"Hey Lina," I greeted my best friend as I walked in the kitchen.
She took a bite of her apple and looked at me, "Why so glum?"
I sighed, "No reason."
She shrugged, "OK," she said and cracked an egg in a frying pan, that made a sizzling noise.
I sighed louder and Lina still didn't move, I sighed again shifting in my seat. Lina turned around.
"OK, tell me! What's up?" She said leaning on the counter with a spatula in her hand.
"Nothing."
"Come on Ann. Don't give me that, you obviously want to tell me something, so just tell me."
"Alright, if you must know....I caught Brian spying on me at the book store."
Lina's eyes widened ad she started to giggle, "Oh my God, he was spying on you!"
"Yeah, I was with Colby too so he probably-"
"Probably thought you were going out!" she finished my sentence for me, we tended to do that alot.
"EWW! That's my brother I don't want to think about him like that!" I exclaimed while making gagging noises.
"Just because you can't doesn't mean I can't!" Lina smiled and got a dreamy look on her face.
"EEEWWW!! I'm not hearing this!!!," I got up and covered my ears, "La, la, la, la, la"
Colby walked past me into the kitchen and saw Lina, "Hey Li Li!" he said and grabbed a bottle of coke out of the fridge, "What's her problem?"
~regular view~
"Oh she's just freaked out because I'm thinking of-" She was about to say that she was thinking of him, but stopped herself.
"Thinking of what?"
'Lina think fast!,' she thought and blurted out the first thing that came to her mind, "Blue elephants!" 'OH MY FREAKIN GOD!! You moron! Blue elephants!' she scolded herself.
"Blue elephants?" Colby laughed, taking a sip of his coke.
"Uh, yeah..didn't you know they freak her out?" she said trying to cover up.
"Oh really?" he asked skeptical of her story
"Um, yeah, but I gotta go!" she said quickly then rushed out of the kitchen,
'Damn! My breakfast! I can't go back in there now! UGH!' she thought.
Colby shook his head, "That is one weird chick."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
~Annie's view~
I quickly put on a pair of flared jeans and my favorite white lace tank top, I glanced at the clock when I sat down to put on my sneakers.
"Oh damn! Tori is going to kill me if I'm late!" I said to my self then grabbed my purse and ran out of my room and down the stairs at the speed of light.
"Hey where are you going?" Lina asked when she saw me rush down stairs.
"IgottagopickupTorifromtheairportshe'llkillmeifI'mlatebye!" I said before closing the door behind me.
~Colby's view~
I walked out of the kitchen and saw Lina sitting on the arm of the couch.
"Hey did you happen to get any of that?" I asked her.
"Yeah, she said she has to go to the airport to pick up Tori," Lina said and got off the arm of the couch and sat in a bean bag chair.
"Tori?"
"Yeah, didn't she tell you she was coming?"
"Nope...I guess this is going to be a family reunion!" I laughed.
"Aren't you going to feel left out though?...I mean with three girls here and everything with you being the only guy?"
"No not really," I said and sat on the floor next to her.
'Oh man, he looks so hot right now!' she thought.
"Hi Li Li!" I said smiling at her.
She laughed, "Why do you insist on making up embarrassing names for everybody you know?"
"What? Li Li's a cute name!"
"I don't think it is!"
"Or maybe just the person is cute," I said lower this time.
"What?"
"I said maybe the person's just cute," I repeated and stood on my knees so I could be face to face with her.
"Really?"
"Yeah, would you mind if I kissed you right now?" I asked.
"I don't think I could kiss my best friend's brother," she said, her voice raspy.
"Are you sure?" I asked and we about an inch away from each others lips.
"Yeah," she breathed and we leaned in. Our lips meeting.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Annie ran through the airport pushing past people, "SORRY!" she yelled back when she bumped into a lady. She spotted the terminal and ran up to the counter.
"Um...whe..did..the..fligh..fro.m..." she said out of breath.
the lady at the counter gave her a funny look, "Excuse me?"
Annie took a deep breath, "When did the flight from California get in?"
"California? How would I know?" the lady asked.
"Isn't this where the plane came in?"
"No, this is the terminal for Lebanon."
"LEBANON!!"
"Yeah, what you're looking for is...flight 812 gate 3, terminal C."
"That's on the other side of the airport!!"
She shrugged and went back to typing on the computer.
"Oh this is great! Now I have to walk all the way on the other side of the airport!" she exclaimed out loud, when she bumped into somebody.
"Oh I'm sorry," she started to say then looked up, "TORI!"
Tori looked at the girl in front of her, "ANNIE!" they both shrieked and Tori dropped her bags as they hugged.
"Oh my God! I was about to walk to the other side of the airport!"
"I figured that, I gave you the wrong gate, it was 3 not 13!" Tori laughed.
Annie helped Tori with her bags and loaded them into her powder blue convertible.
They both got in and Annie pulled out of the parking lot and onto the highway.
"Oh yeah, I must warn you," Annie said.
"What?"
"Colby's there."
Tori groaned.
"Yeah I know, but he's staying with me for Christmas break until after the New Year."
"That's how long I'm staying!" "Well, you'll live!" Annie laughed.
"OH!! I almost forgot, I was thinking of moving down here!"
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah, I mean I love Cali and all, but those surfer dudes! UGH!"
"They actual have surfer dudes in Cali?"
"Not really, but I happen to own a restaurant right on the most popular beach there! So I get alot of dumb guys."
Annie laughed, "Aw, how sad, I can't imagine the horror you go through everyday seeing all those shirtless guys! It really must be unbearable!" Annie said sarcastically.
"Oh shut-up! So..."Tori said changing the subject, "Tell me about this Brian guy."
"Oh well, me and him aren't exactly on speaking terms right now."
"Why not?"
"It's a long story, I'll tell you tonight when we have our sleep over!"
"Can't wait!"
When she stopped at a red light Annie looked over at Tori, "Did you bring the stuff?"
"Oh YEAH!" she said then both girls broke out laughing
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
~later that night~
"Colby you have to leave!" Annie yelled.
"Why? Just because you want to have a girly night?" he said.
"Well, yes! Can't you find SOMETHING to do?"
"Yes, stay here and watch TV!"
"OK, what if I paid you?"
Colby studied her, "How much?"
"Twenty?"
"Try again."
"Aw come on!"
"You know a star wars marathon is coming on.."
"Alright! Thirty-five, but that's as high as I'm going!"
"Deal!" he said then held out his hand.
Annie grumbled and went to get her wallet, when she returned she put the money in Colby's hand.
He counted it, "Aw cheer up sissy!" he said the pinched her cheek.
"Yea, you're just lucky I really want to have this girl's night!"
"Bye sissy!" he called then walked out the door.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Colby drove down to Pleasure Island, which was basically just a lot of clubs.
He parked then went to the entrance and the ticket guy put a neon blue armband on his wrist. He walked in and looked around, "Hmmm where to first?"
he thought out loud then spotted a club that looked pretty good, "Mystique?" Why not give it a try?" he said to himself then walked in.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Hey guys I'm going to dance with that red head, she looks pretty hot," Kevin said and left the table.
A.J., Nick, and Brian nodded and saw Kevin disappear into the crowded dance floor.
"You guys are boring!" A.J. whined and took a swig of his beer.
"No, it's only Brian who's boring!" Nick said and looked at Brian accusingly.
"Look, I'm sorry I'm not any fun, but I have to think of a way to get Annie to forgive me!" Brian said.
A.J. rolled his eyes, "Couldn't you do that home?"
"Yes, I could do that at home, but remember Howie kicked us out since he had a date with Kelly!" Brian said matching A.J.'s tone.
"Damn, I'm out of beer!" A.J. exclaimed and got up from the table, Nick assumed for another beer.
"Well, he's gonna have one helluva hang over," Nick sighed.
"What are you talking about? He's not even drunk!"
"Not yet, you know he's going to drink his way into happiness, he's lonely...he needs a girlfriend," Nick said stressing the word 'needs'.
"I guess you're right, maybe this--Oh my God!" Brian said surprised, watching the figure enter the club and push his way over to the bar.
"What?"
"That guy...looks so familiar...like I've seen him...Oh my God that's the guy Annie was with!"
"So?" Nick asked.
"So? So I'm gonna go over there and tell him to back off!" Brian said anger rising in him.
"B, don't do anything stupid!" Nick warned.
"I won't, just something much needed to be done," he said and walked over towards the guy.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Colby sat down at the bar, "Long Island Iced tea," he said and the bartender nodded, fixing his drink.
"Hi," A voice came from beside him, he turned and saw a cute blonde standing in front of him.
"Hey."
She started to twirl a strand of her hair around her finger, "I couldn't help, but notice you over here all by yourself."
"Really?" He said, flirting back when he felt a tap on his shoulder, he smiled at the girl and turned around annoyed, "What?" And felt a sharp pain in his left jaw.