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“Okay?” I still didn’t understand.
“You live with the Walters,” Heather said.
“Yes,” I said, starting to feel frustrated. “We’ve covered that before.”
“So, that means we’ll get an invite to the VIP party,” Skylar explained.
“There’s a VIP section?” I asked in surprise. I could see Cole being exclusive and only inviting a select group of friends to a better party, but it didn’t seem like something the rest of the Walter boys would do.
“Everyone from school is invited, so a crazy amount of people show up. The backyard fills up until the place is packed. Last year, you could barely move around the deck because it was so full. There’s not really room for everyone, so the guys always invite their friends out for a more private event,” Skylar told me.
“My older sister, Dee, was friends with Will when they were in high school,” Heather added. “She’s told me some insane stories about how amazing it is.”
“What’s to stop people from crashing?”
“From what she said, I think they go somewhere else on the ranch,” Heather explained as she pulled the top I’d lent her over her head.
“It’s at the waterfall,” Kim said suddenly. Like always, she had a colorful comic grasped between her hands. “The guys use four-wheelers to take guests out.”
“That makes sense,” I said, nodding my head. There was plenty of room on the beach for a small group of people.
“How do you know that?” Riley asked as she spun around in a circle, checking herself out in the mirror.
“Alex took me out last year,” she said sheepishly.
“And you never thought to tell us?” Heather gasped, insulted. Kim just shrugged and went back to reading.
A knock on the door interrupted the conversation before Heather and Riley could attack Kim with another round of questions. “Jackie?” Alex asked, sticking his head in.
“Yeah?” I said, looking over my shoulder at the door.
“Oh, I didn’t know you guys were already over,” Alex said, and he swung the door all the way open.
“I texted you,” Kim said, her eyes still glued to the page.
“Sorry, I’ve been getting ready for the party,” Alex said. “I came up to grab Jackie. We need help putting up decorations.”
“We’ll all help!” Heather said, volunteering the entire group. “What’s the theme this year?”
“There’s a theme?” I asked.
“Yeah, we all take turns picking one. I wanted to do a super hero costume party, but the guys shot me down,” he explained. “This year we’re having a luau. Danny just got back from the store with about a million different-colored leis, tiki torches, and a blowup palm tree.”
“Bikini party!” Heather giggled.
“Yeah,” Alex said, rolling his eyes. “Guess who picked the theme this year?”
I didn’t need to guess.
Chapter 15
The clearing was lit up with torches and the trees lined with Christmas lights. The water sparkled as the flames danced across the surface, and the pumping music gave the whole scene a hypnotic feel. As people jumped into the pond, water droplets sprayed across the surface, making it look like they were swimming in diamonds.
“It’s beautiful,” I whispered.
“Thanks,” Danny said, coming up next to me. “Worked on it all afternoon. Had to bribe Jack and Jordan into climbing the trees to wrap the lights.”
“It was worth it.”
“Good. It cost me two weeks’ worth of allowance.”
Riley, Heather, and Skylar, who had never been to the waterfall before, quickly stripped down to their swimsuits. Knowing how cold the water was, I decided to skip the swimming and instead found Alex and Kim talking with a group of friends at the picnic table.
“Greetings, magnificent lady,” said one of the boys as I approached. His hair was long and hadn’t been washed in quite some time. Greasy bangs gleamed in the flicker of the tiki torches.
I looked to Alex for direction.
“Malcolm,” Alex said, as he pulled me down onto his lap, “this is my girlfriend
, Jackie.” He made sure to stress the “girlfriend” part. “Jackie, this is Malcolm and the rest of my guild.”
Besides Malcolm, the
GoG guild included two other boys—one with scrawny arms and a long, hooked nose, and another with hair dyed a shocking shade of blue.
“It is an honor to make the acquaintance of our fearless leader’s fair maiden,” Malcolm said, taking my hand and kissing it.
“Dude, are you trying to embarrass me?” Alex asked his friend, and Kim burst out laughing.
“Could be worse,” blue-haired boy said. “At least he didn’t greet her in Sindarin.”
“Um—it’s nice to meet you as well,” I told Malcolm, pulling my hand away from him. I had no clue what language Sindarin was, but as I wiped his kiss off on the back of my pants, I knew I already wanted to get away from this conversation. Maybe I should have gone swimming…
“Ah, the lady speaks, and in such a pleasing tone.”
“Seriously, man,” Alex said, slugging his friend on the shoulder. “If you don’t cut it out, I’m never going out in public with you again.”