let me love you ~ michael jackson & ariana grande

fantasy island

              April 16th, 1982

Ariana

"You look great, probably even better than me."

I admire Janet's look and glance in the mirror to look at myself once more.

"Girl, be quiet. You know you'll have guys falling to your feet." She adjusts her dress and sits back down at her vanity.

Before I can say anything else, a loud voice startles us both.

"Where the hell are you two going?" Rebbie asks with her hands on her hips.

Janet and I both glance at each other waiting for the other one to respond. The silence went on long enough so I had no choice but to speak up.

"We're going to...Fantasy Island tonight." I say the last part lower, hoping she would mistake it for another word but Rebbie is too smart for that.

Her eyes almost pop out of her head, she jumps over to close the door but quickly makes her way back towards up.

"Have y'all lost your mind?"

"Pretty much." Janet states with an eyebrow raise, I nudge her out of irritation.

"Please, just don't tell Mrs. Jackson." I plead and hope she would let this one slide.

She makes an are-you-really-serious-face and laughs sarcastically.

"And why shouldn't I?"

"Why shouldn't you? You're almost 32! Why your old ass gotta be snitching?" The sassy remark leaves Janet's mouth and that's when I know she blew everything.

The comment makes Rebbie's jaw drop, as it should, and I expect her to go on a spiel about how we're busted and what not.

Though, it does the opposite.

"Your right." She sighs and drops her arms to her side.

"Wait, really?" Janet says and I have the urge to knock her out but I hold back.

"Really. You guys aren't children anymore, you're old enough to know what to do and what not. I hope you guys have fun." She walks out of the room and her reaction has us both confused.

"Well, we should continue getting ready."

"I agree." I quickly say after her.

So that's what we both do. We then wait until it's the perfect time to sneak out her window and head downtown.

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Janet hops out of the taxi on the right side while I hop out from the left.

I thank the driver and luckily he can break the 100 dollar bill.

That leaves us with 165 dollars, we're definitely good for tonight.

As I straighten out the short black dress on my body, I feel a tug from Janet.

I look at what she's facing and queasiness overcomes me.

Maybe this wasn't such a good idea, I didn't really think about the fact that we could get in serious trouble if the security guard doesn't take our bribe but, uh, what's life without risks, am I right?

"Let's go to the line." We lock arms and suddenly, I don't feel nervous anymore.

I was examining the people as they walked in and almost 60% of them were underage and paying the guard.