Chapter 2
"Are you going to your grandma's this weekend?" Charlie asked and took a bite of his apple. I swallowed my food before answering.
"Yeah, why?" I looked suspiciously at my best friend who put on a smirk. He didn't usually ask unless he was up to something and he wanted me to join in.
"Well, there is this party…"
I sighted. Of cause there was.
"… and everyone who matters are coming, so you gotta come" he finished and smiled at me with Christmas lights in his eyes.
"Didn't you just say that all those who mattered came?" Violet smiled demonic at me, before sitting next to Charlie. Her friend Jasmine sat next to her. I knew it was only a matter of seconds before…
Tyler sat on the other side of Charlie, while Scott and Matthew flanked me. And with that the peace ended.
"Don't talk to her like that, Vi" Charlie looked at the blond with a glare that soon disappeared. Charlie was not the type to easily get mad, but he didn't like when someone talked down to his friends. Even if it was his friends who talked down to his other friends. Let's just say he's a middleman when needed.
"Just saying" Violet murmured spoiled, but it was just an act. She has fancied Charlie for ages, and apparently saw me as a hindrance between her and Charlie. And because of that, she had to make my life even less fun than it already was.
Spoiled brat!
"So Cailyn… are you going?" Tyler looked so provocative at me, that it made me want to grit my teeth.
"I'm not so sure it's her scene" Matthew smirked slightly.
I knew Charlie's friends didn't think very high of me, but could they just not talk to me instead of mock me like this. The worst part was probably that I let them get to me. But hey, they were Charlie's friends, so at least I had to tolerate, that being around them every day, was something I just had to do, if I wanted to stay close to my best friend. Still you can't blame me for wishing that Charlie had some other friends… or just nice friends.
"Be nice, guys" Charlie defended me like the loyal friend he is, but soon after he sent me an expectant look. I sighed. So much for the loyal friend. He didn't have to say anything, for me to know, that he was asking me the same question as his friends: Was I coming? Did I have the courage to come?
Ok, the last question was something made of my own imagination, but I could still feel it in Violet, Tyler and Matthew's eyes. Charlie was too dense to see that his friends really didn't like me much. Well, I didn't like them either, and I wouldn't want it any other way.
"Maybe I'll make a detour to the party" I proclaimed and got a smirk from Tyler and a death glare from Violet. Too bad.
This was not about group pressure or a stupid party. Maybe a little. But most of all it was about Charlie. I had the feeling, like I was in a constant competition with Charlie's mates and Violet. The prize you may ask?
Charlie.
I know, it sounds stupid and childish, but I really didn't want to lose my best friend. Especially not to the likes of Matthew, Tyler and Violet. They were just so… so… superficial.
"I pick you up at half past nine Saturday, alright?" Charlie said as if I had promised I would come. I didn't want to say, that I might not even came, but decided nothing bad would come from participating in a social event like this. Of cause I knew that it was a mistake to think that way. There was so much that could go wrong at a party. Still I heard my mouth betray my thoughts by saying:
"Yeah alright"