~Althia~

After I took a shower, I started getting ready for the day by changing into floral black shorts and a light pink spaghetti cropped top. As I was doing my makeup, my phone dinged. I picked it up from the counter to check it.

Althia:

Door's open

Althia:

Come in when you get here

Althia:

I'm in my room

Althia:

Well the bathroom in my room but you know

I continued on with my makeup as I heard the front door opening and closing and footsteps marching up the stairs

"Althiaaa" Jessica greeted me with a huge smile which soon turned into a frown "Please tell me that is not what you're wearing for the party" She said

"It's not" I reassured her "This is just my chill before the party outfit" I added

"Okay good" She replied as she walked out of the bathroom to go in my room

I finished my makeup and joined Jess on my bed

"I just threw my bag there, is that okay?" She asked as she pointed to her overnight bag that was in a corner of my room

"Yeah, that's fine" I answered, "What are we gonna do for the rest of the day?" I questioned

"Well it's just us two until the others get here to help set up since the boys are having some sort of weird guy day" Jess started

"Like all of the boys?" I asked her, surprised that they had all made plans to do something together

"Yes, all of them. Even Tony" She replied "And Hannah is stuck with her parents until Tony picks her up to bring her here" She continued what she was saying before "And we have to go shop for some things for the party" She finished

"So basically we have to go shopping without a ride to get there and back" I said

"Pretty much" She responded "But I'll buy you lunch" She added

"Well let's go right now, I'm starving" I announced

Jessica laughed and we got up. We made our way to the front door, to put our shoes on, and then left my house.

We started walking down the street, starting up a conversation about a tv show we both watch.

We stopped at Monet's for a quick lunch before continuing our walk to the store.

//

"How many decorations do we need?" I asked Jessica as I pushed a cart and she put more things in it

"A lot" She responded "We want people to talk about your party so the next time you throw one, even more people will come" She added before I could even ask my next question

"But what if I don't want more people to come?" I questioned

"Then you're lame" Jessica answered

"Fuck off" I told her as I grabbed something off the shelf to throw at her

We both started laughing

"Oou, we could use these too" Jess said as she picked up what I threw at her and put it in the cart

I rolled my eyes and continued to walk behind her as she threw things into the cart

"Do people even eat the snacks at the party" I asked as we looked at the different kinds of chips

"God, Althia! You're acting like you never threw a party before!" Jess laughed

"That's because I have never thrown a party before!" I told her

"Seriously?!" Jess practically shouted

I nodded my head

"Your parents are barely around, how could you not take advantage of that?!" She threw her hands up

"Parties weren't really on my mind, I guess" I shrugged

"Well to answer your question, the smokers are usually the only ones who eat the snacks" Jess answered

"Ugh, people are going to smoke?" I complained, jokingly this time

"Althia, I swear I'm going to slap you if you whine one more time" Jess glared at me so I gave her a cheeky smile which made her laugh

"Wait, we need alcohol" I remarked

"No fucking shit" She responded

I looked at Jess, questioning where we're going to get it from

"Jeff and Monty are getting it, don't worry" She reassured me

I nodded and we continued with our shopping

//

Jess and I finally finished getting everything from her list and we were walking back to my house, taking turns pushing one and other in the cart.

As I was trying to find a good song to play, a FaceTime request came up from Montgomery. I answered it

"Hey! I want music" Jess whined as she was pushing me

"Monty is FaceTiming, give me a sec" I told her as she leaned forward to see my screen better

Jeffs' face came up on the screen once the FaceTime connected

"Jeffy" We greeted him

"Ladies" He greeted back

"What you want, bitch?" I asked him

"Rude!" Jeff responded while pouting

"Would you stop pouting and ask them if they want anything specific?" Montgomery's voice said, from the driver's seat I'm assuming

"Is that Montitty?" I asked Jeff

"Althia!" Monty's voice warned me

Jeff started laughing so hard, tears were coming out of his eyes as Jessica joined him in the laughter

"That is a golden nickname" Jess told me

"I know" I cheesed a smile while looking up at her

I looked back at my phone to see that Monty now had his phone in his hand

"Uh no, you're driving. Give the phone back to Jeff" Jessica told him

"We're at the store" Monty told her "The whole point of FaceTiming you guys was to know if you wanted anything special until Jeff started whining and Althia called me Montitty" He said, glaring at Jeff then at me

"Oou, could weeee get..." I started but then stopped to think

"I want vodka" Jess shrugged

"Well that was already on the list" Jeff said in a duh voice as he appeared back on the screen, next to Monty

Jess made a face at him which he gladly returned

"Get normal vodka and then either cherry or pineapple vodka please" I told them

"Aight, we gotchu" Monty responded

We said our goodbyes and ended the FaceTime

I got out of the cart since it was Jess' turn to be in it

"Watch them forget" Jess said

"I hope not" I replied "I make a bomb ass drink with club soda and pineapple or cherry vodka" I added

"I cannot wait to get fucking drunk" Jess sighed making me laugh

We kept talking and taking turns pushing each other in the cart as we slowly made our way back to my house

"Alex is calling me" Jessica announced as she answered the call and put it on speaker

"Babe?" Alex's voice came through the phone

"Yes, my love?" Jess answered

"Ugh, you guys disgust me" I made a puking sound

"Where are you guys?" Alex asked

"Hmm..." Jess looked around "We are turning into Alt's street, why?" She questioned

"We're all here" He answered

"Oh, well we're almost there" Jess told him

I continued pushing Jessica in the cart and as we approached my house, I could see everyone in the driveway waiting for us

"Did you guys walk all the way from the store?" Clay asked us as we finally arrived

We both nodded and I grabbed the bags as Jessica got out of the cart

"You know you could have said something and one of us could have come to pick you guys up" Jeff said

"Jeffery, we were walking back from the store when you and Monty facetimed us" Jessica told him

Jeff and Montgomery exchanged looks

"Oh yeah" They both said, causing everyone to laugh

Jessica and I properly greeted everyone

"Wait, Justin isn't with you?" I asked the gang as I looked around for him, frowning

"No" Zach answered "He hung out with us for a bit and then when we were making our way here, he asked me to drop him off at his place" He informed me "Something about needing to do something for his mom" He shrugged

I simply nodded and let everyone inside

After taking our shoes off, we went into the kitchen to decide who's doing what

"Oou, Alt do you have a secret admirer?" Hannah asked as she pointed to a folded piece of paper on the counter

I furrowed my eyebrows, thinking about who could have written me a note

"It's probably just my mom" I lied as I realized it must be from Justin

I reached over the counter and grabbed the paper. I unfolded it and read it in my head.

Hi!

Sorry for leaving before you woke up

Thanks again for letting me stay over

It means a lot to me ia? II-Aa? Ee-Ah?

You know what I mean... At least I hope?

I'm trying to write down the name I called you yesterday

Anyways, back to the point

Thank you for letting me stay, and thanks for feeding me

And thanks for letting me talk to you, and thanks for

Staying with me until I fell asleep

Just thanks for everything

-Justin

I folded the paper back up and threw it out

Everyone was looking at me, all with questioning faces

"My mom wanted to remind me of the rules" I told them

"It's a good thing, you're breaking all of them" Alex said

I looked at him as I rolled my eyes, a smile plastered on my face

"Alright" I clapped my hands, ready to start setting up "Mont, Jeffy, Zachy. You guys are in charge of the backyard, arrange the furniture in a way that makes sense and I guess we can put all of the beer out there too?" I looked at them, questioning the last part

"Yeah that works" Zach answered

They grabbed the bags that had the beer in them and made their way outside

"Alex and Clay. You guys are going to prep the snacks and arrange the rest of the booze, here in the kitchen" I told them "Oh, and also could you guys hide everything that looks breakable and put the 'keep out' tape on the first door to your left upstairs and the third door to your right please?" I asked

"For sure" Clay replied, as he grabbed the tape and made his way upstairs right away

Alex started grabbing big bowls for the snacks

"Girls, we're on decorating duty so you can go and start in the living room" I said, as I handed them the bags with the decorations

They grabbed them and made their way to the living room

"Lastly Tony, you're on music duty" I told him "You brought your speakers, right?" I asked him

He nodded

"Perfect" I smiled at him "Do whatever you have to do" I said

"Do you want the same music playing both inside and outside or different?" Tony questioned

I thought about it

"Different ones would be better" Alex chimed in

"Alright, then do that please" I told Tony

I grabbed my phone off the counter and the rest of the bags but I decided to text Justin before joining the girls

Althia:

Hey, we're missing you at the set up

Althia:

Hope everything is well

Althia:

I think we'll manage but it would have been nice to have you here with us

Althia:

You're still coming to the party right?

Althia:

😂😂😂

Althia:

I think Ee-Ah is the best way of spelling it

Althia:

Btw I forgot to tell you but very creative nickname

Althia:

Of course Jus

Althia:

Also, I saw the note you left on my counter...

Althia:

You can come and stay over whenever you need to

Althia:

Alright well I should go

Althia:

We have a lot of work to get done

I closed my phone and put it in my back pocket before going into my living room, where Hannah and Jessica were hanging up some of the decorations. I put the bags on the couch with the rest and started helping them.

"Are the guys out there drinking?" Hannah suddenly said as she looked outside

Jessica and I both looked outside and sure enough, the boys were chugging beers outside

I taped my side of the hanger and got down from the chair I was using

I walked over to the screen door and opened, it making Jeff jump as he stopped chugging his beer once he saw me

Montgomery and Zach stopped their cheering and quickly hid their beer bottles behind them

"You guys have barely done anything" I crossed my arms as I looked at them

They all gave me a sheepish smile

"What do you mean?" Jeff asked me "We placed all of the beer" He proudly stated as he pointed to the tables that were filled with the bottles and cans

"Oh trust me, I can clearly see that" I told him "You guys better hurry up, we're almost done decorating inside and we need to do the outside too" I informed them

They nodded their heads and put aside their beers

"Before you actually start moving things around, Zach, can you hand me three beers please?" I asked him

All of their mouths dropped but Zach still grabbed me my beers

"You just gave us a huge lecture because we were drinking instead of doing what we were supposed to do and now you and the girls are going to drink?! That's not fair" Monty whined

"One, I did not give you a lecture. Two, I didn't even mention anything about you guys drinking and three, the girls and I are almost done our part so suck my dick Montitty" I told him as I gave him a cheeky smile

Monty rolled his eyes at the sound of the nickname I gave him

"Althia, how many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?" He glared at me

"You can tell me not to call you that all you want, but I'll still do it" I replied "Just ask Jeffy and Zachy over there" I nodded my head towards them and with that, I went back inside

Jessica, Hannah and I finished decorating the living room and we sat down enjoying our beer as we waited for the boys to finish outside. Once everything was done, Zach cooked us a quick meal before it was time to get ready for the party.

Han and Jess choose my outfit so I was wearing black shorts and a black bralette with a baby blue cardigan on top.

Tony started up the music to keep us entertained as we waited for people to arrive. Justin joined had joined the group as us girls were getting ready.