The game ended half an hour later and the ‘Tulsa League’ won 9-7
“Great job!” Ash said, giving Starla a high five.
Ash was short for Ashley, since saying his whole name usually led to confusion about his gender.
“Thanx” Starla replied, exhausted out of her mind
“Look, there’s a celebration party at my house tonight, come by!” Ross Parker shouted, giving Starla a flyer and in a hurry “Oh, and you can bring whoever you want”
“Jeez, think he was in a hurry?” Starla said, chuckling
“Are you going?” Ash asked, half amused by the commotion Ross caused
“Maybe, if I feel like it I guess, but right now I want to take a shower, I feel so sticky”
“WELL YOU’RE GONNA GET ONE!!”
Before Starla knew it, the whole ‘Gatorade’ cooler was dumped on her
“Oh my god, that was soo cold!!” Starla said, still in shock from the team congratulations
About 5 of the members wanted to congratulate in a different way. Needless to say, they did
“HA HA HA!!! Look, the team dumped Gatorade all over her!!” Taylor said in gasps, dieing of laughter
“Let’s go congratulate her” Isaac said, laughing along with Taylor
“So, did you like the shower?”
Starla turned to see the two guys that were standing behind her
“Hey, why are you guys here?”
“We wanted to get away from Zac, he dragged us to the movies, be glad you weren’t there” Isaac replied
Starla laughed, “I am so exhausted, and now i’m also very sticky!!”
“Yeah, come on wear this, you’re soaking wet” Taylor said, giving up his royal blue leather like coat.
“He’s right, let’s go back in the car, it’s starting to freeze out here”
It took them about 5 minutes to arrive at the Jenks’ driveway and all three of them went into the house. Once inside, they were greeted by Starla’s little brother, Patrick which was Mac’s best friend.
“Hey guys, just help yourself to the fridge, I have to take a shower!”
“So little guy, whatcha Makin?”
Patrick turned around to see the familiar face of Isaac. He remembered him because Isaac always helped Mac and him get stuff from high places.
“Nothing, i’m just making this big Titanic ship, Star said she'll take me and Mac to see it when it comes out!” Patrick replied, making crashing noises.
Isaac laughed, seeing how cute the boy can make one of the most tragic crashes in history into a humorous situation. Hearing someone come down the stairs, he turned back in the direction of Starla.
“Ahh, now I feel better” Starla said, her soccer jersey and shorts replaced by jeans and a black Abercrombie baby-T. She was actually not bad looks-wise, shouldered black hair with stray bangs framing her face and amber colored eyes. Isaac only now noticed these characteristics and understood why almost half his friends had a crush on her. He shook the idea out of his head and went over to one of the plush couches where Taylor was sitting, mesmerized by the television screen.
“What are you watching?” he questioned, seeing how much Taylor was out of it
“I don’t know, some program” was Taylor’s only reply
“You’re almost under this TV screen’s spell and you don’t know what the heck it is?” Starla said, bewildered by the fact that someone can actually do that.
“I don’t know, just really tired I guess”
“Well don’t be, because I plan on going to this celebration party that’s going on now”
“Really? When did you hear about this, before or after you got soaked?” Isaac snickered
“Shut-up, there’s the flyer on the counter, it’s sorta sticky”
“Ross’s house? Wonder how long before the cops break this party up” Taylor said, remembering the last new year’s party Ross threw when his parents left on a business trip.
“Don’t worry, this one’s monitored, so it won’t get that out of hand”
“Well, we have only like 3 days before flying to France, better make the best of it”
Isaac parked the car next to quite a few of vehicles near Ross’s house. As soon as they were inside, all of them were split up, talking to other friends.
“Hey Starla, what’s up?”
“Hi Bryce, not much just trying to party my heart out!!” Starla replied, laughing
“Well, wanna ‘party your heart out’ by starting with a dance?” Bryce said with a sly smile
“Ooooo, sly one there, Sure” she replied, returning the smile
After a few fast dances, someone changed the cd and put in Backstreet Boys ‘Quit Playing games(with my heart)’
“Great music, eh” Bryce said, putting his hands on her waist and pulling her closer to him
“Oh yes, Backstreet Boys, Totally!” she said, mocking a bsb fan
*~MEANWHILE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARTY~*‘Taylor’s out of it again’ Isaac observed, watching the fourteen year old stare off into space. He did think this party was somewhat lame, though he did see a lot of his friends. Isaac decided to see what the heck was the matter with Taylor and proceeded over to him.
“Tay, what is the matter, you’ve been staring off into space for quite awhile”
“Nothing, i’m just tired”
“At least have some fun, this is a party”
“Fine, I will”
And with that, he went over to the nearest girl, shocking Isaac by asking her to dance. ‘what the...’ thought Isaac, he merely just stated a comment and Taylor just took off and asked a girl to dance. Seeing how strange this was, Isaac looked around for Starla instinctively, even though they fought alot, he felt that she knew him the best, fights and all.