CHAPTER 5

It's lunch break and I keep trying to get Sky's attention by occasionally eating his food. He slaps my hand each time but at least I have his full attention and I'm almost certain he enjoys my playfulness.

"I can't believe you like Sky." Ella says for what feels like the hundredth time now.

I take a bit out of Sky's apple, one I took right out of his hands. "Why do you say that?" I ask before giving the apple back to Sky and surprisingly he takes it and takes a bite as well, which weirdly warms my heart.

"Hello he's Sky. Honestly I never thought anyone would ever like him." She looks at her brother. "No offense bro." Ella says but he ignores her.

"Well I'm not everyone."

"That's an understatement." Sky mutters.

"And then that stunt you pulled in chem today." Kevin laughs out loud. "Wow Evie I didn't know you had it in you. You should come to the party tonight."

"What party?" I ask, already excited as I have never been to a party before.

Ella looks at me and explains. "Just a small thing at my house. Yeah, you should definitely come, I was going to invite you but Kev beat me to it." She playfully shoves him and he pretends to be in pain.

I look over at Sky. "Will you be there?'" I ask but I already know the answer.

"I live there, where else would I be?" He asks sacarstically.

"Well then count me in." I say cheerfully. I'm a little nervous but I'm excited as well. In the movies I have watched, parties always look fun.

Suddenly I can feel that we are being watched or rather I am being watched. And there they are, the Rosemont sisters standing before us. They each have their trays with them and unlike Ella, Phoebe and I they aren't wearing boots but rather matching red bottom heels. Everything about them is matching really. Well except for the color of their hair but the length of it is the same which is very long by the way. It's almost creepy how everyone about them is the same but I guess that's why everyone calls them the Rosemont weirdos.

Amelia is the first one to speak. "Do you mind if we join you?" They are looking at me but I'm not sure if I want them sitting with us.

"Ummmm..." I'm about to decline but the Blonde, Nikolina, is already pulling a chair next to Phoebe so I'm left with not much of a choice.

Kevin doesn't seem to mind of course as he immediately pulls a chair for Amelia. "Of course you guys can sit with us." He tells them but his eyes are solely on Amelia.

I immediately notice Ella's face fall, poor thing is watching Kevin drool over another girl and it's not sitting well with her.

"What were you guys talking about?" Amelia asks.

I decide to answer her. "The party at Ella's house."

"Oh we have never been to a party before." The dark haired one, Cassandra, says enthusiastically.

"Big surprise." Ella murmurs sardonically.

Kevin, obviously mesmerized by Amelia, does the unthinkable. "Would you like to come?" He asks Amelia and of course the invite extends to her sisters.

We all look at him clearly shocked by his act and Ella looks furious.

"If there's no problem of course we will come." Amelia says and Cassandra smiles, clearly excited about the party. The blonde however is simply quiet, completely indifferent to the whole conversation.

"Of course there's no problem!" Ella shouts, sounding suspiciously cheerful.

"Just what we needed." Sky says, addressing his sister's outburst.

"Yeah go ahead and invite them Kevin, it's clearly your party now." She snaps before rushing out of the cafeteria.

Sky attempts to go after her but I decide it's best that I go. The last thing she needs is her sarcastic brother right now and I'm also dying to get away from those three sisters. Lord knows they make me uncomfortable.

Phoebe is pretty confident that Ella went to the balcony of the old biology lab so she tells me to look for her there. Fortunately Phoebe was right, I find Ella hanging by the balcony with a cigarette in her hand.

I briefly wonder if she came here to smoke because this doesn't look like her first time.

"Can you believe him? The audacity to invite her knowing full well I have feelings for him!" Actually Kevin doesn't know how Ella feel, I saw it in his eyes but I won't tell her that. She's on the verge of tears and I feel sorry for her.

"Hey it doesn't matter, it's his loss anyway. You are way cooler than her anyway." I try my best to comfort her.

"You think so?" She sobs and I pull her into my arms.

"Yes of course. You are great and if he doesn't appreciate that then he's the problem not you." I begin rubbing her back to calm her a little.

"You are great and thanks for following me up here. I would die if Sky saw me smoking." She giggles a little.

"I bet he would lecture you." I smile at the thought.

"He did once when I pretended to be drunk so I could seduce Kevin who was actually drunk." And just like that we are taking about Kevin again. "It didn't work of course, because drunk people don't remember much."

I let go of her seeing as she's no longer crying. "Yeah that was pretty stupid of you." I laugh.

She shoves me. "Hey, don't laugh at me." Then mischief flashes across her face. "You should try it with Sky. Pretend to drink tonight and seduce him."

"What?"

"It will work because he doesn't drink much so he will remember, trust me." She adds but I just can't believe she's giving me advice on how to seduce her brother.

"Do you want to try?" Ella tries to hand me her cigarette but I turn it down. She tosses it on the ground and steps on it.

"Here, take it." She hands me a box filled with cigarettes.

I shake my head. "I have never smoked before." Dad would kill me.

She rolls her eyes. "Well if you are going to date my brother you will need this to relax. Besides you have been such a good friend and you need a reward."

Against my better judgement I take the pack of cigarettes and hide them in my blazer.

"Don't let my brother see them and if he does, you didn't get them from me." She winks at me and grabs my hand so we can get out of the prohibited area.