for the party, Jay was surrounded by people passing him by. He stuck to quick movements to move out of their way until he found himself in the shadows simply watching. The teen watched as he saw people he knew, people he saw as peers, and people he had only seen a handful of times during his three, going on four years, of high school. He watched as the hollored at the top of their lungs to teh sounds of the songs that played over the course of the next ten minutes. He observed them in stealthy silence. His brown eyes examined all of them as the feeling of loneliness increased. “[color=springgreen]She promised..[/color]” Jason Singh wondered about the little pill that Jade gave him. Over the seconds that passed, he kept on thinking about it. He didn’t know what it was, but Jade’s judgement was impeccable. Still, he was wary. Jay wasn’t one to give into peer pressure. He tried to follow the rules as much as he could, but time was escaping him, and he couldn’t help but feel that maybe Jade was right. Perhaps it could help him socialize better. Still.. [center]”[color=springgreen]She promised…[/color]”[/center] Jay stepped out of the shadows only to look around more. He saw Jade still talking to Tis. Jay wasn’t angry, but he wasn’t necessarily feeling positive at the moment. He was left alone by Jade when she promised that she wouldn’t leave his side. He began to think how could she do this to him? He shouldn't think like that, but when he felt like that, it was hard for Jason to come back from it. All the time he was feeling unhappy and pity for himself, Jay’s sight came to the pill. His eyes fell up, they fell right, and there Jay saw her. She was not only here, but she was as beautiful as ever. So close, but yet there were leagues between them. Sierra was there, looking like she always does: absolute perfection. There were two things stopping him from walking over there. One, of course, being his own mind working against him. No matter what he would tell himself, he couldn’t go over there. He lied about checking her out earlier, so going over htere would catch him in a lie. The second thing, of course was..it was.. “[color=springgreen]Rhett, and..uhh, Jar?[/color]” Jay felt this odd sensation of...calamity pass through his body. It was, at first, a pulsating feeling. He gripped his heart briefly, but then that pulse stopped. Before he knew it, Jason was smiling. Not only was he smiling, but he found himself uncontrollably giggling. It wa out of place for this introvert, but it was happening. Before he knew it, Jay was walking around the beach, his eyes widened slightly, a smile on his face, and eyes looking at all of the colorful light. “[color=springgreen]Pretty,[/color]” he said, as he spun around. Whatever that pill was, Jay had no cares anymore. He was in complete bliss. And more importantly, all anxious thoughts he had about Sierra being over there with Rhett and the raven haired-male was nonexistent. He had his eyes set on the lights. For now, that held his interest. Who knew how long that would last, though.