06

It's been two weeks now since I met Jayden. He still wrote to me every day, but sometimes I answered and sometimes I didn't. I thought about him a lot and started searching the internet for him over and over again.

Debora and Dwayne were still sizzling, but sadly they hadn't been together yet. I have no idea which of the two needed an invitation, probably both. They spent a lot of time together and I was very close to Debby too. She really was totally fine. Debby had also become part of our clique and had found her place among us. We were very similar in many ways and attitudes and I was really thankful that we had almost every class together. We also sometimes studied together after school, which really showed in both of our grades, because not only I but Debby was an A student.

It was only a week until that school party at Heaven . There were posters advertising it all over the school and it was the number one topic of conversation.

Dwayne came into the cafeteria on Thursday with our tickets. He gave them to all of us in an envelope. Jane tore open hers immediately and was amazed. "Are there VIP tickets for us?"

Dwayne grinned around everyone. “There must still be an advantage in being the owner's son! Of course we get access to the VIP, as always, but with the tickets they said Dad, at least it's official!'

Kirsten was happy and clapped his hands excitedly. »Super cool! What shall we wear?'

Dwayne grinned proudly and explained that we should go to this party dressed up a bit, especially as VIPs.

What am I supposed to wear? Maybe my black jeans and a blouse? Then all I heard was Debby saying, "...okay, so dresses and a suit?" Dwayne nodded to her.

"Exactly, at least for us suit pants, I'm not taking a jacket with me!"

Steve laughed and shook his head. "Well, if so, then right!" And the others agreed. I was completely taken by surprise.

"A dress? I hardly ever wear clothes!”

By lunchtime, before I knew it, I was at the mall with Debby. Dwayne followed and found us in a store that really only sold dresses. That was absolutely not my thing. Debby had fun and immediately started poking around. Dwayne stood by me and encouraged me to pick out clothes on me.

'Debby, I can't find anything! Try on your selection, then we'll move on!"

Debby looked at me in horror. 'How can you not find anything here? There are only dresses here, there will be one for you too!...” She took her clothes to a changing room and started looking again. This time she handed me a bunch of clothes and then she shoved me into the dressing room right next to hers. Dwayne sat down on a chair in front of it.

But he quickly became impatient. “Are you finally wearing one? Get out!' We both got out of the cubicles and Dwayne was lovingly watching Debby as she twirled in the mirror. But she didn't like the color she was wearing and so the dress was out of the question for her. I didn't feel comfortable in that black short dress. You could probably tell by looking at me too.

Dwayne winked at me. "Not bad, but it's not that!"

We tried on what felt like 1000 dresses and I didn't like any of them. Debby already had a favorite and ended up taking it and I was just stumped. A young saleswoman came and brought me a knee-length white dress.

"Try this!" I did what she asked, came out and nobody said anything. So shit? Oh my...

"So bad?"

Dwayne had to blink again. Debby, on the other hand, jumped up and hugged me. "You have a dress!!!" I grinned and took another look at myself in the mirror. Before I didn't have one, I just took it.

Dwayne carried our clothes into the parking garage. His car and Debby's were almost next to each other. 'Then the party can start tomorrow! Joey, get in, I need to talk to Debby for a minute!” I was curious and opened the window so I could hear something. I drove home with Dwayne because Debby lived in town and we lived in the suburbs, which was about a twenty minute drive.

»...Debby, wait a minute...I wanted to ask you if you want to go with me tomorrow? ...So as my companion?” She hugged him and nodded.

"Yes very much! I thought you wouldn't ask!' Then he got into the car and we drove home.

At least Dwayne stopped bugging me by asking about Jayden. I wouldn't answer anymore either, there wasn't anything new anyway. Everything was just so normal in my life, there was no place for a celebrity anyway.

I was in my room, hanging the dress in my closet, and my phone vibrated again.

I miss you.

jayden

After staring at Jayden's message forever, I was able to collect myself. How can he keep throwing me off track like that? I turned on my pc and had to g****e Jayden again and I found out that he and his band were out of town. They had a concert a few places away. His message drove me insane. I didn't want to write back. My head said no, but my heart longed for him. Seeing the pictures on the internet were not the same.

Oh yes?

Tomm-tomm. He's never answered so quickly.

so much!

I have to think of you all the time.

jayden

I put my phone down before I wrote any more nonsense. I got butterflies in my stomach just thinking about him. Debora's words went through my head again.

»...But what I understand is...that he has a crush on you! It must be something like love at first sight for you! ...And that Joey, ....really doesn't come around very often!..."

The fact that he always wrote me something like this made all the feelings in my body come alive that I had never perceived or experienced before. I thought about whether it would have been the right thing to meet up with him and just talk. Jayden wasn't in town anyway so I had to put it off until next week, I really made it my mind.

I looked at some pics of him again and Jayden was so handsome, really hot. I also found pictures of his brother Craig and that's when I realized Craig was all tattooed. His whole arm was full of it. But it really suited him. Rocker!

Friday's class went by far too quickly. I wasn't even ready for the evening. But it came faster than I would have liked. Dwayne promised to get me.

I put on more makeup than usual and curled my hair. Finally I slipped into my white dress. I looked at myself in the mirror and laughed because it wasn't me.

The horn honked outside, I grabbed my bag and stormed downstairs. My mom bought me extra shoes to match my dress. I think she was happy that I finally dressed up and couldn't wear my Chucks.

She then wanted to take a picture of me, which I was really embarrassed about. I teased her that it wasn't a prom and that she shouldn't get used to such an outfit from me. She just nodded at me and my dad also told me how pretty I was. I kissed him on the cheek and said to him as I left, "You have to say something like that to me because I'm your daughter!" He laughed and I let the door slam shut.

I was amazed. Dwayne stood in front of a black soda and held the door open. I slowly moved towards it. "Are you serious?" He grinned cheekily at me, didn't say a word until I got in. She was really huge in the interior.

We picked up Jane and Dan next, then Kirsten, Steve and finally Debby. She lived not far from the club.

We all drank a glass of sparkling wine together and were totally excited during the journey. Kirsten really beamed. "The madness! Dwayne, you've outdone yourself this time!” The limo pulled up right outside and a few students I recognized by sight were queuing outside the club.

Jamal was in his place as usual, right in front of the door. He opened the barrier and greeted us all like old friends, like always. Then he gave us all the golden drinks menu again and explained that we still got wristbands for the VIP area inside. Sally sat at the cash register and took the tickets. You could only come in with them and there was no box office at all. We got the wristbands from her and she explained to us that there was only a small selection of drinks tonight.

The club was really already full and I took a closer look around. Most of the girls wore dresses, but the boys were dressed a little more casually, except for ours. They all dutifully wore a suit and it really made them more elegant and masculine. Dan had casually rolled up his jacket sleeves and didn't let go of his pretty Jane. It was really busy, but Dwayne went ahead and made a way for us to the VIP stairway. He had Debby on his hand and she beamed at him every time their eyes met. Dwayne excitedly greeted the security at the stairs who let us upstairs. They all smiled at us and we took a seat in the VIP area. Dwayne stopped at the same lounge that Jayden and his band were last time and I remembered the evening again. My stomach twisted and I quickly tried to distract myself. A few drinks were already chilled and ready to drink on the small table. The guys poured everyone something and we toasted together.

We girls went dancing and it felt so good to be able to really switch off again. We haven't had this much fun together in a long time. Kirsten then started dancing with a guy I knew but couldn't remember his name. After that she was invited by him to the bar.

I drank my sparkling wine glass after glass and danced until my feet hurt. As I ordered my next glass at the bar, I felt someone behind me. "Hey... you really do look good!" It was Mike. I glanced over at him briefly. He was wearing dark jeans and a shirt, no comparison to my boys. No comparison at all. "Would you like something to drink?" He stopped the bartender and ordered us something. I had no choice but to clink glasses with him and still didn't say a word. "Joey, I'm sorry! For real! I'm sorry for everything!"

I shook my head and tried to stay calm. "I think it's too late for that, Mike!" I wanted to get past him and back to the others when he grabbed me.

"No, please... wait..." I looked up at him, admiring his charisma. He was really handsome. Everyone wanted a friend like that.

"What do you want Mike?" He thought about what to say but couldn't get a word out. Then I walked past him and I noticed him walking behind me. I took flight into the hallway where it went to the toilets. I just wanted to go to the women's room and he couldn't follow me there.