Chapter 10
* Back at the apartment.
Rachel was trying to apply mascara on Katie when the door bell rang.
"Go see
who it
is" Katie said smiling.
"What are you up to?"
She walked downstairs and
opened
the door slowly.
"Surprise!!!"
6 of her best friends were standing outside
the door
holding balloons and presents in their arms.
"Ahhhhhh" Rachel yelled, excited
to see
all her close friends had shown up for the party too.She invited them and saw
Lauren
with a camera in her hand who took a picture a soon as Rachel turned
around.
'Here's
the last part of your birthday present!" she cried.
Rachel gave her a big
hug and
laughed at how crazy everything was.
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An hour later everything was set. The d.j had come, and Lauren had set up their
own little
bar in the kitchen. "Well I bet this will all be gone by the end of the night"
she thought to
herself, looking at he different bottles of liquor. Although she enjoyed
drinking she was
almost always responsible, and if she ever needed to drive somewhere, she
remained
sober. Not tonight.
Guests had already began to arrive, and the party was in
full
swing. Two of Rachel's friends had brought their boyfriends, and the d.j had
brought his
daughter ( with permission of Rachel of course), who was 19, and although very
pretty
she didn't seem too friendly.
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Rahel couldn' t believe how her friends had found the time to come all the way
down for
the party. Mary had just finished her degree as a law student at Penn State. She
was more
a friend of Lauren's then hers, since they were around the same age, but Rachel
and her
had been close during childhood and high school, and she was genuinely happy to
see
her. She was surprised she'd come because she had just broken up with her long
time
boyfriend Jake, and it hadn't ended on friendly terms.
Kristen and Julie,
two of
Rachel's sorority sisters from college had brought their boyfriends, who she was
also
friends with, and Megan and Cara had come all the way from Georgia together
where
they were attending university. She was really moved at how everyone had made an
effort to see her.
Rachel walked into the kitchen and laughed when she saw Lauren arranging he
bottles of
alcohol carefully.
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"So are you guys on empty stomachs?" Kevin asked his four fellow band mates,
as
they climbed into the car.
"I don't think Rachel will appreciate puke on her
on her
carpet you know"
There were a couple yea's and one no ( you can conclude on
your
own who said no.) Everyone had decided to go to Kevin's before hand so they
could
arrive together, and since he was closest to Rachel's apartment, it was the most
logical
place to meet.
"Did you get the doll D?" Brian asked, turning around to face
Howie.
"Yeah, he's in the back"
"Good. Did we get the other present
Kev?"
"Yeah, Nick's got it"
"Alrighty then"
As they came to a stop
light, A.J
thought he'd be funny.
"Kevin baby....Pumpkin....I hope you're on an empty
stomach,
because as soon as you see me out of these clothes, you'll just want to eat me
up, you
muscular hunk of a man" he said wistfully, while stroking Kevin's face with the
doll's
plastic hand.
"Not while I'm driving A.J" Kevin said seriously, but smiled
inwardly at
the joke.
"You seem a little tense. How about a little road head to keep you
relaxed?"
Howie burst out laughing and Nick squealed at the mention of road
head.
"Alright now your doll's crossing the line there Bone"
Kevin reached
for a
pen on the dash board and jammed it into the doll's inflated arm. It wheezed as
the air
escaped.
"What the hell did you do that for?" Bryan cried, angry his humorous
present was deflating.
A.J continued with his prank."You shot me! You shot me
in
the arm! What did I ever..." his voice trailed off as the last few puffs of air
released from
the hole.
Chapter 11
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