3 Chapter three: get ready for party

"Well, it's just a story then, you shouldn't let it bother you. I don't know why you are still the way you are since you were a child. You let things from a movie and your bed time story affect you, well guess what? You are no more five years, you are eighteen, you should be able to differentiate between fiction and reality. A person just wake up one morning and write a story for entertainment, you feel bad for the characters at the moment but not to let it affect your day, hmm. I know you are soft at heart but it's just a story, okay?" She ruffled his hair and took her hand back to the steering before offering him a smile.

Jason smiled too and nodded "it's just a story."

"Yea" Veronica grinned "so, about this party of a thing."

"Yes mom, let Anna come with me, I promise to take care of her."

Veronica smiled and offered him a side glance "I know you will take care of her, you have always been but you must promise me she mustn't touch anything alcohol let to talk of tasting it."

"Yes mom, I promise."

"And you must be back before ten thirty."

"Mom!" Jason called and she smiled.

"Fine, eleven, and that's because of you"

"Thanks" he smiled.

Anna watched as they both forgot her at the back and discussed how her evening will be. Well, there is no way she is going to go to a party without drinking, she will just plead with him not tell her and he won't. It's not the first time she had been denied to drink and she always do without her knowing and Jason also won't tell.

She looked at him from the mirror and their eyes met, he smiled at her as their eyes told secrets that their mom will never know. She looked away shyly as she tried to hide her love from her eyes. If only...if he only he knows it was not just a story but a reality and happening to her, will he feel bad and pity for her or will he think she is crazy? Or will he tell her he loves her too? There is no day she doesn't get I love you from him but will they ever be a time she will hear it more intimately from him?

The rest of the ride was in silence as she drowned in her thought. They got home and she left the car straight to her room, she knows Jason will not let their mother disturb her rather he will do what is required of her, just when will he know that it is his too much care and love and protection that put her in this mess? She fell on her bed with her face buried in her pillow, thinking of what she will do to save herself from her mess.

Anna fell asleep while thinking, she heard someone shout her name and jolt into consciousness.

"Anna, come down for dinner and also get ready for the party, or you don't want to go again?" Of course it will be Jason shouting her name who else? She sighed and got up from the bed. Just the thought of dinner, she realized she was hungry and she yawned.

Walking down the stairs she saw Jason already eating, his hair was wet like he had just walked out of a shower, he was also dressed in a fresh clothes, looking at him all neat and tidy she frowned.

"Did I sleep that long?" She asked as she also took a seat.

"Yep, approximately two hours" he answered.

"Where is mom?"

"In her room, preparing her speech. Said she would leave early."

"Oh. You think she will really be back in two days like she said?"

"Nope. Be expecting her in let's say...four or five days time. It's not the first time she has given us a date without meeting up to it" he continued with his feeding "hurry up and take a shower. Josh will be here soon."

"Oh. We will be leaving in his mom's car again?"

"Yea, I asked mom for hers, said she doesn't have enough fuel and hoping to fill up tomorrow."

Anna nodded as she settled for her spaghetti with bacon and eggs which Jason was already done with his.

Minutes later they were calling "mom we are leaving" as they jump down the stairs in twos in order to shout at the driver of the car whose horn was blaring in the ears.

"Okay kids have fun and Jason don't forget, Anna is not to taste any alcohol" Veronica shouted from her room.

"Yes mom" Jason shouted back as he closed the door behind him "hey Josh, you break down my walls, you are giving me your trust fund" he shouted as he made his way to them. Anna was already sitting in the back seat with two pretty blondes and a dark haired guy called James, one of Jason's teammates.

Josh laughed at his words "well you wouldn't blame me, what was holding ya inside? Anna was down here already and you were making us wait for you like a girl."

"I have just told you my own" Jason got in the passenger's seat.

"Next stop, Megan's" Josh stepped on his accelerator and sped off.

By the time they arrived at the party, it has already taken off with a lot of their school mates dancing and drinking. Jason walked in with Anna in his arms in time to see Melody walking up to them.

"I went to the gym but I couldn't find you, thought Anna said you will be playing?" She questioned.

"Yea, but the game was cancelled" Jason offered.

"I figured. So, you wanna dance?" She asked.

"Nah, I just wanna sit and have a drink, maybe later" he gently brushed her off and her eyes traveled to Anna, more like to remind her of their deal.

"Sorry, I tried, but he..." She was answering.

"I already had in mind to come with her" Jason interrupted and Melody nodded.

"I see, okay then, see you later" she turned and walked away immediately.

"She is hurt" James whispered from behind.

"Yea, not my fault" Jason replied as he dragged Anna with him to get a drink. He got two disposable cups with alcohol and offered her one.

She smiled as she took the cup from him "mom said I shouldn't drink remember?"

"Yea and we both know you were not going to obey" was his reply as he sipped from his drink. She looked at him and he offered a smile and she had to look away shyly.

"Wait for me here" he said and she watched him fight his way through the clustered dancers. She was able to still spot him because of his height, he towered a lot of the students dancing with an inch or two. She smiled as her eyes followed his blonde hair until he was out of sight.

"Hey Anna" someone called and she turned to see Cashmere, he is Jason's class mate but they were not much of a friend.

She smiled to him "hey Cash, wasn't expecting to see you here."

He chuckled "yea, Megan invited everyone in class."

"Oh" she nodded as she reminded herself that she was not supposed to be there since she was not in their class.

"Wanna dance?" Cash asked and she smiled before shaking her head.

"Not really. Jason asked me to wait here, don't want to trouble him looking for me when he returns. Maybe later then?"

"Sure, you know where to find me" he smiled to her before disappearing in the crowds.

Anna stood watching as everybody was having their fun, she really didn't want to come to the party but if it means being beside Jason, she doesn't mind. She sighed as she sipped from her cup while waiting for her brother.

"We had a deal you know, and you broke it" Mel said from behind her and she turned to look at her.

"I'm sorry. I did tell him as your request, but he insisted he will come with me and you know how he can be, stubborn."

"Yea but at least you could say you don't want to come."

"But I do. I only accepted your request because I thought since Megan didn't invite me that there is no way I can come. I just didn't know that he will invite me himself."

"I did come with the tickets, was hoping to give them to him to give to you and you know what? I don't know what I will be doing with three extra tickets so how about you let me stay by his side tonight in your stead and the tickets will still be yours?" Melody offered and she sighed.

"That won't be in my power to decide again Mel, he was pretty mad this afternoon when I told him I accepted to ask him on your behalf, so how about you wait for him to come back and ask him yourself? I really don't like it when he is angry with me."

Melody stared at her with her slightly intoxicated eyes "you know he won't accept."

"Then I won't be blamed anymore, you can also keep the tickets since I didn't keep my own end of the deal."

"I got them because of you!"