Chapter 3

On getting home I parked my baby in the garage and walked towards the house. I heard laughter coming from inside. Seems like my COUSIN is here. I pushed the door open and then mom turned to me with a smile

"You're back just at the right time" mom said

"Good afternoon mom" I greeted her and started going upstairs not minding my so called 'cousin'. She was already invading my privacy so no need for my attention... and the next thing mom cleared her throat drawing my attention back to her

"Brenna" mom called giving me that 'don't try anything funny' look

"Yes" I answered nonchalantly

"This is your cousin Elizabeth... Elizabeth meet Brenna" mom said introducing us to each other

"Hi" she said stepping forward and outstretching her hands

"I don't do formalities" I said and I could feel mom's gaze boring holes into my skull and the next thing she did was giggle

"What's so funny" I asked

"Your face" she said laughing more while I was damn confused

"What's wrong with my face" I asked touching it

"Nothing" she said laughing harder...right now I'm really confused and the next thing she stopped laughing and then a grin appeared on her face. This year is gonna be a very troubling year for me. Mom was also smiling with a hint of a glare

"Auntie where's my room" Elizabeth asked

"Oh right I forgot the last room at the end of the corridor upstairs you'll be sleeping with Brenna"

"Mom" I said was she really serious. No one was occupying the fucking guest room for crying out loud can't I just have my personal space or don't they know the meaning of invasion of privacy

"Yippee I have a roomie and a sweet one at that" Elizabeth squeaked... the sweet makes me wanna cringe...I ain't no sweet.

"She's so lovely and lively" mum said looking at her as she ran upstairs... she's acting like she's fucking five and not seventeen

"But mom..." I said ignoring what she said

"We've already discussed this it's for your own good I can already see you guys as two good friends. I hope she's able to rub off some of her happiness on you" mom said and walked away leaving me standing alone in the sitting room

'You wish, there's no way in hell am I going to be friends with her she's so annoying I think I might need to take matters into my own hands. I'll move to the guest room since she doesn't want to leave mine...but I'll lose my beloved room' I thought and I went up the flight of stairs towards my room... and oh god I feel like strangling her right now because

1. She left the fucking door open

2. Her shoes were on the floor scattered

3. Her clothes were littered on the bed...did she bring her whole wardrobe here

4. She was sitting on my fucking bed doing whatever shit I don't know

"What the fuck do you think you're doing" I growled out

"Arranging my things" she answered with a nonchalant shrug and continued what she was doing

"Hey I'm still talking, who told you that you'll be staying here the last time I checked this room..."

" Hey take a chill pill alright" she interrupted folding her arms

" I know you don't totally like me but at least you don't have to show it try to be nicer. If you don't know you're acting like grumpy in snow white but don't worry it looks cute on you" she said with a giggle

" Are you trying to tell me how to behave in my own house" I asked

" Nah just a piece of advice"I was about to reply back when mum's voice came from downstairs

" Lunch's ready"

"Yay... I'm so famished" Elizabeth squealed running downstairs leaving the whole room scattered

Guess I have to put up with this girl

I went down and mom was already serving the dishes and Elizabeth was already sitting with a spoon in hand

"Lunch looks yummy" she said

We ate lunch in silence...not actually silence because Elizabeth just wouldn't stop blabbering about irrelevant nonsense after that I and blabber mouth did the dishes and she went back to arranging her things after a while the room looked decent and then my phone beeped. Three messages from Luci appeared on the screen

' Hey there baby girl '

' Are you ready '

' I'm coming over now'

Holy crap I totally forgot about Ashton's party. I quickly went to my walk in closet and opened it

"Woah nice clothes you have there" I heard Elizabeth say at my back... was she trying to make jest if my choice of clothes

"You don't have to say it to try to make me feel good" I said pulling out a white baggy T-shirt and a black ripped jeans and the my hoodie and face cap

"No really it's nice if I had the opportunity to choose my clothes I would have loved to get these but my mom being my mom would never agree" I didn't reply and just quickly wore my clothes and went downstairs

"Mom Luci is coming over" I said and then I heard the door bell ring and I went to open the door and Luci entered

"Good afternoon Mrs Sinclair" Luci greeted

"Oh Luci how are you doing"

"Fine ma"

"Brenna said you were coming over"

"Um yes" Luci answered and told mom about the party

"Okay I'll allow her to go on one condition that you'll be back before eleven"

" Yes" Luci answered

"Alright then Lizzie should go with you two"

"Lizzie " she called before I could protest

"Yes auntie"

"This is Lucia Brenna's friend and this is Elizabeth Brenna's cousin you guys should get to know each other since the middle man refused to introduce you two" mom said

"Would you like to go with them they are going to have some fun"

" I would love to at least I get to annoy my sweet cousin" she said and ran upstairs

" l already like her " Luci whispered

"Mom you didn't have to invite her" I whined

" Don't worry she can come with us" Luci said and then Elizabeth came down dressed in a black tank top and blue hight waisted jeans paired with black heeled boots after that mum reminded us again of the curfew time and we left for Luci's house. According to Luci the party was starting by eight and the time was six

We arrived at Luci's house and got in, her parents were not around as they were always away for business trips. Luci is also one of the richest kids in school, the JADE girls had tried to get her in their group but she refused.

When we got inside her room and there were two dresses on her bed one black and the other red

"I got the black one for you Bren" Luci said

The dress looked really pretty with delicate intricate designs

"Don't stare at the dress too much we have a party to attend" Luci said

" Now l feel really jealous" Elizabeth said and Luci laughed

I changed into the dress that hugged my body in different places

"I don't think I'll be comfortable walking in this" I voiced out my thoughts

" You'll be just fine we just need to add the finishing touches" she said and sat me down in front of the dressing mirror applied some things on my face and loosed my hair from it's bun and combed it after she was done she stepped away from the mirror

I looked at myself. I still looked like me but a different version of me

"You look absolutely gorgeous" Elizabeth said

" Thanks" I replied back this is the first time I had actually dressed up for a party and I felt kinda nervous about how people will look at me. I just pushed the thought to the back of my head. Today was going to be a fun day and I don't plan on letting anyone ruin it

Luci wore the red dress, did a little make up while Elizabeth was doing her own and then we were set to go

Time was already seven forty-five and then we went to the party