Tales of the Heart

008 | The Party Night

The chilling cool air outside the building really makes my first-ever party as a freshman much more memorable. I tie my shoes and spray a little perfume on, just in case I accidentally bump into her at the party. Of course, Tiana and her roommate Kristine are also coming to the party too. Tonight is the night that I can get to know her more closely and also could find out what she really is inside--- she could be that spoiled rich Princess kind of type or she could be the Princess type from Snow White.

I cleaned my hair with Karl’s shampoo because I haven’t got mine yet and I also use his hairspray too because my cheap hairspray can’t keep my hair out of my face for more than three hours.

I swear to God if anybody notices it, I am good as dead.

"This is your first time putting on makeup, Alex----, jeez, come over here let me fix it for you", Karl offered as I look at the mirror again, to double-check my makeup if it is too simple like he said.

"Maybe a little red lipstick should do the trick, to try to cover the dry black lips of yours?" Karl adds, sneaking from behind me, while I try to tie my belt.

"Do you think there is too much makeup on my face?" I turned to face him, who now leans down toward the drawer and hands me three men lipsticks and asks me to pick one, one simple white, one simple black, and one light red.

"The simple white one will look great with your crystal blue eyes and your black outfit," he says, and I smile but shake my head.

"You know, Alex, I always want blue eyes like yours so bad, sometimes I even wear a blue eyes contact and go out, telling my friends that I was born with them naturally" he jokes.

Karlitos has a pair of beautiful dark green eyes. Why would he want to have blue eyes like mine, instead?

Back to the makeover, I pick the light red and give it to Karl to put it on for me. I just don't want to mess up his expensive lipstick.

And all of a sudden, his phone buzzes rings and he quickly grabs it. "Are you ready for your first college party night, let's go, it's time". He talks to me from downstairs. I grab my bag, smooth my pants, and slip-on black with a red strip Converse sneaker, I can feel that Karl's eyes just can’t keep his eyes away from my fake top-grade Converse. He rolled his eyes, but doesn't say anything.

And when I and Karl got downstairs, Stacy is already there with her car door open, waiting for me.

"Hey, Stacy, what are you doing here?" Karl asks, out of his confusion like I am too.

"Oh, right I am here for you two, I thought you didn't have a ride to get there, so as a good girlfriend like I am, I decided to let my other friends walk to that party by themselves and let you two grown ass dude ride with me instead," says Stacy and with that suspicious eyes of her.

"I am really grateful for your kindness, Stacy, but it is hard pass for me."

"That would be great honey, right Alex?"

"WHAT, no no no,"

"Why no, com'on man, I know you and Stacy are not on great terms right now, but can you please at least take a ride with her and do it for me, Alex, please?" Karl asks, and finally, I accepted to ride with them eventually, just for the sake of Karl.

While I take a long fifteen-minute ride with Karl and Sadie, Nathan just happened to slide into my i********: DM with a long list of paragraphs. I don't know what he wants to talk to me about or try to share something with me. I ignored the message. I just don't want Nathan's negativity to ruin my night right now.

When we arrived, I saw Kristine leaning out of the third-floor window and yelling at us, rock music blaring out of them from the top floor.

I couldn't help myself but to glance around the place and surprisingly noticed that everyone was just standing still, and staring at me. I kept my head down and just as I looked up, I saw Nail and the other Nathan's minions had already wasted and pouring out the beer from their mouth, out of the window.

"Ladies---and your Highness." Mike greets Karl and Stacy normally, but greets me like Royalty. What happens around here? Why do people start to act strangely when I'm walking past them?

"What is this, Karl, I thought it was just a normal friend-to-friend meet-up?" I shot my eyes straight at Karl, who is now trying to hide behind Stacy to avoid my angry gazes at him.

"You do know that Meet up for us Steerling folks means drunk out party, right, Alexander Conway Orlando ?" Harry says, popping out of nowhere from behind me and with a smirk on his face. Now I start to hate him even more than I did the last time I met him.

"Oh sorry, I didn't know your Steerling folks learn a more advance dictionary---because us normal folks, only learn a normal dictionary like the rest of the world--- and for my name, I prefer Alex, not Orlando or Alexander, just Alex," I fire my shot back at him. How does he even know my middle name is Conway? I hate when people say my middle name out loud, I just don't want to hear that name. There is so much history with that name.

"Sure thing Alexander," he says, and I roll my eyes. I will not banter back and forth with him, he is not worth my time, and even a space in my brain.

After hours of boring conversation and cranky music, Karl finally ask me to leave and go somewhere else, and we decide to go to Skate Side Park which is a five-minute walk from where we are right now.

"Skate Side Park is bigger than I expected---what are we doing here anyway?" I ask, quietly wondering why Karl ask me to come here, out of all other places in town.

"The gang are here, come on Karl, let's go," said Stacy from behind me. Where did she pop out from? God, why does this girl keep bothering me, just leave me the F alone?

As I walked in, to meet with Karl's real skateboard friends, I saw multiple people high-five and shoulder paunch Karl as greeting. The people there all have at least one tattoo on their body but there is none on Karl, Mike, and Nail, I still don't know how Karl and Sadie can fit in so well with their skateboard gang bang friends.

"Hey, Come on in, don't be shy, there are a lot of people who want to see you in there." Karl smiles and pulls my hand in, as I try to keep my nerves calm and my face straight, just don't want to let these new people think I am a weak boy, and don't fit with them all.