Gone

Chapter 10- A vs. R

Adeliah’s POV

It was two days after the treehouse. We didn’t do anything much, just enjoying the company of each other. Somehow, there was a very out-of-tune guitar in the treehouse and Harry played a couple of songs for me. Harry looked very enjoyable when he was singing. There were so many undiscovered things about him that I didn’t know about. It just doesn’t make sense because we’ve been friends since forever!

However, Harry seemed very off that day. Like Harry, I do not want to see him sad whatsoever. Brittany, the nice girl, or so I thought, has now joined the Populars. It’s not like I didn’t expect that.

I passed by the place where the Populars were sitting, Brittany called me over. “Hey, Adeliah!”

“Hi.” I hoped for the best, this was not the first time I got pulled over by the Populars and most of the time, the conversation between me and they don’t end up well.

“Are you and Harry a thing yet?” She asked.

I gulped. “Yes…We are.”

“Awesome. Let’s party tonight. You can come and hang out with us, Harry can come too.” Britney offered.

“Britney, I don’t get it. You’re with the Populars now, and I don’t know why you’re asking someone like me to come.” I said.

“C’mon Adeliah, I know this is your first ever party. I’ll help you pick your dress tonight.”

I don’t know what to do. This might be the only chance I can get away from my barriers with people and really enjoy myself. Maybe I don’t have to be the one who gets picked on anymore. You can’t ever reject something when you haven’t tried it.

I was having my second thoughts, but I agreed, “Okay.”

Britney clapped her hands, “Great! Meet me today after school okay? We’re going to the mall and I’m going to glam you up.”

I was still suspicious, but it doesn’t hurt until you’ve tried.

Harry was walking with one of his friends, Niall. Niall has sea blue eyes, blonde hair, and a bright smile. He was quite the charm, I heard Roe, AKA the meanest and the greatest of the Populars is now falling for him. But then, Roe fell for every single guy. She tried to flirt with Harry once, I hated it.

Niall greeted me with a hello, and Harry gave me a kiss on the lip. “How’s your morning, beautiful?”

“It’s been great. In fact, I got invited to a party by Brittany. Want to come with me?” I asked.

“Of course! Do you want me to pick you up?”

“Actually, I’m going with Brittany to the mall and we’ll probably just go straight to the party. I’ll meet you there.”

He smiled. “Okay!”

We were about to kiss again, until I heard Roe’s pitchy voice. “Urgh, you two get a room!”

Harry laughed, “Relax Roe, I know you’re jealous.”

Roe rolled her eyes and headed to class. With Niall, of course.

I headed to class with Brittany, who still amaze me with her kindness. Maybe she wasn’t so bad at all.

It was after school and I was with Brittany. We were singing to some random song on the radio. We drove to the nearest mall and went straight to Primark.

“If Primark doesn’t work for you, we’ll try Topshop.” She said.

She picked out three dresses for herself in under 20 minutes, I really needed to learn how to shop like her. I’ve been wondering around for half an hour now and still haven’t got in mind what I’m going to wear yet.

“Ade! I think this is the one for you!” She suggested, holding out a gorgeous dress.

It was a gold metallic dress with two transparent lines along the body so you can show your curves out. The designs on the dress were very intriguing with gold Aztec triangles.

I think it was perfect, but it was my first party and this dress was kind of a risk. “Do you think this is too daring for me?”

“No way! C’mon, try it!” She urged me into the fitting room.

I tried it on, and Brit was not wrong. It somehow fitted me and it doesn't make me look like a stuffed pig, even though I kind of am. Instead, it fits perfectly to my body and I love it. I walked out of the fitting room and Brittany awed in amusement.

“Beautiful! You and I should go shopping more often.”

“Totally!” I said.

We walked out of the store, we were so hyped with all the stuffs we got. Brittany got a tight black dress with long sleeves, she looked smoking hot with the dress on.

We went back to Brittany’s house and put on our makeup. We all got the same makeup, which was neutral eye makeup and bold red lips. Brittany styled her dress with lots of accessories since it was so simple, and I just put on a pair of earrings.

I called my mum, saying I was going to the party tonight. She was a bit frantic at first, saying I should not have informed her in such short period of time but she approved anyway.

Brittany and I arrived to the party, it was in Roe’s house, I think. The moment we opened the door, the music blasted into our faces. My adrenaline kicked in, I was feeling very excited. Then, Harry walked in. He was wearing those skinny jeans with a plain black T-shirt, God, he looked damn hot.

“Adeliah, babe…”He whispered into my ear, “You look beautiful tonight.”

“Well, you don’t look too bad yourself.” I said back to him.

Harry gave me a peck on the lips, “I love you.”

I didn’t get to say those words back because the bitch Roe was interrupting us again.

“Let’s play Beer Pong! You and me, Adeliah.” She challenged.

I won’t lie, I was scared. I’ve never touched a beer, or any kind of alcohol. I’ve never been to a party for God’s sake. Besides, we’re 15, aren’t we a little too young to be drinking right now?

“C’mon, you’re scared? Noob.” Her annoying voice really annoyed me.

Even though I was a bit nervous, I said, “I’m not. Let’s do it.”

People hollered in cheers. “Baby, I’m not sure you should do this.” Harry said.

“It’s okay, I can do this.”

And with that, I walked to the table where Roe was sitting. She was on the left side of the table, I was on the right.

“You have no idea who are you trying to put up with, A.”

“Well, we shall see. Let the games begin, R.”