“Be careful and make the right choices girls” she
said before we got out of the car.

“We know mom” I said frustrated. I never really
liked my mom for some reason, so I was never nice to her.  That got her pretty mad at times.

We got out of the car and walked up to Amanda’s front door.
We could hear the pounding music from the end of the street.

“The cops are going to be called for sure…” I
said jokingly.

Rachel rang the doorbell. A few seconds later Amanda opened
the door.

“Hey guys!” she yelled excitedly. She hugged us
all and let us in.

The house was FILLED
with people everywhere. This party was crazy. Amanda’s parents had left for the
weekend on a camping trip, luckily Amanda hates camping so she stayed home. I
scanned the room for Julia, and found her dancing next to Luke. I knew she had
been crushing on him for a while. I got jealous… fast even though I knew I
shouldn’t because there was no way I’d ever be able to get Julia to be with me.
I walked up to Julia to talk to her.

“Hey Allison!” she said as she hugged me tightly.
“You look amazing!”

“Thanks” I blushed.

Luke must have seen me blush.

“Julia looks like someone’s crushing on you” he
winked.

I just turned around blushing more than usual. I could feel
Julia’s stare burning into my back. I walked over to Rachel who was dancing
with some of our other friends. I was about to kill Luke for saying that. That
could have ruined my little plan for tonight.

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Later that night, I walked up to Julia. I greeted her.

“Hey Julia… can I talk to you outside?” I asked
only loud enough for her to hear and not Luke.

“Sure” she replied, following me outside.

I sat down on a bench in the backyard of Amanda’s house.
Julia sat next to me very closely, so close our knees were touching.

“What’s up?” she asked me. “Is there something
wrong?”

“Look… I… I…” I said stuttering.

I looked into her gorgeous eyes; she looked at me back with
confused look on her face. I leaned in and kissed her. As soon as it happened
it ended.

“I… I really like you Julia” I said slowly. “I’ve
had a stupid crush on you for so long and I haven’t been able to get over you,
even if you are my best friend and how this could ruin it.”