Funny Little Love

I'll Always Care About You

23

ALEX

Woah, I definitely didn't expect Lizzie to arrive this early.

Couldn't Cain hold her back for five more minutes?

Why were we surprised? I thought we were supposed to surprise her.

"SURPRISE" we all yelled.

"JULIUS? OMG." Lizzie rushed to Julius and hugged him tight. Julius' huge strong arms wrapped around her in a tight embrace.

"Why the hell didn't you tell me you were coming?" Lizzie asked punching Julius playfully on his arms.

"If I did I wouldn't get this hug we shared right now, would we?" Julius smiled.

"You love drama, don't you?" Lizzie said.

"Doesn't everyone?" Julius raised his eyebrows, still smiling.

"What is this party-" Lizzie stopped when she noticed the cake.

She took a second to read what the frosting said.

"OMG, Welcome to America, Julius." She yelled.

"YEAHHH", the crowd yelled.

A pop sound came up amidst all the yelling and confetti sprayed all over us.

The lights dimmed and heavy beat music burst out of the loud speakers at the corners of the house.

"Why are you staring into space? Come here." Lizzie grabbed my arm.

I didn't realize I was standing in the midst of the crowd staring at nothing waiting for something to happen.

I know. What an idiot…

Lizzie dragged me through the crowd to the relatively calmer lawn.

The lawn had decorative lights forming a ceiling over the otherwise-open lawn.

When did they do all this?

My eyes fell on the two men at one side of the lawn.

Julius and Shawn standing under the magical multi-colored hue.

Julius with his built physique and muscly hands wearing a tight gray shirt clearly outlining his body, the sleeves rolled up to his elbows and beside him stood Shawn, the Greek God who I once used to think was attracted to me, wearing a black t-shirt lining his tall, hard muscular body, his biceps bulging out in the open, that multi-colored light lighting his soft lips and his beautiful eyes, which normally seem to have a mix of green and blue colors, outlines of the veins on his neck clearly visible.

Woah, why the hell am I mentally drooling over him. Didn't he just confirm a few hours ago that he used me for sex?

He's so effortlessly handsome. He's used to it. He's used to all the attention he gets. He's used to a thousand girls looking at him wherever he goes and mentally fucking him, even now I see girls pouring out into the lawn, just to take a look at him.

"When did you guys do all this?" Lizzie asks.

Shawn smiles.

"I started the decorations in the morning and let Julius do the rest while I went to school for the last hour of practice." Shawn said.

"You made Julius decorate for his own party? How big of an idiot are you?" Lizzie gave him a dissappointed look.

"Oh please, did you seriously consider the welcoming myself to America to be the only reason for this party? I wanted to surprise you. I couldn't get my mind off you after Paris. I would never miss this opportunity. I know we didn't officially date, but you always did give me butterflies." Julius said.